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Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:30 AM
UPDATE: This story has been updated from what ran in the July 21, 2024 print edition of The Newtown Bee to further clarify how the Friends of C.H. Booth Library Book Sale benefits C.H. Booth Library.
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For over 45 years, Friends of...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Four ninja warriors from Newtown put their technique, efficiency, strength, endurance, and other skill sets to the test on a variety of challenging obstacles against tough competitors from around and outside the United States. This quartet is among 4...
Published: Jun 27, 2024 at 07:00 AM
Most entities will be affected by Independence Day on Thursday, July 4.
Town offices will be closed. C.H. Booth Library, Edmond Town Hall, Newtown Community Center, and Newtown Senior Center will all be closed.
Connecticut Department of Motor Vehicle...
Published: Jun 26, 2024 at 11:56 AM
Curtiss Harper Clark — longtime Editor of The Newtown Bee — passed away unexpectedly on the morning of June 14, 2024. Curtiss was an empathetic soul who family and friends will always remember for his quiet wisdom and kind eyes — not to mention his r...
Updated: Jun 26, 2024 at 12:44 PM
“Pete” Clarence O. Peterson III, 82, passed away peacefully on June 24 at his home in Newtown after a long battle with frontaltemporal dementia (FTD). He is no longer silent from the FTD and enjoying the best fly-fishing the afterlife has to offer.
H...
Updated: Jun 26, 2024 at 08:00 AM
Middle Gate Elementary School physical education teacher Laura Cooper retired at the end of this past school year after over four decades of working as an educator, with 33 of those being in Newtown.
While Cooper began her teaching career in 1974, sh...
Updated: Jun 26, 2024 at 08:01 AM
DANBURY — Ben’s Vacuum Mart, which was opened by Benjamin Speglevin in 1954, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.
Since its foundation, Ben’s Vacuum Mart has sold numerous quality vacuums and even does home installation service work for cen...
Updated: Jun 27, 2024 at 10:25 AM
Family: My husband, Robert (Bob) Gutbrod; daughters and their husbands, Jack — Jacqueline, but she goes by Jack — and Si, and Sarah and Jake; and our son Dieter and his partner Franklin; and our grandson Wyatt.
Do you have any pets? We have a...
Published: Jun 25, 2024 at 10:46 AM
The Board of Education unanimously voted to appoint Dr JeanAnn Paddyfote as the interim superintendent of schools during a Monday, June 24, meeting.
This comes after current Superintendent of Schools Christopher Melillo announced in early April that ...
Updated: Jun 25, 2024 at 10:42 AM
Diane Marie Stolfi Baker passed away on June 5, 2024, at the age of 82.
She was preceded in death by her beloved husband Raymond E. Baker and by her parents Frank and Helen Stolfi.
She was the devoted mother of Andrea Baker, Raymond F. Baker (Kathy),...
