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Published: Jul 12, 2025 at 07:30 AM
Newtown’s Poet Laureate spent much of her Independence Day weekend representing her hometown while participating in two events.
Lauren Clifford has launched a project for the approaching semiquincentennial of the signing of The Declaration of Indepen...
Published: Jul 11, 2025 at 04:00 PM
July 14, 2000
HOMETOWN NEWSPAPER of Brian Russell
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Newtown has apparently become home to a group of vandals who have gotten a kick out of painting over street signs. Their handiwork has cost the town thousands of dollars and created t...
Published: Jul 11, 2025 at 07:45 AM
What do Navy veterans, a biologist, Newtown’s Bike & Trails Committee, real estate agents, a Pulitzer Prize winner and your hometown newspaper all have in common? As of this week, all have been guests on “Two Guys and a Pint,” the podcast created and...
Published: Jul 11, 2025 at 07:00 AM
On Sunday, July 13, 2-4 pm, Bill Glass will be celebrated during the formal opening reception for the exhibit featuring his paintings and photography currently on view at Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Glass is inviting all readers to c...
Published: Jul 11, 2025 at 06:00 AM
Every year, the Friends get high school students to volunteer and assist in moving the books from the C.H. Booth Library to Reed Intermediate School to prepare for the biggest event of the year. The Annual Book Sale opens Friday, July 11, 1 pm. The s...
Updated: Jul 11, 2025 at 11:37 AM
DANBURY — Musicals at Richter has hit the ground running for its 41st season of performances with Evita. The season opener runs through July 19.
With lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Evita centers on the life of Eva Perón (played...
Published: Jul 10, 2025 at 08:30 AM
The Board of Education unanimously voted to hire Jenna Connors as the new principal of Middle Gate Elementary School during its Tuesday, July 8, meeting.
This comes after the previous Middle Gate Principal, Christopher Geissler, submitted his resigna...
Published: Jul 09, 2025 at 07:00 AM
Family: My mother Eileen and my father Ernest.
Pets: I have two Huskies and a jumping spider named Boo.
How long have you lived in Newtown? My whole life, 23 years.
Work: I have a small business, Endurvinna, which is Icelandic for rec...
Published: Jul 08, 2025 at 08:00 AM
The community came together for Newtown Parent Connection's Coffee for Clinicians — Coffee with a Cop at Newtown Community Center on Thursday, June 26.
The event served as a chance for local residents, behavioral health providers, and clinicians to n...
Published: Jul 08, 2025 at 08:00 AM
Laura Lerman, chair of Newtown Cultural Arts Commission, said, “Wherever you went, he was there.”
She was talking about Newtown Bee photographer, educator, and painter, Bill Glass, of course.
Glass has been an instrumental member of the community thr...
