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Updated: Apr 13, 2020 at 12:22 PM
The Franse family decided this past weekend to dig out their Easter costumes from a few years back “and drive around the neighborhood waving at kids,” said Heather Franse.
So if you were in the Bennett’s Bridge area of Sandy Hook on Saturday afternoo...
Published: Apr 13, 2020 at 09:30 AM
We appreciate all who are reading us at newtownbee.com while our print publication takes a break to keep staff safe.
You’ll find plenty to read on our website — regular updates on town government, daily updates on the COVID-19 crisis, and this week, ...
Updated: Apr 13, 2020 at 10:09 AM
ROXBURY— In April of any other year, instructors and ponies would be welcoming some 80 students to spring classes at Little Britches Therapeutic Riding in Roxbury. This local nonprofit provides therapeutic riding and equine-assisted activities for pe...
Published: Apr 13, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The Connecticut Higher Education Trust (CHET) has announced a deadline extension for the annual CHET Dream Big! Competition of April 30. Parents, teachers, and guardians can access entry materials from home online at chetdreambig.com.
The competition...
Published: Apr 13, 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, April 2: 11:26 am, Chest Pain; 4:12 pm, Motor Vehicle Accident (MVA) - I...
Published: Apr 12, 2020 at 08:00 AM
CONNECTICUT, RHODE ISLAND— The Salvation Army is seeing a large increase of individuals and families seeking assistance at food pantries in both Connecticut and Rhode Island as unemployment continues to rise due to the COVID crisis.
Since March 30, T...
Published: Apr 11, 2020 at 08:00 AM
The Newtown Lions Club launched “Lions Care” the end of March, a program intended to alleviate the isolation some local residents may be feeling as they practice social distancing, due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Lions Care offers a friendly phone c...
Published: Apr 11, 2020 at 07:30 AM
Newtown Action Alliance, in an open letter to President Donald J. Trump, signed by 67 other concerned organizations, released that statement, April 7, pointing out that firearm and ammunition product manufacturers, retailers, importers, distributors,...
Published: Apr 11, 2020 at 07:00 AM
CONNECTICUT— The Board of Directors of the Partnership for Connecticut unanimously approved the purchase of laptops for 60,000 high school students in Connecticut’s Alliance Districts to further the Partnership’s goal of advancing equitable access to...
Updated: Apr 11, 2020 at 10:20 AM
From Newtown’s top elected official to Washington, DC, to local offices, officials are recognizing and speaking out in support of local journalism and newspapers that are suffering, and in some cases shuttering to keep employees safe and protect thei...
