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Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 03:44 PM
To the Editor:
My name is Joan Alexander, and as a newcomer to Newtown, I’ve come to appreciate the sense of community that makes this place special. However, I would like to share a recent experience highlighting a significant concern to raise aware...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 03:43 PM
To the Editor:
I wish to thank Beth Ford and all the staff at the Candlewood Valley Country Club. Candlewood is a public golf course in New Milford. In 2016, Beth Ford acquired two paramobiles at the course. The paramobile allows handicapped people t...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 03:42 PM
To the Editor:
I have served as a volunteer on the Economic Development Commission since 2018.
The Commission was tasked with evaluating potential developers for the property at 6 Commerce. We set about that task in good faith. The property was deede...
Updated: Jun 30, 2024 at 04:08 PM
The Newtown Bee learned last week of the death of Curtiss Clark, who served as Editor of this newspaper from 2007 until his retirement in 2016. The nine years he served as our Editor — the first person outside the Smith family to do so since the ...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 03:00 PM
To the Editor,
My husband and I attended a Juneteenth event at the State Capitol sponsored by the Commission on Women, Children, Seniors, Equity and Opportunity in collaboration with the Black and Puerto Rican Caucus and the Martin Luther King, Jr Ho...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:30 AM
UPDATE: This story has been updated from what ran in the July 21, 2024 print edition of The Newtown Bee to further clarify how the Friends of C.H. Booth Library Book Sale benefits C.H. Booth Library.
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For over 45 years, Friends of...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Four ninja warriors from Newtown put their technique, efficiency, strength, endurance, and other skill sets to the test on a variety of challenging obstacles against tough competitors from around and outside the United States. This quartet is among 4...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Most entities will be affected by Independence Day on Thursday, July 4.
Town offices will be closed. C.H. Booth Library, Edmond Town Hall, Newtown Community Center, and Newtown Senior Center will all be closed.
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle...
Published: Jun 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Curtiss Harper Clark — longtime Editor of The Newtown Bee — passed away unexpectedly on the morning of June 14, 2024. Curtiss was an empathetic soul who family and friends will always remember for his quiet wisdom and kind eyes — not to mention his r...
Updated: Jun 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM
“Pete” Clarence O. Peterson III, 82, passed away peacefully on June 24 at his home in Newtown after a long battle with frontaltemporal dementia (FTD). He is no longer silent from the FTD and enjoying the best fly-fishing the afterlife has to offer.
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