Volunteers to build Harvest House VIII at Shelton Riverwalk

SHELTON - Harvest House will be built Sept. 20 at the Derby-Shelton Rotary Club pavilion at the Riverwalk.  
Join the Valley United Way's Corporate Volunteer Council to build a 400-square-foot house. 
Learn more at www.valleyunitedway.org.    
If you cannot make it but would like to purchase a can of non-perishable food to place on the house you can do that at www.valleyunitedway.org.

Harvest House is a collaborative effort to construct a 400-square foot house and fill it with more than 100,000 items of food and non-perishables. 
The donated items are distributed to Valley-based food banks and agencies for people in need.

This information is shared from the Valley United Way website and Facebook page.

Huntington Branch Library in Shelton to hold theater games for kids

Theater Games for Beginners

5-6 p.m. Sept. 17

SHELTON - Kids in 4th, 5th, and 6th grades will take to the stage with Miss Robin for an hour of improvisational theater games. 

This monthly class at Huntington Branch Library, 41 Church St., is for beginners - no experience necessary! 

Register by calling 203-926-0111 or online: http://engagedpatrons.org/EventsExtended.cfm…

This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.

Recuperation journey: Coincidence?

This post is not meant to be about me; I couldn't decide whether to recount this story or not, but it is interesting.

Several years ago I covered a solemn 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Emmett O'Brien Technical High School in Ansonia. 
At the time there were many large pine trees in front of the school, and students had printed out the names and bios of Connecticut residents killed in the terrorist attacks, and tacked the papers to the tree trunks.

After the ceremony, I walked over to one of the trees and to my surprise the name on the piece of paper was that of the only victim to whom I had a very slight connection. 
I didn't know Ed, but he was my sister-in-law Sue's brother-in-law, and I had met his wife and two young children many years earlier at a family party. Sue had told us that he perished in the attack. He was only 40.

Seeing a familiar name startled me. Was it a coincidence? Or was I meant to walk over to that particular tree? Hard to say.

Re-posting: Memorial service will be held today on Derby Green

                 The 9/11 memorial on the Derby Green.

DERBY - The Derby Fire Department will host a memorial service at 7 p.m. today on the Green (Elizabeth Street) to remember those lost during the terror attack of Sept. 11, 2001. 
All are welcome to attend.

*Shared from the Derby Fire Department's Facebook page.

'Turnback Tuesday' features Sept. 11 memorial on Derby Green

9/11 memorial on the Derby Green./ Contributed photo

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" remembers the solemn day of 9-11-2001.
[We remember] not only the loss of so many people, but the brave men and women who responded to the aid of their fellow countrymen. 
This picture is of the Derby, CT 9-11 Memorial located on the Derby Green. 
The memorial, dedicated on November 16, 2014, has two granite towers to represent the Twin Towers and an actual centerpiece of steel from one of the fallen towers. 
The monument was planned and funds raised by the Derby Fire Department volunteers.


*Thanks go to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.