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Pack 270 Seeking New Members  Cub Scout Pack 270 will be holding its annual new scout recruitment night on Thursday, September 18, at 6 pm, in the Middle Gate School cafeteria. Boys currently in first through fourth grade are invited with their fami...

Eight Charged With Trespassing Police said they received a report about 8:12 pm on August 24 that a group of people with paintball guns had entered the premises at the abandoned Batchelder industrial site at 46 Swamp Road, so they went there to inve...

A Very Good Start To Fifth Grade To the Editor: I would like to commend the staff and faculty at Reed Intermediate School for providing a smooth and informative transitional program for incoming fifth graders. Over the past two months they have hoste...

Carol Recht, right, donated a blue spruce to the town, only a few feet tall since it was planted last fall. The tree is in memory of her husband and longtime public figure Richard Recht. The late Longview Tree Farm proprietor’s name is no...

Saturday, September 6 NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds ...

Make It A ‘Freshstart,’ Quit Smoking New Milford — Do you know that smoking increases your chances of developing heart disease, emphysema, and lung and other cancers, and that quitting smoking, no matter how long y...

Frances Dedrick Loved Family Frances Dedrick, 92, of Fairfield, died September 1 in her home. Born in Newtown, the daughter of John and Mary Johnson, Mrs Dedrick had been a Fairfield resident for 45 years. Survivors include her beloved husband ...

It took about ten minutes for Maureen Will, Bill Pendergast, Mae Hein, Christine Halmose, and Cheri Fickett, in that order, to call and tell us that last week’s challenge was much too easy. These folks were only the first five to tell us ...

Shouldering Responsibility In Honduras By Nancy K. Crevier Kendra Barrow’s experience with Shoulder To Shoulder in Honduras this month was even more life-changing than she expected. The 25-year-old Newtown resident was dropped into a cult...

Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submissions of photos for “The Way We Were.” Photos can be submitted via ema...