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To the Editor: Congratulations to the nearly 17 percent of Newtown voters who turned out to reject pickleball courts at the April 23rd referendum. “Nicer roads, better schools, NO pickleball,” seems like a fine slogan for our town. The pickleball inv...

Newtown High School’s softball team had a pair of rewarding victories over challenging South-West Conference foes this past week. The Nighthawks came from behind for a 2-1 walk-off win over visiting Notre Dame-Fairfield under the lights at Treadwell ...

Newtown High School’s boys’ volleyball team hasn’t had many challenges during its unbeaten start to the spring; the Nighthawks generally make quick work of their opponent, and won nine of their first 11 matches by 3-0 scores. They got pushed to a fif...

Newtown High School’s baseball team made it four consecutive games with nine runs, beating a trio of South-West Conference teams handily this past week. After a 9-1 triumph at Immaculate of Danbury on April 23, Newtown toppled visiting Joel Barlow of...

NOTE: This story has been updated to include information about the next scheduled Dress A Girl Southern CT event. * * * * * Several dozen women adroitly tackled the task of sewing simple dresses for at-risk Third World girls at a Dress A Girl Se...

To the Editor: Yes, it’s Borough budget time again and once more — Facts First. Last year, Mr Mitchell suggested to The Bee there was missing Borough money, now he claims too much money. I’ll address his claims one at a time. He cherry-picked general...

To the Editor: Let’s give a cheer to (and help and support) the Lion’s Club and its campaign and hard work to clean up litter. Let’s face it, litter is ugly! And ugly is as ugly does... Everywhere you go, there are trash containers available. Superma...

To the Editor: Friends of the C.H. Booth Library held their annual Spring Donation Day event on Sunday, April 28. It was a pleasure seeing the fabulous donor response in spite of the threatening skies and occasional drizzle, with a continuous stream ...

To the Editor: Sometimes we need a reminder. A reminder how fortunate some of us are. And a reminder as to the severity of how close the needy truly are to us here in Newtown. Newtown, Conn., is our home, and we do an extremely good job of watching o...

Mae Schmidle was not born in Newtown. But many would agree she represented the town and supported many of its causes with a level of tenacity, humility, and honor befitting one of the community’s founding families. The always dynamic "lady in red," f...