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There was a week this winter when The Newtown Bee received not a single letter to the editor for publication in the Letter Hive. It was the literary equivalent of a beekeeper's Colony Collapse Disorder that even longtime staff could not recall having...

On the morning of March 24, the cyclist group Team 26 departed from the Edmond Town Hall and rode all the way to the Connecticut State Capitol for the March For Our Lives rally to send a message about the need to end gun violence.The Newtown Bee. "Pe...

Police said they saw a man acting suspiciously in the parking lot at Newtown Mobil, a gas station/convenience store at 62 Church Hill Road, about 9:54 pm on March 22, so they investigated. They then learned that Danbury police held a felony arrest wa...

Richard James Selleck, 65, of Bethel died March 26, at Danbury Hospital. He was the husband of Donna (Clark) Selleck. He was born in Norwalk, on July 31, 1952, and was the son of Alice (Wenzel) Selleck of Newtown and the late Harry J. Selleck. Mr Sel...

All town offices and agencies will be closed Friday, March 30, for Good Friday.The Newtown Bee, at 5 Church Hill Road, will be open on Friday, March 30. The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road will be closed on Friday, but will be open for regular o...

Michael J. "Mike" Walsh, 61, of Roxbury, died March 26. He was born January 8, 1957, in Albany, N.Y., and was the treasured husband of 34 years to Nina Bonacci Walsh and the son of Margaret (Bement) Walsh of Newtown and the late James P. Walsh. In ad...

Lawrence A. "Larry" Cavanaugh, 80, of Newtown died March 23, at Danbury Hospital. He was born in Waterbury on September 6, 1937, son of the late Frances (Pettit) and John  Cavanaugh. His loving wife of 57 years, Marcia; his beloved daughter a...

There will be a wall somewhere inside the new senior center being built adjacent to the community center at Fairfield Hills with a ceramic tile mural, of which Newtown seniors will have the final say on the theme. John Boccuzzi, Sr, who serves on the...

Mary Jane Anderson, 84, of Woodbury died March 16. She was born on September 15, 1933. She wrote a column called "A Dog's Life" in The Newtown Bee for more than 20 years. Three children, seven grandchildren, one great-grandson, and two beloved four-l...

Robert Michael "Bob" DeCarlo, 51, of Sandy Hook, beloved husband of Wendy (Johnson) DeCarlo, died March 20. Born September 13, 1966, in Stamford, he was the son of the late Theresa (Luberto) and John DeCarlo. Mr DeCarlo was a graduate of J.M. Wright ...