The Western Connecticut Council of Governments (WestCOG) is seeking public comment on the draft five-year Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS). The CEDS outlines economic development str...

On August 14, First Selectman Pat Llodra provided The Newtown Bee with a copy of a concerned memo she fired off to Governor Dannel Malloy and state Office of Policy and Management Secr...

On September 12, more than 5,000 registered Newtown Republicans will not only have the privilege to cast primary ballots to determine their choice of first selectman candidates, but also for the perso...

Republican First Selectman candidate and current Legislative Council Chair Mary Ann Jacob said she is pursuing a complaint through the Connecticut State Elections Enforcement Commission after being no...

"Walking across Connecticut is a great idea... in theory," half-joked US Senator Chris Murphy (D-CT) on Wednesday as he capped the last full day of his Walk Across Connecticut with a long ascension al...

The Board of Education unanimously appointed Reed Intermediate School physical education teacher Aaron Blank at its meeting on August 15 as interim assistant principal at Newtown High School."Wait And...

HARTFORD- Governor Dannel P. Malloy announced revisions to the Executive Order Resource Allocation Plan on August 18, along with new municipal aid distributions associated with the plan. The changes a...

US Congresswoman Elizabeth Esty (CT-Fifth) paid a visit to The Newtown Bee offices August 14 for an editorial board meeting, and unexpectedly presented the local family-owned publicati...

NEW HAVEN - A federal grand jury returned an indictment on August 16, charging Thomas M. Murtha, 61, of Newtown and Birmingham, Mich., with four counts of wire fraud. Murtha, a former lawyer, previous...