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Published: Jun 25, 2021 at 07:00 AM
One of Connecticut Secretary of the State Denise Merrill’s more recent official ventures outside the confines of the Capitol region and her Hartford offices in late April was to honor Newtown Registrars of Voters Erica Canfield and LeReine Frampton w...
Published: Jun 25, 2021 at 07:00 AM
If Don Ramsey had his way, a whole crate of Good Egg Awards would go to his nominee, a certain Hawley School kindergarten teacher! Effusive in his praise, Don wants a Good Egg Award to go to Deborah Lubin... “Her general demeanor of gentleness, encou...
Published: Jun 25, 2021 at 07:00 AM
A long-planned “heritage park” with a welcoming pavilion, ample parking, and possibly several high-powered electric vehicle charging stations is getting rapidly closer to reality, as is the long-dormant development of at least one industrial parcel i...
Published: Jun 25, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Through August 1, C.H. Booth Library is conducting a One Subject Art Contest.
To honor the beauty of the lovely old sugar maple tree the is the centerpiece of the library’s southern patio, students entering grades five through 12 are invited to visit...
Published: Jun 25, 2021 at 07:00 AM
On July 1, the same day countless consumers of marijuana and related products statewide will be hailing — and perhaps inhaling — the legalization of cannabis across Connecticut, Newtown’s Planning and Zoning Commission will be asked to snuff out the ...
Published: Jun 24, 2021 at 04:30 PM
Home and work are our first and second “gathering places.” Other communal spots that bring people together become a “third place,” and in Newtown we have a number of them: the C.H. Booth Library, the Newtown Community Center, the Senior Center, coffe...
Updated: Jun 24, 2021 at 03:10 PM
There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print. If you read the print edition of The Newtown Bee, or subscribe, you belong to an exclusive club — the one that gets the best of Newtown’s news, first.
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Published: Jun 24, 2021 at 02:04 PM
To the Editor:
This morning I had the opportunity to attend a preschool graduation ceremony at the [Children’s Adventure Center] CAC. My grandson, age 5, participated along with about 30 kids.
It was a special occasion for me, as in the early ’70s, t...
Updated: Jun 25, 2021 at 08:37 AM
To the Editor:
I read Dr Rudy Magnan’s letter [The Newtown Bee, June 18, 2021, “Reeducating Our Children”] and found it to be disturbing on many levels.
To me, a black man, his letter effectively reads like this:
“We should teach our children about h...
Published: Jun 24, 2021 at 02:01 PM
To the Editor:
I would like to propose during this period of transition at The Bee that you eliminate the police reports. It seems to me that there is nothing particularly newsworthy about the fender benders that happen around town. It only serves as...
