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After hearing updates from its subgroups on April 24, the Board of Education's School Start Time Committee members spoke about potential transportation options if school times are altered. The School Start Time Committee was formed after the Board of...

The 10th Annual Newtown Earth Day Festival may have started off with Mother Nature raining down her showers over town, but that did not stop people from heading out to show their support. The festival took place from 10 am to 4 pm, on the front lawn ...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:Thursday, April 13: 12:05 pm, odor of gas indoors, 114 Haley Lane, Sandy Hook responded; 1:13 pm, ala...

Newtown Bee Associate Editor Shannon Hicks was among more than a dozen journalists honored at the annual New England Society of News Editors (NESNE) spring awards ceremony on April 20. Held at New England Newspaper & Press Association headquarter...

Just in time for hotter days, Ferris Acres Creamery shared the news through a post on its Facebook page on April 26 that it was named "Best Ice Cream in CT" according to Yankee Magazine's Best of New England 2017 issue." The folks at 144 Sugar Street...

Spring sprang onto the scene weeks ago - buried beneath the winter's largest snowfall - but it is only as April segues into May that we appreciate what the season means to us in the Northern Hemisphere. This is when a chilly day and night are easily ...

NEW HAVEN - What's the difference between a box of pancake mix and the latest album by the power rock group The Cult?College Street Music Hall I'm still not completely sure, but that comparison was part of a deep and sometimes unwieldy interview/serm...

SHERMAN - A well-played dark comedy is on stage at The Sherman Playhouse. Playwright John Guare's The House of Blue Leaves, under the direction of Katherine Almquist, leaves a lasting impression. While at once disturbing and amusing, the production b...

Even though Emma Iannini has traveled all over the world and is currently living more than 7,000 miles away in China, she still calls Newtown her hometown. Right now she is halfway through a six-month journey that has her teaching English and French ...

Newtown High School Principal Lorrie Rodrigue was named on April 19 as the Connecticut Association of Schools (CAS) 2017 High School Principal of the Year.The Newtown Bee. "It was so exciting and humbling to be recognized and honored in this way," sa...