🌱 Deep River Annual Town Meeting + Fishing Is Good For Everyone

Hello, neighbors! It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch newsletter — back in your inbox with all the most important things happening in town these days. Including updates on...

• Time to go fishing.
• Taking care of veterans.
• Deep River annual town meeting.

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

1. Fishing is one of the most peaceful pastimes and now Fish with CARE is coming to Essex! Essex Public Library & Connecticut Fish and Wildlife are so excited to bring this program to Sunset Pond on June 6 (for ages 6+ with caregiver). For more information on registration, visit http://ow.ly/Mxbe50OjljG. Any questions? Contact 860-767-1560 or email staff.essexlib@gmail.com. Please note that all participants 6-16 must sign up for a Youth Fishing Passport (participants 16+ are required to obtain a 2023 inland fishing license, per state law), register on DEEP's website, and take the CARE program's online course prior to the event. (Essex Library via Facebook)
2. According to a press release sent out from the office of State Sen. Norm Needleman (D-Essex)" Sen. Needleman joined the Senate's passage of legislation seeking to ensure veterans' graves will receive proper care. Sen. Needleman also signed on to co-sponsor the legislation. The bill will create a working group to ensure family members of deceased veterans buried in Connecticut cemeteries can raise concerns regarding the upkeep of their loves ones' graves. "This bill came directly from the family members and loved ones of veterans in Connecticut asking for ways to ensure their loved ones can rest without issue. We hear you loud and clear," said Sen. Needleman. "Veterans make sacrifices to protect the rest of us, and they deserve direct and continued respect for all they give in the name of our country. Preserving their resting places is the least we can do. I'm hopeful this working group will bring us positive results, which we can use to support our veterans and military families." (State Senator Norm Needleman)
3. There is a Town of Deep River Annual Town Meeting scheduled for Monday, May 15, at 7:30 p.m. at the Richard H. Smith Town Hall Auditorium. The meeting is being held to act upon the following: "Approve the Town Budget for the Fiscal Year 2023-2024 in the amount of $19,954,305. To authorize the Tax Collector to collect real estate taxes and personal property taxes in two semi-annual installments, the dates to be July 1, 2023 and January 1, 2024. To authorize the Tax Collector to collect regular motor vehicle taxes in one installment, due and payable on July 1, 2023. To authorize the Tax Collector to collect supplemental motor vehicle taxes in one installment, due and payable on January 1, 2024. Any property tax due the Town of Deep River in an amount that does not exceed one hundred dollars ($100) shall be due and payable in a single installment on July 1, 2023." Hope to see you there! (Town of Deep River)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

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From my notebook:

• Town of Essex – Government: "Help support the Valley Warrior Baseball team in their mission to recycle your old sneakers! An estimated 600 million pair of shoes go into America’s landfills every year! 100 percent of these shoes can be recycled." (Town of Essex – Government via Facebook)
• Essex Steam Train & Riverboat: "Coming to Essex Station in July! Tickets on sale soon! essexsteamtrain.com Hideaway Circus" (Essex Steam Train & Riverboat via Facebook)
• Ivoryton Library Association: "Join us for our next #OwnVoices discussion, 7 p.m., May 16, at the library." (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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