Health

Selectmen Approve Funding Tickborne Disease Awareness, Prevention Campaign

By John Voket

Published: Mar 22, 2014 12:00 AM

The Board of Selectmen approved $15,000 during a meeting March 17 that will underwrite a tickborne disease awareness and prevention campaign that will be launched in the coming weeks by the Newtown He...

Prevention Council Event On School Climate Postponed

Published: Mar 17, 2014 12:00 AM

Kim Killoy, grant coordinator for the Newtown Prevention Council, has notified The Newtown Bee that she is postponing the Council's Parent Speaker Series event featuring school climate and bullying pr...

NYA Premiering TLS Weight Management System

Published: Mar 17, 2014 12:00 AM

NYA Sports & Fitness Center will offer two complimentary sessions of TLS’s Weight Loss Solution system on Tuesday, March 25, at noon and 6 pm. TLS Weight Management Coaches Christine Tyrell and Chris ...

Prevention Council Hosting School Climate, Kindness Expert Jo Ann Freiberg

By John Voket

Published: Mar 10, 2014 12:00 AM

UPDATE (Monday, March 17, 2014): This event has been postponed to the fall. Read more here. * * * * * School climate has nothing to do with air quality or the physical temperature of the classroo...

New Regional Hospice Foundation Exec Brings Experience, Dedication To Job

By Nancy Crevier

Published: Mar 07, 2014 12:00 AM

Paul L. Sirois was named executive director of Regional Hospice Foundation, the fundraising arm of Regional Hospice and Home Care of Western Connecticut, as of January 1. A financial planner for 17 ye...

LIFE Workshop, Saturday At Cannon Ridge

Published: Mar 04, 2014 12:00 AM

Recent studies show only 20% of Americans are happy in all aspects of their life. Which percentage are you a part of? Looking for a change? Feeling stuck? Wishing for better job, success or more enjoy...

Local Physician Using Heart Month To Promote New Health Assessment Tool

By John Voket

Published: Mar 03, 2014 12:00 AM

Until recently, patients of Newtown’s Community Health Associates and Dr Jeffrey Friedman who were tipping the scales, showing evidence of high blood pressure, cholesterol, hypertension or other condi...

NAMI Family To Family Program In Newtown, Talk On Self-Injury In Fairfield, Next Week

Published: Feb 25, 2014 12:00 AM

The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) is hosting its next Family to Family Education Program, 12 weekly sessions offering support and education to family members and loved ones of individuals...

Health, Environmental Groups Petition DEEP For Wood Smoke Air Standards

By John Voket

Published: Feb 23, 2014 12:00 AM

Residents from Newtown and across the state who have filed complaints about outdoor wood-burning furnaces in their neighborhoods with a state-based environmental advocacy organization may be breathing...

Despite Dwindling Funds, Residents Getting Support From Lions Can Continue Receiving Counseling Assistance

By John Voket

Published: Feb 18, 2014 12:00 AM

Newtown residents who have been receiving financial assistance from Newtown Lions Club to help offset out of pocket costs for post 12/14-related mental health and counseling services can continue rece...

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Pre-Ticket Sale Period Announced For 2026 Fairfield Hills Music Festival

State Police Seeking Witnesses To Highway Collision

Reed, Middle School Team Up For Kindness Craze Fundraiser

Reminder: Last Free Blood Pressure Check At Newtown Community Center Monday, February 23

If “Elections Have Consequences XXI” really is installment #21 in this series, I’m impressed by the persistence — but at some point it starts to feel like we’re just re-printing the same national rant on a weekly schedule rather than contributing anything new or local. For anyone wondering “how much paper” this series has taken up, at 21 installments, that is on the order of 23,500 printed newspaper pages devoted to the series — roughly an acre of paper surface once you multiply it out. I support freedom of speech, but considering this diatribe likely costs our local bee $200 - $300 to print at the very least lets hope Kathy is a subscriber. If we’re going to spend that much ink, I’d love to see more local facts, specifics, and actionable points — not just another round of national venting.

Elections Have Consequences XXI

You keep ignoring the point I am trying to make and that is the fact that the state is being sued for not turning over our voter data base - this has nothing to do with voter ID. Why does the Trump administration think they have a right to this information which includes SSNs and driver license information. States run their own elections and count their own votes. Some republican controlled states have already turned over their data and others plan to.

Randi was my first crush. She was the first girl to kiss me. We lived in Ashbourne Hills in Claymont and Randi's home was about a block from me. We walked to Darley Road Elementary many days, and spent time after school together (I had 3 younger brothers but me being, I guess, 8-9, they weren't much fun). I don't remember getting a chance to say good-bye to her the summer she moved away. But not a week has gone by in the last 65 years that I don't think of her. I send my deepest respects to her family. Know that Randi will be a part of my heart as long as I breathe.

Randi (Decater) Beardsley

A birth certificate is a permanent document that doesn't change...your marriage license/certificate is proof of a name change and used to confirm changing your driver's license, SS card, Passport, etc.

The “Newtown has no town green/town common” line is doing a lot of work. We literally have Ram Pasture — a huge public green space — right at Main Street and 302. And it’s not like it’s never been used for exactly this kind of thing. Ram Pasture was used for a candlelight vigil, and it was also used during the warehouse protest. So yes — there is a highly visible public space for gatherings that doesn’t require turning the busiest intersection in town into a choke point. If the goal is truly to be heard without disrupting day-to-day life, then use Ram Pasture, keep sidewalks passable, and don’t “accidentally” crowd the roads in front of Town Hall because it’s the most effective way to force attention. Free speech is a right — manufactured gridlock doesn’t have to be part of it. I have yet to hear a convincing argument as to why it needs to be on and IN the busiest road in town. The Bee's own photos show people standing in the road. Of course, local PD doesn't want to get involved because we all remember what the mob did when they suggested some common-sense suggestions to protect the crowds...

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Selectmen Approve Funding Tickborne Disease Awareness, Prevention Campaign

Prevention Council Event On School Climate Postponed

NYA Premiering TLS Weight Management System

Prevention Council Hosting School Climate, Kindness Expert Jo Ann Freiberg

New Regional Hospice Foundation Exec Brings Experience, Dedication To Job

LIFE Workshop, Saturday At Cannon Ridge

Local Physician Using Heart Month To Promote New Health Assessment Tool

NAMI Family To Family Program In Newtown, Talk On Self-Injury In Fairfield, Next Week

Health, Environmental Groups Petition DEEP For Wood Smoke Air Standards

Despite Dwindling Funds, Residents Getting Support From Lions Can Continue Receiving Counseling Assistance