Fun and Games in Ansonia

Bad Sons Brewing Up Something Big

From Smoke in the Valley and BAD SONS Beer Co. comes the return of the Brewers Ball - Home Brew Festival! Come enjoy beers over a variety of styles with 60+ Beers and a People's Choice Competition! $25 Discount Tickets on Sale Now! Festival is Saturday April 27th at BAD SONS Brewery in Derby and will also feature Food Trucks, Artisan Vendors and Games! Tickets can be purchased at the Brewery or online using the link below: Buy Tickets Now

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Fun and Games in Ansonia

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.

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Fall Festival on the Farm

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.

Seymour to Hold Soccer Camp

Bad Sons to Celebrate 1st Anniversary

 

Come celebrate our 1 year anniversary with New Beer Releases, Cornhole Tournament, Live music, Food trucks, and more badassery!

COME CELEBRATE WITH US! Food trucks, live music and awesome giveaways. Plus we're launching two new beers - Mamma Jamma an Imperial IPA and Da Funk a Sour Ale, and re-eleasing Big Whoop and Double Doobious cans! This one you're not gonna want to miss. We got a big cornhole tournament by Connecticut Cornhole in the morning too. Click below for details and to register your team! Sign Up Now! Copyright © 2018 BAD SONS Beer Co., All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in at our website. Our mailing address is: BAD SONS Beer Co. 251 Roosevelt Dr. Derby, CT 06418

Game Nights at Derby Public Library

DERBY- Beginning every Wednesday in February, the Derby Public Library will host Young Adult nights from 6 to 7:30 p.m..

 

All young adults ages 12 to 17 are invited to join the fun each Wednesday in February as Nintendo Wii, board games, and Legos will be available. Light refreshments will be provided. 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 Derby Public Library)

 

Get Your Mischief On!

DERBY- You're invited to our Mischief Eve Bash this Sunday —a family friendly day filled with live music, fun, games and prizes.

Contests will include stein holding, egg toss, toilet paper wrap, pumpkin painting, candy corn guess, candy corn relay and more.

Weenie Lynn and Liberty Rock food trucks will be here as well as buckets of wings from Dew Drop! We will also be launching a new beer — MISCHIEF IPA — for our BAD SONS doing GOOD THINGS charity tap line with the Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley.

Come party with us and cause a bit of mischief!

(This is a press release from BAD SONS)

"Halloween Hoopla" Happening Oct. 27

DERBY - The 16th Annual Children’s Health and Safety Fair will be “treating” families to Halloween fun on Fri., Oct. 27 from 3-7 p.m. at Warsaw Park on Pulaski Highway in Ansonia.

 

Griffin Hospital Community Outreach and Valley Parish Nurse Program, Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley, Griffin Faculty Physicians, and Avangrid encourage families to put on their Halloween costumes and come to a “Halloween Hoopla,” featuring free healthy treats, games, and information on a variety of health, wellness and safety programs.

 

The event will be held rain or shine.

 

Interactive health, wellness and safety displays at the event will include poison prevention, good hand washing, and how to call 9-1-1. There will also be a bike helmet clinic and a safety house exhibit to teach about safety features in homes. Free, fitted bike helmets will be available for the first 500 children.

 

For more information, call 203-732-1337 or 203-732-7371.

 

About the Valley Parish Nurse Program

The Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurse program was established in 1990 and is now one of the oldest in the country, with nearly 40 participating churches, more than 125 parish nurses, and 350 additional volunteers who support the nurses and who serve on the health cabinets of the individual churches.

 

About Safe Kids

Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley works to prevent unintentional childhood injury, the number one cause of death for children in the United States. Its members include local police, fire, EMS, schools, LNV Boys & Girls Clubs, TEAM Headstart, Derby Elks, and VSAAC. Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley is a member of Safe Kids Worldwide, a global network of organizations dedicated to preventing unintentional injury. Safe Kids Greater Naugatuck Valley was founded in 2004 and is led by the Griffin Hospital Valley Parish Nurses. For more information, visit safekids.org.

 

About Griffin Faculty Physicians

Griffin Faculty Physicians Primary Care is a multi-specialty medical group affiliated with Griffin Hospital, offering exceptional, personalized care to residents in the Lower Naugatuck Valley and the surrounding communities at our conveniently located offices in Derby, Oxford, Southford, Seymour and Shelton.

 

(This is a press release from Griffin Hospital)

Bingo/Casino Trip Fundraiser

DERBY -  St. Mary-St. Michael School in Derby is hosting a bingo/casino bus trip to Foxwoods Casino on Sat., Oct. 14.

 

The bus will depart the school, 14 Seymour Ave., Derby at 7:30 a.m. and return around 6:30 p.m. The trip will provide attendees plenty of time to play bingo or enjoy other games and attractions at the casino. There will also be bingo on the bus.

 

The cost is $30 per person and includes a free slots play coupon and a free food coupon that is good for the casino’s all-you-can-eat buffet. The coupons are only available to individuals 21 years and older.

 

Proceeds will support the St. Mary-St. Michael Home School Association, which supports the needs of the school.

 

For reservations or more information, contact Gene at 203-893-9663 or Christian at 203-520-1480. Or send your reservation to: St. Mary-St. Michael School, 14 Seymour Ave, Derby, CT 06418. Please make checks payable to “St. Mary-St. Michael HSA.”

 

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Valley's Iconic Italian Festival to Mark 50 Years

Alycia Filippone and Sal Aconfora prepare meatballs for the festival

  

ANSONIA-  Holy Rosary parish will sponsor its 50^th annual Italian Festival, Festa! 2017, starting Thursday, Aug. 10 through Saturday Aug. 12 from 5 to 10 p.m. on its church grounds, 10 Father Salemi Drive. 



The festival is a celebration of Italian heritage as the parish recalls its roots as an immigrant parish in the early 1900’s.  The current church (and festival) is located in the old Powe Street neighborhood that once housed a vibrant Italian enclave from 1900 to the flood redevelopment era of the 1960’s.

 

The festival features freshly prepared Italian foods such as suffrito, lasagna al forno, porchetta, pizza fritta, ravioli fritta, fried calamari and more.  All food items are freshly prepared in the parish hall kitchen by parish cooks each day.  The recipes used are established, tried-and-true and finished with love.  Special dessert items are Italian pastry treats like cannoli’s and sfogliatelle and gelato made by the award winning Gelato Giuliana of New Haven.

 

Holy Rosary’s Italian festival is rare in that the food items are freshly prepared on site  by parish cooks.  Alycia Filippone, festival co-chair, credits the success of the festival to this main point. 

 

“When you visit our festival you will find no private vendors selling dinner foods.,” she said.  “We take the food too seriously to leave it in the hands of others.  We prepare everything ourselves. Every dish is made as if we are serving our own large Italian families.  That’s why our food is so good, the love comes through!”

 

The festival also offers live musical entertainment each night.  Great artists like I'Liguri will entertain on Thursday, the Navels play on Friday and our Three Tenors:  Rich DePalma, Mark Lanzieri and Tony Santoli will perform the Saturday show. 

 

Rainbow Amusements provides rides for the children – Thursday is bracelet night.  Visitors can try their hands at the games of skill and games of chance.  An Italian Marketplace will sell Italian gifts and novelties ideal for the holidays or anytime.

The festival is located on flat paved grounds providing easy access for everyone. 

Admission is free so bring a chair, stay all night and enjoy! 

More information is available at:  www.holyrosaryfestival.com.

Spring Fair in the Valley May 7

Derby Neck Library offers games, tech talk, movies, and more

DERBY - The Derby Neck Library, 307 Hawthorne Ave. will present a free program, Ancient Games, for 'tweens, teens, and adults at 6 p.m. Sept. 2.
Come learn Go, parcheesi, mancala, chess, and similar games.
All boards and instructions are provided to help you enjoy these games of strategy.

Photo of library taken from website

Dinner and a movie

The Library will host Dinner and a Movie (for adults 18 and older) at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 4.
This month’s feature film is Blue Jasmine by Woody Allen, shown on blu-ray.
Refreshments will be served, including free pizza at intermission.

Women's Forum

The Library will host Women's Forum at 12:30 p.m. Sept 15.  Women’s Forum is a monthly discussion group that focuses on short stories, poetry, current events, history, and the arts. Free coffee and tea. Bring a light lunch if you wish.  

Tech Talks
Tech Talks will be presented at 6 p.m. Sept 15 and again at 10:30 a.m. Sept 17.
This series of sessions offers advice on what is new in technology and how best to use it.  Your questions are always answered. For this month’s topic call 203-734-1492.

Music and movement

At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 17 the Library hosts Bedtime Music and Movement with Miss Kathi.  Children may wear their pajamas and bring a favorite stuffed animal to sing and dance under our special stars.

Writers' Round
Writers’ Round meets at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18.  This is a workshop for authors of all genres - poetry, prose, fiction, scripts, etc. Bring your original works to share with others.  

Teen movie

Teen Movie Night will happen at 5:30 p.m. Sept. 23, featuring Godzilla shown on blu-ray.  Only 20 seats are available; call early to register.
Free refreshments will be served, including pizza.

Read to a canine

The Library welcomes Thor and Bailey our special dog friends your child can read to at 6:30 p.m. Sept. 24.
Each child has a 15-minute session with the canines and a chance to practice their reading skills as a new school year begins. Registration requested.

Evening Book Club

At 6:30 p.m. Sept. 29 the Library inaugurates the Evening Book Club.
Each month a book of fiction, history, biography, or current events will be the focus. 
Books of moderate length and available in paperback format will be selected each month.
The first selection is Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Wallis.
Free copies will be available at the library approximately one month before the club’s first meeting.

For information on any of the above programs or to register call 203-734-1492.


This is a press release from Patricia Sweeney, reference librarian, Derby Neck Library.