Saturday, January 6

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Road, $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner with salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-9998.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church, 92 Church Hill Rd, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see listing above), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-9998.

Monday, January 8

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

“Town Historian’s Annual Lecture: The Slaves of Central Fairfield County,” 7:30 pm, C.H. Booth Library lower meeting room, 25 Main Street, free lecture by Dan Cruson will cover slavery in Newtown and surrounding towns, as well as the local abolitionist movement;  426-5937.

Tuesday, January 9

Conservation Commission, 6 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

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

Design Advisory Board, 6:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

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

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

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

Wednesday, January 10

Borough Zoning Commission, 7 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

Hawley School Chorus Winter Concert, 7 pm, at Newtown High School, 12 Berkshire Road (snow date January 11); 426-7666.

NHS Post Prom Planning Meeting, 7 pm, Newtown High School lobby, 12 Berkshire Road, help needed in all areas of planning for May 2007 event that will have “Life’s A Beach” as theme; 426-4822, 426-2395.

Genealogy Club of Newtown meeting, 7 pm, C.H. Booth Library meeting room, 25 Main Street, program will cover World War I records, newcomers welcome; 426-3889.

Inland Wetlands Commission, 7:30 pm, Town Offices, 31 Peck’s Lane.

Society of Creative Arts of Newtown (SCAN) program, 7:30 pm, Newtown Meeting House, 31 Main Street, free (nonmembers welcome), Joel Spector will offer demonstration of pastel still life; 426-6654.

 

Thursday, January 11

Water and Sewer Authority, 7:30 pm, sewage treatment plant offices, 24 Commerce Road. 

Sunday, January 14

St Rose School Open House, 10 am–1 pm (registration 1:30–3:30), at the school, 40 Church Hill Road, new families with children ages pre-K through eighth grade invited to visit campus, learn about curriculum and extracurricular activities, meet parents, teachers, students and alumni, snow date January 21; 426-5102.