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Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 05:50 PM
Michael J. Trosan, 64, of Southbury, passed peacefully at his home on Friday, August 7. Michael was born in Bridgeport to Joseph M. and Barbara L. Trosan, and moved to Newtown, the place he will always call home, when he was 2.
Michael attended Sandy...
Updated: Aug 14, 2020 at 03:44 PM
The director of Public Works for the Town of Newtown has announced the schedule for the debris clean-up following Tropical Storm Isaias.
Originally announced to begin "sometime on or around" August 17, the project has been pushed out a few days — to ...
Updated: Aug 18, 2020 at 11:15 AM
Roughly 30 years after seeing an ad in the newspaper for an open job at C.H. Booth Library, Assistant Director Beryl Harrison has retired.
Friends, family, and those who know Harrison through the library recently shared their thoughts on what she has...
Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 11:05 AM
Raymond Anson Gold, Jr, born October 16, 1933, in Albert Lea, Minnesota, went to heaven on June 16 in Daytona Beach, Florida.
Ray “Dad” moved his family from Minnesota in the early ’60s to Newtown with his wife, Lois (Bussman), and his three sons, St...
Updated: Aug 14, 2020 at 08:56 AM
A family dog was killed last weekend after it encountered downed wires that were still electrified four days after Tropical Storm Isaias.
Sandy Hook residents Rebecca and John Fung had already been contending with a lack of power following the August...
Updated: Aug 14, 2020 at 08:41 AM
Occupation: I work as a secretary for Newtown Parks and Recreation. I also lifeguard and teach swim lessons at the Newtown Community Center.
Family: I was born and raised in Newtown with my older brother, Mitchell, who is now in the Coast Gu...
Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 08:00 AM
After power outages and post-storm issues postponed The Newtown Bee’s third “Diversity Discussions” segment, the locally focused webcast is back on the calendar for Tuesday, August 18, at 4:30 pm.
Nearly 6,000 visitors to The Newtown Bee’s Facebook s...
Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 08:00 AM
After the devastation caused by Tropical Storm Isaias resulted in a high volume of power outages in Newtown, the Legislative Council canceled its regularly scheduled meeting on August 5. The council opted for a special meeting via teleconference on A...
Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 07:00 AM
September 1, 1995
The official fire danger index rose to “extreme” this week as the state endured one of the driest Augusts in decades. Sandy Hook fire fighters battled two brush fires on Monday which officials said were deliberately set... It h...
Published: Aug 14, 2020 at 07:00 AM
I’m pleased to see that the generously provided drive-in movie screen behind Edmond Town Hall from Ingersoll Auto, damaged by Tropical Storm Isaias last week, has been replaced. Thanks go to DNR Laboratories, I hear. Time to go to the movies! Check o...
