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Newtown hosted its latest National Night Out event on August 5 and estimates report more than 500 people visited the Fairfield Hills campus for the family event. National Night Out is celebrated in all 50 US states, as well as US territories, Canadia...

Newtown Police Department members celebrated the retirement of officer John McCluskey with a ceremony at their police department on Friday, March 28. A large number of officers and members of the public, including First Selectman Jeff Capeci as well ...

The Borough of Newtown Zoning Commission closed its public hearing regarding a 117-home cluster home development at 20-60 Castle Hill Road at its meeting on November 20. The closing marks the end of the opportunity for public input on the development...

A longtime resident with approximately 50 years in the fire service died Monday night after being struck by a motor vehicle. Botsford Fire Rescue Assistant Chief Pete Blomberg, 72, was on his way to the Board of Fire Commissioners annual dinner meeti...

UPDATE AND CORRECTION (Octobner 29, 9:27 am): This story has been updated with additional information about Monday night's incident. One point has also been corrected. UPDATE (October 29; 8:06 am): This story has been updated with details c...

The Borough of Newtown’s Board of Burgesses met on August 13 to discuss its remaining ARPA funds. Discussions included possible action for allocation of funds to Newtown Hook & Ladder to purchase new training equipment, Newtown Forest Association to ...

As the year comes to a close, The Newtown Bee is looking back on some of the biggest stories in town for 2023. It has been an incredibly eventful year, both in town and even here at The Bee, and here we’ll take a jaunt through some of the highlights ...

The burning of debris in a Sandy Hook back yard — on a day when local, state and federal officials all announced red flag/high fire potentials — eventually burned 15 acres Tuesday afternoon and evening. Approximately 75 firefighters responded to Waln...

Newtown Police Department hosted a private memorial service on May 15, honoring fallen police officers on Peace Officers Memorial Day. Family members of officers were among those in attendance, including many young children dressed in their Sunday be...

The future for Newtown and its police department is looking “very bright,” Police Commission Chairman Joel Faxon said during the formal swearing in ceremony for new Police Chief David Kullgren on February 11. With Kullgren moving into his new positio...