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NHS Skaters Go Down Fighting In Playoffs By Andy Hutchison Newtown High School’s hockey team had a memorable start to its playoff season with a South-West Conference Tournament semifinal round win on March 1. Then came a setback to the c...

Thursday, March 1: 1:33 pm, alarm, 38 Valley Field Road South, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 2:44 pm, alarm, 3 Nunnawauk Road, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 3:38 pm, motor vehicle accident, near intersection of Walnut Tree Hill ...

Our health is a voyage and every illness is an adventure story.                         —Margiad Evans The art of medicine consists of keeping the patient amused, while nature heals the disease.           ...

Vintage Base Ball Tryouts The Newtown Sandy Hooks Vintage Base Ball Club, embarking on its eighth season this April, will hold a tryout and scrimmage at McLaughlin Vineyard on Saturday, April 7 at 10 am. The event is open to the public. The Sandy Hoo...

Full-Day Kindergarten Perhaps it is a measure of a new optimism and confidence about what the future holds. Perhaps it is folly. But Newtown’s Board of Education, and now at least some of the town’s budgetmakers, are thinking ...

Hawleyville Couple Arrested On Multiple Drug Charges By Andrew Gorosko Following an undercover narcotics investigation, state police have arrested a local couple on multiple drug charges after having found more than $131,000 in cash and more than $42...

Cat Ordinance, Animal Control Procedures Readied For New Facility By John Voket Following the Legislative Council’s approval of a local feline ordinance March 7, the Board of Selectmen is similarly poised to enact a Welfare Policy for Imp...

No one was able to locate last week’s Bee’s Buck so we are offering it again. Keep looking, readers. If you think you know where it is, give us a call. The first five callers with the correct answer will win a Beeâ€&#x99...

Safe Boating Course Scheduled Leaps of Faith Disabled Skiers of Sandy Hook is hosting a fundraiser to support returning veterans and the disabled community participate in adaptive waterskiing and snow skiing. The group will host a Safe Boating Cours...

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...