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On Saturday, November 3, from 2 to 4 pm, Newtown United will host “An Authors Afternoon” at My Place Restaurant, 8 Queen Street. The guest authors are Nan Rossiter, Debra Sennefelder, and Harmony Verna. Each will have copies of their books available ...

Town Players of Newtown will present Dancing at Lughnasa as the final show of the season at The Little Theatre. Performances will begin November 16 and continue for four weekends. Written by Brian Friel and being directed for Town Players by Sherry A...

For centuries, black cats have suffered at the hands of humans’ ill-conceived notions deeming them somehow unlucky or less desirable than their colorful counterparts. Even though black cats were known to be worshiped in ancient Egypt — it was a capit...

It’s all about who you know and how many trees fall. The spring storm that tore through the region on May 15 left few residences untouched or undamaged by falling trees and limbs, Walnut Tree Hill Road homeowner Mary Fellows among them. She did not w...

Trinity Episcopal Church will host Refugee Story Night on Friday, November 9. The special event will include a light meal, movie screening, and panel discussion. It will run from 5:30 until 9 pm at the church, 36 Main Street. The evening will open wi...

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will host Shauna Shane painting a still life in oil on Wednesday, October 24, at 1:30. The informative demo will take place in the lower level of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street (at the flagpole). ...

Joni Mitchell’s Jazz Band performed at Edmond Town Hall on October 13. The seven-member band of local musicians celebrated the jazz recordings of music legend Joni Mitchell on Saturday night, ahead of her 75th birthday. The nearly 200 attendees were ...

While Connecticut’s Second House District only overlaps several Dodgingtown and Hattertown neighborhoods near the western border of Newtown, both its one-term Republican incumbent Will Duff, and repeat Democratic challenger Raghib Allie-Brennan belie...

Incumbent Republican 106th District State Representative Mitch Bolinsky and his Democratic challenger, local Board of Education Vice Chairman Rebekah Harriman-Stites, both sat down with The Newtown Bee recently to offer perspectives on where Connecti...

Newtown was represented at the October 11 Dyslexia Legislation Forum in Hartford, which was one of multiple Dyslexia Awareness Month events. Parent Alissa Heizler-Mendoza and Harvey Hubbell V, a Newtown native and Emmy Award-winning director, both sp...