We strive in this town to develop positive attitudes through social-emotional learning programs for our youth, and increased awareness of the less fortunate. Kindness programs abound in our schools an...

Surveys by the Newtown Prevention Council reveal a great deal about substance use and abuse by young people in Newtown, from cigarette and vaping habits to alcohol, marijuana, and opioids. Because sur...

Surveys by the Newtown Prevention Council reveal a great deal about substance use and abuse by young people in Newtown, from cigarette and vaping habits to alcohol, marijuana, and opioids. Because sur...

A wealth of Newtown history lies in the farm fields and dairy farms that once populated acres of the community. Generations of families worked the land, but an economy that leaned ever more away from ...

A wealth of Newtown history lies in the farm fields and dairy farms that once populated acres of the community. Generations of families worked the land, but an economy that leaned ever more away from ...

The new year is a time of personal reflection. We hold up a virtual mirror to our lives asking, "What do I see?" What changes have taken place since a year ago? Is there a determination to improve in ...

The late Newtown Bee editor Paul Smith started the tradition of printing the Christmas story, according to St Luke, in the issue closest to December 25.Luke 2: 1-19 Whether celebrating the Christian ...

Nature seems to side with darkness these days, curtailing the earth's interaction with the sun until it culminates in the shortest day of the year, Thursday, December 21. With each shortened day, we l...

"The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places." ~Ernest Hemingway December 14 marks five years since the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy. This fall, The Newt...

Residents will have an opportunity to influence the direction of growth in our town on December 7, at the Planning & Zoning meeting to address the proposal for a veterinary/boarding facility at 94 Sou...