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Police said they received a call for help about 10:15 pm on Friday, July 5, from a woman who was driving a vehicle on Interstate 84 reporting that her male passenger had overdosed on heroin and that she had also overdosed on the drug. Police responde...

A large group of local teens volunteered on July 2 to help the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library set up the big book sale, scheduled for July 13-17 at Reed Intermediate School. Members of the Newtown Cheer Squad, Girls Field Hockey, and a number of b...

To the Editor: It was truly uplifting to read about the Better Day Café in the July 5th edition of the Bee. What a meaningful and impactful program! Congratulations to Matt Ariniello, Newtown’s Community Center director, on accomplishing the implemen...

“Drowning” by Chris Young “Still got your number in my phone, And even though you don’t know I listen I still call and wait ‘til the tone Just to hear you saying, ‘Leave a message,’ Since you’ve been gone I’ve had to find Different ways to gri...

Jennifer Garofalo, 49, of Orlando, Fla., passed away on June 24, 2019, after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born on November 28, 1969, in Danbury. She was a Brookfield High School graduate in 1989. Later, she continued her studies and recei...

Julie Ann (Harpe) Pierce, of Newtown, age 56, was called home to God on July 2, 2019. She passed peacefully following a long illness. Julie was a warm, friendly person with a sunny personality, a big heart, and a smile that lit up any room she entere...

It has been years since Newtown sought a review and upgraded municipal bond rating from Moody’s Investors Service. The main reason for that, according to Town Finance Director Robert Tait, is because having a Aa1 rating — one step down from a perfect...

Irwin J. Miller died on Saturday, July 6, 2019, in Norwalk. He was born on February 19, 1926, in Brooklyn, N.Y., to Bertha and Philip Miller. Irwin and his wife of 71 years, Vivian Berger Miller, moved to Stamford in 1960 and raised their family ther...

If the smell of food was not enough to draw students to visit three Reed Intermediate School clusters participating in this year’s June 5 Kindness Carts effort, the sounds of cheer and excitement certainly did the trick. “Get your pretzels!” student ...

It is one thing to try and save the world, but Newtown resident Sean Fitzpatrick decided to start with his own little corner of it. Mr Fitzpatrick is a classic example of someone who saw a specific need in his own community — that on any given day, a...