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Updated: Jul 16, 2021 at 11:28 AM
A line of people with tote bags and boxes in hand wrapped around the sidewalk of Reed Intermediate School on the morning of Saturday, July 10, for the much-anticipated return of the Friends of the CH Booth Library’s Book Sale. Anticipation was partic...
Published: Jul 16, 2021 at 08:00 AM
BROOKFIELD — Things are blooming at the Brookfield Theatre for the Arts. Native Gardens, Karen Zacarias’s comedic play with a serious message, has opened on their horticultural extravaganza of a stage.
In an upscale neighborhood just outside Washingt...
Updated: Jul 16, 2021 at 02:43 PM
Hearts of Hope (HoH) of Newtown has planned a series of summer paint nights to honor Newtown’s teachers.
The next Paint With A Purpose event is scheduled for Thursday, July 22, from 5 to 9 pm, at Reverie Brewing Company, 57B Church Hill Road. HOH Fou...
Published: Jul 16, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Cub Scouts Pack 270 is planning a bicycle rodeo for this weekend.
According to organizers, a bicycle rodeo teaches bicycle safety and how to maneuver and maintain control of a bicycle through different obstacles. The event is a fun way to tea...
Published: Jul 16, 2021 at 07:00 AM
NOTE: Beginning this week, we are expanding this popular column to include a second photo and a look back at Newtown news of 125 years ago, in addition to the longstanding segments sharing local news of 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago.
July 12...
Published: Jul 16, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Congratulations to Scarlett Lewis and Nicole Hockley, who were named inaugural 50 Over 50 Impact honorees recently by Forbes. The local mothers were among 50 women recognized for changing their communities and the world in ways big and small through ...
Published: Jul 16, 2021 at 07:00 AM
First Selectman Dan Rosenthal and his two-term running mate, Selectman Maureen Crick Owen, notified The Newtown Bee this week that they will be seeking third terms this November. However, this run will see Rosenthal doing so not as a Democrat, but as...
Published: Jul 15, 2021 at 05:00 PM
There has been plenty of discourse occurring on local social networks since The Newtown Bee first reported local officials were seeking to provisionally ban any adult use cannabis retail operations in our community.
The plan was first floated by Firs...
Updated: Jul 15, 2021 at 04:31 PM
Democratic State Representative Raghib Allie-Brennan, whose Second District includes several neighborhoods in western Newtown, joined GOP Newtown delegation colleagues Mitch Bolinsky (R-106), Tony Scott (R-112), and Senator Tony Hwang (R-28) voting a...
Published: Jul 15, 2021 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor,
We continue to spend more money to keep the current [education] system.
Parents fear that this continual spending will guarantee that their children get “a proper education.” But it would seem that this radical politicization of educat...
