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Along with filling the district’s new director of teaching and learning position at its meeting on June 18, the Board of Education approved its May financial report and celebrated two educators. A preview of the district’s new website was also demons...

To paraphrase the famous Otto von Bismarck quote: Laws are like sausages. It’s better not to see them being made. But that did not stop Newtown constituents from digging into slices of sausage pizza while hearing about how a number of legislative ini...

The C.H. Booth Library’s Summer Reading kickoff was one for the books. The free event, which took place in the Edmond Town Hall theater on June 17, honored local literary advocate Louise Tambascio and had a special performance by internationally reno...

As Reed Intermediate School Principal Anne Uberti welcomed her entire school community to an end of the year assembly on June 13, the last day of the 2018-19 school year, she said the musical event was for “sixth graders getting ready to move on and ...

Following a series of other I-84 ramp closures this week, just a reminder that there remains an Exit 10 ramp closure on I-84 Westbound, Friday, June 21, between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am. Detour information for this roadwork is as follows: Eastboun...

Scott Anders, President of the Newtown Chamber of Commerce, was joined by local officials reminding residents that a brand new household resource guide will be hitting every residential mailbox in the coming days. The envelope contains a “Need Help” ...

The Bee Publishing Company offices will be closed on Thursday, July 4, in observance of Independence Day. We will reopen on Friday, July 5. Readers are reminded that editorial and advertising deadlines for the July 5, 2019 issue of The Newtown Bee wi...

Newtown Youth Football and Cheer (NYFC) held its Fourth Annual Beer, Wine, & Spirits Tasting Event at the Dana-Holcombe House on Saturday, June 8. The evening was held to raise funds toward a goal of $12,000 for uniforms, field upkeep, equipment, sch...

For the second year in a row, Newtown High School students earned top marks for a creation while attending the EdAdvance Skills21 Expo Fest at the Oakdale Theatre in Wallingford, held on June 1 this year. According to its website, skills21.org/expofe...

The public was invited to meet with [naviga:u]Newtown resident and author Lisa Yu[/naviga:u] to get copies of her new book “My Daddy Is A Firefighter” signed at Main Street Adventures, 123 South Main Street, on June 15. The author meet-and-greet was ...