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UPDATE: This online report was updated at 10:20 am on January 21 to clarify that approximately one hour of public comments regarding the pending ordinance repeals continued from the respective hearings into the regular meeting that immediately fo...

SOUTHBURY — Mary Beverly (Morris) Guck passed peacefully on December 28, two days before her 86th birthday. She was born in 1936 to Madge (Fulmer) and Arthur Harry Morris, a kindergarten teacher, and an artist. Her parents were loving, caring people ...

Thomas N. Judge died peacefully on January 15, 2023, in New London, New Hampshire, surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Clinton, Michigan, on January 12, 1936, to Edward and Marvel Judge. Tom was the youngest son with two older brothers, J...

The members of Mangia Mangia Book Club are the first to admit they love a good meal. The seven women who make up the club, which formally celebrated its 20th anniversary last month, laugh while saying theirs is a group that gathers around dinners and...

Each week we compile a list of some of the recent most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads. Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the print edition, ma...

John Joseph Keayes, of Newtown, passed away peacefully on Friday, December 30, 2022. His home is now in Heaven with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. John was born on June 2, 1941, in Bridgeport, Connecticut. After graduating from Roger Ludlowe High ...

Occupation: I am the Newtown Police Community Services Sergeant. I’ve been a Newtown Police Officer since January of 2008. I spent about seven years as a patrol officer, working primarily 4 pm to midnight shifts. Then I spent about seven years as...

Ahead of the Wednesday, January 18 Legislative Council public hearing and subsequent meeting, during which elected leaders are scheduled to discuss the possible repeal of several ordinances including those involving fracking and disposable plastic ba...

See Part 1 of this story in the January 6 print edition 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 students and six faculty members at Sandy Hook Elem...

On January 9, the Board of Finance continued to discuss a policy dealing with fund balances held by outside agencies, noting that the policy should emphasize accountability and transparency. The finance board has spent its last several meetings discu...