The Essex Steam Train and Riverboat would like to remind friends and neighbors in the lower valley that train frequency will be increasing.
Learn more about your Social Security early retirement and more at the Essex Library.
A District Meeting of Regional School District No. 4 including member towns of Chester, Deep River and Essex will be held May 3.
Something to look forward to; the famed Chester Sunday Farmer's Market is slated to begin on June 13th in beautiful downtown Chester.
The Ivoryton Tavern will be holding a take-out-only fundraiser this Sunday, April 18, to benefit the Carini/ Molyneux Family.
The 200 scheduled appointments for Thursday's J&J clinic have been emailed and offered slots at the Saturday MODERNA clinic.
Once again the annual Chester Wine and Beer Tasting has been officially canceled. The hope is it will be back again for 2022.
For the next three months, the Connecticut River Museum will be offering free STEAMgirls virtual programs.
Volunteers meet Saturday, April 24, at 9 a.m. at the town-owned parking lot, on Water Street, to help clean up and celebrate Earth Day!
More beer more giving!
Art class on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. with Miss Chelbi.
A wellness room for the teachers at Essex Elementary School was made possible with grant money.
Meetings happening this week in Chester.
Meetings this week in Essex
Meetings in Deep River this week.
The Chester Hadlyme Ferry season is open now through November 30th.
Essex, Chester, Deep River residents will be able to apply for funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency Funeral Assistance.
Chester's First Selectwoman, Lauren Gister writes a letter to the community.
The Chester Business to Business Facebook page is officially up and running. Join in on the conversation.
A man from Huckleberry Lane In Deep River was lifted by Lifestar to an area hospital after a 9-1-1 call.
Addison Keyworth has done the work, put the time in and it paid off! She qualified for IEA Nationals Equestrian Competition, in Georgia.
Registration is now open for the Community Health Resources Virtual Steam Train Half Marathon and Fitness Challenge.
Several walk-in clinics are scheduled throughout April in the state for those who served in the military, their spouses and their caregivers
A Planning and Zoning Public Hearing will be held in Chester, via zoom, on April 8.
For the past three and half months, Joel Nucci and Rob Galbraith have been working hard to get the Rusty Rail Tavern ready to open!
Twelve lucky winners will be taking home gift cards for restaurants in Essex, Chester, and Deep River as part of the Lets Eat Out Raffle!
Got plants? Want to share? Check out Bennetts Books new plant swap program, where the local community can give and take plants of all kinds.
The Essex Foundation recently gave the Essex Fire Department a grant check in the amount of $10,000 to be used for safety equipment.
Although vaccines are being ramped up in the state, the Covid-19 virus is not giving up anytime soon. A positive case at VRHS impacted 19.
Due to the need for contact tracing, Valley Regional High School will be remote on Monday.
After an employee at the Griswold Inn tested positive for Covid-19, it closed for the Easter holiday and canceled 350 reservations.
Chester meetings happening this week.
Meetings happening this week in Essex.
To date, 146 of 169 towns in the state are in the red zone, up from 131 in last week's reckoning.
Tri-town residents send in your cutest, funniest, most memorable Easter 2021 photos to be featured on the cover of Patch's Facebook page.
Keith Dauer and Sandy Senior-Dauer are working on a summer historical society exhibit featuring Chester women, c. 1870-1920.
In an effort to gather information for the 2022-25 strategic plan. The Essex Library is launching a five-minute survey.
Important news from the Valley Regional High School nurse.
The Valley Regional High School Interact Club has stepped up to gather donations to help the family impacted by the Chester house fire.