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Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 11:45 AM
To the Editor:
I recently saw a letter in the letter hive [“Choo, Choo!” September 4, 2020] about how trains are overrated, and I would just like to say that while the aesthetics of trains are idealized and somewhat shoved down our throats as childre...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 11:40 AM
To the Editor:
It is common knowledge, and been proven, the only way we can control the [corona]virus now is by all nations mandating all of its citizens wear masks when in public.
Not only has [President Donald Trump] not mandated or requested we do...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 09:45 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 September 18 includes news ...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 08:00 AM
South Norwalk residents Michele Giusti and her son, Alec, adopted their cat “Blacks” eight years ago from a young boy in Newtown who found him abandoned in the woods. Today, they hope to reconnect with their beloved pet’s rescuer to thank him for his...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 08:00 AM
A nearly two-and-a-half mile swim, 100-plus mile bike ride, and 26-mile run.
Any of the above would be enough exercise in a day (or more) for most.
That is not the case for Nick Waaler who, on September 5, combined the three — basically nonstop, no l...
Updated: Sep 14, 2020 at 10:23 AM
While sitting for their first in-person meeting since early March, members of Newtown’s Board of Selectmen still used virtual means to hear a presentation about a new and planned community branding initiative that will be managed by the Economic and ...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 06:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, September 3: 12:55 pm, wires down, Pond Brook Road, Hawleyville responded; 2:08 pm, al...
Published: Sep 14, 2020 at 06:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps:
Thursday, September 3: 10:25 am, fall/accident; 12:38 pm, medical alarm; 1:14 pm, ...
Updated: Sep 19, 2020 at 12:30 PM
UPDATE (Tuesday, September 15, 2020): The Friends of Booth Library has reached out to The Newtown Bee to point out that
the group promised a donation of $105,000 to the library this year
. A review of the recorded conversation and notes fr...
Updated: Sep 12, 2020 at 10:26 AM
Joséphine Borne showed a very strong interest in music from a very young age.
By the time she was 3½ she would watch intently while her mother performed on the piano. That early curiosity, followed by lessons from her mother before the 10-year-old Ne...
