Monday, October 21, 2024
Plumb Memorial Library in Shelton to host history of railways presentation
Rails to Back Trails - a History of Railways in the Naugatuck Valley
Location: Plumb Memorial Library, 65 Wooster St., Shelton
Date/Time: Nov. 7, 6 p.m.
Local historian Sue A. DelBianco will host a slide presentation showing captivating images of the then-and-now of railroad history from Bridgeport, Connecticut starting in 1836, when railroad was king, and all the events and industry that centered around the railroad.
Register here: https://engagedpatrons.org/EventsRegister.cfm?SiteID=2…
This is shared from the Shelton Library System Facebook page.
Sunday, October 20, 2024
Morbid Curiosity Book Club to meet Thursday at Derby Neck Library
DERBY - Join Kate at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Community Room of Derby Neck Library for a lively discussion of Helltown: The Untold Story of a Serial Killer on Cape Cod by Casey Sherman.
Morbid Curiosity Book Club is a monthly discussion of true crime and spooky nonfiction. Murder! Crime! Ghosts! Mortuary Science! Cults! It's all fair game in this creepy, adults-only book group.
The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.
Shared from the Library's event calendar.
Train service to resume Monday on Waterbury Branch LIne
Train service on the Metropolitan Transportation Authority - MTA Waterbury Branch Line will resume on Monday, 10/28 with the 4:45 a.m. train from Waterbury!
Thank you for your patience as CTDOT and Metro-North crews have worked with O&G Industries Inc to repair the flood damage created in August.
This is shared from the Ansonia Police Department Facebook page.
From the 'Turnback Tuesday' archives: Commodore Hull Theater in Derby
It advertises Vaudeville plus 85 acts featuring silent movie star and Brooklyn-born Connie Talmadge. It appears the theater approaches the Elks Club with cars of the era parked in the foreground.
[This was first published on this date in 2015.]
Thanks goes to the Derby Public Library staff for sharing interesting local history each week.
St. Vincent de Paul in Derby posts sales, seeks Thanksgiving food donations
You know we're all about the thrifting and the food!
It's a beautiful combination - never more so than as we head into the busy food-centered holidays - after a record-breaking year of food give out! Won't you help us help others? We couldn't do it without you!
SHOP! DONATE FOOD, THRIFT ITEMS, FUNDS, GIFT CARDS! So many ways to help. We swear it makes your own turkey even juicier!
This is shared from the nonprofit organization's Facebook page.
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