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Updated: Dec 11, 2020 at 10:44 AM
Members of Newtown Interfaith Council announced recently that an interfaith gathering to commemorate the eighth year since the shooting at Sandy Hook School will take place online this year.
Due to issues of health and safety during the current pande...
Updated: Dec 21, 2020 at 04:45 PM
Occupation: I am a teacher for the Ridgefield Public Schools. This is my 29th year as an educator. Currently, I am teaching third grade but have also taught first and second.
Family: I am married to my dear Kiwi, Peter Andrew. In fact, we jus...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 04:30 PM
In our preoccupation with surviving the novel coronavirus and its fallout, we seem to have forgotten what we swore we would Never Forget: 12/14.
Meanwhile, 26 families directly affected that December day in 2012, as well as many more suffering from t...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 04:00 PM
HARTFORD — As COVID-19 cases continue to rise in Connecticut and across the country, leaders of the Board of Education Union Coalition on Thursday, December 10, presented a petition signed by nearly 14,000 education and community members urging the s...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 03:25 PM
Not even a pandemic can keep the talented community of NewArts supporters, actors, technicians, and supporters down.
Hot on the heels of the company’s well-received virtual summer production of Peter Pan, NewArts Artistic Director Michael Unger has ...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 03:00 PM
Newtown’s School Superintendent Dr Lorrie Rodrigue and Board of Education Chair Michelle Embree Ku both penned separate letters to district parents and student guardians after more than two dozen of them co-signed a letter earlier this month represen...
Updated: Dec 28, 2020 at 03:11 PM
The Newtown Bee wanted to know, “What is the best act of kindness you have ever received?” And readers responded with heartwarming stories.
A new question will be posted weekly for the foreseeable future. Readers are encouraged to check facebook....
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 02:35 PM
To the Editor:
Remote learning is failing our children. In fact — despite the best efforts of our kids’ great teachers and the entire school community — we believe remote learning is detrimental to our children’s social-emotional wellbeing and overal...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 02:34 PM
To the Editor:
As parents of four young children, ages 6-11, we write this letter as a plea to the Board of Education to get the children of Newtown back in school as soon as possible. It has been extremely frustrating to watch parents in surrounding...
Published: Dec 10, 2020 at 02:33 PM
To the Editor:
In this year of isolation, a delightful activity that is safe from COVID exposure is to drive around Newtown to see the fabulous holiday decorating and lights many homeowners have put on display. All ages, from the very young to the yo...
