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Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The annual Holiday Festival, which traditionally takes place along Main Street the first Sunday of December, will look very different this year. The 35th annual event will include a series of virtual, at-home, and socially distant activities taking p...
Published: Nov 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
After a couple of delays, and a protracted process that began under the prior Board of Selectmen, officials finally and unanimously voted to accept a conservation easement at Castle Hill Farms that will preserve the property and its pristine agricult...
Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 04:30 PM
We know now who will be representing us in Hartford, and whether or not your chosen candidate came out on top, supporting them and speaking with — not at — them to make known your concerns will provide them with input they need to do their jobs.
The ...
Updated: Nov 05, 2020 at 04:01 PM
By the time this report goes live online November 5, and hits homes and newsstands, Health District Director Donna Culbert believes Newtown’s COVID-19 alert status will be elevated to orange, the second-highest level, due to the mounting number of po...
Updated: Nov 05, 2020 at 03:30 PM
Superintendent of Schools Dr Lorrie Rodrigue announced on November 5 that two individuals at Newtown High School have tested positive for COVID-19.
The letter, sent to parents and staff, announcing the news is below.
Dear Parents and Staff:
We were n...
Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 03:00 PM
Led by a pool record-setting performance by Brianna Deierlein in the 50 yard freestyle race, Newtown High School’s girls’ swimming and diving team defeated the Bethel-Immaculate of Danbury co-op 95-70 on November 3. Deierlein clocked in with a 50 fre...
Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 03:00 PM
Saturday, November 7 will mark a new chapter in the history of the Newtown Police Department as a ceremonial ribbon cutting takes place at its new headquarters at 191 South Main Street.
Although that ceremony is by invitation only to minimize the ris...
Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 03:00 PM
There certainly has not been any shortage of offense for Newtown High School’s football team in 7-on-7 one-hand touch action this fall. The Nighthawks made it five wins in as many games this past week with a 49-12 triumph over New Fairfield in a make...
Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 02:50 PM
There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print. If you read the print edition of The Newtown Bee, or subscribe, you belong to an exclusive club — the one that gets the best of Newtown’s news, first.
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Published: Nov 05, 2020 at 02:30 PM
Coming from the town’s historic and influential Glover family, Lee Glover, Sr, was an active member in the Newtown community for many years, much like his ancestors. He passed away November 1.
He was well known in town through his involvement with Ne...
