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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...

Let The (Nutmeg) Games Begin ... By Kendra Bobowick With just a quick lick of flame the wick caught fire and gave off rippling heat and smoke as Elise DeRoo, Newtown High School track and field and cross country standout who graduated this summer, c...

Skaters’ Debut At Fundraiser Is A Success By Kendra Bobowick With arms flung out for balance and sweat trickling beneath their T-shirts, competitors at Saturday’s skate park fundraiser pounded their boards along the ramps. Hit...

Police To Air Message Urging Motorist Safety By Andrew Gorosko During the month of August, a public service announcement produced by local police is scheduled to be played about 400 times on various channels on Charter Communications’ lo...

Selectmen Learn Sandy Hook Merchants Want Streetscape Completed By John Voket Standing before selectmen at their mid-July meeting, Sandy Hook resident and merchant Raymond Ruzek appealed to the board to find a way to complete the final phase of a st...

Church Fair Vendors Wanted Vendor space is still available for the Newtown Congregational Church Fair being planned for Saturday, September 20. The fair will include vendors selling art, jewelry, photography, prints, gift items, and a variety of bout...

Tweaking Vacations Gives Newtowners A Break By Nancy K. Crevier The quiet streets around town and the quantity of newspapers piling up at the ends of driveways would indicate that Newtown residents are not putting vacations on hold this summer, despi...

Doggone Etiquette — Doggie Day At The Spa By Bardi McLennan A Word to the Dog:                            Let’s face it. You are no longer a puppy. In fact, you’re getting on in dog y...

I spent the weekend gazing longingly out the window where a hummingbird vigorously worked the trumpet vine blossoms that clamber up the side of a giant ash tree there. She was flitting high and low, and back and forth in a very taunting manner, I mus...