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To The Editor, A new school year provides a fresh start or new beginning for students, staff, and the whole community. This year in particular, the anticipation of what the world will look like not only today but ten months from now is giving a heigh...

To the Editor, August 27 issue of The Newtown Bee: “In the past four years, with the cooperation of some of our colleagues across the aisle, we have built a police station that came in on time and under budget, paved over 90 miles of roads, passed co...

To the Editor, Newtown, it has been my honor to serve on your Board of Education (BOE) for the last eight years, the last four being the Board Chair. I will be stepping away from the BOE this November and looking for your endorsement to serve the gre...

To The Editor, I would like to express my gratitude, and would like to publicly recognize and recommend to the Newtown Labor Day Committee and the Chamber of Commerce that Rob Emmerthal be nominated as the 2022 Labor Day Parade grand marshal. It has ...

To the Editor, The Newtown Cultural Arts Commission first discussed putting on the Arts Festival this year back in February of 2021. Vaccines were just starting to be distributed and none of us knew what the next 6 months would bring. We felt there w...

For nearly two decades, Newtown has been in an enviable position in terms of its representation in Hartford. But it appears the “power of four” that Newtown has enjoyed in terms of its elected leadership at the Capitol may be facing a measurable chan...

Martin John Maciag, Jr, “Marty,” 79, died August 22, at home after a valiant fight with cancer. Martin was born December 3, 1941, in Glen Cove, N.Y., to Marjorie (Anderson) and Martin John Maciag, Sr, both of whom preceded him in death. Marty was a k...

Timothy Andrew Gilbert passed away after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer’s disease on August 22, at Regional Hospice in Danbury, while surrounded by his loving family and beloved service dog and faithful companion, Shadow. Tim was born on October 3, ...

Catherine Elaine Mummery, 82, of Newtown, passed away Saturday evening, September 4, surrounded by family who loved her dearly, with her daughter Diane, and son Robert, right by her side. She was assisted gracefully into heaven by the amazing people ...

Frances Elizabeth (Morgan) Denninger, 67, formerly of Newtown, passed away September 7, in Danbury. She was born in Valley Stream, N.Y., in 1953 and graduated from Sacred Heart Academy. She went on to graduate from St John’s University in Queens, N.Y...