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We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful what we pretend to be.                 —Kurt Vonnegut, Jr We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit.       —Aristotle Be ...

27th Annual Tree Lighting Memorials The Newtown Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring a fundraising drive for the 27th Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony and luminarias display that will be presented at Ram Pasture on December 2. Donors may also contribute $...

Help Newtown This Holiday Season To the Editor: The holidays are my favorite time, and every year they are especially gratifying because of the Holiday Basket Program put on by the Newtown Fund. I want to reassure everyone in our community that any c...

Newtown High School Runners Compete In State Open Newtown High School’s boys’ and girls’ cross country teams, coming off their eighth-place finishes in the October 29 state championships, competed in the State Ope...

Well done Newtown! It took a few weeks, but we finally had three readers call up and tell us that our latest challenge is a property marker that can be found on West Street. Pat Barkman, Donna Ball, and Bob Dachenhausen will each receive Beeâ€&#...

To the Editor: “You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your...

Letters Of Thanks To the Editor: I am truly humbled and honored to have been elected to the Board of Education. Many of you may not know this, but my family almost moved away this past summer to Arizona. We made a decision to stay, in part because we...

A Matter Of Safety To the Editor: I received enough signatures for my petition of the Board of Education from the town’s electorate, hitting the one percent mark, per the CGA rules. [Links: www.sde.ct.gov/sde/lib/sde/pdf/legal/workshop_pa...

Concert Review— A Match Made In (Musical) Heaven By Wendy Wipprecht About six times a year, Newtown Friends of Music brings distinguished chamber performers to our town’s living room, Edmond Town Hall. The concert presented on...

Adopt From The Animal Center The following dogs and cats are among those available for adoption through The Animal Center: WRIGLEY is a lab mix. He’s 8 weeks old, super sweet, mellow, and loves to cuddle. Wrigley is neutered and curre...