What’s Happening Around Town?
Whether you want to track municipal meetings and activities, or events around town, bookmark these handy calendar links and check back often:
The Newtown Bee Calendar
Town of Newtown’s Municipal Calendar
Ongoing Volunteer Opportunities
Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteers needed to help an in-town homebound senior weekly with local errands, light housework, and shopping. Sign up for just one or all three tasks once a week by calling Bev Bennett Schaedler, Coordinator of Chore Services, at 203-430-0633.
VOLUNTEER DRIVERS NEEDED – 2 Hours Once a Month! – We would love to offer local seniors rides to Newtown businesses BUT need your help! Rides would be offered on Tuesdays and Thursdays only, either 10 am – 12 pm or 12 – 2 pm. You decide the day and time you would like to volunteer! Rides would be provided to the grocery store, library, hairdresser, bank, Post Office, even the Senior Center, to name a few! Please call Bev at FONS Chore Services, 203-430-0633, or email [email protected].
More on other Newtown organizations & venues
Edmond Town Hall at 45 Main Street, Newtown, is Newtown’s premier movie theater and event space, hosting blockbuster movies, live music and performances, community events, and more. It houses a 500-seat proscenium theater, a formal banquet room with seating for more than 100, a gymnasium with up to 600-person capacity and various meeting rooms. Visit website for events and dates.
Newtown Senior Center serves as a community focal point providing programs and services for older citizens with a place to gather in a friendly environment to participate in social, cultural, and educational activities. Visit Town website for events and dates.
Newtown Cultural Arts Commission, commissioned by The Board of Selectmen of Newtown, to facilitate, stimulate, coordinate, and cooperate with existing town organizations for the development of the arts community. They offer a wide range of activities. Visit website for events and dates.
Newtown Hikers is an active hiking group in Newtown which welcomes all adults to join free. Regular Saturday morning hikes are planned and rated as to difficulty so appropriate to all age levels and experience levels.
Information: Linda Dunn at [email protected]
Schedule and details: Newtown Bee calendar.
Helpful Links
Wheel It Forward is a not-for-profit library for durable medical equipment (DME), assistive technology and related products. They offer a convenient location to enable anyone to borrow or donate DME at no cost. Items they accept or lend include wheelchairs, hospital beds, rollators, bath chairs, toilet risers, knee scooters, etc. Call 203-652-8600 or visit Wheel It Forward.
Newtown Narratives: Sponsored by the Friends of the C.H. Booth Library, Newtown Narratives is a project that collects and organizes three- to five-minute audio stories and related photographs from Newtown community members through a specially created website. We hope to inspire individuals from all generations to tell their stories, connect to their communities, contribute to building community identity and foster a deeper understanding of diverse perspectives. Stories bring us together. Tell us your story! We need your help. Email us at [email protected] to learn more and arrange to tell your story.