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Newtown Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday By Nancy K. Crevier The best birthday gift he recalls ever receiving is a fishing pole for those many early mornings he spent fishing Taunton Lake, said Marshall Zitnay — and he remembers many gi...

Sports Podcast Check out sounds of the games and hear interviews with coaches in weekly audio sports recaps on The Bee’s podcast. Sports and news coverage is available through The Buzz graphic on the News Now! section of The Beeâ€&#x...

Police Plan Sobriety Checkpoint This Weekend During the evening of Friday, June 15, and early morning hours of Saturday, June 16, police plan to conduct a sobriety checkpoint on a local road to check on whether motorists are driving under the influe...

FHA Sees Plans For New Ambulance Garage By Kendra Bobowick Turning to face the PowerPoint images of a proposed Newtown Ambulance Association building on screen, Fairfield Hills Authority members Wednesday heard about the site and building design feat...

Reading Barks Out Loud For Reed Students By Eliza Hallabeck After reading Kate DiCamillo’s Because of Winn-Dixie, fifth grade students at Reed Intermediate School had the chance to meet two dogs the same breed as the dog who played Winn-D...

BOE Chair Calls For Special Budget Session, June 14 Board of Education Chair Debbie Leidlein has called a special meeting for 8 pm Thursday, June 14, to identify the gap in funding between the latest 2012-13 budget proposal and what would be consider...

Administrators Reflect On A School Year Of ‘Growth’ By Steve Bonanno As the end of yet another school year grows closer, and the sound of the last bell draws near, administrators agreed that it has been a year of growth and de...

NHS Laxmen’s Run Stopped In State Semifinal By Andy Hutchison NORWALK — The big picture is a nice one: Newtown High School’s boys’ lacrosse team got to the state tournament semifinals for the first time...

Doggone Etiquette — Toys For Us By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: What’s your favorite toy? That may be a tough question for some of you dogs. Either you have so many toys you couldn’t possibly choose just ...

IRS Warns Residents To Beware Of New Phishing Scam Connecticut residents should be on the lookout for a new e-mail phishing scam now circulating that targets Department of Defense military members, retirees, and civilian employees. According to IRS ...