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Housatonic Valley Waldorf School (HVWS) students, staff, and invited guests gathered in a circle outside the school on September 19 to celebrate the 100th anniversary of international Waldorf schools. HVWS middle school teacher Laura Hayes welcomed e...

Following a September 19 public hearing, Planning & Zoning Commission (P&Z) members revised certain zoning regulations on housing density in the Hawleyville Center Design District (HCDD). P&Z members approved the rule changes unanimously, with Chairm...

After gathering outside Fraser Woods Montessori School on September 20, students and faculty sang “Light A Candle For Peace” in honor of International Day of Peace. International Day of Peace was celebrated by the United Nations on September 21 this ...

Danny Amaral appeared resolute as he stood talking with The Newtown Bee in the mostly empty showroom of his family’s soon-to-be-sold automotive facility on South Main Street earlier this week. “I’ve had to face the question of whether I want to do th...

Sisyrinchium angustifolium, or blue-eyed grass; yarrow; coneflower; New England aster; and a host of other native plants sat on fresh-turned soil Thursday, September 19, as Sarah Middeleer determined where they should be placed. Intent to get plantin...

EverWonder Children’s Museum, at 31 Pecks Lane, has announced its calendar for October 2019. Members Only Hour, launched in June, will continue this month. The museum opens at 10 am on Saturdays for members, one hour earlier than nonmember guests...

As previously telegraphed in Th e Newtown Bee, a key official who sat in on bid openings for the new police headquarters is expecting the project to come in measurably under budget. Public Building and Site Commission Chairman Robert Mitchell said...

Newtown Police this morning are hoping to hear from anyone who witnessed a serious accident late Friday afternoon in Sandy Hook. Police report a car vs motorcycle accident occured on Berkshire Road at its intersection with Sherman Street around 5:40 ...

For Middle Gate Elementary School’s Constitution Day assembly on September 17, students and staff dressed in festive red, white, and blue attire: It was a day to celebrate the start of the school’s Constitution Week. A sign draped along the back of a...

Key elements of a project to enhance the habitat for wild trout in the Pootatuck River were accomplished this week, when a Montana firm specializing in such work put a large excavator into the river to build boulder-lined “trout pools” on the riverbe...