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To the Editor: There are families in Newtown struggling to remain in their homes due to financial difficulties. Some of these families face the possibility of having to leave Newtown, where their support system, job, children’s school, etc, are locat...

Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team will take on Notre Dame-Fairfield in the South-West Conference championship game tonight, February 26, at neutral site Bunnell High (1 Bulldog Boulevard in Stratford); tip is at 7 pm. Tickets, $10 for adul...

Newtown High School’s boys’ basketball team spoiled Weston’s Senior Night with a 49-36 win on February 20, then had their Senior Night end in an exciting but disappointing finish, falling 57-51 to Bunnell of Stratford in overtime on February 25. The ...

To the Editor: I would like to remind people that there is a P&Z meeting next Thursday, March 5, regarding the request to build a second gas station in Hawleyville near Exit 9. The developer requested that this topic be put off several weeks, I’m ass...

Newtown High School's girls' basketball team defeated visiting New Fairfield 56-44 in the South-West Conference tournament semifinals on February 24. With the win, the second-seeded Nighthawks will play in the championship game.

Newtown High School's wrestling team placed tenth with 84 points in the Class LL state championships, at Trumbull High February 21 and 22; Danbury won the competition with 269. The Nighthawks had a pair of third-place finishers, as well one grappler ...

Newtown High School’s hockey team has been on a roll. The Nighthawks won their sixth straight game with a 4-1 triumph over Staples of Westport at Danbury Ice Arena on February 22. Goaltender Markus Paltauf has stopped 172 of 180 shots faced during th...

On September 22, 1965, a special soul made its way to this earth and on February 21, 2020, that soul left and became a part of each and every person who loved her. Karen was definitely one-of-a-kind, who lit up any room that she entered. Her smile wa...

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 February 28 includes a look...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following calls for Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps: Thursday, February 13: 10:14 am, allergic reaction; 5:32 pm, sick/unknown; 10:33 p...