Shelton Libraries slate kids' activities Saturday

Piggie and Gerald Party
SHELTON - Drop in and celebrate entertaining book characters and their friendship through a story, party games, crafts, and a treat at 10:30 a.m. Saturday at Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster St.


If You Give a Dad a Donut
SHELTON - Celebrate Father's Day early at the Huntington Branch Library at 10:30 am. Saturday.

Children of all ages and their fathers and grandfathers are invited to listen to a story about donuts, enjoy a snack, and participate in a fun activity!  
The library is at 46 Church St.
Register at 203-926-0111.


Information shared from the Shelton Library System website.

Ansonia celebrates Memorial Day with traditional parade

Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti waves to onlookers along the parade route on Main Street Sunday. With him are state Rep. Linda M. Gentile, D-Ansonia, at left, and his wife, Ina.

The Connecticut Hurricanes perform at the reviewing stand in front of Ansonia City Hall.

Several veterans' organizations participated in the parade. 

Members of High Acres Christian Church in Ansonia played live music on a float adorned with red, white, and blue wreaths and banners.

Stay tuned for more photos in a future issue of The Valley Voice newsletter.

Church to hold annual picnic at Warsaw Park in Ansonia

ANSONIA - St. Michael Church of Derby will hold its annual parish picnic from noon-8 p.m. June 5 at Warsaw Park, 125 Pulaski Highway.

Photo from St. Michael Church website

There will be continuous live music from 1-5 p.m. performed by Dennis Polisky and the Maestro's Men polka band. Sygnal will play from 5-8 p.m.

Homemade Polish and American fare will be on the menu.

There will be games for children and adults. 
Admission is $5 a person and includes all games and activities for children, and free parking.

For information call 203-734-0005. Please bring your own lawn chairs.

Reminder: Club hosting annual Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast in Shelton

SHELTON - The annual "Doc" Bednar Memorial Day Pancake Breakfast will be held Monday before, during, and after the Shelton-Derby Memorial Day Parade.

The breakfast, hosted by the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley, will be held at Walgreen's Pharmacy at the corner of Center Street and Coram Avenue.

All-you-can-eat fluffy buttermilk pancakes will be on the menu.

Cost is $5 per person; $4 for children under 12.

This is a press release from the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

Seymour Congregational Church to host turkey dinner

The church is at 45 Broad St., Seymour.

Griffin Hospital changes route of 5K in Derby, Ansonia

We've Changed the Route

Due to construction of Division St., we've changed the route and will be starting and finishing at the Seymour Ave. entrance to the Center for Cancer Care along with a few other changes.

We'll have maps of the 5K route for participants on June 4, but here's a map of the course and turn-by-turn directions so you'll be familiar with it before heading out! 

Check out our Facebook page to view/print directions.

• START - Leaving the Cancer Center parking lot at the Seymour Ave. entrance/exit, participants will turn left toward Division St.
• Cross Division St. onto Wakelee Ave.
• Proceed up Wakelee Ave. and turn right onto Mary St.
• Turn right onto Grove St.
• Turn right onto Division St.
• Cross Seymour Ave. and proceed left down Seymour Ave. sidewalk
• Turn right onto Hawkins St.
• Turn right onto Eighth St.
• Turn right onto Hawthorne Ave.
• Turn right onto Cherry Street
• Turn left onto Smith St.
• Turn right onto Fall St.
• Turn left onto Emmett Ave.
• Turn right onto Bluff St.
• Turn Right onto Mohawk Ave.
• Turn left onto Summer St.
• Turn left onto Seymour Ave.
• FINISH - Enter Cancer Center parking lot at Seymour Ave. entrance/exit and proceed to finish line for 5K

This is a release from Griffin Hospital.

The walk/run is just one week away! I'll be there with my Team McVillers. 

Here's the official website: griffinhealth.org/5k

WW II veteran to lead Memorial Day Parade in Seymour

My friend Jean Falbo-Sosnovich, New Haven Register correspondent extraordinaire, wrote a story about Anthony Bunk, a 92-year old U.S. Navy veteran of World War II leading Seymour's Memorial Day Parade.

He will lead the march with Beacon Falls First Selectman Chris Bielik, also a Navy veteran who served as a commander from 1982 to 2004.
I'm sharing Jean's story here.


And from Derby Town/City Clerk Marc Garofalo:

A memorial service will be held at 7:30 p.m. Sunday at Derby High School, 6 Nutmeg Ave., Derby. 
All veterans who died since May 1, 2015 will be remembered by calling their names and presenting a rose to their family. 
A list of those veterans from Derby who died this past year can be found at:

http://www.derbyct.gov/Memorial-Day-Parade/

The annual Derby-Shelton Memorial Day will start at 9 a.m. 
in Shelton at Howe Avenue and Kneen Street, take a right on Coram Avenue, right on White Street, right on Howe Avenue, left to proceed over the Derby-Shelton Bridge, right on Main Street, left on Elizabeth Street to Cottage Street.

And happening Sunday in Ansonia:

Wishing a Happy Memorial Day weekend to all! 

Stay safe, and take time to remember those who paid the ultimate price in service to our country for the freedom we enjoy.