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Published: Jan 05, 2023 at 04:15 PM
The 2023 Newtown Bee First Baby of Newtown will be introduced to readers in next week’s print edition.
The family has been contacted and Managing Editor Shannon Hicks will be meeting and interviewing the parents and meeting the first baby this week.
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Published: Jan 05, 2023 at 03:00 PM
Over the past few weeks, our reporters at The Newtown Bee have begun writing about the ramping-up of Newtown's local budget process.
While we would certainly love it if these — and the dozens of reports sure to come leading up to the annual budget r...
Published: Jan 05, 2023 at 01:38 PM
Newtown Police Department Detective Bureau, in cooperation with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, has arrested a Sandy Hook man for possession of child pornography.
On January 5, search and seizure warrant was executed by police at a Sandy Hook r...
Updated: Jan 11, 2023 at 02:15 PM
HARTFORD — Governor Ned Lamont is directing the flag of the State of Connecticut to be lowered to half-staff in honor of State Representative Quentin “Q” Williams (D-Middletown), who was killed early this morning in a motor vehicle crash.
The Associa...
Published: Jan 04, 2023 at 01:10 PM
Michael Newlin Smith, 87, died peacefully on October 11 at Danbury Hospital. Born May 4, 1935 in Portland, Maine, to Norman Brooke Smith and Rosamond Thomas Smith, he was raised in Brunswick, Maine. There he attended local schools before graduating f...
Updated: Jan 04, 2023 at 10:17 AM
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.
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Updated: Jan 04, 2023 at 09:10 AM
Earth Day comes just once a year, but environmental activism and education are a year-round occurrence.
Newtown residents were introduced to a variety of “green” coverage in 2022 that ranged from how to help nature thrive to how to achieve energy eff...
Published: Jan 04, 2023 at 08:00 AM
Newtown’s first responders have always been ready to answer calls for help, and 2022 kept police officers, firefighters, search and rescue divers, and emergency medical personnel busy with myriad calls for help.
One of the first fires of the year tha...
Published: Jan 04, 2023 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I am the owner of New Insights Boutique in Sandy Hook.
Family: I’ve been married to Jim for 33 years. Our daughter Samantha is the manager at New Insights Boutique and Jamie Rose is our youngest daughter.
How long have you liv...
Published: Jan 04, 2023 at 07:00 AM
The Year 2022 was filled with lessons and smiles for students in Newtown’s public schools.
“It’s been a great year,” Superintendent of Schools Chris Melillo said near the end of December.
The superintendent started his time in the district mid-summer...
