Dinner slated in Ansonia to benefit Collicelli Legacy Fund

ANSONIA – A dinner program highlighting the 40 years of service provided by the late Nicholas Collicelli to the youth of Ansonia, Derby, Hamden, and other communities will be held May 5 at Ansonia High School.

The Nick Collicelli Legacy Fund Dinner program begins at 6 p.m. and concludes at 8:30 p.m.

All of the money raised at the dinner will go to the Nicholas Collicelli Legacy Fund, established last summer by the Collicelli Family to support programs and individuals that best exemplify Nick’s passion for bringing people of all ages and backgrounds together in the quest to celebrate our common good.

The first Legacy Fund awards will be announced at the May 5 event.

Collicelli, a lifelong Ansonia resident, was an educator, mentor, and friend whose advice and guidance inspired countless lives, according to Tony Russo, a committee member who worked with Collicelli for 30 years in Hamden. “Nick’s efforts to fight prejudice were realized through the formation of the Human Relations Club,” he added. The HRC is still in existence in Ansonia and Derby with more than 150 members.

Tickets are $50 per person, and meal choices are grilled filet mignon with balsamic-citrus sauce; grilled boneless chicken breast with sweet-savory sauce; and medley of sautéed vegetables over capellini.

Online reservations may be made on Eventbrite.com. The deadline for reservations is April 21.

For further information, please email collicellifund@gmail.com.



This is a press release from Ansonia Public Schools.

Derby to hold Easter celebration on Green

Derby Neck Library Friends planning bus trip to Albany Tulip Festival

Friends of the Derby Neck Library will sponsor a bus trip to the 69th annual Albany Tulip Festival May 13.

Cost is $93, which covers the bus and a lunch at Shadows on the Hudson restaurant.

Call the library at 203-734-1492. Deadline is April 17. 

This is a press release from Barbara Badela, President, Friends of the Derby Neck Library.

Community breakfast slated Saturday at Assumption Church hall in Ansonia

Derby Public Library hosts 12th season of Sports Talks

DERBY - The Derby Public Library is now in its 12th season of Sports Talks.  

These informal sessions are held every Thursday at 10 a.m. throughout the baseball season. 
They are facilitated by radio talk show host, author, and Major League Baseball Rules Consultant Rich Marazzi of Ansonia. 

Each session includes trivia contests, videos, lively 

conversation and more.  
All ages, from rookies through veterans, are invited to join Marazzi and his group of Silver Sluggers.  

No registration is necessary. 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. 

Turnback Tuesday features 'Founders Common' in Derby

This week's "Turnback Tuesday" features a photo of the monument that marks the first Green in the City of Derby. 

"Founders Common", as that Green is known, is flanked by Academy Hill Road and Clark Avenue. 

The monument was erected by the Daughters of the American Founders and Patriots in 1904.

*Thanks to Derby Librarians for sharing this photo.

Workshop in Orange to highlight social media's effect on children's behavior

The Alliance for Prevention & Wellness will host “The Cyber Child: Neurological, Social, & Educational Implications” Workshop from 8 a.m.-noon April 27 at Grassy Hill Country Club in Orange. 

Chris Parrott, of Your Self Series, will be the guest speaker. 

The workshop will explore the research concerning the effects social media is having both on children’s brains and on their behaviors. 

Participants will be exposed to the cyber social reality that pervades children’s lives and how that reality is shaping their still forming identities and social interactions. 

The cost to attend the workshop is $25. Continental breakfast is included and continuing education and training credits are available.

The workshop will also feature the 2017 Community Champion Awards. 

The awards are given to those in the community who take action and effect change in the field of substance abuse prevention and/or intervention activities.  

The awards spotlight and applaud the work that is being done to help prevent substance abuse on the grass-roots, community level - work that is absolutely critical to APW’s efforts to keep our kids safe from alcohol, tobacco, drug use, suicide, risky behaviors, and promote good mental health in the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Greater New Haven, and surrounding communities. 

This year’s champions include Teresa Spencer of Derby, Pat Lahaza of Oxford, Allison Kerney of Fairfield, Ethan Stutheit of Shelton, Julia Markarian of Shelton, and Kim and Hope Burrows of Milford.

For more information or to register for the workshop, visit www,APW-CT.org.

APW, a program of BHcare, fosters positive mental health by preventing substance misuse and other health-risk behaviors, and by building resources that promote wellness. 

BHcare is a regional community provider of behavioral health, addiction prevention, and domestic violence services for the Lower Naugatuck Valley, Greater New Haven and Shoreline communities.  

For more information, visit www.bhcare.org. 

This is a press release from BHcare.