Derby schedules signups for Osbornedale Community Gardens

Sharing info from Derby Town Clerk Marc J. Garofalo's Facebook page:

DERBY - Signups for community garden spots at Osbornedale State Park will be held from 7-9 p.m. April 9 at Derby City Hall, 1 Elizabeth St.

Do you want to plant a garden but don't have the space? Come sign up for a plot of land at the Osbornedale Community Gardens. They will answer questions too.

Derby Neck Library reschedules ID theft protection seminar

DERBY - Derby Neck Library has rescheduled an event due to this week's inclement weather.

At 6:30 p.m. April 12 the Library will present a free seminar on Fraud and ID Theft Protection.  

This event is led by Mike Savenelli, a professional with years of experience in the business of securing your data and online materials.  

For further details, please call 203-734-1492. The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.


This is a press release from reference librarian Patricia Sweeney.

Cassetti enjoys lunch, bell choir performance at senior center in Ansonia

Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti enjoyed lunch Thursday with members of the Joseph A. Doyle Senior Center while being entertained by the Oxford Senior Center bell choir.


*Sharing this information from the City of Ansonia Facebook page.

American Legion, VFW Posts to host concert at Seymour Middle School

Griffin Hospital in Derby to host advance care planning talk

Griffin Hospital to offer a talk April 17 on planning for future medical decisions./ Contributed photo

DERBY - Griffin Hospital will offer a free talk on how to plan for future health care and medical decisions at 6:30 p.m. April 17.

Griffin Hospital Advance Care Planning Coordinator Lynn Aiksnoras will present “Advance Care Planning: Honoring Health Care Choices,” an open discussion on the three stages of Advance Care Planning in which individuals discuss and decide their future health care wishes if they are unable to speak for themselves.

“As adults, we make many choices throughout life. Most often, the best choices are made as a result of good planning, such as career, financial, retirement, and estate planning,” Aiksnoras said. 

“So, why is it that so few people have a plan for making healthcare and end-of-life decisions?”

ACP is a process of understanding, reflecting on and discussing individual goals, beliefs, and values in order to determine a person’s overall wishes, should a time come when he or she cannot make them for him or herself. 

ACP ensures patients’ health care wishes are respected by loved ones and health care providers. 

This process also gives comfort and reassurance to health care representatives, enabling them to clearly understand patients’ end-of-life preferences.

Healthy U Talks

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.

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

The hospital is at 130 Division St.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Recuperation journey: Traveling banana

I've been immersed in a banana situation of late. Sound strange? This is my life. 

As regular readers must realize, my husband Ralph and I work from home, sitting at our respective computers a few feet apart. And since he has a physical disability I try to make things as easy as possible for him.

Each morning I put a banana next to his cereal bowl at the table. (Ralph is a cold cereal aficionado).
If he doesn't eat said banana, I put it next to his phone on his desk for a healthy snack.

If it is still there at the end of the day, I put it back by his place at the table. 
The banana usually starts out a bit green, but by the third or fourth day of this wackiness it starts to get some brown spots.

Sometimes he will snack on it, but it feels like more often than not I'm carrying it back and forth. 
Another glimpse into my oh-so interesting daily life.

Center Stage in Shelton to host Spring Fling Bingo

Sharing from Facebook:

Welcome Spring with Center Stage and Spring Fling Bingo on March 28! Wednesday's snowstorm postponed the event for a week.
Doors open at 6:30 p.m. 
To order tickets, call 203-225-6079 or visit the Box Office.

Center Stage Theatre is at 54 Grove St., Shelton.