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Town Receives Device Designed To Control Structure Fires By Andrew Gorosko The town now owns a specialized fire extinguisher designed to quickly control a structure fire’s spread, providing firefighters with precious time to move into th...

State Loses More Jobs In January WETHERSFIELD (AP) — The state labor department says Connecticut lost 3,600 jobs in January, pushing the unemployment rate to 7.3 percent. Since last January the state has lost about 38,000 jobs on a seaso...

Newtown Softball Spring Registration and Training Registration for Newtown Babe Ruth Softball for girls ages 6 and up is available online at  www.newtownsoftball.org. The fee for the 2009 spring season is $120 until March 15, after which time there ...

Art Festival & Wine Tasting MONROE — On Saturday, March 21, from 5 to 7 pm, St Peter’s Episcopal Church will host an Artist Festival & Wine Tasting. “For Art Sake,” the art festival, will feature work b...

Regional Hospice Welcomes Newtowner To Board DANBURY — Regional Hospice recently welcomed Newtown resident Paul Sirois and Ed Ronan of Brookfield as the newest members of the agency’s board of directors. “I am del...

Cut The Fat Off The Meat, Not The Meat Off The Bone To the Editor: The Board of Finance months ago pulled a number out of the air that the schools needed a budget to come in at 95 percent of the current operating budget. Where did this number came f...

Non-Union Workers Are Substandard Workers To the Editor: In last week’s edition of The Bee, a letter was published titled “Misleading the Department of Labor” written by Ruby Johnson, 2/27/09. After reading this a...

Master Chorale To Present Connecticut Premiere Of Karl Jenkins Work The Connecticut Master Chorale (CMC), under the direction of Tina Johns Heidrich, will present its winter concert on Sunday, March 8, at 3 pm. The performance will be at St Rose of ...

Atkinsons Compete In Conference Championships Newtown sisters Abby and Emma Atkinson, both collegiate swimmers, competed in conference championships February 20-21. Abby is a junior who swims at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, PA. She swam three i...

The Snow Isn’t Over… Yet By Kendra Bobowick The snow fell hardest as drivers tried to make their ways safely to work Monday morning, fighting their steering wheels while maneuvering through what would amount to an estimated eight i...