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Newtown news of 25, 50, 75, 100, and 125 years ago, from the archives of The Newtown Bee. September 14, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — SETTING THE WORLD RIGHT AGAIN: What does one do? When planes and buildings fall out of the sky, killing those in t...

September 7, 2001 Newtown Girl Scouts held a free coffee break for motorists who were traveling on the Labor Day Weekend. The scouts offered free coffee, tea, and doughnuts to motorists under a tent erected at the intersection of Church Hill Roa...

August 31, 2001 EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A PARADE TO REMEMBER: Go check the calendar on the refrigerator and notice how the squares are filling in on the other side of September 3. It's an ominous sign and more than a little unsettling for those o...

August 24, 2001 Police on Wednesday, August 22, arrested a 16-year-old Sandy Hook youth on a felony charge of first-degree criminal mischief for allegedly turning on an emergency shower in Newtown High School on Friday, July 13, and causing ext...

August 24, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Robert M. Gilchrest. * * * * * It seems a trend has started for incoming freshman classes at Newtown High School. For the past two years, freshman classes have been the biggest classes at the school — ever...

August 17, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Alice Mascher * * * * * The Heise-Dresser facility on South Main Street is up for sale and the company has plans to relocate to Shelton. The asking price for the 38,000-square-foot facility is $2.1 million...

August 10, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Sylvia Poulin. * * * * * EDITORIAL INK DROPS — A MILESTONE FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT: Thirty years ago this summer, Newtown ceased being a small town — at least in one respect. The town dissolved its const...

August 3, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Keith Cullinan * * * * * The State Bond Commission has approved funding in the amount of $4 million to pay for the replacement of Conrail Bridge 460 over Route 6 in Newtown, and $500,000 to replace the brid...

July 27, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Calla Sellner * * * * * In the end, the Charter Revision Commission’s efforts to engage the Legislative Council in discussions about proposed charter changes finally paid off. During two days of meetings thi...

July 20, 2001 HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Mike Salvatore. * * * * * Police are conducting a criminal investigation into an apparent prank which caused extensive interior flooding damage on three levels of the new wing at Newtown High School on Friday,...