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Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 04:35 PM
Local nonprofit organization LOF Adaptive Skiers will kick off the 22-Mile Waterski Marathon on Lake Zoar for the Disabled on Saturday, September 12, at 62 Housatonic Drive, Sandy Hook, at 8 am. Boats will tow skiers down 11 miles with a police escor...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 01:00 PM
With mail-in, no-fault absentee balloting for this November’s general election scheduled to begin October 2, The Newtown Bee is continuing to use Zoom, Facebook Live, and YouTube to introduce local delegation statehouse candidates in the weeks before...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 09:50 AM
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.
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Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 09:05 AM
To the Editor:
I’m a mom of grown children and as school openings takes a spotlight in the national political discourse, I think to myself how relieved I am to not have this particular worry right now.
But just because my kids are too old and my gran...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 08:00 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) met via teleconference on the evening of September 3 to discuss a variety of applications, including Application 20.03 submitted by James F. Walsh for his property at 32 Berkshire Road. Residents may recognize...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I’m the Chief Preservation Officer of Wonderland Jam, a micro-batch jammery producing handmade preserves, jams, and jellies like my ancestors did in the 1800s.
Family: I have one! They are all located out west, though, making us t...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 07:00 AM
It is understandable that Newtown residents would rather forget the inconveniences, spoiled food and meds, and the protracted time they may have gone without electricity following an August 4 tropical storm that hit the community.
But First Selectman...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Several members of Newtown’s legislative delegation reacted following a September 1 decision by Governor Ned Lamont to extend his health emergency declaration into next February.
Republican Rep Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) and Rep JP Sredzinski (R-112) bot...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 07:00 AM
The Board of Police Commissioners met on September 1, with members convening in person for the first time in five months. Recent meetings have been held online due to the coronavirus pandemic. Two nonmembers listened in over the phone.
The bulk of la...
Published: Sep 11, 2020 at 07:00 AM
September 29, 1995
Heavy rain and powerful wind knocked down trees and toppled power lines around Connecticut last Friday night, but worked some of its worst damage in Newtown and Ridgefield. Trees were toppled along Mt Pleasant Road (Route 25/6...
