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The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Wednesday, August 31: 10:27 am, medical assist, Mt Pleasant Road, Hawleyville responded; 3:22 pm, smoke/...

Newtown High School’s girls’ and boys’ cross country teams are ready to begin the season. Coaches Christina Caron and Carl Strait are excited to see what transpires. The girls will be challenged by South-West Conference rivals New Milford and Pompera...

Coming off a South-West Conference title run, Newtown High School’s field hockey team will take the field with a new look this fall. The roster is in a bit of a rebuilding stage with several newcomers and only four juniors and four seniors in the fol...

The Faxon Law New Haven Road Race events — made possible by title sponsor Faxon Law Group, for which Newtown’s Joel Faxon is a partner — took place on Labor Day, September 5. This included a half marathon, half marathon relay, 5K, Town Fair Tire kids...

“It's a long season,” Coach Bobby Pattison said after his Newtown High School football team played its season opener, on September 9. The Nighthawks have a lot of football ahead and a chance to bounce back following what was a long night — in more wa...

Perhaps the best-kept secret of the 2022 Labor Day Parade Committee was the last-minute recruitment of Mother Nature who kept Monday morning’s forecasted steady rain showers at bay until well after the many participating pieces of local rescue and fi...

The Newtown Police Department has issued its final traffic advisory in anticipation of the 2022 United Ride. On Sunday, September 11, the annual 9/11 United Motorcycle Ride will pass through Newtown. The ride will enter town on Route 302, then turn r...

It isn’t too late to dive into NUSAR’s fundraising efforts. On September 17, Newtown Underwater Search And Rescue (NUSAR) members will be testing the water on a new event. To make up for two years of cancelling their annual fundraising basketball tea...

Newtown High School’s football team members are hopeful the start to this season mirrors the finish: Playing in a game against a tough nonconference foe. If that is the case, these Nighthawks — who open against tough FCIAC team Greenwich — will at th...

With the first full week for Newtown Public Schools concluded, Superintendent Chris Melillo spent a few minutes with The Newtown Bee reflecting on education, transportation, and more. “Overall it was a great start,” Melillo said on September 6. “I th...