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Published: Nov 07, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Many local office and businesses will be closed in observance of Veterans Day, a federal holiday, on Wednesday, November 11.
All town offices will be closed on Wednesday.
Newtown Senior Center and C.H. Booth Library will also be closed on Wednesday.
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Published: Nov 07, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The Newtown Bee wanted to know, “What is your favorite local food indulgence?” And readers responded.
A new question will be posted weekly to our Facebook page for the foreseeable future. Readers are encouraged to join the conversation by checkin...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 06:00 PM
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue shared in a letter to parents and staff on November 6 that an individual at Newtown Middle School has tested positive for COVID-19.
The letter is below.
Dear Parents and Staff:
We were notified today that ...
Updated: Nov 09, 2020 at 07:56 AM
A Newtown family has been displaced after a fire destroyed their home on November 6.
Dodgingtown and Hawleyville fire companies were dispatched to 17 Wedgewood Court around 1:30 pm Friday afternoon, for a reported residential fire alarm. When the fir...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 02:00 PM
Beginning December 3, 2020, we will no longer publish letters to our website daily. All letters received for publication in the print edition of The Newtown Bee will be published online at newtownbee.com after noon each Thursday. Letters containing t...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 12:45 PM
It is with great sadness that we announce the sudden passing of our loved one, Cheryl E. Lockwood, of Sandy Hook, on Wednesday, November 4. Cheryl was born April 12, 1961, at St Mary’s Hospital in Waterbury. Cheryl was the daughter of George F. Lockw...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 12:40 PM
Muriel Helen (MacArthur) Guyer, age 94, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 30, in Mesa, Ariz., with her daughter by her side. Muriel had a zest for life and lived each day full of joy and happiness. She brought a smile to all who k...
Updated: Nov 06, 2020 at 11:47 AM
With the state’s COVID-19 positivity rate continuing to cruise well above four percent on a rolling average, and its case load topping 77,000, Governor Ned Lamont has tweaked his rollback guidelines — referred to as Phase 2.1 — reducing maximum group...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 09:55 AM
Wendy Elizabeth (James) McCullough died at her daughter’s home in Sugarland, Texas, on November 2 at the age of 80.
Wendy is survived by two daughters, Justine and her husband, Robert Higgins, of Nashua, N.H., and Louise McCullough and her husband, J...
Updated: Nov 06, 2020 at 08:38 AM
The goals kept coming — a season-best half dozen of them to be exact — and the wins continue to pile up as well as Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team put together a dominating performance en route to a 6-0 triumph over visiting Abbott Tech of Da...
