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Midyear Graduation At NHS By Martha Coville Thirty-four Newtown High School students graduated midyear on Monday, February 4, in a low-key ceremony in the NHS lecture hall. Parents, friends, and district staff, including Superintendent Janet Robinso...

BETH B WILL TALK AT SVA MARCH 25 AVV 1-14 #725466 NEW YORK CITY — The School of Visual Arts will present a free lecture by Beth B on Tuesday, March 25, at 7 pm, 133/141 West 21 Street, Room 101C. Working in a variety of art forms and medi...

A Good Year For United Way To the Editor: United Way of Western Connecticut would like to thank everyone who offered their support during 2007. Last year brought many new developments, one of which was the merger of three United Ways to form United W...

Correction In a February 8 article about Newtown Resident Dr John Murphy being appointed as president of Danbury Hospital, The Bee incorrectly reported that his transition to that position had already occurred. The hospital clarified this week that D...

Barbara Hardy Turner Retired Teacher Barbara Hardy Turner, 69, died February 11. She is survived by her husband, Ted Turner, Sr, of Monroe; brothers, Robert Hardy of Newtown, James Hardy of Fort Myers, Fla., and the Reverend Ralph Hardy of Sout...

Ashlar Seeking Volunteers For Lay Training In Geriatric Ministry Program Aging, with its many challenges, is often a time when spiritual resources and emotional support are vital to the elderly and their families. Unfortunately, there are not enough...

Black Ice Results In I-84 Accidents By Andrew Gorosko Slippery black-ice conditions on Interstate 84 early on Sunday, February 10, resulted in two related motor vehicle accidents on the westbound side of the highway, near Exit 11, with a local woman ...

Two Newtown swimmers represented The Regional YMCA of Western Connecticut Mako Swim Team at the Wilton YMCA AA Invitational Meet, which hosted top swimmers from across the region January 25-27. In order to participate, the swimmers had to meet strin...

When On-Line Dating Services Go Bad Who Loves Ya? By John Voket If you woke up February 14 vowing to make this Valentine’s Day the last one you are spending without romance in your life, you might want to avoid the temptation to fall for...

Men’s Slow Pitch Softball Men interested in participating in Newtown’s Sunday slow pitch softball league, and anyone interested in umpirirng on Sunday mornings should contact Mike Lancaster at lancaster_ michael@yahoo.com.