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To the Editor:The Bee to represent and serve all Newtown residents, regardless of their viewpoints.The Bee for a sense of community. Please let "sense of community" prevail as The Bee's driving mission. The Editorial Ink Drops of May 19 was disturbin...

Shirley North Pitcher, 89, previously of Southbury and Sandy Hook, died May 30, surrounded by her family. Born on September 7, 1927, in Torrington, she was the daughter of Madeline and Roy North. She was the devoted wife of 52 years to the late James...

Newtown High School and host EO Smith of Storrs combined to hang goose egg after goose egg on the scoreboard during the May 30 Class LL state tournament first round contest. Unfortunately for the No. 19 seed Nighthawks, No. 14 EO Smith scratched out ...

Bonnie Leigh Gray died unexpectedly on May 18, in the home that she shared with her partner and wife, Jessica Carter, in Nottingham, Md. She was born on June 6, 1963, to Norma and Charles Preusser in New Rochelle, N.Y. She grew up in Newtown and was ...

As was the case during Newtown High School's South-West Conference championship run, pitching dominated in the opener of the state playoffs. Jason Hebner, who helped Newtown's staff shut down a trio of SWC foes en route to the title, tossed a six-hit...

To the Editor: In any time, troubling or not, it can be instructive to view current events within a combined legal and historical prism. Here's one, very brief case in point that seems to have relevance in our troubled times: Sedition: acts, deeds, w...

Newtown High School's girls' lacrosse team scored early and often to defeat visiting Hall of West Hartford 17-7 in the Class L state tournament's first round, at Blue & Gold Stadium, on May 30. Top-seeded Newtown earned a date with No. 8 New Canaan, ...

To the Editor: Thank you so very much to all of the volunteers, big and small, who came out to help me prime the walls [for the Church Hill Road mural project] on May 20. You have given me the largest canvas of my life! Mark Svanda and his paint crew...

To the Editor: Hopefully many of you have heard or read of my intention to seek the endorsement of the Republican Town Committee for the office of first selectman. I write now to announce that while it remains the prerogative of that committee to cho...

Families United in Newtown (FUN) in partnership with Anne and Pete Sibley, winners of the 2009 Great American Duet Sing-Off on A" Prairie Home Companion," is sponsoring a benefit concert and reception at Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street,...