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Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Susan Brachfeld Washburn, 64, of Newtown died August 6 at Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut in Danbury. She was born in Manhattan, May 2, 1951, and was the daughter of Julian Dov Brachfeld and the late Enid Zinman.
Ms Washburn wa...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Occupation: I started at The Newtown Bee in 1981. I’m retired now, but I still come in once a week to do composition — that’s paste up — for the paper.
Family: I have five children, all grown up. Dennis lives in Newtown, and so does Tara. Kat...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
On Sunday, August 16, the Newtown Republican Town Committee will host a Family BBQ and fundraiser under the pavilion at Treadwell Park, 39 Philo Curtis Road in Sandy Hook.
The GOP will be serving up favorite picnic foods including hamburgers, hot dog...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Police report that relatively few vehicles passed through a sobriety checkpoint, which they held on the night of Friday, July 31, and early morning hours of Saturday, August 1, on Wasserman Way, near its intersection with Trades Lane at Fairfield Hil...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Resident registered Democrats who can fulfill the necessary criteria by August 12 can petition their way onto this November’s local ballot to run for first selectman.
There are similar openings for a Republican or Democrat in each of Newtown’s three ...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
With just two days until opening night of Disney’s Lion King Jr, NewArts Summer Musicals Director Michael Unger was zooming around the Newtown High School auditorium so busily, it was as though there were three of him.
One moment he’s up on stage adv...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Town Players of Newtown will continue its 80th anniversary season birthday with a production of Bus Stop, weekends from September 4 to September 26; a production of Design for Murder, to be staged weekends in the fall; an exhibit at C.H. Booth Li...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
The fight of our life is on, and it is against high density housing – not just in our town, but everywhere! As a homeowner in Sandy Hook, it was my decision to locate here due to the bucolic and picturesque nature of the town. Well tha...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Augusts 10, 1990
The Borough Zoning Board of Appeals has unanimously approved R. Scudder Smith’s proposal to house an antiques reference library in the former George M. Stuart, Inc Insurance building on Main Street. In 1874, the first town libra...
Published: Aug 07, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The kids around town are probably not very concerned about the bus routes yet, but some parents are already eagerly awaiting the 2015-16 bus schedule. Don’t fret — the information is on its way, and will be found in the Back to School supplement to T...
