Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to offer Zumba for Teens

 

Seymour Community Center to offer Zumba Tone classes

Our Zumba Tone class combines the excitement of Zumba with strength training to help you achieve a full-body workout while enjoying every moment.
The 6-week session begins May 21. Visit Seymourct.myrec.com

Snowshoe hike on tap Sunday at Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center

 

Zumba classes to start at Seymour Community Center

 

Griffin Health in Derby to offer 8-week lifestyle change program

DERBY - Griffin Health is helping individuals make changes for improved wellness in 2026 with its free Highway to Health program this February. 

Highway to Health is an 8-week lifestyle change program designed to empower individuals to take ownership of their health with lifestyle medicine knowledge and skills. 

Lifestyle Medicine is a unique medical specialty that focuses on using evidence-based approaches in healthy eating, managing stress, enhancing regular physical activity and restorative sleep, and fostering meaningful social connections and support systems.

All of these lifestyle factors help prevent and manage chronic conditions to dramatically improve one’s quality of life.

Topics covered in Highway to Health include the principles of exercise, introduction to culinary medicine, mindfulness and behavior change through yoga, sleep hygiene and understanding stress. he program is led by Exercise Physiologist Bern Fitzsimons C-EP and Griffin Center for Healthy Living Director Michael Desjardins and will include trusted information and instruction from Griffin health experts.

The program will be held Wednesdays Feb. 4, 18 and 25, March 4, 18 and 25, and April 1 and 15 from 5-6 p.m. at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital, 350 Seymour Ave. Space is limited. 

Visit www.griffinhealth.org/highway-to-health to register or call the Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369 to sign up or for more information.

This free wellness program is part of Griffin’s commitment to improve community wellness through free education, guidance and assistance in preventing and managing chronic disease. Griffin’s mission is to empower individuals to make choices that change their lifestyles for the better, and to go beyond caring for individuals when they are not well by building a meaningful relationship, guiding, and coaching them to maximize their quality of life.

Opened in 2020, the Griffin Center for Healthy Living is a unique facility in which Griffin Health partners with the community in wellness – offering education, guidance and assistance in preventing and managing chronic disease, and promoting overall well-being. 

The Center is part of Griffin’s mission to empower individuals to make choices that change their lifestyles for the better, and embodies Griffin’s goal to not only care for individuals when they are not well, but to build a meaningful relationship, guide, and coach them to maximize their quality of life. 

Visit griffinhealthyliving.org for more information about the Center's features and upcoming community events.

This is a press release from Griffin Health.

Seymour Community Center to offer pickleball fun on Friday nights

 

Seymour Conservation Commission to host New Year's Day hike

Start the New Year off with a healthy dose of the outdoors! The "Lake Loop" is a half-mile trail around Fountain Lake, on the border of Seymour and Ansonia. 

Choose between one, two, or three laps. No pressure or judgement! All participants are required to sign in. Then, you may start walking/hiking at your own pace.

Open to all ages. Bring a friend! Small groups and families are welcome. Children under 18 must have a parent or guardian present. Dogs are allowed but must be on leash at all times. Pick up and dispose of all waste.

Parking is on Birmingham Boulevard. Then walk down to the fishing platform to find the sign-in table. DO NOT park on the grass along Route 334/Great Hill Road!

Email seymourconservation@gmail.com for more details.

Seymour Community Center to offer Poundfit on Wednesdays

 Seymour Community Center is at 20 Pine St., Seymour.

Ansonia Library to host 2 yoga sessions in May for preschoolers, caregivers

 

Seymour Community Center schedules Zumba classes

 

Shared from the Center's Facebook page.

Ansonia Library to host 2 child yoga sessions in February

We have a few open spots for Wednesday morning's Yoga for Littles at 10 a.m. Register using this link: https://forms.gle/dZsFBBZqTD6hknDE7

Shared from The Children's Room at the Ansonia Library Facebook page.

Learn about winter in hike at Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center

 

Live Well workshop sessions slated at Ansonia Senior Center

 

Yoga sessions for preschoolers slated at Ansonia Library Children's Room

  The Ansonia Library is at 53 S. Cliff St.

Shared from the Children's Room newsletter.

Take a guided hike Sunday at Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center

 

Seymour Rec to hold Pick-Up Basketball on Fridays at community center

Shared from the Seymour Community Center Facebook page.

Seymour Rec offers Zumba toning classes at community center

 

Yoga for kids slated at The Children's Room at the Ansonia Library

Pickleball play to start today at Seymour Community Center

 

Cassetti extends walking on weekdays at Ansonia Armory until May 3

UPDATE! Mayor David Cassetti has extended walking at the Ansonia Armory for another three weeks!

The Armory will be open from 7-10 a.m. weekdays until May 3.

So don't put those walking shoes away just yet.

This is shared from the City of Ansonia Facebook page.