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HARTFORD — In the waning hours of the 2021 legislative session, the House and Senate overwhelmingly passed a state bonding package that funds a number of projects, including necessary infrastructure updates, municipal aid, school construction, and ad...

Marilyn Mae Thompson, age 77, of Hendersonville, N.C., passed away November 4, 2020, at UNC Medical Center. A native of Connecticut, formerly of Sandy Hook, Marilyn made her final move to the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Prior to...

Thousands of numbered yellow rubber ducks are out of hibernation and getting ready to race in the 2021 Newtown Lions Club Great Pootatuck Duck Race on Saturday, September 4. The full event will run from 11 am to 3 pm. The ducks had been hibernating s...

Four members of the locally based search and rescue dive team recently completed specialist training. The public is invited to meet some of those divers, and other members of Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR), and learn about the team and ...

LOF Adaptive Skiers, working with HELPSY, the largest clothing recycling collector in the Northeast, is hosting a clothing drive on Sunday, June 13, between 8 am and noon, at the Big Brothers Big Sisters of Southwestern Connecticut’s donation center ...

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. Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the paper each week —...

Occupation: I am the co-owner and operator of Phinney’s. I am also the co-founder of a small food, beverage, and hospitality consulting group called Orchard Hill Consulting. Family: My husband, Stephen Forgione, is the other co-owner and oper...

UPDATE (10:58 am): At least one lane has reopened on I-84 West near Exit 9 following a crash earlier this morning that closed the westbound lanes. Traffic is still extremely slow in the area. * * * * * I-84 West is currently closed prior to Exi...

September 14, 1932 to June 5, 2021 It is with great sadness that the family of Madeline D’Arco Cohen announces her passing. Madeline passed away peacefully in her sleep, at her home in Sandy Hook, on June 5. Born Maddalena Spennato on September 14, 1...

Marilynn Mattson Lang died peacefully in her Newtown home on Saturday, June 5. She was five days shy of her 88th birthday. A native of Denver, Marilynn moved east when she married Briscoe Lang in 1958. They settled in Newtown in 1970. Marilynn loved ...