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Published: Jan 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
By Nancy K. Crevier & Kendra Bobowick
As the new year began in 2016, the quest for a site for a permanent memorial to 12/14 continued. The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) determined criteria for a memorial site based on communit...
Published: Jan 01, 2017 at 12:00 AM
Often struggling throughout the year, community center planners and town officials succeeded in 2016 in bringing the project closer to construction.
By year's end, the Public Building and Site Commission (PBSC) received from the Board of Selectman (B...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
One game after a partial shutout, recent call-up goaltender Justin Halmose had a full game shutout, as Newtown High School's hockey team blanked Trinity Catholic of Stamford, 5-0, at Danbury Ice Arena, on December 30.
Halmose, who had been playing on...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Police are urging residents to keep their unattended vehicles locked, and also to keep their houses locked at night in view of a string of criminal incidents that occurred early on the morning of Thursday, December 29.
Police said that at approximate...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
With all the technology being created, it may seem that board games have become an obsolete pastime of yesteryear, but Newtown residents would disagree.
Many families are still turning to tried-and-true board games as a means of spending time with fr...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The Cyrenius H. Booth Library is the place in town where the community can go and enjoy the love of lifelong learning. This year, the library offered residents a variety of free classes and events to help both children and adults gain valuable skills...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
By Alissa Silber and John VoketThe Newtown Bee this week to see all the coverage of local and regional concerts.
Check out the Enjoy Section of
Shows include the Vans Warped Tour, Brand New's 2016 Tour, the Taste of Chaos Tour, Newtown High School a...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Boy Scout Troop 270 will be picking up Christmas trees again this year as a fundraiser.
Members will be doing pickups Saturdays and Sundays, January 7-8, 14-15, and 21-22. A $10 donation per tree is requested.
Residents are asked to send an e...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Company has formally recognized the many years of service provided to the organization by longtime member Raymond Fuller, who heads the group's grounds committee, overseeing efforts to keep the company's 34 Hawleyville Road...
Published: Dec 31, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Town Historian Dan Cruson's Edmond Town Hall office has become a repository for Newtown ephemera discovered all over the country and returned to its hometown.The Bee also took time in April, National Poetry Month, to acknowledge two local poets of ye...
