It ended tranquilly, with a gentle bump in the night of boat against wooden pier. When Chester-Hadlyme Ferry Captain John Marshall nosed the vessel into the Chester landing as 7 p.m. approached Tuesday, it marked not only the boat’s last trip of the season, but was the soon-to-retire Marshall’s final...
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...where they are,” Lamont said. Still the Governor said the plan could be revisited in 2023. “It’s extremely disappointing,” said State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester. “It’s an initiative that would have benefited everyone. From overburdened city communities with high asthma rates, to rural districts where elders would have shuttle buses,...
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...of voting absentee were simply the result of a new awareness that people had that this type of voting was possible. Other towns reported absentee ballot rates that were either lower or similar to prior municipal election years. Chester, Deep River and Essex all reported absentee ballot numbers that were...
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...the Connecticut Post, Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, pointed to dramatically increasing gasoline prices as proof that TCI’s effect on fuel prices will not actually prevent people from driving, but rather will provide a funding stream for electric buses, asthma reduction, electric vehicle charging stations, shuttles for the elderly and light rail...
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...does this without creating collective groupings of outcome disparities or infringing on the individual rights of others. TED teaches to whole individuals using universal principles shared throughout humanity to expand individual equal opportunities. Time to reevaluate DEI programming. Bob Chester Somers, CT Chester is a candidate for Board of Education...
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CHESTER — A luminous field of dandelions drawn in pale silvery gray graphite, rendered with breathtaking precision and delicacy, hangs above the fireplace in the front room of the Chester Gallery. “I can work on a drawing for a long time. I’m working on a drawing now — it’s on...
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...a state trooper, serving as resident trooper in Killingworth and then Deep River and Chester. He is currently a part-time police officer for Old Lyme and Deep River. What do you see as the main issues of your re-election campaign? GRISWOLD: In terms of our platform, I don’t think we’re...
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REGION 4 — A turf field, a cross country trail, repairs to tennis courts and renovations of the soccer and baseball fields are a few of the possible middle school and high school athletic projects being considered by the Board of Education that together could cost as much as $11.3...
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...understood as a campaign of propaganda and indoctrination. Schools are a place to develop academic discipline and not ideological activism. If you are uncomfortable with any of this new educational framework, please consider voting for me on your board of education. Bob Chester Somers, CT Candidate for Board of Education...
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According to the latest national census data, Chester, Deep River and Essex experienced dramatic declines in the number of residents under the age of 18 living in the towns — a drop that leaves local leaders with little to offer in the way of solutions. In Deep River, the loss...
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Steve Gebhart has been pulling invasive water chestnuts for years, but said he had never seen anything like the mats of vegetarian he saw floating down the Connecticut River last week. From the mouth of the Salmon River in East Haddam, down to the Middlesex Yacht Club in Chester the...
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...and Black Lives Matter issues not being addressed and all kinds of things. And yet, our program really looks at the positive solutions,” she said. “These small changes, community by community, ripple out and really do make a difference.” Banner photo: Chester Elementary Open Air Meeting Space (Credit: Sustainable CT)...
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...kids will be,” Needleman said. “I’m not sure what we’re going to do about people walking down the sidewalk, because we’ve never really restricted smoking on the streets.” Tri-Town Youth Services Director Allison Abramson, whose organization serves Essex, Deep River and Chester, said she shares Needleman’s concern about smoking in...
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...it’s the perception of truth that is subjective. It’s time we end the name calling and insults to constructive criticisms and become open to compromise. This is critical because the program currently underway is only going to give us more of what it promises to reduce. Bob Chester Somers, CT...
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...unaffiliated, deserve the truth. Controlling the narrative is tempting. But passing legislation based on the truth – however distasteful it may sometimes be – is the sworn duty of elected officials. Christine Palm, a Democratic assistant majority leader, is a second-term state representative serving Chester, Deep River, Essex and Haddam....
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Joel and Lani Gargano, co-owners of Chester’s Grano Arso, are opening a new Italian marketplace and cafe in Old Saybrook early next year. Located at 75 Main Street, Gargano Pasta & Italian Market will offer pastries, coffee, cured meats, cheeses, wine, beer, and fresh pasta, along with imported specialty products. ...
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...children in our community,” she said. Johnson and Page’s candidacies have come under sharp criticism last month from State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, who published a letter raising a number of concerns, including both candidates’ presence at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Both Johnson and Page published responses to...
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...year-round at a stand at the end of their driveway, and at farmers markets in Higganum, Ivoryton and Chester. They’re part-time farmers with full-time day jobs – Chelsey a teacher in Windham and Casey an engineer at the Millstone Nuclear Power Plant – but they have their sights on reviving...
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...to food supplies. Joel Gargano, co-owner of Grano Arso restaurant in Chester, said his glove prices have more than quadrupled, an item he needs now more than ever due to additional sanitation procedures. “The dramatic price increases on the supply side have made it necessary to adjust our pricing,” Gargano...
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...for the next two years to offset unexpected costs from the coronavirus.The district will likely see reductions in its funding beginning in 2024. The new formula also helped towns like Chester, Deep River and Essex, which have a regional school district that includes the middle school and high school. Over...
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...in our wonderful state. And, less than one week out from the end of Session, my colleagues and I are already taking about unfinished business and where to focus our individual and collective energy next year. State Rep. Christine Palm represents Chester, Deep River, Essex, Haddam in Connecticut General Assembly...
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...and local farm produce, with a menu designed by local chef Shelley DeProto, who owned the former Red Hen in Old Saybrook and Lupo in Chester. A soft opening for the shop is expected in late July, said Walker Potts, owner of Long River Farm, one of the produce suppliers...
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...Christine Palm, D-Chester, suggested that the votes are there for passage. “I’m not ready to give up entirely on TCI,” said State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester. “When TCI got moved off the table, a lot of us thought there was too much support to let that happen, so we’re trying...
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...found links between PFAS and high blood pressure, changes in liver enzymes, increased risk of certain types of cancer and low infant birth rates. “These PFAS chemicals are extraordinarily dangerous,” said State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, who introduced the bill. “They are detected in breastmilk … They are found throughout...
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...with Chester and Deep River about setting up programs there, Abbott said, and she thinks a lot more will be participating in the near future. “Eventually, it’s going to be mandated, but I like the idea of people learning and coming to the conclusion that it’s the right thing to...
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...million. The project was made possible after the State of Connecticut paid to extend a water main from Chester to Tylerville, which had long been plagued with contaminated groundwater that forced people in the area to rely on bottled or filtered water. The town also recently received a federal grant...
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...Town Transit buses. The bus service will still make stops at Silver Street in Middletown and at the Chester, Essex and Old Saybrook park and rides. The proposed schedule also adds a morning bus from Hartford to Old Saybrook, and adjusts the departure times for the five afternoon buses leaving...
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Hadlyme Country Market co-owner Lisa Bakoledis was behind the counter on Tuesday serving up white and red pizzas for the first time to a lunchtime crowd at her popular shop at the turnoff to the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry. She will be making fresh pies from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. (to...
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...said Walker Potts, proprietor of Long River Farm in Old Lyme, who will supply produce to the new shop. Local chef Shelley DeProto, of the former Red Hen in Old Saybrook and Lupo in Chester, has applied for a special exception change of use from retail to food service for...
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...the speakers had finished, Linda Carlson, of Chester, said affordable housing was essential to keeping her family nearby. She said daughter lives in Chester and her son rents an accessory dwelling unit in Deep River. “He’s fortunate to be in a lower income housing unit, but if it weren’t for...
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