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Published: Aug 01, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Members of Grace Family Church recently spent seven days in Mexico building a home for a single mom with three children.
GFC Senior Pastor Adam Fredericks called the visit — the third for his youth group to Mexico, and his 24th mission trip — “impact...
Published: Aug 01, 2022 at 07:00 AM
The Battle of the Beaches took place on July 7. It was quite the competition with representatives of the host Riverside on Lake Zoar Association and Shady Rest Association competing in their first corn hole tournament — something members of the assoc...
Published: Aug 01, 2022 at 06:00 AM
The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders:
Wednesday, July 20: 8:04 am, motor vehicle accident (MVA) with injury, Old Hawleyville Road/Hawleyville ...
Published: Jul 31, 2022 at 07:05 AM
Nature writer Ed Yong has been in the press recently with editorials and essays about how animals perceive the world. His best-selling book, An Immense World (Random House, 2022), has been getting much praise. He writes very eloquently about the sens...
Published: Jul 31, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Sixty and slugging — Ranging in age from 62 to almost 69, a group of four Newtown softball enthusiasts proves that 60-something is the new 20-something when it comes to softball success.
Jeanne Carney, 62, Diane Lawrence and Lauren Oliaro, both 64, a...
Published: Jul 31, 2022 at 07:00 AM
The Catherine Violet Hubbard Animal Sanctuary hosted a For the Love of Horses event at its property on Old Farm Road July 16.
The day started with a Color Guard Ceremony by the Second Company Governor’s Horse Guard followed by a trail ride. Many hors...
Updated: Jul 30, 2022 at 12:36 PM
You scream, I scream — we all bark for ice cream.
That’s right, canines can get in on the summertime pastime of stopping for a cool, sweet, refreshing treat on a hot, sunny day. Therapy dogs in training through The Exceptional Pet/The Exceptional Sid...
Updated: Jul 30, 2022 at 11:39 AM
The tennis balls and racquets were out for summer camp on the ... baseball diamonds? Yes, the grass and dirt, at Glander Fields in early July.
As part of a safe and fun way to teach some of the youngest baseball enthusiasts in town some fly ball catc...
Published: Jul 29, 2022 at 04:00 PM
July 25, 1997
EDITORIAL INK DROPS — KEEP THE PARADE MARCHING ON: When it comes to the basics of Newtown’s popular Labor Day Parade, it all seems to boil down to dollars and strength. Without question there are many people from both town and afar...
Updated: Jul 30, 2022 at 12:38 PM
A man with a reported head injury who was found lying in a creek bed by a family on an afternoon hike was rescued after a coordinated effort by numerous local volunteer responders.
Newtown Police Captain Bryan Bishop told The Newtown Bee that at 12:2...
