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Updated: Jul 06, 2020 at 01:24 PM
To the Editor:
We have been Newtown residents for over 15 years. I am deeply offended by the letter that was published in The Bee last week from Clinton DePaolo.
He states in his letter that it is non-partisan; however; when defaming our wonderful, h...
Published: Jul 01, 2020 at 01:00 PM
The American Library Association (ALA) announced that Newtown’s C.H. Booth Library was selected for the second consecutive year to participate in Libraries Lead with Digital Skills, an initiative of ALA and the Public Library Association PLA, sponsor...
Published: Jul 01, 2020 at 10:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am often asked about the various types of support and expenditures that the library cycles through each year, and I hope this letter to the editor underscores the importance of the library’s annual appeal and its other private fundra...
Published: Jul 01, 2020 at 09:15 AM
The Planning Department of Newtown has issued the following memo, June 30, 2020:
The State Plastic Bag Tax will be reinstated on July 1, 2020. In order to allow retailers time to utilize their stockpiles of plastic bags, the Newtown Plastic Bag Ordin...
Updated: Jul 01, 2020 at 11:10 AM
UPDATE: This report was updated at 11 am on July 1 to clarify recycling content versus waste stream — and how glass as a contaminate can impact its affect on other recyclable materials.
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Effective July 1, Newtown residents are being urg...
Published: Jun 30, 2020 at 10:45 AM
To the Editor:
In response to “Usurping Our Rights,” in the June 26, 2020 edition of The Bee, in which the “umbrella problem” is said to be destruction of our “cultural and historic” history, I have a few thoughts.
“Procedural process” is the luxury ...
Published: Jun 30, 2020 at 08:00 AM
From the weather to efforts at The Victory Garden, representatives of Newtown’s three garden clubs — Horticulture Club of Newtown, Town and Country Garden Club, and The Garden Club of Newtown — weighed in on all this year’s efforts so far.
Hortic...
Updated: Jun 29, 2020 at 04:54 PM
The arrest warrant for Peter Manfredonia, who faces ten charges in the May 22 killing of a Willington resident and for seriously injuring one of the man’s neighbors, was unsealed Monday.
The 14-page document had been sealed from public inspection for...
Published: Jun 29, 2020 at 02:35 PM
Hyman “Hy” Jack Elias, 95, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Saturday, June 27, 2020, at his home at Maplewood at Newtown. He was the beloved husband of Jean (Pearlman) Elias, whom he married on February 14, 1953.
Born on April 20, 1925, in Roche...
Updated: Jun 29, 2020 at 01:02 PM
Local officials have announced rules and restrictions around the reopening of Newtown Municipal Center this week.
First Selectman Dan Rosenthal notified The Newtown Bee around noontime June 29 about opening the public facility two days later.
The ann...
