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Updated: Jul 01, 2020 at 11:10 AM
UPDATE: This report was updated at 11 am on July 1 to clarify recycling content versus waste stream — and how glass as a contaminate can impact its affect on other recyclable materials.
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Effective July 1, Newtown residents are being urg...
Published: Jun 30, 2020 at 10:45 AM
To the Editor:
In response to “Usurping Our Rights,” in the June 26, 2020 edition of The Bee, in which the “umbrella problem” is said to be destruction of our “cultural and historic” history, I have a few thoughts.
“Procedural process” is the luxury ...
Published: Jun 30, 2020 at 08:00 AM
From the weather to efforts at The Victory Garden, representatives of Newtown’s three garden clubs — Horticulture Club of Newtown, Town and Country Garden Club, and The Garden Club of Newtown — weighed in on all this year’s efforts so far.
Hortic...
Updated: Jun 29, 2020 at 04:54 PM
The arrest warrant for Peter Manfredonia, who faces ten charges in the May 22 killing of a Willington resident and for seriously injuring one of the man’s neighbors, was unsealed Monday.
The 14-page document had been sealed from public inspection for...
Published: Jun 29, 2020 at 02:35 PM
Hyman “Hy” Jack Elias, 95, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at his home at Maplewood at Newtown. He was the beloved husband of Jean (Pearlman) Elias, whom he married on February 14, 1953.
Born on April 20, 1925, in Roche...
Updated: Jun 29, 2020 at 01:02 PM
Local officials have announced rules and restrictions around the reopening of Newtown Municipal Center this week.
First Selectman Dan Rosenthal notified The Newtown Bee around noontime June 29 about opening the public facility two days later.
The ann...
Updated: Jun 29, 2020 at 10:37 AM
Margaret “Peggy” O’Connor died peacefully at the ripe old age of 89 in Newtown Rehabilitation Center, with family at her side.
She was loved by many and is survived by her son Michael and his wife, Debra; her sister Mary Ellen and her husband, Jack; ...
Published: Jun 29, 2020 at 10:10 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 July 3 includes how our loc...
Updated: Jul 02, 2020 at 09:47 AM
NOTE (Tuesday, June 30, 2020): This post has been updated to reflect the correct closing plan for the Town of Newtown transfer station.
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All town offices will be closed on Friday, July 3, the federal observance of Independence Day ...
Published: Jun 29, 2020 at 08:00 AM
With lights flashing and sirens often blaring, various configurations of Newtown’s first responders have responded in recent months to a different call for help.
Parents with children celebrating birthdays this past spring — especially younger childr...
