New disaster trailer will be stationed at Ansonia High School

ANSONIA - The Lower Naugatuck Valley now has an American Red Cross Disaster Relief Trailer. Local officials and Valley Community Foundation representatives unveiled it Wednesday in the municipal parking lot on West Main Street.
It will be stationed at Ansonia High School and serve residents of Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton in the event of an emergency.

September is National Preparedness Month.

Celebrate river, Ansonia 125 at family event

Festival banner stretches across Main Street in Ansonia

The city is getting ready for the Ansonia Cultural Commission's 11th annual harvest fest along Main Street next month.

Scarecrows and pumpkins and corn stalks, oh my!

Food, glorious food featured at Shelton Riverwalk

SHELTON - The Parent Child Resource Center is sponsoring Food Trucks in the Valley from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday at the Riverwalk, with 10 percent of proceeds benefitting the agency's programs and services.

There will be more than 20 food trucks on hand, as well as live music, a classic car show, and activities for children.

Admission is free; for the over-21 crowd there will be beer, spiked cider, and wine.

The address is 100 Canal Street East.

The Derby-based Parent Child Resource Center is the leading provider of children's behavioral health care in the Valley.
Note: Info and logo in this post were taken from the Food Trucks in the Valley Facebook page.

Foley visits Ansonia businesses, talks about spending cuts

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley, left, listens to a reporter's question Tuesday with Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti on the steps of Ansonia City Hall.

Foley walks down West Main Street with Cassetti, left, and Aldermanic President Phil Tripp on their way to tour the assembly shop at Farrel Pomini. Behind them is Sheila O'Malley, the city's director of Economic and Community Development. 

Foley chats with Guy Tiso, service manager in the Farrel Pomini assembly shop.

Foley posed with Cassetti for one last photo before leaving Ansonia. 

Foley criticized Gov. Dannel P. Malloy for not getting control over spending. "Let's stop raising taxes on people," he said.

Cassetti said the next governor "needs to be more business friendly. It's really important to a state like this."


Check out Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich's coverage of Foley's visit.

Foley tours Ansonia downtown, meets business owners

Stops at Main Street restaurants

Republican gubernatorial candidate Tom Foley, right, chats Tuesday with former state Rep. Vincent Tonucci  of Derby, left, and Massimino Andretta, owner of Massimino's Pizzeria on Main Street. Ansonia Mayor David S. Cassetti and several city officials accompanied Foley on a walking tour of downtown.

Foley, left, talks about small business issues with Libby Meissner, owner of Crave, a restaurant, and Only for Her, a boutique, on Main Street. Cassetti is at right.

Stay tuned for updates.

School in Derby hosts Grandparents Day

Kaelyn DiMartino, a second grader at St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby, enjoys lunch with her grandparents, Harvey and Marlene Finkel of Derby. Students invited their grandparents to school Friday to celebrate Grandparents Day. / Contributed photo