Was Easter A Non-Event?
To the Editor:
I wonder if anyone in Newtown, this year, missed any mention of Easter in The Bee? Aside from a small article on the East...
 Services for Newtown seniors are sponsored by the Commission on Aging and are available at the Multi-Purpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. For mor...
‘Immersion’ Performer Will Play
At Gunn Library
WASHINGTON — Gunn Memorial Library will host a musical evening on Tuesday, M...
BPW Meeting Set For May 7
Fitness trainer Karen Finlayson will be the guest speaker when the Newtown Business & Professional Women meet on Monday, May 7, at 6 p...
Nat’l Orienteering Day
Will Include Public Program
DANBURY — Western Connecticut Orienteering Club will hold an open-to-the-public meet...
Birdathon 2001: Audubon
Is Seeking Birds & Donations
In the pre-dawn darkness of Sunday, May 13, while the rest of the world is asleep, Birdathon 2001 will begi...
Finding A Middle Ground
At Fairfield Hills
To the Editor:
I was disheartened to read that the town received no proposals for the development of Fairfield Hills...
Bee’s Buck
Just two of our readers managed to find the pump house (inset) on Pond Brook Road pictured here last week. The two winners were Fran Ashb...
Computer Classes Announced By Bethel Library
BETHEL — Bethel Library has three computer classes scheduled during May. All classes are limited in spa...
At HOM, It’s Not Only Knowing,
It’s Knowing How To Learn
By Tanjua Damon
Head O’ Meadow’s School Improvement Pla...
I have lived in Newtown for over 60 years and this is the first I have ever heard of the Rochambeau Trail. When I checked with the National Park Service and our state only Nationally Historic Site the official records of the Rochambeau Trail administrated by NPS does not travel through this property. If you are arguing it is "Near" the trail then where was the outrage when Big Y was built? The new development on 6 and 25 or even the Starbucks.
A lot of things have changed in Sandy Hook shopping area. The old bridge was no longer needed, the town helped create parking , brick sidewalks and classic street lights were added, and zoning was adjusted to add housing. Spending money on a bridge from nowhere makes no sense, focus on things that will add to the viability of the Sandy Hook Center.
You have Capital Tax Recovery confused with a different company, Municipal Tax Services. Municipal Tax Services works with the City of Waterbury. That was discussed at a previous counsel meeting.