The public is invited to attend a Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony on Monday, May 25, at 11 am, at VFW Post 308, Freedom Defenders Way (formerly 18 Tinkerfield Road, off of Mile Hill Road).

The program will be under the leadership of Quartermaster Jim Lewis. 

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A donation box has been set up in the lobby of The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road, and will remain in place until May 29. In conjunction with VFW Post 308 Newtown, The Bee is collecting items to be sent to service men and women.

Here are some of the food items that are requested: beef jerky; power, snack, and non-chocolate candy bars; fruit bars and Twizzlers, sport drink mixes, Gator Ade, Crystal Light drinks in single-serve packets, snack packs of Oreo cookies and Ritz crackers, Dunkin’ Donuts and Starbucks ground coffee, creamers and sugar packets, and sunflower seeds.

Non-food items that have been requested include Chapstick, iTune cards, DVDs, recent magazines, stationary, greeting cards, wet wipes, packs of tissue, travel-size toothpaste, deodorant, and body wash.

The lobby is open Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm, for you to drop off your donations. Donations will be delivered to Post 308, where they will be shipped to our troops.