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It has been three years since you went home to be with Jesus. We miss your laughter and your kindness to little animals and the less fortunate. We miss you sitting on the swing with us on warm summer days, toasting, and celebrating our life wi...

Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) members have discussed with their consulting engineer how the Sandy Hook Center sewage pump station’s capacity should be increased to handle rising sewage pumping demands at the 5-A Glen Road site. Fred Hurley, town publ...

James (Jim) R. Healey, of Sandy Hook, passed away at home on February 22, 2019, with his wife and daughter by his side. He fought a long and courageous battle with Parkinson’s Disease, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, and heart failure. Born in Hartford, Jim w...

To the Editor: One of the gems and treasured features of the Victory Garden are the many fruit trees donated and planted by a Minnesota agricultural college in memory of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. The problem with fruit trees over the years is ...

As a popular, long-time educator, Newtown resident Laurena McCarthy was able to make positive, life-changing impressions on hundreds and hundreds of students who came into her classroom as total strangers and left with memories of how much she cared ...

To the Editor: The odds are that sooner or later, one of your family members will have an emergency and need a caretaker. Maybe your mom will break her hip and need help; maybe your husband or wife will need surgery and you’ll have to stay home to ta...

Gloria Walsh, age 92, passed away peacefully on February 22, 2019, at the Apple Rehab facility in Middletown. Gloria was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., to the late Frank (Rocco) and Mary Capuano. She is predeceased by her husband, Thomas Francis Walsh. Glor...

Although calm at the moment, Connecticut — and many surrounding states — is under a High Wind Warning today.  Newtown is under a warning issued by the National Weather Service-New York, NY office, which remains in effect until 6 pm this evening.  “Da...

One of the world’s top bond rating agencies has reaffirmed Newtown’s equivalent of a perfect credit score. First Selectman Dan Rosenthal told The Newtown Bee February 20 that Standard & Poor’s (S&P) will be maintaining the community’s AAA rating as o...

Borough Zoning Commission (BZC) members are reviewing the borough zoning regulations in light of some anticipated zoning applications, which may require certain revisions to the land use rules to make those development projects workable. BZC Chairman...