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In Wake Of Storms, Debate Flares Over State’s Trees By Stephen Singer Associated Press HARTFORD — Once again, Connecticut’s trees are at the center of a storm. Countless trees and limbs were brought down by the rem...

Gaston’s First BOS Meeting Finds Him In Familiar Territory By John Voket This week’s first meeting of the newly elected Board of Selectman saw incoming Selectman James Gaston, Sr, digging into a new role in familiar surroundin...

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...

Listen To The Sports Podcast And Always Know The Score! Check out sounds of the games and hear interviews with coaches in weekly audio sports recaps on The Bee’s podcast. Sports and news coverage is available through The Buzz graphic on ...

NMS Interact Club Slates Holiday Fundraiser The Newtown Middle School Interact Club is collecting new or nearly new small stuffed animals, toys, CDs, DVDs, and books to be donated to the Knights of Columbus Toy Closet at St Rose of Lima Church. A la...

First School Board Meeting For New Leaders Touches On Many Topics By Eliza Hallabeck Following the election of new officers (see story on page 1) the Board of Education discussed multiple topics, including the district’s Newtown Internati...

Pearl Harbor Day Vandalism Strikes 9/11 Flag Memorial By John Voket First Selectman Pat Llodra called the defacing of a solemn but popular private memorial to those lost on 9/11 an “aberration,” and local detectives continue ...

Children’s Programs *Holiday Sing-Along: Newtown singer, songwriter, Francine Wheeler, will lead children ages 2 to 5 in a holiday sing-along on Thursday, December 15, at 10 am. Francine’s magical voice is sure to get everyone...

Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down To the Editor: Thumbs up to the three good Samaritans who stopped to help my daughter after she fainted on the sidewalk in front of Quest Diagnostics, Sand Hill Plaza, on Monday, November 28. She had just left the Quest office ...

Defining Education – Does It Include Early Education? By Jacqueline Rabe Thomas © The Connecticut Mirror There’s agreement that too few children in Connecticut have access to quality early education programs, but the Malloy a...