🌱Region 4 Budget Passed + Are Your Ready For Cinco de Mayo?

Hello, people of Essex-Chester-Deep River! Karena Garrity here with the latest issue of the Essex-Chester-Deep River Daily.

First, today's weather:

Mostly sunny and warmer. High: 71 Low: 49.

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

1. It's that time again in downtown Essex to celebrate the Burning of Ships, an event that happened in 1812. This year the parade to commemorate the historic event will be held on Saturday, May 14 beginning at 2 p.m. at the Essex Town Hall and proceeding down Main Street to the Connecticut River Museum. The parade is set to highlight several fife and drum corps, including the Sailing Masters of 1812 (who will be leading the parade), as well as the Chester Fife and Drum Corp., Stony Creek, the Colonial Navy of Mass., the Ancient Mariners of Connecticut and the Silver Dolphins. (Zip06.com)
2. Chef Colt Taylor is planning a very special Cinco de Mayo celebration. After sustaining a burst pipe and devastating flooding in January 2021, Taylor's Mexican restaurant, Los Churros Cantina is up and running complete with a new game room and bar area called CocoX, which features foosball, darts and shuffleboard.(CTExaminer)
3. Mike and Amanda Tevis of Essex are hoping to return horses to the McCulloch family farm, where Morgan horses were bred for years by the former owner Mary Jean Vasiloff who started her line of Morgans with her beloved horse Duke. Vasiloff cultivated her Morgan lineage for decades and now the Tevises want to enjoy a horse-centric lifestyle on the same land and are asking to be allowed to ride the trails on the portion of the land has been sold to the town as open space. The matter has been handed over to the Old Lyme town attorney to decide what is the best course of action to allow this use of the property. (CTExaminer)

Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• First Thursday Book Club - Essex Library Association (4:00 PM)
• Estate Planning: Proactive Asset Protection with Attorney Erin Duques (7:00 PM)
• Estate Planning: Protect Your Assets (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• Essex Steam Train: "Thomas & Friends will be here on May 28,29 and June 4,5 with departure times every 45 minutes from 9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m. Passengers select a departure time when purchasing a ticket (ride is approx. 25 minutes), but can enjoy fun-filled family activities all day long!" (Happening Next)
• Essex Steam Train: "Moms, dress your little ones in their “Mother’s Day Weekend Finest” and bring them aboard for a special afternoon tea, in 1920s Pullman style to celebrate the weekend." (Happening Next)
• The Diaper Bank CT: The Diaper Bank of Connecticut is looking for donations. Can you give?(The Great Give)

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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday off right! I'll be in your inbox tomorrow with a new update.

— 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.

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