Fire reports for Newtown, Conn. for the period of March 19-26, 2020.

Police reports received for the week of March 27, 2020.

A few hours after First Selectman Dan Rosenthal produced his video outreach COVID-19 Clip for The Newtown Bee's YouTube channel Friday, he broadcast a Code Red message in which he empathized with frazzled residents facing the front end of a virus pandemic that could be affecting the community and region for weeks if not months to come.

What's open? What's closed? What's canceled? What has been postponed? What is operating on abbreviated hours? In one collection, we offer answers to all of those questions.

CW Resources, the meal site provider for Newtown Senior Center, this week began providing prepackaged lunches for senior citizens instead of serving them at the center.

Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal and Health District Director Donna Culbert ducked outside Friday, March 27, to record the latest in a series of video outreach messages to the community as positive cases of COVID-19 ticked up to 16 in Newtown and are approaching 1,300 statewide.

Support groups for March 27-April 3, 2020, and monthly listings.

Recent volatility in the stock and bond markets temporarily halted Newtown Finance Director Robert Tait’s plans to issue municipal bonds, as well as refunding a number of other existing bonds this week.

The Board of Education was briefed on the school district’s recent transition to “distance learning” at its special meeting on March 19. Read more about the special meeting here.