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Published: May 27, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School junior Kevin Reiss earned a top score on the American College Test (ACT), which he took in April. Kevin said he learned of his score about ten days after the test day.
"I was at school and my dad texted me," said Kevin.
Kevin had ...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Fluttering red, white, and blue flags again mark the roughly 1,300 veterans' graves throughout Newtown.
Visiting cemeteries and graveyards both large and small on May 17, volunteers, bundles of decorative flags in hand, pressed fresh flags into the s...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
We hope the bright span of white that now graces the cement wall below the Church Hill Road railroad bridge isn't too inviting to shenanigans. Newtown artist Virginia Zimmerman and volunteers spent time priming the abutment last weekend, in preparati...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Newtown Bee apologizes for the delay in posting this story. Due to technical issues with the website we were unable to post coverage in the timely manner expected by our readers.
A good recipe for success in baseball is solid pitching, stron...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Norma "Norms" Burigo Cassinelli, 90, formerly of Sandy Hook, died peacefully at Filosa Nursing Facility in Danbury on May 22. She was born in her home in the Bronx, N.Y., on April 12, 1927, to Maria (DeBona) and Giovanni Burigo. She married Umberto C...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) will present its 47th Annual Juried Spring Art Show & Sale at Cyrenius H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, Friday, June 2, through Sunday, June 11.
Media accepted into the show will include works in waterc...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Education passed a new program, Senior Experience 21, at its May 16 meeting. The program will be put into place for the 2017-18 school year for incoming freshmen, members of the Class of 2021.
The school board had heard a presentation ab...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I am the owner and director of The Lathrop School of Dance. When Mrs Lathrop passed away [about eight years ago] she left me the school. She had opened it after her and Mack's vaudeville days of Lathrop and Lee. Mr and Mrs Lathrop sta...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Walking through the doorway of American Pride at 273 Greenwood Avenue in Bethel, it is clear that patriotism is sewn into the fabric of every design there.For more information about American Pride, visit its Facebook page by searching American Pride ...
Published: May 26, 2017 at 12:00 AM
We celebrate Memorial Day this coming Monday, May 29, recalling the men and women who have died in service to the United States. It is a lot of remembering to do.
Americans have been involved in major conflicts eight times since the Revolutionary War...
