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A longtime Newtown couple was displaced after their home was significantly damaged by fire last Friday evening. Doris Botsford said this week she and her husband knew something was wrong when the house started filling with smoke. “Unfortunately we co...

State Representative Mitch Bolinsky and Senator Tony Hwang will cohost a legislative town hall to discuss key issues facing the state of Connecticut. The event is planned for Sunday, January 12, beginning at noon, at Newtown Community Center, 8 Simps...

While most young children — even if still hyped up on holiday treats and all of the activity during school break — were fast asleep when the clock stuck midnight and the ball dropped, they did not have to miss out on celebrating the New Year with sim...

Our beloved Patricia “Patti” Ann Lynn Fogelstrom, age 65, passed away peacefully on January 1, 2025, surrounded by her loved ones. After a courageous 25-year battle with Polycythemia Vera and Myelofibrosis, Patti’s strength, faith, and vibrant spirit...

It’s time to select the winner of the Newtown Bee’s Sportsman of the Year Award — which since 2008 has honored late Newtown Bee Sports Editor Kim Harmon — for 2024. The Bee is considering candidates and welcomes your input through Monday, January 13....

SOUTHBURY – Mary Ann Dwight (our beloved “Mimi”) passed away surrounded by family on January 2, 2025, at Waterbury Hospital following a brief illness. Mary Ann was born Mary Ann Joyce Carnright on October 24, 1935, in Cornwall, N.Y., the daughter of ...

Charlene Paternoster, 78, passed away peacefully in Bridges Memory Care Assisted Living in Trumbull, her residence of the past two years. She was born in Bridgeport to John and Rita (Amidon) Walters on October 28, 1946. Charlene was predeceased by Th...

Nicholas Briglia of Sandy Hook and Marco Island, Fla., passed away peacefully at his home surrounded by his family on December 25, 2024. Nick was born in the Bronx and at age 3 his family moved to Mt Vernon, N.Y., where he grew up. He attended Edison...

Any nicknames? The Apple Bird, which I’m called occasionally; or TJ. Family: Immediate family is my parents and sister, and my late brother. Pets: Two golden doodles, Cody and Sadie. How long have you lived in Newtown? All my life so ...

NEW CUMBERLAND, Penn. — It is with heavy hearts that we celebrate the life of David John Marusa, a beloved husband, son, brother, uncle, and friend, who left us peacefully on December 22, 2024, at the age of 46. Born on January 20, 1978, in Bridgepor...