🌱 New Shows At The Norma Terris Theatre + New Home On The Market

Hello, everybody! Karena Garrity here with your fresh copy of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch newsletter. Keep reading to find out all the most important things happening in town, including updates on:

• Essex Fire Department refurbishes the Ivoryton Station.
• New homes on the market.
• New shows at the theatre!

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Sun, then clouds, p.m. rain. High: 55 Low: 36.

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

1. The Essex Fire Engine Co. No. 1 has refurbished the upstairs of its Ivoryton station to display and store its historical items. Historians Douglas Senn and Scott Hofmann, in addition to other members, have been hard at work preserving and sorting through the many items, articles, pictures and equipment it has. This June, the Department is turning 190 years old. EFD is the second oldest continuously running all-volunteer department in Connecticut, as well as being one of the oldest in the country. The Ivoryton firehouse was built in the 1940s to reduce response times to the west end of Essex. The main station stood on Prospect Street until 1999. It will be holding an open house once the project is completed this fall. Stay tuned for more information! (Essex Fire Engine Co. #1 via Facebook)
2. When you’re looking for some fresh digs, keeping tabs on all the latest listings can be a laborious endeavor. That’s why we’ve gone ahead and done the prepwork for you. Here are the five newest properties to hit the market in the Essex-Chester-Deep River area — such as one in the Killingworth area with 2 beds and 1 bath for $164,900, and another in the Killingworth area with 3 beds and 3 baths for $747,500. Like what you see? Simply click on any address in the list to get additional pics and details. Enjoy! (Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch)
3. The Norma Terris Theater in Chester will be open for business for the first time since December of 2019. It will be reverting to its old practice of doing full productions of musicals-in-progress, complete with sets, costumes, props, lighting and sound design. The first show will be, “Here You Come Again,” playing July 26 through August 27. The musical is based on songs made famous by Dolly Parton. The second show will be “Private Jones.” It will run from October 13 through November 5. Hope to see you at the theatre! (courant.com)

From my notebook:

• Deep River Public Library: "Show of hands...how many people have wanted their own personal librarian?" (Deep River Public Library via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "STEAM Saturdays for kids in Grades K-6 returns April 15 @ 10 AM! Kids will explore how bones, muscles, and tendons allow human hands to move while creating a robotic hand model! Registration required. Call 860-767-1560." (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Treehouse Players: "Yay! We're filling up fast. Reserve your spot today!" (treehouse players via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "You know what time it is! Library Roundup!" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
• Essex Fire Engine Co. #1: "Connecticut traditionally experiences high forest fire danger in the Spring from mid-March through May. If you have received a permit from your local Open Burning Official to burn brush on your property, the permit is NOT VALID if the Forest Fire Danger is rated High, very high or extreme and you are burning within 100 feet of a grassland or woodland." (Essex Fire Engine Co. #1 via Facebook)

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