Can I see another's woe, and not be in sorrow too? Can I see another's grief, and not seek for kind relief? -William Blake We cannot forget that along with the excitement of a new school year, Lab...

Here we go again, tipping not only into a new autumnal season as the sun tilts away from the earth in the upcoming weeks, but into a new political season.The Newtown Bee will, not only in print, but t...

This coming Monday, before throwing steaks on the barbecue, playing a pick-up game of Wiffle ball with the kids, or sinking into the luxury of a shaded hammock, thousands of people will populate Newto...

Here we are, well into the era of "advanced" civilization, and we remain unable to resolve differences without physical confrontation or verbal abuse.The Newtown Bee has elected to invite discussion o...

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? Crowds of people, necks craned upward (and hopefully wearing eye protection) will be searching the sky on Monday, August 21, not for something so mundane as bird or plane,...

Despite national efforts to thwart the forward movement of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Connecticut continues to set goals for reducing carbon emissions and lowering costs to businesses and indi...

We are midway through the dog days of summer, which have not much more to do with dogs than the reappearance of Sirius, the dog star, in the late night sky. Ancient skywatchers assumed that the conjun...

The lack of a budget at the state level has left towns and cities in Connecticut in a state of suspended animation. It is more than a little discouraging to note that, according to a recent Connecticu...

Take a deep breath of fresh air. It is something we take for granted here in Newtown, where foggy mornings, not smoggy mornings, are the norm. For thousands of inner city children, though, fresh air i...

The season of hope and promises is underway. With the announcement this spring that Newtown First Selectman Pat Llodra will not seek re-election in November, four hopefuls began positioning themselves...