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Police Pursue Leads In Laundromat Robbery By Andrew Gorosko Police said this week they are making progress in their investigation into a robbery that occurred last week at PJ’s Laundromat in Sandy Hook Center and expect to make an arrest ...

Vote Against Secrecy, Vote No To the Editor: Hidden in the Selectmen’s budget under line item “01580 Debt Service – FFH Lease” is $259,750 to pay principal and interest (6 percent) to the Newtown Saving...

Prohibition On The Taking Of Alewide And Blueback Herring Extended The Department of Environmental Protection announced that the prohibition on the taking of alewives and blueback herring from most inland and marine waters of the State of Connecticut...

Girls Track Team Aims For Top-Three Spot In SWC By Andy Hutchison Doug Russell, Newtown High School’s girls’ track and field head coach, is hopeful for not only another top-five finish in the South-West Conference, but perhaps...

Bee Needs To Include More Voices Of Change To the Editor: Rather than a front-page story reporting to advise the Newtown voters that the Board of Selectmen scheduled a special town meeting on April 8 for the voters to approve $897,286 to purchase th...

Youth Lacrosse Results Newtown Junior Gold 8, Litchfield Hills Junior 2: Junior Gold played penalty-free lacrosse to win its first game of the season. Bubba Condon and Logun Walsh were dominant on faceoffs for Newtown.  Michael Cirone was a forc...

Keep Our MTM Bus Drivers To the Editor: I am a stay-at-home mother with two daughters and have lived in Newtown for nearly 16 years. My oldest daughter is 9 years old and attends Middle Gate School. My youngest daughter is 4½ years old and attends p...

Bunny Garden Closed The Bunny Garden at The Pleasance at 1 Main Street has been closed until further notice so that vandalism to one of the buildings  may be repaired. The closure should be temporary. A reopening of the area is anticipated later thi...

Olivia Cynthia Dennen Lisa Cascella and Gary Dennen of Newtown announce the birth of a daughter, Olivia Cynthia Dennen, born March 6, at Danbury Hospital. Olivia weighed 6 pounds, 15 ounces. She joins a sister, Marissa A. Cascella, 16 years old. Mate...

Forensic Analysis At Mattatuck Reveals Much About Fortune’s Life WATERBURY — “Fortune’s Bones,” the second of a three-part lecture series on the life and death of an African-American MAN ens...