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Published: Dec 24, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Following a Board of Finance recommendation and referral of the town’s five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), the Legislative Council began what is expected to be a nearly two-month process of finalizing it during a virtual meeting December 16.
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Published: Dec 24, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The next issue of The Newtown Bee will have early deadlines due to New Year’s Day. The print edition of January 1, 2021, will be mailed December 30, so that the USPS can deliver the papers to local subscribers ahead of the holiday. The paper will als...
Published: Dec 23, 2020 at 04:30 PM
We continue this year with the tradition begun by the late Newtown Bee Editor Paul Smith many years ago, that of printing the Christmas story, according to St Luke, in the issue closest to December 25.
Familiar to those of Christian faith is the stor...
Updated: Dec 23, 2020 at 03:11 PM
There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print. If you read the print edition of The Newtown Bee, or subscribe, you belong to an exclusive club — the one that gets the best of Newtown’s news, first.
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Updated: Dec 24, 2020 at 12:00 PM
To the Editor:
A new piece of legislation has been brought to the senate floor that would end the extreme criminalization of cannabis for adults through descheduling cannabis from the list of controlled substances. H.R. 3884 is a direct response to N...
Published: Dec 23, 2020 at 02:02 PM
To the Editor:
This year with COVID has really been an unprecedented time. I felt that I needed to do something good for others rather than spend all my days at home during COVID. I decided that I wanted to do something for the children in our commun...
Published: Dec 23, 2020 at 02:01 PM
To the Editor:
The young ‘Cubs’ of Cub Scout Pack 270, chartered by the Newtown Congregational Church, want to express their appreciation and gratitude to all the members of the Newtown community who supported their recent popcorn fundraising event. ...
Published: Dec 23, 2020 at 02:00 PM
To the Editor,
At the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, we have so much to be thankful for as we enter the holiday season: a committed faculty and staff, an engaged and vibrant student body, a beautiful campus, invested parents and friends, a steadfa...
Updated: Dec 23, 2020 at 01:04 PM
Each week we compile a list of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top five stories, based on the number of page reads.
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Updated: Dec 23, 2020 at 09:13 AM
Heavy rain and damaging wind gusts are being predicted for the East through Christmas Day, according to the National Weather Service (NWS). While some parts of the country are bracing for more snow, New England is looking at potentially heavy rain an...