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Field hockey players ages 6 to 14 worked on stick skills, passing, shooting, and more during the Newtown High School Field Hockey Camp, at Treadwell Park, in late June. For some the hope is this practice pays off once they reach the high school level...

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (CCM) on June 22 released its first-ever checklist guidebook designed to help municipal leaders across the state better respond to racial tension in their community. The booklet is designed to present Conn...

Newtown Continuing Education’s SMART (Summer Music and Art) Camp’s first week ran from July 5 to 8 this year. Cathy Ostar oversaw the first two weeks of SMART Camp as the program director. According to both Ostar and Newtown Continuing Education Dire...

There were plenty of victories on the field for Coach Maura Fletcher’s Newtown High School girls’ lacrosse team. And a notable win off the field for Fletcher, herself. Newtown’s team leader earned the Connecticut High School Girls’ Lacrosse Associati...

The dispatchers at the Newtown Emergency Communications Center, at 191 South Main Street, report the following fire calls and the responders: Wednesday, June 29: 7:35 am, service call, Suzie Drive, Hawleyville covered; 12:54 pm, medical assist, B...

Richard K. Brady, 63, of Newtown, the husband of Amy (Johnson) Brady, died on Saturday evening, July 2, 2022, at Danbury Hospital. Rick was born in Greenwich Hospital, on December 2, 1958, the son of Richard B. and Jean (Johnston) Brady. He was raise...

The Newtown Bee has learned of the untimely death of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue (SHVFR) Chief William Halstead. Halstead was also Newtown's Director of Emergency Management, a post he had held since the position was created. He was also a...

Youth football players in grades 2 through 8, many of whom could be scoring touchdowns and making tackles on the Blue & Gold Stadium turf as high schoolers in the future, got a taste of what is to come under the direction of Newtown High Coach Bobby ...

Following a nearly two month investigation, the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection's Environmental Conservation (EnCon) Police have announced on July 8 that no charges will be filed in the shooting of a black bear known locally as Bobb...

Work is underway for turning part of the natural grass practice field into a multi-purpose artificial turf field behind Newtown High School. Newtown Parks and Recreation workers were busy digging and leveling the land as the calendar turned from June...