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Peter Stockwell, in his sixth year as an assistant football coach with the Newtown Youth Football & Cheer (NYF&C) program, has taken on a new role as president. Stockwell, a three-year board member who previously served as treasurer, took over as pre...

While bus driver shortages have been common among many districts in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, Newtown has been hit especially hard. With many drivers leaving the district for higher wages offered in districts elsewhere in the state, the Boar...

Newtown’s first responders were sent to Sunset Hill Road Tuesday night, after a fire broke out inside a residential home there. All five local fire companies, Newtown Police, Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and a paramedic were dispatched to 7 Suns...

To the Editor: Labor Day is a fun time for friends, families and communities to come together to raise a glass and celebrate the unofficial end of summer and the hard work we all achieved throughout the year. Whether you celebrate the holiday weekend...

To the Editor: Thank you for your article dated August 22. My interest in this situation stems from a Master Gardener’s perspective, so yes, I may be biased. To my mind, so much of what happens in that office and on the property benefits so many. Per...

To the Editor: I am hopeful that many people have read The Newtown Bee article last week regarding the eviction of Fairfield County UConn Extension in Stony Hill, Bethel. I can imagine that you may also share our dismay and bewilderment over this evi...

To the Editor: A short note just to say how grateful I am to Scudder Smith who made our world, and our little corner of Newtown, a bit more beautiful. I knew him only to share a neighborly wave as he drove by our house in that cool car, and I think w...

To the Editor: Sadly, Fairfield County is in the midst of losing a valuable community research resource with the “wrongful” eviction pending at the Bethel Agricultural Extension Center. I have been fortunate enough personally to have participated in ...

To the Editor: I just read the article related to the eviction of the UCONN Extension service from the location on Stony Hill in Bethel. What a sad day when this community service becomes the victim of a landlord/tenant dispute. The lack of explanati...