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Ansonia Resident Celebrates 100th Birthday

ANSONIA- A special day it was yesterday at the Ansonia Senior Center. 100 year old lifelong resident Marija Marciniak was joined by family and friends on this joyous occasion. A bouquet of flowers was presented by Mayor Cassetti on behalf of Ansonia residents, and Representative Linda Gentile read a citation from the State of Connecticut. Happy birthday Marija!

(Information shared from City of Ansonia's Facebook page)

Celebrate 50 Years of Scouting

Derby Cheerleaders to be Honored Saturday

DERBY - All Citizens and friends of Derby are cordially invited to participate in a special event to honor the achievements of the Derby Pop Warner Cheerleaders on Saturday December 16, 2017 at 10 am. A firetruck-led convoy will begin the procession from Bradley School and end at Derby Middle School. Coffee, cocoa and cookies will be served following the event in the school cafeteria. Mayor Richard Dziekan and the rest of the city are looking forward to celebrating this momentous achievement.

 

(This is a press release from Mayor Dziekan's office)

Valley Organization Celebrates 50 Years

                                                                       (Photos Courtesy of Fred Ortoli)

Valley United Way celebrated 50 years of service on Thursday, September 21st, 2017 with their annual Campaign Kickoff and Seventh Harvest House at Veterans Park Pavilion.

During the day, more than 200 volunteers helped dozens of companies deliver food to our Seventh Harvest House where we collected over 100,000 items of food which were then donated to the five food pantries who service the Valley community.

Later that afternoon at 5:30 p.m., Valley United Way kicked off their campaign year with an afternoon full of community harmony, laughter, and service.

The event included a wonderful performance by Center Stage, live music, food trucks, and an inspiring speech from our keynote speaker, Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro, who spoke about the significant work of Valley United Way and the importance of working together to address food insecurity. This event would not have been possible without our gracious sponsors: BIC Corporation, Edgewell Personal Care, Newtown Savings Bank, and Pitney Bowes.

Valley United Way has set a goal to raise $1.1 million dollars by June 30th by working together with our local business owners, corporations, employees and residents to raise, invest and leverage funds. United Way fights for every person in every community and we can’t do it without the community’s support.

Leading this year’s efforts is Valley United Way’s Campaign Chair, Jimmy Tickey! Jimmy has a strong sense of service to his community and has been involved with the Valley United Way since he was in the Valley United Way Youth Leadership Program. He is proud to lead the Valley United Way Community Campaign this year and is looking forward to working with community leaders, businesses and residents as we collectively fight for a stronger community. Working as a team, Jimmy hopes to strengthen families across the Valley, encourage youth to succeed and assist people in crisis.
  
Several companies and organizations have already begun planning for their campaigns and this month we will begin in all five of our school districts, the City of Derby and City of Ansonia.
If you, your business or company is interested in Working for a Stronger Community alongside Valley United Way, call Daniel Pearson, Resource Development Manager today at (203) 926-9478 or email daniel.pearson@valleyunitedway.org. And be sure to stay connected to the campaign on our website!

For more information, please contact Daniel at Valley United Way at (203) 926-9478 or daniel.pearson@valleyunitedway.org.

(This is a press release from Valley United Way)

Uniforms for today's baseball re-match at SummerFest in Ansonia

It's the Ansonia Coppermen vs. the Derby Osbornedales at Ansonia SummerFest at Nolan Athletic Complex on Wakelee Avenue in Ansonia at 2:30 p.m. today .


This is taken from the Ansonia 125 SummerFest Facebook page.

SummerFest to celebrate Ansonia's 125th birthday

ANSONIA - As part of the city's year-long 125^th anniversary celebration Ansonia125 SummerFest will be an ambitious and exciting signature event July 19 at Nolan Field Athletic Complex on Wakelee Avenue. Rain date is July 20.

The event will run from 2-10 p.m. and promises to deliver an entertaining and cultural family attraction for residents of the city and surrounding towns. 

Admission is $5 for adults; children 12 and under free. A public accommodating re-enter policy will be in effect throughout enabling easy exit/re-entry access as needed.

Ansonia-based manufacturer Farrel Pomini, whose impactful city-molding downtown presence dates to the mid-1860s, is the Presenting Title Sponsor. 
In total, 15 city and area-based businesses contributed event subsidizing financial sponsorship. 

“This will be a do not miss summer event celebration for everyone,” said Ansonia Mayor David S.Cassetti who initiated the festival anniversary idea earlier this year. 
“The featured entertainment is wonderful, diverse, and creative and should be enjoyed by all.”

Festivities commence with an unscripted baseball living history game billed as The Great Base Ball Re-Match.
Set in 1889, the game “reunites” the mythical Ansonia Coppermen and Derby Osbornedales in an old-fashioned 19th century “Town Ball” showdown. 
The game represents a time when resident tradesmen would commonly gather after work to play baseball against neighboring town ball clubs. 
Team rosters, assembled through tryouts, will be comprised of the best baseball talent from Ansonia, Derby, Shelton, and Seymour. 
Players will wear 19th century style flannel wool baseball uniforms, use replica period hand-size gloves, heavy wood bats and “lemon peel” stitched baseballs while playing by era rules, strategies and etiquette.

Following the game, a concert featuring two regionally popular bands will take stage – located just beyond the centerfield fence. 
Opening the show will be Rob Zappulla Orchestra, an18-piece big band from Hartford whose song list includes Sinatra classics and Top 40 60’s & 70’s hits. 
The featured group will be Connecticut-based Eight to the Bar, voted “Best Live Band in 2013” by Hartford Magazine, performing their unique swing/jazz/R&B sounds.

Ansonia125 SummerFest will culminate with an inspiring post-concert fireworks display presented by Stop&Shop. 
Atlas PyroVision of New Hampshire will produce the display.

Onsite will be an Ansonia Photo History Exhibit displaying rarely seen historic photographs (1870-1960) of city landmarks, streetscapes and others culled from private collections and the vaults of Ansonia Public Library and Farrel Pomini. 
Randy Carroll, Chairman of the Ansonia Historical Commission, is the exhibit curator. Throughout, Restaurant Row food vendors will showcase select area restaurants grilling their SummerFest Menu Specials. 

Concert and fireworks seating will be accommodated with existing hillside football field length grandstand bleachers, and expansive athletic field lawn seating permitted. Those desiring lawn seating are encouraged to bring blankets and folding chairs.

Ansonia 125 SummerFest is being developed and managed by city residents (Ansonia High School Class of ’76) Greg Martin and Garry Giannone of Copper City Marketing Group, and the city of Ansonia. 

Martin’s company, Vintage Base Ball Factory will provide uniforms, gloves and baseballs for the vintage baseball game. Bulldog Bat Co. of Newtown will provide era bats.

This year marks the 125th anniversary of Ansonia’s 1889 annex from its original Birmingham namesake - previously shared common ground within the borders of today’s Ansonia and Derby.                                       

For more information, visit www.facebook.com/ansoniasummerfest.

 

This post is taken from a press release from Ansonia resident Greg Martin of Copper City Marketing Group.

Ansonia Fire Museum to host open house

Touch-A-Truck will be part of event 

Note: This information was taken from the City of Ansonia website.

Facility to mark Ansonia 125 with health fair, food, fun

ANSONIA - Kick off summer on a healthy note by attending the “I Care” Health Fair hosted by the Cornell Scott Hill-Health Center in celebration of Ansonia’s 125th anniversary.

Free health screenings will be offered from 3-6 p.m. June 26. The center is at 121 Wakelee Ave.
There also will be free activities, face painting, and food courtesy of Chef Colin, who will create a health-conscious meal for all to enjoy.

“We need to be aware of what we are putting into our bodies; this health fair is a great start to help the residents of Ansonia,” said Melissa Torres, Ansonia 125 event coordinator. 

The Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center was the first community healthcare center in Connecticut when founded in 1968. 
The Ansonia facility offers both medical and mental health services as well as a host of specialties. Services  include Nutrition Services, Pediatrics, Adult Mental Health & Counseling, and Family Planning.

“We are proud to be a part of the Ansonia community and look forward to sharing our services with all who attend the health fair on the 26th,” said Mary Osiecki, Site Manager, Cornell Scott-Hill Health Center.


This is a press release from Melissa Torres, Ansonia 125 event coordinator.

Wooden signs raise funds for Ansonia’s 125th celebration

Alderman Patrick Henri works Monday on Ansonia signs.

By Patricia Villers, New Haven Register

Posted: 04/28/14, 8:29 PM EDT

Signs for Ansonia's 125th.

ANSONIA >> For more than a month, Sixth Ward Alderman Patrick Henri has been busy creating a centerpiece for commemorations of Ansonia’s 125th anniversary.

The city was founded in 1889. It is named after industrialist Anson G. Phelps, who lived from 1781-1853 when Ansonia was a borough of Derby.
Henri has been putting together 10, two-sided wooden signs featuring white letters painted on blue and blue letters on white to spell out ANSONIA 125.

He said he was grateful to the students in the carpentry and manufacturing technology departments at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School who worked on the project.
“The carpentry shop made the frames of the backdrops and the bases on wheels and manufacturing technology (students) made the letters,” Henri said Monday evening as he rolled blue paint onto the cut-out letters.

Mayor David S. Cassetti stopped by Henri’s home to check the progress of the project and commended Henri’s hard work. “It’s good we can celebrate the city’s 125th in style, with all the festivities this year,” Cassetti said. “I’m looking forward to it.”
So far there are 10 sponsors for the letters and numbers, Henri said, and there are 10 spaces left.
Each of the wooden structures will have two sponsors, and each sponsor will get an ad placed under a character on a 1-foot-by-2-foot placard, he said.
Sponsorships are $250 each, which helps pay for the signs as well as give Ansonia 125 organizers “some seed money for events,” Henri said.

“This will be a centerpiece at events throughout the year commemorating Ansonia’s 125th anniversary, including the Memorial Day Parade and Harvest Fest (in October),” Henri said.
He will take the centerpiece to its first event Wednesday when the U.S. Navy Band and the Navy Submarine School Silver Dolphins Drill Team perform at 12:30 p.m. at Emmett O’Brien Technical High School, 141 Prindle Ave.

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Ansonia High School students to participate in Cinco de Mayo fest

ANSONIA - Crave, a Latin-fusion restaurant on Main Street, presents its third Annual Cinco de Mayo celebration this Saturday from noon until 11 p.m. in a parking lot adjacent to the restaurant. 

The event will showcase members of the Ansonia High School Spanish Honor Society in support of the City’s 125^th Anniversary celebration.

In conjunction with the Ansonia 125 yearlong celebration, Crave presents the Ansonia High School Spanish Club and Honor Society as part of the event.

“It is important to join forces throughout Ansonia; we need to come together as a community and Crave’s Cinco de Mayo celebration provided a great opportunity to include Paula Erardi’s Spanish students,” Ansonia 125 Chief Coordinator Melissa Torres said.  

Erardi has been a Spanish teacher at Ansonia High School since 2006. She is a 2003 graduate of the University of Connecticut, and has Masters’ degrees in Spanish and Education. 

Erardi, a Meriden resident, has traveled to many countries and loves sharing her love of travel with her students.

A group of her students will be at the celebration from 1:30-4:30 p.m. They include: Kimberly Robayo, Kaitlyn Aguilar, Pablo Suarez, Sanjida Shamim, Ryan Cafaro, Jennifer Godfrey, and Jesse Guevara. 

This is a press release from Ansonia 125 chief coordinator Melissa Torres.

Celebrate Earth Day, Ansonia 125 at nature center

O'Brien Tech to host Navy Band as part of Ansonia 125 celebration

ANSONIA  125

Celebrating Ansonia’s 125^th Anniversary 1889-2014

 Ansonia American Legion Gordon-Visselli Post 50 is proud to present the

US Navy Band

and

Silver Dolphin Drill Team

Wednesday, April 30, 12:30 – 2:00 PM

Emmett O’Brien Tech School

141 Prindle Avenue, Ansonia

Free of charge - Open to the public

Navy Band Northeast from Newport, RI will be performing popular (top 40) music along with an exhibition by the Naval Submarine School’s Silver Dolphin Drill Team.

For further info, contact Post Adjutant Pat Henri: 203-954-7661 or phenri@comcast.net.

Don't miss this event May 8 at Ansonia High School

Arts celebration to showcase work of Valley students

Logo created by Ansonia High School senior Taylor Madore

By Patricia Villers, New Haven Register

Posted: 04/07/14, 7:30 PM EDT
 

ANSONIA >> Showcasing the talents of area high school students is the goal of the Valley Celebration of the Arts at Ansonia High School.
Students and teachers from Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton and Woodland High School in Beacon Falls are collaborating on the May 8 project, art teacher Nancy Bennett-Morgenstern said Monday.
Bennett-Morgenstern has wanted to hold a celebration for several years, she said during an interview in the school atrium.
“I’m so excited to use this space,” she said. “It’s truly one of the nicest (school) spaces I’ve ever seen.”
The program will run 6-8 p.m. In the first hour, there will be a concert by the new Valley Honors Choir, made up of students selected from each of the six schools.
Seymour High School music teacher Brandt Schneider is coordinating the performance.
Cory Ganschow, assistant professor of music and music education at Western Connecticut State University, will conduct the choir.
A juried art show will follow in the atrium. Teachers will select eight pieces of work from each school, each piece by a different student.
Bennett-Morgenstern said culinary arts also are on the menu. Ansonia High School students will prepare and serve refreshments after the concert as people look at the artwork.
Ansonia technical education students are constructing display stands for the art, she said.
Ansonia and Derby youth services are sponsoring the celebration. Ansonia Youth Services Bureau Director Robert Lisi said he and his Derby counterpart, John Saccu, are planning the event, with the support of youth services funds.
Lisi, former principal of Ansonia High School, said he has seen his city’s artists and musicians and he is sure students in the other Valley towns are just as talented.
“We’re excited about this,” Lisi said. “We just want people out there to see what our kids have to offer.”
Valley Arts Council President Rich DiCarlo said the group aims to make sure the arts are recognized, valued and promoted.
“What’s great here is that the high school teachers have recognized the effect that the arts have on the minds of kids and how it enriches their lives,” DiCarlo said. “We wholeheartedly support this endeavor.”
DiCarlo will put some council members’ work on display and he plans to demonstrate portrait painting during the event. He said he will use acrylic on wood to show students they don’t have to buy canvases on which to paint.
“Perhaps (the celebration) will inspire kids to pick up a brush, or a camera, and express themselves,” he said.
Making art “helps promote creative thinking,” DiCarlo said. “Problems are solved with outside-the-box thinking.”


I'm looking forward to seeing the talent that will be display at this celebration.