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To the Editor: The mission of Newtown Scholarship Association (NSA) is to provide needs-based scholarship awards to help students and their families manage the ever-growing cost of a college education. Including continuing aid, NSA will award approxi...

To the Editor: I’m going to be a sophomore in high school in just a few months and recently got involved with the Citizens Climate Lobby. The CCL works to enact change and battle climate change by using the power we hold as individuals. The current g...

To the Editor: I am writing in regard to a letter sent to The Bee [The Newtown Bee, June 11, 2021, “Concerns About Former President Of The United States”] for the June 11th edition. I am concerned about the negative, vicious feeling and innuendos tha...

To the Editor: This Fourth of July, we have so much to celebrate. After more than a year spent apart, Americans everywhere are looking forward to finally gathering with loved ones to celebrate Independence Day at parades, cookouts and fireworks shows...

To the Editor: We are deeply saddened by the loss of one of our own Botsford Post Office employees, Sean Thomas. Sean, our beloved sales and service associate, was a beautiful soul. He will be forever missed and never forgotten. His love for people a...

To the Editor: The letter below is my response to a request for monetary contribution from Senator Jeff Merkley. Senator Jeff Merkley: It doesn’t require money to do what is necessary to get your two Democrat colleagues to fall in line and make a sol...

To the Editor: The Republican Party has metamorphosed into Trump’s Cult. Its present members in Washington include Senators McConnell, Cruz, Graham, and Rubio. It is mind boggling that these Senators are pro-Trump after all the derogatory things Trum...

Maria Orlovsky, 81, previously of Nunnawauk Meadows in Newtown, passed away June 28, at Danbury Hospital. Mrs Orlovsky was the wife of the late Mikhail Orlovsky. She was born in Kiev, Ukraine, a daughter of the late Ilya and Klara (Markovich) Royter....

Kenneth James Berry, son of Philip “Tony” and the late Mary Lou (Harding) Berry, passed away at home on June 22. Born March 17, 1965, Kenny attended Newtown schools, graduating from Newtown High School in 1983. He was an avid outdoorsman and hunter. ...

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 —...