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Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
All town offices will be closed on Tuesday, July 4, in honor of Independence Day.The Newtown Bee will be affected. As announced recently, items for the Business, Education, Enjoy, Health, Real Estate, Religion, and Sports sections were due by 5 pm Fr...
Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Shimmering with bees' movements from bloom to bloom on Sunday, June 25, was a tidy lavender garden splashed throughout with orange poppy petals. The perennials are nestled in a patch behind 27 Main Street, where homeowner Maureen Rohmer strolled towa...
Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Are they special and collectible? Grapefruit, works and drawings by Yoko Ono, introduction by John Lennon, Ozma of Oz by L. Frank Baum, The Complete Cartoons Of The New Yorker, with an inscription, are among the collectibles that will be sold at this...
Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Children who submitted posters honoring pollinators as part of the second annual Pollinator Poster Challenge were celebrated on the morning of Tuesday, June 20, at C.H. Booth Library.
For the month of June, 19 posters depicting pollinators such as be...
Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
While she has long been associated with FAITH Food Pantry and her name appears frequently in this newspaper almost any time the pantry is written about, Lee Paulsen is not someone who likes to be in the spotlight.
So when the longtime Newtown residen...
Published: Jul 02, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Last week I attended a town hall meeting at the C.H. Booth Library hosted by Newtown's three state representatives, Mitch Bolinsky, Will Duff, and JP Sredzinski. When I got there I was given a handout called "2017 Major Issues from the Office of Legi...
Published: Jul 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday, July 6, on the town's proposal to construct a community center/senior center complex at 8 Simpson Street at Fairfield Hills. The hearing is slated for 7:30 pm at Ne...
Published: Jul 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Historical Society still has a few spots available for its Annual Summer History Camp, taking place the week of July 10-14.
Offering children between the ages of 8 and 10 a range of interactive activities that reveal life in the Colonial era,...
Published: Jul 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Pony rides and demonstrations took place during the Second Company Governor's Horse Guard's (2GHG) open house, on its Fairfield Hills property, on June 25. Equestrian enthusiasts of all ages learned a little about the 2GHG - its troopers, horses, and...
Published: Jul 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The proposed community/senior center design "does not comply" with design guidelines pertaining to Fairfield Hills, according to a recent Fairfield Hills Authority motion made during a meeting Monday, June 26. The center's proposed design does not co...
