Saturday, December 31

NEW YEAR’S EVE

Sunday, January 1

NEW YEAR’S DAY

Monday, January 2

(New Year’s observed as national holiday. Town offices, library and even the offices of The Newtown Bee will all be closed. Public schools on winter break. No mail delivery.)

Tuesday, January 3

Board of Education special meeting, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

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

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 4

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

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

Thursday, January 5

Screening of Twenty-Four Eyes, 6:30 pm, Newtown High School Lecture Hall, 12 Berkshire Road, free screening of movie hosted by Newtown International Center for Education (NICE), introduced by NHS Student Ambassador Eric Song, light snacks available; 203-426-7646.

Board of Ethics, 7 pm, Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.

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

 

Sunday, January 8

Yossi Kohrman-Glaser: Classical Guitar Recital, 2 pm, St John’s Episcopal Church, 5 Washington Avenue, free performance by Newtown High School student will serve as culmination of NHS Junior-Senior Project, also collection of nonperishable food items for FAITH Food Pantry, snow date January 15; 203-426-3112.

Monday, January 9

American Red Cross Blood Drive, 8:30 am–6:15 pm, Newtown Congregational Church, 14 West Street,  donors need to be at least 18 years old, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in generally good health, appointments available, walk-ins welcome; 800-733-2767.

Combined Schools Winter Concert, 7 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road, combined winter concert by Reed Intermediate School 5th & 6th Grade Global Music & Chorus, and Newtown Middle School Grade 7 Global Music group, snow date January 23.

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

Town Historian’s Annual Lecture: “The American Revolution in Newtown,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free lecture by Dan Cruson will examine many facets of the war in and around Newtown, hosted by Newtown Historical Society; 203-426-5937.