🌱What Are You Doing This Weekend? + Fire Safety Tips!

Hi all. It's me, Karena Garrity, your host of the Daily. Let's get this Friday started off right, with a quick guide to everything you need to know about what's going on around town. In today's issue of the Daily, we have these stories and more:

• Fire safety! Take it seriously.
• Fall is here and there is lots to do!
• Have you signed up for the Compassion Walk?

But first, today's weather:

Partly sunny and windy. High: 61 Low: 44.

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

1. Home Sprinkler Safety Tip No. 1 from the Essex Fire Company. "Did you know, according to the Essex Fire Company, installing sprinklers and smoke alarms in your home increases your chance of surviving a fire by more than 82 percent? Safer fire service: The risk to firefighters is much less. Sprinklers reduce the heat, flame and smoke from a fire. Fast response: Home fire sprinklers are more sensitive to heat than those found in businesses or industrial buildings. This means the fire will be detected much sooner. Can blend with your home decor: You can buy home fire sprinklers in different colors. Some can be installed flush with the ceiling, so you will hardly notice they are there. Reliable: Home fire sprinklers only spray when the temperature in the room rises quickly. The sprinkler above the fire is the only one that sprays. Investment protection: Sprinklers can prevent devastating home damage by putting out flames quickly. Sprinklers can limit the damage caused by smoke and fire. They are less damaging than water damage caused by firefighting hose lines. Check out the options available for your home and stay safe!" (Essex Fire Engine Co. #1 via Facebook)
2. There are a plethora of things to do in the Nutmeg State this first official weekend of fall, including the Durahm Fair, a handful of beer festivals, some 5k's and a walk. Have fun whatever you do! Here is a list of more than 25 things to do! (CT Insider)
3. The Essex Veteran’s Memorial Hall (EVMH) will be holding its annual Pig and Beef Roast Fundraiser Saturday, September 24 at the club located at 3 Westbrook Road from 2 to 6 p.m. Admission is $30 for adults and $20 for children under the age of 12. The feast will include hors d’oeuvres, the main course and a variety of desserts. In addition to a bevy of delicious food there will also be live music and a raffle. Hope to see you there! (Essex Veterans Memorial Hall via Facebook)
4. Don't forget to get your walking shoes on and come out to support neurodiversity by being part of a 5K walk which will be held by the non-profit, A Little Compassion (ALC), on October 1. "The Compassion Walk, which begins at Deep River Elementary School at 9 a.m., will be an adaptable route based on individual walker’s stamina, interest and abilities, according to ALC Executive Director Jane Moen in a Zip06 article. “There are two different cutoffs on the route, one that takes off almost a mile and another that takes off another mile. Instead of almost three miles, folks can cut it down to two and a half miles, or to two miles,” said Moen. “We wanted the walk to be fully inclusive and open to everybody and every ability." The event, the first of its kind by ALC, is meant for people from all walks of life, with the hopes of reaching the greatest number of people to support ALC’s mission in supporting and honoring neurodiverse individuals and their integral message of acceptance and inclusion, according to Moen. Registration is available on the website alittlecompassion.org, with participation for children between the ages of 4 to 12 at $15 per person, and $20 for all at age 13 and up. The same amount will be for participation in the virtual walk. All registration fees will be donations towards ALC. (Zip06)

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Today in Essex-Chester-Deep River:

• Essex Garden Club Meeting - Essex Library Association (10 a.m.)

From my notebook:

• Chester CT Historical Society: "Thanks to Pem McInerney of Shore Publishing newspapers for this story in this week's paper, promoting our "Tales from the Kitchen" program Sunday, Sept. 25, at 4 p.m. in the Chester Meeting House." (Chester CT Historical Society via Facebook)
• Ivoryton Library Association: "Today is Elephant Appreciation Day and here in Ivoryton, we would like to take a moment. Elephants built our little town, but at such an enormous cost. The price of the harvest of ivory was and is devastating. Today, we honor and revere these magnificent creatures." (Ivoryton Library Association via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "The next meeting of Teen Advisory Board is Wednesday October 12 at 4 p.m. All teens in grades 7-12 are welcome to attend! Do you want a say in what YA books the library orders? Have some ideas for library activities?" (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Essex Library: "Great information to save and share!Elder justice hotline! If you or a loved one have been the victim of an Internet or robocall scam, or have been neglected, exploited or abused, using this hotline can help. Call 860-808-5555 or portal.ct.gov/ag/elderhotline for help." (Essex Library via Facebook)
• Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau: "Reminder! Coming up Saturday at The Nest!" (Tri-Town Youth Services Bureau via 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.

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