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Published: Sep 16, 2019 at 06:00 AM
It took Newtown officials about a decade to create and staff a Purchasing Agent position. But it took that new staffer, Rick Spreyer, less than a year to develop efficiencies and savings that measurably exceed the taxpayer cost of his salary and bene...
Published: Sep 15, 2019 at 07:00 AM
This column focuses on the toxic blue-green algae crisis that recently made national headlines as canines across the United States became fatally ill following a recreational swim in affected lakes, ponds, and rivers. Several of these canines reporte...
Updated: Apr 09, 2021 at 09:03 AM
Shadows lengthened under an orange sky at Holcombe Hill Preserve Saturday evening, September 7. Two hundred guests climbed the long driveway to Newtown’s highest point that evening for the Newtown Forest Association’s (NFA) annual Sunset Wine Tasting...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 04:51 PM
Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team saw its offense thrive with a five-player front in the season opener, a 4-3 win over visiting Naugatuck, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on September 14.
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:45 AM
Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert is among the growing chorus of critics speaking out about the negative health effects and possible health risks tied to vaping.
E-cigarette products, such as vapes, electronic nicotine delivery systems, ...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:30 AM
FirstLight Power, the electric utility firm that owns and operates the hydroelectric dams on the Housatonic River forming the impoundments known as Lake Zoar and Lake Lillinonah, has announced its schedule for drawing down the water levels at the two...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
The Newtown Marching Band & Guard competed in its first show of the 2019 season on Saturday, September 7, at Bethel High School.
The group, comprised of almost 80 members, came in second place with a score of 76.0 in the USBands Group IV Open divisio...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
“A woman called me — she lives across from Ferris Creamery, and she said she had never missed a ride,” said CT United Ride director Frederick Garrity, Jr. He said the woman had checked to be sure she was outside on time Sunday, September 8, to see th...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
A Milford firm is proposing that a gas station/convenience store, which has been a South Main Street (Route 25) fixture for decades, be razed and replaced with a modern version of those facilities.
CPCI LLC proposes the redevelopment project for 147-...
Published: Sep 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
This is the third in a series of four articles covering Newtown Youth Football & Cheer as the organization celebrates the 50th anniversary of the youth program. Three weeks ago, The Bee published an overview of the program; two weeks ago a featur...
