Ansonia to launch weekly marketplace

Furniture store in Ansonia holding trade-in to benefit My Sister's Place

ANSONIA - Spector Furniture, 385 Main St., is holding a “Trade-In” event for the month of June.

Customers can trade-in their old furniture to receive a discount on the purchase of new items. The trade-ins will be donated to My Sister’s Place Thrift Store and Donation Center, 380 Main St.

My Sister's Place, a program of BHcare, is a unique family thrift shop located in Ansonia.

The shop offers quality new or “gently used” clothing, furniture, and household items to the public at discount prices.

All proceeds support The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services programs.
Learn more at www.bhcare.org.

Spector Furniture will deliver any new purchase for free and will remove your old furniture free of charge to anyone living within a 20-mile radius of the store. Participants will also receive an income tax deduction form for your trade-in.

You can receive up to $300 in trade-in value for your furniture.

Helping Hands will receive any upholstered furniture and mattresses with a portion of the proceeds benefiting MSP.

Visit www.spectorfurniture.com for details.


This is a press release from BHcare, a regional community provider of behavioral health, addiction prevention, and domestic violence services for the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Greater New Haven and Shoreline communities.

Musicians to perform at Master's Table dinner in Ansonia

Vendors sought for annual craft fair, tree festival in Shelton

TEAM's annual Festival of Trees at Wesley Village is a Valley tradition. / Contributed photo

SHELTON - Wesley Village, a campus of senior living communities at 580 Long Hill Ave. is seeking vendors for its annual Wesley Village Craft Fair and TEAM Festival of Trees. 

The fair is being held Nov. 21 and 22 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. each day. If you are looking for a well-attended event in which to sell your special crafts, we have 8’ tables available for $50 a day. Please 

Contact Barbara Quinn, Director of Volunteer Services at Wesley Village, at 203-944-8292, to reserve your table.


This is a press release from United Methodist Homes. 

CWV Post in Derby to sponsor dinner Friday

DERBY - CWV Post 1562, 112 Derby Ave., will present its annual Venison, Elk, and Wild Boar dinner at 7 p.m. Friday.

Donation is $28. For tickets contact the Post at 203-734-9748 after 1 p.m.

RSVP only, seating is limited.

This information is shared from an online community calendar sponsored by the Community Foundation for Greater New Haven and the New Haven Independent.

Seymour to celebrate Founders' Day Sunday

SEYMOUR - The sixth annual Founders' Day will be held from 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday in the downtown business district. 
It's the town's 165th birthday celebration. 

Read all about it in New Haven Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich's story here.

Derby Public Library to host superhero matinees

DERBY - The Derby Public Library will host a Superhero Movie Matinee for patrons ages 12 to 17 June 23 and 30 from 3-5 p.m. 

Participants will have the opportunity to vote on subsequent superhero DVD titles to be shown. 

Light refreshments will be provided. 

This program is part of the Derby Public Library 2015 “Unmask” Teen Summer Reading Club. 
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 Tony DeLos, young adult librarian, Derby Public Library.