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January 10, 1992 In comparing the lives we wish for ourselves and our families with the lives we are actually living, we always come to obstacles that have shortchanged us in some way. "If only…" is the refrain of our lives as circumstance, fate...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Thursday, December 22: 5:19 pm, investigation, 2 Franklin Court, Hawleyville responded; 9:21 pm,...

The presence of the "Rock of Angels" - an unofficial memorial to those lost on 12/14 that was gifted to Newtown and installed in August 2013 behind the former St John's Episcopal Church in Sandy Hook Center - has caused local selectmen to delay accep...

Newtown is filled with interesting people and people with broad interests. The Newtown Bee is fortunate to have many of them share their stories and ideas with us each year. Here is a sampling of the stories we had the privilege to bring to our reade...

Occupation: My wife, Nicole, and I both work at Eaton Aerospace in Bethel. The company makes small sensors for aircraft, and we are working on parts for the new space shuttle. I am a quality engineering manager, and she is a financial analyst the...

In 2016, Newtown suffered the loss of many residents and former residents who added to our community, through contributions large and small. Every life that has touched the town is valued. Here, we make note of only a few of those who died this past ...

I hear Head O' Meadow Elementary School and Hawley Elementary School art teacher Donna Perugini was thrilled when she received an Honor an Educator certificate recently from a former student, Michael Annesley. The certificate is one of more than 125 ...

Newtown High School's wrestling team, despite being shorthanded because of team members who stayed behind due to illness, captured third place in the Lowell Holiday Tournament, in Lowell, Mass., December 27 and 28. The tourney featured 76 teams. Mt A...

Seeking its first win of the campaign, Newtown High School's boys' basketball team certainly put in a thorough effort against Kolbe Cathedral of Bridgeport, in the consolation game of the Staples High Holiday Tournament in Westport, on December 29. T...