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Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 02:03 PM
To the Editor:
[On January 6] C-SPAN [was to] televise the Congressional ratification of the Electoral College votes. It promises to be a deliberately created circus, as the dirty baker’s dozen Congresspersons stand up to challenge those electoral vo...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 02:02 PM
To the Editor:
Since my neighbor killed 26 children and six educators at Sandy Hook Elementary School on December 14, 2012, the volunteer members of the Newtown Action Alliance with families directly impacted by gun violence have traveled to Washingt...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 02:01 PM
To the Editor:
Over the past year every facet of our lives was impacted by the global pandemic. Keeping distance from loved ones, cancelling major life celebrations, homeschooling our children, and numerous sacrifices were made for the greater good a...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 02:00 PM
To the Editor:
In response to Veronica Hempstead’s letter of 1/1/2021 (The Newtown Bee, “The ‘Why’ Of The Vote”): I am a senior citizen, but believe age is irrelevant. Wisdom comes from knowledge and research, not age. I voted for Biden, knowing that...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 12:01 PM
The Connecticut delegation of federal lawmakers representing Newtown along with a number of other federal and state officials lined up following the January 6 siege on the US Capitol building. Chaos and destruction briefly ruled on Capitol Hill as a ...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 11:00 AM
American Legion Post 202 is hosting a clothing fundraiser drive through January 18. Due to COVID-19, Post 202 has not been able to do other fundraising in the past year.
Donations of clothing, shoes and boots, handbags, backpacks, jackets and coats, ...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 09:10 AM
Thomas Lawrence Capozziello passed away unexpectedly January 5.
Born January 2, 1993 in Norwalk, Conn., Thomas spent the majority of his life in Newtown, graduating from Newtown High School, class of 2011. He furthered his education at Naugatuck Vall...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 08:40 AM
Known to most people as “Kay,” Kathryn Ozanne passed away on January 3 after a 19-year struggle with inclusion body myositis, ten years of macular degeneration, several cases of sepsis, and finally COVID.
She was the daughter of Catherine Ryan Fitzsi...
Updated: Jan 07, 2021 at 04:45 PM
Delivered via video, January 6, 2021
[Video clip: Thank you again for trusting me with this office and inviting me back into the hall, the room where it happens. And thanks to our partnership, the state of our state is getting stronger.]
Last ye...
Published: Jan 07, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The Friends of the C.H. Booth Library is holding its first-ever children’s and young adult pop-up book sale at the C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street. The sale began on January 4 and runs until January 30.
The sale is located on the second floor of t...