Weekly support groups for January 24-30, 2020, and monthly listings.

Congresswoman Hayes interacted with residents from in and around Newtown during a Congressional Update and Q&A Session at Newtown Community Center earlier this week.

Although the applicant for a gas station/convenience store proposed for 13 Hawleyville Road (Route 25) has reduced the scale of the controversial project, some residents living nearby are continuing in their opposition to the complex, saying that its presence would result in increased traffic and more motor vehicle accidents in the congested area near Exit 9 of Interstate 84.

As the Boards of Education and Selectmen move into refining individual budget proposals, with the Board of Finance and Legislative Council poised to take up their roles in the annual process, the leaders of each of those elected panels weighed in on the prospect of enhanced collaboration.

On first pass, the proposed 2020-21 municipal spending plan that was unveiled to local selectmen January 21 by First Selectman Dan Rosenthal and Town Finance Director Robert Tait does conclude with just under a 2.5 percent increase.

There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print.

Ahead of the 55th anniversary of The Selma to Montgomery Marches that took place in March 1965, Newtown Bee Associate Editor Shannon Hicks is hoping to hear from current and former Newtown residents who either participated in any of those historic marches, or lived in Newtown in March 1955 and remember first-hand accounts of the events in Alabama.

A 17-year-old from Danbury was died late Friday, January 17, as a result of injuries suffered in a one-car crash on I-84 in Newtown.

The public is invited to a winter autism resource event at Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street, on Saturday, January 25.