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The Pootatuck Watershed Association (PWA), a private nonprofit environmental protection group, is planning a project to improve water quality and restore wild trout habitat in local trout streams, including the Pootatuck River and its tributary Deep ...

The rows of rice in supermarkets can be intimidating. Where once bags and boxes of white, long grain rice - some of it parboiled and ready to go - dominated the shelves, today's shopper is thrust into a global rice paddy of choices. Red rice from Bhu...

A half dozen of Newtown High School's wrestling team members, because of their top-six performances at the Class LL state championships at Trumbull High on February 20, will compete in the State Open at New Haven's Floyd Little Athletic Center, Febru...

Newtown High School's girls' basketball team will visit Ridgefield in the Class LL state tournament's first round on Saturday, February 27, beginning at 5 pm (the game time was changed after print deadline; it was originally announced as a 7 pm start...

Occupation: I'm a work-at-home mom. I'm a health advocate for Shaklee Corporation. They've helped me overcome some health issues, and now I'm paying it forward by helping other families. It's very rewarding. Family: My husband, Anthony, is in...

Sonya Huber likes to "blurt things out," and Elizabeth Hilts enjoys imagining "the what ifs," she said. Both women were among the authors who participated in February's Connecticut Authors Reading Series at C.H. Booth Library. Curated by Newtown auth...

The Newtown Bee was honored by the New England Newspaper & Press Association (NENPA) last weekend for editorial and advertising work done during the period of August 1, 2014, to July 31, 2015. The honors were announced during the annual NENPA New...

The Newtown High School Winter Percussion began its fourth music season with a competition at New Milford High School on Saturday, February 20. This year's show is called Outbreak and features the songs "Toxic" and "Radio Active." There are 27 studen...

DUI Arrest State police said they responded to a report that 2011 Chevrolet Malibu was being driven erratically on eastbound Interstate 84, near Exit 10, about 8 pm on February 14. The driver of the Chevrolet also had become involved in an accid...

A woman passenger who was riding in a SUV was ejected onto Interstate 84's grassy median in a spectacular two-vehicle collision that occurred midday on Sunday, February 21, state police said. The incident caused travel delays on the highway. State po...