Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Seed library opens at Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton
SHELTON - The Olde Ripton Garden Club’s Seed Library at the Plumb Memorial Library is open!
Perennial, annual, and vegetable seed packs are available to the public this gardening season.
Please limit 3 seed packets per person. All seeds are free to the public.
The Library is at 65 Wooster St.
Ansonia Library posts May event schedules for adults, children
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Griffin Center in Oxford to host cooking demo on stress-relieving herbs
OXFORD - In recognition of Women’s Health Month, the Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen will host a free cooking demonstration about the nutritional and stress-relieving benefits of common garden herbs.
Garden Calm & Herbal Stress Relief will be May 21 at 5 p.m. at The Griffin Center for Healthy Living at Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Road.
Former Executive Director of Massaro Farm and sustainable nutrition expert Caty Poole will discuss spring herbs and how they can be combined into teas and tinctures that can lower blood pressure, detox the liver, help control blood sugar, and contribute to overall stress relief and a person’s level of calm.
Poole will demonstrate how to make a simple tea blend, and all participants will receive an herbal tincture that can help relieve stress and promote calm.
Space is limited for this event, so registration is required.
Visit www.griffinhealth.org/garden-calm or call The Griffin Center for Healthy Living coordinator at 203-732-1369 to sign up.
The Griffin Center for Healthy Living Teaching Kitchen is part of Griffin’s commitment to the Planetree person-centered care model, which promotes greater well-being in communities through access to health information and assistance in helping individuals address the social determinants of health such as access to fresh nutritious foods and how to prepare them.
This is a press release from Griffin Health.
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
Valley Shakespeare Festival to perform Julius Caesar at Plumb Memorial Library
SHELTON - Join us for an exciting live performance of Julius Caesar at Plumb Memorial Library May 27 at 6 p.m.!
Presented by the Valley Shakespeare Festival and directed by Executive Producer Tom Simonetti, this 2026 production re-imagines the classic tragedy as a sharply focused contemporary political thriller.
Part of the VSF2U Professional Mobile Tour, this high-energy, 60-minute adaptation proves that Shakespeare’s most powerful stories don’t need elaborate staging, just great storytelling and an engaged audience.
Special thanks to the Library Board for their continued support of this program!
Don't miss out. Register today!
Registration required. There are three ways to register.
In-person at the Reference Desk.
Phone: (203) 924-1580 ext. 5102The Library is at 65 Wooster St.
'Turnback Tuesday' seeks public's help identifying image
Turnback Tuesday needs some assistance. Derby Public Library has images taken by James Caporale Photographer from 1932 to 1946. The above image is not dated or labeled. This is where we could use your help.
The group of gentlemen seems to be at some meeting or ceremony, not sure where. There is a military photo on the back wall to the right as well as a document that says "Boy Scouts of America." The uniformed gentlemen seated in the center has a number 34 on his lapel. The cap on the table reads "Connecticut." This is where you come in.
We are looking for names of any of these gentlemen, where this image was taken, a possible year and what group or organization it was.
DPL has many more images taken by James. If anyone would like to help identify them, please contact our Local History Coordinator, Christine Boulay, at cboulay@biblio.org to make arrangements.
Thank you for your help.
Thanks goes to Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
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