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Burt Chernow Galleries Closed Weekends Through January 25 BRIDGEPORT – The Housatonic Museum of Art’s Burt Chernow Galleries, which are hosting the 25th anniversary exhibit of Art/Place through January 30, will be closed weeke...

Noted Deaths 2008 As with every year, 2008 saw the passing of several notable figures in Newtown. Louis D. Marchese, 93, Newtown’s first police chief, died December 29, 2007, at Danbury Hospital following a long illness. In a distinguish...

Swamp Road Police report a motor vehicle accident that occurred during snowy, slippery conditions about 12:30 pm December 19 near 39 Swamp Road. Motorist Darren Toth, 40, of Shelton, who was driving a 2005 Chevrolet Silverado pickup northward on...

Corrections Readers should note that Susan Belanger, who was featured in last week’s Bee in a story called “Peer Group Counseling Offers Strength To Siblings,” holds a PhD, which was not mentioned within the story....

The Little Stories Of Human Interest That Make Newtown Nicer By Nancy K. Crevier The Bee featured many stories with a local and national interest slant during 2008, offered ideas to ponder, and put out snippets of information to pique the curiosi...

Patricia Fahrendorf Keating Honorary Scarsdale Fire Co. Member Patricia Fahrendorf Keating, 89, of Scarsdale, N.Y., died December 26. Mrs Keating was born in St Louis, Mo., June 11, 1919. Survivors include a daughter, Joanne Thompson of Sa...

NHS Skaters Score Six In Third Period, Win Second Of Year By Andy Hutchison The Newtown High School hockey team jumped into the fire with a tough season-opening game at Division I East Haven on December 18. The D-III Nighthawks held their own in a 5-...

Lila Nash Wesley Beloved Mother  And Grandmother Lila Nash Wesley, 81, of Nunnawauk Meadows, died December 26 in Ashlar of Newtown, after a long illness. Mrs Wesley was the wife of the late Edward C. Wesley. She was born in Mount Kisco, N....

Thursday, January 1, 2009 NEW YEAR’S DAY Friday, January 2 Second Annual Twelfth Night Celebration, 7:30 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, free Renaissance-theme celebration will include music, dance, dramatic readings, c...

Was It Hard To Hear At Holiday Parties? Blame Your Brain NEW YORK (AP) — Did plunging into boisterous crowds bathed in loud music this holiday season sound something like this: “Did you know (BOOM-da-da-BOOM) went over (Bob! Y...