The Newtown Parent Connection and The Newtown Prevention Council are co-hosting a Family Fun Night at the Reed Intermediate School Friday, September 20, from 6 to 8 pm.

White doves have long been a symbol for holiness, peace, and purity for centuries; yet these birds are suffering a dark fate at the hands of humans, including one bird found locally. Ceremonies celebrating the lives of loved ones — weddings, funerals, commemorative services — have the tradition of releasing doves.

The annual music and dinner event brings family and community members together each summer to support the Botsford fire company.

Discover the past and present of some of Newtown’s lesser-known historical sites in The Newtown Bee’s new series that is dedicated to retracing the role these places once played in the town and what they stand as today.

Cold things, cool memories.

News as published in the Newtown Bee 25, 50, 75, and 100 years ago.

Our series introducing readers to the employees of Bee Publishing Company continues this week with Frank LaPak, a longtime member of our Production Department.

Sandy Hook resident Robin A.F. Olson’s 10-year-old cat Blitzen has graced television screens across the nation in his debut commercial for Blue Buffalo adult cat food.

Newtown, from a cat's point of view.