Ticket sales open today for Seymour Pink's 'A Pink Night to Remember'

Sharing from Seymour Pink Facebook page:

"We can't wait to fill The Waterview with this incredible community.

"Don't forget to visit our website for registration info at https://www.seymourpink.com/pinknight/ "

Save the date: Seymour Pink slates A Pink Night to Remember

 

From the 'Turnback Tuesday' archives: Housatonic River Dam

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features the Housatonic River Dam.

The Housatonic Water Co. was organized in 1866 for the purpose of erecting a dam across the river. The dam was built in 1870 near the present-day Yale Boathouse.

A short canal was built on the Derby side while a much longer canal was built on the Huntington side that later became Shelton.

On Jan. 21, 1891, the dam burst from damage wrought by freshets and ice blocks. Even after it was rebuilt, ice and heavy water flows continued to damage the Housatonic River Dam until the Stevenson Dam was built upriver in Monroe in 1918.

[First published on this date in 2017.]

Thanks goes to Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesing local history each week.

Golf tourney in Monroe to support Boys & Girls Club of Lower Naugatuck Valley

 

Author to introduce 'Still Life' at Edith Wheeler Memorial Library in Monroe

 

Save the date: Seymour Pink to hold annual 'A Pink Night to Remember'

 

UMH honors Wesley Village employees for excellence and longevity

From left: David Lawlor (President & CEO, UMH), Andrea Winchester (Director of Human Resources), Lori Bauer, Marianella San Diego, Shelby Wenz, Dawn Supranovich, Jessica Scaife, Andrea Petillo, Hailey Monroe, Ali Alshabbah, Gracey Chamble, Bianca Turcotte-Reome, Lori Pisani, and David Fife. 

SHELTON - Members of the Wesley Village senior living campus recently gathered for United Methodist Homes’ annual employee recognition celebration at The Waterview in Monroe.

The event was hosted by UMH, the senior living provider organization that manages the campus. It featured a presentation of the organization’s “Values in Action” award and recognition for service milestones of five to 30 years.

Honorees from each Wesley Village community at Bishop Wicke Health Center, Crosby Commons, Wesley Heights, and Lifestyle Transitions were recognized with the Values in Action award, which is given annually to employees who reflect the organization’s five core values of Respect, Spirituality, Excellence, Collaboration, and Stewardship in an extraordinary way. 

Values in Action award winners are considered for their commitment to the Mission and Values of UMH and selected based on a peer nomination and leadership review process. Over 100 nominations are typically received each year from across the organization. 

Six outstanding team members at Wesley Village were selected to receive the award for 2024.

Recipients were nominated for their flexibility, dependability, collaboration, and unwavering commitment to supporting Wesley Village communities and the health and well-being of each resident.

Wesley Village is well-known for continuing UMH’s long legacy of caring in the community, and the longevity of the campus team reflects that. This year, eight team members were honored for reaching impressive milestones of twenty years or more. Thirteen team members were recognized for 10- and 15-year milestones and another 10 employees celebrated five years of service with the organization.

United Methodist Homes Director of Human Resources, Andrea Winchester and President and CEO David Lawlor shared words of thanks with the team before the award presentation. 

“So proud of our honorees and to see how our teams support one another in achieving great things,” said Lawlor. “It is a true reflection of a mission that is alive and well after 150 years!  We are so excited to carry this mission forward as we join forces with Masonicare to reinvent mission-based care for Connecticut seniors!”

About Wesley Village: The Wesley Village senior living campus is at 580 Long Hill Ave. and is part of United Methodist Homes, a local not-for-profit organization. 

The campus offers independent and assisted living, enhanced assisted living, early memory support, five-star skilled nursing care, and short-term rehab. 

To learn more about Crosby Commons, Wesley Heights, Lifestyle Transitions, or Bishop Wicke Health Center, visit our website or contact us at 203-225-5024. 

To become part of the Wesley Village team, visit our website at: https://www.umh.org/career-opportunities-at-umh.

This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Derby updates residents on area flooding issues, road closures

 

Good morning, Derby residents, Route 34, near the Stevenson Dam, in Oxford and Monroe is closed due to multiple road collapses secondary to flooding.

Additionally, rail service on the Waterbury Line has been suspended since 8 pm Sunday evening. Please continue to use caution due to multiple closures and water covering roadways throughout the region.

Shared from City of Derby Facebook page.

Party at Whitney Farms in Monroe to benefit Seymour Pink

 

Save the date for Boys and Girls Club's Service to Youth Awards program

 

Seymour Pink to host A Pink Night to Remember at The Waterview in Monroe

Mark your calendars! This years A Pink Night to Remember is hosted In Honor of Colleen Fries, our Vice President, dear friend, and longtime chair of this very event, who passed away December 23. 

We celebrate our community's fight against breast cancer on Friday, March 22, 2024 at The Waterview in Monroe.
Tickets will go on sale on Sunday, Feb. 11 at 9 a.m. Tickets will remain the same price as last year at $95 per person.
We hope you'll join us this year!

Sponsorships are still available for this event - reach out to Mary Deming at seymourpink09@aol.com if interested.

This is shared from Seymour Pink's Facebook page. 

Save the date: St. Mary-St. Michael School to hold recognition dinner in Monroe

 

Senior care panel discussion slated at United Methodist Church of Monroe

SHELTON - Crosby Commons Senior Living Community will be part of a collaborative senior care/living options panel discussion hosted by Generation Bridge Oct. 28 from 9:30 a.m.-noon at the United Methodist Church of Monroe, 151 Cutler’s Farm Road. 

The event is free and open to the public and will feature some of Fairfield County’s most knowledgeable senior care professionals including:

• Lisa Bisson: Director of Community Outreach at Crosby Commons Independent/Assisted Living Community
• Justin Brown: Director of Marketing & Community Relations at Bridges by Epoch in Trumbull
• Susan Oderwald: Owner and Senior Care Expert, Always Best Care (ABC) Senior Services
• Omera Young: Director of Nursing Services at Newtown Rehabilitation & Health Care Center

The discussion will provide helpful information for those caring for a loved one who is aging or experiencing a change in daily living/care needs. 

• Learn more about what’s included/ not included for different care situations (independent/assisted living, memory care, short-term rehab, skilled nursing, etc.).
• Know the right questions to ask when exploring senior care options and advocating for yourself or a loved one.
• All participants will have the opportunity to talk to each professional, ask questions and walk away with real answers.

The event schedule will be as follows:

• Brief coffee chat: 9:30 a.m.-10 a.m.
• Panel conversation: 10-11 a.m. 
• Q&A session: 11-11:30 a.m. 
• Light lunch: 11:30 a.m.-12:00 p.m.

For more information or to register for the event, visit:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/senior-care-living-options-what-you-need-to-know-tickets-719305852167?aff=oddtdtcreator

Crosby Commons & Wesley Village: Crosby Commons is located on the Wesley Village senior living campus at 580 Long Hill Ave. in Shelton and is part of United Methodist Homes, a local not-for-profit organization with a 150-year legacy of caring. 

The Wesley Village campus offers independent and assisted living, enhanced assisted living, early memory support, skilled nursing, and short-term rehab. 

To learn more about Crosby Commons, Wesley Heights, Lifestyle Transitions, or Bishop Wicke Health Center, visit our website or contact us at 203.225.5024. 

Generation Bridge seeks to help people answer questions to life's challenges. If we can make a difference in one person's life, then we are fulfilling our mission. 

In our years of putting on events and seminars, it's clear: The more prepared you are, the better decisions you'll make. Don't wait until you're in the middle of a crisis to start learning. Learn something and meet people you can actually reach when you have questions. 

Those interested in sponsoring the event can contact Brian Sherwood (Brian.Sherwood@generation-bridge.com).

This is a press release from United Methodist Homes.

Recuperation journey: Looking at the sky

... while floating along Lake Housatonic on a beautiful afternoon last week. 

The weather was great, and the company was even better! The top photos were from around noontime and the ones below are from about five hours later. 

A big thank you goes to our friends who hosted a relaxing and memorable afternoon! 

Tickets go on sale Sunday for Seymour Pink event at The Waterview in Monroe

Tomorrow is the day! Tickets go on sale for our premier event, the 2023 A Pink Night to Remember gala held at The Waterview in Monroe.

The ticket link will be emailed to our newsletter list and posted here!

Learn more at http://www.seymourpink.com/2023-pink-night-to-remember/

This is shared from the Seymour Pink Facebook page.

Light Up Shelton Chanukah celebration slated Sunday on Huntington Green

SHELTON - The Chabad Jewish Center of Shelton cordially invites the entire community to the Huntington Green Sunday for the lighting of an ice-carved 6-foot Menorah!

SPECIAL FEATURE: Watch an ice sculptor finish carving a 6-foot Menorah out of a large block of ice!

Featuring:
 Grand Chocolate Gelt Drop
 Hot Latkas
 Fresh Doughnuts
 Holiday Music
 NEW!! Selfie Photo Booth - Prints To Take Home
 Dancing Dreidel
 RAFFLES!

This event is FREE of charge. Sponsorship opportunities are available!

RSVP appreciated at www.JewishShelton.com/chanukah

Program begins at 4 p.m.

This is shared from a Facebook event page. 

Griffin Health Gala at The Waterview in Monroe to feature mind reader, comedian

Entertainer Eric Dittelman

MONROE - The 2022 Griffin Health Gala aims to amaze and entertain with a performance by a finalist on the popular TV show “America’s Got Talent” Nov. 12 from 6-11 p.m. at The Waterview, 215 Roosevelt Drive.

Eric Dittelman will be the Gala’s featured entertainment, bringing his unique form of mind reading and improvisational comedy that has left audiences across the country laughing and wondering “How did he do that?” 

Dittelman gained national fame on “America’s Got Talent” and recently made his Broadway debut in “The Illusionists.”

His performance on “Penn and Teller’s: Fool Us” had legendary showman, Penn Juliet, proclaiming Dittelman’s act as “bordering on genius.”

Guests will also be treated to exquisite dining to match The Waterview’s delightfully manicured and sculpted grounds and breathtaking scenic views of the Housatonic River. The evening closes out with dancing to the invigorating sounds of Sound Society Band.

There will also be a silent auction for guests to bid on exciting items, fabulous experiences, and one-of-a-kind memorabilia.

Tickets start at $200 per person. Black tie is suggested.

Proceeds from the Gala will help develop and sustain essential programs and services that address the wide-ranging health care needs of the communities Griffin serves ensuring access to innovative, high-quality care in a healing, person-centered environment.

Tickets can be purchased at griffinhealth.org/gala. 

For more information on tickets or sponsorship opportunities, contact Griffin Hospital Development Fund, 203-732-7355 or gala@griffinhealth.org.

 This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley to honor Service to Youth awardees

SHELTON - The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley has announced its 2022 Service to Youth award winners: Frederick W. Serra, ENCON Heating & AC, and Michael "Neech" Cannici. 

The awards dinner June 9 will be held at the  Stone Barn in Monroe.

This is shared from the Club's Facebook page.

American Legion District 3 to sponsor children's fishing derby in Monroe

 

'Turnback Tuesday' (on Wednesday) highlights naming of Lake Zoar

Turnback Tuesday shares the quest of the Sons of the American Revolution (SAR) in the naming of Lake Humphreys.

In 1921, the Gen. Humphreys Branch of the SAR announced the naming of the lake behind the Stevenson Dam was, in fact, named Lake Humphreys.

At this time, the SAR was a little ahead of themselves. The request had not reached the Connecticut House for approval until 1923, when the House refused to act on the bill to name it “Humphrey’s Lake” and left it to the towns to settle it.

Therefore, the lake to this day remains "Lake Zoar." Before the dam was built, there was a community on the corner of Newtown and Monroe called Zoar.

Thank you to John Babina of the Monroe Historical Society for his expert knowledge of Lake Zoar.

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