Recuperation journey: Golden afternoon

I took this at Osbornedale State Park in Derby while looking for fall colors. Not much to report.

Beacon Falls Lions Club to hold 13th annual car show Sunday

Vehicle registration: $10 – General Admission: $5 per person – Seniors: $3 per person – Veterans with ID: Free

Muscle Cars – Street Rods – Classics – Tuners – Imports – Trucks

Over 100 trophies to be awarded – DJ – 50/50 Raffle – Dash Plaques & Goodie Bags to the first 200 cars

Breakfast & Lunch will be served

No Alcohol Permitted

For more information: Mike Carrafiello 203-808-9743 & mikecarr

2 charged in Ansonia after toddler found on roof 30 feet above ground

Hustek

Barker

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Police Department received a complaint at 8:47 a.m. today of a child on the roof of a house on Main Street. Officers located a two-year-old male on the roof of 681 Main St. about 30 feet above the ground. 
Officer Christopher Kelley was able to talk to the child and keep him from moving around the roof while Sgt. Christopher Flynn and Officer Peter Lovermi III forced entry into the house to get the child off the roof. 
Inside the home was the child’s father, David Hustek, and the child’s aunt, Sarah Barker. Both had been sleeping and unaware the child was on the roof of the house. 
The child was transported to a local hospital for precautionary reasons but did not appear to be injured. 
The home was found to be in deplorable living conditions. City building officials were contacted and the home was condemned. Hustek and Barker were both arrested.
Hustek, 23, was charged with Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Reckless Endangerment First Degree. He was held on a $10,000 bond to be arraigned Thursday (Sept. 26) at Derby Superior Court.
Barker, 20, was charged with Risk of Injury to a Minor, and Reckless Endangerment First Degree. She was held on a $10,000 bond to be arraigned Thursday at Derby Superior Court. 


This is a press release from Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch.

Recuperation journey: Sharing fall foliage photo from Sept. 25, 2011

I photographed these beautiful colors in Ansonia. 

Concert Friday in Oxford to promote Griffin Hospital 5K Walk/Run

Cancer survivor Mark Solotruk and The Orchard Hill Band will host a free concert Friday to promote the annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital, which takes place Saturday./ Contributed photo


DERBY - This year’s Annual 5K Walk-Run to Benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital offers the community a chance to rock out before the run!

The Orchard Hill Band will perform a free concert at 6 p.m. Friday at the Town Green at Quarry Rock, 300 Oxford Road, Oxford. The event will include raffles and food will be available for purchase.

Attendees can sign up for the Walk/Run at the show and get a $5 discount on the 5K registration. Race T-shirts will be distributed to 5K participants.

Mark Solotruk, vocalist for the Orchard Hill Band, organized the concert as a way to thank the Center for Cancer Care for the care he received in 2018.
Solotruk was diagnosed with base of the tongue carcinoma and received more than 30 radiation treatments at the Center. 
As a singer, the diagnosis was especially hard on Solotruk. Instead of letting the disease bring him down, Solotruk strengthened his resolve to not only beat the cancer, but return to sing for a family picnic scheduled shortly after his treatments. 
The day before his show, Solotruk came to the Center with feelings of dehydration. The staff administered an IV, and within hours, he had the strength he needed to perform the next day - an act for which he is forever thankful to the Center’s staff.

The Annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital, 350 Seymour Ave., Derby, will celebrate its 11th year Saturday.
This non-competitive, family-friendly event begins with day-of registration at 7:30 a.m., and the Walk/Run kicking off at 9 a.m.

Registration is $35. Pre-registration is encouraged at griffinhealth.org/5k with the first 500 registered participants receiving t-shirts. 
Participants will also receive a free gift from the Sports Center of Connecticut in Shelton.

All proceeds are dedicated to providing exceptional, personalized cancer care and to help ease the financial burden Griffin’s cancer patients face as they undergo treatment.

Individuals and teams can register online at griffinhealth.org/5k. 
For more information, contact Laura Murphy at lkmurphy@griffinhealth.org.


This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Seymour Lions Club to hold 50th annual benefit car show