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Published: Jan 27, 2023 at 08:00 AM
The Board of Education heard from individuals representing different areas of the Superintendent’s Requested Operational Plan 2023-24 between two meetings, January 19 and January 24.
As previously reported in The Newtown Bee, Superintendent of School...
Published: Jan 27, 2023 at 08:00 AM
When do slime and cookies go together? When you’re talking about Newtown Community Center, of course! In the case of the first, Have The Slime of Your Life, originally planned for last week, it has been rescheduled to the afternoon of Sunday, Februar...
Published: Jan 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM
The Newtown Police Commission is throwing its weight behind an initial request to budget for two additional officers for the police department this coming fiscal year, stating that additional work from Connecticut’s Police Accountability Act is putti...
Published: Jan 27, 2023 at 07:00 AM
MONROE — There was not much suspense when Newtown High School’s girls’ basketball team visited South-West Conference foe Masuk on January 24; the Nighthawks rolled to a 48-20 triumph. Coach Jeremy O’Connell has sweated out his fair share of nail-bite...
Published: Jan 27, 2023 at 06:55 AM
The old adage “it’s not how you start but how you finish that is important,” is one the Newtown High School boys’ basketball team has embraced.
Falling behind early, trailing after one quarter of play, and battling back to claim victory has become st...
Updated: Jan 27, 2023 at 08:51 AM
WATERTOWN — The Newtown-New-Fairfield co-op hockey team visited Watertown-Pomperaug at the Taft School Mays Rink on January 21 and fell 4-1. The Nighthawks played an aggressive first period only conceding a goal to Watertown-Pomperaug’s Jackson Hitch...
Published: Jan 26, 2023 at 04:30 PM
To the Editor:
Unfortunately, I think it has come down to this. If middle-class, work-a-day, family-oriented, patriotic Americans are not out there regularly manning the barricades to stop America’s great slide into oblivion, then guess who the real ...
Published: Jan 26, 2023 at 04:25 PM
To the Editor:
Recently, the Legislative Council voted to repeal Newtown’s Plastic Bag Ordinance (2018) requiring a ten-cent charge on paper bags. This was a slap in the face to the Newtown Environmental Action Team (NEAT) and others who worked tirel...
Published: Jan 26, 2023 at 04:20 PM
To the Editor:
I recently attended the meeting of the Legislative Council at which the plastic bag ordinance was discussed. I have the following comments.
Much time and confusion could have been prevented if it had been made clear at the beginning of...
Published: Jan 26, 2023 at 04:15 PM
To the Editor:
Is it really a public hearing if elected officials aren’t there to listen?
At last week’s Legislative Council meeting, six LC members voted to repeal Newtown’s smart, effective Reusable Checkout Bag Initiative ordinance. This ordinance...
