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Updated: Apr 27, 2023 at 02:51 PM
C.H. Booth Library has arranged for a special author event on Wednesday, May 3, at 5:30 pm, featuring Craig Thompson.
Thompson’s autobiographical graphic novel Blankets is among a few titles currently being challenged by residents of Newtown, who fee...
Updated: Apr 27, 2023 at 10:02 AM
Joan Dyer (nee Kilmartin) passed away peacefully on April 25, 2023 in Danbury, Conn.
She was born on March 9, 1942 in Brooklyn, N.Y. to Edmund and Kathleen (nee McCafferty) Kilmartin. She is survived by her sister, Kathleen Kilmartin of Ridgefield an...
Published: Apr 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM
We hope readers enjoyed and were inspired by the The Newtown Bee’s ‘Why I LOVE Newtown’ Essay project finalists, whose contributions were featured in the April 14 edition.
The inspiration continues!
This week marks the beginning of several weeks of c...
Published: Apr 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Readers are invited to join Ben’s Bells to celebrate kindness at its biggest fundraising event of the year.
The 2023 Celebration of Kindness Day is planned for Thursday, May 25, from 6 to 9 pm, at Reverie Brewing Company, 57-B Church Hill Road.
The e...
Updated: Apr 26, 2023 at 03:29 PM
NOTE (April 26, 2023; 2:52 pm): This story has been updated to reflect the proper name of the Fabric Fire Hose Company predecessor.
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“The ABCs of Newtown” is a series tying each letter of the alphabet to something in Newtown. This w...
Updated: Apr 26, 2023 at 09:24 AM
With a roughly 9% turnout, the town and school budgets, as well three capital projects, passed at referendum on April 25.
According to Democratic Registrar of Voters Lereine Frampton, 1,720 voters cast a ballot, with 1,628 voting in person and 62 abs...
Published: Apr 25, 2023 at 04:40 PM
Kathleen Mary Wlasuk, age 60 of Newtown, passed away peacefully April 23, 2023.
Services are being held at Dodgingtown Volunteer Fire House in the upstairs hall on April 29, from 11 am to noon, followed by a celebration of life with food and drinks s...
Updated: Apr 25, 2023 at 02:00 PM
The public is invited to a special event happening at Newtown Community Center, 8 Simpson Street, on Wednesday, April 26, from 6 to 8 pm.
Join Hearts of Hope of Newtown to celebrate and give thanks to Newtown’s beloved school bus drivers. Everyone is...
Updated: Apr 25, 2023 at 01:02 PM
Gerard Thomas Longo, 57, of Sandy Hook, succumbed to his illness on Friday, April 21, 2023.
He was born on September 10, 1965, to Rosemarie (nee Damiano) and Paul Longo. Gerry grew up in North White Plains, N.Y., and attended Virginia Road Elementary...
Updated: Apr 25, 2023 at 04:59 PM
After nearly three years of anticipation, some of the more ambitious costumes that participants in The Lion King, Jr will be wearing for the upcoming Reed Intermediate School production were modeled for the first time one recent afternoon.
According ...
