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Published: Aug 27, 2026 at 03:00 PM
To The Editor:
Labor Day. The traditional start of Political Campaign Season. Before candy wrappers are swept away, candidate signs appear. Some are early this year. I’m a traditionalist & won’t be cluttering yet.
A 30-year marketing professional, I...
Published: Aug 27, 2026 at 03:00 PM
It's great to see the community join together and try to work collaboratively to find a way forward with — or maybe without — Flock cameras in this municipality. While Newtown Police Department has been using in-vehicle license plate readers from Flo...
Published: Aug 27, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Founded in May 2024 by authors Luca DiMatteo and Andrea Petitte, Connecticut Book Festivals (CBF) is an author-run organization that has grown to more than 600 members and associate members dedicated to promoting writers and aspiring writers who live...
Published: Aug 27, 2026 at 07:00 AM
TransitionCT, a transitional program for adults with special needs, is a neighbor to The Newtown Bee. Earlier this summer, Reporter Sam Cross extended an invite to the group that serves over 100 adults in the area to tour the office at 5 Church Hill ...
Published: Aug 26, 2026 at 09:50 AM
David Clark, beloved husband of the late Margaret (Bates) Clark, passed away on August 19, 2026, at the age of 89.
He was born on July 11, 1937 in Southall, United Kingdom, to Frank and Beatrice (Chambers) Clark. As a young man David played goalie f...
Published: Aug 26, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Calling it one of the best jobs she has ever had, Sherry Paisley choked up while meeting recently with members of the board of Newtown Heritage Preservation Trust (HPT). Paisley was within the main room of Newtown Meeting House on July 28, when a pil...
Published: Aug 26, 2026 at 07:30 AM
This week's Snapshot features Emily Braun.
Family: My mom, an older sister and an older brother, and me.
Pets: I have a dog and a cat.
Any nicknames? Most people call me Emily, but some of my closer friends call me Em.
How long have y...
Published: Aug 26, 2026 at 07:00 AM
Ed Kearns was born on July 4, 1932. In 1936, his family moved to the area of Osborne Hill Road and bought a piece of farmland. That farmland has been known as Kearns Farm ever since.
Ed was only 4 when he moved, and he started working right away. Kea...
Updated: Aug 25, 2026 at 07:25 PM
Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes defined her rise from a log cabin in the Tennessee mountains to the height of stardom and acclaim, has died. She was 80 years old.
Parton d...
Published: Aug 25, 2026 at 07:30 AM
Newtown writer Kate Katcher read excerpts and held a Q&A for her debut novel, 36, on August 12 at C.H. Booth Library (CHB). Already celebrated as an actor and award-winning playwright, Katcher’s first novel was released in early July.
The event was p...
