Saturday, June 10

Sandy Hook Lobster Fest continues, 3–9 pm (new hours), Main Fire Station, 18-20 Riverside Road, tickets $19/advance, $21/door, $5 children (burger or hot dog meal), see June 9 details; 270-4392.

4th Annual Car Show & Craft Fair, craft show 10 am–4 pm, car show 11 am–2 pm (rain date June 11), The Homesteads at Newtown, 166 Mt Pleasant Road, show car entry fee $8, walk-in donation $2, free ages 12 & under, antique and muscle cars on view, also crafts vendors, music, refreshments, proceeds to benefit The Alzheimer’s Association; 426-8118.

Sunday, June 11

Active Singles Hikes, 9:30–11:30 am, Upper Paugussett Forest, off Hanover Road, free, singles ages 30s-50s invited to join singles from across the state for hikes, four difficulty levels available, optional lunch usually follows; 860-253-9782.

Home opener for The Newtown-Sandy Hook Vintage Base Ball Team, call for start time (tentatively 3 pm), Fairfield Hills baseball field, off Wasserman Way, local vintage base ball team will host Boston Colonials for double-header; 270-0596.

 

Monday, June 12

Mammogram screenings, 9 am-3 pm, Kevin’s Community Center, 31 Peck’s Lane, free to anyone without insurance, also available to those on most insurance programs, appointments necessary; 203-576-5500 (St Vincent’s Swim Across the Sound office).

Board of Selectmen, 5:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

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

Tuesday, June 13

17th Annual Regional Hospice of Western Connecticut/Newtown chapter fundraising breakfast, 7:30-9 am, Fireside Inn, 123 South Main Street, walk-ins welcome, regular and light breakfast, freewill offering; 270-1960, 426-3651.

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

Design Review Board, 7 pm, town offices 31 Peck’s Lane.

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

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

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

Wednesday, June 14

FLAG DAY

BookTalk at The Meadows, 1:30 pm, Nunnawauk Meadows Community Building, 3 Nunnawauk Road, free program by Gordon Williams will focus on “The Character and Personality of Teddy Roosevelt”; 270-7257.

Berkshire Big Band concert, 7 pm, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free concert of music from 1930s–50s will open Ashlar’s 2006 Summer Sounds Concerts, picnics welcome, call if rain; 426-5847.

Genealogy Club of Newtown meeting, 7 pm. C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, presentation by Priscilla Wismar, who approaches genealogy as a form of detective work; 426-3889.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Persian Gulf Memorial Council meeting, 7:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall’s Mary Hawley Room, 45 Main Street, newcomers welcome, members collecting names of residents who served in Persian Gulf and Desert Storm conflicts.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free and open to nonmembers, program on painting with egg tempura will be offered by Laura Eden; 426-6654.

Thursday, June 15

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 11 am–4:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall Alexandria Room, 45 Main Street, donors need to be at least age 17, weigh 110 pounds or more, and be in generally good health, appointments available; 800-GIVE-LIFE (800-448-3543).

Just Friends, 7–9 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, social group for widows and widowers (not a bereavement support group); 426-7886.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Flagpole Photographers meeting and program, 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free slide lecture on photographing flowers by Harold Sisken, members’ competition with theme of “Flowers” (prints); 270-8576.

 

Friday, June 16

Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority, 10:30 am, Brookfield Town Hall.

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

Saturday, June 17

Low-Cost Rabies Clinic, 1–3 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, $15 cash only, no residency requirements, written proof or current license of prior vaccination required for three-year certificate (tags are not accepted), all others will receive one-year certificate, dogs must be on leashes, cats must be in carriers; 270-4210.

 

Sunday, June 18

FATHER’S DAY