Friday, June 30

St Rose Carnival, opens 6 pm, on the grounds of St Rose of Lima, 46 Church Hill Road, carnival rides, games of chance, refreshments, continues nightly until July 1.

 

Saturday, July 1

Newtown Community Flea Market, 9 am–4 pm, Fairfield Hills campus, off Wassermann Way, free admission, vendors, food, continues July 2, sponsored by and benefit for Newtown Congregational Church; 426-4174.

31st Annual Friends of Booth Library Book Sale, 9 am–5 pm, Reed Intermediate School, 3 Trades Lane, thousands of books in dozens of categories, new location and weekend for book sale traditionally presented over Labor Day weekend, event continues daily until July 5; 426-4533.

Vintage Base Ball Game, 2 pm, “The Asylum” (ball field at Fairfield Hills), off Wasserman Way, free, Newtown Sandy Hook Vintage Base Ball Team will host Simsbury Taverneers, playing by 1876 and 1886 rules; 270-0596.

Final night Annual St Rose Carnival, opens 6 pm, on the grounds of St Rose of Lima, 46 Church Hill Road, carnival rides, games of chance, refreshments.

 

Sunday, July 2

Newtown Community Flea Market continues, 9 am–4 pm, Fairfield Hills campus, off Wassermann Way, see July 1 details.

31st Annual Friends of Booth Library Book Sale continues, 9 am–5 pm, Reed Intermediate School, see July 1 details.

 

Monday, July 3

31st Annual Friends of Booth Library Book Sale continues, 9 am–5 pm, Reed Intermediate School, see July 1 details.

 

Tuesday, July 4

INDEPENDENCE DAY

31st Annual Friends of Booth Library Book Sale continues, 9 am–5 pm, Reed Intermediate School, see July 1 details.

 

Wednesday, July 5

Final day 31st Annual Friends of Booth Library Book Sale, 9 am–5 pm, Reed Intermediate School, see July 1 details.

Housatonic Jazz Band concert, 7 pm, Ashlar of Newtown, 139 Toddy Hill Road, free concert ragtime music and jazz favorites will continue Ashlar’s 2006 Summer Sounds Concerts, picnics welcome, call if rain; 426-5847.

Lake Zoar Authority, 7 pm, Southbury Town Hall.

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

Fairfield Hills Authority, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

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

 

Thursday, July 6

BNI/Newtown chapter meeting, 7–8:30 am, location TBA (call for details), newcomers welcome, presentation on “Working The Web — Integrating Traditional Marketing with Your Web” by Malin Zergiebel (TSG WebPlus); 743-4708.

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

 

Friday, July 7

Opening night Juno and The Paycock, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15, Town Players will present Sean O’Casey’s classic drama of life in the Dublin slums during the Irish Civil War, weekends through July 29; 270-9144

 

Saturday, July 8

Opening night Juno and The Paycock, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $15, see July 7 details; 270-9144