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Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Horticulture Club will host an author talk with Melanie Boyer on Thursday, March 12, at 7 pm, in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street. The meeting is free and the public is invited to attend.
Boyer is a gardener, farmer, a...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
It’s not only spring flowers poppin’ up in the unseasonable warmth and rain we have recently had, but in some yards, frogs are poppin’ and a-hoppin’, too. One Sandy Hook resident found several frogs perched on her deck last week, and another mysterio...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC) has announced it will award multiple grants of $1,250 each this season.
Three awards will be made to assist three deserving students in acquiring a higher education in an arts-related field of study. Each recip...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 07:00 AM
More than 150 attendees sampled Creole-inspired cuisine and a selection of beverages, socialized, and danced to mix of pop and Zydeco music as the Newtown Chamber of Commerce hosted its first event celebrating Mardi Gras — right here at the Newtown C...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 06:00 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will host Frank Bruckmann on Wednesday, March 11, at 7:30 pm, with a demonstration of painting with oils.
The program will be in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street. The demonstrati...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 06:00 AM
A co-founder of the locally based advocacy nonprofit Sandy Hook Promise (SHP) has resigned, telling The Newtown Bee he is turning his full attention to his family with plans to take time for self-care as well.
Tim Makris, a former Proctor & Gamble ex...
Published: Mar 06, 2020 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The Newtown Parent Connection raised over $6,000 and hit our goal of receiving over 50 unique contributions [on Fairfield County Giving Day, Thursday, February 27]. We are grateful to all those who took time out of their busy schedules...
Published: Mar 05, 2020 at 10:12 PM
After jumping out to a 9-0 lead, Newtown High School's basketball team fended off a visiting no-quit East Hartford lineup to hang on for a 31-28 victory in the second round of the Class LL state tournament, on March 5.
Published: Mar 05, 2020 at 04:30 PM
The year 2020 is off to a busy start for women’s rights. Not only do we celebrate the 100th anniversary of women’s right to vote, but the Equal Rights Amendment has gotten new legs.
In case anyone was asleep the last half of the 20th Century (as it a...
Updated: Mar 06, 2020 at 08:20 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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