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As captured through the camera lenses of Managing Editor Shannon Hicks and Bee Photographer Bill Glass, we offer a final look at some of the people, events and views that defined 2024 within Newtown.

As we finish another year, each of The Newtown Bee’s reporters is looking back on the year to consider their biggest and best stories, and the events that have been changing Newtown over 2024. In seeing where we’ve been, we hope to inform where we ar...

The Newtown Bee is looking for the first child born to Newtown parents in 2025. This will continue a tradition now in its 67th year. The winning parents will be the ones who submit the earliest birthdate (and time, if necessary, to break a tie) t...

Morgan Wright Mead, Jr “Moose” of Southbury passed away December 31 at River Glen Health Care Center in Southbury. He was born in Norwalk on November 11, 1946, a son of the late Morgan and Emma Mead. Morgan served in the US Army during the Vietnam Wa...

Stephen, a longtime resident of Newtown, is survived by his wife, Kristine Macejko, and son Stephen M. Macejko III, as well as mom, Shirley Macejko of Stratford, sisters Sheila Runkis, Sandra Starr (Martin) and Stephanie Macejko, and brother-in-law J...

The parish of St Rose of Lima Roman Catholic Church opened its year offering best wishes to Monsignor Robert Weiss. “Father Bob” retired from his administrative duties after nearly 25 years in Newtown, and more than 50 years since his ordination, on ...

Nicknames: Angi Family: My wife Renia, and sons Matthew and Ben. How did you and Renia meet? We were part of a friend group. She was best friends with the sister of the girlfriend of one of my fraternity brothers. We were friends for abou...

This year was a stellar year for the Newtown community. The summer was packed with annual events such as the Labor Day parade, LobsterFest, and the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library Book Sale. The warmth and strength of this community was hotter than...

Johannes Marinus Velthuizen, 77, of Creedmoor, N.C., passed away Monday, December 23, at Duke Regional Hospital. Born on May 12,1947 in Amsterdam, Netherlands, he was the son of the late Andries Velthuizen and Margaretha Evers. Johannes graduated fro...

President Joseph Biden has ordered flags lowered in memory of James Earl Carter Jr, the 39th President of the United States, who died on December 29. The peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vietnam War, endur...