🌱 May 8 Essex Town Budget Meeting + New Restuarant Coming In Essex

Morning, everybody! Karena Garrity here with your Saturday edition of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch newsletter, filled with everything you need to know about what's going on in town. Today you'll read about these stories and more:

• New restaurant taking the place of Carlson's Landing.
• Warriors in the community need snacks.
• Don't forget, May 8 is the budget meeting in Essex.

But first, today's weather: Partly sunny and warmer. High: 72 Low: 49.

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

1. Carlson's Landing is no more, and, in its place, there will be a new restaurant with new owners. The new place, slated to open the week of May 15, will reportedly be called, Noah’s at 63 Main. The new owners are the owners of Eli Cannon's in Middletown, Rocco and Aubrey Lamonica, along with longtime Eli Cannon's employee Damon Dombrowski. The plan is to serve tapas, seafood, raw bar, salads and small plates along with an array of specialty cocktails. (Middletown Press)
2. Valley Regional High School is looking for donations for the Warrior in the Community Day. The school is asking local residents to, "please consider donating bottled water and/or individually wrapped dry snacks. We need multiple snacks for every student when they volunteer and provide service to our three towns during Valley’s Community Service Day. The snacks may include but are not limited to; granola bars, protein bars, popcorn, pretzels, breakfast bars, and 'fishy' crackers, etc. All donations may be dropped off in the main office or at curbside while dropping off your student in the morning. Student volunteers will be setting up a table by the main entrance to help collect your donations." Please donate if you can! (Valley Regional High School)
3. The Annual Esssex Town Meeting to consider the proposed $26,522,194 General Fund expenditure budget to finance the operations of the Town and Boards of Education for fiscal year 2023-2024 will be held Monday, May 8, at 7:30 p.m. in the Town Hall auditorium. Hope to see you there! (Town of Essex)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Children's Book Week: Star Wars Scavenger Hunt (9:00 AM)
• STEAM Saturdays: Binary Code Bracelets (Gr. K-6) (10:00 AM)
• Open House for Outdoor School (10:00 AM)
• Pasta Dinner (4:30 PM)

From my notebook:

• Essex Board of Trade: "Sixty-two years of The Rotary Club of Essex tradition, back after a three-year hiatus due to COVID! Rotary Club of Essex Shad Bake will be back on June 3, 2023. Ticket sale details will be posted soon." (Essex Board of Trade via Facebook)
• Chester CT Historical Society: "The untimely and sad passing of Peter Good on Tuesday night has served as a reminder of the incredible gift of signage and graphics he and Jan gave to Chester. You can't go anywhere in the town without seeing their many iconic and remarkable designs." (Chester CT Historical Society via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Life-saving training is available for FREE and via Zoom during National Prevention Week next week! Registration link is in the comment below." (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)

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You're officially in the loop for today! See you tomorrow for another update.

— Karena Garrity

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