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Lyddy, McKinney Advocate For Green Cleaning Products Newtown Representative Christopher Lyddy joined with a bipartisan coalition, including Senate Republican Leader John McKinney, the co-chairs of the Education Committee, and advocacy groups to sup...

Sobriety Checkpoint Yields DUI, Drug, Vehicular Violations By Andrew Gorosko During a sobriety checkpoint held on the evening of Saturday, May 2, and early morning hours of Sunday, May 3, town police charged three motorists with driving under the inf...

AmeriCares Program Brings Spring Renewal To Two Sandy Hook Homes By Shannon Hicks Two Sandy Hook homeowners benefited from the lobor of dozens of volunteers last weekend, when AmeriCares HomeFront Day was held. Senior citizens on fixed incomes and/or...

Gypsy Jazz At Richter House, May 24 DANBURY — Ameranouche, a nationally touring  acoustic gypsy jazz trio that draws from the innovative music of guitar legend Django Reinhardt, will make its first Danbury appearance at Richter House, 10...

Appreciating Educators To the Editor: The week of May 4 is Teacher and Staff Appreciation Week. As members of the senior class at Newtown High School, we would like to thank all the teachers, staff, and administrators for everything that they do to h...

‘Unity In Diversity’ Unity In Diversity, a cable television program that provides an education in learning about one’s neighbors, especially through a clearer understanding of their religious heritage, spiritua...

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...

Master Chorale To Present 10th Anniversary Concert The Connecticut Master Chorale (CMC), under the direction of Tina Johns Heidrich, will present a special 10th Anniversary Concert on Saturday, May 16, at 8 pm. The performance will be at St Rose of L...

School Board Still Deadlocked On MTM Contract By Eliza Hallabeck For the second meeting in a row, the Board of Education found itself locked in a 3-3 vote over the decision to award a local fleet operator’s contract to either the current ...

The Power Of Talk There was a time in the not-too-distant past when the town’s business was conducted far more informally than it is today. It seemed like everyone knew everyone else in town, and meeting rooms routinely filled up with peo...