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The Newtown Police Department Detective Bureau this week arrested and charged the man they found responsible for the death of a 26-year-old Danbury resident following a recent crash. Roger Villa, 23, was arrested on May 15 and charged with Manslaught...

Another dominant showing for Newtown High School’s softball team proved to be a telling one for a squad not often tested but in unfamiliar territory. The Nighthawks bounced back from their first loss, a 9-6 setback at Immaculate of Danbury on May 9, ...

Newtown High School’s girls’ tennis team followed up a strong regular season with a South-West Conference championship (check the May 26 print edition of The Bee for more coverage of the team's May 18 SWC title). NHS defeated host Notre Dame-Fairfiel...

Newtown High School’s girls’ golf team defeated visiting Weston 198-228 at Newtown Country Club on May 11. Aidan Herbstman carded a 50, Maddy Watson 54, Riley Ragan 45, and Madelyn Marcisz 49. The Nighthawks went on the road and beat Stratford 196-26...

Nighthawk girls beat Bethel at home and NHS boys win at Bethel in South-West Conference Tournament quarterfinals.

The following letter to Newtown High School Students has been received for publication by The Newtown Bee: To the Students of Newtown High, This letter is for you. Regardless of the outcome of this book challenge, and the other challenges that will c...

To the Editor: What an eventful day this past Tuesday was! Let’s discuss the rally and the Board of Ed meeting this past week. The topic at hand? Book bans. For those who did not attend the rally, we got to hear from law and educational professionals...

To the Editor: As the proud mom of a daughter who teaches 8th grade science in the public school I am pleased to see signs around town which proclaim “We Love Teachers.” I started to wonder if, as a country, we took that love and turned it into actio...

To the Editor: Respectfully, we “ban” books all the time at libraries. Does any school in town have a copy of Mein Kampf (sic)? Do the schools have The Bible or the Koran? Do any of them have Dwight Eisenhower’s At Ease. Do they all get a subscriptio...

To the Editor: There has been a lot of commentary recently that specifically calls out the individual Board of Education members. Newtown has continued to be a place I am proud to live, due in a large part to the people who dedicate their time to mak...