Derby Public Library offers Kritter Kits Take & Make crafts for Christmas in July

DERBY - Derby Public Library offers Kritter Kits - Take & Make Series for ages 3-10 from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. July 8.

You better not pout, you better not cry, 'cause it’s Christmas in July!

Our weekly Kritter Kits will be stuffed with winter-themed activities and crafts to bring you holiday cheer!

This week is a fun, educational S.T.E.M. activity called the Melting Snowman Experiment narrated by our own "Miss Carmela."

The kits will be available through vestibule pickup. The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St.

For more information and to register, visit https://bit.ly/3wbf9l2

This is shared from the Derby Public Library Facebook page.

Ansonia High School announces graduation prizes for Class of 2021

ANSONIA - The following graduation prizes were presented to members of the Ansonia High School Class of 2021 during the commencement program June 12:

Class of 1940 Award: Tre Ragin

The Michael J. Adanti Memorial Community Fund: Katelyn Mehlinger

The Carl R. Ajello Prize: Lisa Marie Shehada

The Joseph “Jay” Amico Artistic Memorial Scholarship Fund: Colby LaBreque and Kylee Nimons  

The Ansonia Federation of teachers, Local 1012: Kailanie Rios

Ansonia High School Faculty and Staff Prize: Victoria Siwik

Ansonia High School Faculty and Staff Charger Forever Award: Michael Szewczyk 

Ansonia High School Principal’s Award: Gabriella Gjoni  

Ansonia Rod & Gun Club: Tiana Jackson and Michael Szewczyk

Assumption Home-School Association: Kylee Nimons

The John F. Blake, Jr. Memorial Scholarship: Gesienna Samuels

The Robert Blouin/A.F.T. Spanish Prize: Julia Fraulo

The Rachael and William Brogadir Prize: Alivia Toth and Alann Ferreira  

The Catholic War Veteran’s – St. Michael’s Post 1562 Prize: Nicholas Martinez

John Smolen Danielsky Business Award: Gabriella Gjoni

The Julia B. Decapua Fund: Tessa Peluso 

The Julius I. Douglas Artist Memorial Award: Gesienna Samuels

The Frank Erlingheuser Memorial Award: Kylee Nimons

The William Evans Sr. Memorial Award: Lisa Marie Shehada     

The Salvatore Ferla Memorial Award: Joshua Pintacasi 

The Ruth H. Feinberg Connors Principal’s Award: Michael Szewczyk

The Anna May Finnucan Award: Kylee Nimons 

The Friends of the Ansonia Public Library, Media Center Award: Johnny Diaz

The Herman and Bess Glazer Scholarship: Kiarah Swilling and Jamel Gause

The Ann Marie Glenn Memorial Award: Jayda Sanchez

The Nancy Crowley Golino Memorial Prize: Kristo Praseutsack        

The Peter S. Goumas Presidential Scholarship Prize: Gabriella Gjoni

The Charles J. "Boots" Jarvis Prize: Sheldon Schuler  

The Dennis Keller Memorial Award: Matthew Blackwell 

A.C. King Memorial Award: Bryanna Tindall

Winifred Bennett Kerins Memorial Prize: Torripage Walfall and Lindsay Stolze

The Russell & Joanne Kiley Kulawiz Fund: Jayda Sanchez

Irene McAllister Memorial Prize: Monica Wojcik

Nyah Marcano and Leah Rondon Memorial Award: Julia Fraulo 

The Dr. Carol Merlone Scholarship Fund: Tessa Peluso 

Louis L. Nicoletti Sr., Business Award: Michael Szewczyk   

Ann O’Neil Award: Michael Szewczyk  

The Patricia Ann Panitz Memorial Award: Gesienna Samuels 

The Gordon C. Parker Memorial Scholarship: Krystalee Fernandez  

The Carmen T. Pitney Sr. Award: Jonathan Perez and Lillian Romanowski   

The Joseph E. Potter Memorial Award: Katlyn Mehlinger  

The John Quake Memorial Scholarship: Kylee Nimons

The Charleen Riccio Memorial Prize: Anthony DiBlasi 

The V. Gerard Ryan Scholarship: Krystalee Fernandez

The John A. Sabulis, Pine Class of 1944, Memorial Award: Mya DeProfio    

The Dorothy Shortell Memorial Award: Krystalee Fernandez 

Julian A. Taylor Memorial Scholarship: Gesienna Samuels

Minnie Tolles Scholarship: Gesienna Samuels

The Peter Vartelas Memorial Scholarship: Lindsay Stolze
Vocational Education Scholarship: Alann Ferreira

The Yudkin Family Scholarship: Julia Fraulo, Tessa Peluso, Madison Jankauskas, Gabriella Gjoni, Abigail Magarin, Monica Wojcik, Anthony DiBlasi, Lin Le, Kristo Praseutsack, and Alivia Toth. 

Seymour L. Yudkin Scholarship Fund: Michael Szewczyk, Joshua Pintacasi,  Kylee Nimons, Lisa Marie Shehada, and Torriepage Walfall   

The Robert E. Zuraw Scholarship Award: Krystalee Fernandez  

The Stephen F. Zuraw Memorial Scholarship: Anthony DiBlasi  

This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools. 

Congratulations to 103 Ansonia High School Class of 2021 graduates

Valedictorian Michael Szewscyk

ANSONIA - Diplomas were awarded June 12 by Principal Paul Giansanti to 103 members of the Class of 2021 from Ansonia High School during a commencement program on Jarvis Field.

        The event was live streamed and a video will be released soon and posted on the district’s website and Facebook pages. 

Here are the graduates; please note that those with asterisks after their name were awarded a Diploma of Distinction:

Ahsan Ahmad, Anastasia Alvarez, Jeremiah J. Andrews, Justice Tyler Antrum, Colin Arnold, Taniya Shanée Barnes, Mateo Sebastian Benavides Campouerde, Rodney A. Betances, Matthew J. Blackwell, Alandaisa E. Boyd, Alandrea Boyd, Alesia Marie Brown, De'Vonne Callands, Jonathan William Cibulsky, Angelina Collado, Tanea Coombs, Hailey Nicole Cook, Angel Cruz, Justin S. Davis, Mya Deprofio, Johnny A. Diaz, Anthony DiBlasi, Jaylyn Grace DiMauro, Nicholas DiPalma, Stephany Espinal Jimenez, Da'Siah Fagan, Dermaris Feliciano, Krystalee Fernandez, Alann S. Ferreira, Julia Katherine Fraulo.

Elani Thomas Garcia, Jamel Gause, James Gillison, Gabriella Gjoni, Christian Giovanni Gonzalez, Isra Hanaif, Moises Hernandez Jr., Elijah Kyree Holmes, Taina Jackson, Madison Elizabeth Jankauskas**, Jayden Jimenez, Shanelle Cheila Jimenez, Colby Labrecque, James David LaFrance Jr., Savanah Marie Lake, Linh Phuong Le**, Katherine Mishelle López Gálvez, Elizabeth Brianna Lopez Puruncajas, Fernanda Macias, Abigail Magarin, John Javon Maitland, Daries Javoughn Manigo, Ashley Ana Marquez, Laisha Martinez, Nicholas J. Martinez, Keivon Gregory McCoy, Katlyn P. Mehlinger, Eviana Mojica, Christopher J. Negron Lopez, Norris A. Nelson, Kylee Michelle Nimons**.

Axavier Pagan, Gabriella Gilda Palumbo, Tessa I. Peluso**, Jonathan Perez, Addison J. Phillips, Joshua Andrei Fuentes Pintacasi**, Giustino M. Pizzola, Kristo A. Praseutsack**, Tre' Antonio Ragin, Gabriel Rico, Kailanie Monique Rios, Genesis Rivera, Isabel Celeste Rivera, Juan Rivera, Chicago Rivers Jr., Lillian Paige Romanowski, Christopher Ruiz Colon, Joseph Rykowski**, Gesienna Jiaunna Lam-Singh Samuels, Jayda Rose Sanchez, Troy Sanders, Sheldon Schuler, Tyler Gabriel Shaw-Cousins, Lisa Marie Joseph Shehada**, Irini Shyti, Victoria Kamila Siwik, Jeremy Robert E Smith, Lindsey Stolze, Eldrick Stovall Jr., Kiara Marni Swilling, Michael P. Szewczyk**.

Jacob Ryan Tackach, Bryanna Angel Tindall, Alivia Toth**, Alicia Toth-Weaver, Ashley Nicole Velez, Torriepage Walfall, Tywan B. Ward, Sonkaly Weamie, Monica Wojcik, Destine Daron Jeremiah Young, Andrew R. Zinko.

This is a press release received today from Ansonia Public Schools.

Kids can read to Molly Saturday outdoors at Derby Public Library

Good listener Molly / File photo

DERBY - Children ages 3-11 are welcome to join the popular B.A.R.K. (Be A Reading Kid) program from 10:30-11:30 a.m. Saturday at Derby Public Library where Molly is following in her brother Ollie’s “paw steps.”

This is a great opportunity for beginner or reluctant readers - as well as experienced readers - to build confidence, enhance literary skills achieved during the school year, and develop a love of reading.

Children will be given a 10-minute time slot to read and may select a book from home, or one they have already checked out from, or is provided by, the library, to share with her for the program.

The program will be held outside and participants are requested to follow CDC guidelines. 

The Library is at 313 Elizabeth St. It WILL NOT be open to the public. Please plan accordingly.

REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED at  http://www.derbypubliclibrary.org.

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

AAA donates $2,500 to Griffin Hospital's SafeKids' child safety seat program

AAA’s Traffic Safety Educator Adelle Zocher, right, presents Cathi Kellett, coalition coordinator of Griffin Hospital’s SafeKids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition, center, and Monica Oris, Griffin Health’s director of Population Health, with a $2,500 donation.

 

DERBY - As part of its ongoing charitable giving efforts throughout its territory of New Haven, Litchfield, and Fairfield Counties, AAA Northeast presented Griffin Hospital’s Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley Coalition with a $2,500 donation for the purchase of child passenger safety seats.

The donation is through the AAA Employee Charitable Giving Foundation which awards gifts to nonprofit agencies in the Connecticut and Rhode Island area each year that go above and beyond to help their community. 

Special attention is given to those underserved areas and children.

The Coalition was chosen for its work in providing needed child car and booster seat for underserved populations in the area. 

Safe Kids also conducts monthly clinics at Griffin to educate parents on the proper installation of car seats and when necessary, provides free car seats to qualified recipients.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Derby-Shelton Fireworks postponed to July 8; trash pickup on regular schedule

Villers file photo

Sharing info from Derby Town/City Clerk Marc Garofalo:

"The Derby-Shelton Fireworks have officially been postponed to Thursday July 8, 2021. The new rain date is Friday July 9, 2021.

"A reminder that Derby City Hall and offices will be closed on Monday July 5, 2021 in observance of Independence Day.

"There will be trash and recycling pick-up on Monday July 5, 2021 and there is no delay in pickup during the week of July 5, 2021.

"The Transfer Station will be open on Monday July 5, 2021.

"Have a safe and happy holiday weekend!"

Fab 4 Music Festival on tap July 10 at Nolan Field in Ansonia

 

Valley Shakespeare Festival to perform 'The Adventures of Pericles'

 

SHELTON -  Valley Shakespeare Festival will perform Free Shakespeare in the Park at 7 p.m. July 15-18 at Veterans' Memorial Park.

A storm at sea brings love into the life of Pericles, Prince of Tyre; another snatches it away. 

Many years must pass before fate guides the wandering hero to a poignant reunion with the family he thought he had lost forever.

Join us for a night of FUN, ADVENTURES, LOVE, and a few PIRATES!

Park opens at 6 p.m., show starts at 7 p.m.
TICKETS ARE FREE (with suggested $10 donation)

This is shared from a Facebook event page.

Valley alumni basketball tourney slated at Derby Middle School

 

My Sister's Place thrift store in Ansonia slates super sale Friday, Saturday

 

ANSONIA - My Sister's Place Thrift Store, 380 Main St.,  announces a two-day sale today and Saturday. 

Housewares, art, linens, lamps, merchandise behind the register and items in marked display case will be on sale.

All proceeds benefit BHcare's The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services.

This is shared from the store's Facebook page.

Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley shares 4th of July firework safety tips

Safety is a cause for celebration! 

When your family gathers for the Fourth of July, remember these firework safety tips!

https://www.connecticutchildrens.org/.../parents/fireworks/

This info is shared from the Griffin Health Facebook page.