December 29, 1989 Kevin Jones, a deputy planning director in Roswell, Ga., has been selected as Newtown’s first economic development coordinator, and was expected to confirm his verbal acceptance...

Occupation: I’m the IT manager for Familycare Visiting Nurse, out of Stratford. Family: I’ve been married to Andrea Von Amelunxen for 14 years. We have one son, Gregory, who is 10 years old. I...

Are you looking for something fun to do during winter break? Newtown High School hockey coaches and players invite youth hockey players from town to join them for a free skate at Danbury Ice Arena, 1 ...

Every year, The Newtown Bee is privileged to share the stories of Newtown residents and organizations, and among the many highlighted in 2014, were these stories. Newtown resident Paul L. Sirois was n...

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It was by chance, not design, that 18-year-old Amaury Bargioni of Paris, France, ended up at the Newtown General Store, Thursday, December 11, for lunch. And it was by chance that Newtown residents Jo...

One evening last winter as Newtown High School graduate and aspiring rapper Mason West — a/k/a Stirling DuBois — was sitting in his dorm room at the University of Vermont surfing Soundcloud looking fo...

Unexpected kindness is the most powerful, least costly, and most underrated agent of human change. Kindness that catches us by surprise brings out the best in our natures.  —Bob Kerrey Like...