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Charter Communications has a quasi monopoly in our town. Two years ago, I paid a visit to the Charter Communication’s Newtown office and inquired about receiving the Tennis Channel. They promptly explained that since I was subscribing to...

Newtown GOP Seeks Volunteers The Newtown Republican Town Committee is seeking to fill vacancies on several local boards and commissions. Currently Republicans are sought to fill: one vacancy on the Parks & Recreation Commission, one Economic Developm...

Marcus Dairy Warehouse/Office Complex Approved By P&Z By Andrew Gorosko The Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) has approved a special permit for Marcus Dairy of Danbury that would allow the firm to move its dairy distribution business and corporate...

Town Acquisition Provides Key Open Space Link In Sandy Hook By Kendra Bobowick A hidden vernal pool alternately emerges to shimmer, then disappear according to its own tides. As its time aboveground wanes, the forest floor soon drinks it back in, cov...

Love is the greatest refreshment in life.  —Pablo Picasso Love is the poetry of the senses.  —Honoré de Balzac Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.  —Robert Frost Anyone can be passiona...

Kathryn Taylor Pategas Mother And Grandmother Kathryn Taylor Pategas, 85, Newtown, wife of the late John Pategas, died of pneumonia January 29 at Danbury Hospital surrounded by close family. Born in New York City on January 24, 1924, she was the...

Newtown High School Students Recite ‘Poetry Out Loud’ By Eliza Hallabeck Only one student could move on from the final round of the Poetry Out Loud competition at Newtown High School on Monday, February 9, but roughly 400 stud...

NHS Boys’ Basketball SWC Playoff Bound?— Players Return To Help Hawks During Stretch Run By Andy Hutchison With five games to play, the Newtown High School boys’ basketball team is in a fight for a South-West Confe...

Police Panel Considering Law Enforcement Space Needs By Andrew Gorosko Police Commission members again are considering the need for increased space for the 47-member police department, either through an expanded police station at 3 Main Street, or i...

Genevieve R. Maron Former Newtown Bee Circulation Manager Genevieve R. Maron, 95, of Newtown, died February 6, at Danbury Hospital. She was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., November 21, 1913, a daughter of Dr August G. and Mary R. (Donahue) Maron. ...