Rain falling on a frigid winter ground Sunday, January 18, formed a coat of ice that likely kept many residents home during Boy Scout Seth Barrett’s charity collection that afternoon. He had a late st...

Contemporary cinema is packed with repeat director-actor collaborations that have yielded stellar results. There’s Martin Scorsese and Robert De Niro, James Cameron and Arnold Schwarzenegger, Spike Le...

A desire to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) has carried 22-year-old Alexander Moliver a long way from his Newtown home to a small apartment outside of Tel-Aviv, Israel. He spends up to three...

Who was the first baby born to Newtown parents in 2015? We are ready to find out. In addition to that wonderful new baby smell and the joy of life that has arrived in someone’s home, The Newtown Bee a...

The Newtown Bee is in the process of preparing stories for Brides 2015, this year’s bridal supplement. For a few stories, we would like to hear from those who have been married within the past yea...

January 19, 1990 As of January 17, there were 119 inmates in the state Department of Corrections’ new substance abuse treatment center at Fairfield Hills Hospital. The first inmates entered the p...

Occupation: I’m a certified yoga instructor, a visual artist, and a Thai yoga therapist. Currently, I teach at Yoga Dimensions in Newtown, and volunteer as a yoga instructor at the Resiliency Cent...

Scientists have long said most people display behavior or talents driven by one dominating side of the brain. Left-brainers tend to display deep analytical and technical skills, while right-brainers l...