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Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The radio dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South, 3 Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Thursday, July 16: 11:24 am, hazardous condition, intersection of South Main Street and Mi...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
For more than an hour July 20, members of Newtown’s Municipal Buildings Strategic Plan Advisory Committee heard preliminary observations from consultant Ken Best of DRA, Inc detailing a series of findings about three key town-owned buildings the pane...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A state police chase, which covered roughly 25 miles early on the morning of Friday, July 17, started near the Exit 10 interchange of westbound Interstate 84 in Newtown. The chase proceeded on I-84 to Brookfield, Bethel, and Danbury, and then reverse...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
For qualified residents, it is an chance to clear any questionable aspects of their property title or to reduce outdated right of ways crossing their own land.
For the town, it is a way to add to the tax base, enhance zoning conformity and improve th...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown Savings Bank, with its headquarters on Main Street, is celebrating its 160th anniversary in 2015. Over the next few weeks, The Newtown Bee will be bring readers a glimpse into this community institution through the eyes of a number of its emp...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
I do have to disagree with my friends of the Old Farmers’ Almanac, who seem to be having an off year predicting this summer’s weather. “Hotter and drier than normal” does not seem to fit the bill here in New England, where temperatures were downright...
Published: Jul 24, 2015 at 12:00 AM
BRIDGEPORT — Two decades ago Connecticut entrepreneur and self-avowed Deadhead Ken Hays decided to mount a concert commemorating the passing of legendary Grateful Dead co-founder Jerry Garcia. He may never have conceived the musical celebration would...
Published: Jul 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
As residents of Sandy Hook, we oppose the high density River Walk condominium proposal currently under review with Planning and Zoning. While no protest was raised over the original 24-unit proposal (and subsequently approved), the new...
Published: Jul 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Students in Newtown Continuing Education’s Design It, Build It, Launch It camp tested some of their designs on Wednesday, July 15, with the help of Newtown Hook & Ladder Company #1 firefighters.
For the second year in a row, Design It, Build It, Laun...
Published: Jul 23, 2015 at 12:00 AM
It looks like the setting for a post-apocalyptic summer thriller, though Newtown has been less than thrilled about having this blighted property sitting unused for decades in the heart of Botsford. The 30-acre former Batchelder site at 44 and 46a Swa...
