The Valley Voice

Saturday, October 4, 2025

Naugatuck United Methodist Church to hold Fall Fest Oct. 18

Great Hill UMC in Seymour to hold annual Basket Bonanza

SEYMOUR - Join us [at Great Hill United Methodist Church] for the 2025 Basket Bonanza Saturday, Oct. 11. For the admission price of $20, patrons will receive 25 free basket tickets, a door prize ticket, and a grand prize ticket.

Over 75 special theme baskets and door prizes will be handed out. Basket themes include movie, travel, spa, handyman, entertaining, sports, kids, baby, pets, hobbies, cooking, seasonal, and many others.

This year’s Grand Prize Basket will include a wide variety of gift cards with an estimated $1,000 value.

This year’s event will have daytime preview hours from 10 a.m.-4 p.m., as well as an evening hour from 5-6 p.m. in Fellowship Hall.

During the preview, tickets are placed in the cup corresponding with any of the baskets; the baskets are given away starting at 6 p.m.

The drawing will be livestreamed in front of an in-person audience and results posted to the church website and on Facebook.

Basket pickup times will be Saturday from 7:30-8 p.m. and Sunday 12 to 1 p.m.

The church is at 225 Great Hill Road.

Shared from a Facebook event page.

Pumpkin pop-up craft event slated Monday at Derby Public Library

Friday, October 3, 2025

Learn to play Mahjong on Wednesdays at Derby Neck Library

DERBY - Beginning on Wednesday, October 8, we're hosting a brand new Mahjong Meetup!

Join us [at Derby Neck Library] on the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at 12 p.m. for a casual, low-stakes, and totally stress free mahjong game, perfect for beginners. Bring your own tiles if you have them, or share the library's new sets with other players.

The Library is at 307 Hawthorne Ave.