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Uncle Sam Leaves Town For Danbury City Hall By Andrew Gorosko Charlie Payne, the proprietor of Newtown Mulch and Outdoor, expressed mixed emotions on a foggy Thursday morning about the departure of his 13-foot-tall, bright red, white, and blue statu...

The 112th Assembly District— Candidates Offer Ideas About Improving State Government By John Voket (This is the second of a three-part series introducing candidates appearing on Newtown ballots on Election Day, and at The Newtown Beeâ...

Animals, Owners Welcome  At Fall Fun & Adoption Day On Saturday, October 6, Mt Pleasant Hospital for Animals will present a Fall Fun & Adoption Day from noon to 5 pm. Rain date will be Sunday, October 7. This event will feature adoptable pets from C...

Stray Kats Theatre Company Announces 2012-13 Season The Stray Kats Theatre Company, a not-for-profit theatre company located at historic Edmond Town Hall’s Alexandria Room in Newtown, announces its schedule for the upcoming 2012-13 season...

Land Use Official Explains The Value Of Open Space To The Council By Kendra Bobowick Picture a winter scene: it is six degrees out, and you don’t hear a sound because snow is falling. Maybe you eventually hear a frigid stream trickling i...

Man is still a savage to the extent that he has little respect for anything that cannot hurt him.                 —Edgar Watson Howe Never esteem anything as of advantage to you that will make you break your word or lose y...

To the Editor: As the former first selectman of Newtown (November 2007–November 2009), I very enthusiastically endorse my good friend and colleague Mitch Bolinsky in his campaign to be our Republication state representative for Newtownâ&#...

Continuing Ed OSHA Construction Course Newtown Continuing Education is scheduled to hold a ten-hour, four-night, Construction Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) course, starting October 16. The course, according to Continuing Educa...

*A reminder this week that Ives Concert Park has an early Halloween event planned for Saturday night. Area residents can start celebrating the season early at the “First Apocalyptic Rocktober Zombiefest,” an event featuring fe...

SCAN Planning Fall Art Show & Sale The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown 2012 Fall Art Show and Sale will be held at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, Friday through Sunday, October 19–21. The public is invited to visit the show, f...