🌱 Centerbrook Cheese Tops The List + Covid Tests Available

Happy Thursday, people of Essex-Chester-Deep River! Let's get you all caught up to start today off on an informed note.

First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and milder. High: 43 Low: 29.

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

1. COVID Tests Available For Tri-Town Residents At Saybrook Point (Press Release Desk)
2. The Centerbrook Cheese Shop Tops The List For Cheese In Connecticut (Only In Your State)
3. First Glimpse at 2022–'23 School Year Spending (Zip06.com)
4. The Route 151 Bridge in East Haddam To Be Replaced This Summer (Middletown Press)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Terrific Thursday Story Time (10:30 AM)
• Classics Book Group Discussion - Essex Library Association (5:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Town of Essex – Government: Essex Town Hall and Transfer Station will be CLOSED January 17th, in observance of Martin Luther King Day. (Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: LGBTQIA+ families this one is for you! January 19th, there will be a Parents Pride Support Group happening from 6 p.m. -7:30 p.m. via zoom. (Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

About me: I am a native of Connecticut, who currently resides in the Tri-Town community of Chester, Deep River and Essex. I have been a community reporter for the better part of the past 20 years. I love my small town community and I am honored to be a part of Patch.com. You can reach me at; karena.garrity@patch.com.