Church in Oxford to host egg hunt, breakfast

OXFORD - Join members of Immanuel Lutheran Church for a community Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. April 4 on the church lawn, followed by crafts and light refreshments indoors.

Bring your own basket! All are welcome.

And join church members for breakfast on Easter Sunday, at 8:30 a.m. April 5. Free admission.

The church is at 25 Great Hill Road.

For information, call 203-888-4713.


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

Derby residents offer ideas, express concerns about city's future

DERBY - I attended an interesting forum Wednesday night focusing on plans for the city's future.

Public input was sought on a Plan for Conservation and Development that will serve as an advisory document for the Planning and Zoning Commission. 
About 50 members of the community turned out to express their ideas and concerns on a variety of issues.

Stay tuned for a story in the Valley Independent Sentinel.

Learn wildlife rehab, take night hike at Ansonia Nature Center

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center, 10 Deerfield Road, will host a wildlife rehabilitation open house and a night hike on April 4.

At 2 p.m. Dawn Sotir will introduce you to the “job description” of 
wildlife rehabilitators, what to expect if you become one, and what to do to provide “first aid” to a wild animal in need.
Free, but please register. Call 203-736-1053.

At 7:30 p.m. a Full Pink Moon Hike will be held.
Enjoy the sounds of spring with Nature Center guides as they lead you around the
wetlands to spot some spring amphibians by the light of the moon. 
For all ages (children must be accompanied by an adult), fee is $1. 
Please call to register.

Annual Good Friday procession planned in Ansonia

ANSONIA - The seventh annual Good Friday Way of the Cross Procession sponsored by Ansonia and Derby churches will be held at noon April 3. 

Each year clergy members and lay people participate in the walk, which starts at Veterans Park next to City Hall (253 Main St.) and solemnly proceeds up Main Street to the Ansonia Armory.

Seymour Lady Wildcats to hold shred event fundraiser

*Sharing info from the Office of the Seymour First Selectman Facebook page.

Firefighters in Shelton to hold Easter flower sale

SHELTON - Members of White Hills Fire Company 5 will be selling Easter flowers from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. April 3 and from 9 a.m. until all flowers are sold April 4.

The annual sale will be held at White Hills Shopping Center, 200 Leavenworth Road.

Funds raised go toward purchase of firefighting equipment.

Advanced care planning topic of talk at Griffin in Derby

DERBY - Griffin Hospital will host a free talk on how to plan for future healthcare and medical decisions at 5:30 p.m. April 8.

The talk will focus on the three stages of Advanced Care Planning in which individuals discuss and decide their future healthcare wishes in the event that they unable to speak for themselves while at a healthcare facility.

“In life, we plan for our careers, our families, and for retirement. In effort to honor one’s healthcare wishes, to promote quality of life and provide peace of mind, it is important to begin these important conversations about end of life sooner rather than later to ensure one’s wishes are honored,” said Daun Barrett, Director of Community Outreach and Parish Nurses.

Barrett will lead the Advanced Care Planning talk along with Diane Betkoski of Griffin Hospital, Edward J. Sheehy, Jr., of Riverview Funeral Home, Inc., in Shelton, and John T. Bennett, of John T. Bennett Funeral Home in Ansonia, will also provide funeral planning information. It will include coordinating with clergy, and organizing flowers, restaurants, cemeteries, military honor guards, monuments, and burial benefits, to make decision making easier in the emotional time after losing a loved one.
A light dinner will be served.

This presentation is sponsored by the Valley Senior Services Council and Griffin Hospital and funded by the Valley United Way and TEAM, Inc.
To register or for more information call 203-732-7434 or visit the event calendar at griffinhealth.org.

The hospital is at 130 Division St.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.