COVID exposure suspends services at Derby Neck Library

From a Derby Neck Library Facebook page post Tuesday:

DERBY - Due to COVID exposure, Derby Neck Library will be closed until further notice starting today, Tuesday, Jan. 19.

All services, except virtual programs, will be suspended until staff are cleared to return to the building. Please check our Facebook and Website for updates.

For those looking to utilize curbside pickup, that is also suspended, but will likely be the first service to return.

We will keep you posted.

Thank you.

Make pizza in Seymour Public Library's Food Explorers program

SEYMOUR - Seymour Public Library invites 

families to join Katie, Registered Dietitian from Food Explorers, online at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 to make the quickest homemade pizza of your life! 

In just one hour you’ll make your own pizza dough and have pizza for your whole family.

To make this recipe you’ll need the following ingredients:

sugar
active dry yeast
olive oil
flour
salt
your choice of toppings (sauce, cheese, veggies, meats, etc.)
This program is limited to 12 families, registration is required.

Please follow the link to register for the program and register in advance: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZ0uduuuqzgpEtdolQpr4B74yLGq3...

*After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. 

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

My Sister's Place thrift store in Ansonia posts weekly sales

ANSONIA - My Sister's Place Thrift Store and Donation Center is located at 380 Main St.  

All proceeds support BHcare's The Umbrella Center for Domestic Violence Services.

This is shared from My Sister's Place Facebook page.

Recuperation journey: Peaceful pastels

 

My front yard view this morning. Have a great Tuesday!

Derby Public Schools to host overdose prevention workshop for parents

BHCare and the Derby Youth Service Bureau are hosting a series of workshops for parents. 

Next week is a Family Support Workshop focused on opioid overdose prevention with Narcan.
It is common during times of great uncertainty such as we are going through now that can cause periods of high anxiety. It is during these times that self-care and mental health awareness is so important. 

Please join us for this self-help workshop, one of a series that will be offered FREE to parents and families.

Join here: https://us02web.zoom.us/.../tZEqcOygqT0iHtVY6Ap3eqx8qHqHa...

Derby Neck Library hosts monthly Evening Book Club via Zoom

DERBY - The Evening Book Club at Derby Neck Library has been re-instituted at the traditional time, the last Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. 

The club next meets at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 25 via Zoom to enjoy good company and discuss the chosen book. 

The books selected are novellas available on Project Gutenberg. 

They can be downloaded on paper for free, put on a kindle, or read from the computer screen. 

Pat Sweeney continues as moderator. 

If you have not given the library your e-mail address, now is the time to do so. 

This allows you to get notices of the Zoom events offered for adults.

January selection: The Wizard of Oz by Frank L. Baum
February selection: TBA

For information call 203-734-1492.

This is shared from the Library's Facebook page.

Derby Historical Society director encourages reflection on MLK holiday

By Daniel Bosques

Martin Luther King, Jr. Day serves as an opportunity for all of us to stop and reflect on our own thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors. 

In the spirit of Dr. King’s unwavering and messages of hope, perseverance, enacting peaceful change, and equality for all, we have a responsibility to our fellow Americans to take a personal inventory of ourselves. 

Are we individually doing our part to show love, compassion, fairness, and acceptance to our neighbors? 

Do we demonstrate strength of character, respectful responses to opposing viewpoints, intolerance of unfair policies? Do we show love to others through our words and our deeds? 

Taking a moment to stop and think about our individual answers to these questions just might lead to the self-awareness that may act as a catalyst for necessary change. 

There has never been a time in our collective American history that Dr. King’s messages of equality and hope have not been relevant. As a nation, we have come a long way from our tarnished history of slavery, oppression, Jim Crow segregation, and the overt mistreatment of large populations of Americans. 

However, we must acknowledge that we still have very far to go in reaching the type of country that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described in his famous “I Have a Dream” speech. Recent events in our country have forced Americans to face a stark reality that they had long been oblivious of (or complacent to ignore) - that is, that people of color in this country continue to face racism in many facets of their lives; most disturbingly, systemically.

While the current state of our nation may be discouraging for some, we must embrace the fact that as Americans, each one of us is empowered to make the changes we wish to see in our society. We might start by taking today to revisit the eloquent, awe-inspiring, and world-changing words of one of the greatest Americans who ever lived.

To hear five of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speeches, click here.

The lessons of the past can serve as the answers to creating a better future that includes all Americans.