News in Woodbridge & Bethany, CT


Woodbridge Honors Volunteers, Seeks Food Pantry Donations
The Human Services Department will host the 6th annual Living Treasure event on September 25 at 5:30 pm at The Woodbridge Center. The winners represent years of public service within the town. This wonderful community-building event, which honors Woodbridge residents who have generously


Beth El – Keser Israel Events for August 2024
Children's Havura, K-2 Kehila, and Junior Congregation, all led by parent or grandparent volunteers, meet each Saturday, including during the summer. For more information, consult Education Director Annie Norman-Schiff at anormanschiff@beki.org.


Local Students Ace Academics: Dean's List & Graduation Honors
The following Bethany, CT Fairfield University students received Dean’s List Honors for the Spring 2024 semester: Alexandra Plaza and Saunder L. Saffran. In order to be placed on the Dean’s List, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours in a semester, have no outstanding


Michael Dow's Amity Physical Therapy Celebrates 20th Year in Advanced Pain Relief Therapy
Michael Dow MSPT and CEO/Clinical Director has just crossed the threshold of two decades of practice. A graduate of Sacred Heart University's physical therapy program, Dow has grown his practice to five facilities in the Greater New Haven area: Woodbridge, Hamden, Branford, Milford, and Wallingford.


Renowned Matsiko World Orphan Choir Performs at Coachman Square
The Matsiko World Orphan Choir brings together some of the world’s most vulnerable children, mainly from third world countries like Liberia, India and Peru, to not only raise money for their education but also spread the message that there are over 600 million orphans throughout the world.


Advantages of Small Gardening: Cultivate Your Own Oasis
As an avid gardener, I would like to share periodic tips and techniques of gardening to encourage everyone to get into the dirt to get your hands dirty! I believe I picked up gardening when I was six years old. There was a twelve inch strip of dirt next to the picket fence along the back of our


Support Young Artists! FACE OFF Gala Benefits Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation
FACE OFF: A Musical Tribute to Elton John & Billy Joel headlines the Jamie Hulley Arts Foundation’s 22nd Annual Evening for the Arts Gala on Saturday, September 7, 2024, at Fairfield University’s Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts.


Obituary: Suzan D'Aniello
Suzan J. Harrison D’Aniello, 74, of Hamden, CT, beloved wife of Guy S. D’Aniello, passed away peacefully on July 22, 2024, after a courageous battle with lung cancer.
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4th Annual Woodbridge Like Me Day
This free community celebration takes place on Saturday, October 5th, 2024, from 11 AM to 2 PM at the Woodbridge Town Green (4 Meetinghouse Lane). Rain or shine, the event will be held indoors at Amity High School (25 Newton Road) if necessary.


Beth El – Keser Israel Events for July 2024
BINA, which is BEKI's dynamic and growing religious school program, is hiring teachers for the next school year. BINA brings together a diverse group of students to learn the fundamentals of living a full Jewish life, including Hebrew language, Jewish history, holiday rituals, values, and prayer.


Amity Physical Therapy CEO, Michael Dow, Receives Outstanding Alumni Award from Sacred Heart University
Sacred Heart University has selected Michael Dow MSPT/CEO and Clinical Director of Amity Physical Therapy as its 2024 Silver Pioneer Outstanding Alumni. Dow graduated from the university 25 years ago, having earned his Master’s Degree in physical therapy. The award recognizes “an alumnus who has


The Woodbridge Center Upcoming Events and Activities in July!
First Selectman Mica Cardozo will be available the second Wednesday of the month for coffee and casual conversation. Bring your questions, comments, and concerns to discuss with First Selectman Cardozo. Please RSVP with The Center 203-389-3430 and share any topics you may be interested in learning


Fun, Educational Programs This Summer at the Ansonia Nature Center
Join the Nature Center’s Land Stewards Team and help us in our 3-year effort to restore the park’s land. Japanese Knotweed is an invasive plant and a threat to our Nature Center habitats and waterways. We will gather as a team to do a carbohydrate starvation cut to select sensitive


New Haven's Historic Perry Sausage Building Fetches $2.5 Million, Marking Industrial Price Benchmark
The iconic former Perry Sausage Building, located at 26 Kendall Street, was sold on June 4, 2024, by Richard P. Ballou of Houlihan Lawrence Wareck D’Ostilio to Harvest Beverage Group, represented by JD Altobello of Trophy Properties. With an impressive 21,518 square feet of space on 1.27 acres


Spring 2024 Academic Honors: A Celebration of Excellence Across Universities
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (ACPHS) announces its Spring 2024 Dean’s List recipients. There were 222 full-time students honored who successfully completed their coursework with a semester grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher out of a possible 4.0 score.


“Domestic Space” Exhibition by Doron Wolf at BEKI Galleries
Paintings—and a selection of landscape etchings— by Hamden artist Doron Wolf are on view in the Beth El – Keser Israel [BEKI] galleries this summer.Some paintings pay homage to works found in art books or magazines; others use effects of lighting and motifs reminiscent of the old masters from the Re


Point32Health Makes a Difference: Over 1,900 Colleagues Volunteer 5,400+ Hours During Annual Volunteer Week
Colleagues from Point32Health, the parent company of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Tufts Health Plan, volunteered at Massaro Community Farm in Woodbridge during the company’s annual Volunteer Week June 10 – 14th. More than 1,900 colleagues volunteered 5,400+ hours at nearly 90 projects


New Haven Biohaven Buys Downtown Building for $2.35 Million
Ken Ginsberg, a Commercial Broker at Houlihan Lawrence Wareck D’Ostilio facilitated the sale of 209 Church Street, a 13,645 square foot brick construction building built in 1929 and located in the downtown section of New Haven. Ginsberg represented both the Seller and the Buyer.


Remember to Register! Camp Begins on June 24th!
There is still time to register for Woodbridge Rec Summer Camp at Amity High School. Camp begins Monday, June 24 at 9:00am. We will continue to provide our traditional activities & field trips along with additional yard games, arts and crafts, and any fun activity that the Amity campus will allow us


Woodbridge Youth Services & Rotary Club Host Successful Family Game Night
Many thanks to all the families who joined in for the 2nd Family Game Night hosted by Woodbridge Youth Services and co-sponsored by the Woodbridge Rotary Club. The families enjoyed a vast variety of games for all ages as well as pizza, desserts, and great raffle prizes.