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Published: Jun 09, 2021 at 10:25 AM
LOF Adaptive Skiers, working with HELPSY, the largest clothing recycling collector in the Northeast, is hosting a clothing drive on Sunday, June 13, between 8 am and noon, at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut’s donation center ...
Updated: Jun 09, 2021 at 08:41 AM
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.
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Published: Jun 09, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I am the co-owner and operator of Phinney’s. I am also the co-founder of a small food, beverage, and hospitality consulting group called Orchard Hill Consulting.
Family: My husband, Stephen Forgione, is the other co-owner and oper...
Updated: Jun 08, 2021 at 10:59 AM
UPDATE (10:58 am): At least one lane has reopened on I-84 West near Exit 9 following a crash earlier this morning that closed the westbound lanes. Traffic is still extremely slow in the area.
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I-84 West is currently closed prior to Exi...
Published: Jun 08, 2021 at 09:15 AM
September 14, 1932 to June 5, 2021
It is with great sadness that the family of Madeline D’Arco Cohen announces her passing. Madeline passed away peacefully in her sleep, at her home in Sandy Hook, on June 5.
Born Maddalena Spennato on September 14, 1...
Published: Jun 08, 2021 at 09:10 AM
Marilynn Mattson Lang died peacefully in her Newtown home on Saturday, June 5. She was five days shy of her 88th birthday. A native of Denver, Marilynn moved east when she married Briscoe Lang in 1958. They settled in Newtown in 1970.
Marilynn loved ...
Published: Jun 08, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Our occasional series “From Pencil To Print” shares how a story went from conception to a bylined feature for our print edition and website.
Whereas some stories are single-subject, stand-alone, and can be told in one relatively concise arc or j...
Updated: Jun 09, 2021 at 09:16 AM
Newtown Police are asking all residents to be on the lookout for three Black individuals, possibly two Black males and one Black female driving a black Mercedes. The Mercedes has no front plate and a chrome front grill.
The individuals were in the ar...
Published: Jun 08, 2021 at 07:00 AM
For the first time since last spring, when COVID-19 guidelines forced meetings to move to livestream and teleconference platforms, the Board of Police Commissioners had residents join them for a meeting.
The four commissioners at the June 1 meeting ...
Published: Jun 08, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Conservation Commission, in association with Monroe Conservation, has prepared a native plant resource guide to strongly encourage developers, landscape architects, municipal workers, landscapers, and homeowners to use plants that naturally o...
