Tech Time offered at Derby Public Library

DERBY - The Derby Public Library offers monthly Tech Time sessions.  
Every third Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. and every third Thursday of the month at 10 a.m. a staff member will 
be on hand to answer your tech-related questions and concerns.  
Whether you are having trouble downloading e-books, searching databases, completing online job applications, 
scanning/sending documents and photos, etc., your problems will be addressed.  

Upcomin sessions will be held at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 20 and 10 a.m. Sept. 21. No registration is needed.  
For more information, stop by the Library at 313 Elizabeth St., call 203-736-1482, or visit www.derbypubliclibrary.org. 


This is a press release from Cathy Williams, Director, Derby Public Library.

Ansonia Rod & Gun Club donates $5K to Griffin Hospital walk/run

From left: Griffin Hospital Planetree Services Supervisor Laura Murphy, VP of Ambulatory Services Marge Deegan, Ansonia Rod & Gun Club President Art Davies, Rod & Gun Club Treasurer Horace Behrle, Director of Radiation Oncology Lori Murphy./ Contributed photo

DERBY - For the seventh-straight year, The Ansonia Rod & Gun Club is generously supporting the Annual 5K Walk/Run to Benefit The Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital with a donation of $5,000 to be the event’s Finish Line Sponsor. 

The Club’s continued support of the 5K Walk/Run is thanks to the tireless efforts of Treasurer Horace Behrle, a cancer survivor and Volunteer Ambassador at the Center.

“Fighting cancer and caring for cancer patients is important to the Club because we’ve lost a few guys to cancer and we know how hard it can be on a person,” Behrle said.

The 9th Annual 5K Walk/Run to benefit the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital is a non-competitive, family-friendly event set Sept. 30 at 9 a.m. at the Center, 350 Seymour Ave.

Registration is $25. The registration fees will increase by $5 after Sept. 15. 

Sponsorship opportunities

Proceeds are earmarked for special needs of cancer patients, such as support for transportation, groceries and wig and salon services, as well as patient support programs at the Center for Cancer Care at Griffin Hospital.

Area businesses and community groups are invited to support 5K Walk/Run. 

Sponsorship opportunities include signage at the event, logos on the event promotional materials and T-shirts, and opportunities to have a table to distribute products at the event or put items, coupons, or promotional material in participant give-away bags.

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital. 

Newsletter features Rock the Valley in Ansonia

These are just some of the 13 guitars I counted on stage during intermission of The Cast of Beatlemania performance. There may have been even more.


Dear readers,

Today Ralph put together a Rock the Valley special edition of our Valley Voice.

Please click here to read all about it.

~ Patti    

Recuperation journey: Lucky capture through window

I noticed these blue jays at the geranium plant and luckily my camera was nearby. Photo was taken through slider. Otherwise it probably would be a bit clearer.

Seymour Historical Society to host bus tour of town

Griffin Hospital to host talk in Oxford on advance care planning

Griffin Hospital will offer a free talk on how to plan for future healthcare and medical decisions Sept. 18 at Oxford Library./ Contributed photo

DERBY - Griffin Hospital will offer a free talk on how to plan for future healthcare and medical decisions at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 at the Oxford Library, 486 Oxford Road.

Griffin Hospital Advance Care Planning Coordinator Lynn Aiksnoras will present “Advance Care Planning: Honoring Healthcare Choices,” an open discussion on the three stages of Advance Care Planning in which individuals discuss and decide their future health care wishes in the event that they are unable to speak for themselves.

“As adults, we make many choices throughout life. Most often, the best choices are made as a result of good planning, such as career, financial, retirement, and estate planning,” Aiksnoras said. “So, why is it that so few people have a plan for making healthcare and end-of-life decisions?”

ACP is a process of understanding, reflecting on, and discussing individual goals, beliefs, and values to determine a person’s overall wishes, should a time come when he or she cannot make them for him or herself. 

ACP ensures that patients’ health care wishes are respected by loved ones and healthcare providers. 

This process also gives comfort and reassurance to health care representatives, enabling them to clearly understand patients’ end-of-life preferences.

“ACP is an important part of a good health and wellness program,” Aiksnoras said. “It may also be one of the most important gifts you ever give your family and those who care for you.”

Light refreshments will be served.

The program is free, but registration is requested at the library, or by calling 203-888-6944 or at oxfordlib.org (click on “Events”).

This is a press release from Griffin Hospital.

Knights of Columbus in Ansonia to hold Blue Mass, pancake breakfast

ANSONIA - The Knights of Columbus Council 23 will sponsor a Blue Mass at 10:45 a.m. Sept. 17, followed by a pancake breakfast with proceeds to support the seminarian program.

The event will be held at Assumption Church, 61 N. Cliff St.

The council also will host a porchetta dinner from 5-7 p.m. Oct. 7 at Assumption Church hall.
Admission is $20 for adults; $10 for children under 12.

The proceeds will go to the Knights’ Coats For Kids program.

For information, call Rick Mestuzzi, 203-881-2624 or 203-893-8647.


This info is shared from the online Valley Independent Sentinel.