Seymour High School to host exhibition today

SEYMOUR - Seymour High School will host its first Unified Arts Exposition from 6-7:30 p.m. today.

This event will be held in the cafeteria and adjacent hallways at Seymour High School, 2 Botsford Road.

Students from business, technology, music, and art classes will demonstrate what they have learned this year. 

This will include applied mathematics, science and engineering, intellectual, collaborative and thought-provoking assignments, and creative works of art and music.

Please join educators in celebrating the effort and perseverance that students have displayed through their hands-on project and performance-based learning assignments and competitions.


Information for this post was taken from an online calendar.

Sharing a Monday morning mystery photo

Any guesses? If you think you know where this is, please leave your answer in the comments. 

Time to have a bit o' fun! 

Person at risk for Ebola prompts protocols at Griffin Hospital in Derby

DERBY - A person who recently returned from Liberia and considered at risk for Ebola prompted protocols to be taken Saturday at Griffin Hospital.

Check out the Valley Independent Sentinel story here. 

Shelton fire company to hold tree lighting

Donations being accepted for toy drive
SHELTON - Friends and neighbors in White Hills are invited to the firehouse at 2 School St. for a community tree lighting at 6:30 p.m. Dec. 7.

All are welcome to join members of the fire company for a cup of hot chocolate after the tree lighting.

Toys also will be accepted that night for the TEAM Toys 4 Kids Drive. 

Each year through the generosity of Shelton residents, the fire company provides truckloads of new, unwrapped toys for area families in need through programs like TEAM Toys 4 Kids.

Reminder: Seymour Christmas Parade is today

SEYMOUR - The town's annual Christmas Parade will step off at 2 p.m. today at the Community Center, 20 Pine St.

Nina Poeta

The Seymour Christmas Parade Association is holding the event in honor of the family of Nina Poeta, who died Nov. 1 after a year-long battle with brain cancer.
The Poetas will serve as grand marshals.

You can check out a story here by New Haven Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich. 

Church in Ansonia to host 'Journey to Bethlehem'

ANSONIA - High Acres Christian Church, 11 High Acres Road, will host a live, interactive, 30-minute drama called "Journey to Bethlehem" next weekend.
The annual event will run Dec. 5, 6, and 7.

Guests will walk a wooded trail to experience authentic, time-period appropriate scenes, starting in Nazareth and culminating at the Nativity. 


Live animals are part of the performance.

This community event is free, family-friendly, and open to everyone. It is held rain or shine.

Each night the 30-minute outdoor journeys will depart continually between 6-9 p.m.

Information in this post is taken from the church's website.


This sounds like a beautiful event to experience as Christmas draws near! 

Assumption Church in Ansonia to hold Blue Mass

In honor of Valley emergency personnel
ANSONIA - A Blue Mass sponsored by Knights of Columbus Council 23 will be held Sunday at Church of the Assumption, 61 N. Cliff St.

It will be an opportunity to honor all of the Valley’s police, fire, and emergency personnel and their families. 

The Rev. Jeffrey Gubbiotti, pastor, will offer a special blessing to invoke God’s protection for all whose jobs in service to the public can put them in harm's way. 

All personnel are invited to march in the procession, in dress uniform, and be seated with their families in the front section of the church. 

The procession will form in the rear of the church at 10:40 a.m., five minutes before the start of the 10:45 a.m. Mass.

All are invited to attend a light reception that will follow the Mass in the church hall.

For information call Father Jeff 203-735-7857, or e-mail trichard@trumbull-ct.gov.


This post is taken from an online community calendar.