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Published: Mar 01, 2024 at 07:00 AM
With financial challenges facing the Board of Education budget balancing against the financial challenges faced by Newtown’s taxpayers, the Board of Finance debated over final numbers of the 2024-25 proposed education budget during a nearly three hou...
Updated: Mar 01, 2024 at 08:51 AM
NOTE: This article has been updated to reflect that Marc Maurath placed second.
Newtown High School’s wrestling team had two individual champions among five place winners, and a pair of grapplers who reached milestone win totals at the State Op...
Published: Mar 01, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Newtown High School’s gymnastics team placed third in the Class M State Championships, held at Jonathan Law High in Milford on February 24. The Nighthawks scored 131.075 points. Ellington-Tolland was first with 137 and East Lyme-Waterford-St Bernard ...
Updated: Mar 01, 2024 at 07:46 AM
A stellar three quarters of defensive dominance propelled the Newtown High School girls’ basketball team past visiting East Hartford 45-38 in the first round of the Class LL State Tournament on February 26.
The No. 7 Nighthawks built a 24-10 halftime...
Updated: Mar 01, 2024 at 02:59 PM
UPDATE: The Division III State Tournament opener at Danbury Ice Arena has been scheduled for Monday, March 4, at 4:15 pm.
The No. 4 Newtown-New Fairfield hockey team took on No. 1 New Milford in the South-West Conference Tournament semifinals a...
Published: Mar 01, 2024 at 06:45 AM
On Wednesday, March 13, at 7 pm, the Genealogy Club of Newtown will welcome speaker Katherine R. Willson of Michigan for a virtual meeting. Her topic will be “85+ Tips and Sources for Locating Ancestral Photos (Online & Offline).”
During her one-hour...
Published: Mar 01, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Wednesday, February 21: 8:52 am, service call, 3 Cornfield Ridge Road, Hook & Ladder responded; 1:05 pm, vehicle fire, I84W Exits 11&10, Sandy Hook and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:52 pm, fire alarm, 32 Church Hill Road, Hook & Ladder responded.
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Published: Feb 29, 2024 at 03:10 PM
To the Editor:
None of the 80 Newtown residents who attended last week’s Economic Development Commission meeting (February 20) want this peaceful meadow to be carved up for development. They also object strongly to the town holding closed-door discus...
Published: Feb 29, 2024 at 03:05 PM
To the Editor:
The beauty and attributes of Taunton Pond and its surrounding hillsides have been a hot topic these days since a developer is proposing a housing plan there. Consideration of the issue has prompted me to reminisce about the area’s past...
Published: Feb 29, 2024 at 03:00 PM
This spring marks the introduction of the Mary Hawley Public Service Award in honor of Newtown’s beloved benefactress. The Newtown Bee has been asked to be the first to announce this inaugural award.
The award, which was initially announced in Septem...
