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Share Newtown’s history with Newtown old-timers and newcomers alike by passing on photos of interest to The Newtown Bee. The Bee welcomes submissions of photos for “The Way We Were.” Photos can be submitted via ema...

Available Scholarships The Newtown High School Career Center publicizes all scholarships of which it is notified. A few of the scholarships, typically national ones, request that money be enclosed with the application. The Career Center believes that...

Pack 470’s Pinewood Derby To the Editor: On February 9, Pack 470 held its Annual Pinewood Derby in the highest fashion at Head O’ Meadow School. Breakfast began at 8 am with fancy options from blueberry pancakes to egg souffl...

Riderless Motorcycle Collides With Passing Auto Police report an unusual collision involving a riderless motorcycle and an auto near 38 Philo Curtis Road near the entrance to Treadwell Park about 5:45 pm February 20. Police said motorist Emily Miles,...

Hilda E. Sierer Worked For Reader ’ s Digest Hilda E. Sierer, age 92, of Newtown died Wednesday, February 27, in Ashlar of Newtown. Mrs Sierer was born in Mahopac, N.Y., on June 14, 1915, a daughter of Nathaniel and Katr...

Great Hollow YMCA To Host Open House For Home School Families NEW FAIRFIELD — On Thursday, March 6, the Great Hollow Wilderness School will host an open house from 9 am until noon. The school, which is a branch of the Regional YMCA, offer...

FDA Links Botox, Other Anti-Wrinkle Drug To Deaths WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) — The popular anti-wrinkle drug Botox and a competitor have been linked to dangerous botulism symptoms in some users, cases so bad that a few children given the drug...

A Hazmat Crew To Change A Light Bulb? To the Editor: From the February 25 Boston Globe regarding fluorescent bulbs: … Mercury is a naturally occurring metal that accumulates in the body and can harm the nervous system of a fetus or young chil...