🌱Celebrate Women At Ivoryton Playhouse + Man Dies In 95 Accident

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• The Ivoryton Playhouse celebrates women!
• A tragic accident occurred on I-95.
• Ultra high-speed internet is coming!

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Mostly cloudy, showers around. High: 64 Low: 47.

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Here are the top stories today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

1. With plans to roll out fiber optic cable to provide ultra high-speed internet services throughout Connecticut, Frontier Communications is expected to spend $800 million in project costs 2025. According to the Connecticut Post, "John Harrobin, Frontier's head of consumer products, said Wednesday that the company's expenditure is one of the largest private infrastructure build-outs in Connecticut history. The expenditure covers a five-year period began in late 2020, Harrobin said."' (ctpost.com).
2. According to a Patch article written by Richard Kaufman, "A 52-year-old man was killed on Interstate 95 in Old Lyme after a two-car crash occurred on Saturday morning near exit 70, according to the Connecticut State Police. A 2003 Honda Accord, driven by Michael S. Sansur, 52, of Darien, was stopped in the left lane on I-95 northbound "for unknown reasons" around 7:24 a.m., police said, when a 2019 Kia Stinger driven by Almando Dixon, 26, of Oxford, struck the rear of the Accord. Sansur did not survive his injuries, his passenger, Michael Alexander Sansur, 21, of Milford, was airlifted to Yale New Haven Hospital for treatment of serious injuries and Dixon was taken to the Westbrook Shoreline Clinic for treatment of possible minor injuries, police said. "(Patch)
   
3. Get ready tri-town for the Fifth Annual Festival of Women’s Plays at the Ivoryton Playhouse. According to a press release from The Ivoryton Playhouse, "the Ivoryton Women Playwrights Festival will be taking place on October 29 at 2 p.m. Over 200 plays from all over the country were submitted to the initiative and the four finalists will be traveling to Ivoryton to have their work presented in a series of staged readings. The Festival includes the Ellie Award and a $500 stipend for each of the four women playwrights. They will have the opportunity to work with a director and actors for two days and then their plays will be presented on stage at the Playhouse as staged readings on Saturday, October 29. At 2 p.m., there will be two plays presented. "Reconstructed," by Barbara Kimmel and, "At The Hotel Texas," by Laurie Graff. At 4 p.m., the CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women will host a discussion on Rebuilding Theatre with Greater Relevance under the tent on the patio moderated by Emma Palzere-Rae (Dramatists Guild) At 7 p.m. the festival will continue with, "How To Tie A Tie by Brittney S. Harris and Scrambled Eggs," Karly Thomas. The festival is sponsored by CT Chapter of the League of Professional Theatre Women and the Community Foundation of Middlesex County Fund for Women & Girls. To purchase tickets for the Women please call 860-767-7318 or go to www.ivorytonplayhouse.org Tickets are $30 adult/$25 senior/ $20 LPTW/ $10 student. The patio bar will be open between performances and you can add a boxed dinner by Ani’s Table to your ticket price. (Ivoryton Playhouse)

Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Friends of the Library semi-annual book sale (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Essex Library: "Teens (grades 7-12): Space is still available in our Pumpkin Spice & Everything Nice Teen Craft Event next Wednesday, October 19 at 5:00 PM! Participants will make a pumpkin spice sugar scrub and room spray! Limited space!" (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "SCORE and CEDF present a free webinar, Nonprofit Grant Writing, on Wednesday, November 9, from 10:00 to 11:00 AM. Register here: http://ow.ly/POvM50KLQtn Winning a grant is more than simply completing paperwork." (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Bushy Hill Nature Center: "We are looking for volunteers to bake some goodies for us to sell at our bake sale during our pumpkin carving event on Saturday, Oct. 22, from 10 am-12 pm! All profits will be given to our camp scholarship fund!" (Bushy Hill Nature Center via Facebook

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— Karena Garrity

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