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'Everything Bagel' Was A Hit At Seymour High School

Posted: May 8, 2024 1:00 pm

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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Derby Scout Group Celebrates 98th Annual Scout Gang Show

Posted: May 7, 2024 3:04 pm

Derby scouts

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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More Than $500,000 Raised For Valley Nonprofits During 'The Great Give'

Posted: May 7, 2024 11:06 am

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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GET YOUR RAGE OUT (In Derby For A Fee)

Posted: May 6, 2024 6:27 pm

Owner Billy Richmond smiles while Linda Fusco, Derby Mayor Joseph DiMartino's chief of staff, gets ready to break stuff.

DERBY — If you’ve been passed over for that promotion at work, going through a bad breakup, tripped over the kids’ toys or are just plain stressed out from life in general, a new business in downtown Derby might just be the outlet you need to let off some steam.

Explicitly Broken Rage Rooms recently opened at 61 Elizabeth St. Customers pay to hurl plates across a room, whack a computer monitor with a crowbar, bash beer bottles with a baseball bat and smash a TV with a sledgehammer.

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Assumption Church Community Breakfast Scheduled For May 11

Posted: May 6, 2024 3:26 pm

The above flyer, and following text, were sent by Assumption Church:

Welcome to the Assumption Church Community breakfast on Saturday, May 11. We offer a super hot/cold breakfast buffet, raffle, gently used clothing, and blood pressure screening on request. 

Everything is free! Hope to see you there! ALL WELCOME!

Assumption Church Hall
Handicap accessible elevator on left side of church
61 N Cliff Ansonia
8:30 – 10a.m. (Take out meals available at 9:30 am)

Public Hearing On Proposed Ansonia Budget Scheduled For Monday, May 6

Posted: May 5, 2024 7:03 pm

ANSONIA — A public hearing on the city budget is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Monday, May 6 in front of both the Board of Aldermen and the Board of Apportionment and Taxation.

The meeting will be held online using the Zoom video conference platform, according to an agenda posted to the city’s website.

Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a budget April 25 that will add 0.25 mills to the mill rate.

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.

A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $62 more per year.

A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $91.50 more per year.

The proposed budget is a $2.6 million increase from the 2023 – 2024 budget of $64.5 million approved last June. Most of that change is driven by an increase in the education budget, from $35.8 million to $37.6 million (about a $1.8 million, or 5 percent, increase).

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