Jeanne and Gene Luchansky of Sandy Hook celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary on July 1 with a dinner at Mill on the River in South Windsor. Family, childhood friends, and members of the original ...

Swimmers always end up back where they first dove in. Races, after all, start at one end of the pool and finish where they began.Family Presence For swim instructors with Newtown's Parks & Recreation...

Campers attending day camp at Treadwell Memorial Park through Newtown Parks & Recreation on July 21 wore bandanas, eye patches, and other costume pieces for Pirate Day. When asked why the day camp was...

A Fresh Air guest of the Knaggs/George family, Belleast Elisma "Bella" Smart, 11, "won every conceivable prize there is" at the Monroe carnival said Alexandra Knaggs, 10. She and Bella hurried toward ...

Melted ice cream covered children's faces as they ran and played Saturday afternoon, July 22, at the Newtown VFW Post 308, many wearing adult-sized black vests that hung past their knees. Vests matche...

We might be more familiar with the mating habits of crickets than we thought. That soothing-to-many bedtime sound of crickets chirping is actually most often the male cricket's way of attracting femal...

Newtown's garden clubs have deep roots in the town's soil. The seeds they plant grow more than just flowers, shrubs, and vegetables; they produce a feeling of community for so many residents. In a sum...

Update: This article has been updated from its July 28 print edition to clarify the Newtown Yoga Festival was founded in 2012 by Suzy DeYoung and Jennifer Smith. The Newtown Yoga Festival announc...

What's with all the googly eyes and baby talk around The Newtown Bee office this past week? It must be the newest "employee" - an assistant to Piper Baggett, the office dog: introducing 8-week-old Lib...

Occupation: I am a photographer and do mostly wedding photography. I started my company, Karie Peterson Photography, in 2012, but I've been doing photography professionally for a decade now. I've ...