Wine tasting Sunday to benefit St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby

DERBY - The third annual Wine Tasting to benefit St. Mary-St. Michael School wil be held from 5:30-7:30 p.m. Sunday at 500 Degrees on Main Street, 181 Main St.

Tickets are $25 per person and are available at the school or at the door.  

Wine and hors d'oeuvres will be served and there will be a wine basket raffle and door prizes. 

Information shared from the school's website.

Griffin Hospital in Derby, Freemasons team to keep children safe

DERBY - Griffin Hospital’s Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nurse Program is teaming up with the Connecticut Freemasons to help keep children safe with a free Child Identification Program from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 21 at the hospital, 130 Division St.

CHIP is a comprehensive child identification tool designed to give families a measure of protection by assembling information critical to locating a missing child.

The program is offered free of charge to the parents or legal guardians and consists of providing a computer disk with:

• An interview of your child
• A digital photo of your child
• Digital fingerprints
• Information supplied by you about your child

A dental “tooth print” of your child’s bite pattern plus a DNA swab sample will also be taken for the CHIP kit.

All the information is given to the parent or guardian and none of it is stored for any other party.

To register, call 203-732-1523.


This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Seymour students learn life lessons from ex-wrestler

Former wrestling champ Marc Mero presents 'Champion of Choices' program recently at Seymour Middle School. /Submitted photo

SEYMOUR - Students at the middle and high schools recently learned valuable life lessons from former pro wrestling champion Marc Mero.

Mero poses with Seymour High School
students./Submitted photo

The program was coordinated by Rich Kearns, Director of Security, Seymour Public Schools. 

Kearns said in a press release: "Seymour Schools was able to bring this program to its students through the generosity of the Valley Community Foundation and the Seymour Culture and Arts Commission." 

Please click here for a story by New Haven Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich about Mero's inspirational presentations.

Ansonia residents give back to troops

Volunteers pose at the end of Saturday's Mission: Give Back efforts in Ansonia. 


It's safe to say that Saturday's Mission: Give Back donation drive was a big success!

Kudos to Ansonia residents Alyssa Antonucci and Adam Avenia and their crew for their hard work collecting and organizing items to be shipped to U.S. troops deployed overseas.

Stay tuned for a story in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

* Update: Click here for story.

Ansonia seeks names of residents in military

Please send names of active-duty service members to: Mayor's Office, Ansonia City Hall, 253 Main St., Ansonia, CT. 06401.



This is a press release from Mayor David S. Cassetti's office.

St. Mary Church in Derby to host NYC trip

Annual Christmas Spectacular 

DERBY - Celebrate a holiday tradition with St. Mary Church.

Radio City Music Hall

The church is hosting a bus trip Dec. 1 to the 2015 Radio City Music Hall Christmas Spectacular featuring The Rockettes. 

The bus will leave the church parking lot, 212 Elizabeth St., at 8:30 a.m. and leave the city at 6:30 p.m. for the return trip. 

Tickets are $100 and include an orchestra seat to the 2 p.m. show, bus transportation, and driver’s tip. 
There will be time in the city for lunch, shopping, sightseeing, and dinner.

For information contact Melissa Pucci, 203-494-1285.

Wesley Village in Shelton to host open house at memory care site

SHELTON - Wesley Village will host an Open House from 1-3 p.m. Sunday at “Lifestyle Transitions,” a new memory care neighborhood located in the newly renovated Northwest Wing of their Wesley Heights community. 

“Lifestyle Transitions at Wesley Heights” offers specialized assisted living in a secure, supportive environment for those living with memory loss. 
The program is designed to support residents with cognitive impairment by engaging them in life and activities within the larger Wesley Heights community and providing encouragement, friendship, and a feeling of security. 
It also focuses on developing daily routines for successfully managing individualized physical, social and cognitive challenges.

Unique to Wesley Village, “Lifestyle Transitions” offers a mission-based, relationship-centered approach to care, as well as: affordable pricing, a wander-management system, 24-hour staffing with caregivers trained by the Alzheimer’s Association, on-site physician services, engaging activities, a variety of apartment styles for individuals or couples, education and support services for residents and families, and a specialized design to maximize independence. 

Deposits are being accepted for all apartment styles, including NEW studio suite apartments, which are now available. 
For more information or to RSVP for the Open House, contact Lisa Bisson, 203-225-5024. 

Wesley Village at 580 Long Hill Ave. is owned and operated by United Methodist Homes, a local not-for-profit organization. 
The campus offers assisted and independent living, skilled nursing, short-term rehab, and outpatient therapy and fitness services. 

To learn more, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org.


This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.