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With a long history of proposed developments that never came to fruition, 10 Hawleyville Road has added another to the list — 294 proposed luxury apartments. The proposal ended when the Planning & Zoning Commission voted 4-1 against approving a zone ...

WILTON — All good things must come to an end. After a 20-game win streak without a loss, as well as South-West Conference regular season and tournament championships, Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team entered into the Class L State Tournamen...

To the Editor: It’s kind of simple to me. If you do not want your child to read something, simply say it. Tell them, “I do not want you to read that book!” If they do it anyway, you might have a bigger problem than banning books for others’ kids to r...

To the Editor: Last week, the Board of Education voted against the book ban in Newtown. This represented a significant step forward and in favor of our democratic process, where elected officials represent the will of the people, not the wishes of th...

The following letter has been received for publication in The Newtown Bee: Dear Newtown Community, The recent remarks made by former BOE members, and the chairwoman have sparked outrage in our community. It is important to address the harmful implica...

To the Editor: I’d like to thank the Republican Town Committee (RTC) leadership for their transparency. Their letter about the book banning Board of Education meeting makes it crystal clear that the issue isn’t about the teenagers, or books … it’s ab...

To the Editor: I am so glad my children are beyond the K-12 school years. While they got a good education from Newtown public schools in the not-so-distant past, my husband and I have said many times recently that if our kids were school-age now, the...

To the Editor: That Newtown became embroiled in a battle to ban two nationally acclaimed, coming-of-age graphic novels was embarrassing. It mirrored the agenda of Moms for Liberty, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center. But diver...

To the Editor: For anyone who watched the Board of Education meeting on June 1, I think we can all agree that it was a completely different atmosphere underneath those board members in attendance. As a resident of Newtown, it brought me joy as studen...

To the Editor, “What disappointed me the most that night were those sitting at the table with me, who were not the target of the negative behavior, sitting idly by and to this day have not condemned the behavior that we were subjected to.” Having ser...