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Published: Jul 08, 2021 at 04:20 PM
This year's Friends of C. H. Booth Library Book Sale is set to begin Friday, July 9 with a preview, and will run through Tuesday, July 13.
The sale runs from July 9 to 13 at Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane. The Friday preview is from 1 pm to...
Updated: Jul 29, 2021 at 02:20 PM
Newtown, like any town, has its fair share of complainers, right?
You hear them at shop counters, on the sidelines, sitting with you in the waiting room while your car is being fixed or your kid is with the dentist. They are in your book group, membe...
Updated: Jul 09, 2021 at 02:35 PM
To the Editor,
The USA is one of the few countries without universal health care. There is a way for the USA to have universal health care (often referred to as “Medicare for all”) — and also reduce our problem of wealth inequality. We can accomplis...
Updated: Jul 09, 2021 at 02:36 PM
To the Editor,
On July 2nd, The Newtown Bee
published a letter purporting to highlight “facts” related to “…what is going on in our United States” since President Biden has been in office. The writer omits facts about what occurred a mere two wee...
Updated: Jul 09, 2021 at 02:37 PM
To the Editor,
I was excited to learn an Israeli company, Future Meat Technologies, recently opened the world’s first cultured-meat factory. For those who don’t know, cultured meat is grown from cells, without slaughtering animals. The factory can ma...
Published: Jul 07, 2021 at 03:50 PM
Lawrence Oliver III (“Larry,” “Butch”), 56, son of the late Lawrence Oliver, Jr, and late Patsy (Fearon) Oliver, passed away unexpectedly at his home in Sandy Hook, on June 28. He was born May 27, 1965. Larry attended Newtown schools, graduating from...
Published: Jul 07, 2021 at 03:30 PM
Frank P. Bergonzi, Sr, of Newtown and Madison, Conn., passed away peacefully, surrounded by his family, on Friday, July 2. He was the son of the late Jenni and Benvenuto Bergonzi and was born September 23, 1929, on the Lower East Side of Manhattan. F...
Updated: Jul 07, 2021 at 02:26 PM
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.
Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the paper each week —...
Published: Jul 07, 2021 at 01:40 PM
Richard Alan Clarkson, age 88, of Sandy Hook and Boynton Beach, Fla., passed away peacefully at home on July 5. He will be missed by his wife of 61 years, Carole Clarkson.
He was born July 27, 1932, in Sharon, Conn., son of the late Howard and Lucy (...
Published: Jul 07, 2021 at 09:30 AM
Stephen “Steve” Burt Hensel, of Southbury, Conn., passed peacefully at his home, surrounded by family, on July 6, after a long battle with cancer. He was 58 years old.
Steve, formerly of Sandy Hook before moving to Southbury, is survived by his wife ...
