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Updated: Mar 07, 2019 at 05:03 PM
Business owners within the shopping and business plaza at 125 South Main Street are extending an invitation to the public to join them the weekend of March 8-10 for the first Highland Plaza Art Exhibition & Sale.
This event is being hosted and sponso...
Updated: Mar 01, 2019 at 03:17 PM
After nearly three hours of deliberations on February 27, the Board of Finance unanimously passed both the Board of Selectmen’s, and the Board of Education’s 2019-20 budget requests to the Legislative Council.
Newtown Finance Director Robert Tait tol...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 04:30 PM
If you could give each schoolchild in Newtown 20 cents a day to spend on improving his or her education for a year, would it be worth it?
Within the proposed $78,104,410 school budget for 2019-20 — one that, at a 2.7 percent bump, is on par with prop...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 04:15 PM
Auto Theft
Police report they received a call about 7:40 am on February 25 informing them that a parked vehicle had been stolen overnight from a residential driveway on Autumn Ridge Road, a short dead-end street that extends from Butterfield Roa...
Updated: Feb 28, 2019 at 04:29 PM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South at 3 Main Street report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, February 21: 3:22 pm, motor vehicle accident, near 53 Great Hill Road, Hawleyville re...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 12:30 PM
To the Editor:
I want to write in support of the current education budget. I believe, as a parent and a resident, it is paramount that everyone supports the education budget. I understand the figure amount of the budget seems inflated. However, this ...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 11:35 AM
Robert William Soré passed away February 25, 2019. He is survived by his wife, Cynthia Soré, and son, Alister Soré. He is preceded in death by his son, Sinclair Soré.
Robert was born in Bronx, N.Y., in 1957 to the late Ann and Edward Soré. Robert att...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 11:30 AM
Numerous responses were received by The Newtown Bee regarding the US House passage of the Bipartisan Background Checks Act of 2019.
WASHINGTON, DC— The US House of Representatives approved on February 27 H.R. 8, the Bipartisan Background Checks ...
Published: Feb 28, 2019 at 10:00 AM
Charles “Chuck” Michael Reichardt, 83, of Newtown died peacefully on Saturday, February 23, in his home, after his two-year battle with cancer. Chuck was born in Bridgeport on June 20, 1935, the son of Myrtle and Harry Reichardt.
He was an avid outdo...
Updated: Feb 28, 2019 at 09:49 AM
There was a moment during a February 26 Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) meeting when commissioner Robert Edwards, clearly frustrated, pointed at the new community center’s construction manager, strongly suggesting he get into a room with a...
