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Updated: Feb 10, 2022 at 02:13 PM
While select initiatives toward enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) have been happening for years across Newtown, local energy and participation to that end has taken on more urgency of late.
Unfortunately, something that should be so si...
Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 02:05 PM
Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team scored 19 of its 23 second-half points from the foul line to surprise visiting Notre Dame-Fairfield 41-36 on February 3. The Lancers were previously unbeaten in South-West Conference play this winter and, ...
Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 02:00 PM
Coach Adam Fielding said his talk to the Newtown High School boys’ swimmers before a February 8 home meet against Masuk of Monroe was that if everybody did what they needed to do they would come out on top.
“Everybody did their job and we won by a go...
Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown’s Share and Care Committee is promoting a “Share the Love” campaign to support The Dorothy Day Hospitality Center in Danbury.
Newtown residents and those of the surrounding communities are invited to donate a wide...
Updated: Feb 10, 2022 at 08:54 AM
Paul Gehrett, of Newtown, passed away on Sunday, January 16, 2022, at Danbury Hospital. He was 93 years old.
Paul was the loving husband of Ellyn (Buehl) Gehrett, who passed away July 18, 2021. The couple had celebrated 71 years of marriage.
Born in ...
Published: Feb 10, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s dance team competed in the South-West Conference championships, at New Milford High, on February 8, and won both the Jazz and Hip Hop categories.
Coached by Cheryl Stenz, the NHS squad is led by senior captains Audrey Botta, Emi...
Updated: Feb 10, 2022 at 08:15 AM
Newtown Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) is currently evaluating an application that proposes building a large industrial building in Hawleyville.
Application IW #21‐36 by Wharton Equity Partners, LLC, is for a property located at 10 Hawleyville Road...
Published: Feb 09, 2022 at 03:00 PM
Each week we compile a list of some of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads.
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Published: Feb 09, 2022 at 01:15 PM
Holly Jean Troccolla, age 58, of Newtown, passed away at her home Tuesday, February 1, 2022, surrounded by loved ones after a courageous battle with cancer. Holly was born and raised in Danbury, daughter of the late Robert and Marlene (Anderson) Unde...
Published: Feb 09, 2022 at 08:00 AM
After learning about Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, Hawley Elementary School kindergarten students completed projects sharing their dreams.
Hawley kindergarten teacher Deborah Lubin explained that she started the annual lesson with her students roughly s...
