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Published: May 14, 2021 at 07:00 AM
May 31, 1996
A town meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 3, at 7:30 pm in the high school auditorium to vote on spending $29 million on school renovation/expansion projects. The vote will be on two separate questions: to appropriate $24,922,000...
Updated: May 18, 2021 at 11:20 AM
Residents driving along Berkshire Road (Route 34) this spring may have recently seen construction begin for the new Holly Estates subdivision, a roughly 72-acre property that will have 16 homes and a cul-de-sac road. In compliance with the Town of Ne...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 04:30 PM
A letter writer to The Newtown Bee [“Demonstrate Allyship With Words And Actions,” The Newtown Bee, May 7, 2021] recently observed that we live in a caring community, so much so that animal welfare brings out the best in us; but concerned that perhap...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 03:00 PM
Coming off a pair of thrilling wins, Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team rolled to a 15-3 triumph over visiting Pomperaug of Southbury, on May 7. The Nighthawks led 9-2 at the intermission and cruised to their sixth double-digit conquest (ther...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 02:55 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: May 13, 2021 at 02:45 PM
The temptation to make analogies to roller coasters, Whack-a-Mole, or bumper cars aside, Governor Ned Lamont headed to Quassy Amusement Park in neighboring Middlebury on May 12 to tout the latest news about the May 19 rollback of COVID-19 restriction...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 02:03 PM
To the Editor:
I have a little public service announcement for those of you who drive north or south on Main Street through the flagpole intersection. If you are one of those people that cross the white line on the right edge of the roadway and drive...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 02:01 PM
To the Editor:
The Newtown Bee’s article on the Charter Commission’s decision [“Charter Panel Chair Clarifies Workgroup Closed Meeting Practices,” The Newtown Bee, May 7, 2021] to bar voters and the press from attending meetings is concerning.
Th...
Published: May 13, 2021 at 02:00 PM
To the Editor:
I find it hard to believe that a major political party in this country would work hard to make it difficult for us to vote. You would think that the political establishment would work hard to make voting even easier than it currently i...
Updated: May 18, 2021 at 11:21 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) met over Zoom on May 6 to discuss an application about a hobby/storage garage on Berkshire Road, an application for converting office space to restaurant space on South Main Street, and an application for cons...
