The Newtown Bee

Betty Ann Bedini

Published: Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Betty Ann Bedini, 78, of Nunnawauk Meadows, Newtown, died July 15 at Pope John Paul II Center, Danbury. She was the wife of Francis J. Bedini, Jr, for 54 years. She was born in Norwalk, July 20, 1935, and was a daughter of the late Mary (Eleck) and T...

Bertha Heneghan Kiernan

Published: Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Bertha Heneghan Kiernan, 94, longtime resident of Trumbull, died peacefully July 15 at Lakewood Manor in Waterville, Maine. She was born in Trumbull, October 16, 1919. She was the wife of the late Edward T. Kiernan, Sr. Her sons Edward Kiernan, and w...

Sunday Cinema Series To Continue With Cary Grant Feature

Published: Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Cary Grant, so dashing and debonair, was one of Hollywood’s consummate leading men. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Cary Grant the second “Greatest Male Screen Legend.” On Sunday, July 27, Edmond Town Hall Theatre will screen his 1939 feat...

Geoffrey Edward Page

Published: Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Geoffrey “Jeff” Edward Page, 87, of Roxbury, formerly of Newtown, died July 15 at Bethel Health Care Center. He was the husband of the late Jennie Curro Page. He was born in Athol, Mass., January 16, 1927, son of Benjamin Whitney and Caroline Blancha...

Tiny House Appeals To Couple's Sense Of Adventure

Published: Jul 16, 2014 at 12:00 AM

Luise and Shawn Gleason plan on running away. Late day sunlight in their Huntingtown Road apartment fell across a vase of wild asters and black-eyed Susans set on a table strewn with books about tiny houses. This summer, the Gleasons will build their...