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To the Editor: I ask the fundamental question… how much is it worth to protect historic Main Street? Presently, the owner of the Main Street Inn at Newtown has employed a high profile Hartford lawyer to push a 79 apartment unit on the historic Mary H...

To the Editor: The recommendations for the Borough's 2018-19 budget that were approved by the burgesses on April 10 include some disturbing items. If they pass, taxpayers would see a 76 percent increase in their taxes. Two line-items in particular de...

To the Editor: Friends of the C.H. Booth Library held their annual Spring Donation Day event on April 29. Once again, it was a pleasure seeing so many generous townspeople bringing boxes, bags, and trunk loads of books, CDs, DVDs, books on CD, record...

Mark Barden and Nicole Hockley whose children were killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting have announced they are not running for Congress.Associated Press content was used in this report. Both local residents were urged by...

Madalyn Henry, 70, of Newtown, died peacefully April 26. She was born in Springfield, Mass., on September 10, 1947 and graduated from the University of Massachusetts. Ms Henry loved her community, where she raised her family and resided for more than...

Gerard Arthur "Art" Sheehan, Jr, 87, of Monroe, died April 28, in Masonicare At Newtown. He was born in Bridgeport, son of the late Gerard and Jessie Sheehan. His two devoted children and their spouses, Deborah and Timothy Reilly of Newtown and Thoma...

To the Editor:Newtown Bee), or we can step up and let our votes be counted. Our country was once a colony under a country requiring taxes to pay for their soldiers upkeep here. People living at that time stepped up and said "No"; sometimes they died ...

Peter Cipkala, 82, of Stratford, beloved husband of Mary Jean Maksimowicz Cipkala, died April 24, in his home. He was born in Torysky, Czechoslovakia, on January 1, 1936 to the late Maria (Klotz) and Michal Cipkala and has been a longtime area reside...

Tyler Alden Hoffman, 24, of Sandy Hook, died unexpectedly April 28. He was born in Danbury on March 11, 1994, and was a son of Theodore Hoffman of Woodbury and Catherine Kean of Sandy Hook. Mr Hoffman was a graduate of Newtown High School and was emp...

To the Editor: I would like to thank the organizers of Earth Day, and especially Glenn Nanavaty, for coordinating the Lose the Litter campaign. As a regular roadside trash patroller, I would like to share a few reflections on this year's trash pickup...