Friday, June 11

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority (HRRA), 10 am, HRRA offices, Routes 25 and 133, Brookfield.

Annual Sandy Hook Fire Co Lobster Fest, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Co Firehouse, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, 5–9 pm, $18/adv, $20/door, full lobster or steak dinner with salad, soup, soft drink, and ice cream, also available are steamers and raw clams, games of chance, music, festival continues on June 12.

Saturday, June 12

Honoring the Hero Stamp, Newtown Post Office, Commerce Road, 10 am-1 pm, members of Newtown Hook & Ladder Volunteer Fire Co will be giving out pamphlets on fire prevention and safety to coincide with new Hero Stamp, fire truck on display, all welcome.

Low-Cost Rabies Clinic, 1–3 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, $12 cash only, cats and dogs need written proof of prior vaccination for rabies or current dog license presented for three-year certificate, all others will receive one-year certificates; 270-4210.

Annual Sandy Hook Fire Co Lobster Fest, Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue Co Firehouse, Riverside Rd, Sandy Hook, 5-9 pm, $18/adv, $20/door, see details under June 11.

Relay For Life, 7 pm, Newtown High School stadium, fundraising event for American Cancer Society, Luminaria Ceremony at 9 pm, music by Charisma, entertainment for children and adults, relay continues all night.

Sunday, June 13

Relay For Life continues at Newtown High School stadium, fundraising event for American Cancer Society, wake-up yoga, continental breakfast, cheer presentation, closing ceremony 6:45 am, last lap 7 am.

NUMC Youth Group Clothing Drive, 9 am–1 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, youth group will be accepting donations of gently used clothing, shoes, bedding and similar items, please have donations in plastic bags; 270-0399.

Congregation Adath Israel “Cantorial Cabaret-Concert Night,” begins 5:30 pm, at St Rose of Lima Church House, 46 Church Hill Road, tickets $10, performances by Rabbi Shaul Praver & Friends, Cantor Penny Kessler, Cantor Debbie Katchko, pianist Christ Coogan, performers accompanied by Phil Waldenstein & band; 426-7801, 268-1342.

“Mission Work & The African Mission Field Today,” 6 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free presentation by medical missionary Dr Herbert Prawius; 270-3730.

Monday, June 14

FLAG DAY

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

Tuesday, June 15

Open Space Committee, 8:30 am, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Housatonic Valley Council of Elected Officials, emergency planning committee, 12:30 pm, Brookfield Town Hall.

Board of Education, 7:30 pm, Reed Intermediate School at Fairfield Hills.

Economic Development Commission, 7:30 pm, Multipurpose Center, Riverside Road.

Wednesday, June 16

15th Annual Newtown Hospice Fundraising Breakfast, 7:45–9 am, Fireside Inn, 123 Main Street South, table sponsors needed, tips left by guests are contributions to Newtown chapter of Regional Hospice, full and lighter breakfasts available; 270-1960, 426-3651.

Housatonic Valley Paddlers Club meeting, 7 pm, CL&P Service Center, Barnabas Road, free and open to nonmembers, program by Brian Dziuba on navigating using GPS, compass and charts; 203-263-3281.

Special Town Meeting, proposal to appropriate $500,000 to extend a public water supply to Middle Gate School, 7 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Legislative Council, 7:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

Thursday, June 17

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Saturday, June 19

Annual Blessing of The Bikes, 8:30–11:30 am, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, admission by freewill donation, breakfast served until 11 am, blessings until 11:30 am, all bikes — from tricycles to motorcycles — welcome; 426-9998.

Mary Beth Sippin & Goldrush in concert, 7 pm, The Pleasance, Main Street at Sugar Street, free concert by traditional country band will open Booth Library Summer Concert Series, bring chairs/blankets for seating, rain location is library’s lower meeting room (25 Main Street); 426-4533.

Sunday, June 20

FATHER’S DAY

FIRST DAY OF SUMMER

Concert by guitarist Les Julian, 2:30 pm, The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, admission by donation (for Kevin’s Community Center), family performance by singer-songwriter-guitarist will include works from CD On My Dad’s Shoulders; 426-8118.

Tuesday, June 22

The Galvanized Jazz Band in concert, 7 pm, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free performance of Dixieland style music continues 18th Annual Summer Sounds concert series, all welcome, bring blankets/seating; 426-5847.