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July 24, 1987 State police divers have been exploring the bottom of Lake Lillinonah beneath the Shepaug Dam this week mainly to certify divers and equipment but possibly to find a freezer that might contain the torso of Helle Crafts. ...

Newtown Bridge Club Reminder Residents of all ages are reminded Newtown Bridge Club plays ACBL-sanctioned duplicate bridge games at Hawleyville Volunteer Fire Department, 34 Hawleyville Road/ Route 25, at 10 am and 7 pm on Tuesdays, and 10 am on Wedn...

Flagpole BNI Hosts Gathering Flagpole Networkers BNI is hosting a casual evening gathering for area business people on Thursday, July 26, from 6 to 8:30 pm, at the Newtown Country Club, 2 Country Club Road. Those looking to make new contacts or rene...

Lightning 18, Danbury Two 7: David Lucia, Eric Pisani, and Dan Harrison combined for 12 runs batted in as Newtown pounded out 11 hits in a victory Tuesday at Danbury’s Rogers Park. The win boosted the local club’s final re...

You go all the way to Prague just to get away from the office, according to Dick Baker, and who do you run into?… The Boss! But not just any old boss, I might add. Dick and Louise Baker’s son, Dan, a 1984 NHS graduate is pictured o...

Many More Happy Years To the Editor: Enjoyed your piece on fellow George Ferris. [“Newtown Centenarian Begins His 101st July,” Bee, 7/6/12.]  My side of the family from upstate New York and I in southern New Jersey wish him m...

It Cannot Happen Here To the Editor: Famous last words! In once opulent California, three cities so far have declared Chapter 9 bankruptcy: San Bernardino, Stockton, and Mammoth Lakes. San Bernardino and Stockton are cities of 200,000 and 300,000, re...

Free Programs At Kellogg Environmental Center DERBY — The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (CT DEEP) announces the following upcoming free programs at Kellogg Environmental Center, at 500 Hawthorne Avenue (of...

How disgusting, Americans wearing Chinese goods. What’s next, Chinese pet food, ball caps, toys, medicine? But wait, His Greatness, the leader of our Senate (you know the one in Washington, that has 100 of the princes and princesses that ...

Sooner or later we must realize there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The true joy of life is the trip. —Robert J. Hastings The world is a book, and those who do not travel, read only one page. —Sain...