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No Guts No Courage To the Editor: Deciding whether an incumbent president deserves to be reelected should be a relatively easy task: just take a few minutes and check the record. President Obama saved the automobile industry by plunging his hand deep...

Field Hockey Team Qualifies For State Playoffs By Andy Hutchison The Newtown High School girls’ field hockey team, battling to get into the state playoffs as the season wound down, earned just enough points to extend the campaign. The Nig...

Correction The Little Gym coupon published in our Bee Wise advertising supplement on October 19 should have indicated that the 50 percent discount on a month of classes is limited to new clients only.

It’s not three, but four, that’s the lucky charm for the Mattera family, with 4-year-old Maggie winning last week’s Birthday Cake from The Bee. Maggie’s older brothers, Matthew and Christopher, were als...

Lez Zeppelin Promises A Powerful Tribute During Stone River Grille Set By John Voket Led Zeppelin tribute band co-founder Steph Paynes said she started asking her parents for a guitar when she was six years old. And she distinctly recalls her seventh...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center at Town Hall South report the following fire calls and the responders; Thursday, October 18: 11:50 am, alarm, 37 Great Hill Road, Hawleyville and Dodgingtown responded; 2:34 pm, brush...

Jewelry Wire Design Artist Demo Anthony Binkowski of Two Coin Jewelry will offer a free chainmaille and wire wrapping demonstration at A Bead of Roses on Saturday, November 3. Admission is free, but reservations are suggested due to limited space. Mr...

To the Editor: I am writing to ask my fellow Newtowners to vote for Lisa Romano as our representative in Hartford for the 106th District on November 6. As a longtime science teacher in Connecticut’s public high schools and universities, ...

Online Local Storm Updates And Information Weather forecasters tracking Hurricane Sandy were uncertain at presstime this week whether the storm would have a major impact on Connecticut and New England. Projected storm tracks varied from the Carolinas...

Scarecrows Now On Display, Voting Open Through Sunday Newtown Middle School’s My Favorite Scarecrow Contest entries went on display this past Saturday, October 20, and will remain up until this Sunday, October 28. From Winnie the Pooh, ...