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Assembly District Candidates Address Senior Needs, Open Space, Lyme Disease By John Voket Because legislative hopefuls and incumbents participating in The Newtown Bee ’s Candidates Forum October 16 at Edmond Town Hall were able to ...

Diesel Fuel Tank Proposed For School Bus Lot The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has slated a public hearing for Thursday, November 1, on a transportation firm’s proposal to install a fuel storage tank at an industrial site at 31 Pec...

Newtown Vets Invited To NHS For Veterans Day Newtown High School is set to host a Veterans Day Assembly on Monday, November 12, at 1 pm in the high school auditorium. The event will recognize and thank men and women who have served or are serving th...

Donald Richard Cavanaugh Donald Richard Cavanaugh, 83, formerly of Danbury, died October 15, at Masonicare of Newtown, after a long illness. He was born in Stamford, March 22, 1929, a son of Mary and George Cavanaugh. He is survived by his son Robert...

State Officials Alert Consumers To Debt Collection Scams HARTFORD — Attorney General George Jepsen and state Banking Commissioner Howard Pitkin are alerting consumers about misleading scam debt collection practices and what they can do to...

Art Exhibits____ _____ Absolut Gallery at The Inn at Newtown, 19 Main St/Rte 25, Newtown; 203-270-1876. Through Oct 31: “Both Sides Now — Life’s Illusions We Recall…” monoprints by Tony Wooln...

Adopt From The Pound The following cats and dogs are among those available for adoption from the Newtown pound: CALLEY is a beautiful calico female cat. She is spayed and about 5 or 6 years old. Calley had been enjoying a good life in a comfortab...

Extreme Fitness Martial Arts Holds Black Belt Test After four hours of non-stop drills, board-breaking, conditioning tests, and sparring, Extreme Fitness Martial Arts recently awarded new black belt rankings to four of its students. Congratulations t...

Freshman Forum Highlights The Dangers Of Alcohol By Eliza Hallabeck For the fourth year, Newtown Parent Connection and the Newtown High School PTSA sponsored a Freshmen Forum on Underage Drinking, on Thursday, October 18. The evening event was conduc...

Federally Funded Batchelder Cleanup Should Be Complete By Year’s End By John Voket This week the federal Environmental Protection Agency is beginning work to remove contaminated materials from the Batchelder site on Swamp Road. The proje...