Volunteers needed Thursday for Grow Your Own Garden in Ansonia

Recuperation journey: Sunny afternoon

  ... at Osbornedale State Park in Derby.

Sometimes one must walk through goose droppings to get a good close-up.  

Across the street is the historic Osborne Homestead Museum and its beautiful grounds.

 The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection operates the museum at 500 Hawthorne Ave., Derby.

Community breakfast offered at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Boys & Girls Club in Shelton to host game night fundraiser

SHELTON - The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley is holding its annual Night at the Club fundraiser June 8, and all are invited. 

Come play like a Club kid! 

Challenge your friends to ping pong, pool, air hockey, foos ball, carpet ball, corn hole, Jenga, bumper pool and more. 
When you need a break, listen for the music of the ice cream truck - Jim the ice cream man will be parked outside for you to pick your childhood favorite. 

For dinner, feast on the delicious food of the award-winning Firehouse Grill food truck. 
The Firehouse Grill is the proud winner of the 2017 Food Truck Restaurant of the Year Award, and is a nominee for the 2019 Moffly Media Best of the Gold Coast Connecticut award. 

Brooke Grand, 2015 Northeast Region Youth of the Year, is keynote speaker. Brooke will be sharing an update on her journey since winning this prestigious award, and how the Boys & Girls Club changed the course of her life. 

The program also includes a fundraising appeal and silent auction. 

Dress casually and comfortably, and enjoy a night of fun, Boys & Girls Club style. 

         

Sponsorships are still available; contact Diane Potkay Lenskold at 203-924-7462, DianeLenskold@BGC-LNV.org. 

To pay for your sponsorship or admission online, visit us at www.BGC-LNV.org. 

This is a press release from the Boys & Girls Club.

8 join women's ministry in Salvation Army Greater Valley ceremony

Congratulations!

At the Salvation Army Greater Valley headquarters in Ansonia eight participants in the women's ministry recently were made official members of the group.

The Salvation Army Women's Ministries is the largest ministry of women worldwide.

Major Constance Higgins, Divisional Secretary of Women's Ministries from Southern New England Division CT and RI, and Captain Celimar Aleman installed the new members.

  Smiling faces!


This is a press release from Captain Celimar Aleman of the Ansonia Corps.

Ansonia Middle School event to celebrate world cultures

Turnback Tuesday (on Wednesday) features Alling brothers of Derby

Turnback Tuesday looks at two prominent brothers of Derby. Amos H. (born 1823) and Charles B. (born 1824) Alling of, A.H. & C. B. Alling. 
The two formed a partnership in 1845 and then moved their business to Derby in 1858 because of the water power available. 
They manufactured woolen hosiery and underwear. The business was at the corner of Caroline and Main Streets and lasted until 1912.


*Thanks as always to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history with the community each week!