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A Winner Already: Meet Nathan Ruggiero, Newtown's First Baby Of 2012 By Shannon Hicks Gracie Ruggiero had an early birthday present this year. On January 2, just 41 hours into the new year, Gracie's mom Heidi Werner gave birth to Nathan Xavier Ruggi...

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...

A New Year, A New Album For The Adults By Kendra Bobowick Local musicians The Adults are starting 2012 with Karmic Relief, a new CD of original songs. It is their seventh recording. Describing the sound as “running the gamut”...

Facebook Challenge Nets $600 For FAITH MONROE — Fairfield Auction of Monroe held a Hunger Challenge over the month of December with one dollar for every Facebook “like” pledged to FAITH Food Pantry of Newtown. Owne...

High Rock Road Irene Ryan and Brian Hughes purchased 22 High Rock Road in Sandy Hook from Jeffrey Paison. Lisa Solheim DeVellis and Tina Witthoefft Wessel of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty listed and sold the property. A...

Peyton Alexander Peters Kimberly and Gregory Peters of Sandy Hook proudly announce the birth of their first child, Peyton Alexander Peters, born January 9, at Danbury Hospital. Peyton weighed 8 pounds, and was 21½ inches long at birth. Maternal...

Youth Grapplers Experience Success During Busy Stretch Participants in Newtown Youth Wrestling Association (NYWA) program found themselves victorious during a busy nine-day period, recently. Highlighted by a tremendous showing against interleague opp...

Erin Kenning Kenning plays basketball and lacrosse at Newtown High School. Favorite part about playing basketball: “Probably the team – it’s like my second family.” Toughest aspect: Sprinting dr...

A Hobby That Is A Cut Above The Rest By Nancy K. Crevier The walls in Theresa Berryman’s Sandy Hook home are covered in works of art that she has produced since delving into hobbies midlife. Examples of cross stitch, tin punch, embr...

Mary Calderara Loved Family And Friends Mary Calderara, 87, of Newtown, previously of Mount Vernon, N.Y., died January 14, at Bethel Healthcare Center. Mrs Calderara resided in Mount Vernon until relocating with her family to Newtown in 1996. S...