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Thursday, July 5: 11:55 am, investigation, 18 Housatonic Drive, Sandy Hook responded; 4:36 pm, illegal burn, near 99 Poverty Hollow Road, Dodgingtown responded; 6:47 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 10:41 pm, burning odor ind...

Oak Ridge Drive JoAnna and Andrew Gale purchased 42 Oak Ridge Drive from Erika and Thomas Reeves. Lisa Solheim DeVellis and Tina Witthoefft Wessel of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty sold the property in cooperation with t...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY July 13, Adam Zibluk, Age 9 July 15, Ashley Hubner, Age 7   Deadline for the July 20 issue is Tuesday, July 17, at 4 pm. To include your name in The Birthday Cake, send your name, address, phone number, age, and bi...

Answering The Zealots To the Editor: The Bee has been stuffed to the gunwales lately with editorial and commentary about our budget referenda process. The pro-education zealots have been as vocal a group as any, continually droning on about the ...

*Summer Hours: The library will be closed on Sundays through September 3. *37th Annual Book Sale hosted by Friends of the C.H. Booth Library will be July 14–18 at Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane. For a full listing of hours and da...

Slain Newtown Man Depicted On DOC Deck Of Cards  By Andrew Gorosko In a new deck of playing cards being distributed to inmates in state prisons and jails, the 3 of Spades bears the likeness of Mark Rebong, a 28-year-old Newtown man who was fatally...

P&Z Reviews Growth, Change And Trends By Andrew Gorosko Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members have endorsed a report on changes in local demographics for inclusion in the ongoing update to the Town Plan of Conservation and Development. Entitl...

Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submissions of photos for “The Way We Were.” Photos can be submitted via e-m...

Newtown’s Music Department Recognized By Eliza Hallabeck This week Newtown’s Director of Music Michelle Hiscavitch received an official statement from Governor Dannel P. Malloy congratulating the district as being named a Best...

For police reports Moving Violations Police said they stopped motorist Eliza Pietron, 37, of 18 Whippoorwill Hill Road about 6:38 am on July 10 near 9 South Main Street to investigate. Police said they charged Pietron with traveling unreasonably...