Community breakfast slated June 11 in Ansonia

Girl Scouts participate in ceremony honoring veterans at Seymour Middle School

Members of Girl Scout Troops in Ansonia, Derby, and Seymour pose Wednesday at Seymour Middle School after taking part in a ceremony that honored local veterans for their wartime service. They presented each honoree with a box of Girl Scout cookies as they entered the auditorium. 

Stay tuned for a story in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

Derby Public Library to host workshop on benefits

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will host a workshop, Maximize Your Social Security Benefits, at 6:30 p.m. June 20.

David Cowan, endorsed AAA retiree advisor, will discuss how to navigate retirement savings challenges, ways to safeguard retirement savings, and how to increase Social Security benefits by as much as $100,000.

Learn when the right time is to start taking your Social Security, hidden benefits you may have from a former or deceased spouse, and the benefits of "switches."

While the program is targeted for pre-retirees, ages 60-66, 

the general public is welcome to attend. 
Registration is requested.   

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.

AARP driving course slated at Seymour Community Center

Information shared from the Facebook page of the Office of Seymour First Selectman Kurt Miller:

SEYMOUR  - The AARP Smart Driver course will be held at the Community Center from 9 a.m.-1 p.m. June 13. 

This AARP Smart Driver™ refresher course is for drivers age 50 and older. 

This course will update your driving skills and your knowledge of the rules - and hazards - of the road. 
Learn about normal age-related physical changes and how to adjust your driving to compensate for these changes.

Participants must register. 

Call 203-888-0406 or visit www.seymourcommunityservices.com.

Cost is $15 AARP Members, $20/Non-Members.

Restaurant in Shelton hosting fundraiser for Spooner House

Community choir offers spirited performance in Naugatuck

Members of the Naugatuck Community Choir perform Sunday at St. Hedwig's Church in Naugatuck.

This was the third concert my husband, Ralph, and I have attended to support a friend who is a member of the choir. 
The concerts are always uplifting. The performers give their all and audiences appreciate their singing.

Artistic director Mark C. Silva of Waterbury conducts the choir. 

Singers of all voice parts are welcome to join the choir.

For more information call Aldona Laporta, 203-729-2772 or email: choirpresident@naugatuckcommunitychoir.org.

Shred event to benefit Ansonia Civil Defense Rescue Association

*Sharing from the City of Ansonia Facebook page.