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To the Editor: I was saddened by the death of Scudder Smith. He was a remarkable man. He gave so much to the town (the Pleasance among other things) and, above all, continued the existence of The Newtown Bee. I have been thinking about a way to honor...

To the Editor: Last week, The Newtown Bee editorial asked whether the time has come to consolidate the government of the Borough of Newtown with that of the Town of Newtown. It begs the question whether this 198 year old “micro” government is relevan...

To the Editor: Partisan politics vs Board of Finance overseeing … is the Charter Commission trying to rubber stamp the Legislative Council’s longstanding desire to eliminate the Board of Finance? We hope that’s not the case. If so, it will simply be ...

To the Editor, Barbara Snyder, the chairman of Newtown Arts Festival, invited the world to enjoy two days of the arts this past weekend at Fairfield Hills and the whole world showed up. The festival, sponsored by Newtown Cultural Arts Commission, is ...

To the Editor: Newtown will have an opportunity on November 8 to vote for a young, highly motivated and talented candidate to work for us as State Senator in Hartford, representing Newtown, Fairfield, Bethel and Easton. Tim Gavin, a recent Yale gradu...

To the Editor: I just finished reading a biography of James Madison. He brought the colonies together in the late 1700s to form the US. We had people like Jefferson and Madison from the south. Plantation owners who believed they were self-sufficient,...

To the Editor: On the election ballot on November 8th there will be a question regarding early voting. The question will read: “Shall the Constitution of the State be amended to permit the General Assembly to provide for early voting?” Connecticut is...

To the Editor, This past Saturday, September 17, was Constitution Day and marked the 235th anniversary of the completion and signing of our United States Constitution — the law of the land. That event of 1787 is as important to understanding our nati...

This September 28, The Newtown Bee will represent a proportionately tiny part in a sizable global effort as we join hundreds of other news and media organizations, reinforcing the roles these colleagues and our own hyperlocal publication play in sust...

Newtown Historical Society is appropriately beginning its fall season with a welcome to The Little Red Schoolhouse at the Middle Gate School grounds on Sunday, September 25. While the event will run from 11 am to 2 pm, there will be a special memoria...