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Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 10:57 AM
As promised after its formation and first formal event last year, the Newtown Suicide Prevention Initiative in partnership with The Newtown Bee is moving into 2021 with plans to host a panel focusing on the escalating incidents of suicides and attemp...
Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 09:30 AM
Guidelines for the fully vaccinated were issued at cdc.gov, the website for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Monday, March 8, as follows:
“COVID-19 vaccines are effective at protecting you from getting sick. Based on what we know about...
Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 08:00 AM
UPDATE: This report was updated from the print edition version to clarify the subject requires a living liver donor.
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When Newtown resident Lisa Smith was growing up, she would lean on her cousin Cynthia Renna, who she described as bei...
Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 08:00 AM
Giving back and supporting teaching the arts is at the heart of what Newtown artist Meagan Ferriter has been doing through her studio, Limekiln Studio.
“My mission as an artist is simple: Make art, teach art, and create good,” Ferriter’s website, mea...
Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 07:00 AM
This winter season, Newtown High School girls’ hockey players are continuing to compete and thrive in the Masuk-led co-op hockey program. Along with multiple girls from Masuk, Joel Barlow, New Milford, Shelton, and Lauralton Hall, NHS students Annie ...
Published: Mar 09, 2021 at 07:00 AM
Betty Presnell and son Michael have responded to the “Bee Crafty” challenge with a simple craft using cut-out sections of The Newtown Bee.
“I’d never done it before,” said Betty of the two glass plates they created utilizing newspaper clippings and M...
Published: Mar 08, 2021 at 03:05 PM
Senate Republican Leader Kevin Kelly (R-21) and Senator Tony Hwang (R-28) will host “A Better Way,” a Connecticut Senate Republican Health Care Plan Informational Town Hall Meeting, Tuesday, March 9, at 4 pm, on Facebook Live: fb.com/ctsenategop.
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Updated: Mar 08, 2021 at 02:35 PM
Newtown School Nursing Supervisor Anne Dalton, RN, released a letter to school families on March 8 regarding several new cases of COVID-19 at Newtown High School, sharing that students should “stay home if they are feeling sick.”
Dalton’s letter foll...
Published: Mar 08, 2021 at 02:10 PM
Many events and activities surrounding Memorial Day were either canceled or observed differently in 2020, due to the impact of COVID-19. American Legion District Commander Mike Kellett came up with an idea to remember departed comrades by playing “Ta...
Published: Mar 08, 2021 at 11:00 AM
To the Editor:
Dear Patrons and Friends,
As the one-year anniversary of the pandemic’s effect on our region approaches, there are many positive things happening which will help move us back toward a more normal life.
It is important to continue takin...
