Mandatory immunizations for school children include measles, mumps, and rubella, diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), tetanus, poliomyelitis, and haemophilus influenzae type B, an infection that ca...

Does it matter that only a small percentage — around 2,300 people — in Newtown are affected by the upcoming April 13 special election in the 112th District? The answer, in a nutshell, is yes. Whicheve...

In June of 2016, this editor was concerned with the future of the newly envisioned Fruit Trail at Fairfield Hills, noting that reliance on volunteers for upkeep had the potential for turning creator A...

We Care, made up of families, legal advocates, and community organizations, and supported by the Yale Law School Clinic and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders as well as numerous child and family advoc...

Every time an editorial puts the focus on mass shootings and gun violence, we pray it is the last time we do so. We could make it so: We could dismiss the episodes of gun violence that wrack this coun...

Raising awareness is a hot topic, particularly when it comes to addressing racial or gender issues. For those who are actively seeking to learn more about themselves and the world beyond one’s usual b...

March is Women’s History Month, 31 days set aside to honor women who have impacted, and who are impacting, history. While certain names pop up when we think of women who have shaped history, we do not...

When it comes to letting go of life, Connecticut residents’ ability for physician assisted self-compassion in the face of certain death is not allowable by law. How does one respond to death’s knock a...

“As long as I can remember, finding out about the past and the town has fascinated me,” Dan Cruson told The Newtown Bee in 2014. Dan, Newtown’s Town Historian, passed away this week, but has left behi...

Reduced participation at public hearings can possibly be attributed to the public’s reluctance to Zoom or utilize phone-in options due to the pandemic; to Zoom fatigue after a day’s work staring at th...