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Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 04:30 PM
To the Editor:
Trains have been a topic in the news since comedian commentator John Oliver’s confusing, negative, and poor tasting comment about Danbury [having] a “charming Railway Museum.”
It has resulted several times in my reading that everyone l...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 04:05 PM
To the Editor:
Ninety percent of our nation, and practically all medical and other scientists in our nation, believe everyone should be required to wear masks when in public.
Yet Republican leaders in Washington let our unscientific president continu...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 04:00 PM
To the Editor:
I am so tired. I say this more times a day than is healthy. I am so freaking tired.
I feel it every time I take a glance at the news, or have the misfortune of reading a Facebook comment, or just think too hard about everything that ha...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 01:42 PM
The Connecticut Department of Transportation is announcing the scheduled shift of I-84 westbound traffic on the Rochambeau Bridge in Newtown and Southbury.
During the evening of Wednesday, September 2, 2020, westbound traffic on I-84 will be shifted ...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 09:35 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 4? We look back a...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 08:30 AM
The Newtown Bee invited residents last year to submit their favorite photos from the first day of the 2019-20 school year.
While this year’s photos may look a little different, parents are still welcome to submit photos depicting what the fall 20...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Registrars of Voters LeReine Frampton (D) and Erica Canfield (R), and Republican Town Clerk Debbie Halstead all spoke to The Newtown Bee this week, reflecting on some of the challenges they faced in the August 11 primary, and offering advice ...
Updated: Aug 31, 2020 at 10:16 AM
Despite it being a nearly 90-degree afternoon on August 22, Richard Mitchell dedicated another weekend to standing outside his home on Poverty Hollow Road to encourage drivers to slow down.
He held a handmade sign for passersby to see that read, “Sto...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 08:00 AM
This is the next in a series of features focusing on Newtown residents who have contracted and/or suffered through the effects of COVID-19.
“At work they refer to me as the mask Nazi,” said Newtown resident and medical assistant Dee Cocchia Davi...
Published: Aug 31, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Before presenting the first report of the 2020-21 fiscal year to the Board of Education (BOE) at its August 25 meeting, school district Business Director Ron Bienkowski first offered one final report for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
“This was quite a fis...
