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Welcome A City Child For Some ‘Fresh Air’ This Summer By Kendra Bobowick Days before spring arrived Tuesday, March 20, resident Marie Athans was thinking ahead to summer’s suntan lotion and ice cream. â€&#x9c...

Economy Showing Progress; Too Early To Lose Caution HARTFORD — While job numbers and business confidence begin to rise, housing market and budget issues cause concern Connecticut’s economy is showing signs of improvement, acc...

HAPPY BIRTHDAY March 18, Morgan Harrison, Age 6 March 21, Camden Layda, Age 7 March 23, Andrew Goldsmith, Age 5 March 26, Kayla Wadell, Age 7 Deadline for the March 30 issue is Tuesday, March 27, at 4 pm. To include your name in The Bi...

Abbott Tech Students Make One Newtown Resident’s Home ‘Green’ By Eliza Hallabeck Henry Abbott Technical High School students were wrapping up work on installing a geothermal heating and air conditioning system on R...

Selectmen Approve Pound Policies And Honor Teen 9/11 Fundraiser By John Voket The Board of Selectmen spent the majority of its brief meeting March 19 discussing and receiving feedback on policies for the new town animal control facility. But not be...

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...

Spring and all of its harbingers appeared right on schedule, March 20. Tree buds are swollen, doves are cooing, daffodils are in bloom, and yards are alive with flocks of robins. Life is good… although, if it was April 1, I would only think Mo...

You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. —Ray Bradbury When you stack up all the years we are allowed against all there is to read, time is very short indeed.    —...

Doggone Etiquette— No Excuses! By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog: Don’t you just love it when you get your own way? Maybe you want to snooze a little longer in the morning and your concerned person asks you whatâ€&...

State To Reap Millions In Mortgage Settlement  HARTFORD (AP) — Attorney General George Jepsen told state lawmakers February 21 that a national settlement for mortgage abuses has established needed reforms, but he asked that they use mil...