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Sandy Hook Elementary School students on risers stood prepared to present their winter chorus program to the school on January 11. Newtown music educator Cynthia Holberg was putting finishing touches to the sound design of the cafetorium as the stude...

State and local officials are warning residents to prepare now for weekend weather that could deliver extremely cold air and strong winds by the end of the week. Governor Ned Lamont on Monday evening directed the state’s severe cold weather protocol ...

Marc Gregory Wiseman, 58, of Sandy Hook, Connecticut, a devoted husband and father, passed away unexpectedly at home on January 27, 2023. Born in Newport, Rhode Island, on February 26, 1964, he was the son of Donald and Gwen Wiseman, who raised him i...

Newtown Nonprofit Council hosted its first monthly meeting of 2023 at C.H. Booth Library on January 17. The group did a hybrid option of in-person and virtual. Previously, all its meetings were conducted via Zoom. C.H. Booth Library Reference Librari...

See Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3 of this story in the January 6, 13, and 20 print edition, respectively, or at newtownbee.com. After the tragic and incomprehensible events of December 14, 2012 (known in town as 12/14) that left 20 first grade stud...

As soon as the door opened for the audience to enter at Middle Gate Elementary School on January 12, the chorus on the gymnasium stage was waving to younger siblings and friends, who waved and called back excitedly. Middle Gate fourth graders perform...

Crews continue to work major intersection changes for the area of Wasserman Way (State Route 490) at the Exit 11 ramps, Berkshire Road (Route 34) at Wasserman Way, and Berkshire at Toddy Hill Road. Construction work paused December 24-January 2, when...

On January 6, five local Boy Scouts from Newtown’s Troop 70 earned their figurative wings as they were honored for their promotion to the rank of Eagle Scout at a ceremony at St Rose of Lima Church. Colby Fowler of Newtown, Colman Tokar of Monroe, Ry...

With a big job ahead of them that is expected to take at least six months, the Town Administrator Workgroup is looking to define exactly what it will be doing so it knows what direction it needs to take with its first steps. To that end, before offic...

Kathleen Randall died peacefully on January 14, 2023, in San Antonio, Texas. She was 66 years old and surrounded by her loving son, Robby Hall, and family. Kathleen was born on October 22, 1956, in Sandy Hook, Conn. She graduated from Newtown High Sc...