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UPDATE (Friday, December 19, 2025): This post has been updated to correct a few errors between days and dates. * * * * * The print editions of the December 26, 2025 and January 2, 2026 Newtown Bee will have early deadlines ahead of the Christm...

On Monday, December 8, representatives from Autumn Lake at Glen Hill Healthcare and Sheraton Caregivers came and talked about home safety, especially with the winter weather and holidays approaching. Erin Kelly, director of rehab at Autumn Lake at Gl...

Parking Lot Collision Newtown Police report Alina Buszynski, 17, of Southbury, operating a 2015 Acura RDX, was parked in a spot in a lot on Church Hill Road at 4:34 pm November 20. While backing out, her vehicle struck a parked and unoccupied 20...

With the holidays right around the corner, Newtown Youth and Family Services hosted its 40th Newtown Holiday Festival on Sunday, December 7. The festival is a long-standing Newtown tradition where people can ring in the holidays with a full day of ac...

HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont on Friday directed US and Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Sunday, December 14, in remembrance of the twenty children and six adults who were killed thirteen years ago in the tragedy at ...

Newtown Choral Society performed its winter concert, “Songs of the Glorious Season,” to a capacity crowd last weekend. The 4 pm performance at Newtown Meeting House was directed by Mary Andreotta, who led the choir through a program that opened with ...

On Saturday, December 6, Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity welcomed guests of all ages for the annual holiday event centered around the tree on the corner of Riverside Road and Washington Avenue. The 2025 tree lighting continued a yearly traditi...

On December 9, the members of Hiram Lodge #18 in Sandy Hook completed their Toys for Tots campaign and delivered the toys to members of Newtown Police Department. The toys were then transported to St Rose of Lima Church, where members of the NW Fairf...

Newtown High School’s basketball programs will hold 15 For Life fundraiser games on Saturday, December 20. The teams will have raffle baskets, donation buckets, and more as they raise awareness and funds for 15 For Life and its mission to raise aware...

It’s time to select the winner of the Newtown Bee’s Sportsman of the Year Award — which since 2008 has honored late Newtown Bee Sports Editor Kim Harmon — for 2025. The award will go to someone who has had a significant impact on Newtown sports withi...