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Runners Put In Full Effort In Half Marathon By Andy Hutchison Racing with high-level runners from Ethiopia, Kenya, and — among other locations — various parts of the United States, Newtown’s athletes put their bes...

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...

Program Preview For anyone who would like to learn more about Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Islam, Bahai, Unitarianism, or one of the many Christian communities, including Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, and Roman Catholic — all in a nonth...

Newtown Historical Society Seeks New Members By Nancy K. Crevier Spurred on by a March 2, 1962, editorial by Newtown Bee editor Paul S. Smith, citizens of Newtown began to plan for and eventually incorporated the Newtown Historical Society, that year...

The Art Of Caring To the Editor: On June 8, Boehringer Ingelheim rolled out its expansive red carpet to our agency, its future neighbor, and to every guest at Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western CT’s 2012 Art of Caring. Paul Fonteyn...

Another Missed Opportunity To the Editor: The superintendent’s evaluation was released to the public. I find it very interesting. Clearly it reflects the input of the majority, whose members have been preoccupied with removing Dr Robinson...

Candidate Lisa Romano Serves Up Ice Cream, Talks Jobs By John Voket Connecticut and Newtown certainly has its share of unemployed or underemployed who are eager to get back to work. The town has its share of ice cream lovers, too. Lisa Romano, the De...

Baseball Team Drills The Competition The Mobil 1 Express Drillers defeated the McGuire’s Ale House Brewers 13-11 in a back-and-forth Spring AA (9 year old division) baseball championship game in Sandy Hook on June 24. The Drillers won beh...

Paul Giarratano and Lindsay Fiori A July wedding is being planned for Lindsay Fiori of Stamford and Paul Giarratano of Norwalk. The future groom is a son of Valerie and Mike Giarratano of Newtown. He is a 1999 graduate of Newtown High School, an...

For police reports I-84 Rear-Ender State police said that motorist Rocco Becce, 63, of Thomaston was driving an auto in stop-and-go traffic on eastbound Interstate 84, near the Exit 11 off-ramp, at about 4 pm on June 21, when a 1971 Kenworth tra...