🌱 Chester Residents' Input Is Needed + Looking For New Pet?

Hello and happy Monday! I'm back in your inbox this morning to walk you through all the most important things happening these days in Essex-Chester-Deep River.

First, today's weather:

Not as warm. High: 79 Low: 59.

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

1. Chester Residents ages 10-plus, your input is needed! The Chester Sustainability Committee, in collaboration with the Economic Development Commission and other town and community leaders, is exploring the development of and funding for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. Chester needs you to help identify what it is the community wants and doesn't want when it comes to this topic. Please take the bike-ped survey by May 28! " (Facebook)
2. Looking for a new house, and want the latest listings on what's available near you? Here is the list of the four most recent homes to hit the housing market in and near the Essex-Chester-Deep River area — such as a house in the Killingworth area with 3 beds and 3 baths for $359,000, and another in the Essex area with 3 beds and 3.5 baths for $1.1 million. (Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch)
3. It's springtime and baby animals are everywhere. Why not add a new baby animal, or older pet to your household? If you're hoping to add a four-legged ball of love and affection to your family, look no further than these animal shelters in the Essex-Chester-Deep River area for a pet who needs a home. (Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch)
4. If you're a responsible dog lover and you want to know where the dedicated dog parks are throughout the state of Connecticut, here is your guide. Which park is your four-legged fur baby's favorite? (i95rock.com)

Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• VRHS Warrior Community Service Day at Essex Library (8:45 a.m.)
• Pratt House Docent Kick-Off (1 p.m.)
• Personnel Committee meeting - Essex Library Association (5 p.m.)
• Astrology Birth Charting Class (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Essex Library: May is the perfect time for gardening! Check out some gardening books from the library's extensive collection and get your garden growing. (Facebook)
• Essex Park and Recreation: "Explore the engaging world of “S.T.E.A.M.” (Science, Technology, Engineering, Architecture, Mathematics) through the hands-on, minds-on, unique summer camps offered by Engineering Imagination!" (Facebook)
  
• Deep River Public Library: Deep River Public Library's top 20 new choices include "22 Seconds," "The Summer Place: A Novel" and "Lessons in Chemistry." (Facebook)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to head out the door on this Monday! I'll see you around.

— 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.

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