Police reports for the period including March 2-8, 2020.

Keep tabs on developments at the local, state, and national levels most relevant to Newtown residents that have occurred over the past 24-48 hours in response to the COVID-19 situation.

Following extensive comment at a March 5 public hearing on a controversial proposal to build a gas station/convenience store on a 3.7-acre site at 13 Hawleyville Road (Route 25), Planning and Zoning Commission members concluded the hearing, but did not vote on the application in order to allow members to review new information submitted by the developer.

UPDATE: Stop & Shop will have curtailed hours beginning Monday, March 16. || The Newtown Bee continues to receive word of cancellations and postponements in light of COVID-19. Organizers are encouraged to contact Associate Editor Shannon Hicks to be added to this list.

Garner Correctional Institution Warden Amonda Hannah met with members of the town’s Public Safety Committee on March 3, updating them on activities at the state Department of Correction’s (DOC) 260,100-square-foot high-security facility at 50 Nunnawauk Road.

Within about an hour’s time late Friday, March 13, Newtown First Selectman Dan Rosenthal and Governor Ned Lamont both briefed the press on updates in the face of the COVID-19 virus situation.

Newtown Public Schools will be closed “until further notice” starting Monday, March 16, as announced by the superintendent on March 13. Read the superintendent's full message to district staff and families here.

Governor Ned Lamont has ordered the state law requiring schools to be in session for at least 180 days to be modified, effectively waiving the guideline by executive order.

continues to receive word of cancellations and postponements in light of COVD-19. Organizers are encouraged to contact Associate Editor Shannon Hicks at