🌱 Parking For Fireworks Tonight + It's Time For The SafeGrad Raffle

Hello, friends. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Patch newsletter — here to explain all the most important things happening in the community today. Today you'll find these stories and more...

• Parking for the fireworks.
• New director.
• Buy a raffle ticket and help VRHS seniors.

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Breezy; a shower in the a.m.. High: 73 Low: 55.

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

1. Deep River Day parking announcement. According to the Town of Deep River webpage, "There is no parking on both sides of Route 80, Woodbury Road and Bahr Road during the fireworks celebration taking place on Saturday, 09/16/2023. The celebration begins at 6 p.m. As in years past, there is parking at Plattwood Park (while available) and JW Middle School. If parking at JW Middle School, there will be a shuttle available from 6 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. (Town of Deep River)
2. Charity Benedict is the new Executive Director at Tri-Town Youth Services. According to a Facebook post from Tri-Town Youth Services, "Charity joins Tri-Town with a robust background working in municipal, non-profit, and county government settings. She shares Tri-Town’s commitment to the crucial importance of mental health services and positive youth development programming and is excited to be an advocate for the youth and families in the Tri-Town area." (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via Facebook)
3. It's that time of year, time for the Safe Grad Raffle. Help give Valley Regional High School seniors a safe last night together as a class to celebrate their biggest day. Purchase a $20 raffle ticket! You'll have a chance to win one of the five Visa gift cards. Grand prize is $1000! Paper tickets are for sale at Compass Rose in Deep River on 4 River Street, 860.322.4523 Or purchase tickets online with the Paypal URL or Venmo. The raffle drawing will be held on October 23 at 7 p.m. at Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau. For more information, click here. (Tri-Town Youth Services)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

Saturday, September 16

• Fall Marketplace on Deep River Day! (10:00 AM)
• Deep River Farm Day (10:00 AM)
• HBCT Chester Dog Fair Sep 16-17 from 10am-3pm (10:00 AM)

From my notebook:

• Ivoryton Library Association: "Come celebrate National Hispanic Heritage Month. Check out a book!" (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)
• Deep River Public Library: "We are excited to offer a chess workshop for intermediate and advanced chess players! This class is taught by a ranked chess instructor and is open to kids/tweens, teens, and adults who already know how to play." (Deep River Public Library via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Estate Planning Documents: Overview and Recent Law Changes Thursday, September 28, 7:00 p.m. Registration required: (860) 767-1560 or staff.essexlib@gmail.com Attorney Erin Duques returns to the Library." (Essex Library via Facebook)

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— Karena Garrity

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