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Making Easter A Little Happier For Families In Need By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown High School junior Paige Kroha, 16, delivered 40 Easter baskets to St Rose Church, Tuesday, April 3, for delivery to local families in need. An additional 30 baskets were...

Time To Change Our Town’s Financial Model To the Editor: As the world around us is changing at a rapid pace, we too must change. Our current town government financial model worked well for several generations, however today it is a yoke ...

NMS Teacher Is ‘Stuck For A Buck’ By Nancy K. Crevier There was an added layer to the usual hubbub in the Newtown Middle School cafeteria, Friday, March 30, as students took advantage of the opportunity to “stick u...

Occupation: I am semiretired now, from two things. My wife and I owned Milano’s Gourmet Deli & Catering in Danbury for 23 years, until 2003. We were in the North Street Shopping Center for years, and then on Mill Plain Road. I was als...

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For infor...

Generosity Made The Difference To the Editor: Many thanks to all the local businesses for making Wesley Learning Center’s Bunny Breakfast and Silent Auction a smashing success. Without your generosity we would have not been able to reach ...

Correction Robert Mulholland serves as the vice chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission. Mr Mulholland was inadvertently left out of The Newtown Bee’s Official Guide To Newtown & Phone Directory 2012.

Melissa Eide and Mark Bilotta Steven Eide of Newtown announces the engagement of his daughter, Melissa Stephanie Eide, also of Newtown, to Mark Donato Bilotta of Naugatuck, son of Darla and Donato Bilotta of Pittsfield, Mass. Melissa is also the...

‘The Wonderful World Of Lichens’ DERBY — Lichens are curious plants that are part fungus and part alga or cyanobacteria existing in a symbiotic relationship. They grow on trees, rocks, boulders and soil, and also f...

As More Autism Is Being Reported, Advocates Are Still Pushing For Awareness By John Voket When Linda Jones’s late son, Tyler, was diagnosed with Autism nearly two decades ago, he represented one in 2,200 children. But today, as she works ...