Saturday, January 1, 2011

NEW YEAR’S DAY

Monday, January 3

Board of Selectmen, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Tuesday, January 4

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

Lake Lillinonah Authority, 7:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Police Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Wednesday, January 5

Newtown Toastmasters meeting, 7 pm, Town Hall South Parks & Recreation Conference Room, 3 Main Street, newcomers and guests welcome; 203-313-5507.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Zoning Board of Appeals, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Ad Hoc Tick-Borne Disease Action Committee, 8 pm, Multipurpose Center, 14 Riverside Road.

Thursday, January 6

Regional Recycling Task Force, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall, 100 Pocono Road.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane.

Friday, January 7

Maurice Benard: Comedy & Talk, 8:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall theater, 45 Main Street, $75 (VIP $150 including preshow Meet & Reception at 7), comedy and audience talkback with General Hospital’s Sonny Corinthos, also Nathan Parsons (GH’s Ethan Lovett); 203-268-5857.

Saturday, January 8

Open House, 9–11 am, Wesley Learning Center, 92 Church Hill Road (adjacent to Newtown United Methodist Church), parents invited to visit classrooms and meet teachers of programs for ages 2–6; 203-426-6149.

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner , 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $9 adults, $8 seniors, $3.50 children; 203-426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 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; 203-426-9998.

Monday, January 10

RIS 5th Grade Global Music & Orchestra Winter Concert, 7 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane, snow date January 24; 203-270-4880.

Town Historian’s Annual Lecture: “What’s Old That’s New,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free annual lecture by Dan Cruson will incl new photos & stories of early NHS track and football teams, Sandy Hook Athletic Club, also screening of short film of 1939 Memorial Day parade including rare footage of opera singer Grace Moore singing publicly in Newtown; 203-426-5937.