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An Affront To The Community To the Editor: In last week’s The Newtown Bee, an architectural rendering of a planned commercial redevelopment at the center of Sandy Hook, as depicted, appears to be an affront to all the design goals for the...

Correction In a story titled “Ethics Members Charged With ‘Protecting’ Council Official” that appeared in the August 13 edition of The Bee, the stated reason for the recusal of Board of Ethics member Ro...

I-84 Rollover State police report that motorist Jodie Ingram, 44, of New Hampton, N.H., was driving a 2000 Land Rover Discovery SUV westward on Interstate 84, near the Exit 10 off-ramp, at about 1:05 am August 12, when she lost control of the ve...

Merola Takes Interim Seat— Council Launches Charter Revision Process By John Voket Following a brief swearing-in ceremony and welcome to new member Robert Merola, the Legislative Council settled down to the business of creating and chargi...

For Staff Development— Superintendent Responds To Criticisms Of Early Release Plan By Eliza Hallabeck The Board of Education voted unanimously at a June 15 meeting to release students early on the first Wednesday of each month, starting i...

Don’t Ruin The Center Of Sandy Hook To the Editor: The center of Sandy Hook is absolutely charming. It is an iconic village setting that I enjoy every time I drive through. I certainly agree that bringing a branch of Newtown Savings Bank...

Grace Altieri Packer Former Hawley School Teacher Grace Altieri Packer, age 81, beloved mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend, died August 18, in Trumbull.  Mrs Packer spent her career teaching elementary school children, includin...

Save Sunday, August 29, when Hot Shots Grille in Newtown is hosting a fundraiser for SPC Brendan Marrocco, the first quadruple amputee to survive our current war in the Middle East. Brendan survived after losing all four limbs when the vehicle he was...

Broker Tells Selectmen— Individual FFH Buildings Are Not Marketable By John Voket Michael Struna, the exclusive broker for the Fairfield Hills Authority and the town, told selectmen that even the most marketable and preferred use of two s...

The Labor Day Parade Has A Long And Memorable History By Dani Villa  The Labor Day Parade was all “Spirit And Fire” as the headline read in the September 7, 1962, edition of The Newtown Bee. Unlike more current editions that ...