The Planning and Zoning Commission on January 5 unanimously endorsed modifications to the River Walk at Sandy Hook Village, a 65-unit housing complex project on Washington Avenue, originally approved ...

Everyday newshounds are at a crossroads. Bombarded by news from multiple sources, they must choose a path: that of following trustworthy agencies that adhere to journalistic excellence, or one of newe...

Now is the time of silence and reflection. The hustle of the holidays is behind us and we are able to observe the world that has been spinning past while we busied ourselves with seasonal rituals and ...

Within the pages of The Newtown Bee this week is a reprisal of the year, garnered from the 2016 editions of the paper. It is a way of revisiting the people, places, and issues that have intrigued us a...

Since begun by the late Newtown Bee editor Paul Smith many years ago, it has been the tradition of the paper to print the Christmas story, according to St Luke, in the issue closest to December 25. It...

Kintsugi is the Japanese art of pottery repair in which gold dust mixed with lacquer or resin is used to fill cracks and gaps created by missing pieces. Certainly a transparent adhesive could be used ...

This weekend heralds some spectacular festivities in Newtown, starting at dusk on Friday evening when candle-lit luminarias lining Main Street and encircling Hawley Pond at Ram Pasture turn winter's d...

It is not always easy to be grateful. When weighed down by concerns for the nation's future, finances, educational costs, job opportunities - or lack thereof - or physical and mental crises, it is dif...

The American Cancer Societys Great American Smokeout, a program that began more than 40 years ago, has been a nationwide promotion of the American Cancer Society since 1977. The third Thursday of Nove...