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Doggone Etiquette — Life Without A Dog By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog:            Have you always had a special person to call your very own? If so, you are a lucky dog. You probably can’t even imagine wha...

It all started with a farmer in the middle west who was saddened watching struggling southern farmers trying to feed their cattle during the worst drought in many years. He organized the first “haylift” to the south by donatin...

Take a stroll through Center Cemetery in Bethel, and up on a hill you will find the brand-new headstone marking the grave of Newtown Bee founder John T. Pearce. His great-great-great nephew Mike Anderson of Prospect, who went to a great deal of troub...

Monday, August 8 Commission on Aging, 5 pm, Newtown Senior Center, 14 Riverside Road. Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street. Tuesday, August 9 Sandy Hook Organic Farmers’ Market, 2–6 ...

Clarifications In July 2009, Police Commission members informed the Board of Selectmen that the commission would prefer that a proposed sidewalk along the southern section of Queen Street be built on the east side of Queen Street. An article in last ...

Mackenzie DJ Norton Betheney and Kenneth Norton of Oxford announce the birth of their daughter, Mackenzie DJ Norton, who was born on August 1, at 2:56 pm, at Danbury Hospital. She weighed six pounds, six ounces, and was 19 inches long at birth. Mate...

Now On View Newtown resident Lil Orlowski has donated to C.H. Booth Library a quilt that was originally in the collection of Lynn Johnston. Lil, a well-known quilting expert and teacher of the art form, states that this is a turn of the century hand-...

Rock Ridge Road— Accidental Fire Destroys ­Two Vehicles And Shed By Andrew Gorosko All five local volunteer fire companies responded to an fire early Wednesday morning on Rock Ridge Road in Dodgingtown that destroyed two motor vehicles ...

Collecting For Hopeline SHERMAN — The Sherman Church is collecting items until the end of August for Hopeline, a Christian-based, nonprofit organization that offers help and hope to those facing unexpected pregnancies. Requested items inc...

Hawks Track Camp Winners The Newtown Hawks Track Camp’s Friday meet series winners from the July 29 meet at Newtown High Schools’ Blue & Golf Stadium are as follows: High Jump Will Roberts; Long jump Roberts; Javelin Colin Mor...