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Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 04:00 PM
August 21, 1998
The whole town just exploded, said Henry Stormer moments after Tuesday’s violent thunderstorm. The detective was helping out in the police department’s dispatch room when the calls started coming in. The brief but intense storm h...
Updated: Aug 18, 2023 at 10:09 AM
Center Street in Sandy Hook will remain closed for hours after a tractor-trailer truck went off I-84 West in that area around 8 am.
A tandem 18-wheeler went off the interstate bridge and crashed onto the southern shoulder of Center Street. The cab an...
Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 08:00 AM
What did the bee say to the flower? “Hey bud.”
What says “zzub zzub zzub”? A bee flying backwards.
What’s another name for a baby bee? A little humbug.
Are you seeing a theme here? Happy National Honey Bee Day! Observed on the third Saturday in Augus...
Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 07:30 AM
The Town Players of Newtown is holding performances of A Murder Is Announced, a play based on Agatha Christie’s murder mystery novel and directed by Gene Golaszewski.
The August 13 matinee featured seamless lighting and scene changes. The set was bea...
Updated: Aug 18, 2023 at 11:42 AM
The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) has a pair of special events approaching during the next few weeks.
First, the group will host Chris Ivers demonstrating painting in pastel on Wednesday, August 23, at 1:30 pm, in the lower level of Newt...
Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 07:00 AM
Newtown Youth Football & Cheer (NYF&C) got underway with preseason practices — football at Treadwell Park and cheer at the back turf field at Newtown High for a day due to rain before moving over to Dickinson Park — on August 7. The teams will compet...
Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 06:55 AM
Newtown's 9U baseball team advanced to the Cal Ripken World Series. Here is a little fun information on each player.
Published: Aug 18, 2023 at 06:50 AM
Coming off a state championship in Easton and a New England Regional title in Chelmsford, Mass. in July, the Newtown 9U Hawks baseball team represented the region in the Cal Ripken World Series, in Ocala, Fla. in early August.
Newtown team parents no...
Updated: Aug 18, 2023 at 02:58 PM
To the Editor:
Two weeks ago Frank Gardner and I published our letter “It’s Here, It’s Now, It’s a Disaster” in The Newtown Bee. Today we want to follow up with some additional thoughts on two themes we hope you will find interesting, relevant and th...
Published: Aug 17, 2023 at 04:25 PM
To the Editor:
Hate Has No Home Here*
*Restrictions Apply
How it is so easy to come together and decide as a community that Newtown is not the place for a gargantuan truck stop, but when it comes to condemning hate in all forms, we have people on the...
