New Year's Eve at Powder Ridge Middlefield

Powder Ridge New Year’s Eve Celebration and Torchlight Parade

Ring in the New Year at Powder Ridge! Join us on Dec. 31 for an evening of skiing, riding and our New Years Eve Torch Run. the tavern and Beer & wine garden will be open.

Torchlight Parade

Everyone with a lift pass can join the Torchlight Parade.

• Please bring your own flashlight or headlamps as the mountain lights will be turned off. (Headlamps are strongly suggested for the kids.)
• The Torchlight Parade kicks off at 8 p.m., but you must be at the top at 7:45 p.m. to participate.

Of course, the event is dependent of the weather cooperating. 

Winterfest Hartford Bushnell Park

The Winterfest Hartford rink is open for free ice skating and skate rentals from November 25, 2016 through January 8, 2017.  The rink is located next to the Pump House in Bushnell Park. Regular rink hours are 11 am to 8 pm with the exception of Christmas Eve and Christmas, when rink hours are noon to 4 pm and New Year's Eve, when the rink will be open from noon until midnight in celebration of First Night Hartford.  Free Learn to Skate classes will be offered from 10 - 11 am on Saturday, December 3, 10, 17, and 31.  

Lots of other events at Winterfest, check their website for details. 

Festival of Lights Olde Mistick Village

Festival of Lights

Friday, December 09, 2016 5:30 p.m.

Walk through our winter wonderland from dusk until 9:30 p.m. when over 6,000 luminaries light the walkway of Olde Mistick Village and the surrounding area. This is a family friendly event with FREE parking and admission. Come stroll 23 acres and enjoy holiday decorations and festivities. Find a gift for that special someone in over 40 unique stores, dine in one of several restaurants, or catch a movie at our luxury cinema. 

There will be complimentary refreshments in the Meeting House as you listen to Ragtime Too! perform holiday songs in a variety of musical styles. Outdoor entertainment will include Fly-by-Night Comedy Jugglers and the Festive Brass Ensemble who will perform in the Gazebo. Carolers from Ledyard and Stonington High Schools and Tyl Middle School will be singing holiday classics as they roam the village. 

Santa & Mrs. Claus will see children of all ages from 6 p.m.-8 p.m. in front of Sophia’s Magical Christmas located near the Village Green. 

Goods and services auction at Zion Lutheran Church Portland

On December 3 beginning at 6:30 p.m., Zion Lutheran Church will host a Goods and Services Holiday Auction.

Both a live auction and a silent auction will feature a wide range of items, including an African trip, a boat cruise, a classic car ride, antiques, professional landscape design services, artwork, and theme baskets.

There will be certificates to restaurants, golf, sporting events, theater, and local businesses. In addition, jewelry, baked goods, and Christmas wreaths will be offered for sale, and there will also be a 50-50 raffle. Refreshments will be available.

 

Joe Engel of Thomas Barrows & Sons Auctioneers will be the auctioneer. Doors open at 6 p.m. and admission is $5. 

Credit Cards, cash and checks will be accepted.

Zion's auction is a major fundraising event that will help to grow its ministry, provide enriching education and musical programs for its members as well as the greater community, maintain its facilities, and make it possible to offer outreach programs to others. Zion's church facility is used by organizations including the Boy Scouts of America, Alcoholics Anonymous, New England Chamber Choir, and Sunny Hill Preschool.

Craft Fair East Hampton

The VFW Post 5095 Auxilary is having their annual Craft Fair on Saturday, December 3 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the post home on 20 N.Maple Street across from the High School. 

You will find 16 craft tables featuring a variety of crafts. Food will be served from 7:30 to 2:30 with breakfast sandwiches available from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., lunch starts at 11 a.m. 

Drawings will take place at 3 p.m. for a selection of themed baskets, seasonal items as well as two turkey dinners. 

Victorian Christmas Tea

The Portland Fireworks Committee will offer a special Victorian Christmas Tea at the Waverly Center on Sunday, December 4 from 2-4 p.m. Donna and Ron Lasko will tell attendees how the Victorians blended traditions of both mankind and religion into the celebration of Christmas. Tickets are $25 and are available at the Town Clerk's Office or at Bordenaro's Pharmacy. You can also get tickets through Jill Deane at 860-301-4345. 

Finger sandwiches, the Laskos special blend of tea and mini-desserts will be served. 

Pie Craft and Tag Sale in Marlborough

American Legion 197 Auxiliary of Marlborough will have its annual pie sale on Saturday, November 19, 2016 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the post on Route 66. 

The pies are homemade by the ladies of the Auxiliary. 

The craft and tag sale will happen at the same time at the same locations.