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Olive Louise (McNamara) Seaman, age 91, passed away from complications of Poliomyelitis on March 17, 2019. She was born on February 7, 1928, at Bridgeport Hospital to Paul McNamara and Susan (Cavanaugh) McNamara. She was brought home to Newtown, wher...

A loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many, Beverly Ruth Boucher, 82, passed away due to natural causes on March 18, 2019, at the Connecticut Hospice in Branford. She had made a loving home for her family ...

Judith Ann (Hancox) Richardson, of Newtown, wife of the late Clifford A. Richardson, died March 15, 2019, at her home. Judi was born in Bridgeport on March 31, 1939, the daughter of the late Robert and Anna (Czechowski) Hancox. She lived in the Stepn...

The town has been awarded a state grant to help it improve the condition of some tilted and fallen tombstones at Sandy Hook Cemetery at 7 Riverside Road. Newtown has a total of 15 cemeteries, six of which have associations that are still active and s...

Members of the Newtown Senior Center were sporting festive green ensembles during the annual St Paddy’s Day lunch and bingo on March 15. Irish-themed dishes like Shepard’s Pie and Irish soda bread were served for lunch, along with salad, pasta with g...

FAITH Food Pantry (FFP) is not a ministry of St Rose of Lima Church. The nonecumenical pantry is open to everyone in town, not just St Rose parishioners. Those were two of the points Lee Paulsen and Bill Manfredonia made to members of Newtown Interfa...

NEW MILFORD — After reading about the company’s 80th Anniversary celebration and planned expansion last year in The Newtown Bee, US Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) announced March 11 that [naviga:u]Aldine Metal Products[/naviga:u] in New Milford is hi...

Although several Hawleyville residents expressed public safety concerns about allowing a proposed gas station/convenience store to operate at 13 Hawleyville Road (State Route 25), Zoning Board of Appeals (ZBA) members have unanimously endorsed having...

A Connecticut Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) is a food production and distribution system that directly connects farmers and consumers, according to the [naviga:u]Connecticut Department of Agriculture website[/naviga:u]. “Consumers purchase sh...

Robert Legnani looked out one of the windows of the home he shares with Peg Jepsen on Monday and his eyes lit up. “He’s there!” Mr Legnani announced. “Right on time, he’s coming for some food,” he added, laughing. Mr Legnani and Ms Jepsen were adopte...