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Eugene Driscoll | May 9, 2024 7:19 pm
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DERBY — Residents can breathe a little easier this week after state lawmakers voted to delay the start of Derby’s revaluation for one year.
What’s A Reval?
Revaluation refers to the process by which a given property’s assessment is determined. Click here for a detailed explanation from the Town of Wolcott.
Property assessments are a key part of the local tax formula. Tax bills are calculated by multiplying the assessed value of a property by the mill rate and then dividing by 1,000. If a revaluation raises a property’s assessment, and a mill rate stays the same or is raised (or isn’t lowered enough to balance the new assessment) — a tax bill goes up.
State law mandates every community in Connecticut to conduct revaluations every five years.
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Press Release | May 9, 2024 10:02 am
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DERBY — The Derby Public Schools has selected Bethany Seefeldt as the 2025 District Paraeducator of the Year.
The Connecticut State Department of Education and the School Paraprofessional Advisory Council established the “Anne Marie Murphy Paraeducator of the Year Program” to recognize the important role of the Paraeducator in supporting student achievement.
The award is named in honor of Anne Marie Murphy, a Paraeducator who was killed in the Sandy Hook shooting.
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Eugene Driscoll | May 8, 2024 6:23 pm
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ANSONIA — Mayor David Cassetti recently unveiled a $67.1 million budget for the fiscal year starting July 1, 2024.
Cassetti’s budget includes a 0.25 mill rate increase, from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
City Democrats have raised questions over the Cassetti administration practice of including “anticipated future revenue” in the budget — $5 million in the current budget and about $7 million in the proposed budget.
The Valley Indy, during a recent ‘Great Give’ livestream, talked to Ansonia budget director Kurt Miller for about an hour on May 2.
The video above is edited down to about 12 minutes (full video here), and focuses on the future revenue, and on the administration’s stance on selling the city’s sewer system to a private company (previous stories here and here).
SEYMOUR — The Seymour High School Administration and the Seymour High School Alumni Association are planning to honor members of the Class of 1974 who graduated 50 years ago during the graduation ceremony for the Class of 2024 at 6:00 p.m. on June 11, 2024. The rain date is June 12, 2024.
SEYMOUR — This year’s Performing Arts show at Seymour High School was titled “Everything Bagel” and was a spectacle to see. Just as its name suggests, the show had a bit of everything seasoned in it, from Country to Heavy Metal to Bluegrass to Pop, even the dance team performed.
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Jean Falbo-Sosnovich | May 8, 2024 6:22 am
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SEYMOUR – The Seymour Board of Finance on Wednesday (May 8) unanimously approved a reduced town and school budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025, nearly a week after voters rejected both budgets.
The board met via Zoom where members approved a $66.4 million bottom line. That is $240,000 less than the budget rejected by voters on May 2.
A second budget referendum is scheduled for 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. May 16 at the Seymour Community Center, 20 Pine St.
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Jasmine Wright | May 7, 2024 6:30 pm
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ANSONIA – The city is looking to lease the long-vacant former SHW plant to a fuel cell developer.
Mayor David Cassetti’s administration is currently in talks to lease four acres of the property on 35 N Main St. to Johnson Controls.
The company plans to build nine, 440-kilowatt fuel cells there. Ansonia Economic Development Director Sheila O’Malley said she expects the lease to be signed as early as this month.
DERBY — Derby’s Housatonic Council Cub Scout Pack 3, Boy Scout Troop 3, and Venture Crew 33 are proud to present their 98th Annual Scout Gang Show on May 11th at 7:30 PM. The event will take place at the historic Derby United Methodist Church, located near the Derby Green at the corner of 5th and Elizabeth Streets, Derby.
The Scout Gang Show, which is part vaudeville and part variety show, is the longest-running show of its kind, having been performed on the same stage in the fellowship hall of the Derby United Methodist Church since 1922, with the exception of a two-year hiatus during World War II and two years due to COVID.
This year’s show is themed “Ain’t Misbehavin’,” and features more than 20 songs performed by the scouts. Highlights of this year’s show include songs “Ain’t that a shame”, “Candy Man”, “Goody Goody” and “Amazing Grace.”
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Press Release | May 7, 2024 11:06 am
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DERBY– Valley nonprofits raised more than $507,000 during the 2024 Great Give last week, making the 36-hour online giving event one of its most successful.
In all, donors gave more than $3.8 million supporting 550 nonprofits throughout the Valley and Greater New Haven region.
Of that total, just over $431,000 was donated to nonprofit organizations in Ansonia, Derby, Oxford, Seymour, and Shelton.
By the end of the fundraising event, 58 Valley-based organizations had participated, and 1,440 individual donations were made by people who live and/or work in the Valley.
Also, more than $234,000 of the Valley total was donated by 25 Valley Community Foundation (VCF) Donor Advised fundholders.
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Jasmine Wright | May 6, 2024 8:14 pm
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Former Alderman William Phipps addresses the Board of Apportionment and Taxation during a public hearing.
ANSONIA – Two speakers raised questions about Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti’s proposed budget at a virtual public hearing on Monday (May 6).
Cassetti’s $67.1 million budget is a $2.6 million – or about 4 percent – more than the 2023 — 2024 budget approved last June.
Cassetti’s budget includes a 0.25 mill rate increase, from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills. If approved, this would be the first mill rate increase in Ansonia since 2019.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
