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Town police have scheduled a sobriety checkpoint for the evening of Friday, December 18, and early morning hours of Saturday, December 19. Police will set up the checkpoint on a road where they will briefly stop and interview each driver passing thro...

December 21, 1990 Sewer avoidance outside the proposed sewer district and sewers within it are both in Newtown’s future, First Selectman Zita McMahon said following a special meeting on the subject this week. Sewer avoidance — or “septic managem...

A little bee reminded us this week to thinks of others. A bumblebee garden ornament showed up Monday morning, planted next to the door of the Bee office (carefully enshrouded within a plastic bag, which was kind, considering it was rainy and dreary)....

Hawley Elementary School students had opportunities to shop at the PTA-run Holiday Bazaar, set up in the school’s multipurpose room, between December 7 and 11. Before students shopped at the bazaar, they visited it to make a list and add up the cost ...

Although Newtown High School’s boys’ swimming and diving team has to overcome the loss of 11 graduates from a year ago, expectations are high this season. How high? Newtown Coach Zach Gauvin has never had all of his team members qualify for the South...

Residents of Newtown’s Nunnawauk Meadows senior housing community may be eligible for assistance covering a number of supplemental services designed to help them live more independently and stay in their own homes. The initiative, called the Congrega...

Residents of Newtown’s Nunnawauk Meadows senior housing community may be eligible for assistance covering a number of supplemental services designed to help them live more independently and stay in their own homes. The initiative, called the Congrega...

Occupation: I’m a writer, and retired from The Newtown Bee in 2006. I worked at the Brookfield Journal before that, and prior to that I taught English to middle schoolers at private schools in Maryland and New Haven. Family: I’ve been married...

Middle Gate Elementary School teachers were surprised with new chairs, a new table, a new bookshelf, new artwork, and new decorations for the school’s teachers lounge between Thursday, December 10, and Monday, December 14. According to the school’s P...

A major mixed-use development planned for a 42-acre site off Hawleyville Road (Route 25), near the Exit 9 interchange of Interstate 84, has gained final approval from the Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z), marking the land use agency’s endorsement...