🌱Let's Talk Trash + Deep River Residents Get Your Fishing Rods Ready

Happy Wednesday, Essex-Chester-Deep River! Let's start today off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know today in Essex-Chester-Deep River.

First, today's weather:

Times of clouds and sun. High: 63 Low: 52.

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

1. The flowers are blooming the trees are budding and the temperatures are getting higher. Spring is officially here and that means the Deep River Parks and Recreation famed Fishing Derby is right around the corner. Mark your calendars for Saturday, May 7. Anglers ages 5-15 are welcome to come and try their luck at catching a prized rainbow trout! Register online now or register the day of the derby. (Facebook)
2. There is a shift in waste management in Connecticut, as the state moves ahead with plans to close Hartford’s aging MIRA plant and shut down its incinerator later this year. Trash in the tri-town areas wouldn't be affected that much. Things will remain pretty much the same but for how long, no one knows. According to the article in the CT Examiner, Essex First Selectman Norm Needleman said Essex has opted to remain with MIRA, but would not commit to staying for five years. With the small amount of trash that comes into the town transfer station, there is a small cost for the town to bring its trash to the MIRA transfer station just a few hundred feet away. If the town paid to truck it somewhere else, that would be a different story, Needelman said. “It didn’t make sense for us to jump out at this point,” Needleman said. (CT Examiner)
3. Beatles fans take note; Ringo Star is coming to the Nutmeg State! The iconic rock musician will help kick off the new Sound On Sound music festival, which will be held in Bridgeport on September 23 at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater. (Patch)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Money Smart Week: Buying or Refinancing a Home: Options & Tools (2:00 PM)
• Privé-Swiss Fitness - Iyengar Yoga Worshop (6:00 PM)
• RiverFire Glass, 2 Art Glass Garden Stakes (6:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Essex Fire Engine Co. #1: "As we recognize National Public Safety Communicators Week, which honors the men and women who serve as 9-1-1 call takers, emergency dispatchers, radio and phone technicians, and other public safety communications staff, we'd like to thank and honor our public safety telecommunicators, who are truly the very first responders." (Facebook)
• Deep River Public Library: "Sometimes a thing just comes together, just like peas and carrots." (Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "For the month of April, our weekly newsletters have been focused on early childhood. This week our Early Childhood Council Coordinator Katie, wrote specifically on the various preschool options in the area. (Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Teens (grades 7-12)! Mark your calendar! Teen TGIF is coming up at the end of the month. Friday, April 29 @ 3:30, come by the program room to hang out with fellow teens." (Facebook)
• Deep River Parks & Rec: "We had 30 to sell...and there are only 6 left! You don't want to miss this! Get your tickets to see Hamilton @ the Bushnell in Hartford! Date: Thursday, June 30th @ 7:30 pm. Tickets only-no transportation. Cost : $ 155.00 per ticket." (Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Yale Science Communications Presents Brain Food: The Evolution and Application of Eating Tuesday, April 19 at 7 p.m. on Zoom. Registration required. Free and open to all. People often say “you are what you eat,” but how has this change..." (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.