In this very special episode of Navel Gazing: The Valley Indy podcast, Seymour Deputy Fire Marshal Timm Willis talks about a 2018 firefighter-pet calendar put together as a fundraiser for a local animal shelter.
Then Willis talks about how not to burn your house down on the Fourth of July.
First Selectman Kurt Miller takes questions from readers on Facebook, and gives updates on Tri-Town Plaza, 38 Columbus, and the most recent Seymour Board of Selectmen meeting.
In this very special episode of 'Navel Gazing,' The Valley Indy podcast, Ansonia Mayor David Cassetti, Economic Development Director Sheila O'Malley and Corporation Counsel John Marini stop by to talk:
1. HomeGoods coming to Ansonia
2. Wakelee Avenue construction
3. The budget
4. The status of a criminal investigation involving a person who worked for Cassetti in the private sector
5. Floyd Mayweather vs Conor McGregor
6. A new business coming to Main Street
In the spring of 2011, two 25-year-old men were shot and killed within a week of each other in Ansonia, Conn.
The killers in both crimes remain free.
In this episode, Margaret Rivera talks about her nephew, Isaia Hernandez, who was killed outside a gas station on Wakelee Avenue.
Hernandez was a father and a popular athlete growing up. His father was his best friend. She urges anyone with information on the case to contact Ansonia police.
Then Ansonia Police Lt. Patrick Lynch comes on the broadcast to shed some new light on the Hernandez murder. Lynch also discusses the shooting death of Daryl Venson, another open homicide in Ansonia.
The two cases, though a week apart, are not thought to be connected.
The Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission ruled June 14, 2017 that the Derby Board of Police Commissioners had to publicly release an investigative report the commission used to take minor disciplinary action against the Derby Chief of Police.
The audio is the recording of the hearing in Hartford, Conn. by Valley Indy reporter Ethan Fry.
Ansonia resident Stacy Graham-Hunt just published "Processing Pain," a collection of personal essays and stories in which she revisits some humiliating and traumatizing events of her past.
In this interview with Paul Bass of The New Haven Independent/WNHH-LP FM, Graham-Hunt recalls an embarrassing high school story she dubbed "vaginagate."
"If we begin to process our pain, I mean really pay attention to it, we can use it to our advantage," she says on her website, ProcessingPain.com. "Pain is a language. It tells us that we need to go in a different direction. Pain can be a blessing."
Tony Bunosso and David Lenart of the podcast "2 Dudes Talking Disney" give their origin stories, insider Disney stuff, and whether Walt Disney was the inspiration for HBO's "Westworld."
Recorded on video during "The Great Give" May 2, 2017.
Tony's from Seymour, Dave lives in Derby.
Enjoy!