120 - The Newtown Bee Official Guide To Newtown & Phone Directory 2018
ABOUT THE NEWTOWN BEE A USER’S GUIDE TO YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER The offices of The Bee Publishing Co., Inc, are at 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown. Mailing address: PO Box 5503, Newtown CT 06470. To contact us call 203-426-3141, fax 203-426-5169, send e-mail to editor@ thebee.com, or visit www.newtownbee.com. R. Scudder Smith is the publisher and Nancy K. Crevier is the editor. Business and Health News: A weekly section of The Newtown Bee providing news ranging from the Business Buzz, promoting new local businesses, to localized health news. Call John Voket at 203-426-3141 or e-mail john@thebee.com. Announcements and releases about business or health-related matters should be received at our offices by 4 pm Monday for consideration for that Friday’s edition. Community Events: News about clubs and civic organizations, schools, workshops, classes, and other events of community interest should be received at The Bee office no later than Tuesday at 3 pm for publication in that week’s edition. Education: This weekly section provides school news of student accomplishments and events. Call Eliza Hallabeck at 203-426-3141 or e-mail eliza@thebee.com. Announcements and submissions for the Education section should be received by noon on Tuesdays for that week’s print edition. Engagements and Weddings: Forms are available in The Bee office and at newtownbee.com for those wishing to announce weddings and engagements. The forms can be used as is or as a guide for couples who would like to submit their own write-up. Photos accompanying engagement and wedding announcements will be returned if they are submitted with a stamped self-addressed envelope. Photos may also be e-mailed to shannon@thebee.com. They should be .jpg or .tif attachments (not embedded within the body of an e-mail), and at least 300 dpi. Wedding announcements must be received within six months of the date of the wedding in order to be printed in The Newtown Bee. Couples do not have to wait for their wedding photographer to return their wedding photos to them to submit a photo for their wedding announcement in The Bee. If a couple has a photo they like from their wedding day that was taken by a friend or family member, those photos will be accepted for a wedding announcement. Contact Shannon Hicks, associate editor, for additional information (203-426-3141 or shannon@thebee.com).
Enjoy: A weekly section of The Newtown Bee that provides news of the arts, food, and cultural events in the region. Call Shannon Hicks at 203426-3141 or sending e-mail to shannon@thebee.com. Announcements and news about cultural events for Enjoy should be received at our offices at 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown CT 06470, at least two weeks before the event. E-mail is the preferred form of contact. Horse News: Equestrian news is published each week in The Newtown Bee. News releases about shows, clinics, and calendar listings should be mailed to Andy Hutchison at PO Box 5503, Newtown CT 06470, or e-mailed to andyh@thebee.com. Brief calendar listings may also be phoned in, e-mailed, or faxed to 203-426-5169. Letters: Letters to the editor should be signed and dated, and include a street address. There is a 500-word limit on the length of letters, 300word limit for thank you letters. Letters should be mailed to Editor, The Newtown Bee, PO Box 5503, Newtown CT 06470. Readers may also e-mail their letters to editor@thebee.com. The editor reserves the right to reject any letter. The deadline for submitting letters is 3 pm Wednesday for publication in Friday’s paper. Photographs: Suggestions for photographs should be directed to the editor at 203-426-3141 or by e-mail to editor@thebee.com. Reprints of photos taken by staff photographers are available for public purchase or perusal through The Bee’s online photo galleries, at photos.newtownbee.com. Sports: General sports information should be received in The Bee’s offices before Tuesday at noon to be included in Friday’s paper. Material may be e-mailed to andyh@thebee.com. All hard copy submissions to Andy Hutchison should be typed or legibly printed and include a phone number in case clarification is required. Brief items may be phoned in to 203-426-3141. E-mail is the preferred form of contact. To subscribe or to report delivery problems: Subscriptions to The Newtown Bee are $45 per year or $80 for two years, $35 for half year and $175 for five years. There is a subscription form on page A2 of The Newtown Bee every week. To subscribe or to report problems with mail deliveries, call 203-426-3141 and ask to speak to someone in the Circulation Department or e-mail subscriptions@thebee.com.
The offices of The Newtown Bee Publishing Co., Inc., are located at 5 Church Hill Road, Newtown.