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27 Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive Monarchs, Meadows & Migration Newtown Historical Society One-Room Schoolhouse Open House CANCELED	28 SCAN Summer Show & Sale Drop-In Hours: Sign up for Town Alerts “CHOICES: Navigating Medicare Can Be Complicated. We Can Help” NSC Book Club: "Remarkably Bright Creatures" Employee Medical Benefits Board meeting (agenda posted) Nature’s Book Club: Reader’s Choice Newcomer Bridge Board of Fire Commissioners meeting (agenda posted) Fairfield Hills Authority meeting (agenda posted)	29 Open Legislative Coffee & Conversation Hours SCAN Summer Show & Sale Newtown Farmers Market Restorative Blooms C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Grateful Gatherings	30 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) Chat Bridge Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean FONS Monthly Social: Taco Dia Community Center Commission special meeting (agenda posted)	1 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II Young Adult Book Club CANCELED Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Board of Ethics meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Cultural Arts Commission meeting (agenda posted) Fairfield Hills Master Plan Review Committee meeting (agenda posted) Virtual Author Talk: “Courage, Choice, and What Comes Next”	2 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” Music Dynamics An Evening for Blue: Honoring James Gaston, Esq "The Importance of Being Earnest" opening night (Town Players of Newtown) 3DR Presents: That 70’s Show	3 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) Community CPR Class Pickleball Fun Day NHS Band and Guard Monthly Bottle and Can Drive Third Annual Potters’ Path: Newtown Big Blue Blocks Open Play Newtown Chess Club Smells Like Nirvana Performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown)
4 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) Newtown Record Riot Third Annual Potters’ Path: Newtown Third Annual Potters’ Path: Newtown Matinee performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown) Our Country’s 250th Anniversary: A Music Event	5 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” Music Monday with Principal Al Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Big Blue Blocks Open Play Nonfiction Book Club C.H. Booth Library Art & History Subcommittee meeting Journey Into the World of Tea Fall Garden Tips for Spring Garden Sanity Newcomer Bridge Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee meeting	6 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” Windows into Waldorf Bridge 1: The Basics Mother Goose on the Loose Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newtown Farmers Market Virtual Author Talk: “Pasta with a Twist — A Fresh Take on Italian Classics” Mahjong Open Play: Evening Edition Police Commission meeting Board of Education meeting Lake Zoar Authority meeting Lake Lillinonah Authority meeting	7 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” Chat Bridge Mother Goose on the Loose 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Making Art with Miss Nora Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Legislative Council meeting	8 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II Regional Recycling Task Force hybrid meeting (Brookfield, agenda posted) Western Council of Government Western Connecticut Economic Development District meeting Book Explorers Beginner Bachata Class The Lightfoot Band Water & Sewer Authority meeting (agenda posted) “The Art of Character Portraiture” with Flagpole Photographers	9 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) “Where Beauty Lingers” Newtown Talks: Amanda Knox Performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown)	10 “The Great Art-Doors” (extended and relocated) 31st Newtown Health Fair Connecticut Book Festivals Book Fair Meet Gilbert the Party Pig Write Your Way: Generative Writing Workshop Newtown Chess Club REACHtoberfest 2026 Performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown) Screening of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"
11 6th Annual Race For Catherine The Village Mural Project (new date) Screening of "Anaconda" Matinee performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown) Floating Sound Bath Meditation with Joy Hoffman NEWS Workcamp Info Session	12 INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ DAY “Where Beauty Lingers” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Newcomer Bridge Auditions for All My Sons (Town Players of Newtown)	13 “Where Beauty Lingers” Western Council of Government Technical Advisory Group meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Big Blue Blocks Open Play Harvest Table Workshop: Kids Cooking Series (ages 7-11) Legislative Council Transportation Committee meeting Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting Parks & Recreation Commission meeting Auditions for All My Sons (Town Players of Newtown) C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting Board of Finance meeting Borough Board of Burgesses meeting Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Board of Trustees meeting SCAN Artist Demo: Lenny Moskowitz on “How Monet Used Color In Oil”	14 “Where Beauty Lingers” Chat Bridge 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Inland Wetlands Commission meeting Charter Revision Commission meeting	15 “Where Beauty Lingers” American Mahjong Open Play Library Show and Tell “A Ghost Hunter’s Favorite Cases” Walk to Remember & Wave of Light Planning & Zoning Commission meeting Sustainable Energy Commission meeting Pension Committee meeting Performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown)	16 “Where Beauty Lingers” Classic Stones Live Performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown)	17 “Loving Life from Start to Finish: The Covenant of Non-Abandonment & The Contradiction of Physician-Assisted Killing” Annual Shred Event Housatonic Valley Waldorf School Open House New Insights Spiritual Wellness Center Grand Opening Fall ’26 Skate Jam Fundraiser Newtown Chess Club Final performance of "The Importance of Being Earnest" (Town Players of Newtown) The Linda Ronstadt Experience
18 Knights of Columbus Tootsie Roll Drive Friends of C.H. Booth Library Fall Donation Day	19 “Where Beauty Lingers” Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Big Blue Blocks Open Play Commission on Aging meeting Newcomer Bridge Board of Fire Commissioners meeting Board of Selectmen meeting	20 “Where Beauty Lingers” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting OktoberFest 2026 Board of Education CFF/CIP subcommittee meeting Community Center Commission meeting Board of Education meeting Economic Development Commission meeting	21 “Where Beauty Lingers” Chat Bridge 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Animal Care & Control Advisory Board meeting Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Town Building & infrastructure Committee meeting First Grade Readiness Evening Bike & Trail Committee meeting Borough Zoning Commission meeting Legislative Council meeting	22 “Where Beauty Lingers” American Mahjong Open Play Western Council of Government Housatonic Valley and Southwestern Region Metropolitan Planning Organizations meeting Borough Historic District meeting Board of Finance meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club hybrid meeting	23 “Where Beauty Lingers” Hoot N' Howl	24 2026 Walk To End Alzheimer’s-Western Connecticut Qigong — Self-Massage Sandy Hook Halloween Walk Backyard Beekeeping: Winter Prep Newtown Chess Club Let’s Draw Monsters with Rick Stromoski Not So Spooky Anymore "Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening with live shadow cast
25 “The Haunting of Edmond Town Hall: A Most Menacing Musical Experience” (Waterbury Symphony Orchestra Newtown series) Floating Sound Bath Meditation with Joy Hoffman SOLD OUT: Gary Gulman’s 7th Hour: An All-New Standup Show	26 “Where Beauty Lingers” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Big Blue Blocks Open Play Board of Fire Commissioners Annual Dinner meeting Nature’s Book Club Newcomer Bridge Fairfield Hills Authority meeting	27 “Where Beauty Lingers” Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Legislative Council Transportation Committee meeting Conservation Commission meeting Public Building & Site Commission meeting	28 “Where Beauty Lingers” Chat Bridge 30 Minute Flex & Balance with Sean Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting	29 “Where Beauty Lingers” American Mahjong Open Play Lit Fic Book Club	30 “Where Beauty Lingers” The Grand Slambovian Halloween Ball	31 HALLOWEEN Newtown Chess Club

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Events for Saturday, October 19, 2024

Events for October 19, 2024

EverWonder’s Annual Jack O’Lantern Jamboree

October 19, 2024 09:00 am

"All Ages Community Art Exhibition"

October 19, 2024 09:30 am - 05:00 pm

"Secondhand Sacred: (IR)Reverent Fun"

October 19, 2024 09:30 am - 05:00 pm

"Secondhand Sacred: Domestic Devotion"

October 19, 2024 09:30 am - 05:00 pm

“Homage to Artistic Greats: An Exhibit of Fiber Art” by FiberWorks

October 19, 2024 09:30 am - 05:00 pm

Roberta Shea "Watercolors"

October 19, 2024 09:30 am - 05:00 pm

“Works by Meeting House Artists”

October 19, 2024 10:00 am - 06:00 pm

Annual NUMC Fall Craft Fair

October 19, 2024 10:00 am - 04:00 pm

SCAN Members Fall Art Show & Sale

October 19, 2024 10:00 am - 04:00 pm

EverWonder’s Annual Jack O’Lantern Jamboree

October 19, 2024 11:00 am

Tinsel the Fairy and Spookley the Square Pumpkin

October 19, 2024 11:00 am

EverWonder’s Annual Jack O’Lantern Jamboree

October 19, 2024 01:00 pm

Newtown Youth Lacrosse Open House

October 19, 2024 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm

SCAN Members Fall Art Show & Sale Reception

October 19, 2024 02:00 pm - 04:00 pm

Night at the Asylum: Haunted Cocktail and Dance Party

October 19, 2024 07:00 pm - 11:00 pm

"Rocky Horror Picture Show" screening with Live Shadow Cast

October 19, 2024 08:00 pm - 09:30 pm

The Way We Were

Theater Review: An Unconventional, And Very Enjoyable, Dickens Story At TheatreWorks New Milford

Top Of The Mountain

Ray Corbo Receives 2026 Mary Hawley Public Service Award

Newtown Restaurant & Business Appreciation Week Kicks Off With Inaugural ‘Sip & Savor’ Event

Do you really think people who are going to commit violent crime care at all about gun laws? They may however, think twice about committing said violent crime if they fear a violent response...

Look At The Record

I read Jim Gaston’s letter supporting Rob Blanchard and found the way Mr. Blanchard’s connection to Newtown was presented somewhat disingenuous. Mr. Gaston repeatedly describes Mr. Blanchard as a “neighbor” and emphasizes his connection to “our communities” and his decision to put down “permanent roots” in Newtown. But the relevant context is that Mr. Blanchard is a very recent Newtown resident. Frankly, I have food in my refrigerator that has been in Newtown longer than he has.

Rob Blanchard For State Senate

Also -- Joseph Gormley, a Republican from Newtown, was a state senator in the late 1940s/early 1950s. Rob Blanchard has lived in the 28th Senate District for five years -- longer than has your preferred candidate.

Newtown Hasn’t Held This Seat In 100 Years

Um. Saying she has "lived in Newtown for years," is an interesting attempt to make a longtime resident out of someone who has been in town two years. C'mon, Steve.

Newtown Hasn’t Held This Seat In 100 Years

There has been plenty of vetted research conducted on the correlation between the states with strict gun laws and those same states having the lowest rates of gun violence, death and injury….including Connecticut. Strong gun laws work. And law abiding citizens still get to legally have their guns, with no more difficulty that it is to obtain a drivers license or register a car.

Look At The Record

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