Club in Ansonia to hold flower sale this weekend

ANSONIA - The Slovak Club will hold its annual Mother's Day Flower Sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.

The club is at 109 1/2 Wakelee Ave.


This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the New Haven Independent.  

Sidewalk sale Saturday in Derby to benefit Valley Arts Council

A note from President Rich DiCarlo:

Come to the Gallery @ 37 from noon to 6 p.m. Saturday at 37 Elizabeth St., Derby.

We're having a huge Mother's Day sidewalk sale!

Lots of great gift ideas! 

Handmade pottery, jewelry, paintings, sculpture, photography and more!

Derby Library to host reading club, continue programs in summer

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will once again run a Summer Reading Club for adults 18 and over.  

Participants will be invited to Escape the Ordinary this year.

The club will begin on June 22 and run through Aug. 15.  

As participants read books of their choice, they will be asked to anonymously complete a very brief review

form to share with fellow readers.

New this year, readers will have the option of doing 

this either online by using LitKeeper, or the traditional written way as in past years. 

These reviews will be posted and shared. Readers will receive a participation prize after they submit their first review.

Weekly raffles will be held for all readers sharing for each particular week

All participants will be invited to a final summer celebration at 6:30 p.m. Aug. 17.

Ongoing programs such as Wednesday Movie, Tech Times, Local History Sessions, and Sports Talks will continue throughout the summer, along with many other special programs offering an Escape from the Ordinary.

For more information or to register, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call

203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.        

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.

Club to hold 40th annual pancake breakfast in Shelton

Memorial Day holiday tradition
SHELTON - The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley will hold its 40^th Annual Doc Bednar Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast May 25, before, during, and after the Memorial Day parade. 

Held in the Walgreens Pharmacy parking lot at the corner of Center Street, all-you-can-eat, fluffy buttermilk pancakes will be served from 7-11 a.m. 
Donations are $5 per person, or $4 per person for children 12 and younger. 

To purchase your tickets, stop by the Boys & Girls Club at One Positive Place from 8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. weekdays, in the business office upstairs. Or, buy your tickets the morning of the event. 

For more information visit www.BGC-LNV.org. 

This is a press release from the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley,

Local history, sports in spotlight at Derby Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library holds weekly Local History Information Sessions on 

Tuesdays from 6-7:30 p.m. and from 10 a.m.-noon Wednesdays.

Along with offering research assistance, the Library’s Local History Coordinator also offers information on monthly highlighted topics.

June’s topic will be Derby Graduates.   

Visitors will be able to reminisce about days gone by while viewing photographs and yearbooks of past Derby High School graduates. 
Yearbooks going back to 1938 will be available.

Assistance will also be available for research on topics such as genealogy, prominent local 

figures, major area events, and more. 

Sports Talks

The Derby Public Library is now in its 10th season of Sports Talks.  These 

informal sessions are held every Thursday morning at 10:00 AM throughout the baseball 

season.  
They are facilitated by radio talk show host, author, and Major League Baseball 

Rules Consultant, Rich Marazzi.  Each session includes trivia contests, videos, lively 

conversation and more.  
All ages, from rookies through veterans, are invited to join Rich and his group of Silver Sluggers.

No registration is necessary.  

For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit 

www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.