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Police report that a local man was killed on the evening on Tuesday, April 18, due to injuries he received in a motorcycle accident in the Riverside section of Sandy Hook. Martin Amidon, 37, of Newtown was riding a red and black 2004 Buell XB-125 mot...

To the Editor: Over the years, Newtown seniors have been patient and hopeful that our government would provide a senior center that is worthy of a town that values and invests in its senior population. Regrettably, the woefully inadequate center on R...

Newtown High School's boys' lacrosse team helped Coach Scott Bulkley earn his 100th career high school coaching victory in convincing fashion - a 20-7 thumping of host Brookfield on April 18. "This milestone is really a reflection of the tremendous y...

To the Editor: I am writing as an individual and not on behalf of the Legislative Council of which I am a member. Under our new charter the Legislative Council has limited authority to approve appropriations. After our Capital Improvement Plan proces...

Who knows what will transpire the rest of the way, but it's been smooth sailing for Newtown High School's girls' lacrosse team in the early going this spring. The Nighthawks have scored in double figures in their first five games and carried an unbea...

The best remedy for a tough loss in sports is a quick turnaround with a bounce-back effort. Newtown High School's baseball team rebounded from a heart-breaking 6-5 loss at Ridgefield on April 11 with a hard-fought 4-0 blanking of visiting Masuk of Mo...

To the Editor: We all have learned to control our spending. But the town leadership is asking us for increased spending in the five propositions which total $6.7 million. It will bring our current unpaid debt to nearly $76 million to be paid eventual...

[naviga:img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-252890" src="https://newtownbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/SH_Driftway-Drive-daffodils1.jpg" alt="SH_Driftway Drive daffodils" width="1600" height="1067" /] Spring peepers have been offer...

To the Editor: The patient seniors of Newtown have now been waiting 15 years for a new senior center to replace the shared space allocated in the Newtown Multi-Purpose Building back in the late 1970s. The referendum vote on April 25 will be the first...

Newtown High School's girls' and boys' golf team kicked off the campaign with victories on April 17. The girls were at home, at Rock Ridge Country Club and scored 214 to defeat Masuk of Monroe (219) and Immaculate of Danbury (277). The boys went to S...