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First Diabetes Expo Welcomes All BETHEL — The public is invited to Bethel Health Care & Rehabilitation Center’s debut free Diabetes Expo, Saturday, December 3, from 10 am to 3 pm. The facility is at 13 Parklawn Drive in the B...

Missing: Leadership And Courage To the Editor: There is a way to reduce our nation’s budget and gain control of the situation. Unfortunately, it will take “leadership” and “courage” and bot...

A Survey About Elected Officials With newly elected officials taking office on November 27, The Newtown Bee is asking residents to take an online survey and share thoughts on how important it is for officials to speak for the public or act upon their...

Filling The Fire Truck To the Editor: I would like to thank everyone who helped restock the shelves at the FAITH Food Pantry & Social Services this past Saturday. The Fill The Fire Truck Food Drive was very successful! We were able to give 53 turkeys...

Help The Season Ring To the Editor: Steve Bennett and I have a wonderful opportunity that will definitely put you in the holiday spirit. We are taking names of volunteers to help ring the bells for the Salvation Army. We are scheduled to ring two wee...

A Gathering Of The Faithful: Interfaith Service Opened Thanksgiving Week By Shannon Hicks More than 100 people attended an interfaith Thanksgiving service on Sunday evening, gathering in the sanctuary of Trinity Episcopal Church on Main Street. It ha...

My Word! – Fourth Graders Get Dictionaries By Nancy K. Crevier Newtown Rotary Club President Pat Caruso, past president Brian Amey, and Sergeant at Arms Mike Snyder were at Hawley School, Monday afternoon, November 21, to present diction...

Storm Panel Hears Utility Unions HARTFORD (AP) _ Leaders of unions representing Connecticut Light and Power line workers are blaming lower staffing levels and an unwillingness to allow longer shifts for the extended power outages from the freak Octob...

Runners Begg And Hoyt Excel Erin Begg, 17, of Newtown had two podium finishes this year at Northeast Regional events. Begg won the USAT Northeast Junior Triathlon developmental series this summer and placed third at the USA Track & Field Northeas...

Volunteers And Town Crews Continue Cleanup Effort By Kendra Bobowick Nearly one month after a late October snowstorm created a mess of downed trees, limbs, and debris across town, cleanups still continue. Residents have been dragging their branches t...