A group of on- and off-duty Newtown police officers and department personnel were joined by volunteers from Newtown Hook & Ladder as the Main Street flag was lowered to half-staff on Wednesday in reco...

Ann Astarita, a member of Newtown Conservation Commission from 2012 to 2015, found the memorandum provided to the Sandy Hook Permanent Memorial Commission (SHPMC) by Land Use Director George Benson, T...

DUI Arrest Police report they stopped motorist William Alamo, 28, of Bridgeport about 9 pm on March 11 on Currituck Road, near its intersection with Stony Brook Road to investigate. Police said t...

A fast-moving fire which was reported by a passerby destroyed a backyard garden shed and its contents in Sandy Hook on Monday evening. Volunteer fire companies from Sandy Hook, Botsford, Hook & Ladder...

The Newtown Bee has been informed of the death of retired Newtown Police Office Steve Ketchum. The former patrol officer and motorcycle-based traffic enforcement specialist retired in May 2014 aft...

State Representative Mitch Bolinsky (R-106) will hold legislative office hours in Newtown on Wednesday, March 16. Rep Bolinsky will be at Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, from 6to 7:30 pm. Resid...

During a recent meeting with Newtown's new pension consultant Fiduciary Investment Advisors (FIA), the Board of Selectmen and members of the Town Pension Committee, one of the committee's   or...

The Board of Selectmen received an update on Planning Department grants from Newtown Grants Coordinator Christal Preszler March 7, along with approving a Business Incentive Plan request for a partial ...

The traffic engineer for the developers of a planned major mixed-use complex in Hawleyville has told Planning and Zoning Commission (P&Z) members that the state Department of Transportation (DOT) has ...