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Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 07:00 AM
With concerns that ineligible voters may appear at the Reed School polling location Tuesday, April 13, to try and cast ballots for the 112th Legislative District special election, local registrars have posted a list of Newtown streets with residences...
Published: Apr 09, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Heading into its final performance of the Winter 2021 season, the Newtown High School Winter Guard team was tied for the top spot in the MAC Scholastic A class.
Now the wait begins to learn how the season will end.
On Saturday, April 3, the team perf...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 04:35 PM
To the Editor:
To the Voters of the 112th District,
When I made the difficult decision to retire as State Representative, I did so because I knew Tony Scott was ready and able to continue my work. Tony Scott has the experience to hit the ground runni...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 04:30 PM
Does it matter that only a small percentage — around 2,300 people — in Newtown are affected by the upcoming April 13 special election in the 112th District? The answer, in a nutshell, is yes.
Whichever of the three candidates vying for the seat vacat...
Updated: Apr 09, 2021 at 04:53 PM
RIDGEFIELD — Multiple Grammy-winning jazz guitar icon John Scofield describes his upcoming socially distanced shows at the Ridgefield Playhouse like the musical equivalent of a tightrope walk. But instead of balancing himself with a bar - he is doing...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 03:50 PM
Anybody in Newtown who thinks COVID-19 is retreating locally in the face of proliferating vaccine availability and warmer weather coaxing more folks outside, presumably reducing transmissions, is simply wrong.
Despite the expanding availability of va...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 03:00 PM
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.
Subscribers and print readers will be first to read this week about the selectmen’s discussions and...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 03:00 PM
It may be a couple years removed from the last time Newtown High School’s baseball team has been on the diamond, but Coach Ian Thoesen is optimistic his squad can build off the success it had back in 2019.
The Nighthawks were undefeated in the South-...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 02:07 PM
To the Editor:
For years, armed counter demonstrators have shown up at our protests in front of the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the gun lobby group headquartered in Newtown. Across the nation, more and more gun owners are using their guns to...
Published: Apr 08, 2021 at 02:06 PM
To the Editor:
I am writing in support of the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial and the sensitive and emotionally challenging work completed by the ten-person volunteer commission.
To be tasked with honoring the most devastating event in our community’s ...
