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Alice Abraham Alice (Bianchi) Abraham, 88, of Danbury, wife of the late David Abraham, died May 30, surrounded by her family. She was born March 8, 1924, and grew up with four sisters and five brothers in Southington. She was loved by her daughters a...

Make Sure Everything Is Good Under The Hood Berkshire Motors in Sandy Hook will be holding a free auto clinic on Saturday, June 9, from 10 am to 3 pm. The car care clinic is designed to inspect everything under the hood. Technicians will be available...

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...

School Board Recognizes Top Students, Retiring Teachers By Eliza Hallabeck After recognizing students who earned placement in the academic top five percent of the graduating Class of 2012 before the Board of Education on Tuesday, June 5, Newtown High...

*** Conservationists unanimously granted an inland-wetlands license to Greenhouse Associates to develop 30 acres off of Route 25 for a shopping center. The 158,000-square-foot shopping center, tentatively titled “Sandhill Plaza,â€&#x...

Newtown Police, Garner Staff To Carry Special Olympics Torch   On Friday, June 8, Newtown Police Department members and Garner Correctional Institution staffers are scheduled to participate in the Law Enforcement Special Olympics Torch Run that is...

NHS Habitat Club Creates T-Shirts More than 100 students at Newtown High School have purchased Housatonic Habitat for Humanity T-shirts, designed and sold by the school-based Newtown Habitat Club. Club founders and co-chairs are Hannah Maret and Nico...

Chemical Tanker Truck Flips Over On Exit 11 Off-Ramp By Andrew Gorosko A tractor-trailer tanker truck, which was hauling 65,900 pounds of a nonflammable resinous chemical during heavy rain on the morning of Saturday, June 2, skidded while negotiatin...

Lathrop School Of Dance Continues Traditions, While Celebrating The Contemporary, 60 Years Strong By Sherri Smith Baggett Virginia and Mack Lathrop, founders of Lathrop School of Dance, created a dancing school that embraced the children and studen...

A Petitioning Candidate To the Editor: Sadly, I did not get the party nomination for registrar of voters at Republican Town Committee Caucus. In order for the public to make their own choice who will be your Republican registrar, I will have to petit...