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To the Editor: Thank you, Newtown! Thank you for all the donations during the Labor Day Parade! Your food donations filled the backs of two pickup trucks. Those items are already on our shelves, and are making a difference in our community. Your gene...

To the Editor: In the lead-up to the November 8 elections a lot of ink and digits will be devoted to candidates. I’m writing to highlight the Referendums that will be on the back of ballots. There will be a Statewide question, and in Newtown, two que...

To the Editor: The Legislative Council is proposing that the Town Board of Finance be eliminated and its functions rolled into the Legislative Council. Newtown voters will be asked to approve this short-sighted and counterproductive move in a Novembe...

To the Editor, On Saturday, the Newtown Forest Association once again hosted their Sunset Wine Tasting fundraiser. There is no better place to await a sunset (and for this year, to glimpse a bright orange harvest moon) than atop the Holcombe Hill Wil...

To the Editor: Given the vitriol of American politics lately, this quote by Elie Wiesel recently caught my attention: “The opposite of love is not hate, it’s indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it’s indifference. The opposite of faith ...

To the Editor: There’s so much tension in the air these days. Will we devolve into another Civil War or find a middle road? We’re a very diverse nation with very diverse philosophies about what government should do. The first responsibility of a gove...

To the Editor: In 2012, The Newtown Cultural Arts Commission had an extraordinary vision. The nine-member Commission established the Newtown Arts Festival to promote and support the local arts community. Scheduled to take place this weekend, Septembe...

Consolidate: to make (something) physically stronger or more solid; or to combine (a number of things) into a single, more effective or coherent whole. Over the past few months, one of our neighboring communities to the north with a remarkably s...

March 30, 1996 to September 17, 1998 Our Precious Angel 24 years, so many tears. Always in our thoughts, Forever in our hearts.

As part of our continuing partnership with Connecticut Public, and in recognition of the Connecticut League of Women Voters (LWVCT) and its efforts to promote civic-mindedness, The Newtown Bee is proud to announce we will be co-presenting a series of...