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HARTFORD- Governor Dannel P. Malloy today announced that he is directing U.S. and state flags in Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff beginning immediately in honor of Connecticut State Police Trooper First Class Kevin M. Miller, who was killed th...

On Interstate 84 on March 23, a man driving a SUV crashed into a parked dump truck being used by a state Department of Transportation (DOT) road sign crew, resulting in the SUV landing on its roof, with both the SUV driver and a DOT worker then being...

Members of Trinity Episcopal Church gathered on the congregation's front lawn on the morning and early afternoon of March 24, the day of March For Our Lives rallies across the country, to show their support for the movement to end gun violence. The e...

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...