Here’s the schedule for part four of the livestream. Go to Valley Indy Facebook to ask questions and submit comments! Complete Great Give schedule is here.
9 a.m. Melissa Mongillo of Derby Pop Warner 9:45 a.m. State Rep. Kara Rochelle 10 a.m. Susan Agamy of Spooner House 11 a.m. Dino Verrelli & friends of Project Purple 12 p.m. Derby Mayor Joseph DiMartino 1 p.m. Grace Torres, St. Mary — St. Michael School
Once again The Valley Indy plans to livestream a series of interviews with local officials and nonprofit leaders whose groups are benefiting from the 36-hour online fundraiser.
You can watch the videos during The Great Give on The Valley Indy’s Facebook page, where you can ask questions or just say ‘hi’ when we’re live, or you can watch them here on ValleyIndy.org.
Click this link to support a nonprofit you love during The Great Give.
Here is the 2024 Valley Indy Great Give Livestream schedule. It is subject to change.
(If you’re a nonprofit bummed you’re not included on the interview list, we also plan to have the phone lines open during the streams. Call in 15 minutes before the top of an hour to shout out your participating group. The phone number will be included in our stream.)
ANSONIA – Mayor David Cassetti unveiled a $67.1 million budget proposal on Thursday (April 25) that would bump up the mill rate in Ansonia for the first time since 2019.
The proposed budget would increase the mill rate from 26.24 mills to 26.49 mills. That’s an increase of 0.25 mills.
If the budget is accepted as proposed, a single-family house on Holbrook Street assessed at $180,000 would pay $45 more per year in taxes.
A house on Gardners Lane assessed at $248,000 would pay $62 more per year.
A house on High Acres Road assessed at $366,000 would pay $91.50 more per year.
SEYMOUR — The town and school budgets are scheduled to go to a public referendum from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2 at the Seymour Community Center on Pine Street.
Budget Basics
The budgets are asked as separate questions on the ballot.
Combined they total $66.6 million. The town side of the budget – public works, town hall, the police department and all town departments – totals $26.6 million.
THEVALLEY (ANDBEYOND) — The Great Give, an annual online fundraiser that benefits just about every nonprofit group in the greater Naugatuck Valley, is scheduled to start at 8 a.m. Wednesday, May 1 and continue until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 2.
Last year’s Great Give raised more than $3.4 million for nonprofit organizations, including $12,000 for The Valley Indy, which uses The Great Give as its annual reader drive.
Please consider supporting The Valley Indy by making a tax-deductible donation at Donate.ValleyIndy.org.
The Valley Indy will also be live from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. on May 1 and from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. May 2 interviewing various Great Give groups and local leaders.
DERBY – Gino DiGiovanni, Jr., a city Republican leader, was sentenced to 10 days in jail on Wednesday for his involvement in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the Capitol building.
Officials from the federal Bureau of Prisons will determine when DiGiovanni has to report and to which prison.
DiGiovanni will also have 12 months of supervised release, 50 hours of community service, and has agreed to pay $500 restitution to the Architect of the U.S. Capitol.
U.S. Judge James E. Boasberg handed down the sentence April 24 in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C.
DiGiovanni previously pleaded guilty to a single charge of misdemeanor trespassing in January.
The Valley Indy left a message with DiGiovanni seeking comment.
DERBY – Federal prosecutors want a judge to sentence Gino DiGiovanni, Jr. to 30 days in jail for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 riot at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C.
DiGiovanni’s lawyer is arguing for no jail time, noting that his client has been sufficiently shamed.
DiGiovanni is scheduled to be sentenced in front of U.S. James E. Boasberg on Wednesday (April 24). He pleaded guilty in January to a misdemeanor trespassing charge.
In a previous interview with The Valley Indy, DiGiovanni said he approached the U.S. Capitol with a large group of people after watching President Donald Trump speak at a ‘stop the steal’ rally. He said he got caught up in the crowd and was unable to turn back, and was allowed into the Capitol building by law enforcement.
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Here’s the schedule for part four of the livestream. Go to Valley Indy Facebook to ask questions and submit comments! Complete Great Give schedule is here.
9 a.m. Melissa Mongillo of Derby Pop Warner 9:45 a.m. State Rep. Kara Rochelle 10 a.m. Susan Agamy of Spooner House 11 a.m. Dino Verrelli & friends of Project Purple 12 p.m. Derby Mayor Joseph DiMartino 1 p.m. Grace Torres, St. Mary — St. Michael School
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