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Following a September 7 public hearing, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members approved a special zoning permit for the construction of a covered horse riding ring at an equestrian property at 121 Huntingtown Road. P&Z members unanimously appro...

December 14, 2017, will mark five years without loved ones for families of children and educators killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School. The Newtown Bee will share remembrances of victims of 12/14 throughout the fall, written by family members o...

The 2018 Old Farmer's Almanac has been released. In addition to what most people turn to first - the weather predictions, for which the Almanac claims an 80 percent accuracy - the 304-page volume offers a special report on the future and faces of far...

There are two different versions of a postcard being sent out and hung around town to announce an upcoming Newtown Arts Festival event.workshops he led for children through RCN was an outdoor gathering at Shortt Farm in Sandy Hook. During that April ...

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Emma B. Pavao, 99, a longtime resident of the Hawleyville section of Newtown, died peacefully on the early morning of September 14, in her sleep. ​She was a life member of the United Methodist Church of Danbury. Mrs Pavao truly...

The Board of Selectmen received and tentatively approved a request from Police Chief James Viadero to license the former Hook & Ladder building behind Edmond Town Hall for a regional police K9 training facility. The request came amid the board's Sept...

Following a lengthy investigation by Newtown Officer Matthew Pirhala following an April 4 collision that resulted in a fatality, Terrelle C. Anderson, 32, of Bridgeport, was arrested and charged with misconduct with a motor vehicle, failure to wear a...

September 18, 1992 As a result of all the tractor trailers colliding with the railroad bridge over Church Hill Road, the state Department of Transportation plans to raise the bridge by one foot. According to Public Works Director Fred Hurley, th...

Brenda McNeal died peacefully at home on September 11, after a lengthy illness endured with great fortitude. She was born in Fall River, Mass., the only daughter of Virginia MacDonald and Melvin Kershaw. She was educated at Boston University for her ...