Newtown, from a cat's point of view.

Here is a roundup of the week’s top five stories published to newtownbee.com.

A Newtown Middle School student and a big fan of the Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary recently coordinated a Halloween pet costume contest that doubled as a fundraiser for the Old Farm Road sanctuary.

Until recently, Margit Johnson was unfamiliar with the Buy Nothing Project. Last weekend the bride-to-be was surrounded by love, and gifts from strangers, thanks to members of Buy Nothing Newtown.

ACT of CT, the first Equity theater in the country to be approved to reopen with a long running indoor musical, has jumped through considerable and costly hoops to ensure a safe, secure, and comfortable venue in which to invite a socially distanced audience to thoroughly enjoy Jason Robert Brown’s "The Last Five Years."

The Garden Club of Newtown won several top awards during The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut 91st Annual Awards Meeting.

A Sandy Hook resident has reached the level of Master Weaver, the highest rating awarded by the Handweavers’ Guild of Connecticut.