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Derby Elementary Schools To Benefit From Valley United Way Effort

by The Valley United Way | May 17, 2012 3:18 pm | Comments (0)

Valley United Way’s Corporate Volunteer Council (CVC) has selected Derby Elementary Schools to benefit from the 2012 CVC Back to School Clothes for Kids Project.

Last year 150 students from Longhill and Sunnyside Schools in Shelton a received individualized boxes of new clothing and supplies to begin the school year.

To date the CVC has outfitted 2,207 Valley children and spent $455,000.

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Derby Resident, 81, To Receive College Degree

by Press Release | SCSU | May 17, 2012 12:31 pm | Comments (0)

Genevieve Healey, an 81-year-od Derby resident, will receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in liberal studies from Southern Connecticut State University on May 18, after 13 years of taking classes part time at the university.

Even with six children, 15 grandchildren and two great grandchildren, Healey found time to study literature, art appreciation and Italian. It may have taken her 13 years of part-time classes, but she said it was time well spent.

Healey took her first college course — an art class at Southern — in 1970. But it wasn’t until a few years after the death of her husband in 1996 that she decided to take classes regularly.

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Meet The New VEMS (Building)!

by Liana Teixeira | May 16, 2012 11:00 pm | Comments (0)

The Valley Emergency Medical Services (VEMS) has a new headquarters in Oxford, which includes a three-bay garage, paramedic training classroom, office space and an employee lounge.

Want to check out their new digs?

VEMS is hosting an open house Saturday, May 19 from 1 p.m to 4 p.m. to show off the newly renovated building at 300 Oxford Road. Saturday’s open house will also give visitors a taste of what the medics do.

VEMS leases the building from Haynes Construction Co.

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Gov. Malloy Signs War Memorial Bill Into Law

by STAFF | May 16, 2012 3:36 pm | Comments (0)

Gov. Dannel Malloy this week signed into law a bill that enhances penalties against people who vandalize war memorials.

The bill, “An Act Concerning Desecration of War or Veterans’ Memorials,” was proposed after a rash of thefts in the lower Naugatuck Valley of bronze plaques from war memorials.

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Walk For Hungry And Homeless Is Saturday

by Kay Page Greaser | ACT Spooner House | May 16, 2012 10:55 am | Comments (0)

Spooner House invites willing walkers and runners too, to the Derby Greenway on Saturday, May 19 starting at 9 a.m. (rain or shine) to take part in the 15th annual Walk for the Hungry and Homeless.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and walkers may begin whenever they arrive.

Participants are asked to make donations in any amount that fits their budget, ask others to sponsor them for additional funds and seek matching donations from employers.

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Is Derby Bar A ‘Chronic Nuisance?’

by Eugene Driscoll | May 15, 2012 4:12 pm | Comments (1)

RJ’s Cafe and Catering on Elizabeth Street could be on its way to being declared a “chronic nuisance,” Derby police said Monday.

Javon Zimmerman, 22, was shot and killed in the bar’s parking lot on Saturday morning as the bar closed.

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Derby-Ansonia Softball Raises Nearly $2,000 For Cancer Center

by STAFF | May 15, 2012 4:10 pm | Comments (0)

Saturday’s Ansonia-Derby softball game raised just about $2,000 for Griffin Hospital’s Hewitt Center for Breast Wellness.

“We have a great turnout. It was great to see,” said Derby softball coach Joe DiMartino.

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Derby Endowment Fund Raises More Than $6,000

by PRESS RELEASE | May 15, 2012 8:43 am | Comments (0)

The first annual Derby Community Endowment reception was held at Grassy Hill Lodge on Saturday, May 12, 2012. Attendees included:

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Derby Police: Silence Is Hurting Homicide Investigation

by Eugene Driscoll | May 14, 2012 4:01 pm | Comments (0)

The public’s unwillingness to share information is the only thing that separates Derby police from an arrest in connection to Saturday morning’s fatal shooting.

“There were at least 50 people in the bar that night. And there is not a single person who says they saw anything,” Derby police Lt. Justin Stanko said Monday afternoon.

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No Injuries In Derby Grill Fire

by Eugene Driscoll | May 14, 2012 11:05 am | Comments (0)

A grease fire that started on an outdoor grill spread to a deck within the Derbyshire condos off O’Sullivan Road in Derby Sunday.

There were no injuries.

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