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The defending South-West Conference Champion Newtown High School boys’ track and field team is building for the future while looking to improve along the way and find some success, including at the South-West Conference Championship, this spring. The...

The Flagpole Photographers Camera Club welcomes photographers of all levels to their April events, which will open with “Light Painting Cars & Still Life” presented by Shiv Verma on Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 pm, virtually and in person at Newtown S...

UPDATE (Wednesday, April 17, 2024): Two Orchestra Nexus performances planned at Trinity Episcopal Church for this weekend and next have been postponed. * * * * * Trinity Episcopal Church will host two special performances this month by Or...

Coming off a campaign in which it lost only to perennial powerhouse and South-West Conference champion Weston, the Newtown High School boys’ tennis team could be in for a title run of its own. Nighthawk Coach Shawn Tierney’s lineup has 12 members led...

The defending South-West Conference champions have a new look. Newtown High School’s girls’ tennis team lost nine players from last year’s title squad, notably the top two singles standouts. As a result, Coach Maureen Maher and company will look to t...

The Town & Country Garden Club of Newtown will host Edward Bahr, owner of Mike’s Beehives in Torrington, on Wednesday, April 10, at 7 pm, at Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street. Bahr has had a passion for honeybees since he was five years old. Af...

To the Editor: When I was elected as an alternate member of the Planning and Zoning Commission last November, I was excited by the opportunity to participate in the development of the Plan of Conservation and Development (POCD), a document that sets ...

To the Editor: On Tuesday April 23, 2024, the taxpayers of Newtown will have the opportunity to vote on the Board of Education budget which represents a 4.41% increase (voted on by the Democratic majority on the Legislative Council). Before you vote ...

To the Editor: In John Karlson’s letter “A Disturbing Letter” (The Letter Hive, March 29, 2024) for him to suggest Trump is the only one who can bring this country together is preposterous and downright scary. Here is a partial list of why Trump shou...

To the Editor: I was struck last week by a comment in The Bee that there seems to be activities for kids and seniors but none for the adults left in between. Let me present, then, the website of the Newtown Cultural Arts Commission, which includes a ...