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Talk To Your Kids Now About Fentanyl

Published: Jan 20, 2022 at 02:57 PM
One of the more traumatic and recurring experiences for some of our Newtown Bee staffers is being stationed near our office emergency communications radio when a drug overdose call comes in punctuated by the news that the victim is “unconscious and u...

‘Good People’ Casting Call

Published: Jan 20, 2022 at 12:00 PM
Town Players of Newtown will host auditions this weekend for Good People by David Lindsay-Abaire. Auditions are planned for Sunday, January 23, from 5 to 7 pm, and Monday, January 24, from 7 to 9 pm, at The Little Theatre, 18 Orchard Hill Road. Proof...

Fire Of Undetermined Cause Destroys Former Restaurant Building

Updated: Jan 20, 2022 at 10:56 AM
Whether from the days of operation as McGuire’s Ale House, Hot Shots II/Hot Shots Grille, or any other iteration of restaurants at 130 Mt Pleasant Road, all memories made at the popular and long-vacant Hawleyville establishment literally went up in s...

Molly Anita Doersch

Published: Jan 20, 2022 at 10:00 AM
Molly Anita Doersch, 72, of Sandy Hook, passed away in Danbury Hospital on January 13, 2022, with her family members at her side. Molly was the wife of Ken Doersch. She was born on July 22, 1949, a daughter of Gordon Russell Shuck and Olive Mae Ander...

Delayed Openings & Closures Due To Reported Road Conditions

Updated: Jan 20, 2022 at 12:46 PM
Newtown Municipal Center, and Newtown Community Center all have delayed openings this morning due to reported road conditions. The schools system closed for the day. After announcing last night that there would be a two-hour delayed opening this mor...

Newtown Public Schools Closed January 20

Updated: Jan 20, 2022 at 07:16 AM
Newtown Public Schools will be closed Thursday, January 20, due to the weather. The district's Central Office and staff offices will open at 10:30 am. The announcement was made the morning of January 20 after originally calling for a two-hour delay.

Karsten G. Trillhaase

Published: Jan 19, 2022 at 02:15 PM
Karsten G. Trillhaase, of Beach Haven, N.J., and Oakland Park, Fla., passed away surrounded by his family on December 30, 2021, at 75 years of age. He fought a protracted illness with Parkinson’s disease for over 15 years with courage and strength. H...

Nora Bardo

Published: Jan 19, 2022 at 01:10 PM
Nora Gearin Bardo, 72, of Concord, N.H., formerly of Danbury, Conn., passed away peacefully on Friday, January 14, 2022, with her husband and daughter by her side. Nora was born March 28, 1949, to the late Mildred (Carusone) and John Gearin. She leav...

Top Five NewtownBee.com Stories For January 9 To 15

Published: Jan 19, 2022 at 09:00 AM
Each week we compile a list of some of the most-read stories published at newtownbee.com. Here is a roundup of the week’s top stories, based on the number of page reads. Keep up with all the Newtown news by subscribing to the paper each week — click ...

Longtime Hawleyville Postmaster Mark Favale Retires This Month

Updated: Jan 19, 2022 at 08:10 AM
Hawleyville Post Office Postmaster/Transfer Coordinator Mark Favale is retiring on January 21 after working 43 years for the United States Postal Service (USPS), 23 of which were in Hawleyville. Favale was instrumental in saving Hawleyville Post Offi...