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To the Editor: Smoke and mirrors: something intended to disguise or draw attention away from an often embarrassing or unpleasant issue, in this case, the Newtown Republican Town Committee’s (RTC) defense of the indefensible — censorship and book bann...

To the Editor: One year ago, on the first day of Pride Month, the original objector to Flamer made an inflammatory post about a teacher offering extra credit to students who chose to exercise their right to support causes and don a rainbow. The reaso...

To the Editor: Assuming the accounts describing the BOE meetings of late are accurate, I felt I needed to comment. One of the questions I try to remember to ask my grandchildren when I see them is “What are you reading?” and over the years I have pic...

To the Editor, It would be hard to tell from all the rhetoric around “book banning,” but it is a fact that no Board of Education members have moved to “ban” or even remove challenged books. It is disappointing to see people who should know better mis...

To the Editor: I am compelled to write a letter to the editor regarding the current Fahrenheit 451 attitude of the Newtown BOE as they are on the verge of potentially establishing us as a book-banning community. The members are either apparently unaw...

To the Editor: Spay and Neuter of Newtown was started in 1983, to assist people with the spay and neutering of their pets, feral cats, and to educate the community on the care of pets. The association is run solely by volunteers and as the original c...

To the Editor: Last week’s Newtown Bee featured, front and center, an article giving the RTC’s take on the recent Board of Education meeting regarding the proposed book ban. In that article, RTC leaders expressed outrage at the public’s behavior at t...

To the Editor: As we leave a weekend of honoring service members who died while serving our country, I am compelled to reflect on the rights we have because of them. Specifically, the First Amendment of the US Constitution comes to mind because it ap...

A little over a week ago, US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy affirmed what a growing number of officials, mental health and crisis intervention experts, law enforcement professionals, parents, grandparents, and caregivers have either suspected or thorou...

Newtown High's softball team moved onto the next round with a shutout win, and two other Nighthawk teams were beaten in state playoff action.