Newtown residents have one big wish: lower taxes. Town officials wish to be fairy godmothers, conjuring up one of the obvious ways to lower personal taxes: bring in commercial business. But the result...

All things must change to something new, to something strange. -Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Newtown Bee is experiencing changes, and as poet Longfellow noted, not only are some new, but th...

There are three words that can undo the curse of gun violence: universal background checks. On Monday, July 18, Nicole Hockley, founder of Sandy Hook Promise in Newtown and the mother of Dylan, killed...

Clarification by the Newtown Board of Ethics as to how the breakdown of names and votes in the Board of Education Freedman/Hamilton issue came about - ironically, as they judged others in a Freedom of...

We've got some pretty big things here in Newtown. We've got a big flag on a big flagpole; a big, long parade every Labor Day; and a big, big book sale that is underway this Saturday, July 9, through W...

The Fourth of July celebrates the many freedoms Americans enjoy. It is a day when free spirits soar - and alcohol is frequently a companion. So Governor Dannel P. Malloy should be saluted for signing ...

Without dreamers to set new ideas in motion, ours would be a dull world. Native Newtown resident Andrew Mangold has moved his vision forward, creating an edible path to follow as Newtown residents and...

The flag on Main Street is once again at half-staff, where it was scheduled to remain until sunset on June 16, honoring victims of the June 12 massacre in Orlando, Fla. President Obama has called the ...

Saturday morning, 424 Newtown High School seniors will cross the stage at WestConn's Westside Campus O'Neill Center to receive their high school diplomas, taking their final steps as students of this ...

The country's mind has been in the toilet the past few weeks - that is, which toilet who should use, where. North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory's decision to sign a law, in March, that requires public...