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With Bethel Author— NMS Students Journey To The Bottom Of The Ocean By Eliza Hallabeck During multiple presentations on Thursday, October, 14, Newtown Middle School students traveled with Bethel resident Karen Romano Young to the ocean fl...

Sports Equipment Drive Newtown High School’s softball team will hold a Sports Equipment Drive November 1-15. The team is collecting gently used and new sports equipment to donate to families in Bridgeport through Daughters Of Charity in B...

To the Editor: I have known Sam Caligiuri and his wife Lori on a personal basis for a number of years. I am convinced that Sam has the necessary character to represent us well in Congress. Sam has been a dedicated public servant for a number of years...

School Board Elects Leidlein Vice Chair, Buzzi Secretary By Eliza Hallabeck In consecutive votes during its meeting on Tuesday, October 19, the Board of Education elected Debbie Leidlein as its new vice chair and Andrew Buzzi its new secretary. The ...

A Note To Letter Writers Since the October 29 edition of The Newtown Bee will be the last issue of the paper before the November 2 election, political letters to the editor will be restricted to those simply endorsing candidates. Political letters ma...

* * * At the Newtown PTA Council’s Candidate Night on October 23 at the Middle School, both First Selectman Jack Rosenthal and his Republican challenger Joseph Borst agreed on the need for the town to spend more money to m...

Accidental Fire Hits Libya’s Deli & Variety In Botsford By Andrew Gorosko Firefighters from all local volunteer fire companies were alerted early Tuesday morning when a fire was discovered at Libya’s Deli & Variety at 286 So...

Even The Swamps Are Nicer To the Editor: Yes, it really is “Nicer in Newtown.” Who knew that the frogs and turtles needed a raised crosswalk to get from one side of the swamp to the other across Key Rock Road. And a dozen sign...

Fall For SCAN’s Artistic Creations The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown will present its 2010 Fall Art Show & Sale Friday through Sunday, October 22-24. It will be in the lower meeting room of Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street. Adm...

79ers Monroe 13, 79ers Gold 0: Newtown’s 79ers Gold resumed their regular schedule this past Saturday and traveled a few miles down Route 25 to face the Monroe Lions on a wind-swept field at Wolfe Park. The brisk breeze had spec...