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Updated: Feb 11, 2021 at 11:05 AM
Hope On Main Street, a local nonprofit organization supporting cancer awareness and cancer survivors, has partnered with Newtown Salt Spa, 43 South Main Street, for a Valentine’s raffle.
For a donation of $10 or more, you may nominate a cancer surviv...
Updated: Feb 11, 2021 at 06:09 AM
Newtown Public Schools will have a two-hour delay, due to the weather, on Thursday, February 11.
The announcement was made early Thursday morning.
Published: Feb 11, 2021 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Many newspaper editorials have been written about Donald Trump running for office again. And now he is on trial to be impeached to prevent him from running for any office again. What he should be on trial for is treason!
He has several...
Published: Feb 10, 2021 at 10:45 AM
Mr Albert J. Bibeau, Jr, passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, February 3.
Albert was born on June 16, 1947, the son of the late Albert J. Bibeau, Sr, and Theresa A. (Montano) Bibeau. He attended Quinnipiac College and Southern Connecticut State Uni...
Updated: Feb 10, 2021 at 08:31 AM
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.
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Published: Feb 10, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: My wife, Gayle, and I are the co-owners and operators of Phinney’s Local Grocer in Newtown.
Family: My parents, Kate and Lou Forgione, are longtime residents of Newtown. My brother Paul lives up in Rochester, New York, with his fi...
Published: Feb 10, 2021 at 08:00 AM
The long winter wait is over, and high school sports got back on track with Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team beating visiting Bethel 41-21 on February 8.
Newtown jumped out to a 19-5 halftime lead and cruised behind stellar defense.
“Ever...
Published: Feb 09, 2021 at 04:20 PM
1927-2021. Dates with a dash. Summarizing a life of places and names, but fails to convey the joy in life and innate kindness that was embodied by Ian Isdale of North Branford, formerly of Orange, Conn., and Ashfield, Mass.
The world lost a bit of su...
Updated: Feb 09, 2021 at 12:19 PM
Roughly a month ago, Newtown resident Brett Boles was thinking of ways to reach out to his students at William H. Hall High School in West Hartford, and as a result he now has a substantial TikTok following.
As of February 1, Boles had 22,700 followe...
Published: Feb 09, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Board of Education hired a new director of technology at its January 21 virtual meeting.
Dennis Colclough of Oxford was unanimously supported for the position by board members following an executive session interview ahead of the virtual meeting....
