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To the Editor: Just a short note thanking Mr Ernest Vitarbo on his letter dated 8/9/19 (“Yearly Budget Process Is A Comedy”). Mr Vitarbo, thank you for having “the Moxie” to say what most of the citizens think on April 15th and the end of July each y...

Lyman Douglas "Doug" Rogers, 90, former resident of Newtown, died July 25, 2019, in hospice at the St John Paul II Center in Danbury from dementia and congestive heart failure. He was born October 11, 1928, in Middletown, N.Y., to Dorothy Taplin Roge...

A pair of two-run home runs sparked second-seeded Cover Two Sports Cafe to a 7-3 win over fourth-seeded Forest Construction in the Newtown Women’s Softball championship game, at Treadwell Park, on a beautiful August 9 evening. A season ago, Cover Two...

Readers may have noticed some slight changes to the website of The Newtown Bee, newtownbee.com, as of Monday morning, August 12. In keeping up with technology, we have moved to a new website platform. Most of the changes are not ones noticeable t...

To the Editor: The American news media and their reporters have effectively infiltrated various segments of American society in their attempts to shape public opinion. They have politicized the recent tragic events in Ohio and El Paso. They seek to c...

To the Editor: Once again, The Young Engineers Summer Program and Newtown Continuing Education would like to thank Chief Chris Ward and the amazing crew from Newtown Hook and Ladder. For the fifth year in a row, they have volunteered their time to he...

BERLIN— Eversource will be conducting aerial inspections of high-voltage electrical equipment on rights of way throughout Connecticut this month. This semiannual inspection is an important part of the company’s ongoing commitment to providing reliabl...

Colin Julius Powell, age 87, of Fairfield entered into rest on Saturday, August 10, 2019, at Cambridge Health and Rehabilitation Center in Fairfield. He was the devoted husband of 63 years to Julia “Carol” (Moseley) Powell. Colin was born in Shelton ...

To the Editor: I was utterly disappointed in this week’s Bee editorial “When Hearing Voices Is A Good Thing.” It not only parroted the Fairfield Hills anti-housing rhetoric but layered on a notion that our emergency services will be stretched to brea...

C.H. Booth Library Director Doug Lord spent July listening to what many others had to say. Mr Lord scheduled a half dozen “Listening Sessions” at the Main Street institution, inviting residents and patrons to offer their thoughts on what the town’s l...