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Updated: Jan 05, 2021 at 03:28 PM
Richard Crafts, the former Newtown resident who has served a lengthy prison sentence for the November 1986 murder of his wife Helle, on January 29 was moved from the Isaiah House halfway house in Bridgeport to a homeless shelter for veterans, which i...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 04:30 PM
A public hearing is an opportunity to listen to the officials whose decision making can improve or compromise the quality of life, and to speak up about concerns or present opinions on particular matters. There is no guarantee that any one voice will...
Updated: Jan 30, 2020 at 04:14 PM
This post contains updated information that was not available or released to the media when the January 31 edition went to press.
The local Health District may be half a world away from the epicenter of a coronavirus outbreak in Wuhan, China, bu...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 03:00 PM
Raise your hand if you have ever denied yourself the pleasure of reading. How easy is it to hold off on settling into a comfy chair, book (or Kindle, or e-reader, or iPad, or iPhone…) in hand for an hour or two of delicious diving into a world apart ...
Updated: Jan 30, 2020 at 02:25 PM
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.
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Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 02:00 PM
As of February 1, 2020, the price of an obituary in the print and/or online edition of The Newtown Bee will increase to $40. Obituaries with photograph will be $60.
The cost of placing a memorial in The Newtown Bee will increase to $20.
Obituaries ar...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 01:22 PM
To the Editor:
One advantage of posting letters to the editor online before the newsprint publication is that it gives an opportunity for others to comment on the same topic, taking the earlier letter into account.
I strongly compliment Kevin Byrne o...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM
Along with discussing aspects of the Superintendent’s Proposed Operational Budget Plan 2020-21 at its January 28 meeting, the Board of Education approved expanding a program for individualized learning for special education students from Newtown High...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 12:00 PM
January 29, 1947 to February 5, 2017
Bob, you have been gone three long and lonely years. I read these words, which tells a little of how I feel:
I thought of you today,
but that is nothing new.
I thought about you yesterday,
and days before tha...
Published: Jan 30, 2020 at 09:55 AM
Irene Ann Rich passed away on Tuesday, January 28, in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, surrounded by her family.
Born in 1941 to Emerick and Katherine Andrascik, immigrants from Slovakia, Irene grew up in Stratford. With her husband, Michael Rich, she ra...
