This column focuses on the toxic blue-green algae crisis that recently made national headlines as canines across the United States became fatally ill following a recreational swim in affected lakes, ponds, and rivers. Several of these canines reportedly died just minutes after exiting the water.

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Discover the past and present of some of Newtown’s lesser-known historical sites in The Newtown Bee’s new series dedicated to retracing the role these places once played in town and what they stand as today.

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Those who head out to see John Tesh when he appears at Norwalk's Wall Street Theater September 13, will witness the full range of his talents as a musician and raconteur. The six time Emmy and two-time Grammy nominee recently called in to The Newtown Bee to chat up his upcoming "Songs and Stories from the Grand Piano" tour - check out what he has to say.