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Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 10:08 AM
To The Editor:
Most residents of Newtown are not aware of the pending shortage of water facing the future of Newtown.
On August 18th Newtown experienced a Thousand Year storm of over 13 inches of rain. Combined to make matters worse the Guskie Pond d...
Updated: Apr 25, 2025 at 09:48 AM
NOTE: This press release reflects the new location for the Rock This Democracy street protest and rally. Please note the April 25, 2025 print edition of The Newtown Bee features the original location of the event as announced by organizers. The l...
Updated: Apr 25, 2025 at 09:49 AM
Several hundred people attended the latest local Rock This Democracy vigil, held on Saturday, April 19, which concluded with attendees marching around the Main Street Flagpole with signs and candles.
Organized in collaboration with 50501, Newtown Act...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 08:00 AM
For the fourth consecutive year, Lynn Remson won the Newtown Bee Peeps Diorama Contest Trophy. She will be keeping the trophy at her desk for another 12 months thanks to overwhelming support for her creation, Sesame Peeps, which featured Cookie Monst...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:45 AM
Newtown joined locations across the country last week in commemorating Paul Revere’s historic ride in Massachusetts, where the Boston silversmith and others warned fellow patriots of the British Army’s approach toward Lexington and Concord.
Two Light...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:45 AM
On Sunday, April 27, at 2 pm, in the lower meeting room of C. H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, Newtown Historical Society will host a lecture on “The Dred Scott Decision.”
Dred Scott was a slave who petitioned for his freedom because his owner had t...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:00 AM
HARTFORD — Marc H. Silverman, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Anish Shukla, acting special agent in charge of the New Haven Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, announced that on April 18, Timothy Mingio...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:00 AM
The Planning & Zoning Commission heard two applications during its April 17 meeting. The first application was by Newtown Youth Academy (NYA) requesting a text amendment to the zoning regulations for the Fairfield Hills campus. The second concerned t...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:00 AM
HARTFORD — Marc H. Silverman, acting United States attorney for the District of Connecticut, and Michael J. Krol, special agent in charge of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), New England, on April 21 announced that a federal grand jury in Hartf...
Published: Apr 25, 2025 at 07:00 AM
The bats got hot when Newtown High School’s baseball team hosted Bunnell of Stratford on April 16. The Nighthawks earned their first win in decisive fashion, posting a 15-5 triumph over the Bulldogs.
“We hit the ball very well,” said Newtown Coach Ia...
