First Parade of the Season: Best Overall In Beacon Falls
Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company won Best Overall ini its first parade of the season, July 6 in Beacon Falls.
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Clark Named 2024 SHVFR Firefighter Of The Year
Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Captain Stephen Clark has been named the 2024 Firefighter of the Year on Monday, June 3.
35th Anniversary LobsterFest In The Books
Friday & Saturday, June 7-8, 2024
Thirty-five years ago, what started out as a humble fundraiser for Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue Company’s golden anniversary is now a bustling annual tradition. This year, on June 7 and 8, the members of the company — assisted by dozens of additional family members, friends and other volunteer — served 2,040 lobsters and 770 steaks. Between the two nights, there were no less than 3,000 people in attendance. They enjoyed a raw seafood bar, their choices of lobster, steak, hambuger and hot dog entrees, a cocktail bar, and live music.
Read more here: LobsterFest: 35 Years And 2,040 Lobsters Strong (The Newtown Bee)
LobsterFest 2024 is in the books!
Over the two nights of Friday and Saturday, June 7-8, we cooked and served 2,050 lobsters and 770 steaks. We also sold dozens of hamburger and hot dog meals, and many guests enjoyed offerings from our raw bar.
Thank you to everyone who made all of this possible. We appreciate everyone who helped make this fundraiser another successful event for us and the community we serve. Proceeds from LobsterFest directly benefit our company.
LobsterFest 2024
LobsterFest 2024
will be Friday, June 7, 5-9 pm;
and Saturday, June 8, 4-9 pm,
at our main station, 18-20 Riverside Road.
Full lobster or steak dinner tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door.
Advance tickets are available cash or check only. Credit and debit cards will also be accepted AT THE DOOR ONLY.
Tickets are available from SHVFR members. They can also be purchased at the office of The Newtown Bee, 5 Church Hill Road; and the Office of the Fire Marshal, within Newtown Municipal Center, 3 Primrose Street.
Advance sales end at noon Friday, June 7.
Lobster or steak dinners come with corn on the cob, a dinner roll, Manhattan style chowder (“Chief’s Recipe”), potato salad, and a water or soda.
Hamburger or hot dog dinner tickets — which also include all the sides listed above — are $10 in advance and at the door.
Both nights also feature a raw bar, a full bar, desserts, additional soft drinks (all separate purchases — CASH ONLY), and live music. We will have an ATM on site.
TAKE-OUT AVAILABLE
SERVICE ANIMALS ONLY
Additional details HERE (our Facebook Event page) and here (our LobsterFest FAQs page).
Training: Bailout Recert
Mission CIT-FTI Instructor Pete Morotto speaks with members of Sandy Hook VFR during bailout recert training.
Christmas Trees (and more!) Sale Done For The Season
Sandy Hook Volunteer Fire & Rescue sold its final tree of the 2023 season on Saturday, December 9, just 3½ weeks into this year’s sales season.
THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a tree, wreath, kissing ball and/or cemetery box this year. We appreciate your support.
Merry Christmas!
First Weekend of Christmas Trees Sale
THANK YOU for a very good first weekend of sales! We sold 272 trees during the first weekend of our 2023 Christmas Trees (& More!) Sale. The first sale on Friday was to a woman heading directly to Maryland, one of the final sales on Sunday was to Erica F (pictured), who was taking hers home to Rhode Island. Between midday Friday and late afternoon Sunday, dozens of trees — as wreaths, cemetery boxes, pine roping, tree stands and tree bags — were sold to friends, family, neighbors and supporters.
Tree sales will resume Thursday, November 30, 6-9 pm at our main station.
Additional information and updates are available on our Facebook Events page.
Successful Fill The Fire Trucks
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Fill The Fire Truck — conducted Saturday, November 18, at Big Y and Sand Hill Plaza — another successful pre-Thanksgiving event to fill the shelves at FAITH Food Pantry.
Between the two locations, firefighters collected 47 turkeys and 7 hams, filled 90 boxes with miscellaneous donations, and received $1,811 in donations.
RIP George Lockwood Sr
Life Member George Lockwood Sr died Sunday, November 12, at his home.
At the time of his death, George was the senior-most member of our company, having given 71+ years to our company. He joined Sandy Hook Fire & Rescue on his 16th birthday.