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Published: Sep 19, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Since it was codified a little over seven years ago, Newtown officials have utilized a local blight ordinance 12 times.
In some cases, the move to use the ordinance against qualified property owners has resulted in the cleanup and correction of condi...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 02:35 PM
The draft Housatonic Valley Metropolitan Planning Organization (HVMPO) 2021-2024 Transportation Improvement Program (TIP) is a dynamic list of all highway and public transit projects proposed to be undertaken utilizing Federal Highway Administration ...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 11:00 AM
To The Editor:
Something which I find to be very disappointing about many political “conservatives” in 2020 is something that 12-time award-winning and prize-winning journalist Jane Mayer emphasizes in her award-winning book, Dark Money: The Hidden H...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 10:15 AM
To the Editor:
It is disappointing that letters, such as those written by Ms Elrick (“Disappointment At Senator’s Response,” September 4, 2020) and Ms Cooper, (“Why You Should Vote Blue,” September 11, 2020) continue to appear in The Bee. These writi...
Updated: Sep 18, 2020 at 09:22 AM
A much-anticipated surplus transfer the Newtown Board of Education hoped to make into its non-lapsing account for specific educational needs was denied at the Board of Finance meeting after a motion to effect the $1.3 million action failed September ...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I’m a first-year physician in the Emergency Medicine Residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia, Penn.
Family: My father, Edward Kelleher, a local attorney, and mother, Doreen, live in Newtown. I have an older sis...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 08:00 AM
When (and if) girls’ swimming and diving meets happen this fall, they will have a different look than in the past, Newtown Coach Becky Osborne said.
Sure, designated lanes keep some consistent distance between swimmers, but pool decks are traditional...
Published: Sep 18, 2020 at 07:00 AM
A parent of a Newtown Youth Football fifth grader reached out to The Bee to let us know that Will Arndt, a quarterback for the BC Lions in the Canadian Football League, is working with the young athletes in town to help make them better players — and...
Updated: Sep 18, 2020 at 09:44 AM
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue told the Board of Education at its September 15 meeting that with the 2020-21 school year underway, “for the most part, things are going fairly well.”
“I honestly think our teachers and administrators have...
Updated: Sep 18, 2020 at 07:51 AM
The Legislative Council passed two budget transfers and authorized the creation of explanatory ballot materials during its in-person meeting at the Municipal Center on September 16. Council members and the public were able to join the meeting remotel...
