News in Woodbridge & Bethany, CT

Caroline Scott, of Woodbridge, CT will join the first-ever cohort of ARCH Scholars at the College of Charleston Honors College this fall. The ARCH Scholars Program offers a two-year cohort experience for highly capable incoming college students. 

Elm City Winds, a woodwind quintet that performs both classical and popular music, will return to Congregation Beth El – Keser Israel for an indoor concert on Sunday, August 25. Jennifer Silva, flute; Caesar Storlazzi, oboe; Laura Caruthers, clarinet; Adrienne Gallagher, bassoon; and Emily Fine

The Woodbridge School District announced today its policy for determining eligibility of children who may receive free or reduced-price meals served under the National School Lunch Program (NSLP).Local school officials have adopted the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Income Eligibility Guide

Woodbridge Rec. Fall youth program registration has begun. Programs include basketball, bowling, chess, flag football, gymnastics, horseback riding, ultimate team sports, Kumon, Little Scientists, Kids Dig Farm at Massaro Farm, running club, tennis, taekwondo, & field hockey.

Youth Services partnered with the Woodbridge Recreation Department to bring Big J of the Harlem Wizards to summer camp on July 29. Big J performed some great basketball and dance moves while kids watched in awe. He challenged both kids and counselors to make it a fun interactive experience. 

Starting this time of year, the pediatricians office is flooded with parents lining up to get their children through their yearly preseason physical so they can participate in sports once the school year kicks off again. Ensuring our young athletes health and well being is of the utmost importance.

UConn Health’s Dr. Ketan Bulsara is now a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society. Sigma Xi, whose historic membership includes multiple Nobel Prize winners and national and international scientific thought leaders, is the world’s largest multidisciplinary honor society

Matthew Breier, a rising third-year student at the University of Pennsylvania, is spending his summer immersed in primary sources like death certificates and Philadelphia’s 1918 city directory to learn about the impact of the 1918 influenza pandemic on Black and immigrant neighborhoods.

Incoming 7th Grade residents from Bethany and Woodbridge and non-resident AMSB 7th graders are invited to join us for the 26th annual picnic on Thursday, August 22nd behind Amity Middle School-Bethany from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. Rain location is in the gym.

Enjoy lunch followed by an educational presentation about birds commonly found in CT. Learn unique features that identify CT birds, along with their migration habits, and the best feeders to use to attract specific species. The presentation will be given by Tom Kosturko of Compassion Home Care,

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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

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. 

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.

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.

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.