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Good Government Listens To People To the Editor: We are rapidly evolving into a town that is becoming accustomed to bad government. I can accurately state this fact, because reason tells us that, in a democracy, good government listens to the people...

Dedication Ceremony Held To Honor 9/11 Gifts To NMS By Eliza Hallabeck “I’ve been watching the rebuilding of Ground Zero for a while now,” said Newtown High School eighth grade student Reed Bryant, standing near tw...

Bernardino Ferrari Bernardino “Dino” Ferrari, 58, of Sandy Hook, beloved husband, father, son, and brother, died May 19, in Danbury Hospital. He was born February 23, 1954, in Italy, and then was adopted by Helen and Gerald F...

Newtown Support Groups Friday, May 25       AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.   Saturday, May 26    Daily Reflections meeting, St Rose School (Monsignor Conr...

Murphy Passes Key Buy American Amendment WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Chris Murphy has scored a major victory in his fight to ensure that when the federal government spends American tax dollars, it supports American jobs and American co...

Elizabeth Reznikoff, a resident of Newtown received a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in comparative cultures and sociology, from the College Liberal Arts/Sciences at Alfred University, Alfred, N.Y., during commencement exercises May 12 in McLane Center on...

CodeRed Clarifications To the Editor: In the May 17 edition of The Bee, there was a letter to the editor titled “The Inappropriate Use of CodeRed.” We as members of the emergency management team need to clarify this issue. The...

Rowers Race To Bronze Medal The US Rowing Northeast Junior District Championships were held at Lake Quinsigamond in Worcester, Mass May 19-20.  Representing the GMS Rowing Center in New Milford, Constantine Gregoire and Anthony Vournazos, freshmen ...

It’s a long weekend for many folks coming up, but don’t forget to make time for the real reason we get a day of rest this coming Monday: to honor the veterans and servicemen and women currently in our armed forces. The VFW and...

Truck Inspection Project Uncovers Multiple Violations By Andrew Gorosko Municipal police from Newtown, Monroe, and Trumbull combined forces with the state Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on May 18 in a joint effort aimed at getting dangerous truc...