Police said they saw a man acting suspiciously in the parking lot at Newtown Mobil, a gas station/convenience store at 62 Church Hill Road, about 9:54 pm on March 22, so they investigated. They then l...

All town offices and agencies will be closed Friday, March 30, for Good Friday.The Newtown Bee, at 5 Church Hill Road, will be open on Friday, March 30. The transfer station on Ethan Allen Road will b...

Hundreds of Newtown residents participated in March For Our Lives rallies on Saturday, March 24. Most traveled to major cities like Hartford, New York City, and Washington, D.C., to stand up against g...

UPDATE (Monday, April 9, 2018): This post has been updated to reflect the correct group of Town employees who helped relocate FAITH Food Pantry on March 26. Moving day went much faster than antic...

State police are investigating the March 25 untimely death of an inmate at Garner Correctional Institution, the state's high-security prison for males at 50 Nunnawauk Road. Dead is Jallen Jones, 31, a...

This story was updated at 4:30 pm on March 27 to correct the date the Foundation was established. Five years after an outpouring of donations flowed into Newtown following the Sandy Hook tragedy,...

Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members are having the town engineering department review three sets of revised multifamily development plans submitted to the town on March 15. Those plans provid...

Spared from potential development is a swath of meadow, streams, and wooded land at Cherry Grove Farm. Developer Greg Carnrick of GRC Construction LLC is confident this week in going through with a sa...

With snow days adding up, the Board of Education voted at its meeting on March 20 to use June 21, 22, and 25 to 29 as potential "make-up days" in the event of future school cancellations, rather than ...

It is no joke for local renters who depend on a small state program to help them make ends meet. On April 1, those qualified for assistance under the program can report to the Newtown Social Services ...