Saturday, October 25

Newtown Congregational Church Women’s Fellowship, 8:30 am, My Place Restaurant, Queen St, open to all (reservations requested), program by Janice Murray about Lakota Native Americans in South Dakota and how area residents can help the residents of the Pine Ridge Reservation; 426-0231.

Free flu shot clinic for Newtown residents, 9 am–noon, lower meeting rooms, Edmond Town Hall, 45 Main Street, sponsored by the Newtown Visiting Nurse Association.

Arthritis Seminar, 10–11:30 am, St Rose School, 42 Church Hill Rd, free program presented by The Arthritis Foundation.

 13th annual Elves’ Fair, 10 am–3 pm, Housatonic Valley Waldorf School, 40 Dodgingtown Road, children’s activities, petting zoo, hay maze, hay rides, puppet show, shopping for children, also handcrafted items, Waldorf art supplies, books, dolls, silks, wooden toys, etc; 364-1113.

Sunday, October 26

DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME ENDS

(set clocks back one hour)

FIRST DAY OF RAMADAN

Monday, October 27

Newtown Pension Committee, 7:30 pm, Town Hall South, 3 Main Street.

“The Holistic Approach To Pain and Inflammation,” 7:30 pm, St Rose School, free program on holistic remedies and exercise by a chiropractor, sponsored by St Rose Nurse Ministry.; 426-2573.

Tuesday, October 28

Public Building and Site Commission, 6:30 pm, Booth Library, 25 Main Street.

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

 

Wednesday, October 29

Free blood pressure screening, 10 am–noon, Booth Library meeting room, 25 Main St, sponsored by Ashlar of Newtown.

Free blood pressure screening, 11 am–noon, Nunnawauk Meadows, Nunnawauk Road, sponsored by Connecticut Visiting Nurse Association.

Housatonic Area Regional Transit (HART), board of directors, 4 pm, HART offices, 62 Federal Road, Danbury.

 

Thursday, October 30,

Electrical Restructuring, 1 pm, Booth Library meeting room, free program on the new state law featuring speaker Donna Devino of the Department of Public Utility Control, sponsored by the Newtown Woman’s Club, GFWC.

Planning and Zoning Commission, 7:30 pm, Canaan House at Fairfield Hills.

Friday, October 31

HALLOWEEN

Saturday, November 1

ALL SAINTS’ DAY

NUMC Monthly Pasta Dinner, 5–7:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $8 adults, $7 seniors, $3.50 children, full spaghetti dinner includes salad, desserts, and soft drinks/coffee raises funds each month for church, all welcome, coffee house/musical event follows; 426-0617.

Dinner Dance & Silent Auction, 7 pm–midnight, The Fireside Inn, 123 Main Street South, tickets $50, performances by The Berkshire Big Band, hors d’oeuvres, full dinner, cash bar, presented by Hiram Lodge #18, proceeds to benefit CHIP Program (Child ID program); 270-7703, 264-4199.

NUMC Coffee House, 7:45–10:30 pm, Newtown United Methodist Church’s Rauner Hall, 92 Church Hill Road, admission $3 for those attending earlier pasta dinner (see above listing), $4 otherwise, live bluegrass and folk music, refreshments, suitable for all ages; 426-0617.

Tuesday, November 4

ELECTION DAY

Friday, November 7

Opening night Deathtrap by The Town Players, curtain 8 pm, The Little Theatre, Orchard Hill Road, tickets $12, production of Ira Levin’s thriller will continue weekends through November 29; 270-9144.