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Resolve To Exercise For Both Mental, Physical Fitness FARMINGTON — The messages are virtually everywhere: exercise regularly and eat better. And this is the time of year people tend to be more likely to heed that advice, as personal pledg...

The Revolution Comes To NMS By Martha Coville On December 12, soldiers from the Revolutionary War’s Continental Army commandeered classrooms at the Newtown Middle School. They were members of the Fifth Connecticut Regiment, a line unit fo...

Attorney General Wants Continued Funding For Smokers’ Quitline HARTFORD — Attorney General Richard recently dispatched letters to Governor M. Jodi Rell, House Speaker James Amann, and Senate President Pro Tem Donald Williams,...

Award-Winning Teamwork At The Fraser-Woods School By Martha Coville The Fraser-Woods School students participating in an international robotics competition sponsored by Lego have consistently won awards at the state and regional level. Peter Becker, ...

Singing For The Season   ‘Twas the Saturday before Christmas and all through the shop, hairstylists listened until the caroling stopped… Overpowering the aromas of hair gels and noise of hair dryers were the resonant sounds of voi...

Finance Board Reviews Scope Of NHS Project By John Voket Although two Board of Education members were in attendance December 27, they were restricted from speaking on behalf off their board when members of the Board of Finance continued questioning t...

 Naugatuck Valley Community College Campus Tours  Waterbury — Naugatuck Valley Community College will hold free hourlong information sessions and campus tours Monday, January 7, for those interested in learning more about how its course...

Editor’s Note   The Newtown Bee hopes to have a new sports editor on staff in two weeks, but in the interim Steve Bigham has agreed to help out with The Bee’s sports coverage. We would like to thank Mr Bigham for his...

Martha Velthuizen Owned Newtown Taxi Martha Velthuizen, 82, of Newtown died December 29 in Pope John Paul II Center for Healthcare, Danbury. Mrs Velthuizen was the wife of the late Andre Velthuizen. She was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, on...