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Updated: Jun 07, 2021 at 10:06 AM
“The first time Martin Luther King Jr experienced life outside the segregated South, it was in Simsbury. He spent the summers of 1944 and 1947 here, and his letters home expressed wonder in the freedom to eat in any restaurant and sit wherever he...
Published: Jun 07, 2021 at 08:00 AM
With the Harley-Davidson motorcycle he often rode placed beneath a flag at half-staff just outside, members of Newtown Police Department, Newtown Police Commission, local officials, family members, and others who worked with and fondly remembered the...
Published: Jun 07, 2021 at 07:30 AM
Work by members of Weaving Newtown is on display in the Newtown Municipal Center showcase through the end of June.
Included in the exhibit are pieces by Leslie Huston; Hao Chang; Bev Skiles; Jen Rogers, Weaving Newtown coordinator; and master weaver ...
Updated: Aug 02, 2021 at 08:02 AM
Improper Turn
A 2019 Chevrolet Spark LS being operated by Michael L. Schaker, 34, of Bethel, was leaving the parking lot of 79 South Main Street/Ricky’s Shopping Plaza and had just entered the northbound traffic lane of South Main Street around ...
Published: Jun 07, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Julia Dolan was announced as the Newtown High School Class of 2021’s valedictorian and Sarah Nowacki as the salutatorian, at the school on May 5. Both recently reflected on their educational experiences in phone interviews with The Newtown Bee.
“I’ve...
Published: Jun 07, 2021 at 07:00 AM
For residents age 55 and over who wish they had the ability to do some of the home chores and tasks they were once able to do, two local groups are teaming up to make that wish come true.
Friends Of Newtown Seniors (FONS) Chores Services has teamed u...
Published: Jun 07, 2021 at 06:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and responders:
Wednesday, May 26: 8:30 am, service call, Great Quarter Road, Sandy Hook covered; 11:24 am, motor vehicle ac...
Published: Jun 06, 2021 at 08:00 AM
The public is invited to join staff and administration of the C.H. Booth Library for a fun and happy retirement celebration honoring longtime assistant director Beryl Harrison. The event will run from 4:30 to 6:30 pm, Friday, June 11, on the library ...
Published: Jun 06, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Baron, a yellow Labrador service dog with The Exceptional Sidekick Service Dogs, has died, as announced by the nonprofit organization’s owner Abby Hill.
Baron was recently diagnosed with cancer just before he could be placed as a service dog, as shar...
Updated: Aug 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM
It had been a long time since a non-virtual race took place in Newtown. On Saturday, June 5, the Rooster Run returned and made for a fun, yet competitive, morning of races for all ages at Fairfield Hills.
“I’m very, very pleased. I’m so happy we’re a...
