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Published: Sep 24, 2020 at 03:20 PM
Newtown officials crossed a COVID-19 benchmark this week they had hoped never to see.
Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert saw her positive coronavirus case load hit and then nudge upward past 300 right around the time that the nationwide d...
Updated: Sep 24, 2020 at 09:28 AM
Connecticut’s Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) is siding with Newtown, Ridgefield, and New Fairfield on a recently filed legal brief requesting relief in anticipation of future storms that may involve significant power interruptions becau...
Published: Sep 23, 2020 at 04:30 PM
To the Editor:
Did you know one in five children have dyslexia? Furthermore, dyslexia is one of the most common causes of reading difficulties, and only one in ten children with dyslexia will qualify for an IEP and/or special education. Our 10-year-o...
Updated: Sep 23, 2020 at 07:06 PM
This online letter has been updated to include a comment from the letter writer.
To the Editor:
Given the anticipated $1.5M COVID-related expenses in this coming school year, it is baffling that last week the Board of Finance (BoFinance) denied the B...
Published: Sep 23, 2020 at 03:45 PM
To the Editor:
Mitch Bolinsky is a caring, responsible, sensitive-to-issues-and-people’s-problems, results-driven representative for the town we love and call home, Newtown. He always has time to speak with a constituent, help with a problem or worth...
Updated: Sep 23, 2020 at 10:17 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: Sep 23, 2020 at 09:35 AM
To the Editor:
I write this after just attending a gathering of Rebekah Harriman-Stites supporters in which the candidate relayed her concern with Mitch Bolinsky’s recent misogynistic comment aimed at her. The original comment is as follows: “Seniors...
Published: Sep 22, 2020 at 04:00 PM
Nancy Edwards-Cogswell, age 82, formerly of Newtown, died quietly at her life care residence in Jacksonville, Oregon, on June 22. She was born in Plainfield, N.J., on January 2, 1938, daughter of John Ralph and Ruth Edwards. The family lived in both ...
Published: Sep 22, 2020 at 03:55 PM
Ram Asra Khurana, of Newtown, passed away on September 19. He died at the age of 84.
Ram arrived with his young family in the United States from India in 1970, believing that tomorrow would be better than today. Like Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, “t...
Published: Sep 22, 2020 at 03:05 PM
To the Editor:
I would like to express my support for the reelection of Mitch Bolinsky in the race for House of Representatives, serving our community in Hartford for the 106th District.
Mitch works for all members of our community, but I’d like to c...
