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Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 03:18 PM
To The Editor:
I would like to thank the recent letter writer who complained about my letter criticizing of the Newtown Hook and Ladder’s boot drive on Main Street [sic] (“Boots, Birds’ Nests, and Flippers,” October 3).
The writing was classic Jonath...
Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 03:06 PM
With early voting being a thing that a large amount of Newtown residents have been taking advantage of, it almost seems a bit like The Bee’s annual pre-election editorial urging people to vote and covering the basics of the election are a bit less th...
Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 03:04 PM
On Saturday, October 26, the Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity, or SHOP for short, hosted its annual Halloween Walk. According to long-time SHOP leader, Sharon Doherty, the annual Halloween event was begun in 2012 because of Hurricane Alfred whi...
Updated: Oct 31, 2024 at 02:33 PM
On Halloween morning, about a hundred Newtown residents gathered for the annual Halloween Parade at the Newtown Community Center. Starting at 11 am, families started marching through the Community Center, into the Senior Center, and then out and thro...
Updated: Oct 31, 2024 at 11:27 AM
A longtime resident with approximately 50 years in the fire service died Monday night after being struck by a motor vehicle.
Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg, 72, was on his way to the Board of Fire Commissioners annual dinner meeti...
Updated: Oct 31, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Peter (“Pete”) Joseph Blomberg, 72, of Newtown, passed away unexpectedly on October 28, 2024. Chief Blomberg was en route to the annual Newtown Board of Fire Commissioners meeting in Sandy Hook when he was struck by a vehicle and succumbed to his inj...
Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 08:17 AM
Daniel (Dan) Scott Krauss passed away peacefully and surrounded by his family at Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut on October 28, 2024, following a long battle with complications from congestive heart failure.
Born on October 2, 1975, to Albert...
Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 07:05 AM
The October 27 Newtown Bridle Lands Association’s (NBLA) Frost on the Pumpkin Hunter Pace, held on Mount Nebo Road, was a total success, according to participants and organizers alike. There was actually a light touch of frost on the pumpkins as dawn...
Published: Oct 31, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Ghosts, goblins, witches, dinosaurs, firefighters, princesses (you name it) were on hand trunk-or-treating and getting into the spirit in advance of Halloween at the Children’s Adventure Center’s (CAC) Boo Fest, held the evening of October 24. Everyo...
Updated: Oct 30, 2024 at 05:23 PM
Today I lost my best friend. It was a day I never expected. If I have to find any solace in it, I was with him when he went peacefully.
He passed, suddenly, in his favorite place — his mom’s rocking chair. Bill or Papa, as he was better known, was bo...
