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With South-West Conference play beginning this week, the first six games of the slate — including a pair against SWC rivals — only count in the state standings. Coach Joanna Closs views this the true start of the season. The Nighthawks embarked on th...

Newtown High School's girls' track and field team, on April 10, completed a meet that started the day before but was halted by lightning and rain. Newtown defeated Notre Dame-Fairfield 150-0, Weston 91-59, and Joel Barlow of Redding 112-35, at Blue &...

To the Editor: The Newtown Bee’s recent article (“Final Budget Hearing Draws Two Who Likely Represent Many,” March 22, 2019) suggesting that two anti-budget seniors represent the rest of us seniors isn’t accurate. The Bee writer should be careful...

To the Editor: I suggest applying “Facts First” means voting Yes for the town and education budgets on Tuesday, April 23. Here are some grounded facts: In 2006/07, the number of teacher full time equivalencies was 449.76; in 2019/20, it was 421.7. In...

Victor Krochta, 65, of Brookfield, previously of Newtown, passed away on Sunday, April 14, surrounded by his family. He is predeceased by his parents, Walter Krochta and Vera (Kololjanska) Krochta. Victor is survived by his wife, Elizabeth A. Horan; ...

To the Editor: I will not vote Yes on the education budget this year. The red flag for me that we went from needs to the nice-to-have is the request for an administrator for teaching and learning. The explanation for the ever-growing budget was that ...

Newtown’s Liberty and Peace Monument, known by many as the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, located on the corner of Main Street and Schoolhouse Hill Road, received its new halyard rope and American flag on the breezy morning of April 16. The flag rais...

All town offices and agencies will be closed Friday, April 19, for Good Friday. Newtown Senior Center will be closed on Friday. The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road will be closed on Friday but will be open for regular operating hours (7 am to 3 ...

WETHERSFIELD — All Department of Motor Vehicles offices will be closed on Friday, April 19, in recognition of the Good Friday holiday and will reopen on Saturday, April 20, at 8 am. In addition, DMV's licensing partners that process renewals, duplica...

MONROE — Newtown High School's boys' volleyball team shook off a second-set win by host Masuk of Monroe by seizing early control in game three on the way to a 3-1 (25-8, 19-25, 25-8, 25-21) triumph, on the road on April 10. Ardi Kodzodziku compiled 1...