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Updated: Apr 09, 2021 at 09:05 AM
UPDATE: The most recent endorsements submitted by Democratic candidate Nick Kapoor were added to this report at 9 am on April 9.
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On Tuesday, April 13, more than 2,300 Newtown voters will play an important role in seating the next State Rep...
Published: Mar 19, 2021 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Affordable housing is a major consideration and an ongoing effort for everyone, for all governing levels, with all properties developed and undeveloped being subject to whatever percentages and regulations currently apply, with more to...
Updated: Mar 18, 2021 at 05:21 PM
As Connecticut’s COVID-19 case load approaches 300,000, with more than 7,800 state lives lost to the virus, an accelerating schedule for vaccine distributions and generally low recent positivity rates has prompted Governor Ned Lamont to shift a state...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 04:30 PM
Raising awareness is a hot topic, particularly when it comes to addressing racial or gender issues. For those who are actively seeking to learn more about themselves and the world beyond one’s usual borders, we can be grateful that our C.H. Booth Lib...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:30 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: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:24 PM
President Joseph Biden has ordered flags lowered to honor the eight people shot to death earlier this week in the Atlanta, Ga., area.
Earlier today, the president issued the brief proclamation, which states in part:
“As a mark of respect for the vict...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:07 PM
To the Editor:
We, the Republican members of the Monroe Town Council, are writing this letter of endorsement to support our friend and colleague Tony Scott and his campaign for State Representative. Tony has been a wonderful addition to the Town Coun...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:06 PM
To the Editor:
During the 3/4/21 Board of Finance (BOF) meeting finalizing the education and town budgets, the Board of Education chair posed a question prompting larger questions about how the town approaches the school budget.
This year, BOF has tw...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:05 PM
To the Editor:
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2. If a leaky faucet fills a coffee cup in ten minutes, it will waste enough water for 52 baths, so... Calling all kids! Be a water leak detective. Put 12 drops of r...
Published: Mar 18, 2021 at 02:04 PM
To the Editor:
As young men recently establishing Newtown as home in the late ’60s, we all joined the Newtown Jaycees for socialization and civic service. That was 53 years ago.
We lost one of those men last week. Bob Rubinstein passed away from panc...
