[naviga:h3 style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"]By Andy Hutchison[/naviga:h3][naviga:img class="imagetoresize" src="https://newtownbee.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ah_sandy_hook_5k_katie_b...

This Thursday, April 6, marked the 100th anniversary of the entry of the US into World War I, in 1917. American supplies supported the war on Germany, and in the summer of 1918, American soldiers join...

Hoopla is the name of the C.H. Booth Library's newest digital streaming service that went live in March. The platform comes from the library's partner, Midwest Tape, and allows users to borrow product...

Glamour magazine announced on Thursday, April 6, that Newtown native Sarah Clements is among its College Women of the Year honorees. For six decades, according to Glamour, it has honored trai...

Protective sheets covered the front parlor's hardwood floors. Light through tall, rippled glass windows flooded the empty room in a house now under renovation at 40 Main Street. John Madzula II purcha...

Avance Day Spa celebrated its most recent gallery exhibit, "Art With A Heart," with a reception to benefit Embrace Hope on March 19. Community members filled Avance's main lobby and hallways to view w...

With copies of recipes from the book Make It Fizz: A Guide to Making Bathtub Treats by Holly Port beside them, Cyrenius H. Booth Library Young Adult Librarian Kim Weber and library clerk Terry Tortora...

If you see a resident senior citizen walking a little more confidently in town this week, you may be encountering one of the students of a recently completed class offered by Friends of Newtown Senior...

Friends of the C.H. Booth Library announced this month that Carmel "Carm" O'Neill will be retiring from her volunteer duties in the sorting room. A special luncheon took place at the library on Monday...

Occupation: I am a realtor with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices. I started as a realtor in Fairfield 24 years ago and have been working in Newtown for 18 years now. I've always been passionate abo...