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To the Editor: The Garden Club of Newtown would like to thank The Newtown Bee for their support with articles and photos promoting our annual Greens and Gifts Sale on December 2. The Club also thanks Caraluzzi’s Newtown for their support in ordering ...

To the Editor: The local unit of the Salvation Army needs all available volunteers to help us fill our remaining open one-hour time slots for the weekend of December 15-16. Please sign up through rebrand.ly/ring-newtown. We have some remaining openin...

To the Editor: I am writing the week of the 11th anniversary of the Sandy Hook tragedy. I read in today’s newspaper that Elon Musk personally reinstated right wing provocateur and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to “X” (formerly Twitter). To reinstate...

The Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial provides a place for the public to visit to reflect on those lost. It is also, as the commission noted on its final Facebook post one year ago, a place to feel “a hope for the future.” Opened during a private ceremon...

HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont is directing US and State of Connecticut flags lowered to half-staff from sunrise to sunset on Thursday, December 14, in remembrance of the 20 children and six adults who were killed 11 years ago at Sandy Hook Elementar...

Residents and visitors spent time in the center of town on Sunday, December 3, when Newtown Youth & Family Services presented its annual Newtown Holiday Festival. Despite rain and chilly temperatures, attendees seemed to make the best of the day. G...

As the fall season comes to a close, Newtown Forest Association (NFA) prepares to enter formal negotiations with the estate of Dr Thomas Draper in the hopes of acquiring the Deep Brook Farm property at 32 and 21 Deep Brook Road. The state's oldest pr...

How would you describe your occupation? I’m an attorney. I practice in the areas of estate planning, elder law, and probate. Who is in your family? My husband, Vinny; and my daughter, Eloise. She is 19 months old. Do you have any pets? I ...

Erin Lea Heneghan, 47, a lifelong resident of Newtown, Connecticut, passed away suddenly on November 21, 2023, resulting from an auto accident. Erin was born on August 19, 1976, in Danbury, Connecticut, and is survived by her parents, Joseph Heneghan...

On Tuesday, November 12, Tom Hennick, the Public Education Officer at the state Freedom of Information (FOI) Commission, will conduct a public informational session on the Connecticut Freedom of Information Act. The presentation will be in the Counci...