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Absentee Ballots Available, Special Saturday Hours For Next Referendum

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The next town referendum, to vote only on the proposed education budget, will be held on Tuesday, June 4, from 6 am until 8 pm, in the Newtown Middle School gymnasium. Pursuant to Conn. General Statutes Sec. 7-6, any person who is a registered voter ...

Celebrate Trails Day June 1 With NFA

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
Celebrating Connecticut trails day locally on June 1, Newtown Forest Association (NFA) members will conduct a two-mile hike near Sandy Hook Center. The guided two-mile spring hike at the Wasserman Preserve will cover a segment of Al’s Trail and NFA p...

Newtown Moves Closer To Emergency Dispatch Consolidation

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
State officials serving on the Municipal Opportunities and Regional Efficiencies (MORE) Commission, a panel convened by House Speaker J. Brendan Sharkey (D-Hamden), announced a number of proposals May 23 that could help municipalities cut costs and u...

John Marshall Fraas

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
John Marshall Fraas, 79, of Bristol, formerly of Newtown, died peacefully at his home, May 27, with his wife Helen (Bowling) (Smith) Fraas, at his side. He was born in St Paul, Minn., July 1, 1933, a son of Jane Ines (Butel) and Marshall Fraas.  Mr F...

HEMMA Slates Student Recital, Local Bands Performance

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
HEMMA (High school Elementary Musicianship Mentoring Association) has scheduled a Sunday, June 9,  event for a student recital, dinner, and performances by local bands in Newtown High School’s cafetorium. According to Grace Clark, a junior at Newtown...

Respect The Cemetery

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
To the Editor: My husband and I visit our daughter’s grave every day at St. Rose Cemetery.  We have gone every day for the past 163 days since she was taken from us at Sandy Hook School. At Christmastime, somebody made a beautiful horse head out of e...

HealingNewtown Workshops, Special Performance, June 5-13

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The following workshops have been scheduled by Healing Newtown.org. Please check each listing for the location of each workshop. Visit HealingNewtown.org and click on Calendar to reserve space in any of the workshops. All workshops are free. *The Joy...

New Director Selected For C.H. Booth Library

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
The Board of Trustees of Newtown’s C.H. Booth Library announces that Shawn R. Fields has been selected as the new library director, as of July 1. The search for a new director began last fall after longtime director Janet Woycik announced that she in...

A Good Way To Combat Evil

Published: May 28, 2013 at 12:00 AM
(The following letter was sent to Stephen Chun in response to his letter to The Bee [“Sandy Hook Inspiring Action In Washington State And Liberia”] published on 5/17/13.) Stephen Chun c/o Kamiak High School 10801 Harbour Pointe Blvd  Mukilteo, W...