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Not The Time For Online Gambling

Updated: Apr 08, 2020 at 11:51 AM
To the Editor: Governor Ned Lamont was absolutely right in rejecting last Friday’s request to use his emergency powers to allow the tribal owners of Foxwoods and Mohegan Sun to offer online gambling while they are closed because of the coronavirus pa...

Walter C. King II

Updated: Apr 09, 2020 at 11:07 AM
Walter C. King II, of Redding, Conn., (awesome father, adventurous grandfather, and loving husband), 84, passed away March 30, 2020, from complications from lymphoma. Wally was a consummate outdoorsman, who loved nothing more than a great tennis matc...

Middle Gate Elementary School Names Its Reflections Winners

Published: Apr 08, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Middle Gate Elementary School recently announced its local and state winners for this year’s PTA Reflections program. The theme for the PTA art competition this year was “Look Within.” All of the entries were judged on Artistic Merit/Creativity (ten ...

NYBA 50th Anniversary Coverage: From Pencil To Print, How It Happens

Published: Apr 08, 2020 at 07:00 AM
With the “From Pencil To Print: How It Happens” series we aim to share the writing process and story behind some of The Newtown Bee’s articles. We will periodically feature stories on some of our top articles and how our reporters pulled everything t...

Layne Crowley Lescault

Published: Apr 07, 2020 at 10:15 AM
Layne Crowley Lescault, of Sandy Hook, passed away in her sleep at home on April 4, 2020, of complications from Frontotemporal Dementia. She was born on July 31, 1948, in Atlanta, Ga. to Homer & Betty (Huey) Crowley. She graduated from Tucker High Sc...

Support Local Restaurants

Published: Apr 07, 2020 at 08:40 AM
To the Editor: The restaurants of Newtown are largely small family operations owned by fellow Newtowners. Those that have remained open are clearly struggling with take-out only operations. I would encourage everyone to go to their favorite local eat...