Newtown Choral Society will be starting rehearsals next week ahead of a winter concert planned for mid-December.

Descendants of Joseph Hawley and other ancestors of that celebrated family will celebrate the life and giving of Newtown Benefactress Mary Elizabeth Hawley during at The Hawley Family Reunion, September 28-30.

Newtown resident and retired Newtown Bee Editor Nancy K. Crevier is celebrating the release of "Pieces of the World and other poems."

Around Town Real Estate is proud to be once again supporting FAITH Food Pantry by raffling off a custom-built playhouse.

Friends of Newtown Seniors has a pair of events planned in upcoming weeks, including one with a reservations deadline fast approaching.

The 47th Ukrainian Festival will be held this weekend at Paproski’s Castle Hill Farm Pumpkin Patch. All are welcome.

The Society of Creative Arts of Newtown has a pair of special events approaching during the next few weeks.

Organizers are on track to welcome the public for the 70th Bridgewater Country Fair at the Bridgewater Fairgrounds, August 18-20.

Dickinson Park on the Sunday of Labor Day weekend will once more be filled with music thanks to the “tenth and final” Panacea Reunion, say organizers.

The internationally acclaimed modern dance company Pilobolus, based in Washington (Conn.), will present a family-friendly early evening event Monday in Sandy Hook.