News in Woodbridge & Bethany, CT

Fall is packed with new beginnings. It is the start of the new school year, filled with our children’s excitement for fresh learning, old and new friends, and many adventures. It is the time of the Jewish New Year, with calls for renewal and prayers for peace and good deeds in the coming year. 

Each year I hold onto the lovely final summer days for the last few weeks before fall and winter. Let us try to take time to enjoy these final weeks of summer. Soon Woodbridge will be transformed once again into the beautiful colors of autumn.

Contact The Woodbridge Center: More information on available programs and services can be found on The Center’s page of the Town Website. Call 203-389-3430 or email kmoriarty@woodbdridgect.org with questions or for more information. Follow us on Facebook (The Woodbridge Center, Woodbridge CT) for

Instructor Anna Mauhs trained thirteen students in basic babysitting skills recently. Students spent two mornings learning childcare basics, how to handle emergencies like choking, and practicing new skills like diapering and feeding. Students are well-prepared to watch children and keep them safe

Look for Woodbridge Rec. Fall youth programs registration to begin in August. Programs include basketball, bowling, flag football, gymnastics, cooking, Kumon, Little Scientist, Massaro Farm, running club, tennis, taekwondo, & field hockey; https://secure.rec1.com/CT/woodbridge-ct/catalog.

The Human Services Department will hold the 5th annual Living Treasure Award event on September 14th at 5:30 pm at The Woodbridge Center. This year’s award recipients are Mary Lee Barker, Joseph Crisco, Matthew Giglietti, and Lynn Piascyk. These four outstanding volunteers represent years of

The Town of Woodbridge Ad Hoc Committee on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion invites the public to attend the 3rd Annual Woodbridge Like Me Day on Saturday, September 30th from 11am-2pm on the Woodbridge Town Green. The free community event features live performances, local organizations, music

Albany, NY - Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) announces its Spring Dean’s List recipients. There were 275 students named to this honor for Spring 2023, which is awarded to full-time students who have successfully completed their coursework with a semester grade point average

Woodbridge student Mordecai Abraham was recently honored as a winner in the 18thAnnual eesmarts™ Student Contest. Presented by Energize Connecticut℠ Sponsors Eversource and Avangrid, Inc. subsidiaries, United Illuminating, Southern Connecticut Gas and Connecticut Natural Gas, the eesmarts Student

It has been a relatively quiet summer of volunteer activity on town trails, as most people have been taking time to enjoy other pursuits. However, plants along the trails have been lapping up our relatively wet summer and growing vigorously. A few of us have been able to cut back branches, remove

Quilts are often considered a simple, colorful bedspread, made of a patchwork of fabrics, or at least that’s how this reporter looked at them. But a recent exhibit of modern quilts at the Woodbridge Town Library opened my eyes to an art form that I had never looked at before.Playing with color

First Church of Christ, UCC at 511 Amity Road in Bethany, CT (Bethany First Church) has hired Greg Wilfrid as music and choir director. His first Sunday at the church was July 23. Greg holds a B.M. and M.M. from the Hartt School of Music at the University of Hartford, where he also earned his

Tickets for Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur services can be purchased for $150 from the BEKI office; email office@beki.org or call (203) 389-2108 x114. Active-duty military, police personnel, and full-time students may enter for free with valid official ID; however, advance arrangements

Our Lady of the Assumption Parish on Center Road in Woodbridge is offering a “journey of faith” for any adult considering becoming a part of the Catholic faith and community. If you are baptized Catholic but never received the sacraments of Eucharist and Confirmation, or not baptized in any faith

Visitors are always welcome to our weekly worship services, held on Sundays at 9am (English) and 11:10am (Spanish). Youth activities (ages 12-18) are generally held on Wednesday evenings at 7pm at the Church. The address is 990 Racebrook Road in Woodbridge.

The Amity & Woodbridge Historical Society invites you to the first view of the grand portraits of William A. Clark (1810-1879) and his wife Emily Dibble Clark as they are installed at the Darling Farmstead and History Museum at 1907 Litchfield Turnpike on Saturday September 23 from 3-5 p.m. 

Here is an alternative perspective to Ellen Scalettar’s column “Are you Woke”: For many of us, our grandparents and prior generations came to our country for economic opportunity and freedom from tyranny or religious persecution. The promise of America was that through hard work and merit

It is my pleasure to write in support of Annitta Ingraham’s candidacy for the Board of Assessment Appeals position in Woodbridge. I have known Annitta personally for over a decade, and we have been professional colleagues in real estate for the past six years. As a lifelong resident of Woodbridge

All information accurate at press time. Be sure to check our website woodbridgetownlibrary.org or call us before your visit for any changes to our hours or events. The library will be CLOSED on Monday, September 4 for Labor Day. We will be open our regular hours on Saturday

Long-time Woodbridge administrative officer Joseph F. Hellauer, 88, of Woodbridge, died July 17, 2023, at home after a lengthy illness. Born in St. Louis, Missouri on October 18, 1934, he was the son of the late Joseph Francis and Margaret (Carroll) Hellauer.After graduating from Fairfield Prep in