Help Shelter Dogs and Cats

Drive-By Food Drive April 19

Help Feed Those in Need During Health Crisis

Meal Delivery for Seniors

Home Meal Delivery  for you , a loved one , neighbor or client

Grab & Go Lunches for Valley Kids

Dinner Dance to Honor Longtime Seymour VFW Commander

VFW Commander Al Yagovane 

SEYMOUR - The Veterans of Foreign Wars, Seymour VFW and Auxiliary Post 12084 is hosting an Irish Night Dinner and Dance from 3 to 7 p.m. March 15 at Villa Bianca, 312 Roosevelt Dr.

The dinner is being held in honor of Commander Al Yagovane, who is retiring.

The sit-down dinner will include Corn Beef, Cabbage, Pasta, Salad, Carrots, Potatoes, Rolls, Cake, Coffee and Soda.

Music will be provided by Tony Castle. There will be cash bar, 50/50 Raffle, along with door prizes. 

Tickets are $27, which is a tax free donation to VFW Post 12084. Proceeds will benefit Local Veterans of Foreign Wars. There will no ticket sales at the door. 

For tickets call George at 203-671-3776 or Steve at 203-654-1002.

Stuff a Truck to Benefit Spooner House

SHELTON – The Rabine Family Dentistry will be holding a special Stuff a Truck filled with non-perishable items on Saturday, November 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 865 River Road in Shelton.  

This will be an important food drive since many state budgets have been cut, therefore more people than ever are in need of meal support in the lower Naugatuck Valley to obtain all the ingredients necessary for satisfying holiday meals.

The Rabine Family Dentistry Center will also be collecting frozen turkeys and non perishable food items. 

Visit www.actspooner.org for other donation locations and updates for the holiday season.  Also check for updates and pictures on the ACT Spooner House Facebook page. Spooner House is asking everyone to be as generous as possible and thanks you in advance for any help you are able to provide. 

Free Lunch Program Offered in Ansonia

ANSONIA – Ansonia Public Schools is participating in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) as part of the National School Lunch Program for school year 2019-2020. Under the CEP provision, participating districts and schools provide free breakfast and lunch to all students at all times. Parents and guardians no longer are required to complete household income applications in order to determine eligibility for free or reduced-price meals at schools participating in the CEP.

All students enrolled in the following schools will receive meals through the School Breakfast Program (SBP) and National School Lunch Program (NSLP) at no charge. Breakfast and lunch will be provided at no charge to all students who attend the following schools: Ansonia High School, Ansonia Middle School, Prendergast School and Mead School. In addition, lunch will be provided at no charge to all students who attend Assumption School in Ansonia and St. Mary & St. Michaels School in Derby.

For additional information please contact Joe Gonzalez, Interim Food Service Director, Ansonia High School, 20 Pulaski Highway, Ansonia, CT 06401; Jgonzalez@ansonia.org or telephone 203-736-5009.

In accordance with Federal civil rights law and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) civil rights regulations and policies, the USDA, its Agencies, offices, and employees, and institutions participating in or administering USDA programs are prohibited from discriminating based on race,

color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or reprisal or retaliation for prior civil rights activity in any program or activity conducted or funded by USDA.  

Persons with disabilities who require alternative means of communication for program information (e.g. Braille, large print, audiotape, American Sign Language, etc.), should contact the Agency (State or local) where they applied for benefits.  Individuals who are deaf, hard of hearing or have speech disabilities may contact USDA through the Federal Relay Service at (800) 877-8339.  Additionally, program information may be made available in languages other than English.

To file a program complaint of discrimination, complete the USDA Program Discrimination Complaint Form, (AD-3027) found online at: How to File a Complaint, and at any USDA office, or write a letter addressed to USDA and provide in the letter all of the information requested in the form. To request a copy of the complaint form, call (866) 632-9992. Submit your completed form or letter to USDA by: 

(1)  mail: U.S. Department of Agriculture

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights
1400 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, D.C. 20250-9410; 

(2)  fax: (202) 690-7442; or 

(3)  email: program.intake@usda.gov.

This institution is an equal opportunity provider.

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Vendors Wanted for Rock the Valley

Mayor Continues Guest Bartending Gig

Stuff-A-Jeep in Ansonia

Casa Bianca Pizza Opens in Ansonia

Sharing from City of Ansonia's Facebook Page:

ANSONIA-  A large crowd of customers and city officials attended the grand opening of Casa Bianca Pizza Nov. 29, including Mayor David Cassetti, Valley Chamber President Bill Purcell, 6th Ward Alderman Josh Shuart and Economic Development Commission President Bill Luneski.

Food samples abounded as confetti flew to celebrate Casa Bianca’s second location. The Ansonia location is being developed as a prototype franchise.

Casa Bianca, located at 669 Main St, offers pick-up and delivery daily and extra late hours.

THC to Hold Veterans' Benefit

DERBY - The Hops Company, Connecticut’s only authentic beer garden, will host its 3rd annual “Road Home for the Holidays” charitable event from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 30. 

 

Partnering with Two Roads Brewery for the third year, the event will be a memorable night filled with fun, food, great beer, games, raffles and contests including ugly holiday sweater contest to benefit military service men and women. 

 

The Hops Company and Two Roads will donate $1 from the sale of each Two Roads pint of beer to the Fisher House Foundation.  The Fisher House Foundation reunites families of injured veterans while they’re in the hospital. It uses donations to build large, multi-family homes where loved ones can stay without charge while their heroes heal. For more details, please check out: www.fisherhouse.org.

 

Bobby Wheeler will be playing live music from 9 p.m. until midnight.

 

THC is located at 77 Sodom Lane. Additional parking is available at 43 Marshall Lane.

Thanksgiving Food Drive in Seymour

Ansonia Harvest Festival Happening Sept. 29

By Jean Falbo-Sosnovich

jean.sos@snet.net
@nhrvalley on Twitter

ANSONIA >> Organizers of this year’s Ansonia Harvest Festival have “pulled out all the stops” to usher in the fall season this weekend with plenty of food, festivities and family fun.

The 18^th annual festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday (SEPT. 29) in downtown. This year’s event is sponsored by Road Ready Used Cars, and is free and open to the public.

Event Coordinator Rich DiCarlo said the Ansonia Cultural Commission has been working hard to ensure this year’s festival will be bigger and better than ever.

“Every now and then we have to change things up to keep it fresh and new,” said DiCarlo.

In addition to dozens of food and craft vendors lining Main Street, offering the likes of fried dough and fried chicken to BBQ and Spanish cuisine, DiCarlo said this year’s festival will highlight what makes Ansonia special.

The city’s Fire House Museum will be on display with antique fire apparatus and engines, along with antique autos and tractors. The Valley Arts Council will be previewing some art in front of the site that will house their new “Main Street” Gallery this fall. 

There will also be hay rides, pony and horse rides, a petting zoo, a kid’s zone, face painting, henna temporary tattoos and more.

Live music will also be featured all day long featuring Southern Voices, Sumo Side Car, Survivor Swing Band and a Magic show by Pete n' Chris! 

“Harvey” the festival mascot will also be on hand, and joined this year by the Connecticut Siren girls who’ll be dressed like scarecrows and strolling Main Street for photo opportunities.

Also new this year is a pie baking and pie eating contest, both sponsored by Eddy’s Bake Shop. The pie eating contest will be held at Eddy’s at 2 p.m.

DiCarlo said there is plenty of free parking adjacent to Main Street, and “the weatherman is calling for a beautiful sunny autumn day.”

Mayor David Cassetti is looking forward to the annual event.

“The Harvest Festival is a long-standing Ansonia tradition,” Cassetti said. “I am very excited about it because in addition to bringing the community together and building on the strong ties we all have in the Valley, this event helps to showcase our businesses and restaurants. We are very proud of our recharged downtown and this is a great event to showcase that.”

 

Event to Benefit Breast Cancer

Beer Fair on Tap

FIRST ANNUAL BEER FAIR SEPTEMBER 2 Our 1st Annual Beer Fair will be Sunday September 2nd! We've got a massive inflatable obstacle course, tricycle race course, dunk tank, football toss, cornhole, cotton candy machine, fried dough, and more. Contests and prizes! Releasing two new specialty cask beers! Be sure to come by for a day filled with fun, games and beer!!

It's Carnival Time in Oxford

OXFORD - Quaker Farms Fire Company will hold its annual carnival this week from Wednesday Aug. 15 through Saturday Aug. 18 at Quaker Farms School on Great Oak Road.

Hours are 6-11 p.m. each day. 


There will be fireworks at 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and Friday. 

For $25 you can ride all night with wrist bands. Credit cards will be accepted at food tent.

Griffin Hospital Gala Set

DERBY - The 2018 Griffin Hospital Gala offers a unique look into the future along with lavish food, tantalizing auction items and lively music and dancing from 6 to 11 p.m. Sept. 29 at Quarry Walk, 300 Oxford Rd., Oxford.

 

Tickets start at $185 per person. Black tie is suggested. Proceeds will support Griffin’s vision of a “new generation of care,” focusing on preventative services, chronic disease management and care coordination to enhance the health and wellbeing of individuals that live and work in the region.

 

Contact Lisa at 203-732-7384 or lnista@griffinhealth.org, or visit griffinhealth.org/gala.

 

(This is a press release from Griffin Hospital)