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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...

Choose Simmons To Oppose Blumenthal To the Editor: Rob Simmons offers Republicans the best opportunity of defeating Richard Blumenthal and winning Connecticut’s US Senate seat. Beyond her empty criticism of “career politician...

Horse Guard Holds Award Presentation The officers of the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard (2GHG) hosted an Awards Ceremony for the troop at Edmonton Town Hall on January 10. Brunch was prepared and served by the 2GHG mess crew Sergea...

P&Z Clears Obstacles To Animal Shelter Project By Andrew Gorosko The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has approved two regulatory changes that lay the groundwork for an expected upcoming application from the town government to construct a new mu...

Kill The Tick, Not The Deer To the Editor:, The black-legged tick (Ixodes-Scapularis), carrier of Lyme and other greatly feared diseases, must be eliminated. This will not be achieved by a town-sanctioned bloodbath of our native deer. Calling this d...

Sharp Shooting Lifts Nighthawk Girls To Win By Andy Hutchison REDDING — A three-point shooting barrage by the Newtown High School girls’ basketball team was exactly what the typically stingy defensively Nighthawks needed to ge...

Gasoline Prices Zip Toward $3 Mark Gasoline prices on Monday continued their push toward $3 per gallon. The only question now is, when? While the per gallon cost of higher grade gasoline is at or over $3 at several Newtown stations, most of the loca...

Shaun Mangold Mangold is a sophomore diver on the Newtown High swimming and diving team. Favorite part about diving: “I like the competition — just trying to beat your [score] each time, setting a new record for yourself.â...

Sandy Hook Students Say ‘Thanks’ And ‘Happy Valentine’s Day’ By Kendra Bobowick Teachers Courtney Martin and Kathy Gramolini watched as their fourth and second grade students bent their head...