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Potato Chips Are Piling On The Pounds LOS ANGELES, CALIF. (AP) — Blame the potato chip. It’s the biggest demon behind that pound-a-year weight creep that plagues many of us, a major diet study found. Bigger than soda, candy, ...

A Golden Anniversary For Margot & Robert Hall Margot (Sachs) and Robert “Bob” Hall will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on September 2, 2011. The two met in 1959. Bob was a lifeguard at Dickenson Park pool, and Margo...

I have always grown from my problems and challenges, from the things that don’t work out, that’s when I’ve really learned. —Carol Burnett Life’s challenges are not supposed to paralyze you, ...

Mottos And Songs Across The School District By Eliza Hallabeck In the Newtown Public School district it is easy to come across the term, “Inspiring Each Student to Excel.” That is the Newtown Public School’s missio...

Make A Difference To the Editor: Many of us were very focused on how and where we were getting our food and water this past week. This concern about food and water will end for most of us once the power comes back. For others in Newtown, the worry ab...

Send Us Your Horse News Please send horse show information, including details about upcoming shows, and results from recent competitions, and photos, along with fundraising events, via email to andyh@thebee.com.

For the tenth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks, The Newtown Bee is soliciting residents to share their memories and what they took away from the event with the paper and the Newtown community. Residents are asked to share their respons...

Arts Festival To Benefit Homeless Animals A “Celebration of Unconditional Love Arts Festival” will take place Saturday, September 3, from noon until 6 pm, at McLaughlin Vineyards, Alberts Hill Road in Sandy Hook. Sponsored by ...

Larceny Warrant After learning that police held a warrant for his arrest, a 17-year-old youth turned himself over to police at the police station on the afternoon of August 24 and was charged with fourth-degree larceny in connection with a May i...

Home Mortgage Applications Fall To 15-Year Low WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — Mortgage applications to purchase a home fell last week to a 15-year low, despite the lowest mortgage rates in decades. Many potential buyers are holding off because ...