Town Clerk Debbie Halstead told

Members of multiple agencies all responded to a serious accident on South Main Street shortly after noon on Tuesday, October 20.

One of the latest individuals to test positive for the coronavirus locally is employed at the main Newtown postal facility on Commerce Road, and three have been recently reported at the Garner Correctional Institution. Learn what officials have to say about it.

There is plenty to read at newtownbee.com, but so much more information to be found in print.

King’s Restaurant is going to be closed for a while, after an overnight crash reportedly moved the original section of the building approximately 18 inches.

As is occasionally the case, the best of intentions to produce a webcast involving multiple platforms and applications sometimes goes awry.

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities has announced that it will be staging a series of public regional discussions across Connecticut on the critical and long-simmering issue of race equity.

Five local residents who have each served Newtown publicly and privately for many years will discuss why they oppose adding a housing/mixed-use option to the Fairfield Hills Master Plan during a live Tuesday afternoon webcast hosted by

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In election years like 2020, when voters are asked to endorse either of the two unopposed Registrar of Voters candidates, it is ironic that the act of casting those votes is actually responsible for the most “spoiled” ballots.