Kids can create indoor snow sculptures at Derby Neck Library program

DERBY - Let’s bring the snowy fun inside Derby Neck Library for an artistic science experiment featuring fake snow that really gets cold! 

Youth ages 5+ are invited to the Community Room to create their very own unique snow sculptures. We’ll also provide watercolor paints, accessories, fun tools, and hot cocoa for all. 

Registration required:

https://derbynecklibrary.org/events/indoor-snow-sculptures/ 

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Friends of the Seymour Public Library to hold used book sale

SEYMOUR - The Friends of the Seymour Public Library will hold a used book sale this weekend.

Members Only - Dec. 8 from 2-4 p.m. 
Open to Public - Dec. 9 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m.

The Library is located at 46 Church St.

Shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Seymour Public Library to show movie, 'Love Sarah' Friday

SEYMOUR - Join us at 10:30 a.m. this Friday in the lower level auditorium of Seymour Public Library to watch a movie! 

Light refreshments will be served. 

The Library is at 46 Church St.

We'll be showing "Love Sarah" starring Celia Imrie, Shannon Tarbet, and Shelley Conn. 

It is not rated and its duration is 1 hour 37 minutes.

Summary: A young woman wishes to fulfill her mother's dream of opening her own bakery in Notting Hill, London. 

To do this, she enlists the help of an old friend and her grandma.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Griffin Hospital in Derby to offer facial skin screenings, raise awareness

DERBY - Griffin Hospital is raising skin cancer awareness and helping individuals protect themselves and their loved ones with free facial skin screenings Dec. 13 at The Center for Cancer Care, 350 Seymour Ave. 

Appointments are available between 3-5 p.m. and reservations are required by calling The Center for Cancer Care at 203-732-1260.

Facial skin screenings will be conducted by a registered nurse from Griffin’s Community Outreach to show sun damage and detect abnormalities that could be a sign of potential skin cancer. 

Oncology Nurse Navigator Melissa Gramigna, RN, BSN, will assist with referrals to a dermatologist if needed.

According to the American Cancer Society, skin cancer is the most common of all cancers. Melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, account for approximately 100,000 cases of skin cancer and more nearly 8,000 cancer deaths annually.

Risk factors for non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers include: 

• Unprotected and/or excessive exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation (sunlight or tanning booths)
• Pale skin (easily sunburned, doesn’t tan much or at all, natural red or blond hair)
• Occupational exposures to coal tar, pitch, creosote, arsenic compounds, or radium
• You or other members of your family have had skin cancers
• Multiple or unusual moles
• Severe sunburns in the past

Skin cancer can be found and treated early by looking for these symptoms:

• Any change on your skin, especially in the size or color of a mole, growth, or spot, or a new growth (even if it has no color)
• Scaliness, oozing, bleeding, or a change in the way a bump or nodule looks
• The spread of pigmentation (color) beyond its border, such as dark coloring that spreads past the edge of a mole or mark 
• A change in sensation, such as itchiness, tenderness, or pain

Some symptoms are not as noticeable, so skin cancer screenings are advised. 

If you have any of these symptoms, call your doctor immediately or visit griffinhealth.org to find a local dermatologist.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Derby Historical Society to host Christmas celebration at Humphreys House

 

Abundant Life Ministries in Ansonia to present 2 Christmas programs

 

This is shared from the City of Ansonia Facebook page.

Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky

It was a beautiful sunrise this morning!

Today is National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ~ the 82nd anniversary of the Japanese surprise attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 

It's a day to honor the 2,403 American service members and civilians who were killed that fateful day.