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Published: Dec 29, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Each week we compile a list of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top five stories, based on the number of page reads.
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Published: Dec 28, 2020 at 02:45 PM
Donald Henry “Skal” Skalandunas, 85, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, December 23, 2020, in the comfort of his home in the company of his loving grandchildren. He joins his wife, M. Elaine Skalandunas, and son, Philip Skalandunas, who predeceased...
Published: Dec 28, 2020 at 02:45 PM
Georgette “Gee” (Nahom) Morey went home to the Lord on Christmas Eve after her valiant battle against the horrible COVID-19 virus. Gee was a strong person who taught her family many things, especially honor, values, and faith.
She was born in Danbury...
Updated: Dec 28, 2020 at 10:51 AM
Early Morning Evading
The Newtown Police Department is investigating an evading motor vehicle accident that is believed to have occurred during the earlier morning hours of Monday, December 14.
The incident happened on Botsford Hill Road in the ...
Published: Dec 27, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Take a drive down Poverty Hollow Road and you will see an expansive farm with white paddock fencing, classical horse barns, an indoor ring, and a jumping field. This is RedGate Farm, the home of three horse-related businesses. Each enterprise manages...
Updated: Dec 31, 2020 at 10:36 AM
Beating its own estimates of nearly complete recovery from the Christmas Day outage by several hours, Eversource had Newtown/Sandy Hook customers down to just five without power by 2:45 pm, Saturday afternoon.
Earlier in the day, Eversource had conti...
Published: Dec 26, 2020 at 09:55 AM
Newtown/Sandy Hook awoke to a wet — not a white — and dark Christmas Day, December 25, after heavy overnight rains dissolved any remainders of last week’s snow and wind gusts took down trees and wires in areas of town, leaving over 3,000 outages repo...
Published: Dec 26, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Just a few doors apart along historic Main Street, the Borough will see one established food service business closing soon while another begins a phased opening that will lead to the eventual rebirth of an iconic landmark.
Dere Street Bakery owner Da...
Published: Dec 26, 2020 at 08:00 AM
For their annual fundraiser, the Town Players of Newtown hosted a live Zoom performance last weekend of Always, Anastasia by playwright and director Michelle Leigh, a gritty murder mystery about the Christmas Eve disappearance of an unhappy wife marr...
Updated: Dec 28, 2020 at 03:50 PM
The Yale Cabaret may have been founded during the “Summer of Love” in 1968, but it took 2020 and a summer of pandemic proportions to drive the venerable Yale Cabaret from stage to screen as former Newtown resident Nicole Lang helped steer the organiz...
