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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...

To the Editor: I would like the community to know that the C.H. Booth Library is very appreciative of the Town of Newtown’s Public Works Department for their quick response in keeping library patrons safe. The library had a huge branch tear off a lat...

To the Editor: When Tropical Storm Isaias blew through our community on the afternoon of August 4th, it had already been tracked by meteorologists for the better part of a week. We also knew that we in Newtown were going to have significant tree dama...

To the Editor: I am a concerned parent in regards to the hybrid learning. I am considered an essential employee and taking time off of work is not possible. Having a flexible schedule is not an option. Using vacation time/sick time is not an option. ...

Natural disasters like Tropical Storm Isaias — the latest storm to batter Newtown — along with the unanticipated and virtually unimaginable COVID-19 pandemic may have caused our community’s collective resilience to occasionally or momentarily falter....

To the Editor: First, though I respect Peter D’Amico’s right to favor capitalism [“Small Works Can Make Big Changes,” The Newtown Bee, August 7, 2020] I must take exception to his opinion as to how capitalism at its finest functions. True capitalism ...

Eversource officials miscalculated restoration efforts following Tropical Storm Isaias, which moved across the state on August 4. For eight days — and still counting in some locations — during a pandemic and a heat wave, hundreds of thousands of Conn...

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. Among...

There is always a sense that even acknowledging good news like Newtown’s unchanged COVID-19 case and death tallies will jinx things. But local Health District Director Donna Culbert confirmed that news in a text message to The Newtown Bee, Wednesday,...

The Newtown Bee is seeking reader input through Twitter. Tell us, how do you prepare for summer weather storms? Respond on Twitter. Periodically, we will post a question to our Twitter account (@TheNewtownBee) with #TellTheNewtownBee included in ...