Legislative Council members were among the first to see conceptual images and to hear a proposal for an ambitious project that the Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity envisions for a vacant brownfields site at 7 Glen Road.

Newtown’s newly hired purchasing agent may have only started his term of employment a few days ago, but the position along with hopes of seeing significant taxpayer savings as a result of his expertise, has been on the minds of local officials past and present for nearly a decade.

FAITH Food Pantry is offering a special Monday evening session for residents this week.

The Newtown Fund Depot Day, when gifts are collected and distributed to designated local families, is only a few weeks away.

A look at current and future projects taking place at Fairfield Hills.

Despite schools being closed for the day, Newtown High School’s fall drama production will open tonight. The Newtown Bee has been notified that curtain will indeed go up tonight, at 7 pm.

Town and other entities will be affected next week by the Thanksgiving holiday. So will deadlines for your hometown newspaper.

Newtown Boy Scout Troop 270 will be outside Stop & Shop on Sunday, November 18, from 1 to 4 pm, accepting donations for FAITH Food Pantry.