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Published: May 14, 2019 at 11:40 AM
Vera Emma (Plante) Smith, 84, passed away at her home Saturday, May 11, 2019, after a long battle with vascular dementia. She was born October 22, 1934, in Fall River, Mass.
While working as a home economics teacher, she met her husband of 50 years, ...
Published: May 14, 2019 at 11:25 AM
To the Editor:
As a believer in recycling waste, I was very dismayed to see that the transfer center has resorted to single stream recycling. Like many of us, I receive a lot of deliveries from Amazon, and I accumulate a fair amount of cardboard. Whe...
Published: May 14, 2019 at 10:05 AM
EverWonder Children’s Museum, a local provider of hands-on educational opportunities in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM) for children up to age 12, recently received its largest grant to date, a $100,000 challenge grant from t...
Published: May 14, 2019 at 09:50 AM
To the Editor:
My husband Scott and I and our children would like to thank HomeFront and Gordon Williams, Jerry Cole, Doug, Bob, Bruce Hoag, Mr Kovacs, and the countless people who showed up on Saturday, May 4, to help us with some projects we needed...
Published: May 14, 2019 at 07:00 AM
With only five out of ten members present, the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) turned its regularly scheduled monthly meeting on May 9 into a working session.
SHPMC Vice Chairman Alan Martin led the evening discussion by saying that ...
Published: May 14, 2019 at 06:45 AM
For her Bat Mitzvah project, Newtown Middle School seventh grader Hanna Reps chose to assist kittens and cats though Sandy Hook-based Kitten Associates and Southbury’s Whiskers Pet Rescue.
Hanna was featured in a recent Newtown Bee story about her pr...
Published: May 13, 2019 at 03:10 PM
John E. Platt, Jr, 67, of Sandy Hook, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday, May 11, 2019. He was the loving husband and best friend of Christine (Foley) Platt.
John was born in Danbury on March 14, 1952, a son of the late John and Marion (C...
Published: May 13, 2019 at 01:50 PM
To the Editor:
The concerns about the future of the Senior Center (expressed in January letters to The Bee and during meetings with the first selectman on January 11th and February 6th) have diminished. The evidence is the increased membership enroll...
Published: May 13, 2019 at 07:20 AM
In back-to-back meetings May 6 and May 7, the Boards of Selectmen and Education each endorsed a resolution opposing Governor Ned Lamont’s plan to shift financing the state’s teacher pension burden to certain communities that would likely include Newt...
Published: May 13, 2019 at 07:15 AM
Newtown Middle School and Middle Gate Elementary School both held evening events recently to highlight student creativity.
The NMS Student Showcase was held the evening of Tuesday, April 23, and according to accounts, it was a busy evening. NMS art t...
