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Due to concerns about inclement weather the weekend of October 22- 23, Newtown Middle School art teacher Leigh Anne Coles has notified The Newtown Bee that the Scarecrow Contest scheduled for the weekend has been postponed to Saturday and Sunday, Nov...

At the Board of Education meeting on Tuesday, October 19, Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, prefaced the Facility and Enrollment Study discussion by saying that the evening's presentation would not lead to a financial discussion. Instea...

Mary (Phillips) Russo, 75, of Danbury died unexpectedly in her sleep on October 16, while on a weekend getaway with her daughters. She was born on September 30, 1941, to Helen and Leonard Phillips in Reading, Penn. Mrs Russo was the owner of The Sand...

To the Editor: On November 8 the voters in the 45th District Probate Court Region of Connecticut will choose a new Judge of Probate. The region consists of four towns: Ridgefield, Redding, Newtown, and Bethel, and has a population of over 85,000. Usu...

The Police Commission, in its role as the local traffic authority, is continuing its review of possible measures to correct a chronic traffic speed problem on Pearl Street, a residential connector road in Sandy Hook that links Washington Avenue to Ph...

With the recent retirement of police Captain Joe Rios, who has taken a job in the field of preparedness/security with the Norwalk public school system, there is a key vacancy at the Newtown Police Department. When a patrol officer retires from the de...

To the Editor: The Bee, and to Newtowners for your generous response to Kendra's October 7 article about the shoe drive that directly benefits the rescue dogs (food and medical treatments) at Companion Pet Rescue. Yesterday I delivered two weeks' wor...

Helen Jean (Moss) Potsus, 77, a 33-year resident of Newtown, died October 13. She was born in Reedy, W.Va., July 17, 1939, and was a daughter of the late Opal (Fore) Moss and Glenn Moss. She was the third youngest of seven children. give.salvationarm...

The US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) and town police have scheduled a prescription drug collection project for 10 am to 2 pm on Saturday, October 22, at the police station, 3 Main Street (Route 25). The program will allow residents to safely ...