Community coming together to help Derby family bury 5 children

DERBY - A horrific car crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, N.Y. early Sunday took the lives of five children ages 8-17 who recently had moved here from New York.

Click the link below from today's Valley Independent Sentinel for information about the fatal crash.

https://valley.newhavenindependent.org/article/press_conference_on_crash_that_claimed_the_lives_of_five_minors_from_derby

The community has come together since news of the fatal accident was reported Sunday to help the family pay funeral costs. 

As of this posting Monday evening a GoFundMe page had raised $46,561 toward a $50,000 goal. To donate, visit  https://gofund.me/65f03ef2

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Talk at Seymour Public Library to focus on N.Y. World's Fair

The Unisphere is a lasting reminder of the New York World's Fair. I happened to get this photo in 2013 as we were driving on the Whitestone Expressway. 

SEYMOUR - The Seymour Public Library will host a presentation on the 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

The fair attracted approximately 50 million visitors during its two April-October seasons, including many from Connecticut.
Situated on more than 640 acres of Flushing Meadows parkland, the fair exuded the spirit of mid-20th-century America.

Jason Scappaticci from Manchester Community College will give a talk on the lasting history of the event.

The library is at 46 Church St.

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

Photo offers a bit of sports history from 'the good old days'

Last week I met someone who has carried this ticket stub in his wallet for quite a few years so I had to take a photo of it. 

He said he was 14 at the time, and it was his first baseball game with his dad.


Being a baseball fan sure was a lot less expensive in 1944. 
A reserved seat for a Yankees' game was only $1.80.

The peanuts and Cracker Jack must have been affordable too!