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Published: Apr 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM
The new exhibition in the Olga Knoepke Memorial Meeting Room at C.H. Booth Library quietly went on view Monday afternoon. Artist and Newtown resident Joe Paccia spent a few hours at the library, hanging 13 large-scale oil paintings and a similarly-si...
Published: Apr 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School's softball team kept up its winning ways with two blowout victories in as many days - a 10-1 triumph at Bunnell of Stratford on April 27, and an 8-2 victory over visiting Weston the following afternoon.
The Nighthawks improved to ...
Published: Apr 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Following two public hearings April 18 that employed closed executive session deliberations and secret balloting to register member's decisions, local Board of Ethics Chair Jacqueline Villa told The Newtown Bee she was just following a 2013 directive...
Published: Apr 29, 2016 at 12:00 AM
May 3, 1991
On April 28 fire destroyed an old 2,900-square-foot barn on the Currituck Road farm belonging to Andy Sedor. Damage estimated at $100,000 included farm equipment that was destroyed. There were no injuries, but Fire Chief Edgar Beers ...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Michael Joseph Brice, 48, of Monroe died April 25, at home. Born in Bridgeport, October 28, 1967, he was the son of Gloria Olszewski DiStassio of Monroe and the late Donald W. Brice.
Survivors in addition to his mother include his son, Michael Joseph...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Cultural Arts Commission will offer screenings of The Sting (1973) on Thursday, May 5, at 1 and 7 pm, at Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.Chicago, performed by Lathrop School of Dance's top group, the Stardusters.The Godfather."Ocean's Eleven...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Richard Landon Rood, 65, of Lancaster, Calif., and a former Newtown resident, died unexpectedly April 5. The first of four children, he was born May 15, 1950, in Grand Rapids, Mich., to Ruthanne (DeGraves) and Reo Landon Rood.
An aviator almost since...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
As Superintendent of Schools Joseph V. Erardi, Jr, pointed out at the Board of Education's meeting on Tuesday, April 19, the evening marked the second time the board was honoring Newtown High School senior Ashley Gong.
Ashley appeared before the scho...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
Anyone who puts a "pooch smooch" under the category of romantic interactions will want to make note of the upcoming Exceptional Partner Service Dogs "Kiss The Puppies" event this coming Sunday, May 1.
Founded by dog trainer Abby Hill of Exceptional P...
Published: Apr 28, 2016 at 12:00 AM
After lengthy discussion at an April 21 public hearing, Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members unanimously approved a zoning rule change that will allow The Farmers Market at Fairfield Hills to have "temporary food establishments," thus permitt...
