The Board of Selectmen moved deftly through a busy agenda during a regular meeting April 16, discussing issues involving NYA Sport & Fitness, the Permanent Memorial Commission, the Cultural Arts Commi...

Town paperwork referring to any mention of the LOF Adaptive Skiers programs is piling up - from e-mails and letters addressed to First Selectman Dan Rosenthal, to recent Americans with Disabilities Ac...

One Sandy Hook couple is reaching out to the community after a fire in March left their home uninhabitable. In a post on Facebook group Newtown Neighbors Unite earlier this month, the message begins: ...

Last fall's struggle to find a suitable lakeside location for the Sandy Hook-based LOF Adaptive Skiers continues this season, even though First Selectman Dan Rosenthal feels "conversation" this winter...

The sewage pump station located at 5-A Glen Road in Sandy Hook Center needs expanded wastewater pumping capacity, Fred Hurley, town Public Works director, told Water & Sewer Authority (WSA) members at...

Rabbi Shaul Praver, who spent 13 years as spiritual leader of Newtown's Congregation Adath Israel and played a key role on the Newtown Interfaith Council, has decided to enter the race for the 5th US ...

The Board of Selectmen acted to bring the new community center closer to fruition April 16 after voting unanimously to accept a proposed project budget presented by the design firm of Caldwell & Walsh...

PLEASE NOTE: This story includes important updates unavailable for the April 20, 2018 print edition of The Newtown Bee. The developer for the proposed major mixed-use project Hunters Ridg...

A leisurely walk through the woods could soon be a little bit better. Both the town Land Use Agency and Parks and Recreation Department are hosting "Paths to Newtown: a trails collaboration meeting" o...

From the conspicuous absence of more than a handful of residents at recent public hearings to the sidelines of sporting events and on social network sites, there is little evidence that local taxpayer...