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To the Editor, As a Democrat, I wanted to write to voice my growing displeasure about toll legislation in Hartford. Tolls are another regressive tax against working people. It is a punishment to people who go to work everyday. Forcing us to hand over...

To The Editor: Is it fair to leave CO2 mess to our children? Remember the deadly tornado in Alabama. The polar vortex in January. Australia’s record heat and 4 feet of rain in one week. Are these events related or caused by climate change? You decide...

As the performance dates for Newtown High School’s spring musical, Mary Poppins, approach, students are working hard to bring the production’s magic to the school’s auditorium stage. “The kids are amazing, working unbelievably hard. Magic is really d...

NOTE (Tuesday, March 12, 2019): This story has been updated to reflect that while a Seventh Annual Fairfield County Giving Day is expected to take place in 2020, organizers have not yet selected the date for next year's event. * * * * * Accordin...

After the entire school community read a book about a dog and his best human friend, Sandy Hook Elementary School students celebrated by attending an assembly on February 22 that included humans and dogs. Since the 2002-03 school year, Sandy Hook Sch...

NOTE (Wednesday, March 13, 2019): The P&Z public hearing mentioned in this story has been [naviga:u]postponed to April 4, 2019[/naviga:u].  * * * * * A Naugatuck man is proposing the creation of a vineyard/winery at a sloping 41-acre site alongs...

Resident Susan Johnson offered a “correction” recently to something she read in The Newtown Bee, which may be beneficial to cat owners. In mid-February she responded to something she saw "The Top of the Mountain" — the column that is ghost written by...

TRUMBULL — Patrick Afriyie’s dream of playing in the National Football League became a realization this past season. Afriyie, who grew up learning the game of X’s and O’s in Newtown, competed on the Los Angeles Chargers’ practice squad this past seas...

Newtown Middle School eighth grade art enrichment students spent the entire school day on February 28 making mobiles inspired by the American sculptor Alexander Calder’s body of work. By noon, the Day of Art was in full-swing, with students bent over...

Newtown Middle School Student Council members hosted events in the school’s cafeteria called “Fantastic Fun Fridays” throughout February, with the final concluding event held on March 1. The events were held to offer community-building activities. “W...