The Better Day Café (good food that does great things) will open this summer at the Newtown Community Center, thanks to efforts of Center Director Matt Ariniello and the Newtown Public Schools Transition Program.

​​​​​​​The Newtown Bee is seeking reader questions for Attorney General William Tong who is scheduled to visit the newspaper's editorial board Monday, July 8.

On June 20, following a second public hearing, Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously approved the installation of a solar/electric array at a 139 Toddy Hill Road healthcare facility, a project that is expected to produce a large majority of the electricity that the complex uses.

Newtown Knights of Columbus-St Virgilius Council 185 this year nearly tripled the donation made to FAITH Food Pantry last year following the inaugural Run4Hunger 5K.

Local, state and federal entities will all be affected in Independence Day on Thursday, July 4. The office of The Newtown Bee will also be closed.

Governor Ned Lamont announced Friday, June 28, that all seven of the state-operated highway rest area buildings, including indoor restroom facilities, would be opened to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, as of July 1, 2019.

Dozens of people poured into Reverie Brewing Co. last Sunday afternoon to help raise funds for a Hawleyville family whose home was lost to fire in early May.

Botsford Fire Rescue members were surprised early last week when a bouquet of red and white roses was left at their South Main Street station by an unknown visitor.

Police report that at 10:44 am on June 24, they were dispatched to a residence on Underhill Road for a health and welfare check regarding multiple children who were allegedly left alone in that home.

Following a June 20 public hearing, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members voted four-to-one to reject proposed zoning regulations that would have allowed an applicant to seek a special zoning permit to build a retail center holding a restaurant with drive-through window service near Exit 11 of Interstate 84.