Benefit concert

CENTRAL VILLAGE- A Christmas benefit concert featuring Angela Howell will be held on Dec. 8 at 7 p.m. at the Central Village Congregational Church on Route 12 in Central Village. Tickets for adultsare $10, children 12 and under $5, and includes free refreshments. Portions of the proceeds benefit Hospice and Palliative Care of Northeastern CT. More information is available at www.centralvillagechurch.com. Angela will be joined by tenor Jonathan Austin and his wife Cynthia (from Boston), Rick Harrington, John Souza Phil Palonen ( Dave Lang, Deb Hopkins, Lloyd Salisbury, Adele Tarkowski, Scott Hopkins, and other special guests..