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School Board Postpones Recommendation On Hawley Project By Eliza Hallabeck After hearing a presentation, the Board of Education decided during its special meeting on Monday, August 20, to postpone a recommendation on an estimated $12.6 million projec...

Principals Outline Some Goals For The Coming School Year By Steve Bonanno The first day of school, August 28, is just around the corner and people around the district are preparing for the 2012-13 school year. Some of Newtown’s principals...

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...

Newtown Barns A Heavenly Haven For Relics Collector By Nancy K. Crevier One excited exclamation after another bursts forth from Jay Chaikin as he pokes his nose into battered boxes and pulls aside decaying crates to reveal the secrets they hide. He i...

‘Unity & Diversity’ Programs Preview Unity and Diversity, a cable television program that can be seen by residents of 17 towns in the greater Newtown area is an educational experience in learning about one’s ne...

Thursday Men ’s League This week’s winners were John O’Connor and Jason Conlin, with 8.5 points. Second place went Dr. Calbo and Dr. Manoni with 4.5. Two Day ABCD The Two Day ABCD did not disappoint as...

Community Facilities Report Slated For Public Hearing By Andrew Gorosko The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has scheduled a public hearing on the proposed text of the “community facilities” section of the Town Plan of Co...

Agency Warns Of Possible Glass Shards In Tequila HARTFORD — The potential for glass particles in certain bottles of “1800” brand tequila has led to a national recall of three products, the Department of Consumer Pr...

Always listen to the experts. They’ll tell you what can’t be done and why. Then do it. —Robert Heinlein I always advise people never to give advice. —P.G. Wodehouse No enemy is worse than bad advice. Â...

Barbara J. Guardino Barbara J. (Lombardi) Guardino, RN, 92, a longtime New York City resident and Danbury native, died August 20, at Filosa Care Center in Danbury, after a brief illness. Born in Danbury on August 11, 1920, she was a daughter of Josep...