To the Editor:

On behalf of this year’s LobsterFest Committee — myself, Ryan Clark, Matt Dobson, George Lockwood, Jr, and Jeff Thomas — and the officers and members of Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Co, we would like to thank our family, friends, fellow firefighters, residents of Newtown, and out-of-town guests for helping to make our 34th LobsterFest on Friday and Saturday, June 9 and 10, a success. We served over 1,800 lobsters and 700 pounds of steak that weekend.

We would like to thank the neighbors who allowed use of part of their property for parking, and all of our neighbors for putting up with the noise.

We also need to thank our fellow volunteer firefighters from surrounding fire departments — Botsford, Hawleyville, Dodgingtown, Newtown Hook & Ladder, Naugatuck Fire Police, Southbury, Easton, Monroe, Stepney, and Stevenson — and anyone else who offered their support this year.

We appreciate the crews from Botsford and Hook & Ladder who provided station coverage each night, ready to respond to calls in our district had they come in.

In addition, we would like to thank Associated Refuse, JP Maguire, LRM, and Value Waste for their donations of dumpsters, corn, and other supplies. We’d also like to thank Greg and Pegi Gnandt for donating golf carts and bar supplies.

We have so many people to thank, and we are sorry if we missed anyone.

Thank you for the continued support of Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue. Mark your calendars for the 35th LobsterFest — June 10 and 11, 2024.

Sincerely,

Chief Anthony Capozziello, LobsterFest Chairman

Sandy Hook