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Douglas J. Mahoney, 76, passed away peacefully on June 1, 2020, following a brief illness. Born and raised in the Bronx, N.Y., Doug resided for many years in Ridgefield, before moving to Newtown two years ago. He proudly received his undergraduate de...

Joan Beatrice Friedsam Belmont, age 89, cherished mother, grandmother, and friend, passed away on April 25, 2020. Born in New York City on January 18, 1931, to Beatrice Peters and James Friedsam, she spent her childhood on the Upper West Side until m...

To the Editor: To the town I love so much I’m willing to push you, I write to you, a town who helped raise me and grow me to the woman I am and working on becoming. A woman who is working to become more okay with uncomfortable conversations, one who ...

To the Editor: I am a senior in high school during the COVID-19 pandemic. For four years I was building myself and learning about who I was. And then that process was stunted, as I saw the final quarter of my senior year canceled. I am not special; t...

The Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street, will offer a modified summer program schedule beginning Monday, June 22, including classes/programs such as dancing, art, theatre, and cabaret. Program costs vary for each offering, and there are differ...

Shirley S. Lawrenson was born in Keam’s Canyon, Ariz., on the Hopi Reservation on August 23, 1934. Shirley and her identical twin sister, Sherry, were the daughters of Dell G. and Gladys “Hap” Shockley. Dell worked for the USDA Soil Conservation Serv...

The Newtown Bee will return to print on June 5. The local paper temporarily suspended its weekly print publication in April due to the COVID-19 pandemic, as announced by The Newtown Bee’s Owner and Publisher R. Scudder Smith on April 2. Newto...

Following a growing chorus of reactions on the Minneapolis death of George Floyd, including those from Newtown's First Selectman and Police Chief, the Connecticut State Police (CSP) issued its own remarks early Monday afternoon, June 1. On May 25, De...

As the first day of June arrived, Newtown residents who may have gotten a little shaggier — or grayer — over the past couple of months without professional hair care were able to celebrate the permitted but regulated reopening of barbershops and salo...

To ensure its community members are able to access the essential goods they need, Stop & Shop is launching same-day Pickup & Delivery service beginning on Wednesday, June 3, at its Newtown store located at 228 South Main Street. The new offering prov...