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Updated: Nov 12, 2019 at 08:36 AM
The war in Europe had gone on for five long years. Just as the English Channel had protected Britain from Nazi invasion, now the Channel protected occupied Europe from liberation.
On June 6, 1944, which became the historic D-Day, that protection woul...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 03:10 PM
To the Editor:
Newtown Congregational Church is always grateful for The Bee’s great community-building coverage of local events, including our own. Shannon Hicks’ coverage of NCC’s October 19 Mississippi BBQ and Shrimp Boil to benefit Back Bay Missio...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 10:32 AM
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 November 15 includes Thanks...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 08:00 AM
Newtown High School’s field hockey team has had quite a season; unbeaten in the regular slate, the Nighthawks were dominant in doing so. They tallied 92 goals, while allowing 15 through the regular season and South-West Conference tournament.
Russ Da...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 07:30 AM
A group of Toddy Hill Road residents concerned about traffic safety on that heavily used north-south street heard at a Tuesday, November 5, Police Commission meeting that a range of improvements planned for that road by the town are underway. The Pol...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 07:15 AM
Volvo Vs Kenworth
State police report that at about 9:03 pm on October 28, trucker Stacey Grier, 45, of Hamden, who was driving a 2007 Kenworth T-800 construction truck, was parked on the right road shoulder of eastbound Interstate 84’s Exit 9 o...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 07:00 AM
Giovanni Cono, DDS, owner of Brookview Dental in Newtown, stumbled upon an advertisement while reading the Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA) that took him on a trip across the country to help those in need.
The advertisement was seeki...
Updated: Nov 11, 2019 at 02:17 PM
Police Commission members learned at their Tuesday, November 5, meeting that planning for the new police station at 191 South Main Street is nearly done, and construction on the project will start soon.
Police Captain Christopher Vanghele said that t...
Published: Nov 11, 2019 at 07:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, October 31: between 8:53 am and 11:29 pm, volunteer fire companies from Hook & Ladder...
Updated: Nov 11, 2019 at 02:18 PM
In a 8-3 vote with one abstaining, the Legislative Council on November 6 accepted a negotiated teachers contract that will provide a total 8.91 percent pay increase over the next three years.
After a brief presentation on cost impacts of the proposed...
