Friday, June 5

By ANDY GOROSKO

Published: Jun 05, 2009 12:00 am

Friday, June 5

22nd Annual Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue LobsterFest, 5â9 pm, Sandy Hook main station, 18-20 Riverside Road, $22 advance, $24 door, lobster or steak dinner with sides, kidsâ meals and raw bar available, live music, game wheel, continues June 6; 270-4392.

NHS Senior Cabaret, 7 pm, Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road; 426-7642.

Art show opening reception, 7â9 pm, The Blue Z Coffee House, 127 Main Street, whimsical, abstract paintings by Newtown resident Kathy Grose on view all month; 364-1003, 364-0631.

Saturday, June 6

St Rose Community Tag Sale, 9 amâ3 pm rain or shine, St Rose of Lima Church, 46 Church Hill Road, church and community members will fill tables with trash to treasures, proceeds to benefit St Rose Social Concerns Committee; 426-2333, extension 4.

SKATE Competition, 11 amâ6 pm rain or shine, Dickinson Park Pavilion, Elm Drive, $10 to enter competition or open skate, waivers and helmets required for all skaters, also raffles and music, fundraiser presented by Donate To Skate.

22nd Annual Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue LobsterFest, 3â9 pm, Sandy Hook main station, see June 5 details.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5â7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45â10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $4 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $5 otherwise, bluegrass and folk music, refreshments; 426-9998.

Sunday, June 7

Health & Wellness Fair, 10 amâ3 pm, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, free fair with speakers, displays, and information from health care professionals from a number of fields; 426-5188.

âA Sight for Sore Eyesâ opening reception, 2â4 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, residents invited to view art by eight local artists, show on view until June 30; 426-4533.

Monday, June 8

Board of Finance, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

âAmerican History and the New Britain American Art Museum,â 7:30 pm, presented by the Newtown Historical Society in the community room of the C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free program by NBAAM docent Alma Kearns; 426-5937.

Israeli Scouts Caravan performance, 7 pm, Congregation Adath Israel, 115 Huntingtown Road, Israeli culture and folklore including songs in English, Hebrew and Yiddish, suitable for all ages, races and religions; 426-5188.

Tuesday, June 9

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Parks and Recreation Commission, 6 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Lake Zoar Authority, 7 pm, Southbury Town Hall, 501 Main Street South.

Borough Board of Burgesses, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Booth Library Board of Trustees, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Wednesday, June 10

Berkshire Big Band in concert, 7 pm, Masonicare at Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free, music from 1930sâ50s, light refreshments available for purchase, bring seating, call if rain; 426-5847.

Newtown Genealogy Club program, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library board room, 25 Main Street, free presentation by Dr Gregory Wismar on 600-year-old German church charity Stiftung; 426-3981.

Borough Zoning Commission, 7:15 pm. Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peckâs Lane.

Thursday, June 11

Water and Sewer Authority, 7 pm, sewage treatment plant office building, 24 Commerce Road.

Friday, June 12

Passport Pool Party, 5â8 pm, Treadwell Park pool, Philo Curtis Road, all residents invited to free night at town pool, participants of Parks & Rec Passport to The Parks program can get stamps, also music, games & activities; 270-4340.

Saturday, June 13

Rabies clinic, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, $15 cash only, written proof of prior vaccination preferred, tags accepted (for one-year certificate); 270-4210.

The Newtown Rooster Rally, 11:30 amâ2 pm, Main Street, art show, painted roosters, rooster collections from residents and individuals and more, all celebrating Newtownâs symbol.

Open House & Chair Caning Demo, 12â4 pm, Matthew Curtiss House, 44 Main Street, free, costumed docents, demos by Richard Major, part of CT Open House Day; 426-5937.

Walking Tour of Sandy Hook, 1 pm, Washington Park, Church Hill Road at Washington Avenue, free walking tour with Town Historian Dan Cruson; 426-5937.

Meet & Greet with David K. Rehbein, 4â6 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, residents invited to meet American Legion National Commander, light refreshments, hosted by George A. Powell Sr/Jr Post; 426-7728.

Sunday, June 14

FLAG DAY

Final day to view Field of Flags at Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street, honoring Americans who gave their lives in Afghanistan and Iraq; 426-9024.

Final day to visit Oasis Project Field of Flags, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Main Street, presented by Newtown Womanâs Club.

Evensong Service Celebrated With Choral Society At Trinity Church

Author Leslie Connor Visits Reed Intermediate School

Newtown Bridle Lands Association Holds Jingle Bell Ride

NHS Dance Team Ready To Go For More Championships

BOE Listens To Fall Sports Update At Meeting

Half right. The other half wrong (and left).

Why Gun Violence Is Higher In The US

I want to clarify something that was not clear in my letter. Newtown DOES have an affordable housing plan, put together with the aid of the Council of Governments (COG) in 2022 and approved by the LC that year. The strategies in that plan are to "encourage", "support", "explore", "promote" various aspects of state and local affordable housing programs. Those strategies are largely repeated in the Housing Chapter of the Plan of Conservation and Development being finalized now. Newtown needs to measure its performance against those strategies and refine them to reflect the current situation and evaluate whether we are eligible for a moratorium on 8-30(g) projects if we have met the criteria. It's a question of being more specific and more rigorous in what we as a community would like to see to address this real and serious need, rather than to be on our heels when a developer proposes a project on their terms. An independent look outside the application process would be best for that. Thank you. Peter.

Discusses Affordable Housing

I on Glover Ave. walk my two Labs every morning and evening. Drivers are constantly cutting me off at the shopping center entrance and other driveways. There is no understanding of pedestrians rights. Drives make left turns onto Queen when its forbidden. Most cars cruse right thru the crosswalks without stopping for pedestrians. The Police have not issued one citation nor even a warming for crosswalk violations. The situation is out of control and now a loved resident, Pete, and a pet, Coby have been killed. Time for a plan. The problem is not Intersections, nor traffic, the problem 98s drivers and lack of enforcement. The plan need to create a culture that drivers obey speed limits and honor pedestrians right of ways. Isn't that the job of the Police Department and The Police Commission, to protect Newtowns citizens. This is a call to action.

Unidentified Driver Sought After Fatally Striking Dog And Leaving Scene

Its already too late, the Nimby mob have scared developers so that their only option is to use the state wide 8-30 exemption to get around the local zoning board. Thanks Nimby mob.

Backs Moratorium On Dense Development Applications

Ya gotta pay more to live in a Blue state and subsidize the 'affordable' folks.

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