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Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 03:05 PM
To the Editor:
The cluster housing project between 20 Castle Hill and 10 Mount Pleasant Road (Rt 25) is looking more and more like a big mistake. The bumper to bumper crawl will extend all the way to exit 9 on 84. 250 additional cars will try to exit...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor:
A person shows Respect by holding another person in esteem, by being polite, and kind.
What are you going to be when you grow up? This is a question posed to most young people. When I was young, some 90+ years ago, I had a dream to bec...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Let me start this week by offering birthday wishes to Marie Walker, who is celebrating a milestone birthday today (June 7). It was wonderful to see her watching her daughter once again during last weekend’s Lathrop School of Dance Stardust Revue.
Bes...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 12:00 PM
Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced plans for a new event, a Bicycle Playground Takeover scheduled for Wednesday, June 19.
The event will essentially be a bicycle parade for all ages within Fairfield Hills, centered around the Bicycle Playground...
Updated: Jun 07, 2024 at 11:05 AM
With the ongoing waste crisis Connecticut is experiencing, Newtown is doing its part to help the earth by implementing a new program at the Transfer Station. Some residents “took the challenge” last September to only use two trash bags a week, and no...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 07:05 AM
CHESHIRE — Seeded No. 6 in the Class M State Tournament, the Newtown High School boys’ volleyball team got the job done with a first-round home victory, defeating No. 11 Woodstock Academy 3-0 (25-16, 25-9, 26-24) on May 29. Then came a visit to No. 3...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The underdog Newtown High School baseball team, seeded No. 27 in the Class LL State Tournament bracket, followed up a 4-2 win at No. 6 Bristol Central in the first round on May 28 with an 8-1 victory at No. 11 South Windsor the next day. That set up ...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 06:55 AM
CHESHIRE — After defeating host and No. 8 seed E.O. Smith in Storrs 10-0 in the Class LL State Tournament’s second round on May 29, the No. 9 Newtown High School softball team visited top seed Cheshire in the quarterfinals and saw its season come to ...
Published: Jun 07, 2024 at 06:50 AM
The Newtown High School boys' lacrosse team, the No. 12 seed in the Class L State Tournament bracket, fell 8-4 at No. 5 Simsbury in the second round, on May 29.
Nate Pickard, Brady Macey, Marcus Gerace, and Charlie Massett all scored, and Marty Dunn ...
Published: Jun 06, 2024 at 03:14 PM
The Newtown Bee prefers not to dwell on the topic of the 12/14 Tragedy except when it comes up in the context of other stories it’s reporting on, such as the 2022 efforts of Newtown Action Alliance to get the Legislative Council to pass gun control r...