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Updated: Jan 22, 2023 at 11:22 AM
Members of Trinity Episcopal Church recently took the first step toward Mardi Gras, with a King’s Cake celebration and competition. Organizers are already looking toward two special events hosted by the church, both planned for mid-February.
More tha...
Updated: Jan 24, 2023 at 11:56 AM
UPDATE: This online report was modified at 12pm on January 24 to clarify when The Newtown Bee Sportsman of the Year Award was launched.
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Fans looking for plenty of highlight-reel plays, tackles, and leadership on the gridiron should lo...
Published: Jan 21, 2023 at 08:00 AM
When was the last time you took your child to the library? Or visited the library yourself?
On Saturday, February 4, public libraries throughout Connecticut and beyond, including Newtown’s C.H. Booth Library, will celebrate the 12th Annual Take Your ...
Published: Jan 21, 2023 at 07:00 AM
DANBURY — A trio of goals by both Alex Schmidt and Cam Gouveia lifted the Newtown-New Fairfield co-op hockey team to a 10-1 drubbing of visiting Milford, at Danbury Ice Arena on January 11 — a hat trick times two in the Hat City.
Patrick Moody, Sebas...
Updated: Jan 23, 2023 at 09:40 AM
A big part of wrestling is being able to overcome an opponent who might have you down. Newtown High School’s wrestling team, as a whole, got off the mat following a tough loss for a notable win.
Newtown, after a tough 49-18 loss at arch nemesis New M...
Published: Jan 20, 2023 at 04:00 PM
January 23, 1998
EDITORIAL INK DROPS — WONDERS OF WINTER: Now that all the people with winter homes down south have packed up and gone, and now that it’s just those of us who find the season’s salt and sand on the road, not on the beach, the tru...
Updated: Jan 20, 2023 at 01:53 PM
Editor's Note: The Newtown Bee is a proud partner and is sharing this story originally appearing at CTMirror.org, the website of The Connecticut Mirror, an independent, nonprofit news organization covering government, politics, and public policy ...
Published: Jan 20, 2023 at 08:00 AM
I hope everyone had a nice Martin Luther King, Jr, Day this year. It is an important day to remember and reflect, and it is a day that, I hope, can be reflected year-round.
The next day on my radar is Valentine’s Day, and Newtown Youth & Family Servi...
Published: Jan 20, 2023 at 07:30 AM
Superintendent of Schools Chris Melillo outlined an initial 2023-24 spending proposal to the Board of Education January 17 totaling $85,989,669 — a roughly $3,855,030, or 4.69 percent, increase over the current year.
As Melillo said at the meeting, i...
Published: Jan 20, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Ben’s Lighthouse will host an evening of music with The Flagpole Radio Café Orchestra on Saturday, March 18, at 7 pm. Proceeds from the concert will benefit Ben’s Lighthouse and its Isle of Skoo summer camp.
The performance will be at Newtown Meeting...
