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Published: Sep 22, 2020 at 08:00 AM
For runners interested in completing a road race but reluctant to lace up those sneakers due to race times, location, or the competitive atmosphere, this year’s Rooster Run may be for them. That is because the 47th edition of the race is a virtual on...
Updated: Sep 22, 2020 at 03:33 PM
Despite all the unplanned changes in life this year, one longstanding tradition continues: the publication of The Old Farmer’s Almanac.
The 2021 edition is the book’s 229th, and its editors and writers maintain an 80 percent accuracy rate for their w...
Published: Sep 22, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The year 2020 has been interesting, for sure, as many people in Connecticut have had to discover new ways to do things. Many, too, have launched new projects and committed to learning new skills. Two local men, Tommy Wyatt and Don Peronace, decided t...
Published: Sep 21, 2020 at 11:00 AM
At The Newtown Bee, we are working on articles every week for our readers’ education and enjoyment, and subscribers get the first — and sometimes exclusive — look at stories in print.
What’s in the works for the edition of September 25? Among the man...
Updated: Sep 22, 2020 at 09:16 AM
BETHEL — Eight years ago, Jenny Avari was among the first people in town to be introduced to Ben’s Bells Project and the nonprofit organization’s mission of intentionally spreading kindness. Now, six months into the local COVID-19 pandemic, the Newto...
Updated: Oct 09, 2020 at 04:01 PM
The first in a series of Newtown Bee “Friday Forums” debuted at noon on September 11, bringing local voters a new and virtual way to get to know candidates who are hoping to serve them in the state General Assembly for the next two years or longer.
T...
Published: Sep 21, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Families United in Newtown (FUN) and its founder Linda Jones, along with a dedicated new group of Newtown High School National Honors Society volunteers, are taking the first tentative steps toward programming school year activities to provide social...
Updated: Sep 21, 2020 at 04:03 PM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, September 10: 9:39 am, alarm commercial, Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Sandy Hook res...
Published: Sep 21, 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, September 10: 8:35 am, fall/accident; 8:39 am, stroke; 8:55 am, fall/acc...
Updated: Sep 20, 2020 at 11:35 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Jahana Hayes has tested positive for COVID-19. The Congresswoman issued a statement Sunday morning after learning of her test results.
Hayes's district covers a large area of northwestern Connecticut including Newtow...
