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Published: Mar 21, 2025 at 06:50 AM
Sandy Hook’s Brighton Karvoski, a standout sophomore wrestler at Greens Farms Academy (GFA) in Westport, had a stellar season including a showing at the National Prep Wrestling Championships at Lehigh University’s Stabler Arena in Bethlehem, Penn. in...
Published: Mar 21, 2025 at 06:45 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team scored 277 points and placed seventh in the Class M State Championships; the swim events took place at Cornerstone Aquatics Center in West Hartford on March 17; the diving competition unfolded in M...
Published: Mar 21, 2025 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I was surprised to read in the First Selectman’s letter in last week’s issue of The Bee titled “Responds to Rosenthal” that he says he fully supports efforts to increase participation in recycling in our community.
I believe it was the...
Updated: Apr 01, 2025 at 02:07 PM
The 16th Earth Day Festival will be presented Saturday, April 26. The event will take place from 10 am-3 pm on the front lawn of Newtown Middle School, 11 Queen Street.
As in years past, the festival is a day full of family fun and learning designed ...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:58 PM
To the Editor:
Unlike last week’s writer, I am enjoying Mr Taylor’s Bee editorial comments far more than I did any of their previous editors’. I like that for his chosen issue of the week, I get from him a relatively succinct overview of developments...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:55 PM
To the Editor:
I am writing to support the Board of Education’s and Board of Selectmen’s budgets as adjusted by the Board of Finance. I understand we have significant, unusual state defunding at the town and Board of Education levels. Health insuranc...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:54 PM
To the Editor:
During his first term, Trump spent a lot of time bragging about USMCA, the trade pact he negotiated with Canada and Mexico to replace NAFTA. Now he is breaking it with new tariffs and threats, complaining that we are being ripped off. ...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:51 PM
To the Editor:
I would like to express my sincere gratitude and admiration for the outstanding work of the Newtown Youth Basketball Association (NYBA) Senior League. Both of my sons participated enthusiastically in this exceptional program, each play...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:49 PM
To the Editor:
Trump and Musk’s plan to destroy social security has begun. They need this money to fund tax cuts for the billionaire class. Republicans in Congress promise they will never touch social security because such a move would be too unpopul...
Published: Mar 20, 2025 at 04:40 PM
The Newtown Bee’s website, newtownbee.com, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this month.
Launched in March of 1995, with an editorial in the Friday, March 17 issue of the print paper, then-editor Curtiss Clark described the launch thusly in a May 1...
