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February 23, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Mary Ann Murtha. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — COMMON SENSE ABOUT DRIVING AND CELL PHONES: There is a bill currently before the legislature that would make it illegal to use hand-held cell phones while d...

Newtown hosted its latest National Night Out event on August 5 and estimates report more than 500 people visited the Fairfield Hills campus for the family event. National Night Out is celebrated in all 50 US states, as well as US territories, Canadia...

Newtown Police Department members celebrated the retirement of officer John McCluskey with a ceremony at their police department on Friday, March 28. A large number of officers and members of the public, including First Selectman Jeff Capeci as well ...

The Borough of Newtown Zoning Commission closed its public hearing regarding a 117-home cluster home development at 20-60 Castle Hill Road at its meeting on November 20. The closing marks the end of the opportunity for public input on the development...

A longtime resident with approximately 50 years in the fire service died Monday night after being struck by a motor vehicle. Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg, 72, was on his way to the Board of Fire Commissioners annual dinner meeti...

UPDATE AND CORRECTION (Octobner 29, 9:27 am): This story has been updated with additional information about Monday night's incident. One point has also been corrected. UPDATE (October 29; 8:06 am): This story has been updated with details c...

The Borough of Newtown’s Board of Burgesses met on August 13 to discuss its remaining ARPA funds. Discussions included possible action for allocation of funds to Newtown Hook & Ladder to purchase new training equipment, Newtown Forest Association to ...

Career: I am self-employed. I am the founder of Variation Visuals, a video production house based in Sandy Hook and an Emmy Award-winning producer for the documentary Uncertainty. Variation Visuals creates impactful video content for businesses, ...

As the year comes to a close, The Newtown Bee is looking back on some of the biggest stories in town for 2023. It has been an incredibly eventful year, both in town and even here at The Bee, and here we’ll take a jaunt through some of the highlights ...

Today is the first day of winter. Mother Nature seems to have forgotten that so far this season, with little more than a squall or two so far. Maybe the appearance of our wood cutout snowman in front of the office this week will help drive the point ...