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Children’s Programs *Reading With Hooper: Hooper, a yellow Lab, is a certified reading buddy and pet therapy partner with his human mom, Jane Paley who has been visiting Booth Library this summer. Their final sessions will be Saturday, Au...

Concerts Review          Green Day, Gathering of the Vibes Festival:                                    Packing Tons Of Tunes Into One Weekend By John Voket In the nearly 30 years I’ve been trave...

A Weeklong Step Back Into History By Shannon Hicks On July 21, regardless of the rain that was pouring yet again this summer, the 11 children who were participating in History Camp took a short field trip from The Matthew Curtiss House to Newtown Mee...

Joan M. Hagen Capozziello Cherished Wife, Mother, And Grandmother Joan M. Hagen Capozziello, 72, of Fairfield died July 27. Mrs Capozziello was born in Bridgeport to Harvey and Margaret Hagen, and was a Fairfield resident most of her life. Surv...

An Across-The-Board Endorsement To the Editor: I agree totally with M. Wilson on the farmers’ market — if Lexington Gardens doesn’t mind, then neither should the town.  I went because it was convenient, Sandy Hoo...

Fall Slates Caucused– Democrats, Republicans Cross-Endorse Incumbent BOF By John Voket In back-to-back sessions Monday and Tuesday, Newtown Democrats and Republicans held their respective caucuses, confirming the lineup of candidates expe...

Lightning Places Third In Jimmy Fund Tournament The Newtown Lightning U15 baseball team split four games to finish in third place in the annual Jimmy Fund Tournament in Bethel last week. The Lightning close out the regular season this week and begin ...

CT Choral Society To Host Summer Sing-In BROOKFIELD — The Connecticut Choral Society (CCS), with conductor Eric Dale Knapp, will host a Summer Sing-In on Monday, August 3. In honor of the 200th anniversary of Franz Josef Haydnâ€&#x...

Farmers’ Market Issue Has Not Been Forgotten (The following letter has been received from Borough Warden James Gaston for publication in The Newtown Bee.) Dear Ms Carmody: Thank you for your letter of July 12, 2009 expressing your suppor...

Conn. Libraries Say $5.4M Cut Would Do Real Damage By Everton Bailey Jr. HARTFORD (AP) — Librarians across Connecticut say Governor M. Jodi Rell’s proposed $5.4 million funding cut for libraries would mean fewer books and basi...