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Hearing Set On Sewer Expansion For Multifamily Complex

By Andrew Gorosko
Published: March 04, 2015 12:00 am
The Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) has scheduled a public hearing for next week on a development firm’s controversial request that the sewer district be expanded in Sandy Hook to provide sewer service ...

Community Center Referendum Changed To April 28

Published: March 04, 2015 12:00 am
A referendum orginally intended for March 21 for voters to approve a $15 million gift from the GE Foundation has been scheduled instead for April 28 to coincide with the annual budget referendum. The ...

Booth Children's Department Days Away From Reopening

By Nancy K. Crevier
Published: March 04, 2015 12:00 am
New carpet tiles cover the floor of the Children’s Department of the C.H. Booth Library and ceiling tiles were being placed Tuesday, March 3, as the library moves toward a quick recovery from a second...

Home Schooling Parents Upset With Sandy Hook Panel Proposals

By Susan Haigh, Associated Press
Published: March 03, 2015 12:00 am
HARTFORD — Parents’ rights organizations from across Connecticut, including homeschoolers, contend they would be treated unfairly by some public policy recommendations prompted by the mass shooting at...

Panel To Finalize Recommendations To Malloy

By Associated Press
Published: March 03, 2015 12:00 am
HARTFORD (AP) — The panel of experts reviewing the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown is officially wrapping up its work after two years. Members of the Sandy Hook Advisory ...

Closings Or Cancellations? Contact The Bee

By Shannon Hicks
Published: March 03, 2015 12:00 am
A Winter Weather Advisory is currently in effect for Newtown, and the entire state. The sun may be shining at midday, but a Hazardous Weather Outlook is also in effect, with the National Weather Servi...

Local Businesses Recognized For Support Of Salvation Army

By Nancy K. Crevier
Published: March 02, 2015 12:00 am
Kathleen Orfitelli, director of volunteer services for the Southern New England division of the Salvation Army, as well as members of the Newtown chapter, recognized the generosity of four local busin...

Section Of South Main Street Closed Following Accident

By Shannon Hicks
Published: March 02, 2015 12:00 am
The driver of a passenger vehicle escaped serious injury Monday morning after the vehicle she was driving rear-ended a tanker truck with a load of gasoline. The accident occurred just north of the int...