Newtown’s 2022 Teacher of the Year Amy Deeb and 2022 Paraeducator of the Year Judy Watts were celebrated at the Board of Education’s September 20 meeting.
Durin...
Newtown High School's girls' swimming and diving team hosted the New Milford Green Wave and earned a 97-84 win on September 27. The Nighthawks sealed the team w...
While some states have done away with Columbus Day, or changed the observation to honor Indigenous Peoples Day, the State of Connecticut continues to follow the...
With the change of seasons, billions of birds are traveling right now for a better chance of survival. The fall migration period began September 1 and will cont...
A number of stories were posted to newtownbee.com this past weekend. In case you missed them, here is a list of some of those stories.
"Another First For NHS Ma...
July 10, 1939 to October 7, 2017
The Moment That You Left Me
my heart was split in two;
one side was filled with memories,
the other side died with you.
I ...
On September 21, Senator Tony Hwang hosted a Connecticut Wartime Service Medal Ceremony at Newtown High School as a way to recognize the service of our state’s ...
The Blair Atholl Patrol Jamborette in Scotland took place July 19 to 29 to the delight of Scouts BSA members in Newtown and worldwide. The last time it took pla...
Fourteen members of Newtown Senior Center competed in the seventh offering of Trivia with Larry & Zach on September 23.
Those attending were divided into three...
Thanks for the quote, many people don’t realize Newtown does not exist in a silo and we have peers to benchmark against. For example Trumbull also spends less per student and outperforms us.
ALL students benefit from consistent policies and quality education. Affordability matters, especially to less affluent families which tend to skew more heavily minority based on census data.
This is a pure case of those with the money get what they want. We are allowed to look on but not be part of what should be a town decision.Just saying?