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Audi Vs Trailer Police report an accident involving a sedan and a trailer on South Main Street near its intersection with Mile Hill Road at about 7:14 am on August 27. Police said that Mario Rivera, 43, of Danbury was driving a commercial 2006 F...

Please consider sharing your old photographs of people and places from Newtown or Sandy Hook, with The Newtown Bee readers. Images can be e-mailed to Nancy@thebee.com, or bring photographs to the office at 5 Church Hill Road to be scanned. When submi...

Joseph     Fetchick, Sr Joseph “Joe” Fetchick, Sr, 80, of Newtown, husband of the late Eleanor Fetchick, died peacefully, August 16, due to complications following a fall. He was born in Yonkers, N.Y., September 22, 1...

Two Thimble Islands Up For Sale NEW HAVEN (AP) — A woman who amassed a collection of small islands off the Connecticut coast is selling two of them. Christine Svenningsen, a widow of a party-goods magnate, is selling Belden Island for $3....

Robert L.       Pitcher Robert L. Pitcher, 92, previously a longtime resident of Newtown, died August 22, in Shady Knolls Health Center, Seymour, after a brief illness. He was born in Hamden, April 30, 1920, a son of Sarah (Thrope) and Wilson P...

 Samoskevich File *Who? Melissa Samoskevich *What? Member of the USA U18 Women’s National Hockey Team, and aspiring Olympian. Lifelong Sandy Hook resident. *Age: 15. *Position: Defense. *Years playing: 10. *School...

Proud To Serve To the Editor: Many thanks to those who voted for me in the August 14 primary. Special thanks to Richard Woycik and Joe Borst for their support at the May caucus and to all those who signed my petition. I am proud to serve again as you...

Reminder: Road Races, Labor Day Parade Will Create Temporary Road Closures, September 1 & 3 The 7th Annual Road Race 5K and Newtown Prevention Council Kids Run to benefit Newtown Youth & Family Services will be held on Saturday, September 1. Two day...

Saturday, September 1 7th Annual Newtown Road Race & Newtown Prevention Council Kids Runs, 9 am rain or shine (5K registration opens 7:30), start from and return to Dickinson Park, Elm Drive, 5K run ($20/adv, $25/day of) sanctioned by USTFA, run...

Medicare Savings Program Can Provide Extra Cash WATERBURY — Eligible Medicare recipients with an individual income of $2,309 per month ($27,708 yearly), or a couple earning $3,127 monthly ($37,524 yearly) may be entitled to an extra $99.9...