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Of Civility And Citizenship To the Editor: In his book, Choosing Civility, P.M. Forni writes, “Civility derives from the Latin civitas which means ‘city,’ especially in the sense of civic community.... The assumpti...

Theater Review­— That Championship Season: When It’s Time To Let The Past Become History By Julie Stern WESTPORT — In  his elegiac poem “To An Athlete Dying Young,”  British poet  A.E H...

Sandy Hook FD Planning Tag Sale The Ladies Auxiliary and Junior Corps of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company will be hosting a tag sale at the company’s main station later this month. The event will be Saturday, September 19, from...

A Simpler Solution To the Editor: I read a story in The Newtown Bee, dated July 24 (near the bottom of the front page), about congestion caused by a traffic signal at an intersection in Sandy Hook [“Residents Want Traffic Improvements In ...

Town Players To Host Auditions For ‘A Christmas Carol’ Town Players of Newtown announces an open casting call for Charles Dickens’ perennial Christmas favorite. A Christmas Carol. Nearly everyone is familiar with t...

Reed Intermediate School New Student Orientation By Eliza Hallabeck While schools across the district held new student orientations before school started on Wednesday, September 2, Reed Intermediate School’s New Student Orientation, on Mo...

What Labor Day Means To the Editor: As summer comes to an end and the celebration of Labor Day is with us again, I reflect on what Labor Day means to me. In 1882 Peter J. McGuire observed the holiday in Canada. When he returned to New York, McGuire (...

Police Commission Endorses Proposed Ordinance On Child Sex Offenders By Andrew Gorosko Following brief discussion, members of the Police Commission this week endorsed the wording of a draft proposal for a town ordinance that would cover public safe...

State Police Urge Driver Caution As School Resumes As schoolchildren resume classes at the start of the new school year, state police are reminding motorists to be aware that school buses, more pedestrians, and additional bicyclists are again on the...