Americans love freedom. We love having freedoms that are stifled in many other countries. One of those freedoms, we have come to believe, is the right to say “No” to vaccinations. There are reasons to...

The gateways to Newtown are being improved at Exits 9 and 10. One, at[naviga:u] 75 Church Hill Road[/naviga:u], is nearing completion; [naviga:u]at Exit 9[/naviga:u], developers still wade in the wate...

Members of Newtown Environmental Action Team (NEAT) have recently voiced alarm regarding climate crisis. Those who scoff at the idea of climate change might find reason to pounce on this, believing th...

The winds of winter are sweeping across the state, bringing days that fluctuate between balmy and bitter. Likewise, winds of change are sweeping through town offices, ruffling the usual order and swee...

It is never too soon or too late to say “thank you,” and that is just what the publisher and staff of The Bee Publishing Co are choosing to do this week. Within the pages of this issue of The Newtown ...

We are preaching to the choir if you are reading this. You already know that your trusted community news source is the best place to find reliable news reporting. Nonetheless, we hope that this messag...

Thanks to Trout Unlimited and the Pootatuck Watershed Association, and BSA Troop 270, this New Year offers the opportunity to give long-lasting meaning to a usually short-lived holiday tradition and o...

We are occasionally rewarded with and witness tiny miracles: the release of the last of summer’s leaves, pattering down to the ground in a breeze on a crisp, cold morning; running water in a brooklet ...

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. The story of travelers taking to the road is on...

It is a terrible tally that we keep, that of counting those killed and maimed by gun violence each year. In recent weeks, we have mourned with Tree of Life Synagogue members in Pittsburgh as they laid...