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Police Commission Talks Jake Brakes, Rumble Strips

Published: Aug 12, 2022 at 07:00 AM
The Police Commission discussed a large number of local traffic issues, as well as the process of getting signage on state roads. At the commission’s August 3 meeting, resident Peggy Jepsen expressed concerns about trucks using Jake Brakes, also know...

Jake Fattibene Speeds Around Track, Races To National Title

Published: Aug 12, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Newtown 11-year-old Jake Fattibene took car racing to another level this summer, speeding around the Silver City Quarter Midget track in Meriden to a first-place finish in the Quarter Midgets of America Eastern Grand Nationals in July. It was the fir...

Essential Worker Bonuses, Sales Tax Breaks In Store

Published: Aug 11, 2022 at 03:00 PM
Whether you are simply shopping for back-to-school clothes, or you were literally putting your health at risk as an essential frontline worker, there’s recent news coming out of Hartford that may end up putting a few bucks — or up to $1,000 — into yo...

Top Five NewtownBee.Com Stories For July 31-August 6

Updated: Aug 10, 2022 at 03:25 PM
Each week we compile a list of some of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads. Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the print edition, mailed ea...

Snapshot: Toni McKeen

Published: Aug 10, 2022 at 08:00 AM
Occupation: I have been teaching multiple levels of genealogy classes for the last 19 years as well as lecturing on the subject in the tri-state area. Family: I am married, have a daughter and son, and four grandchildren, all gifted and beaut...

‘Local Talent’ Leads Ben’s Lighthouse Isle Of Skoo Summer Camp

Published: Aug 10, 2022 at 08:00 AM
Ben’s Lighthouse hosted two sessions of its Isle of Skoo Summer Camp last month at Christ the King Lutheran Church. The Isle of Skoo program is an opportunity for children, ages 4 to 8, to be mentored by high-school aged students for a week. Together...

Latest Memory Café At Booth Library Incorporates Chair Yoga

Updated: Aug 10, 2022 at 08:07 AM
The smallest things can make a difference. That was among the lessons shared during Memory Café on Monday, when Beth Bierko led a chair yoga class at C.H. Booth Library. Tapping gently on your head, tugging on your ear lobe, even raising and lowering...

Early Closures August 10 At Town Beach & Pool

Published: Aug 09, 2022 at 12:11 PM
Newtown Parks & Recreation has announced early closures of the town's two public swimming locations Wednesday, August 10, ahead of a lifeguard appreciation event. Eichler’s Cove beach will close at 5:45 pm. Treadwell Pool will close at 6 pm. Regular ...

Jeanne Tschantz

Published: Aug 09, 2022 at 10:30 AM
Jeanne Tschantz, 77 years young, born on June 1, 1945, to Dr Woodrow Wilson Lindenmuth and Mary Virginia Lindenmuth in Bryn Mawr, Penn., passed into eternal life on June 17, 2022. Jeanne was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, great ...