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Borough Zoning Members To Tackle Main Street Multifamily Rules

Published: Jan 03, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Having heard many comments from residents during heavily-attended public hearings held in November and December, Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) members now have the task of deciding whether to approve, reject, or possibly modify two controversial pr...

The Top Of The Mountain

Published: Jan 03, 2020 at 07:00 AM
Even old cats can get a little hyped up as the National Football League (NFL) Playoffs begin this weekend with teams vying for a shot at the Super Bowl. But it is the hype that is most exciting this year because the NFL is using a quick video clip of...

Celebrating Kindness With Music And Words At Hawley

Published: Jan 03, 2020 at 07:00 AM
After a school-wide effort to focus on kindness, an assembly was held at Hawley Elementary School on December 20 as a culminating celebration. Throughout December — as language arts consultant Patti Vitarelli, who oversaw the month’s efforts and the ...

Joseph Isola

Updated: Jan 03, 2020 at 09:22 AM
Joseph Isola, of Newtown, Conn., died Monday, December 30, 2019. He was 96. Joe, otherwise known as Pop, Poppy, or Uncle Joe, was born on December 29, 1923, in Roccasecca, Italy, to Louis and Maria Isola. He emigrated to the United States in 1938. He...

Recognizing Perfection In The New Year

Published: Jan 02, 2020 at 04:30 PM
A new year is the impetus to do life better. Whether in our personal lives or work places, the calendar pushes the idea that this is the moment to seize; that from the first of January onward, we march toward improvement. Typical promises revolve aro...

Defending Champ Gymnastics Team Is Ready For Meets

Updated: Jan 02, 2020 at 02:38 PM
The gymnastics competition season is finally here, and members of the defending South-West Conference champion Newtown High School team are ready for their meets — in more ways than one. Not only are the Nighthawks anticipating putting all of their o...

You’ll Read It First In Print!

Updated: Jan 02, 2020 at 03:51 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. Among the ar...

Boys' Cagers Battle Tough Foes As They Seek Chemistry

Updated: Jan 02, 2020 at 02:17 PM
Newtown High School's boys' basketball team has had some early-season challenges in the form of more than just tough competition, facing a pair of solid nonconference opponents in its first two games. "We're also at a point we're still learning about...

Girls' Basketball Team Takes Winning Ways Into Massachusetts

Updated: Jan 02, 2020 at 02:15 PM
Coming off a pair of home victories, Newtown High School's girls' basketball team continued its winning ways in a 65-50 triumph over host Mansfield, Mass. in the opener of Mansfield's holiday tournament, on December 27. Cyleigh Wilson had 16 points, ...

Cross Country Runner O'Connor Races In Nationals

Updated: Jan 02, 2020 at 01:18 PM
It was quite an impressive fall for Newtown's Catherine O'Connor, who recently competed in the USA Track and Field Junior Olympic Cross Country Nationals, the highest level for youth cross country, in Madison, Wisc. in late December. O'Connor placed ...