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To the Editor: Beginning in 1928 and running until 1958, mostly on NBC and originating at WMAQ Chicago, there was a program called The National Farm and Home Hour. Its announcer and host was Everette Mitchell. Mitchell, in his book, Beautiful Day, sa...

To the Editor: Muslims unite globally to uphold 30 days of fasting from sunrise to sunset in sacred Ramadan, alighting April 13th this year again amid COVID restrictions. It was in the “night of decree…better than a thousand months” during the last t...

To the Editor: [Re: “A Problem That Needs Solving,” The Newtown Bee Letter Hive, April 9, 2021] Newtown Action Alliance should not concentrate on law-abiding gun owners and manufacturers. If the “Alliance” is so concerned about saving lives, add...

To the Editor: State Senator Tony Hwang’s letter to The Newtown Bee of 4-9-21 [“Sen Hwang Supports The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial”] expressed well the support earned and the commission’s volunteered time and effort spent on developing the current ...

To the Editor: Newtown is whiter than the census says. The 2010 Census results stated that Newtown had 444 Black people and 1,033 Hispanics. But you never bumped into half of the Black people or 140 of the Latino men on a shopping trip to Big Y or Ca...

To the Editor: I am writing to express my support of the “For the People Act” and encourage our Senators to support the bill in Congress. While Connecticut and other states enjoy a handful of voting rights expansion such as public campaign financing,...

Newtown Lions Club launched its latest fundraising efforts last year, after an impassioned letter to the editor called attention to the need for new or replacement playground equipment for children with special needs. Members of that local chapter wi...

Eileen Mary Malsch, age 103, passed away peacefully on April 12 in Newtown. Eileen was born on February 9, 1918, in Lowell, Mass., to Mary Ellen (Nellie) and (John) Joseph Murphy during the Spanish Flu pandemic. She was the youngest of six children. ...

UPDATE: This online report was edited at 11:45 am on April 14 to modify initially incorrect polling outcomes from Monroe, and to add remarks from Newtown's First Selectman, and State Senator Tony Hwang. * * * * * Republican Tony Scott outpaced ...

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