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The Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street, will offer a modified summer program schedule beginning Monday, June 22, including classes/programs such as dancing, art, theatre, and cabaret. Program costs vary for each offering, and there are differ...

Shirley S. Lawrenson was born in Keam’s Canyon, Ariz., on the Hopi Reservation on August 23, 1934. Shirley and her identical twin sister, Sherry, were the daughters of Dell G. and Gladys “Hap” Shockley. Dell worked for the USDA Soil Conservation Serv...

The Newtown Bee will return to print on June 5. The local paper temporarily suspended its weekly print publication in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by The Newtown Bee’s Owner and Publisher R. Scudder Smith on April 2. Newto...

Following a growing chorus of reactions on the Minneapolis death of George Floyd, including those from Newtown's First Selectman and Police Chief, the Connecticut State Police (CSP) issued its own remarks early Monday afternoon, June 1. On May 25, De...

As the first day of June arrived, Newtown residents who may have gotten a little shaggier — or grayer — over the past couple of months without professional hair care were able to celebrate the permitted but regulated reopening of barbershops and salo...

To ensure its community members are able to access the essential goods they need, Stop & Shop is launching same-day Pickup & Delivery service beginning on Wednesday, June 3, at its Newtown store located at 228 South Main Street. The new offering prov...

At The Newtown Bee, we are back at work on articles for our readers’ education and enjoyment, and remind you that subscribers get the first — and sometimes exclusive — look at stories in print. What’s in the works as we return to print production on ...

HARTFORD— Like all other institutions of higher education across the country, the Connecticut State Colleges and Universities (CSCU) recently announced it is navigating uncertain times and preparing for an upcoming academic year like no other. CSCU P...

UPDATE: This report was updated around 7:45 pm on Saturday with new information about an earlier protest in Bridgeport. * * * * * Newtown Police Chief James Viadero, who earlier this week was closely monitoring a multi-state manhunt involving a...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, May 21: 12:50 pm, public service, Johnny Appleseed Drive, Sandy Hook covered; 2:54 pm...