Electronic Valley

09/21/2026

The Friends' Fall Book Sale is this Saturday, September 26, from 9:30 AM - 2:00 PM, in the Plumb Memorial Library's Reading Room!

There will be hundreds of books to choose from, all at bargain prices. Visit the sale for a chance to win one of the two door prizes, a football or baseball themed gift basket!

09/21/2026

An update on Industrial Park 3: no project is proposed, no decision has been made, and any data center would have to meet Naugatuck's environmental, technological and financial guardrails.

09/21/2026

Already thinking about the holidays? Good, so are we!

'The Valley Room' is where your holiday party belongs. Office, family, team, all welcome.

Ask us about dates. September is the time to grab one!

Reserve online at 🔗 valleydinerct.com

📍 636 New Haven Ave, Derby CT · 📞 (203) 735-2445

09/21/2026

Who's ready for some BINGO!

👜 BINGO, BAGS & PRIZES GALORE —
COME JOIN THE FUN AND WIN SOME MORE! 🎉

Bring your friends, bring your cheer,
Pocketbook Bingo is the event of the year!

Saturday, October 3rd
Friends of Beacon Falls Library
3rd Annual Pocketbook Bingo

Link to sign up: https://forms.gle/d2gxEJXSZUiecQJq5

09/21/2026

‼️UPDATE‼️ - Out of concerns for the upcoming storm, we will be postponing this event. Keep an eye out for updates on this and upcoming events as we plan for the end of what turned out to be a rainy 2026. ☔️

Join us at Shelton History Center (70 Ripton Rd, Shelton CT) at POSTPONED to learn about the bounty hiding in our own backyards! Gina Pagano, a veterinary technician, wild food expert, and self-proclaimed “feral woodland creature”, will share the basics of foraging in her program, Foraging 101!

09/09/2026

Happening on September 13th from 2-3pm, Tories, Spies, and Traitors: Divided Loyalty in Revolutionary Connecticut. Join us for an informative program sponsored by Valley Community Foundation and the America 250 fund.

08/24/2026

08/24/2026

For the final chapter of our 350th Anniversary of the City and 250th Anniversary of our Country, we will be assembling another Time Capsule to be opened in the future.

As part of the project we have put together a preliminary list of items suggested to be place in the new time capsule.

Please let us know if you have any other ideas for inclusion in the Time Capsule by posting a comment.

This should be a fun historic project for the entire City of Derby. We hope you can help.

Derby 350th Time Capsule Ideas so far….
Souvenirs from the 350th: t-shirt, bell, ornament
Items from the 300th time capsule
USA 250 items
Letter/Essay/Story/Drawing from every Derby student
Project from the high school valley history class
Letter from the mayor and other elected Officials
Items from local businesses and clubs
Penny collection to honor the end of penny production and Other coins
Flags
Sports memorabilia: cards from current teams
Current political buttons or hats
Map of the city/state and Photos of Derby now
Ethnicity representation: Items from different ethnicities living in Derby
A puzzle/game/scavenger hunt for the future
Small artwork from local artists
Photo of the Derby 350/Time Capsule committee
Current bestsellers and Newspaper from day of "burial"
List of contents
Nothing perishable or wet or Nothing very valuable

08/24/2026