...transfer station, which handles trash from smaller towns in the lower Connecticut River valley, including Essex, Chester, Deep River and Old Saybrook. Only one town in the region opted out – Old Lyme – which has contracted directly with Essex transfer station operator CWPM to handle its trash at a...
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...of the lower Connecticut River Valley from Portland to Old Saybrook, including Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Westbrook, and Goff’s hometown of East Hampton. While balancing his State Senate campaign with his full-time job as an electronics technician for a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, his class...
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CHESTER — State Representative Christine Palm (D-36) of Chester has officially launched her campaign for a third term representing Chester, Deep River, Essex, and Haddam in the Connecticut Legislature. She has been endorsed by all four Democratic Town Committees in her district, and qualified early for Citizens Election Program (CEP)...
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...of debate on the motor vehicle enforcement issue. State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, was one of the only committee members to back the task force’s conclusion that minorities are unfairly targeted for the equipment violations that are proposed to be curtailed. “As somebody who never gets stopped because of her...
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...years to determine if that is the case.” The partisan divide in the room was “palpable” during Lamont’s speech, State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, said. And party affiliations were tied closely to how well Lamont’s address resonated with state lawmakers. “As a body, I think we’re all over the place,”...
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...also had to take the health class and “didn’t think anything of it.” “We as a family talk openly about identity. It’s very important to us,” she told CT Examiner. State Rep. Christine Palm, D-Chester, spoke at the meeting, where she requested that the Board of Education not provide an...
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...foods will be available on Saturday, she said. Made-to-order foods like sandwiches will be available next week, said DeProto, the former owner of Red Hen in Old Saybrook and Lupo in Chester. Walker Potts and Shelley DeProto ready the shop for Saturday’s soft opening. Co-owner Walker Potts, who stood nearby,...
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...in a newsroom, I spent 13 years writing for the Journal Inquirer of Manchester and then the Hartford Courant, specializing in crime reporting. An unexpected offer in 1997 led to two decades as a state media spokesman, mainly for one of the most respected elected officials by both sides of...
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...Dock & Dine Property by Local Restauranteurs 5. All Smiles at Relaunch of The Essex in Old Saybrook 6. ‘That’s a Wrap’ — 2021 Election Coverage 7. A Quick Peek at Marker 37 in Chester 8. Ransomware Attack Hits Popular Payroll Service — Impact to Connecticut Employers Unclear 9. A...
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CHESTER — We send them from faraway places, buy them at museums, tape them to our refrigerators— postcards are portals to adventure and memory, and an accessible way to own art. Artist Sol LeWitt used to send postcards to Sosse and Jack Baker, former owners of the Chester Gallery where LeWitt...
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...owner of Sal e Pepe, an Italian restaurant in Newton, said that takeout has balanced out the slight decrease in in-person dining. Joel Gargano, owner of Grano Arso in Chester, said the restaurant plans to continue offering an expanded takeout menu despite returning to pre-pandemic levels of in-person dining. Gardner...
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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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