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Professional Researcher On The 1940 Census At Booth Library May 23 Professional researcher and club member Toni McKeen will be the guest speaker of Newtown Genealogy Club at 7 pm on Wednesday, May 23, at C.H. Booth Library. Due to a scheduling confl...

*** The fifth annual Newtown Kickoff Memorial Day Soccer Tournament will get underway this Saturday, May 23, and run through Monday, May 25, when champions will be crowned in six age brackets. The 1987 Kickoff Tournament will bring together 72 teams ...

Nonconference Clashes Serve As Playoff Tune-ups By Andy Hutchison The defending South-West Conference champion girls’ and boys’ lacrosse teams from Newtown High benefited from losses this year — in more ways than o...

Boys’ Tennis Team Wins Four, Girls Defeat Masuk By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s boys’ tennis team closed out the regular season with four straight wins this past week. The Nighthawks beat Masuk on Monroe 7-...

NYFS Interview Skills Workshop Interviews are just as important as resumes and skills when it comes to landing a new job. Young adults who would like to be better prepared for job interviews are invited to an Interview Skills Workshop being offered b...

Joseph S. Nanista Joseph S. Nanista, 83, of Seymour, formerly of Danbury, died May 11, at the Griffin Hospital in Derby. He was born August 5, 1928, in Newark, N.J., son of Rosalie (Nodzak) and Joseph Nanista.  He was the beloved husband of Irene ...

LUNCH MENU WEEK Of MAY 21 – 25   Newtown Elementary SCHOOLS   MONDAY, MAY 21 Chicken patty on a bun, roasted carrot sticks, apple, milk   TUESDAY, MAY 22 Chicken & cheese quesadilla, tomato sals...

Higher Density Housing Is Not What This Developer Is Looking For To the Editor: I need to correct a comment that was attributed to me in your article “P&Z Reviews Creating New Multifamily Zoning Rules” (The Newtown Bee; May 11...

Local Package Stores Gear Up For Sunday, Holiday Openings By John Voket Mike Kerler of Sandy Hook Wine & Liquor is celebrating his tenth anniversary in business this year, but it is more likely that Mr Kerler and many of the other purveyors of beer, ...

A Confirmation Challenge, Fulfilled By Shannon Hicks Each year for the Confirmands at Newtown United Methodist Church are given a different challenge by Pastor Mel Kawakami. After months of lessons led by him, the Reverend Sue E. Klein, and rotating...