Pet photos with Santa to benefit Friends of Shelton Animal Shelter

SHELTON - Pet Photos with Santa will be held at Pet Supplies Plus, 675 Bridgeport Ave., from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday.

Digital photos are $19; cash and checks will be accepted.

All proceeds will benefit the Friends of the Shelton Animal Shelter. 

All pets must be leashed.

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

Derby to hold 5-day downtown design workshop

Three Saints Church in Ansonia to host annual Slavic Festival

ANSONIA - Three Saints Orthodox Church, 26 Howard Ave., will hold its annual Slavic Festival from 4-7 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday. 
The kitchen will open at 10 a.m.

There will be plenty of shopping opportunities and a variety of ethnic food available, including pierogi, stuffed cabbage, borscht, holupsi, holuskhi, Russian zakuski, cheese blintzes, baked goods, and more. 

Shop the religious store, book nook, and tag sale on both days. Meat items will only be served Saturday. Stay and eat; take-out is also available.

For more information call the Parish office, 203-735-0117. 

Note: Information shared from the church's Facebook page.

Ansonia to hold hazardous waste collection Saturday for 3 communities

Master's Table to host 2 November dinners at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Master's Table President James Fedak, Jr. said in an email: "Starting in January 2017 Master's Table will provide two monthly meals, the second and fourth Sundays of each month except for December."

'Turnback' photo shows historic Veterans Memorial Building in Derby

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" image features the Unitarian Church in Derby. Construction of the church began in 1897, though its first service was not held until Sept. 10, 1905. 
The church existed until sometime in the mid-1920s, after which it was converted into the Veterans Memorial Building. The Memorial Building is still located at the juncture between Atwater and Seymour Avenues.

Thanks go out to Derby Librarians for posting this interesting photo on my Facebook page.

Movie about bullying to be shown Thursday at Ansonia High School

ANSONIA – Ansonia Public Schools and the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley are co-sponsoring the free showing of the movie, “A Girl Like Her,” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Ruth Feinberg Connors Auditorium at Ansonia High School. 

The movie, directed and written by Amy S. Weber, was released nationally a year ago and was recently made available free of charge to school districts. 

The storyline focuses on a high school student who is bullied, as well as about the student who commits the bullying. 

This free program is one of several that Ansonia Public Schools has held and will be holding this year. 

High school juniors and seniors, their parents and all adult community members in the Valley and region are welcome to attend the movie, which stars Avery Keller, Hunter King, Jessica Burns, Lexi Ainsworth, Brian Slater and Jimmy Bennett. 

To view a trailer of the movie, go to http://agirllikehermovie.com.

This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.