History program canceled in Shelton

Shelton Historical Society executive director Tracey Tate posted on Facebook this morning that the program below has been canceled.

Lawyer to speak at PCRC annual meeting in Orange

Sarah Eagan

ORANGE - The Lower Naugatuck Valley Parent-Child Resource Center is hosting its annual awards dinner at 6 p.m. March 24 at Grassy Hill Country Club, 441 Clark Lane.

The theme of the event is "Protecting Connecticut's Children is Everyone's Responsibility."

Proceeds will support diverse programs and services vital to the health of the community.

Keynote speaker will be Sarah Eagan, a lawyer. She will discuss her professional experience with mental health and the recent report “Shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School” by The Office of the Child Advocate, released Nov. 21. 

Eagan was appointed to serve as Connecticut’s Child Advocate on Aug. 1, 2013 by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy. 

She sets priority reviews for the office, manages operations and publishes information, and recommendations for system reform, regarding the well-being of children. 

Visit The Office of the Child Advocate’s website for more information: ct.gov/oca.

Each year PCRC presents The Mary Lou Cook Award for Outstanding Service to Children and Families, and The Joseph A. Pagliaro, Sr. Award for Distinguished Service to Children and Families. 

Award recipients will be announced soon.

Follow PCRC on Facebook at Parent Child Resource Center and @LNVPCRC1 on Twitter.

The dinner will recognize community members for their service to children and families, as well as raise funds to support PCRC’s successful clinical programs that deliver a state of the art care to clients – as a leader in the delivery of mental health services to children and families. 

Each year PCRC serves more than 1,200 children, many who suffer from serious behavioral and emotional problems, including trauma, abuse, and neglect.

Cost of the event is $50 per person. RSVP by March 13 with your dinner selection and any guest numbers at 203-954-0543 x100 or Vparsloe@LNVPCRC.org.

PCRC is the leading provider of behavioral health services to children and families in the Lower Naugatuck Valley.
Programs, including the Child Guidance Clinic, Valley Kids Belong programs, Child First, Triple P In-Home services, Early Childhood Consultation Partnership, Therapeutic Mentoring Program, Intensive Outpatient Program, and the Prevention through Early Intervention Program, help children and their families so that they may develop to their fullest potential.


This post is taken from a press release from PCRC.

Re-posting: Master's Table dinner in Ansonia canceled

In an e-mail Friday Master's Table Community Meals President James Fedak, Jr. said: "Please be advised that due to the weather we will be canceling our February Dinner and it will not be rescheduled. Our next dinner is on March 22, 2015."

Derby Library to host author of book about Bridgeport haunted house

DERBY - The Derby Public Library welcomes author William J. Hall to the Library at 6:30 

p.m. March 23 to discuss his book, The World's Most Haunted House: The True Story of the Bridgeport Poltergeist on Lindley Street.

A Bridgeport native, Hall watched the 1974 news coverage of the Lindley Street haunting on television when he was 10 years old.

A crowd of more than 2,000 onlookers had gathered. 

The media reported jumping furniture, floating refrigerators, talking animals, and attacking entities.

Now 40 years later, Hall examines the events and reveals 

interviews with police officers, firefighters, and others, telling the story of what really happened.

Once a skeptic, Hall now believes this is one of the most witnessed hauntings in history.

Readers of his book believe this is the haunting that should have brought the paranormal into mainstream science.  
Registration is requested.  

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 Nature Center to hold maple fest

ANSONIA - The Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center will host its annual Maple Festival March 7.

Start the day with a delicious pancake breakfast with real maple syrup, sausages, juice, coffee, and tea from 8-10 a.m.

Festival programs run from 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. There will be a maple bake sale, crafts, live animals, tree-tapping demonstrations, exhibitors, and much more.

All proceeds benefit animal care programs.

The nature center is at 10 Deerfield Road. For more information call 203-736-1053.

This information is taken from the nature center's online calendar.

Update: Forecast cancels dinner in Ansonia

In an e-mail this morning Master's Table Community Meals President James Fedak, Jr. said: "Please be advised that due to the weather we will be canceling our February Dinner and it will not be rescheduled. Our next dinner is on March 22, 2015."

Valley Shakespeare Festival to present Hamlet in Shelton

SHELTON - "Hamlet: The Bad Quarto" will be performed at 7 p.m. March 12 at Porky's Cafe, 50 Center St.  

The event is presented by Valley Shakespeare Festival and Young Emerging Professionals, a committee of the Greater Valley Chamber of Commerce.

Tickets are $10 in advance; $15 at the door. The performance is free for YEP members.

According to the Valley Shakespeare Festival's website, "This version of the “melancholy Dane” is widely accepted as being the first draft of the Bard’s tragedy and will be presented in a brisk 90 minutes as adapted by Valley Shakespeare Festival’s executive and artistic director, Tom Simonetti.
"As in the past, this script-in-hand adaptation will be performed in the intimate upper level bar area of Porky’s Café!"

This post is taken from several online sources, including the VSF website.