Search
147173 results returned for search: ""
Published: Sep 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
We live upon a spinning top perched upon the twirling lariat of a great cowboy riding in circles. Yet none of us feels particularly dizzy. But how our heads do spin!
In case you didn’t notice, the sun slipped into the Southern Hemisphere on Wednesday...
Published: Sep 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Through September 29, Newtown Savings Bank is conducting a Hunger Action Month Food Drive at its two Newtown locations.
All are invited to visit the main branch at 39 Main Street or the office within Sand Hill Plaza, at 228 South Main Street, with do...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I recently submitted my application for a seat on the Fairfield Hills Authority (FHA) well in advance of the established deadline. The DTC nominated me for the position and, per standard practice, forwarded the necessary paperwork for ...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Despite compiling ten penalty corners and 11 shots toward the cage in the opening half, while holding visiting nonconference foe Watertown without any corners, or chances for that matter, Newtown High School’s field hockey team was locked up in a sco...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Thank you fellow Newtowners for your longtime support - 4 years as Selectman, and 10 years as vice-chairperson of the Board of Finance. It is an honor and privilege to represent our community.
People have asked why I would step down fr...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
I am writing in support of Mary Ann Jacob. Mary Ann is running for reelection to the Legislative Council. I have had the pleasure of knowing Mary Ann for the last six years. Mary Ann is a born leader. Mary Ann is an excellent commu...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
Are Newtown politics partisan or not? Three Charter Revision Commission members wrote a letter to The Bee on May 13, “Clarifying the Charter,” indicating that they thought “not.” They argued that the voting “history [of the Board of Ed...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Charles “Chuck” Edward Pilchard, of Little Egg Harbor, N.J., and formerly of Newtown, died peacefully on his own terms, September 21, with his loving family by his side. Mr Pilchard lived to the fine young age of 80 years.
He was born in the small mo...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
NOTE (Wednesday, September 30, 2015): This article has been updated to reflect the correct spelling of Noel Reid’s surname.
* * * * *
Gailfean means “rough weather” in Irish Gaelic, so it might be called a happy irony that their first conce...
Published: Sep 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The town has posted a series of yellow and black traffic signs along various town roads that are popular bicycling routes informing motorists that state law requires motor vehicles to keep at least three feet away from cyclists when passing bicycles....
