THEVALLEY (ANDBEYOND) — The Great Give, an annual online fundraiser that benefits just about every nonprofit group in the greater Naugatuck Valley, is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 1 and continue until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Last year’s Great Give raised more than $3.4 million for nonprofit organizations, including $12,000 for The Valley Indy, which uses The Great Give as its annual reader drive.
Please consider supporting The Valley Indy by making a tax-deductible donation at Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
The Valley Indy will also be live from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on May 1 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 2 interviewing various Great Give groups and local leaders.
The Great Give is almost here! The following press release was sent by the Valley Community Foundation:
“So far more than 57 Valley nonprofits — more than ever before — have signed up to participate in the 2024 Great Give on May 1 – 2.
The 36-hour online fundraising extravaganza, created by The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven (TCF) in 2010, unites donors with area nonprofits in a fun and engaging way.
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CT NEWS JUNKIE | Apr 23, 2024 6:38 am
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HARTFORD – State lawmakers who say they’ve heard from constituents about incessant noise from large solar projects are pushing for more local control of where those projects can be built.
“(Communities) have no authority when noise becomes a burden,” said state Rep. Jaime Foster, D‑Ellington.
Foster, other lawmakers, and local officials have been dealing with complaints from neighbors of a solar array in East Windsor for years. Among the issues, they say, is that municipalities have no ability to limit when a project can be built. That power rests with the Connecticut Siting Council.
“The problem is that it is an overreach by the state,” said Rep. Carol Hall, R‑Enfield. “Local municipalities can’t regulate (where solar projects are built), They have zero control and say.”
Sons and Daughters of Italy, Valley Regional Lodge - Derby, CT
The following is copied from the Facebook page “Sons and Daughters of Italy, Valley Regional Lodge — Derby, CT”:
As we prepare for the upcoming Memorial Day Parade, we need your help in identifying Italian-Americans from the Lower Naugatuck Valley that have perished in a Foreign War.
Students from Derby and Shelton High School Italian programs are researching to help us recognize these war heroes for the upcoming parade.
Can you help? If so, please message us at [email protected] and please do share this post.
Derby court, where a criminal case against William Petaway is ongoing.
ANSONIA – A man accused of stabbing a woman in a laundry room dispute has sued the Ansonia Police Department for allegedly searching his residence illegally.
William Petaway was arrested on Feb. 7 after a woman called the police and told police Petaway had punched her in the face and stabbed her arm.
The two are neighbors in an apartment building on Main Street, according to police.
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Jasmine Wright | Apr 19, 2024 7:00 am
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ANSONIA – A public hearing is scheduled for 6 p.m. April 30 at the Ansonia Senior Center (65 Main St., 2nd floor) on Aquarion’s $56 million offer to purchase the city’s wastewater collection and treatment system.
Aquarion placed the bid on April 3. It includes a $41 million cash payment to the city, as well as a promise to invest $15 million in capital improvements in their first five years of ownership.
The bid also includes a 10-year property tax exemption for Aquarion, as well as the establishment of a ‘rate stabilization fund’ using $7 million of current Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) assets.
Aquarion says the fund will help soften rate hikes.
Beginning in December of last year, he allegedly began sending vulgar messages to the victim and requesting lewd pictures and videos in exchange for money.
WPLR morning show hosts Chaz &AJ invited The Valley Indy onto their program on Thursday (April 18) to talk about an article where Chaz’ name was mispelled.
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Jasmine Wright | Apr 18, 2024 6:24 am
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This Google Map image shows the West Main Street side of the Target store in Ansonia.
ANSONIA – A 37-year-old Waterbury man faces eight criminal charges after he allegedly fought with police on West Main Street. Two officers were injured in the prolonged struggle.
The suspect, Andrew Breda, is due back in court on May 9. He is charged with two counts of assaulting a public safety officer, resisting arrest, sixth-degree larceny, possession of a controlled substance (first offense), use of drug paraphernalia, criminal impersonation, and second-degree breach of peace.
The assault charges are felonies, the rest are misdemeanors.
