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Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) members have unanimously approved an update to the town’s Water Pollution Control Plan, the document that describes the town’s strategy for controlling surface water and groundwater pollution. Voting in favor of the revi...

The Connecticut Supreme Court’s [naviga:u]March 14 decision to allow a lawsuit to proceed against the manufacturer[/naviga:u], distributor, and seller of the assault-style rifle that was used to kill 26 people in December 2012 at Sandy Hook School ha...

The Newtown Historical Society hosted a free open house, from noon to 4 pm, at the Matthew Curtiss House on March 17. Throughout the afternoon, docents gave tours of the building, which was constructed in 1750 and is home to many antiques. Homemade I...

The EAGALA (Equine Assisted Growth And Learning Association) program of Embrace Hope — Sandy Hook Equine Assisted Therapy has been providing life-changing services and improving the mental health of individuals, families, and groups through equine-as...

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will have Jackie Jones demonstrate in oil at the next scheduled meeting, on Wednesday, March 27, beginning at 1:30 pm. Ms Jones will be painting an ocean scene concentrating on waves. The demonstration w...

March is National Nutrition Month, and local health officials say that Newtown residents are blessed with loads of options to access good, fresh, healthy food — from its farms and markets to the wide variety of food establishments that work to source...

Share your thoughts on a variety of subjects. The Newtown Bee is seeking residents to take part in semi-regular conversations throughout the year. Five to six people will be selected for each session of The Community Buzz, responding to a single-subj...

Occupation: I am Dean of the Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences at Western Connecticut State University. I started on July 16, 2018. I was in the English department teaching at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., and became the departm...

UPDATE (Thursday, March 28, 2019): The April 6 Flagpole Radio Cafe has been canceled. Click here for details. Tickets purchased for that show will be refunded. * * * * * A couple of really cool things happened for singer-songwriter Lucy...

Visitors to the second floor Reference area of the C.H. Booth Library will be seeing a brand new resource that is aimed at promoting public health and educating patrons about a new research program on precision medicine. This project is part of the “...