Paint the Town and Your House Pink

 

Pinkest House/Yard/Business Decorating Contest

Sharing from Seymour Pink founder Mary Deming:

"We love seeing all of the pink ribbons and encouraging messages and decor along our normal race route. Since we cannot be together, that doesn’t mean we cannot SEE MORE PINK. In fact, we can see even more!  

"We are challenging participants to decorate their house and/or yards pink for race weekend and the kickoff of Breast Cancer Awareness month [in October].  

"Businesses and storefronts can participate too! Since we are virtual, everyone can participate – even if you’re not on our traditional race route and even if you’re not in Connecticut. Help everyone SEE MORE PINK this October.

"Submit photos to us at poundingthepavementforpink@gmail.com with subject line Home Contest.

"All entries must be submitted by 4 p.m on Saturday, Oct. 3. We will be sharing all entries on social media and will compile into a slideshow at the end of the event."

"Awards for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place houses are as follows:

$200 Visa Gift Card for 1st Place
$100 Via Gift Card for 2nd Place
$50 Visa Gift Card for 3rd Place

Time to start brainstorming!"

Osborne Homestead Celebrates Centennial Wedding Anniversary

DERBY- In honor of the 100th wedding anniversary of Frances Eliza Osborne and Waldo Kellogg, the Osborne Homestead Museum will have a special exhibition of wedding pictures taken at the Kellogg Estate gardens and Osbornedale State Park.

Its gardens and grounds have in the past and continue to provide an ideal and affordable destination for wedding photography. For the entire month of October, visit the museum and view wedding photos from the 1970s to the present day. 

Frances Eliza Osborne and Waldo Stewart Kellogg married October 21, 1919 at the Methodist Episcopal Church in Derby.  As Frances wrote to her mother, their love was as strong as “Romeo & Juliette or any of the storybook lovers,” and their marriage was one of equal partnership.  Frances was already a successful business woman and community leader when she met Waldo, an architect who supervised the design of the Veteran’s Hospital in West Haven.  They ran Osbornedale Farm, at what is now Osbornedale State Park, and contributed to the design of the museum.  

This special wedding exhibition will recognize and honor the couples who have had their wedding photos taken in the state park. About eighteen wedding couples’ photos will be featured in the museum.  You might even see the wedding pictures of your relatives, friends, and neighbors!  Along with their photographs, there will be a display of bridal gloves, wedding accessories, and the Kellogg’s wedding gifts.  Wedding stories and legends will also be featured.  

Get inspired, learn about wedding legends, and celebrate Frances and Waldo’s, other “Kellogg” couples’, and your wedding anniversaries at the Osborne Homestead Museum throughout the month of October.  

The Osborne Homestead Museum, a facility of the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, is open for free guided tours on Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Saturdays from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and Sundays from 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.  It is located at 500 Hawthorne Avenue off of Rte. 34 in Derby.  For additional information email susan.d.robinson@ct.gov or call 203-734-2513. 

(This is a press release from Osborne Homestead Museum)

How Well Do You Know Derby???

https://www.derbyct.gov/cultural-commission-events  - Link to picture quiz.

https://www.derbyct.gov/cultural-commission-events - Link to picture quiz.

 

For more information and questions – email – Cultural Commission Member Lisa Brailey - lisa.brailey@gmail.com

Pet Photos with Santa

 

Pet Photos with Santa

Santa sets sights on Seymour

SEYMOUR - Santa Claus is coming to Seymour Volunteer Ambulance Association, 4 Wakeley St., from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Dec. 7 and 8.

Join ambulance volunteers to support a great cause, avoid long lines at the mall and kick off the holiday season.
Get a jump start on your holiday cards and give Santa your holiday wish list.

Santa will pose for digital photos and the photos will be printed while your child enjoys a holiday movie, writes a letter to Santa, creates a craft project with one of Santa’s elves or enjoys a holiday treat.

You are free to preview the photos taken and then select the ones you wish to purchase. Choose from (1) 8x10, (2) 5x7 photos or (9) wallet size photos.
Each printed sheet is $14, or you can purchase the entire package for $35.
All proceeds will benefit the Seymour Ambulance Association.

The association also will be collecting new, unwrapped toys for Toys 4 Kids.

For more information contact Amanda Skellington, 203-888-8843 ext. 0, or at picswithsanta@seymourems.org.



This is a press release from Seymour Ambulance Association.

Re-posting: Sharing a new way to find Valley news

Dear Valley readers,

On Tuesday we unveiled a different way for you to get your community news.

We invite you to visit the Valley section of the New Haven Register website, and ask that you to add it to your bookmarks.

There we'll be offering one-stop shopping to help you find notices about local events, school activities and the like as well as photos taken by me or submitted by you.

Hard news stories written by Register reporters will be posted there as they have in the past.

The View from the Valley blog will be still be here, but its content will be slightly changed.

If you'd like to submit announcements as well as photos for possible use in the Valley section of the Register's website please e-mail me at pvillers@nhregister.com.

Thanks and I look forward to hearing from you.

Patti Villers

Snowy scenes from Seymour, Ansonia, Derby

Register correspondent Jean Falbo-Sosnovich got some great photos today that show the amount of snow that Nemo brought to the Valley.

Alien keeps a watchful eye over downtown Ansonia at Salvage Alley on Main Street. 

     

 Shopping cart stuck in a snow bank in the parking lot at BJ's Wholesale Club, Derby.

Shopping cart buried under the snow at BJ's Wholesale Club, Derby.

 

No pets are coming or going at Ansonia Animal Hospital, South Main Street, Seymour, just across the Ansonia town line.

 And no commuters were coming or going at the Metro North train station on Main Street, Seymour.

 Bank Street in downtown Seymour is buried under snow Sunday afternoon.

Businesses along Main Street in downtown Seymour remained closed Sunday.

 Mountains of snow kept downtown Seymour businesses closed Sunday.


Thanks again, Jean!

Blizzard photos to share?

Please send your Valley storm aftermath photos to me at pvillers@nhregister.com and I'll post them here.

I can't take any photos until my camera battery charges...we used it a lot yesterday and ran down the battery. 
That's what I get for ignoring the low battery icon on the screen.

Please share storm stories, photos

Hi fellow Valley residents,

As we all know this one sounds like it's going to be a doozy.

I'll be here to blog about whatever happens, and I invite you to contact me with any information you'd like to share about the storm in your part of the Valley - i.e. amount of precipitation, road conditions, wind damage.

Send photos and I'll post them here. 

* My e-mail is pvillers@nhregister.com * 


Note: Also please send any snow photos to breakingnews@newhavenregister.com 
or the New Haven Register's Facebook page.


The white stuff just started swirling down from the heavens as I was writing this.


Take care out there!

Snow place like gnome

How much snow did you get? Send me a photo at pvillers@nhregister.com and I'll post it here.

Got snow pictures from the Valley to share?

Send them to pvillers@nhregister.com and I'll post them here on the blog.
Don't forget to include the location.

Thanks!

Photos, info sought

Dear Valley Readers,

Any photos of the aftermath or information about your neighborhood - debris on the roads, power outages - would be greatly appreciated.

Send to pvillers@nhregister.com, and I will post photos and info here on the blog, and submit them to the Register's website, nhregister.com.

Thanks, and I hope everyone reading this is safe and sound.

Patti

Photos: Let your photos represent Connecticut and the Valley on Facebook

Calling all readers! The New Haven Register is switching to the new timeline on our Facebook page and we’d like you to be a part of our design.
Send us your photos that best represent the Greater New Haven and Valley area with a short description about yourself and what you like about it, and we’ll post them all to an album our Facebook page. The photo with the most ‘likes’ gets featured as our cover photo for April!
We also will offer prizes - gift cards to local restaurants - for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place vote getters.
To enter, e-mail the photo and description to ctansey@nhregister.com with ‘cover photo’ in the subject line or share it with us on Facebook or Twitter. (Also indicate it is for the timeline)
One entry per reader, please, and no promotional photos of businesses or services. Thank you.
Photo is a reader contributed one - from @ffjewelry on Twitter.