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Toy drive opens season of giving
Written by Susan Hunter
Friday, 20 November 2009 09:34
DERBY — The Valley Toys for Tots toy store campaign coordinated by Team Inc. has a new location this year, but its goal is the same.
The toy distribution and related toy collection events aim to make the holiday season brighter for more than 1,500 Valley children who may not otherwise find new toys under their Christmas tree.
“You people bring a smile to children’s faces,” Diane Stroman, Team Inc.’s vice president of development, told the business leaders and service providers gathered at the Toys for Tots kick-off breakfast at John J. Sullivan’s on Nov. 12.Moon walker visits Seymour
Written by Susan Hunter
Friday, 20 November 2009 09:27
SEYMOUR — It’s not every day that an astronaut comes to town. But it happened on Saturday when Apollo 12 Astronaut Alan Bean visited the Greenwich Workshop Gallery on Main Street in Seymour to sign copies of his book “Alan Bean: Painting Apollo, First Artist on Another World.”
Bean is an artist, and reproductions of his oil paintings were exhibited at the Gallery to mark the 40th anniversary of his Apollo 12 mission, which launched on Nov. 14, 1969.
Bean also visited the Seymour gallery in 2003, said Michael Meskill, co-owner of Greenwich Workshop Publishing.Truck school may be a sure thing
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:20
SEYMOUR — The Planning and Zoning Commission that twice rejected putting a trailer truck driving school in the center of Seymour has approved a temporary special permit for Allstate Commercial Driver Training School to operate the school at 249 Pearl St.
The commission voted its approval on Nov. 12, following years of legal wrangling that culminated in a recent state Supreme Court order.
Had commissioners not granted the permit, they would have been in contempt of court, said Attorney Ian Cole, who works for Attorney Dominick Thomas, Allstate’s lawyer.Old Leather Man takes on new life
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 19 November 2009 13:11
SEYMOUR — Seymour residents learned a lot more Sunday about The Old Leather Man, a mysterious wanderer who trekked through Western Connecticut on a monthly circuit more than a century ago.
He may have walked through Valley towns, said Dan DeLuca, a Meriden resident who has been researching the Old Leather Man for the past 21 years and is the author of “The Old Leather Man: Historical Accounts of a Connecticut and New York Legend.”
DeLuca’s research started after a Meriden historian and collector asked him what he knew about the Old Leather Man.Garden hose case may head to trial
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 19 November 2009 12:48
The case of Mustafa Salahuddin, the Ansonia police officer charged with stealing a $20 garden hose from the police department, will probably go to trial in January, according to Rob Serafinowicz, Salahuddin’s lawyer.
“That’s the way I perceive it,” Serafinowicz said following a Nov. 16 court proceeding in Derby Superior Court. Judge Burton Kaplan continued the case until Jan. 12.
That would give Serafinowicz time to review a second internal affairs investigation conducted by the Connecticut State Police that focuses on misconduct and contains numerous interviews.H1N1 vaccine available to high risk residents
Thursday, 19 November 2009 12:31
The Naugatuck Valley Health District has scheduled two clinics to administer free H1N1 vaccine to certain high risk residents.
At the first clinic, H1N1 nasal flu mist vaccine will be administered by appointment only to healthy children aged 24 months to 24 years and healthy household members and caregivers of infants less than 6 months of age.
The H2N1 live Attenuated Influenza Vaccine (LAIV nasal spray) will only be administered to healthy people who are not pregnant. The vaccine doesn’t contain Thimerosal or other preservatives. The vaccine virus is attenuated (weakened) so it will not cause illness, according to the NVHD.
Town honors veterans
Written by Susan Hunter
Friday, 13 November 2009 11:06
SEYMOUR — Under blustery skies, American Legion Emil Senger Post 10 and Commander Michael Kearney conducted Veterans Day ceremonies on Nov. 11 in Veterans Grove in French Memorial Park.
Kearney thanked all veterans for their military service as the honor guard raised an American Flag. It joined several more that fluttered in the wind.
Kearney welcomed town leaders who attended the event, including First Selectman-Elect Paul Roy and current First Selectman Robert Koskelowski, who spoke at the ceremony.Fire is possible arson
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 12 November 2009 16:38
ANSONIA — A fire that destroyed a four-family home at 57-59 Bassett St. early Wednesday may have been started intentionally, said Fire Marshal Ralph Tingley.
The state forensics lab will be conducting tests on materials taken from the building to determine if accelerants were used, Tingley said.
Investigators received information from witnesses that led them to call a state police dog to the site to search for possible accelerant material, he said. As of press time, the cause of the fire was undetermined, but it wasn’t electrical in nature.Couple fights for veterans’ rights
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 12 November 2009 14:39
DERBY — At first glance, nothing seems unusual about the Stars and Stripes Thrift Shoppe at 101 Elizabeth St. in Derby.
Used furniture and television sets are piled on top of one another, and glassware and china are displayed on table tops. Cans of food fill the shelves at the back of the store.
But Stars and Stripes is a very special place for a very special population. Military veterans who have come on hard times can go there to find free clothing, computers, televisions and canned goods.Patriotic ministry thrives at church
Written by Susan Hunter
Thursday, 12 November 2009 14:11
SEYMOUR — Veterans at the Veterans Administration Hospital in West Haven will spend a warmer winter this year, thanks to the creativity and caring of seven women at Trinity Episcopal Church in Seymour.
For the third year in a row, the women have knitted and crocheted red, white and blue blankets that are delivered to hospitalized veterans.
“It’s one way of doing something for them,” said Joanne Miles, who coordinates the prayer shawl ministry at the church. “It’s going to bring them warmth and comfort.”Page 1 of 4
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