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UPDATE: This report was updated at 9:45 am on August 4 with advisories from the Governor. * * * * * * Ahead of Tropical Storm Isaias, a new tornado watch has been posted and local cancellations are mounting. Governor Ned Lamont is also remindin...

Work done on the Dickinson Park tennis courts last week had a ripple effect on the courts at Treadwell Park. With Dickinson’s five courts closed for resurfacing, it meant local tennis enthusiasts had to share the four available courts at Treadwell Pa...

DANBURY — The Community Action Agency of Western Connecticut (CAAWC) is now accepting energy assistance applications for the 2020-21 heating season. Newtown’s Human Services office will also be taking similar applications by month’s end. Newtown Huma...

UPDATE: This report was updated at 3:20 pm August 3 with response information from Eversource. * * * * * Newtown's Emergency Management team is planning to meet Tuesday morning ahead of anticipated effects from the latest hurricane that is anti...

Libby, a Golden Retriever who died in June, was memorialized last month on what would have been her 13th birthday. Her human, Ann Marie Cioffi of Sandy Hook, was surprised by friends and members of Newtown-Strong Therapy Dogs (NSTD), who had arranged...

A new storage space for Cub Scout Pack 170 and Scouts BSA Troop 370 is taking shape in Sandy Hook Center. In late 2016 it was clear the troop needed to leave the crumbling shed on the SAC field on Riverside Road, where they had stored their gear for ...

Share photos of “life now” for possible publication in The Newtown Bee; submit photos and descriptions of your life, whether home or abroad. Submissions will run as space allows in an upcoming edition. This will be an ongoing featured item in the pag...

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, July 23: 10:51 am, stroke; 1:47 pm, diabetic; 2:05 pm, sick/unknown; 3:5...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, July 23: 6:50 pm, alarm residential, Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded. Frid...

The National Weather Service has issued tornado watch that remains in effect until 10 pm this evening for areas of western and southern Connecticut, including Newtown.