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Renegades Win District Championship The Newtown Renegades baseball team defeated Southbury to claim the District 5 championship and advance to the Cal Ripken 9U State Tournament. Renegades 8, Southbury Land Sharks 5: The Renegades won the 9U District...

On The Diamonds — Women’s Softball Update Newtown Women’s Softball scores and highlights from this past week are as follows: Pub 25 defeated Cork N Barrel 16-15: Pub 25 outlasted a last inning rally by Cork and Bar...

Sandy Hook Resident Takes The Pan Mass Challenge For Cancer Research By Sarah Scinto Thousands of cyclists will fill the streets of Massachusetts on the first weekend of August, and Sandy Hook resident Christine Sudbey will be among them. The Pan Ma...

Oliver Powers, son of Mr and Mrs Wayne Powers of Newtown, recently graduated with honors from Salisbury School during commencement exercises on June 1. Oliver received the Josephine Bauman Rudd Prize, the Corkery Medal, and he was also awarded th...

Newtown Black Tops Beth-Wood Blue The Newtown Black 8 year old travel baseball team defeated Beth-Wood Blue 8-0 in action this past week. Defense was the name of the game as Newtown Black didn’t allow a runner to get past second base. K...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY July 23, Logan LeRow, Age 3 Deadline for the July 27 issue is Tuesday, July 24, at 4 pm. To include your name in The Birthday Cake, send your name, address, phone number, age, and birthday to: Mini Page, The Newtown Bee, PO B...

Newtown Students Become Crime Scene Investigators By Sarah Scinto Students enrolled in a summer camp offered by Newtown Continuing Education did much more than watch CSI on television this past week: The students learned how to apply the skills they ...

Marie Joyce Maki Marie Joyce (Briscoe) Maki, 80, of Newtown, died peacefully at home, July 14. Her husband, children, and grandchildren were by her side. Born in Stamford, September 29, 1931, she was a daughter of the late John Joseph and Grace (Harr...

Education Connection Brings Students To Horse Guard By Eliza Hallabeck Students in Education Connection’s Tails to Tales program visited the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard on Wednesday, July 17, to meet the horses and ...

Friday, July 20 Cookie Throw-Down and Community Dance featuring Patricia Campbell & The Reel Thing, 6–8 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, live music and called dances led by local group, couples, singles and families all welcom...