Derby seeks to fill Deputy Finance Director/Grants Coordinator position

Sharing a message from Derby Town/City Clerk Marc Garofalo:

The City of Derby seeks to fill the full-time position of Deputy Finance Director/Grants Coordinator.

All details may be found at:  https://www.derbyct.gov/EmploymentOpportunities

Fire Engine Super Soak fun slated Saturday at Nolan Field in Ansonia

 

Info session on foot health, wound healing slated at Griffin Hospital in Derby

Griffin Health to offer info session on foot health clinic./ Contributed photo

DERBY - Griffin Health will host a free information session about its Foot Health Clinic from 9 a.m.-noon Aug. 6 at Griffin Hospital, 130 Division St.

Individuals are invited to stop in and learn about services offered by Griffin’s Foot Health Clinic and its Comprehensive Wound Healing Center, proper foot care, the importance of podiatric care for individuals diagnosed with diabetes, and diabetic shoes and orthotics.

To sign up, or for more information, contact Liza Leuallen at lleuallen@griffinhealth.org or 203-732-7574.

About the Comprehensive Wound Healing Center at Griffin Hospital

The Comprehensive Wound Healing Center helps patients with chronic, non-healing wounds by offering highly effective treatment for a variety of chronic wounds, including: Diabetic foot ulcers; Radiation injury to tissue and bone; Compromised skin grafts; and Pressure ulcers. 

The Center provides a comprehensive range of services that are specifically designed to help promote wound healing, including:

• Extensive wound assessment

• Pain management

• Debridement

• Compression therapy

• Patient education

• Infection management

• Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

For more information, visit griffinhealth.org/wound.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Kellogg Environmental Center in Derby to hold virtual nature-themed trivia night

DERBY - Do you know something about nature or the outdoors? 

Join the Kellogg Environmental Center staff as they host a nature-themed trivia night from 7-8:30 p.m. Aug. 11 via Zoom.

Participants will compete in three rounds of trivia questions. 

There will be stretch breaks and icebreaker activities in-between. 

The questions will vary in difficulty, and cover a variety of topics including plants, animals, geology, and natural history.

Registration is required for this free program.  Please register through the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection Calendar of Events webpage at https://www.depdata.ct.gov/calendar/viewev.asp?id=7497 or phone the Kellogg Environmental Center at 203-734-2513 for assistance.

This is a press release from the Kellogg Environmental Center.

 

Derby Public Library, Kellogg Environmental Center to host Wildlife Summer Series

DERBY - Derby Public Library will host a virtual Wildlife Summer Series presented by the CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection through the Kellogg Environmental Center from 6-7 p.m. Aug. 5 and 26.

Webinar presentations by conservationists and biologists will focus on the state’s native and migratory flying friends. 

On Aug. 5: One Bird, Two Climates - A Look at Our Shorebirds

     

Paul Fusco and Laura Rogers-Castro will present an evening of shore birds.These special birds travel between climate zones as their annual life cycle pattern.

 On Aug. 26: Bats! Backyard Buddies

Maureen Heidtmann, DEEP Master Wildlife Conservationist, will share her knowledge and love for bats.  

Program finishes in time for you to use your knowledge to watch bats in your neighborhood.

Registration links  are provided through the Library's Events Calendar at www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 

For more information call 203-736-1482.

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

Derby Neck Library to hold in-person program on nocturnal animals

DERBY - Things that go bump in the night might just be some of the most interesting animals of all! 

Join us [at Derby Neck Library at 11 a.m. Saturday] with the Stamford Museum and Nature Center to discover the world of night animals and explore how their tools and behaviors help them do their jobs under the cover of darkness. 

From excellent hearing to silent flight, we’ll explore some of the best nocturnal adaptations and meet some live members of the “night crew.”

Registration is not required for this program, just come by our garden at 11 a.m., and be sure to sign up for our Youth Mailing List to stay in the loop on cancelations and other important info: https://forms.gle/Hf9wQiLWrB4dcmgMA

Rain date: Aug. 7 at 11 a.m. The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

NOTE:
While this in-person all-ages program is outdoors in our garden, masks are still required for anyone over the age of two who is not fully vaccinated and we recommend you bring a blanket to sit on to help us enforce social distancing. 

These requirements are subject to change per local health department guidelines.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky

Good morning! Experimenting with camera at sunrise today. Took a lot of pix, this was one of the better ones.