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Town Athletes Show Their Stuff … Finish Triathlon Six Newtown/ Sandy Hook athletes completed the Ford Ironman Lake Placid in upstate New York on July 24. Joe Whelan, of Newtown, completed the 2.4-mile swim, 112-mile bike ride, and 26.2-mile ru...

One Of The Worst Bills In History To the Editor: The cost of everyday banking is about to rise! What do you get when two politicians who know nothing about the financial industry join forces?  A financial regulatory bill, also known as the Dodd-Fra...

Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submissions of photos for “The Way We Were.” Photos can be submitted via ema...

Louise S. Froehlich Loved Life And Family Louise S. Froehlich, 81, of Newtown, died at Danbury Hospital, July 23. She was born in Stamford, April 20, 1929, daughter of Madeline (Preli) and Alfred Biagiarelli. She was a graduate of Stamford High...

Horse Guard Announces Annual Show Winners The Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard (2GHG) hosted its annual fundraising Horse Show at the 2GHG facility at Fairfield Hills on July 25. The Connecticut Hunter Jumper Association and the Con...

To the Editor: I am writing this letter in support of Moira Rodgers as the Republican candidate for probate judge in the Newtown-Bethel-Redding-Ridgefield Probate District. As an attorney familiar with probate practice and matters, I believe that Mo...

Reusable Shopping Bags May Carry More Than Groceries By Nancy K. Crevier Billions of reusable shopping bags travel from home to store and back again, a response of the environmentally conscious American opposed to the one-use plastic bags. Over the p...

Evelyn Elizabeth McDougall Longtime Sandy Hook Resident Evelyn Elizabeth McDougall, 78, of Merritt Island, Fla., wife of the late Harold Thomas McDougall, died July 13, in her home. Born December 5, 1931, she was the daughter of Adelaide and Cha...

To the Editor: Newtown Probate Judge Moira B. Rodgers was elected judge by Newtown voters in the vacancy election of November 2009. She is doing an excellent job, and I should know because I was Newtown’s judge of probate for 18½ years b...