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Traffic — both human and vehicular — was heavy in and around Newtown’s three polling locations throughout the day November 6, as more than 12,500 voters headed out to cast ballots in multiple federal, state, and regional contests. Local voters also h...

To the Editor: We would like to express our admiration and deepest gratitude for the support we have received from the town in these past two weeks since the shooting at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh on Saturday, October 27. The police cov...

NAUGATUCK — Newtown High School’s boys’ soccer team came into the campaign with a much different look, from the players on the field — a whopping 14 team members graduated last year — to the coaching staff. Playing under a completely different system...

NOTE (Monday, November 12, 2018): One of the photo captions accompanying this story has been updated to correctly reflect Jeff Capeci's status within Newtown Republican Town Committee.  * * * * * Local voting trends mirrored those nationally as ...

Around 6:10 am on November 7, Democratic Newtown Registrar of Voters LeReine Frampton notified The Newtown Bee that incumbent 106th District Republican State Rep Mitch Bolinsky overcame challenger Rebekah Harriman-Stites by 145 votes. With that annou...

[naviga:font color="#000000"]Alan Embree, 84, of Sandy Hook, died October 31, at home. Born in New Jersey, he graduated from the Pingry School in 1952 and later earned a Bachelor of Science in 1956 and a Master of Business Administration in 1957 from...

To the Editor: This is a perfect time of year to plant trees or to transplant trees and bushes while their branches and roots are dormant. Wooded areas play an important part as buffer zones between different habitats. These riparian corridors are pa...

[naviga:font color="#000000"]Judith Marie “Judi” Petro, 77, of Sandy Hook, died November 5, in her home, surrounded by her family. Born in Bridgeport, she was the daughter of the late Anne and Steven Mudrick.[/naviga:font] [naviga:font color="#000000...

[naviga:font color="#000000"]Peter Crawford Garrett, 82, formerly of Newtown, died October 25, at his home in Southbury. Born in New York City, May 26, 1936, he was the son of the late Robert Garrett and the late Mora (MacLachlan) Garrett.[/naviga:fo...