🌱Congratulations To VRHS Student Artists + Don't Miss Sushi Night

Welcome back, Essex-Chester-Deep River! I'm here in your inbox this chilly morning to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on around town. Today you'll find news about these stories and more:

• Congratulations to Valley Regional High School's artists!
• Looking for a new home?
• Don't miss sushi night!

But first, today's weather:

Breezy with occasional rain. High: 43 Low: 38.

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

1. Valley Regional High School's Art Department has invited the community to view the Future Choices Exhibit at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. The exhibit will run from March 10 to April 2 and open gallery hours are Wednesday and Thursday 3 to 6 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Reportedly, Future Choices is a highly competitive art show and student work is recognized as the best in our 24-town region. Categories include ceramics, drawing, mixed media, painting, photography, prints, sculpture, digital art and video. Special congratulations to the VRHS students who took home awards and all students that participated and whose work will be exhibited. Paige Lee - 1st Place Painting Millie Gardner - 1st Place Sculpture Skye Roberts - 1st Place Mixed Media. Congratulations students! (Shorelinearts.org)
2. When you’re looking for a new home, keeping tabs on all the latest listings can take hours of tedious searching online. That’s why we’ve gone ahead and done the prepwork for you. Here's a list of the five newest houses to go up for sale in and around the Essex-Chester-Deep River area — such as a home in the Essex area with 3 beds and 1 bath for $199,900, and another in the Essex area with 3 beds and 4 baths for $2.6 million. (Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch)
3. Get ready for sushi night for teens at the Essex Library. Learn how to artfully master the unique technique of making sushi by making avocado rolls, cucumber rolls and mango nigiri on March 24 from 5 to 6 p.m. This program is for 9-12 graders. Hope to see you there! (Essex Library)

From my notebook:

• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Here is your weekly look at upcoming library events. Not seeing something that should be here? Email Faith Sprigg at Faith@ttysb.org" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Ivoryton Library Association: "Help us feed our neighbors this month. " (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)
• Ivoryton Library Association: "Worries about the safety of your batteries? Register for our 3/16 Zoom session: " (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)

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That's it for today! See you tomorrow for another update.

— Karena Garrity

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