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Published: May 12, 2015 at 12:00 AM
As Newtown High School’s softball team headed into its final five games of the regular campaign this week, the Nighthawks had beaten every South-West Conference foe it had faced (with just two they’d yet to play).
The Nighthawks, coming off a 7-4 win...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Currently celebrating its 25th year, the Housatonic Valley Waldorf School of Newtown is set to host its Silver Anniversary Spring Benefit on May 16, at the Parish Hall of St Francis of Assisi in Weston.
The evening will include dinner and wine, a liv...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Newtown High School’s boys’ golfers and their coach, Bill Flood, never doubted their chances of dethroning Pomperaug of Southbury when the South-West Conference championship rolls around in late May — not even after an 11-stroke loss to the Panthers ...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Charter Revision Commission Chairman Jeff Capeci said after about 45 minutes of discussion April 30, commissioners narrowly voted down a proposal to clarify a 4-3 split designating specific political minority representation on the town’s Board of Edu...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
A 104-page court affidavit, which serves as the basis for the arrests of eight men who have been charged with federal drug offenses, provides information on the drug trafficking investigation known as Operation Juice Box. Among those men are form...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor:
As a 47-year resident of Newtown, I found it unsettling to read the front page of the May 8th issue of The Newtown Bee. Nancy Crevier's outstanding article about three WWII heroes made my heart sing. However, the article about the sh...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
It was an afternoon of lunching, Bingo, and a special Mother’s Day Tea at the Newtown Senior Center, Wednesday, May 6. Nearly 30 women wearing festive springtime hats — and a few men — laughed and visited over a teatime selection of baked goods and h...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
Mary Elizabeth Duffy, 48, of Murrells Inlet, S.C., died unexpectedly May 7. Born in Tarrytown, N.Y., she was a daughter of Carmella and Thomas Duffy.
Surviving in addition to her parents are a son, Ethan Thomas Duffy of Murrells Inlet; brothers and s...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
The good thing about a first-year team being led by seniors is that it has some multi-sport athletes in the fold. Something the inexperienced yet veteran-led Nighthawks have to handle, however, is remembering that they are just that … a new team.
“I ...
Published: May 11, 2015 at 12:00 AM
As the May 15 application deadline approaches, officials have announced that about a quarter of Newtown’s approximately 3,500 seniors have already qualified for an average 41 percent credit through one of the state’s most generous localized senior ta...
