🌱Flight Of Ice Cream In Chester + CT Has New High Stakes Bingo Hall

Hello all. I'm back with your fresh copy of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Daily. Keep reading for everything you need to know about what's going on in town these days.

First, today's weather:

Humid with sun and clouds. High: 85 Low: 70.

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

1. If you are a beer drinker you can get a "flight" of beers to try. If you are a wine drinker, you can get a "flight" of wine to taste. So it only makes sense that if you are an ice cream connoisseur that you can get a "flight" of different ice cream flavors to sample. Now you can, at Honeycones Craft Ice Cream in downtown Chester. The "flight" is six scoops of different flavors! What a cool idea! (Chester's Sunday Market via Facebook)
2. The Warriors girl's lacrosse team had a great season with 14 victories making it to the Class S State Tournament for the first time in four years. According to the Zip06 article, "Head Coach Randy Netsch said that this year’s team was able to mesh together and use its experience to play as a cohesive unit. Netsch added that the Warriors benefited from having strength at every position this season." Congratulations girls, great job!(Zip06)
3. Foxwoods Resort Casino has opened a 2,200-seat high-stakes bingo hall, according to The Hartford Business-Journal. The bingo hall unveiling is part of the casino's 30th anniversary celebration. The new 30,000-square-foot bingo hall offers higher stakes bingo games and expanded prize pools. The new bingo hall comes following several other expansions at the casino, including a new VIP Canopy Players' Lounge and new dining options, The Hartford Business-Journal reported. (Patch)

From my notebook:

• Chester CT Historical Society: "Remember the Chart House's Mud Pie? The recipe is in our new restaurants exhibit, along with a Mud Pie T-shirt. The museum is open Saturdays from 1 to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m." (Chester CT Historical Society via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "We genuinely love our community and partnerships! Thank you to @shellbeestudio for offering this sign workshop by instructor Abby with proceeds going towards our anti-racism fund which supports education and community learning." (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Deep River Public Library: "Let's meet some of our animal friends when Bushy Hill visits!" (Deep River Public Library via Facebook)
• Ivoryton Library Association: "Join us Tuesday, July 19 at 3:30 for a rain or shine event with the CT DEEP!" (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Recently widowed older adults face higher poverty rates, greater housing burdens, as well as other financial challenges. Use the CFPB workbook to take control of your finances after the death of a spouse. " (Essex Library via 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.

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