Here’s a list of things to do this weekend.
Check out our events calendar for more events going on this month.
If you don’t see your event listed, that’s because you didn’t upload it to our calendar. Registration is required.
FRIDAY, MAY 25
Learn Microsoft Word 7 – Level 1
10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Learn Microsoft Word 7 from the CTWorks Career Coach. The class is offered in 2 session, each building on the previous. Must be 18 years or older. Limited to 10 adults. Please register in person or by calling 203 – 888-3903.
Seymour Library
46 Church St., Seymour
Admission: Free
SATURDAY, MAY 26
Huntington Fire Co. 3 Canned Goods Drive
9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Please consider dropping off an item as you go about your Saturday. We hope to see you all then!
Church Street Firehouse
44 Church St., Shelton
Admission: Free
Click here for more information
Relay for Life Plant Sale
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Plant sale supports team ​“Connect for a Cure.” Marcucio Farms will donate 20 percent of the proceeds from the plant sale and 100 percent of the proceeds from the raffles. Raffle prizes, annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, variety pots, hanging baskets and much more. Come support a great cause!
Marcucio Farms
34 Benz St., Ansonia
Admission: Free
No Vet Left Behind’s 2nd Annual Vietnam Vigil
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Shelton Veterans Memorial Park on Canal Street.
Canal Street, Shelton
Admission: Donations Welcomed
Click here for more information
Friends of the Seymour Library Book and Bake Sale
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Seymour Library
46 Church St., Seymour
Admission: Free
Click here for more information
St. Joseph School Carnival
6 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Come unwind after work and have dinner at our carnival grounds.
Meet your friends, family and neighbors. Rides, food, ice cream, games and more!
St. Joseph School
430 Coram Ave., Shelton
Admission: $2 per rider
Click here for more information
SUNDAY, MAY 27
Relay for Life Plant Sale
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Plant sale supports team ​“Connect for a Cure.” Marcucio Farms will donate 20 percent of the proceeds from the plant sale and 100 percent of the proceeds from the raffles. Raffle prizes, annuals, perennials, vegetables, herbs, variety pots, hanging baskets and much more. Come support a great cause!
Marcucio Farms
34 Benz St., Ansonia
Admission: Free
Seymour Memorial Day Parade
11:30 a.m.
Seymour Congregational Church will be serving free hot dogs and drinks to the Seymour Community at the parade from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. Visit the front lawn of the church for some fellowship and food!
Church grounds/front yard
15 Broad St., Seymour
Admission: Free
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Seymour Historical Society Presents Civil War Encampment
1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Come learn about the lives of Union soldiers in the Civil War as re-enactors from the 14th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Company F set up camp on the Seymour Historical Society grounds.
The original Company F saw action from September 1862 until the end of the Civil War, and fought at Antietam and Gettysburg.
$3 donation ($5 per couple) kindly requested
59 West St., Seymour
For more information, call 203 – 881-2156 or contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).
Ansonia Memorial Day Parade
2 p.m.
Parade starts at Nolan Field on Wakelee Avenue, and then proceeds to the Big Y Shopping Plaza on Main Street. Contact Post Finance Officer, Pat Henri, for further details at 203 – 734-1851.
Admission: Free
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Derby/Shelton Annual Memorial Service
7:30 p.m.
The service honors all veterans who passed away from Derby and Shelton since last Memorial Day. Guest speaker is Colonel Robert Cody from the Connecticut Army National Guard, a Shelton native. Families who lost a veteran in the past year are invited to attend and are presented with a flower of remembrance as a roll call of the deceased is conducted.
Derby High School
8 Nutmeg Ave., Derby
Admission: Free
MONDAY, MAY 28
Fourth Annual 5K Freedom Run, Two-Mile Fitness Walk and Kids Rock Hopper Fun Run
8 a.m. (kids)
8:15 a.m. (adults)
Oxford Town Hall, 486 Oxford Road
Awards and festivities to kick-off Oxford’s Memorial Day Parade. Proceeds benefit local veterans’ organizations.
Lots of awards for different age groups
Registration: $25 for adults, $10 for kids (under 12 for free)
Register online at FastTrackTiming.com.
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Derby/Shelton Memorial Day Parade
9 a.m., rain or shine
Starts in Shelton at Howe and Wharf Streets and continues to Kneen St. The parade then goes right on Coram Ave., right on White St., right on Howe Ave. Rte 110, left onto Bridge St. Rte 712. The parade crosses into Derby turning right on Main St. Rte 34, left on Elizabeth St., and concludes past Cottage St. The parade stops briefly on the Bridge St. bridge for a short ceremony. A wreath will dropped into the water in memory of all veterans lost at sea. A flyover by the Connecticut National Guard concludes this ceremony. Please note that a parking ban will be in effect from 6 a.m. until the conclusion of the parade in both Shelton and Derby. Cars on the parade route and line-up are will be towed after 6 a.m.
Admission: Free
Seymour Memorial Day Ceremony
9 a.m. Casting of the Navy Wreath, Bank Street bridge.
10 a.m. Memorial Service, Veterans Grove, French Memorial Park
Oxford Memorial Day Parade
11 a.m.
Begins at the Little River Shopping Plaza near Route 67 and continues to Town Hall.
Admission: Free
