Bluegrass band to perform at Seymour store

Too Blue

SEYMOUR - The All-American Valley General Store will offer dinner and a bluegrass show by Too Blue from 7-9 p.m. Saturday. The event will feature what organizers describe as "a down-home vibe and farm-to-table menu."

Too Blue will also be heard from 7-10 p.m. on "The All-American Valley Home Companion Show" on radio hosted by Shelton resident Gary Christopher at the store. 

For information on the radio show visit www.ctwsr.com.

Cover charge is $10. 

To make a reservation call 203-828-6442. 

For information about the store visit http://www.redcloverblossom.com/.

The store address is 16 Bank St; use the Columbus Street entrance.

Shelton Gaels Alumni plan party at Porky's Cafe

Annual fundraiser slated Saturday
SHELTON - The Shelton High School Alumni Association will host its second annual Golden Gael Awards Night from 7:30-10:30 p.m. Saturday at Porky’s Café, 50 Center St . 

(Header from organization's website)

See old friends, enjoy spirits, food, and join in the celebration of awarding the Golden Gael. 

The event costs $35 a person. 

Tickets can be purchased from Bob Zuraw at 203-929-6601, Howie Gura at 203-450-0061 or Judie Ayer at 203-305-0763. 

Donations may be sent to Shelton CT Alumni Association, P.O. Box 229 Shelton, 06484. 
Checks may be made out to the Shelton CT Alumni Association.

NAACP Branch in Ansonia to host MLK event at church

Martin Luther King Day Celebration!


Monday, January 19, 2015

12 Noon

Clinton A. M. E. Zion Church

96 Central Street

Ansonia, CT 06401


Rev. Valerie Maness, Pastor

Speaker: Michael Jefferson, Civil Rights Lawyer


International Buffet to follow in the Church Hall

Everyone is asked to bring an ethnic dish to share at the festival. If you cannot, come with a prayer in your heart.

All are welcome in the spirit of Dr. King.


More Information:

Call Naomi at 203-734-3191

Jackie at 203-735-1033


Sponsored by:

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People

Ansonia Branch #2000

P.O. Box 6

Ansonia, CT 06401

Derby Library slates book discussion

DERBY - The Derby Public Library has scheduled its next Lunchtime Book Discussion for 

12:30 p.m. Jan. 28.  

The selected title is the New York Times' bestselling novel, Me Before You by JoJo Moyes.

Louisa Clark is leading an ordinary life in her tiny village until she takes a badly needed job working with Will, 

who is wheelchair bound after a motorcycle accident. 

This moving, modern day love story is about how life brings together two people who couldn't have less in common and how they try to help each other.

Multiple copies of the book are available at the circulation

desk.  
Participants are asked to bring a sandwich and a friend as they “chat and chew."

Dessert and beverages will be provided.  

Registration is requested.  

For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482 or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org.   

This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.

Seymour Rec offers family swim nights

*This information is shared from the Facebook page of the Office of the First Selectman of Seymour.

Wesley Village in Shelton to host open house

'Lifestyle Transitions' neighborhood created

Entrance to Wesley Heights in Shelton. / Contributed photo

SHELTON - Wesley Village will host an open house from noon-3 p.m. Jan. 25 to introduce “Lifestyle Transitions,” a new memory care neighborhood located in the newly renovated Northwest Wing of the Wesley Heights community.

“Lifestyle Transitions at Wesley Heights” will offer specialized assisted living in a secure, supportive environment for those living with memory loss.

This new program is designed to support residents with cognitive impairment by engaging them in life and activities within the larger Wesley Heights community and providing encouragement, friendship, and a feeling of security.

It also will focus on developing daily routines for successfully managing individualized physical, social and cognitive challenges.

The “Lifestyle Transitions” program space encompasses existing apartments and newly renovated gathering areas, including a library, family-style kitchen, living room area, laundry nook, and enclosed outdoor courtyard.

Safe and quiet space for reading, relaxation, and dining, and other stimulating activities such as baking, gardening, exercise, art classes, musical entertainment will be available. Colors, textures, lighting, and furniture was chosen with the help of a dementia consultant to organize these therapeutic spaces in a way that best meets resident needs.

Unique to Wesley Village, “Lifestyle Transitions” offers a mission-based, relationship-centered approach to care, as well as: affordable pricing, a wander-management system, 24-hour staffing with caregivers trained by the Alzheimer’s Association, on-site physician services, engaging activities, a variety of apartment styles for individuals or couples, education and support services for residents and families, and a specialized design to maximize independence.

Deposits are now being accepted for apartments in this new neighborhood.

For more information or to RSVP for the open house, contact Lisa Kelleher, 203. 944.6099.

Wesley Village is located at 580 Long Hill Ave. and is owned and operated by United Methodist Homes, a local not-for-profit organization.

The campus offers assisted and independent living, skilled nursing, short-term rehab, and outpatient therapy and fitness services.

To learn more, visit www.wesleyvillage-ct.org.


This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Derby students commended on community service

U.S. Air Force veterans of the Vietnam War Bob Chechoski, left, of Milford, and Patti Dumin, of New Britain attend a community meeting Wednesday at Irving School. They are members of the Vietnam Veterans of America and students are collecting gently used books to donate to the organization.

DERBY - The fourth-graders who are participating in a reading enrichment program at Irving School deserve plaudits for their initiative to help others in the community.
On Wednesday they kicked off a drive to collect gently used books that will be donated to the Vietnam Veterans of America.

Please check out the story in the Valley Independent Sentinel, and find out where the books are being collected at eight locations throughout the city, including Irving School.

When I told several friends yesterday about the story, they all said "I have so many books at home." Donating them to this drive is a great way to clean out those attics, basements, and closets of those boxes of books that you no longer want.