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Newtown Cultural Arts Commission (NCAC) will be appointing a new Town of Newtown poet laureate this spring. The new laureate will hold the position through autumn 2021. Newtown’s First Poet Laureate, Lisa Schwartz, originally appointed in 2015 an...

UPDATE (Wednesday, March 11, 2020: The March 21 Flagpole Radio Cafe has been postponed ; new date TBA. * * * * * Flagpole Radio Café is pleased to announce that Peter Yarrow will be the guest artist for the March 21 presentation at Edmond...

What does it mean when the Board of Finance holds its annual public hearing on the proposed town and school district budgets — and nobody bothers to show up? That was the scenario between 7 and 7:30 pm on February 13, as the six members of the financ...

The Garden Club of Newtown will host a presentation titled “Pollinator-Perfect Gardens” for its next meeting. The program will be presented by Michele MacKinnon, who is a garden consultant, advanced master gardener, garden writer, and speaker. She wi...

MONROE — State Rep JP Sredzinski, whose 112th District includes a number of neighborhoods in southern Newtown, notified The Newtown Bee February 14 that he has filed paperwork with the State Elections Enforcement Commission to officially declare hims...

Newtown High School's girls' basketball team was shooting the ball lights out. You could say the Nighthawks were on fire. But a transformer in town was on fire, causing the gymnasium lights to go out, resulting in the February 21 South-West Conference tournament quarterfinal clash between NHS and New Milford to be postponed at the half.

March 10, 1995 HE STILL NEEDS A HOME: Kita, a one-year-old black and white Akita, is still looking for a loving home. Pound Keeper Pat Anzellotti says this fellow likes kids and adults but would not be happy with other dogs. Anyone interested in...

WATERBURY — Survivors of those killed in the December 2012 Sandy Hook School shooting incident will gain access to the contents of the computer that was used by the shooter, as a source of potential evidence in their pending wrongful death lawsuit ag...

Friday, February 21 AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm. Beginners meeting, open discussion. Saturday, February 22 AA Daily Reflections group, St Rose parish house (upstairs), 38 Church Hill Road, 6:30 pm. One-hou...

Occupation: I’ve worked as a home inspector for the past nine years at Home Quest. It’s a family-owned and -operated business that was started more than 20 years ago by my dad, John Koch III. It’s based out of Shelton, but we serve all of Fairfie...