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Published: Sep 29, 2020 at 01:08 PM
To the Editor:
The rooster has always been Newtown’s symbol. Do you understand what the rooster is a symbol of: It is a symbol of “Good Luck.” We hold Rooster Rallies in Newtown celebrating Newtown’s history and show students the rooster weathervane ...
Published: Sep 29, 2020 at 01:05 PM
To the Editor:
As an American citizen, taxpayer, veteran, son of an immigrant, voter, father, grandfather, and lover of my country: Would someone far smarter than me please explain why no Democrats are calling for a halt on the destruction, and burni...
Published: Sep 29, 2020 at 08:00 AM
The annual C.H. Booth Library Turkey Trot 5K Road Race will be a virtual event that will take place over the four-day Thanksgiving weekend, November 26-29.
Registration for the race, which helps raise essential funds for the library to provide servic...
Published: Sep 29, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve — a Newtown Forest Association, Inc, (NFA) property on Great Hill Road — recently went from being a hidden gem to having upwards of 500 to 1,000 people visit a day.
Maintaining properties like Holcombe Hill Wildlife Pr...
Updated: Aug 11, 2025 at 03:12 PM
September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Newtown officials and volunteers are in the planning stages of an ongoing initiative to raise awareness and inform our community of suicide prevention resources available. National Suicide Prevention...
Published: Sep 29, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School students who earned recognition as semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Corporation’s scholarship program were honored at the school on September 14 and September 18.
This year, NHS students Colden Bobowick, Sophia Chil...
Published: Sep 28, 2020 at 02:45 PM
“Loving mother and grandmother”
Mrs Mary A. “Mae” (House) Dickerson, 89, passed away peacefully at her home on Thursday, September 24, surrounded by her loving family. Mae was the widow of Chileon “Chick” Dickerson.
Mae was born in Norwalk on June 14...
Published: Sep 28, 2020 at 11:00 AM
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 October 2, include reports ...
Published: Sep 28, 2020 at 10:10 AM
Nathaniel J. Appleby, 86, of North Haven, husband of the late Grace (Bousquet) Appleby, passed away September 25 at Yale New Haven Hospital, St Raphael Campus.
He was born in Essex on February 10, 1934, a son of the late Nathaniel and Clara (Goff) Ap...
Published: Sep 28, 2020 at 09:25 AM
Longtime Newtown resident Joan R. Newton Dwyer passed away peacefully on September 24 at River Glen Health Care Center in Southbury. She was born in Philadelphia to Franklin R. Newton, a colloidal chemist, and Mary H. Nitecki Newton. Joan grew up in ...
