Griffin Health in Oxford to offer free weight-loss workshops

OXFORD - The Griffin Center for Healthy Living will offer free workshops in January to help individuals lose weight through lifestyle change.

Weight-Loss Toolkit – A Well-Being Program is a free, evidence-based healthy eating and active living course for adults based on Eating Smart, Being Active©. 

This six-week program provides tools and tips for sustained weight loss, such as creating individualized meal plans and proven weight-loss exercises.

There will two sessions held on Wednesdays Jan. 21 and 28, and Feb. 4, 11, 18, and 25 at The Griffin Center for Healthy Living, Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road. One session will be from 1:30-3 p.m. and the other session will be from 4-5:30 p.m.

Based on the latest research findings from the American Dietary Guidelines and written by educators at Colorado State University, Weight-Loss Toolkit educates and empowers participants to lead a healthy life through concepts for physical activity, food preparation, cooking and shopping skill development, and food safety. 

Nutrition education for chronic disease management is integrated into every class.

To register or for more information, visit griffinhealth.org/weight-loss-toolkit or contact The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369.

This is a press release from Griffin Health.

Happy memories of a long-ago New Year's Day

We brought our first-born home on Jan. 1, 1989.  It was a perfect day to have our daughter come home with us.

Happy 2026! New Year's Eve was one for the books

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New Year's Eve was peaceful. I relaxed and enjoyed a delicious dinner at a local restaurant with two friends.

All was calm, all was bright. That is, until we left the restaurant, wished each other Happy New Year and ... my car wasn't where I had parked it. It was gone. It had disappeared into thin air. Poof! 

That's a nice way of saying it was stolen while I was inside having a nice meal. And that was the second time in the past six months that the car was taken. 

And in December of 2023 we got rear-ended on an entrance ramp, leaving me without a car for more than two months.

The vehicle is clearly cursed. 

Ansonia Police Department wishes community a safe and Happy New Year

The Ansonia Police Department wants to wish all of you a Happy New Year and remind everyone to be safe when celebrating the holiday tonight and tomorrow.

As we say goodbye to 2025 and welcome 2026, please celebrate safely. Plan a sober ride home, slow it down on the roads, and look out for one another — the best way to start the New Year is by making it home safely.

We’ll be out and about as the clock strikes twelve, helping everyone ring in the New Year the right way. If you see us, give a wave!

Wishing our community a safe, happy, and healthy New Year! 

Griffin's Wonderland of Trees raises $12,800 for Spooner House in Shelton

From left: Griffin Health Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Todd Liu; Griffin Health Volunteer Program & Guest Relations Supervisor Kathryn Browne; Griffin Health Planetree Services Coordinator Wendy Farrington; and Spooner House Board of Directors member Bryan Bostic pose in front of some of the donated trees that raised a record $12,800 for Spooner House as part of the Griffin Health Annual Holiday Wonderland of Trees fundraiser.

DERBY - Griffin Hospital’s 2025 Annual Holiday Wonderland of Trees fundraiser collected a record $12,800 for Spooner House in Shelton to help provides meals, shelter, and security to families in the Naugatuck Valley throughout the upcoming year.

As part of Griffin’s Planetree Person-Centered Care Philosophy, the Holiday Wonderland of Trees calls on hospital departments to decorate three-foot artificial evergreen trees that are raffled off every December. 

The fundraiser aims to help improve health and well-being of the Griffin community by supporting the Spooner House’s services.

This is the 15th year of the fundraiser, which has raised more than $116,000 in total.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Seymour Congregational Church to hold candlelight compline service

SEYMOUR - Find peace and beauty in sacred song at Seymour Congregational Church at 7:30 p.m. Friday [Jan. 2] for a Candlelight Compline Service featuring plainchant and choral music.

We’re honored to welcome the Saecula Schola Cantorum Choir for this special evening of worship and reflection.

All are welcome.

The church is at 45 Broad St.

Shared from the church's Facebook page.

Derby Public Library to offer winter reading program