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To the Editor: This past weekend, Friends of the C.H. Booth Library sponsored our 16th annual Holiday Gift Sale to benefit the C.H. Booth Library. Holiday cheer prevailed as many shoppers purchased gifts for their friends and family. This generous co...

To the Editor: On behalf of the C.H. Booth Library, I would like to thank the Town & Country Garden Club, the Garden Club of Newtown, all those who donated trees to the Festival of Trees, and Newtown Youth Family Services volunteers for helping to st...

Saturday, December 14, marks the seventh anniversary of the horrific shooting at Sandy Hook elementary school that resulted in the deaths of twenty children, six educators, and a town that has been changed forever. On Friday, December 13, Congregatio...

Newtown Public Schools will have a three hour delayed start for Wednesday, December 11, due to the weather. The announcement was made early Wednesday morning.

To the Editor: I am writing to praise the Newtown Parks and Rec Department for hiring Canine Training and Behavior Services LLC as part of the program offered to residents and their canines. My rescue collie and I signed up for the current program wi...

David G. French, 81, of Newtown, passed away Monday morning, December 2, 2019, at his home. He was born in Bridgeport to the late Russell French and Mary Barna French. He was a home builder and developer of hundreds of homes in Newtown since 1962, wo...

In these videos, the Nighthawks celebrate their last defensive stand in a 17-0 win over Simsbury in the state playoff semifinals, and cheerleaders and fans support the Hawks at Blue & Gold Stadium during the December 9 win.

Daniel Abruzzese’s best shoe-care advice? “Bring them to me,” he said. On November 15, after a brief “retirement,” he opened Newtown Shoe Repair in Ricky’s shopping center, 71 South Main Street. “I’ve got to work; I’m used to work,” Mr Abruzzese said...

The rain could have neutralized top-seeded Newtown High School’s potent passing game or caused turnovers. It didn’t. And although visiting and fourth-seeded Simsbury hung in there for most of the December 9 Class LL state football playoff semifinal matchup, the Trojans couldn’t stop the Nighthawks either. Newtown prevailed 17-0, earning a spot in the championship game.

At The Newtown Bee, we are working on articles every week for our readers’ education and enjoyment, and subscribers get the first — and sometimes exclusive — look at stories in print. What’s in the works for the edition of December 13 includes: effor...