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Hospital Posts Classes, Health Activities For January BRIDGEPORT — Bridgeport Hospital, 267 Grant Street, recently announced its program of screenings, support groups and classes for January. Programs are at the hospital unless otherwise ...

In Memory Kim J. Harmon Our Beloved Newtown Bee Sports Editor The world of sports never stops, but unfortunately your heart did. Our world is not the same without you. We miss “Bits and Pieces,” family updates, ...

Off And Running ... New Attitude In Place For This Year’s Indoor Track Team By Andy Hutchison The theme surrounding the Newtown High School’s boys’ and girls’ indoor track teams at the start of the seas...

Holiday Closings All town offices and agencies will be closed from noon on Wednesday, December 24, to 8 am on Friday, December 26, for the Christmas holiday. C.H. Booth Library will be closing at 1 pm on Christmas Eve, and then remain closed until Sa...

*MARC HUBERMAN has four performances left before the end of the year, including a return this weekend and next to Donna Marie’s Cucina Italiana in Georgetown. Marc will be there this Friday and next, December 19 and 26. Then on December ...

Prof Thomas J. McInerney Devoted To Teaching And Family Professor Thomas J. McInerney of Portsmouth, N.H., formerly of Fairfield, died suddenly December 13. Dr McInerney was born on July 6, 1921, in Lynn, Mass. Survivors include a son, St...

Making A Splash — Newtown Torpedoes Swim To 313-256 Victory Over Plainville The Newtown Torpedoes swim team defeated Plainville 313-256 this past Saturday. Age group highlights are as follows. Ages 8-and-Under 25 yd freestyle: Isabel...

No Evidence Of Success To the Editor: During the Board of Selectmen’s meeting on December 15, Redding Assistant Deer Warden Chas Catania spoke to encourage Newtown to follow Redding’s deer cull model, which he characterized as...

Deer Culling: Neither Safe Nor Acceptable To the Editor: As a resident of Newtown, I was very disturbed and disappointed to learn from Lorrie Silber’s newsletter that our town is talking about forming a task force to decide whether or no...

Returning To The Rule Of Law To the Editor: In reference to last week’s letter by Alison Berk (Letter Hive, “Let’s Fix This Country Ourselves,” 12/12/08), in which she puts forth a number of considered ...