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The Newtown Open tennis tournament will be held the weekend of June 22 and 23, at Dickinson Park check-in and main site) as well as Treadwell Park and Newtown High School. Players must be available all weekend and flexible for match times. There is p...

The 45th Annual Rooster Run, to benefit Newtown Scholarship Association, will take place on Saturday, June 15, beginning at 8 am, near the municipal center, 3 Primrose Street, on the campus of Fairfield Hills. The event includes a 5K, 10K, and Little...

They zig-zagged back and forth along the trails, up and down the hilly Holcombe Hill Wildlife Preserve property at 65 Great Hill Road, on June 9. Competitors — 47 in total — put their endurance and off-road running capabilities to the test in the Hol...

Students were teachers at Sandy Hook Elementary School’s two makerspace nights, held May 21 and 23, when parents were invited for an evening of learning. The first evening was held for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students, and the sec...

At the quarterly meeting of the Public Safety Committee for Garner Correctional Institution on Tuesday, June 4, committee members met the prison’s new warden — Amonda Hannah. Warden Hannah is the ninth warden of the 260,000-square-foot facility for m...

Imagine a dark and rain-drenched evening. Suddenly, there is a medical, fire, and/or police emergency at your home or business. You call 911 and speak with a dispatcher, who gathers all the information needed for the responders to answer your call, i...

Lynn Hungaski with Newtown Environmental Action Team (NEAT) has been busy sending a message: Skip the Straw. By contacting bar and restaurant owners and asking if she can place cards with the message on tables, she is doing her part locally in what i...

UPDATE (Saturday, June 8 2019; 12:54 pm): The young man has been found, and is safe, according to a town official who spoke with The Newtown Bee. * * * * * Newtown Police Department is asking for the public to keep an eye out for a 20-year-old Newtow...

UPDATE (Tuesday, June 11, 2019): This post has been updated to include both names of the new co-owners of Lathrop School of Dance. Marco Saric's name was omitted when this story was originally published. * * * * * For 67 consecutive years, ...