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To the Editor:The Bee's October 24th Candidates Forum seems appropriate and timely. The Editorial Ink Drops - "What It Takes," October 13, 2017, nicely articulated a shared sentiment and frustration. This public health crisis requires action at all l...

To the Editor: The last few weeks have been "rather interesting" for me. Because of a legal glitch, the Republicans could only endorse two candidates for the Board of Education instead of three. As a result, I switched to be a write-in to ensure vote...

Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team defeated host Masuk 102.5-82.5 in the regular-season finale, on October 17. Newtown's 200 yard medley relay team of Mary Hufziger, Maddie Carter, Olivia Renkert, and Caroline Mahoney finished in 1...

To the Editor: I am writing to express my support for Dan Rosenthal for first selectman. In this time of politicization of too many important issues, rather than looking for common ground and the common good, we seem to be living in an era of politic...

To the Editor: I have had the fortune to know Will Rodgers for the last nine years, and support him, and Jeff Capeci, to serve as Newtown First Selectman and Selectman. Military leadership builds skills that only men and woman whom have served this g...

Ashley Abbatiello's smile brightened under early afternoon sun where she stood on the corner of Glen Road and Church Hill Road outside Foundry Kitchen & Tavern. A few restaurant samples for sale that day, including Ethiopian popcorn and cider, benefi...

To the Editor: Paul Lundquist has worked hard for Newtown and deserves to be reelected to the Legislative Council in November. Paul has in the past, and will continue in the future, to make education, public safety, and road maintenance, the three pr...

Spreading like wildflowers is an effort to enhance the High Meadow at Fairfield Hills.meadow seeding project done in June. On Wednesday, October 4, Conservation Commissioners, Restoration Study Group members, and master gardener volunteers from the F...

To the Editor: As I recently drove through town I was reminded of one of the many things that drew us to Newtown when we first moved here years ago. Back then, as an example of their intelligence and civic mindedness, both political parties had a han...

Among the many visitors enjoying idyllic Fairfield Hills trails and grounds is one unwelcome guest: mile-a-minute vine. Brian Connolly, PhD, while doing survey work on the Fairfield Hills meadow in August, first noted the invasive, said Mary Gaudet-W...