Sometimes it takes a few weeks to find the First Baby of Newtown, and 2019 is turning into one of those years.

We have a small carload of gifts and prizes just waiting for the couple who contacts us with news of a newborn. Local businesses have donated everything from food (lots!) and flowers to car care and reading material. 

If you have given birth since the beginning of the year — or know of a Newtown resident who has done so — please reach out to Newtown Bee Associate Editor Shannon Hicks (203-426-3141 or [naviga:u]shannon@thebee.com[/naviga:u]).

We have extended the deadline again, this time to noon on Tuesday, January 22. The winning parents will be the ones who submit the earliest 2019 birth information to Ms Hicks. The child's parents, who must live in Newtown — including Hawleyville, Sandy Hook or any other district within the 59.1 square miles considered as Newtown — will receive a story about their newborn in The Newtown Bee, along with all of those goods, services, and prizes made possible thanks to the generosity of local businesses.