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To The Editor: About the Wharton Proposal. Marilyn Alexander said it perfectly. NO. Cathleen & Walter Stark Newtown

To the Editor: From doing another year of Lose The Litter roadside trash clean-up I’d like to share some observations. First, thanks to the Newtown Lions for organizing. Thanks too for what I’ve heard is over 100 volunteers that did litter clean-up. ...

To the Editor: The hard-working Planning and Zoning Commission volunteers find their collective tail caught in a rapidly diminishing crack: An abundance of sensible letters to The Newtown Bee specify the many dangers of the Wharton behemoth Hawleyvil...

To the Editor: A huge thank you to FONS volunteers Vicki and John Boccuzzi, who were assigned to help me with yard work on Sunday, April 24. As a recent new resident, I have been concentrating on the inside of my new home and the front garden was jus...

To the Editor: The person who exited Monday’s Community “Conversation” on Race was me and here’s why: Back in February, we had the first community “Conversation” on Race. It was Zoom-based and I followed the process to participate but was rejected ci...

To the Editor: Twenty sides of A frames are made so the Highway Dept can put 10 signs all over our town. Middle School is notified so the gym is not used after school on Monday and classes are moved for Tuesday. Custodians are notified so they can lo...

Like a needle discovered in a haystack by sitting on it, an otherwise little known and even less talked about local zoning designation has received a remarkable amount of attention in recent weeks. For many weighing in opposing the matter, that disco...

To the Editor: Please note that the Planning & Zoning meeting which is scheduled for May 5, 7 pm, in the theater at Edmond Town Hall will be a continuation of the discussion of the proposed truck depot. Newtown Land Use does not, by rules/regs, have ...

The Newtown High School boys’ lacrosse team is on an upswing coming off an 11-6 win over the visiting Bethel Wildcats at Blue & Gold Stadium on April 23 and a 15-6 win at Brookfield on April 26. The Nighthawks had been battling sickness and injuries ...

Nail-biting outcomes and contests against other unbeaten teams certainly have the potential to go either way. For Newtown High School’s girls’ lacrosse team, however, things have ended in their favor in every such instance through the first three wee...