The word “emergency” can set the heart racing, fire up the fight or flight response, and otherwise bring about a reaction to a situation that needs a response now. Immediately. Tout suite. The Oxford ...

A new year is the impetus to do life better. Whether in our personal lives or work places, the calendar pushes the idea that this is the moment to seize; that from the first of January onward, we marc...

As we move toward the New Year, The Newtown Bee provides in this issue a look back at events, places, and people who have populated our pages. From the well known to those who dig in behind the scenes...

Since begun by the late Newtown Bee Editor Paul Smith many years ago, the tradition of printing the Christmas story, according to St Luke, in the issue closest to December 25 has been carried forward....

Every parent marks the milestones achieved by his/her child: the first smile, the first tooth, that first wobbly step. The first word is highlighted in the baby journal, that lock of hair from the fir...

It begins on Friday night, when glimmering luminaria line the roadways in the town’s center, leading down to Ram Pasture, where Hawley Pond is surrounded by these flickering beacons of light. Hundreds...

Has Planning & Zoning taken the temperature of residents in recent weeks, and determined that the fever needs reducing? Unlike so many other projects stamped with approval by this commission, P&Z memb...

Gratitude takes practice. We thank people and organizations; we thank the young person packing our groceries; we thank the person who holds open the door; we thank the friend who remembers a special o...

Smoking is “the single largest preventable cause of death and illness,” according to the American Cancer Society — and it is a choice. Public education over the past five decades has made clear the ha...