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Roxanne Greenley Sadly Missed Roxanne Greenley, 57, of Lewisburg, Tenn., formerly of Bethel, died April 22. She was born November 10, 1953, to Rocco and Catherine R. Jacouzzi. Ms Greenley graduated from Newtown High School in the Class of 1972...

Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submissions of photos for “The Way We Were.” Photos can be submitted via ema...

Time To Change The Way We Approve Budgets To the Editor: The voters have spoken, and the decision is to cut the budget and ask the voters again. Whether the vote approved the budget or not, it is extremely unfortunate that our budget is being decide...

Newtown’s SMART Program To Mark 20 Years This Summer This summer marks the 20th anniversary of the SMART (Summer Music and Arts) Summer Camp Program in Newtown. Since 1991, as part of Newtown Continuing Education, SMART Camp has offered ...

Kindergarten Age Bill Heads To Lawmakers HARTFORD (AP) – A proposal to raise the starting age for Connecticut kindergarten students has received a key General Assembly committee’s approval. The appropriations committee approve...

Grace Winans Winans is a sophomore on the Newtown High School tennis team. She has played tennis for four-plus years. Favorite part about playing: “Competitiveness. I like winning.” Toughest aspect: The mental game. ...

Lions Announce Prizes For 2011 Duck Race Hundreds if not thousands of people will once again line the Pootatuck River in Sandy Hook Center to observe the splashdown and subsequent floating of hundreds of yellow rubber ducks on Saturday, May 28, when ...

Obama Is Messing With Medicare To the Editor: If you are a senior on Medicare or plan to be one soon, you need to know about the two very different proposals that are being discussed to deal with overwhelming Medicare costs. Congressman Paul Ryan pro...

Charles Natale Cannato, Sr Fun-loving And Witty Charles Natale Cannato, 86, of Southbury, and formerly of Harwich, Mass., and Valhalla, N.Y., died April 18. He was born on the Fourth of July, 1924, in White Plains, N.Y., the son of Antoinette (M...

On May 2, the Borough of Newtown will conduct its municipal election. Voting will take place from 6 am until 8 pm in the Registrar’s Office located in the Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Road, Newtown. (Please note new voting location.) Abse...