‘Navel Gazing’ With The 100-Year-Old Recreation Camp

The Recreation Camp on Roosevelt Drive in Derby turns 100 this year, and organizers are planning a giant picnic to celebrate.

The 100th anniversary picnic is scheduled for Saturday, June 11, from 5 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. at 36 Birchbank Road in Shelton, on the shores of the Housatonic River.

In addition to food and family fun, a fireworks display is planned. Click here for the camp’s website, which includes links for tickets to the picnic.

On this week’s Valley Navel Gazing” podcast, reporters Eugene Driscoll and Ethan Fry interview Jack Walsh, former camp director, about The Recreation Camp’s 100-year-history in the Valley.

Then current executive director Mike Drew is interviewed to talk about the camp today.

Press play to listen.

Also on this episode: The Valley Indy issues an apology, the most-read stories of the week and an abbreviated this week in history.”

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