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Flagpole Photographers Camera Club invites the public to join them at their June competition meeting. The competition theme for this month is “Long Exposure” and the Monthly Challenge theme is “Umbrella,” in addition to the monthly color and monochro...

Edmond Town Hall, the historic theater and movie house located at 45 Main Street, is sharing the finalized schedule for the 2023 summer drive-in. The Edmond team first conceptualized the drive-in as an alternative to the theater’s standard indoor mov...

Newtown Lions Club’s 2023 Great Pootatuck Duck Race will return to Sandy Hook Center on Saturday, June 3. The festivities begin at 11 am in the park at 5 Glen Road, behind Foundry Restaurant and Sandy Hook Cafe. All children’s activities and games ar...

To the Editor: On behalf of SHOP ( Sandy Hook Organization for Prosperity), I would like to thank Chief Anthony Capozziello and everyone at Sandy Hook Vol Fire & Rescue for taking care of the American flags in Sandy Hook Village. Every year, they man...

To the Editor: I’m disappointed in The Newtown Bee’s moralizing. Aren’t there untold furies in all directions displayed at other public meetings on topics of strong engagement? The Board of Ed vote over book challenges should have been decided a mont...

To the Editor: Your editorial to “dial it down” on the Board of Education vote to ban books from Newtown High School completely misses the mark. You run a newspaper, and the vote of three board members was an assault on the first amendment. Their act...

To the Editor: The Supreme Court should allow the States to interpret the 1st and 2nd amendment. States should be allowed to ban or allow guns and books. States like New York, Connecticut, and Massachusetts could allow all books and ban all guns and ...

To the Editor: The Board of Trustees of the Heritage Preservation Trust of Newtown, Inc — which administers the Newtown Meeting House — wishes to publicly thank local volunteers for their continued support in beautifying the Meeting House grounds. On...

To the Editor: The illogic of banning books for all students and parents that are neither pornographic, obscene, have won multiple book awards, and the Board of Education members have agreed are both of educational and literal value is puzzling. The ...

To the Editor: This is in response to the letter condemning the behavior of those opposed to censorship by the BOE at the meeting on May 16th. I now believe that service to the children of this town is secondary to service of the agenda of the Republ...