Yoga class starts Tuesday at Seymour Community Center

New Class Alert! Join our new Yoga Class At The Center starting January 6. Six-week class that will improve your flexibility and reduce stress.

More info at Seymourct.myrec.com

Ansonia Lions Club to hold Bingo Brunch at Chifrijo's

ANSONIA - Join us [the Ansonia Lions Club] for a lively afternoon of fun, food, and community at a Bingo Brunch at 12:30 p.m. Jan. 11 hosted at Chifrijo's, 311 Main St. 

Enjoy a delicious Latin fusion brunch menu while playing multiple rounds of bingo with chances to win great prizes.

Tickets are $10. Visit https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/alc-bingo-brunch--126

Shared from a Facebook event page.

This special event supports the Ansonia Lions Club, with proceeds going toward local programs and initiatives that make a difference in our community. Gather your friends, bring your lucky charm, and get ready for an exciting blend of great food, good company, and charitable giving.

 menu while playing multiple rounds of

 bingo with chances to win great prizes.

From the photo archives: Looking at the sky

 Sunrise on this date last year. 

St. Vincent De Paul Thrift Shop in Derby to reopen Monday

...Another year wiser. As we looked for the light in 2025, we were amazed how many beacons we found right in our own community. 

YOU all helped us help more neighbors in need than we ever have before! We hope you feel our gratitude. For donating. For shopping. For dropping off food. For volunteering in our thrift shop or pantry. For giving just a little bit more and even rallying your friends to our side. For all of this, our hearts are overflowing with gratitude. Happy 2026 everyone! ONWARD AND UPWARD!

Griffin Health in Oxford to offer free weight-loss workshops

OXFORD - The Griffin Center for Healthy Living will offer free workshops in January to help individuals lose weight through lifestyle change.

Weight-Loss Toolkit – A Well-Being Program is a free, evidence-based healthy eating and active living course for adults based on Eating Smart, Being Active©. 

This six-week program provides tools and tips for sustained weight loss, such as creating individualized meal plans and proven weight-loss exercises.

There will two sessions held on Wednesdays Jan. 21 and 28, and Feb. 4, 11, 18, and 25 at The Griffin Center for Healthy Living, Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road. One session will be from 1:30-3 p.m. and the other session will be from 4-5:30 p.m.

Based on the latest research findings from the American Dietary Guidelines and written by educators at Colorado State University, Weight-Loss Toolkit educates and empowers participants to lead a healthy life through concepts for physical activity, food preparation, cooking and shopping skill development, and food safety. 

Nutrition education for chronic disease management is integrated into every class.

To register or for more information, visit griffinhealth.org/weight-loss-toolkit or contact The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Coordinator at 203-732-1369.

This is a press release from Griffin Health.

Happy memories of a long-ago New Year's Day

We brought our first-born home on Jan. 1, 1989.  It was a perfect day to have our daughter come home with us.

Happy 2026! New Year's Eve was one for the books

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New Year's Eve was peaceful. I relaxed and enjoyed a delicious dinner at a local restaurant with two friends.

All was calm, all was bright. That is, until we left the restaurant, wished each other Happy New Year and ... my car wasn't where I had parked it. It was gone. It had disappeared into thin air. Poof! 

That's a nice way of saying it was stolen while I was inside having a nice meal. And that was the second time in the past six months that the car was taken. 

And in December of 2023 we got rear-ended on an entrance ramp, leaving me without a car for more than two months.

The vehicle is clearly cursed.