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Financial Reform Legislation Won’t Prevent Another Crisis To the Editor: First off, I am nervous of any financial bill that is referred to as the “Dodd-Frank Bill.” In 2008 these two were completely oblivious when ...

Foreign Policy Expert With Newtown Roots Advising Iraq Commander By John Voket Peter Thompson may have served in numerous capacities in the military and as a military advisor, traveling to some of the most exotic and war-torn locations around the wor...

Senior services for Newtown seniors are available at the Multipurpose Building on Riverside Road in Sandy Hook. The Senior Center is under the auspices of the Commission on Aging. The center is run by Senior Services Director Marilyn Place. For more ...

Students: Send Us Your Summer Snapshots Whether students are taking trips to local destinations or abroad with family members or friends, Newtown Bee reporter Eliza Hallabeck is asking students to send in photos of their summer experiences to Eli...

Final Local Hurdle— AFS Industrial Plan Gains P&Z Approval By Andrew Gorosko A technology firm has cleared the third of three local regulatory hurdles in gaining required town approvals for a large-scale industrial redevelopment project ...

Rising Newtown High School senior Dani Villa learned about the possibility of interning for The Newtown Bee from fellow NHS student Anna Hodge. “I thought it would be a really fun and a really great opportunity,” said Dani on...

Doing Their Part To the Editor: We recently returned from a trip to visit family in Hilton Head, S.C., and the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It was busier than usual there, because many people had changed their vacation plans from destinations aroun...

Lona Walrath Former Brookfield Teacher Lona Walrath, 90, of Newtown, formerly of Brookfield, died July 16, at Danbury Hospital. Mrs Walrath was born May 22, 1920, in Troy, N.Y., the daughter of Anna B. (Kline) and William M. Powell. She was the ...

For police reports Public Disturbance Police, fire, and ambulance crews were dispatched to a report of a rollover motor vehicle accident near 180 Hanover Road at about 10:29 pm July 15. On arriving at the scene, police determined that such an ac...