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28 Panacea & Friends Twixtmas Party 2025	29 “Newtown & Beyond” “The Hanukkah Menorah” by Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown CLOSED TODAY Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Nature’s Book Club	30 “Newtown & Beyond” “The Hanukkah Menorah” by Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown CLOSED TODAY Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Restorative Blooms Grateful Gathering	31 “Newtown & Beyond” “The Hanukkah Menorah” by Congregation Adath Israel of Newtown (last day) CLOSED TODAY Small & Large Works Show Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event CANCELED 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Noon Year’s Eve Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games	1 CANCELED Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CLOSED TODAY Small & Large Works Show	2 Small & Large Works Show	3 Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Small & Large Works Show
4	5 “A Thimbleful of Snow” Small & Large Works Show Music Monday with Principal Al Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Cooking the Books (A Cookbook Club) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	6 “A Thimbleful of Snow” Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Nonfiction Book Club Indoor Winter Market Police Commission meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Governance Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Lake Zoar Authority meeting (Southbury, agenda posted) Lake Lillinonah Authority virtual meeting (agenda posted)	7 “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Job Search with the Career Coach” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Animal Care and Control Advisory Board special meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Drop-In Art with Miss Nora Planning & Zoning Commission special meeting (agenda posted) CANCELED Animal Care & Control Advisory Board meeting Legislative Council Ordinance Committee special meeting (agenda posted) Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting Zoning Board of Appeals meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid public hearing (agenda posted)	8 “A Thimbleful of Snow” American Mahjong Open Play Friends of Counted Embroidery-Laurel Chapter meeting Mother Goose II Small & Large Works Show Drop-In Free Build Lit Fic Book Club C.H. Booth Library Buildings & Grounds Subcommittee meeting Cultural Arts Commission meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Community Recycling Talk Water & Sewer Authority meeting (agenda posted) Water & Sewer Authority public hearing (agenda posted) “The Zen of Landscape Photography” (Flagpole Photographers event)	9 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” Small & Large Works Show Music Dynamics Glamour & Glitz New Year’s Gala The Colgate Resolutions	10 Board of Education special meeting (agenda posted) “A Thimbleful of Snow” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Small & Large Works Show "Elio" screening "Elio" screening
11 "Elio" free screening Auditions for "God of Carnage" (Town Players of Newtown)	12 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” Small & Large Works Show Second Monday Book Club Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games "Three Acupoints for Balance in the Winter” Auditions for "God of Carnage" (Town Players of Newtown) Newtown Volunteer Ambulance Corps Executive Board meeting (agenda posted) Board of Finance hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	13 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Parkinson’s: Causes and Symptoms” Virtual Author Talk: “The Creative and Compassionate Art of Seeing Others Deeply” Northern Fairfield Professionals meeting C.H. Booth Library Development Committee meeting (agenda posted) Parks & Recreation Commission special meeting (agenda posted) Edmond Town Hall Board of Managers meeting (agenda posted) “Precious Gems” with Toni McKeen Board of Education hybrid meeting (agenda posted) C.H. Booth Library Board of Trustees meeting (agenda posted) Borough Board of Burgesses meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Volunteer Ambulance meeting (agenda posted)	14 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Author Talk: John D. Scully ("Visited Mom Today") Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “VA Disability and VA Pension” Drop-In Art with Miss Nora SCAN Artist Demo: Katie Kindilien SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale opening reception “I Have Always Wanted to Go There … Tips for Visiting the Hometowns of Your Family in the USA and Overseas” (Genealogy Club of Newtown program) “Reboot with Chris Stefanick” Inland Wetlands Commission meeting (agenda posted)	15 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II Small & Large Works Show Drop-In Free Build Planning & Zoning Commission special meeting CANCELED Sustainable Energy Commission meeting ETH Newtown Talks Speaker Series: John Quiñones Planning & Zoning Commission hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Pension Committee meeting (agenda posted)	16 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale Blood Drive “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Sips & Tips with Newtown Special Ed PTA Small & Large Works Show Lunch & Learn: “Outsmart the Scammers with Maria Xavier” Winter Seed Sowing Workshop	17 “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Small & Large Works Show Cozy New England Tea POSTPONED Aztec Two-Step and Steve Forbert
18 “State of the State” update and Pre-Legislative Discussion POSTPONED	19 MARTIN LUTHER KING JR DAY CLOSED TODAY SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh CLOSED TODAY “A Thimbleful of Snow” Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games	20 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Indoor Winter Market Virtual Author Talk with Journalist Julia Hotz CANCELED C.H. Booth Library Finance Committee meeting Housatonic Resources Recovery Authority Beyond 2029 Subcommittee special virtual meeting (agenda posted) Needle Felting with Katie Stevenson Legislative Council Traffic Workgroup meeting (agenda posted) Therapy Dogs Visit Community Center Commission meeting (agenda posted) Economic Development Commission meeting (agenda posted) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	21 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean Sip & Paint Lunch & Learn: Newtown DTC Q&A for 2026 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games “Body, Mind and Spirit: Creating Balance for Your Health and Wellbeing” Drop-In Art with Miss Nora “Ten Home Exercises for Longevity” CANCELED Recycling Ad Hoc Committee meeting Paint With A Purpose: Connecticut Military Personnel Waste Management Committee meeting (agenda posted) CANCELED Borough Historic District meeting CANCELED Borough Zoning Commission meeting Bike & Trail Committee meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Charter Revision Appointments Committee meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council Charter Revision Charge Committee meeting (agenda posted) Legislative Council hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	22 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II Small & Large Works Show Drop-In Free Build Silent Book Club Borough Historic District meeting (agenda posted) CANCELED Board of Finance meeting Flagpole Photographers Camera Club Competition Night (hybrid)	23 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Coffee With A Cop Small & Large Works Show Music Dynamics Family Noodle & Witbit Slide Party St Rose Bingo	24 “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Small & Large Works Show Qigong for Beginners Emerald Strings featuring Gregory Harrison
25	26 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” Small & Large Works Show Music Monday with Principal Al Lunch & Learn: PURA and Your State Regulator Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games CANCELED Commission on Aging meeting Home Downsizing Workshop Nature’s Book Club CANCELED Board of Fire Commissioners meeting CANCELED Fairfield Hills Authority meeting Board of Fire Commissioners meeting (agenda posted) CANCELED Board of Selectmen meeting	27 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Board of Education Curriculum & Instruction Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Board of Education CFF/CIP Subcommittee meeting (agenda posted) Grateful Gatherings: The Power of Ritual Board of Education hybrid meeting (agenda posted) Conservation Commission meeting (agenda posted) Public Building & Site Commission meeting	28 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Mother Goose on the Loose Small & Large Works Show 30 Minutes Flex & Balance with Sean An Introduction to Tea @ 3 Newtown Bridge Club Open & Limited Games Drop-In Art with Miss Nora C.H. Booth Library Executive Committee meeting FONS January Social: Marygold's on Main Borough Zoning Board of Appeals meeting Inland Wetlands Commission meeting (agenda posted) Newtown Choral Society Open Rehearsal Virtual Author Talk: Liz Moore Borough Zoning Commission special meeting (agenda posted) Board of Selectmen hybrid meeting (agenda posted)	29 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale "Small Things" by Lily Mac Hugh “A Thimbleful of Snow” American Mahjong Open Play Mother Goose II Small & Large Works Show Western Council of Government, Housatonic Valley and South Western Region Metropolitan Planning Organizations meeting (agenda posted) “Detect Fraud” Drop-In Free Build Board of Education meeting CANCELED Board of Finance meeting	30 SCAN Color In Winter Show & Sale “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Small & Large Works Show “Health & Wellness” workshop Music Dynamics	31 “A Thimbleful of Snow” “Small Things” by Lily Mac Hugh Colonial Sewing Series (first session of three) Friends of C.H. Booth Library Donation Event Small & Large Works Show Yoga Nidra Exploring Science with Charbel: Color Chromatography North County Band

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P&Z Hears Applicant Rebuttal, Closes Public Hearing For 90 Mt Pleasant

Top Of The Mountain

Philip ‘Tony’ Berry

Boys’ Basketball Team Follows Up Big Road Win With Home Victory

Newtown Senior Center To Host Lunch And Learn With First Selectman

Having lived through the COVID era and high profile zoom bombings, describing this change to be "as easy as flipping a switch" far undersells the complexity of administering these meetings with a virtual component. Someone needs to run the actual meeting in accordance with Robert's Rules, take notes for minutes and now monitor the online portion, which adds another responsibility for the Chair. During COVID many people struggled with the technology, for example people did not know how to mute themselves, and it caused a lot of disruptions, both intentional, where members of the public would speak during the deliberations, and unintentional where someone would not know they were unmuted and had another conversation being picked up by everyone. Not every meeting space has the tech infrastructure for virtual meetings. On most boards the members are volunteers who may not be the most tech savvy themselves, and their first focus is on their duties rather than hosting virtual meetings. It can be done, but it is not a trivial exercise and puts a lot more on the members of the boards and commissions which already struggle to find people willing to serve.

Town Settles FOIA Complaint, Grants Greater Public Meeting Access

If you can’t follow “don’t stand in the crosswalk,” I’m not sure “save democracy” is going to be your strongest lane. Get out of the road — or at least don’t pose next to the sign that literally says you’re standing in the crosswalk. I’d love to see this finally enforced like it would be for anyone else, but based on what happened last time, I’m not holding my breath. Apparently it’s just their “right” to stand in the road and block traffic — and how dare anyone point it out.

Rock This Democracy Hosts ‘Free America Walkout’

Just a thought: "peacefully gather against the undemocratic abuses of our current government" "There's no real alternative. The alternative is to not speak out and give in to tyranny." These are pretty serious claims. Was there any follow up questioning if Mr Villamil could name one instance of "abuses of our current government or tyranny"? If these people are so serious about their cause you would think they would be able to name very specific examples.

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Well said, Anne. Thank you. Michelle Embree Ku is about as stand-up a person, let alone a state house rep, as one could possibly hope for. I definitely will be supporting her -- as an Independent! Who (sadly) must register as a Dem in order to vote in primaries. Ah... so many other things to fix about our system! :)

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