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There are assists in sports such as soccer, hockey, and basketball. And thanks to the Newtown High School Blue & Gold Booster Club, football players, swimmers, and other Nighthawk athletes have been assisted throughout the years as well. Since its es...

Newtown High School fall sports tryouts will take place in August. Newtown Athletic Director Matt Memoli will post a Google Meet video with pertinent information regarding fall sports. Follow NHS athletics on Twitter and Instagram (@nhsathletics) as ...

South-West Conference boys’ golfers will tee off in the fall starting this September. Traditionally a spring sport for both girls and boys, the girls will continue to take to the greens in April, but the boys will now hit the fairways while the folia...

Jerome “Jerry” Schmidt, 88, of Sandy Hook, passed away on August 16, at the Regional Hospice Care Center in Danbury. He was the beloved husband of Patricia (Corcoran) Schmidt whom he married on August 25, 1956. Born on January 5, 1933, in Buffalo, N....

Please join us in celebrating the loving life of Linda Fagan Manna, who passed away on August 16, after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Born on June 25, 1946, in New York City to LeRoy and Estelle Fagan, Linda moved to South Salem, N.Y., wh...

Newtown High School’s Blue & Gold Stadium has a brand new playing surface thanks to a major summertime renovation that is part of the Board of Education’s capital improvement plan. A new track and repainted bleachers are also part of the project, whi...

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 recent top stories, based on the number of page reads. Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the paper each week —...

Occupation: My husband Jim and I own and operate Shortt’s Farm in Sandy Hook. Family: We have two boys, James, 13, and Jesse, 12. Pets: We have a dog named Opie, a ton of chickens (too many to name), and we just got 100 more laying hens. ...

Olga Semanco Abriola, age 85, of Southbury and previously of Woodbury, died on Saturday, August 14. Born on November 15, 1935, in Paterson, N.J., she was the daughter of the late Demetry and Anna Kimt Semanco. She was the loving wife of Dr Salvatore ...

A memorial service/celebration of life to honor Marcia Hicks, who died in August 2020, is being planned. Marcia was the mother of Christy Spinelli of Middlebury and Shannon Will of Sandy Hook. She also left three grandchildren, additional family memb...