by | May 3, 2024 9:16 am | Comments
DERBY — The Derby Elks Club is hosting a fishing rodeo Saturday in Derby. Check out the flyer for details.
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by | May 3, 2024 9:08 am | Comments
ANSONIA — A ceremony is scheduled for Saturday, May 4 to honor Marvin Franks, the Ansonia school district’s first African American certified teacher. See the flyer above for details and click here for a previous Valley Indy story.
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by | May 3, 2024 7:11 am | Comments
DERBY — The annual Derby softball ‘pink’ game is scheduled for Saturday, May 4. See the flyer for details.
The games are played at Red Clynch Memorial Field at Payden Park off Chatfield Street in Derby.
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by | May 3, 2024 5:56 am | Comments
SEYMOUR — Voters rejected a $66.6 million town and school budget for fiscal year 2024 – 2025 during a referendum Thursday (May 2).
Voters shot down the $26.6 million town side of the budget by a vote 469 – 458.
They also shot down the $39.9 million Seymour Board of Education budget by a vote of 517 – 415.
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by | May 2, 2024 10:00 pm | Comments
SEYMOUR — The Valley Indy is happy and humbled to report we exceeded our fundraising goal during The Great Give, a 36-hour online fundraiser benefiting more than 500 nonprofit groups in greater New Haven.
According to the unofficial tally, 140 people donated $12,086 to The Valley Indy. The goal was $10,000.
The Valley Indy is deeply grateful for the support.
The Valley Indy was live on the Internet for about 23 of the 36 hours, interviewing nonprofit leaders and local newsmakers. The entire livestream is posted below, in six parts.
The Valley Indy thanks the following Great Give supporters:
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by | May 1, 2024 6:06 am | Comments
Former Ansonia Alderman Wiliam Phipps speaks at Tuesday's public hearing.
ANSONIA – Ansonia city officials say that selling the city’s sewer system will bring needed repairs and cut costs for residents. On Tuesday (April 30), about two dozen residents presented a harsher view of the sale.
At a public hearing attended by at least 60 residents, corporation counsel John Marini delivered a presentation supporting a proposed sale of the city’s Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) to Aquarion, a private utility company. After the floor was opened for public comment, residents questioned nearly every aspect of the deal.
The video from the meeting is posted at the bottom of this story.
Continue reading ‘Ansonia Residents Aren’t Sold On WPCA Sale’
by | Apr 30, 2024 5:40 pm | Comments
This contributed photo shows flames on the front porch of a house in Seymour.
SEYMOUR — The fire marshal said a fire at a two-story house at 4 Laurel Lane Tuesday (April 30) was started by accident.
Seymour Fire Marshal Timothy Willis said the fire was reported at 11:22 a.m. on the front porch.
“The fire was accidental and caused by careless disposal of smoking materials,” Willis said.
More than 50 firefighters from the Seymour Fire Department, with assistance from neighboring fire departments in Ansonia, Beacon Falls and Oxford, responded to the scene, according to Seymour Fire Chief Chris Edwards. Derby fire department crews provided station coverage for Seymour.
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by | Apr 29, 2024 11:57 am | Comments
THE VALLEY – The Great Give is May 1 and May 2!
Once again The Valley Indy plans to livestream a series of interviews with local officials and nonprofit leaders whose groups are benefiting from the 36-hour online fundraiser.
You can watch the videos during The Great Give on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page, where you can ask questions or just say ‘hi’ when we’re live, or you can watch them here on ValleyIndy.org.
Click this link to support a nonprofit you love during The Great Give.
Consider supporting The Valley Indy by visiting Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
Here is the 2024 Valley Indy Great Give Livestream schedule. It is subject to change.
(If you’re a nonprofit bummed you’re not included on the interview list, we also plan to have the phone lines open during the streams. Call in 15 minutes before the top of an hour to shout out your participating group. The phone number will be included in our stream.)
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by | Apr 29, 2024 9:49 am | Comments
The Sarah Riggs Humphreys-Mary Silliman Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) reminds everyone that Thursday, May 2, 2024 is the National Day of Prayer.
The National Day of Prayer is an annual observance held on the first Thursday of May inviting every one of all faiths to pray for the nation. The tradition began in 1775 when the First Continental Congress called for a national Day of Prayer, continued when President Lincoln called for a Day of Prayer in 1863 and was made into law in 1952 by a joint resolution of Congress and signed into law by President Truman.
by | Apr 29, 2024 9:35 am | Comments
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DERBY — The following information was sent by the administration at the Bradley School.
Congrats to the students and the educators.
by | Apr 29, 2024 9:28 am | Comments
SHELTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT INCIDENT RESPONSES
SUBMITTED BY FIRE MARSHAL JAMES TORTORA
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by | Apr 28, 2024 12:35 pm | Comments
Mayor David Cassetti proposes his budget to the Aldermen and Board of Apportionment and Taxation.
ANSONIA – Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a $67.1 million budget proposal on Thursday (April 25) that would bump up the mill rate in Ansonia for the first time since 2019.
The proposed budget would increase the mill rate from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills. That’s an increase of 0.25 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.
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.
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by | Apr 25, 2024 7:56 pm | Comments
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SEYMOUR — The town and school budgets are scheduled to go to a public referendum from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
Budget Basics
The budgets are asked as separate questions on the ballot.
Combined they total $66.6 million. The town side of the budget – public works, town hall, the police department and all town departments – totals $26.6 million.
The school budget totals $39.9 million.
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by | Apr 25, 2024 9:00 am | Comments
SHELTON – UPDATE — Police announced on Thursday, April 25 that an arrest had been made in this case.
Here is the pertinent info from a Shelton police statement:
“Follow up investigation identified, Christopher Graham, age 38, of Shelton as the suspect in this incident. Shelton Detective Bureau obtained an arrest warrant for Graham related to this incident.
On 04/24/2024 at approximately 5:30 PM Graham’s vehicle was observed in the area of 36 Walnut Tree Hill Rd. With the assistance of Trumbull Police Department Graham’s vehicle was located on Nichols Ave. in the area of Hawley Lane.”
by | Apr 24, 2024 3:51 pm | Comments
THE VALLEY (AND BEYOND) — 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.
Click this link to find and support a nonprofit you love.
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.
Visit The Valley Indy Facebook page to participate in live chats during The Great Give.
We’ll publish a livestream schedule as soon as we nail it down.
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