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Updated: Aug 03, 2023 at 09:12 AM
Meeting at Fairfield State Hospital and eventually marrying at Newtown Congregational Church 53 years ago, Ed and Beverly Dahlstrom seemed to have a quintessential Newtown love story.
“We met in Cochran House,” said Beverly, referencing a building at...
Updated: Sep 21, 2023 at 03:58 PM
Gregory L. Ritzinger: Beloved husband, brother, father, uncle, and papa passed away peacefully and surrounded by family on July 26 after a long and brave battle with cancer. An avid runner, mechanic, banjo player, and Block Islander, Greg built a lov...
Updated: Aug 02, 2023 at 01:29 PM
Suzanne A. (Grover) Lehmann, of Sandy Hook, Conn., passed away peacefully on July 24, 2023, at her residence at The Linden in Brookfield, Conn. Sue was born on Staten Island, N.Y. on June 8, 1935, to Mildred L. (Steele) and Edmund T. Grover.
After gr...
Published: Aug 02, 2023 at 09:00 AM
When Jason Edwards learned he was awarded Newtown’s latest Teacher of the Year title, friends, colleagues and administrators paired the surprising news with a massive succulent — “like 18, 20 pounds,” in lieu of flowers, referring to it as a “masculi...
Published: Aug 02, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Senior Center hosted an open house and health expo on July 20 that drew a steady crowd of attendees.
The three-hour event offered a look at some of the center’s exercise classes, the opportunity to look around the full center, meet and greet ...
Published: Aug 01, 2023 at 07:00 AM
With a planned deadline for submitting final recommendation to the Board of Selectmen at its September 4 meeting, the Town Administrator Workgroup is planning two final gatherings to work up their plans at 3:30 pm on Monday, August 7, and 3:30 pm on ...
Published: Jul 31, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Both Drivers Injured
Newtown Police report Jack Anderlot, 18, of Brookfield, operating a 2013 Mazda3, was traveling west on Church Hill Road at 6:49 pm July 15. Jose Cruz-Perez, 25, of West Haven, operating a 2021 Ram PRM, was traveling east on ...
Published: Jul 31, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Wednesday, July 19: 4:01 pm, fire alarm, 99 South Main Street, Hook & Ladder and Botsford responded; 5:28 pm, fire alarm, 36 Old Bethel Road, Hawleyville and Hook & Ladder responded; 6:29 pm, fire alarm, 36 Old Bethel Road, Hawleyville responded;...
Updated: Jul 31, 2023 at 08:20 AM
After responding 24/7 for nearly a decade to the community’s emergency medical calls from their new headquarters on the Fairfield Hills campus, the Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and its Association board invited community members in to their firs...
Published: Jul 29, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Thanks to support generated from a Newtown Bee Letter Hive appeal, a seemingly unaffected and downright perky 11-year-old poodle mix recently rescued from a New York dog pound is recovering after a local veterinarian removed a half-pound tumor from h...
