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Updated: Jul 25, 2022 at 09:30 AM
A number of stories were posted to newtownbee.com this past weekend. In case you missed them, here is a list of some of those stories.
"Catherine Pendergast Climbs To New Heights With Eversource’s Lineworker Certification," by Andy Hutchison, publish...
Published: Jul 25, 2022 at 08:00 AM
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 11, President Joe Biden invited over 2,000 people to the South Lawn of the White House to commemorate the signing of the bipartisan Safer Communities Act. Among the attendees were members of several Newtown-based gun violen...
Published: Jul 25, 2022 at 08:00 AM
Newtown Inland Wetlands Commission (IWC) discussed an application for a self-storage facility with five buildings during its meeting at the Newtown Municipal Center on July 13.
The only public hearing on the agenda was for Application #21‐16 by 19 Co...
Published: Jul 25, 2022 at 07:45 AM
Ahead of the Democratic and Republican primaries on August 9, all Registrars of Voters offices in Connecticut will hold a statewide voter registration session on Monday, August 8.
According to Christopher Prue, president of the Registrars of Voters A...
Published: Jul 25, 2022 at 07:00 AM
Runaway Boat
Newtown Police report Sylvester Copper, 66, of Waterbury, operating a 2018 GMC Sierra and towing an EZ Loader trailer with a Cobia Odyssey 195 boat on a trailer, was traveling westbound on Hawleyville Road at 8:34 am July 1. Police ...
Published: Jul 25, 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 13: 9:32 am, service call, Berkshire Road, Hook & Ladder covered; 3:00 pm, water rescue,...
Updated: Jul 25, 2022 at 08:35 AM
The United States’ first nationwide three-digit mental health crisis hotline went live on Saturday, July 16. It is designed to be as easy to remember and use as 911, but instead of a dispatcher sending police, firefighters or paramedics, 988 will con...
Published: Jul 23, 2022 at 09:00 AM
At any moment on any given day, Newtown Health District Director Donna Culbert has a number of public health concerns on her radar.
And while the obscure and somewhat exotic specter of monkeypox is certainly one of them, she is assuring all her const...
Published: Jul 23, 2022 at 08:00 AM
Nearly 90 people responded to the latest weekly question offered via Facebook, where we asked readers to tell us the best ice cream flavor.
A new question is posted on The Newtown Bee’s Facebook page weekly. Readers are encouraged to check facebook.c...
Published: Jul 23, 2022 at 07:00 AM
A lot of folks have dreams of reaching new heights in a career — or climbing to the top at one’s job. Newtown’s Catherine Pendergast is taking these goals quite literally.
Pendergast, 20, found herself off the ground and most of the way up several 45...