🌱Free Legal Advice At The Essex Library + It's Tick Season Be Careful

Hi all. Karena Garrity here with your Friday edition of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch newsletter, full of all the local information you need to know right now. Including updates on:

• Free legal advice!
• It's tick season!
• Squirrel days are coming!

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Partly sunny and warm. High: 85 Low: 52.

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

1. Do you need legal advice? Would you like to get it for free? Then you are in luck! The Connecticut Bar Association (CBA) and Statewide Legal Services of CT, Inc. are once again offering an opportunity for individuals to register for a free, 30-minute virtual consultation with a Connecticut attorney to obtain legal advice and information in a variety of legal areas. The clinics will be held on April 25 and 26 from 10 am to 6 pm. Pre-registration to participate is required. The registration cut-off date is Saturday, April 15. Register at http://ow.ly/kXPO50NfAa0. (Essex Library via Facebook)
2. It's tick season so be aware! According to a Patch article written by Rich Kirby, "Hospital emergency rooms in Connecticut and the Northeast are already seeing springtime spikes in the number of people seeking treatment after being bitten by ticks. These blood-suckers can transmit a host of serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that so far in April, 109 of every 100,000 emergency room visits in the Northeast have been for treatment of a tick bite. Compare this to March, when 37 of every 100,000 ER visits were for a tick bite. Biting-tick species that can transmit severe and sometimes fatal illnesses that are found in Connecticut include the Gulf Coast, brown dog, American dog and Lone Star tick. Ticks are active anytime the weather is above freezing, but especially now through mid-May and from mid-August to November. Adult ticks and nymphs can transmit Lyme disease, Ricky Mountain spotted fever and other tick-borne illnesses."(Patch)
3. Mark your calendars early for the Rotary Club of Chester and Homeward Bound's Squirrel Days, which will be happening from May 12 through May 14. One of the weekend's planned activities is the famed Duck Race. Duck sales start April 14." (Rotary Club of Chester, CT via Facebook)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Spring Into Stories: Pre-K Storytime (Ages 3-5) (10:30 AM)
• SoMA Kids Night Out (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Town of Essex – Government: "5 Recycling Tips to Welcome the Spring Tip #4 4. Reduce, Reduce and Reduce Junk drawers, closets, hard-to-reach shelves, basements and attics – all these places need to be turned inside out because that’s where most of the unwanted things end up. You need to toss this stuff away, and you needed to do this yesterday. Take these items to the Betty Pierson shed or the Textile Bins up at the Transfer Station!" (Town of Essex – Government via Facebook)
• Essex Fire Engine Co. #1: "Firehouse Food Drive to support The Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries, Inc. Essex firefighters will be at fire headquarters on Saybrook Road, on Saturday, April 15, from 9am - 1pm to receive non-perishable food donations." (Essex Fire Engine Co. #1 via Facebook)
• Deep River Public Library: "We love this idea! Who's in?" (Deep River Public Library via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Adolescent Focus Groups are now forming! JWMS and VRHS students, only need to sign up for one of the sessions listed on the flyer. There will be pizza for dinner, and as a thank you for your time, gift cards will be given to everyone!" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Mark your calendars for Money Smart Week 2023, coming April 15 - 21! For more information, agenda, and registration: https://www.moneysmartweek.org/" (Essex Library via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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