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Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Thanks to Terry Sagedy and the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission, the arts were celebrated and shared for two days last weekend at the terrific Newtown Arts Festival on the grounds of Fairfield Hills.
Starting with the nine-member commi...
Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Robert "Papa" Betz Wilson, Jr, 81, of Sandy Hook died peacefully at Danbury Hospital with his family by his side, September 18. He was born October 3, 1934, in Harlem, Mont., a son of Esther and Robert Wilson.
He graduated from Harlem High S...
Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
While the major bulk of deliberation on Newtown's five-year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP) was put off until the next scheduled Board of Selectmen's meeting, during preliminary discussion last week Selectman Herb Rosenthal suggested h...
Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The chances kept coming and, finally, persistence paid off. Julia Sughrue followed up a rush into the 18-yard box by Sarah Houle and banged home the only goal of the night as Newtown High School's girls' soccer team blanked visiting Holy Cross of Wat...
Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Nineteen museums within Connecticut are participating in Smithsonian magazine's 12th annual Museum Day Live! on Saturday, September 24.
On that day only, participating museums across the United States emulate the spirit of the Smithsonian Ins...
Published: Sep 20, 2016 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I feel it is amoral the way we publicly humiliate those that make a bad choice. Who of us has not made a mistake? And yes, there should be consequences for actions both dangerous to one's self and others; yet why must one have it writt...
Published: Sep 19, 2016 at 12:00 AM
MONROE - The Newtown Foundation is inviting community members from Newtown and beyond to its breakfast fundraiser on Saturday, September 24, from 9 to 11 am, at the Waterview, 215 Roosevelt Drive in Monroe (just over the Newtown line). The event will...
Published: Sep 19, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Middle School students gathered in the school's auditorium on Wednesday, September 7, to learn from NMS art teachers Leigh Anne Coles and Kristen Ladue about this year's eighth grade Scarecrow Contest.
"We've had a lot of interest in it this ...
Published: Sep 19, 2016 at 12:00 AM
In order for Newtown to respond and protect its residents from the growing threat posed by Connecticut's opioid epidemic, community leaders agree that issues related to abuse and addiction need to be brought out into the public, be acknowledged for t...
Published: Sep 19, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The school district's Security and Safety Committee thanked Newtown Police Department Captain Joe Rios for his efforts with the group at its meeting on Thursday, September 8.as previously reported by
The Newtown Bee. His last day of work in Newto...
