DeLauro backs Lockheed plan to purchase Sikorsky

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Rep. Rosa L. DeLauro, D-CT, released the following statement today after the Department of Defense announced concerns with mergers and acquisitions between prime contractors, such as Lockheed Martin and Sikorsky (Aircraft). 

DeLauro represents Sikorsky’s home of Stratford.

“Lockheed Martin is the right home for Sikorsky. Lockheed Martin does not presently make helicopters, and they are committed to both the military and commercial helicopter business. I look forward to seeing Lockheed’s $9 billion purchase of Sikorsky go through and the world’s best helicopters continue to be built in Stratford.”

This is a press release from DeLauro's office.  

Cassetti announces $50K grant for development, says Ansonia is 'open for business'

Vibrant Communities Initiative funding slated for downtown

ANSONIA - Mayor David S. Cassetti Tuesday announced the city has received a $50,000 grant from the CT Trust for Historic Preservation, calling it "another step forward on our path to economic revitalization." 

Please click arrow above to watch my video of Cassetti's announcement in front of The Original Antonio's restaurant on Main Street.


And read the details in a story by New Haven Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich.

Coming of age novel is topic of Derby Library book discussion

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will host its next Lunchtime Book Discussion at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 28.

The selected title is the New York Times' best-selling coming of age novel with a hint of mystery, Ordinary Grace by William Kent Krueger.

The setting is New Breman, Minn. during the summer of 1961.

While it is a time of innocence and hope for the country, for 13-year old Frank Drum it is a grim summer in which death visits frequently and assumes many forms.

Told from Frank's perspective, 40 years after that fateful summer, this is the moving account of a boy standing at the door of manhood, trying to understand a world that seems to be falling apart around him.

Multiple copies of the book are available at the circulation desk.  

Participants are asked to bring a sandwich and a friend as they “chat and chew.”  

Dessert and beverages will be provided.  

Registration is requested.  

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


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

Local author to discuss 'Palace of Sweets' at Derby Neck Library

Photo shared from Derby Neck Library Facebook page.

DERBY - The Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave. will host Meet the Author with Salvatore Coppola at 2 p.m. Oct. 17.

“Palace of Sweets” (the beloved, long gone Vonetes ice cream shop on Main Street) is Coppola's historical novel dealing with happenings in the Lower Naugatuck Valley from 1967-1990. 
It includes the 1975 Sponge Rubber arson fire in Shelton and the 1985 explosion at the River Restaurant on Main Street, among other notable events. 

Copies of the book will be available for sale and signing. 

Light refreshments will be served. This is a free program.
  

For details call the library, 203-734-1492.


This is taken from a press release from Patricia Sweeney, reference librarian, Derby Neck Library.

Welcoming October with a chuckle