Newtown

Support Groups

Friday, October 15

AA, Congregational Church House, 41-A Main Street (behind Newtown General Store), Routes 6 and 25, 8 pm, beginners meeting, open discussion.

Saturday, October 16

AA, Eagle Hill Treatment Center, 28 Alberts Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 8 pm, open speaker meeting.

Sunday, October 17

AA, Newtown Senior Center, Riverside Road, Sandy Hook, 2 pm, open speaker discussion meeting, 90-minute meeting.

AA, Newtown United Methodist Church, basement, 92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 7:30 pm, open speaker discussion meeting.

Monday, October 18

ALANON/ACOA (Adult Children of Alcoholics), Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street (at the flagpole), 10 am.

AA, Congregational Church House, 41-A Main Street, bottom floor, 8 pm, closed discussion meeting, teens welcome.

Tuesday, October 19

AA, United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 12:15 pm, closed step meeting.

AA, St John’s Episcopal Church, Washington Avenue/Route 34, Sandy Hook, 6:30 pm, one-hour closed step meeting.

AA, Eagle Hill, 28 Alberts Hill Road (Aftercare), 7 pm meeting; regular closed speaker discussion, 8:30 pm.

ALANON, Eagle Hill, 28 Alberts Hill Road, Sandy Hook, 7-8:30 pm, open discussion.

ALANON/ACOA, Trinity Church, 36 Main Street (at the flagpole), open beginners meeting, 7:30; regular open meeting, 8 pm.

Yahweh’s Reach, Newtown Christian Church, Rock Ridge Road and Route 302, 7:30 pm, closed support group for teens with coping difficulty and/or addictions; information, 270-8858.

ALATEEN, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street (at the flagpole), 8 pm.

Wednesday, October  20

AA, Women’s Sobriety Group, Newtown Congregational Church House, Ground Floor, 41-A Main street, 8 pm, one-hour, closed discussion, non-smokers meeting.

AA, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, 8:30 pm, closed men’s speaker discussion group.

Thursday, October 21

AA, Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main Street, 8 pm, closed speaker discussion meeting.

 Three governors of Connecticut were born or lived in Newtown. Isaac Tousey, elected governor in 1846, also served in the US Congress and Senate. Henry Dutton became governor of Connecticut in 1854, and Luzon B. Morris was elected in 1869.

 In 1859, Newtown’s first resident Roman Catholic priest, Dr Francis Lenihan, organized the present parish under the patronage of St Rose of Lima. He also purchased the land for St Rose Cemetery.