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Published: Mar 23, 2021 at 07:00 AM
DANBURY — The never-quit Newtown High School boys’ basketball team had a late-game surge before falling 66-55 to the host Immaculate Mustangs in the South-West Conference tournament quarterfinals, on March 18.
Trailing by as many as 17 points late in...
Published: Mar 23, 2021 at 07:00 AM
The shows will go on. Newtown High School is readying not one, but two spring musicals.
NHS Choral Director Jane Matson is directing and choreographing both productions. When it came time to think about this year’s production, Matson said every optio...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 01:00 PM
At The Newtown Bee, we are working on articles every week for our readers’ education and enjoyment, and subscribers get the first — and sometimes exclusive — look at stories in print.
What’s in the works for the edition of March 26 is a full account ...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 11:10 AM
Wallace C. Thomas, age 97, of Newtown, died peacefully in Danbury Hospital on March 20. Wally was born in Bridgeport in 1923 to the late Irvin F. Thomas and Mildred (Howe) Thomas.
He was a World War II veteran serving in the Army Air Corps.
He met th...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 10:44 AM
Late Saturday afternoon, March 20, First Selectman Dan Rosenthal shared a draft decision from Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) that validates the many complaints being made by ratepayers and municipal leaders who bore the br...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 08:15 AM
Writer Robin DiAngelo first coined the term “white fragility,” according to Minnesota Public Radio, in 2011 to describe the ways in which many white people react emotionally and defensively when confronted with issues of race.
Seven years later she r...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 08:00 AM
After spending her younger years locally, graduating from Newtown High School and returning home through college, Beth Bogdan moved on and out to work in the music industry.
Readers may recall she created a philanthropic project following the 12/14 t...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Jeff Belanger’s latest book, The Call of Kilimanjaro: Finding Hope Above the Clouds, was published March 9 by Imagine, a division of Charlesbridge Publishing.
After losing his brother-in-law Chris to cancer, Belanger made the decision to summit Mount...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 07:30 AM
AURORA, COLO. — Newtown residents who were and continue to be part of the large and loyal following of the former Avielle Foundation will be able to virtually meet the team that is leading its recently relocated and renamed effort at the National Men...
Published: Mar 22, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Members of Newtown Interfaith Council (NIC) met on March 10, when they marked a year of conducting meetings virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Those present last week discussed their current and future worship plans, and offered an overview of t...
