http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php All Valley. All the Time. en jmozdzer@gmail.com Copyright 2012 2012-02-10T01:21:26+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/90-day_plan_at_the_ansonia_housing_authority/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/90-day_plan_at_the_ansonia_housing_authority/#When:01:21:26Z The Ansonia Housing Authority’s interim executive director while spending the next 75 days reviewing how the operation is running — and making sure it is in line with the regulations of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Jimmy Miller, the deputy executive director of the Housing Authority of New Haven, is splitting his time between the two entities while the Ansonia Housing Authority looks for a new executive director. Miller was brought on board on Jan. 25, about a month after the previous executive director, James Finnucan, resigned from the post. Ansonia 2012-02-10T01:21:26+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Meet_Dave_Lenart_New_Chief_At_Derby_Storm/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Meet_Dave_Lenart_New_Chief_At_Derby_Storm/#When:00:59:55Z David Lenart is comfortable around blood, fires and reporters. “I’ve been around them all my life. I grew up around it,” said Lenart, the 33-year-old newly elected chief of the Derby Storm Ambulance and Rescue Corps on Olivia Street. Lenart became chief Jan. 5. He is a third generation chief. His father, Thomas Lenart, Sr. was a past chief, as was his grandfather, Edward J. Cotter, Jr. Derby 2012-02-10T00:59:55+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/oxford_parks_and_recreation_offers_three_weekend_trips/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/oxford_parks_and_recreation_offers_three_weekend_trips/#When:21:00:13Z Below is a list of three overnight trips offered by Oxford Parks and Recreation this year. Oxford 2012-02-09T21:00:13+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_business_celebrates_first_year/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_business_celebrates_first_year/#When:19:42:03Z Dragonflies, A Floral Studio, LLC. is celebrating one year of business in downtown Seymour. Seymour, News by You 2012-02-09T19:42:03+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/judge_continues_oxford_dog_attack_case/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/judge_continues_oxford_dog_attack_case/#When:16:30:34Z Saying the parties involved “need more time to resolve some ancillary issues,” a judge on Thursday continued the criminal cases against an Oxford woman accused of not cooperating with authorities after her dogs allegedly attacked and killed another dog at Jackson Cove Park last summer. Oxford 2012-02-09T16:30:34+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/shelton_farm_looking_for_interns/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/shelton_farm_looking_for_interns/#When:15:37:53Z Jones Family Farms in Shelton is currently accepting applications for college-aged students who are looking for a paid summer internship. Shelton, News by You 2012-02-09T15:37:53+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Ansonia_Police_Probe_Report_Involving_PTO/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/Ansonia_Police_Probe_Report_Involving_PTO/#When:15:27:13Z Ansonia police confirmed Thursday they are probing a complaint involving funds from the John G. Prendergast School’s Parent Teacher Organization. Ansonia, Police 2012-02-09T15:27:13+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/boys_girls_club_offers_science_mentoring_program/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/boys_girls_club_offers_science_mentoring_program/#When:15:26:53Z The Boys & Girls Club of the Lower Naugatuck Valley has started the Immersion Mentoring Program, a new science-based mentoring program with 40 mentees and 10 mentors as a part of its partnership with Immersion Learning, a division of the Sea Research Foundation, Inc.. In January, the Club was announced as a sub-grantee of a $1 million grant awarded to Sea Research by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) to establish the Immersion Mentoring Program within other Clubs in 11 states, including Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, North Dakota, Ohio, Vermont, Virginia and Washington. Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, Shelton, News by You 2012-02-09T15:26:53+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_economic_development_director_eyes_downtown_parcel/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/seymour_economic_development_director_eyes_downtown_parcel/#When:03:01:23Z Seymour’s new Economic Development Director Fred A. Messore wants to buy land in downtown Seymour to create more parking and some “green space.” He’s asking for a large budget increase to make it happen. Seymour 2012-02-09T03:01:23+00:00 http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/dog_park_could_plug_derbys_poop_problem/ http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/index.php/archives/entry/dog_park_could_plug_derbys_poop_problem/#When:02:42:20Z Could a Derby dog park solve the never-ending dog poop problem on the Derby Greenway? Local officials think it’s worth a shot. Derby 2012-02-09T02:42:20+00:00