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At the Newtown Lions Club January 24 meeting Reed Intermediate School fifth grade teacher Karen King presented the news that the Lions Club International Foundation's SightFirst Grant is funding $400,705 for an eye clinic project, called the "Sustain...

Gone is the 200-year-old oak tree that stood at the top of Toddy Hill Road. As of early afternoon on Friday, February 9, crews had cleared the far-reaching canopy and trunk, leaving just a stump on the rise where Toddy Hill intersects Route 34.The Ne...

The Chinese New Year begins on February 16 and according to the Chinese Zodiac Calendar, 2018 is the Year of the Dog. According to the website ChineseNewYear2018.com Lisa Peterson writes about history, horses and hounds at lisaunleashed.com. You c...

The Municipal Gallery at Fairfield Hills was busy last Thursday afternoon, with artists delivering works for including in the annual "Color in Winter" presentation by The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN). The session was made even busier in...

Newtown High School's girls' and boys' indoor track and field teams battled with some of the top competitors in Connecticut during the February 10 Class LL state championship meet, at Floyd Little Athletic Center in New Haven. The Nighthawks came hom...

Newtown High School's wrestling team had seven place winners in the February 10 South-West Conference championships, at New Milford High School The Nighthawks placed fourth as a team, just behind Pomperaug of Southbury. Host New Milford ran away with...

Across the school district students and staff celebrated the 100th day of the 2017-18 school year on February 5, in a number of ways. At Sandy Hook Elementary School, first graders marched down the main hallway to display vests decorated with 100 ite...

Following some modifications made by the applicant, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have approved a new set of zoning regulations that would apply only to a property at 94 South Main Street (Route 25), where a local real estate firm is p...

St Rose of Lima School celebrated Catholic Schools Week, marked nationally from January 28 to February 3 this year, with a range of activities and events.stroseschool.com For St Rose of Lima School, the week began with an open house on January 28 an...

There are countless people featured in The Newtown Bee every week, but many times the story in the paper is just a snippet of a person's ever-continuing journey. In those cases, as time goes on, many begin to wonder, whatever happened to that person ...