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So far so good for the Newtown High School boys’ lacrosse team, which opened the campaign with nonconference victories over FCIAC teams, host Fairfield Warde on April 5 and visiting Stamford on April 7, and a South-West Conference triumph over visiti...

Battling a tough FCIAC opponent, mid-30s temperatures, and a fierce wind that made it feel as if it were 20-something degrees, the Newtown High School softball team left the field feeling warm and fuzzy with a come-from-behind 5-4 walk-off win over t...

Although sets two and three easily could have gone either way, Newtown High School’s boys’ volleyball team took care of business in the minimum three games to defeat visiting Danbury in the April 7 season opener. The Nighthawks won by scores of 25-17...

Improper Merge Newtown Police report Paige Benway, 16, of Monroe, operating a 2011 Honda Civic, was traveling southbound on South Main Street in one of two lanes at 8:50 pm March 26. Sophyia Ruppell, 17, of Newtown, operating a 2014 Ford Escape,...

To the Editor: While town budget approval is up to voters, I’m concerned that if town officials are not committed to supporting its passage, the April 22 referendum will fail. The tax increase is higher than past years and requires abundant communica...

To the Editor: As the director of communications for the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, I am honored to submit this letter to The Bee on behalf of my staff for National Telecommunications Week (April 13 to 19). We are nine strong with two p...

To the Editor: Taxes Increases? Ugh. But this year necessary. None of us want to hear that property taxes are going up, especially these days with the threat of recession and job losses and general economic instability in the news. But sometimes, and...

To the Editor: It was an honor to attend the Newtown High School Musical, Hello Dolly, and the Newtown Middle School Musical, Beetlejuice. Indeed, Newtown is a mecca for developing Fine Arts talent among our youth within our public schools. The team ...

To the Editor: We’re all feeling short of money. Prices are going up, savings and investments, for those who have them, are going down. And now we’re being asked to vote for a budget that will increase our taxes. No wonder people are feeling angry! B...

To The Editor: There have been posts on Facebook suggesting the school and municipal budget will cost you, the taxpayer, $700 plus dollars. These claims don’t explain how our taxes work and are aimed at scaring you, the voter. Your taxes are closely ...