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To the Editor: Families United in Newtown (FUN), a community recreational program for those in our area with special needs children, teens, and adults, sponsored the 8th Annual Benefit Concert at Dickinson Park on June 6. Over 200 meals were delivere...

To the Editor: We highly recommend the services of Kevin Alves Electric, LLC, who came to our rescue after Eversource left us without a working electrical meter and electricity on Friday, May 28. Kevin Alves quickly came to assess the situation, and ...

To the Editor: In her letter, “Condemn All War Crimes” (The Newtown Bee, May 28, 2021), Polly Brody falsely accused Israel of deliberately targeting al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza during the recent warfare against Israel by Gaza and its Hamas-led governme...

To the Editor: Dear representatives of Newtown, My family has lived in Newtown for 36 years. We have long realized what a jewel our small, independent hometown newspaper, The Newtown Bee, is. At a time when most news has been digitalized and consolid...

To the Editor: I moved to Newtown last summer, and my family, including my school-age children, have fallen in love with our new hometown. One of my first acts as a Newtown homeowner was to subscribe to The Newtown Bee. I was dismayed to read in your...

BRIDGEPORT — The Bridgeport Police Department has partnered with the Council of Churches of Greater Bridgeport and Swords to Plowshares to host a “gun buyback” event on Saturday, June 12, from 10 am until 2 pm, at the Community Services Building loca...

HARTFORD — In the waning hours of the 2021 legislative session, the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed a state bonding package that funds a number of projects, including necessary infrastructure updates, municipal aid, school construction, and ad...

Marilyn Mae Thompson, age 77, of Hendersonville, N.C., passed away November 4, 2020, at UNC Medical Center. A native of Connecticut, formerly of Sandy Hook, Marilyn made her final move to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Prior to...

Thousands of numbered yellow rubber ducks are out of hibernation and getting ready to race in the 2021 Newtown Lions Club Great Pootatuck Duck Race on Saturday, September 4. The full event will run from 11 am to 3 pm. The ducks had been hibernating s...

Four members of the locally based search and rescue dive team recently completed specialist training. The public is invited to meet some of those divers, and other members of Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR), and learn about the team and ...