Holiday Closings

All town offices and agencies will be closed from noon on Friday, December 23, until 8 am on Tuesday, December 26, for the Christmas holiday. The following week, offices will close at noon on Friday, December 30, and remain closed until Tuesday, January 2, for New Year’s.

C.H. Booth Library will be open on Friday, December 23, from 9 am until 1 pm only, and then closed Saturday through Monday, December 24–26, for Christmas. It will follow the same schedule on Friday, December 30, and Saturday through Monday, December 31–January 2, for the New Year’s holiday.

Newtown Senior Center will close at noon on December 23 (no lunch served), and will reopen on Tuesday at 9. The same schedule will be followed on Friday, December 30.

The transfer station at the former landfill on Ethan Allen Road will close at 11 am on December 23 and will reopen at 7 am on December 27. The same schedule will be followed for the New Year’s holiday.

The public schools will be closed December 26–30. Classes resume on January 3.

The offices of The Bee, at 5 Church Hill Road, will be open on Fridays, December 24 and 31. We will be closed Mondays, December 26 and January 2.

Please note that deadlines for the issue of December 31 will be affected by the holidays. Everything will be due 24 hours earlier than normal.