Saturday, November 11

VETERANS’ DAY

Veterans’ Day Ceremony, 10 am, Soldiers & Sailors Monument, Main Street at Hanover Road, short ceremony by members and friends of The Persian Gulf War Memorial Committee will include designation of location for future Persian Gulf Memorial.

VFW Veterans’ Day Ceremony, 11:11 am, Veterans of Foreign War Post 308, 18 Tinkerfield Road, traditional ceremony by VFW members and auxiliary will include guest speakers Herb Rosenthal and Julia Wassermann, buffet lunch to follow.

Second Annual NHS Booster Club Wine Tasting Fundraiser, 6:30–9:30 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, tickets $35, sample 50 wines from around the world, hors d’oeuvres prepared by NHS Culinary Students, and music, fundraiser for new artificial playing surface at NHS Blue & Gold Stadium; 270-9112 (Sandy Hook Wine & Liquor) or 770-0925 (Dan Barrett, organizer).

Sunday, November 12

Opening reception for “Looking For Newtown: One Word is Worth A Thousand Pictures,” 2–4 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free, public invited to meet local freelance photographer Jill Baimel, whose images of our hometown are on view in library’s lower meeting room this month; 426-4533.

Monday, November 13

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

“The Good Old Days of 1890,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library, 25 Main Street, free presentation by retired history teacher Gordon Williams, sponsored by Newtown Historical Society; 426-5937.

Tuesday, November 14

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, town offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

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

Charter Revision Commission, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street.

Design Advisory Board, 7 pm, Edmond Town Hall, 45 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.

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

Wednesday, November 15

Borough Zoning Board of Appeals, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

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

Thursday, November 16

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.

Friday, November 17

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

Save Darfur Benefit, 7 pm, The Garage Teen Center, Church Hill Road, benefit event hosted by NHS student group A Global Voice.

Opening night for 2nd Annual A Holiday Gathering, 6–9 pm, Budd House Barn, 50 Main Street, free admission, gathering of 25-plus area crafters will be offering fine arts and crafts, items for garden and home, also specialty sauces; 270-9461.

Saturday, November 18

A Holiday Gathering continues, 10 am–4 pm, Budd House Barn, 50 Main Street, see November 17 details.

3rd Annual Made In Newtown Craft Fair, 10 am–5 pm, C.H. Booth Library community room, 25 Main Street, free admission, show and sale of items created by Newtown residents sponsored by Newtown Newcomers & Neighbors Club; 270-6481.

 

Sunday, November 19

Third Annual Winter Wonderland of Gifts Craft Fair, 10 am–3 pm, Edmond Town Hall gymnasium, 45 Main Street, admission $1, 38 booths of juried crafters with jewelry, clothes for American Girl dolls, chocolates, soaps, lamps, photography, hand knitted items and more, also raffle of items donated by crafters, bake sale; 268-1342.

Final day for 2nd Annual A Holiday Gathering, 10 am–3 pm, Budd House Barn, 50 Main Street, see November 17 details.