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The Fairfield Follies organization will be hosting a fundraising event on Wednesday, May 2, 6p.m. to 8, at Southport Brewery, Milford. The $35 ticket price includes an array of hot and cold appetizers, a cocktail and $2 drafts. Enjoy an evening of great food and company while you mingle with some of the Follies cast from the past and present.

Established in 2000, Fairfield Follies has impacted the lives of nearly 1,000 high school students from the greater Bridgeport region and throughout Fairfield County, and has introduced audiences to the immense talents of these youngsters. Follies, which will be held on May 18th, 19th and 20th at Bunnell High School in Stratford, consists of expertly staged, costumed and choreographed musical numbers from Evita, Sister Act, Cabaret, Footloose and Company.

Garret Stack, the host of Broadway Bound, a radio program on WMNR Fine Arts Radio, has said, “Ever wonder where the next generation of Broadway stars is coming from? Take it from me, they’re in Follies today and they’re Broadway Bound.”

The net proceeds from the SBC event will benefit the Fairfield Follies Foundation, a 501(c) 3 organization responsible for producing the annual Follies show and promoting and supporting theatrical and musical arts education in the region.

Please contact Gary Raytar at gary.raytar@gmail.com or 203-400-8178.

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The Valley Independent is reporting that two women escaped injury yesterday afternoon when their vehicle rolled from the Senior Center parking lot down into the Naugatuck River.

Read their story here: http://valley.newhavenindependent.org/archives/entry/No_Injuries_After_SUV_Rolls_Into_Naugatuck_River/

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The Easton Board of Selectmen could use a lesson in clarity, one Easton resident thinks. The agendas that they release before their meetings can be so convoluted residents don’t realize it when important matters are going to be discussed.

Agenda items should be “stated in a fashion that clearly elucidates for the ordinary citizen the substance and intent of the business,” Sherry Harris said in an email to the three elected officials.

Meeting agendas are legally required, she said, but what’s the point if the average citizen can’t understand them?

Here are two items from the April 5 agenda:

“10. Discuss and approve a recommendation to the Annual Town Meeting for an amendment to the Easton Title 1 Administration Ordinance.

11. Discussion on an Advisory Opinion received from the Board of Ethics.”

Item 10 should include at least a summary of the proposed amendment, Harris said. Any text for any ordinance should also be provided in advance, she  said.

“Because the meeting agendas are only available 24 hours ahead of time, and sometimes much less than that through the website, it is hardly reasonable to assume that individual citizens will be able to access the indicated ordinance before a meeting,” she said.

First Selectman Tom Herrmann said his assistant has been using the same format and syntax for 20 years, but “we can always improve.”