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Newtown High School's boys' track and field team hosted New Milford, New Fairfield, and Notre Dame-Fairfield at Blue & Gold Stadium on May 1, and the girls competed at New Milford against the same three teams on May 2. Top NHS results are as follows:...

Newtown High’s boys’ volleyball team went on the road and fell to Oxford 3-1 (25-14, 21-25, 26-24, 25-21) on April 26. The Nighthawks were led by sophomore middle hitter Warner Bacon (five kills, three total blocks, six digs, and an ace), junior outs...

The Newtown Forest Association’s (NFA) headquarters parking area at the Holcombe Hill Preserve, 55 Great Hill Road, was heavily damaged by vandals sometime on April 8. The damage was discovered on April 9 by the NFA caretaker. A large informational k...

To the Editor: In the past four weeks there has been a lot of attention given to our board as a group of parents attempt to ban books they have not even read. I would like to use this space to address Newtown Public School students belonging to the L...

To the Editor: I am deeply disturbed by the current campaign to remove LGBTQ books like Flamer (by Mike Curato), This Book Is Gay (by Juno Dawson) and All Boys Aren’t Blue by (by George M. Johnson) from the Newtown High School library. Despite the w...

To the Editor: I have not written a response to The Newtown Bee in a long time. My children are long out of the school system but I have to respond to the letter by a former coach in the April 14 edition. He had many years of coaching and stated it w...

The following letter has been received for publication in The Newtown Bee: Dear Newtown Board of Education, It has come to my attention that books have been challenged in the Newtown school libraries for “objectionable” content. I strongly urge you t...

To the Editor: Newtown’s Sustainable Energy Commission salutes The Newtown Bee and its readers! Just prior to Earth Day last month, this newspaper announced on the Town’s behalf a new “PowerSmart” solar+storage campaign inviting Newtown homeowners to...

To the Editor: We wanted our neighbors to be aware of an event on April 27 on the state-owned unimproved property at 135 Berkshire Road. This is a popular parcel for hunting currently owned and maintained by the Connecticut Department of Energy and E...

To the Editor: I’m sure there isn’t much that I can add that hasn’t been said already. So I’m writing a quick note to say that failure to uphold the Constitution by restricting Newtown students’ access to books of all kinds will likely cost the distr...