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Published: Aug 30, 2024 at 07:30 AM
NOTE: This story includes a minor update to the line of march that was received after the August 30, 2024 print edition was sent to press.
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Judges have received their instructions, approximately 75 groups have registered to be part of...
Published: Aug 30, 2024 at 07:00 AM
One year removed from a tough-to-swallow loss to Joel Barlow of Redding in the South-West Conference Championship match, this season’s version of the Nighthawks will look to get back to the pinnacle — and get over the hump.
“We came up short in the c...
Published: Aug 30, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Newtown High School No. 1 golfer Will Lokey aced the ninth hole and earned medalist honors as Newtown defeated Brookfield 158-172 in the season opener, at Rock Ridge Country Club, on August 21. Lokey carded a 36, Jack Wishneski had a 38, Andrew Golds...
Published: Aug 30, 2024 at 12:00 AM
It is with heavy hearts that we announce that Richard J. Rekos, formerly of Newtown, passed away on August 15 at Danbury Hospital with his family by his side.
He was born July 5, 1950, in Stamford to the late Edward J. and Margaret Helen (Gallant) Re...
Published: Aug 29, 2024 at 04:00 PM
Partnering with American Cancer Society, Team Hope invites cancer survivors and caregivers to its 5th Annual Hope on Main Street event to celebrate survivors, current patients, and caregivers, and honor the memory of those who have been lost to cance...
Published: Aug 29, 2024 at 04:00 PM
To the Editor:
It’s all well and good for a politician to show up for a photo op after all the work is done. Rob Blanchard is different; he’s the one who will be doing the work!
Rob knows how to get things done in Hartford: he has worked for the Atto...
Published: Aug 29, 2024 at 03:55 PM
To the Editor:
In a letter to The Bee (Letter Hive, August 23, 2024), Tiffany Hawley wrote “It’s OK to question anything.”
So here is my question: Why do I pay more tax to the IRS in some years, than Donald Trump pays? I’m over age 80.
Lee Berliner
S...
Published: Aug 29, 2024 at 03:50 PM
To the Editor:
Let’s be perfectly clear — June Cleaver, Harriet Nelson and Margaret Anderson are not coming back. The classic examples of the wife/mother of the 50s and 60s who greeted her husband/breadwinner at the front door upon his return from wo...
Published: Aug 29, 2024 at 03:45 PM
To the Editor:
Widespread outrage over the public benefits portion of electric bills erupted this August, with a petition to cancel the charge garnering over 60,000 signatures. Although about 77% of this charge funds Millstone (CT’s nuclear power pla...
Updated: Aug 29, 2024 at 03:42 PM
To the Editor:
I would like to update our Aquarion customers in Newtown on the status of restoration work at our Newtown wellfield, which sustained severe damage from the rainstorm and flooding on August 18th. We have been able to access our treatmen...
