The Newtown Bee received by mail this week a donation of unsolicited lapel pins commemorating 12/14. The pins, in the shape of the state of Connecticut and marked with the number 26, came from a r...

 proclamation from President Barack Obama directing flags to be lowered across the country in honor of former US Senator, veteran, and astronaut John Glenn - US and state flags in Connecticut should b...

With the fourth anniversary of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School on 12/14 approaching, Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, sent an e-mail to district parents at the end of Novem...

The Board of Selectmen received an update on a number of town road and bridge projects during its regular meeting December 5, before hearing briefly from a representative of the Newtown Pension Commis...

 This report was updated at 8:30pm, December 10 to correct the number of days the Legislative Council has to begin initiating a new ordinance. Following the endorsement of a sweeping overhaul to Newt...

According to an estimated traffic study done in 2013 on Route 302 near the approach to Main Street, 9,200 vehicles pass that way daily. It is probably true that most of the people in those many vehicl...

The Newtown Bee honors the memory of those who died or were impacted by the shooting at Sandy Hook School, December 14, 2012. We respect that many find this day a time of personal reflection, and not ...

Lucy Richards, 57, of Tampa, Fla., was indicted this week on four counts of transmitting threats in interstate commerce in connection with death threats she allegedly made against a parent of one of t...