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To the Editor: There’s been a lot of activity at the flagpole — our town centerpiece — in the past week. Saturday morning, volunteers with the Newtown Lions Club and Newtown Hook & Ladder were up early taking down the large summer flag and replacing ...

To the Editor: One of our objectives as a civic-minded garden club is to “encourage and assist with civic projects.” The Great Pumpkin Race, which has been run by the Newtown Lions Club for 15 years, is a fun-filled community event in October [most r...

To the Editor: I am writing to endorse Joan Plouffe for reelection to the Police Commission for Newtown. I have been friends with Joan for five years, and I know her to be a fiercely loyal and passionate advocate for the town. She is bright and resou...

Newtown High School's football team invites the community to join it for the annual Intercept Cancer Game to benefit the American Cancer Society when the Nighthawks host Danbury at Blue & Gold Stadium on October 25. Kickoff is set for 7 pm. Football ...

To the Editor: My neighbor Ned Simpson moved to Newtown a few years ago and hit the ground running. Ned immediately got involved in our neighborhood. He started a communications committee, which launched a newsletter to keep us more aware of what is ...

To the Editor: It felt like a bit of magic happened in Newtown when the courtyard at the Municipal Building was transformed from a large lawn area with nothing but three trees and a picnic bench to a garden with 19 different beds containing eight new...

To the Editor: Dr Carol Walsh is running for Legislative Council in District 3, and Newtown will be lucky to have her. Carol is hardworking, smart, dynamic, and down to earth. Carol’s background in industry taught her how to manage multimillion dolla...

To the Editor: I am disgusted by the actions that are being taken by the owners of 19 Main Street (the former Inn at Newtown) and their team. They have done little, if anything, to care for the property since its closing. The exterior and landscaping...

Along with raising a winter flag on Main Street’s landmark flagpole on October 19, a new fundraising restoration effort of the flagpole was announced, and the hope is the community will step up with some green to help preserve the red, white, and blu...

At The Newtown Bee, we are working on articles every week for our readers’ education and enjoyment, and subscribers get the first — and sometimes exclusive — look at stories in print. What’s in the works for the edition of October 25? The Oath of Off...