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School Board Approves Avielle Foundation's Spark Initiative Pilot

Published: Aug 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Education approved The Avielle Foundation’s Spark Project as a pilot for the 2015-16 school year during its meeting on Thursday, July 30.  The Spark Project is a program of The Avielle Foundation, and it is an initiative to develop socia...

NHS Fourth Quarter Honor Roll

Published: Aug 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The following students made the High Honor Roll and Honor Roll for the fourth quarter marking period at Newtown High School for the 2014-15 school year. The honor roll listings were recently released by the school for publication. Students earn recog...

Theater Review: 'Hot August Nights' Covers The Theatrical Gamut

Published: Aug 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The First Annual Hot August Nights evening of one act plays, at The Little Theatre in Newtown, covers the theater gamut from drama to farce. Opening night on July 31 of this two week run being presented by Town Players of Newtown resulted in a fully ...

Police Seeking Child Day Care Info

Published: Aug 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Town police are asking local child day care centers to review a recent state law to learn whether that law requires them to provide certain contact information to police. Police would use such contact information to reach those day care centers to in...

Jean Agnes Cassidy

Published: Aug 05, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Jean Agnes Cassidy, 85, Trumbull, beloved wife of Joe Allen Cassidy, Sr, died peacefully in her home July 30. She was born June 6, 1930, in Middletown, N.Y., and was the daughter of the late Margaret and Walter Dages, Sr. In addition to her beloved h...

Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission Seeking Private Land Donors

Published: Aug 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission is in the process of putting together an inventory of land possibilities in the Newtown community for where a permanent memorial, honoring the 26 lives lost on December 14, 2012, could call home.  The inve...

Some Purchased Plants Are Toxic To Bees and Butterflies

Published: Aug 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:    Question: When would buying plants specifically to attract bees and butterflies to your yard result in a toxic environment to those very same bees and butterflies? Answer: It is when the seeds from which the plants were grown had be...

Is Newtown's Housing Just For Richer Folks?

Published: Aug 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: Reader comments in The Bee have made it clear that some Newtown residents not only consider future three-story condominium intrusions in their idyllic, bucolic lives, but also that affordable housing would be even worse than simple int...

Richard J. Sweetnam

Published: Aug 04, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Richard J. “Dick” Sweetnam, Sr, 80, husband of Evelyn Sweetnam, died July 29 at his home of 43 years in Westport, surrounded by his family. He was born April 3, 1935, in Brooklyn, N.Y. In addition to his wife, his daughter, Susan Asetta, and her husb...