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Published: Apr 12, 2024 at 07:00 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) hosted a reception on April 6 for its 50th Spring Juried Art Show and Sale at Art & Frame Gallery. An estimated 100 people attended the opening for the annual presentation, which will remain on view unti...
Published: Apr 12, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team opened the season with a pair of contests against strong nonconference squads and prevailed in both, following up a come-from-behind 11-10 victory over host Conard of West Hartford on April 2 with a 7-4 win ...
Published: Apr 12, 2024 at 06:55 AM
Another game. More last-inning dramatics.
Newtown High School’s softball team, early this campaign, has made sure to keep fans on the edges of their seats.
The Nighthawks followed up a 1-0 loss to Trumbull with a 7-6 walk-off win over St Joseph of Tr...
Published: Apr 12, 2024 at 06:50 AM
The Newtown High School girls’ and boys’ track and field teams began the season with the girls visiting Joel Barlow of Redding on April 8 and the boys at Bethel the next day.
The girls defeated Barlow 81-69, Bethel 92-58, and Kolbe Cathedral of Bridg...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:56 PM
There’s a day for everything, it sometimes feels like. Tax Day, which is April 15, is just one of them (and one of the least popular ones, being the deadline to file our state and federal taxes). All the national days can be fun ways to think about t...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:40 PM
To the Editor:
April 14 to April 20, 2024, is National Telecommunicator Week. It honors Public Safety Telecommunicators (PSTs, a/k/a dispatchers). There are approximately 90,000 PSTs in the United States who answer more than 240 million calls to 9-1-...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:35 PM
To the Editor:
I beg to differ:
Last week all five of The Republican Legislative Council members voted against the Finance Board’s recommended school budget. One member stated in The Bee last week that there was no correlation between student perform...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:30 PM
To the Editor:
"I don't see color ". It's a common phrase white people use to signal that they are not racist. "I treat everyone the same".
It sounds good. It feels good. It is always ever used innocently to try to indicate safety.
Unfortunately, it ...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:25 PM
To the Editor:
It is very difficult to vote for the BOE budget without specifics. I would like to know what reading programs are used and if they are approved by the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) of the US Department of Education. Is the Wilson Read...
Published: Apr 11, 2024 at 03:20 PM
To the Editor:
The colors in The Newtown Bee all bring to life the “younguns,” the grown-ups, the land features, the businesses, the foundations, the boards, the dates, the dollars.
First: The Pootatuck Restoration Project photo was a winner. Scout T...
