Friday, February 5, 2016

CWV Post in Derby to hold pasta dinner, movie Tuesday


DERBY - Catholic War Veterans Post 1562 and Auxiliary will hold their monthly Pasta Dinner and a Movie at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday at the Post, 112 Derby Ave.

They say February is for lovers and this could be a great date night enjoying some pasta, meatballs, salad, and dessert for only $6 and if you like, stay for the movie and popcorn.

For more information call the Post after 1 p.m., 203-734-9748. 



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

Link to this week's Valley Voice newsletter shared


Dear readers,

Here's the link to The Valley Voice newsletter #2.


http://goo.gl/0VLStm


Today's snow delayed printing/distribution of the hard copies.

Please feel free to share the link!

Reception to go on tonight at E Street Gallery in Derby

From Valley Arts Council President Rich DiCarlo:

"The Imagine Show is still on! 
A little bit of snow isn't going to stop us!"


A reception will be held at 7 p.m. today at E Street Gallery, 35 Elizabeth St., Derby.

Ansonia Library hosting Book a Baby program

ANSONIA - Friends of the Ansonia Library reminds the community about its ongoing Book a Baby Program.
Photo from Library website


A special label with the child's name and yours will be permanently inserted into the book.  
Forms are available at the library front desk. 

The library is at 53 S. Cliff St.  


This is a press release from Friends of the Ansonia Library.

Winter wonderland pics from Ansonia shared


A friend shared these photos from her yard on the Ansonia Hilltop. Pretty, aren't they? 
She has been out shoveling, but not I. Maybe later.
I saw on local TV news that Ansonia got 8.5 inches of snow. The forecast was 3-6", wasn't it? Oh well.


Parenting workshop slated at Seymour Middle School

Do Fathers Matter?”
Presented by: Paul Raeburn


Seymour Middle School
March 31, 2016
6:30-8:30 p.m.


All parents from Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, Seymour, Oxford, and Beacon Falls are welcome to attend!


Paul Raeburn has written widely about families and parenting, most recently in Do Fathers Matter: What Science Is Telling Us About the Parent We’ve Overlooked, and in the forthcoming The Game Theorist’s Guide to Parenting: How the Science of Negotiation Can Help You Deal With the Toughest Negotiators You Will Face—Your Kids.
In his workshop, Paul will talk about some of the latest scientific findings on fathers and parenting. He will talk about how you can adapt game theory to your family and encourage your children to be more cooperative and to learn to get along. Paul will roll up his sleeves for this workshop, where he will also talk about the sometimes devastating problem of mental illness in children, something he has experienced as a parent and has written about. 
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Paul Raeburn is a journalist and blogger, and the author of five books, including The Game Theorist’s Guide To Parenting: How the Science of Negotiation Can Help You Deal With the Toughest Negotiators You Know--Your Kids (FSG, April 2016); and Do Fathers Matter? The new science of fatherhood, published by Scientific American/FSG in June, 2014.
Raeburn is currently an active freelance writer, blogger, radio producer, and author, writing for a wide variety of publications online and off. 
He is also the associate producer of the comedian Gilbert Gottfried’s Amazing Colossal Podcast, and a regular contributor to MedPage Today and Undark.org.
Raeburn’s stories have appeared in Discover, The Huffington Post, The New York Times Magazine, Scientific American, and Psychology Today, among many others. He is a past president of the National Association of Science Writers. In addition, he was a media critic for the Knight Science Journalism Tracker from 2009-2014.
He was the science editor and chief science correspondent at the Associated Press from 1981-1996, and a senior editor and writer at Business Week for seven years after that. From 2008-2009, he was the creator, executive producer and host of Innovations in Medicine and The Washington Health Report on XM satellite radio. He has been a commentator for NPR’s Morning Edition, and a regular guest covering biotechnology on CNN and the former PBS show This Week in Business.
In 2004, Raeburn published his last book, Acquainted with the Night, a memoir of raising children with depression and bipolar disorder. His earlier books include Mars, published by the National Geographic Society in 1998; and The Last Harvest, published by Simon & Schuster in 1995. He has been a journalism fellow at Stanford University and science-writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin and the University of California, Santa Cruz. His many journalism awards include the Science and Society award from the National Association of Science Writers; the Associated Press Managing Editors Award for Excellence; the Grady-Stack Award from the American Chemical Society; and the top reporting award from the Council on Contemporary Families.
Raeburn is a graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received a bachelor's degree in physics. He studied composition at the Berklee School of Music in Boston, and he plays piano and guitar. Before joining the AP, he worked for the Boston Phoenix and the Lowell (Mass.) Sun.
A native of Detroit, Raeburn now lives in New York City with his wife, the writer Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn, and their two children.

This is a press release from Seymour Public Schools. 

Snow day in Ansonia

This morning.

Wednesday morning.


Ah, nature. Ever-changing and always beautiful.

Are you enjoying the snowfall? 
I was lucky enough not to have any appointments this a.m. so here I sit, staring out the window and hoping it will stop coming down sooner rather than later.

What does it look like in your yard this morning? 
Email me a photo of the snow in your neck of the woods and I'll post it!  

I'm at pmcv394@gmail.com.

Thanks ~


Griffin Hospital in Derby to offer program focusing on spiritual renewal

Program on meditation slated at Griffin Hospital in March. 

DERBY - Griffin Hospital is helping individuals get their spirits ready for spring with a free program on spirituality and meditation from 6-7:30 p.m. March 16.

Janice Lautier, director of Spiritual Care and Education at Griffin, will host “Awakening the Sense of Spirituality,” an interactive program that demonstrates how spirituality and meditation can help bring feelings of inner peace and purpose.

This talk is part of Griffin Hospital's Healthy U Talks, a series of free wellness talks featuring Griffin Hospital medical experts and community partners providing trusted health information and answers to questions on a wide range of topics.

The hospital is at 130 Division St.

To reserve a spot or for more information, call 203-732-1511 or visit griffinhealth.org/events.


This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.