Centerbrook News

You've heard about businesses going green, but how much can one company really do? There's a lot more than just low-energy light bulbs and recycling.

Essex First Selectman Phil Miller was not available for comment, but a spokesperson for the selectman's office told this newspaper that no word of any such plan had come to the office.

Web produced by: Alyssa Bunn A joint effort between several local police agencies has resulted in the prevention of nearly $100,000 worth of illegal drugs from reaching the streets.

Voters will be asked to waive $15,279 in payments in lieu of taxes for the Essex Court elderly housing complex at a town meeting that convenes Wednesday at 6 p.m. in the auditorium at town hall.

Last month, middle school students Hallie Hallman , Emily Powers , Ally McCarthy , and Alex Kashtan had breakfast on Capitol Hill and shook hands with Senator Joe Lieberman.

If you're looking for gifts and decorating accessories, don't miss Aid to Artisans' blowout Moving Sale.

Two Connecticut women were arraigned yesterday in Maumee Municipal Court after authorities seized 4 1/2 pounds of suspected marijuana valued at more than $200,000 from their vehicle during a traffic stop Monday ...

“It would be fair to say we have been saving for this anniversary for 15 years and planning for it for two.”

Essex Fire Engine Company No. 1 will celebrate its 175th anniversary Sunday, June 22 with festivities and the centerpiece of the celebrations will be a parade along Main Street from Ivoryton through Centerbook ... via Montville Times

“It seems to be kind of static right now, and there is some difficulty in getting new businesses to come down there.”

The future of Ivoryton Village will be the topic Wednesday of a forum hosted by a town advisory committee developing recommendations for economic and community development efforts. The forum will be held at the Ivoryton Playhouse, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

The 12-member volunteer committee was established last year as a subcommittee of the planning commission.

Commission member Allen Kerr is its chairman, and the group includes economic development commission member John Beveridge; architect William Grover, one of the principal partners in Centerbrook Architects; and Kenneth Wexler, a zoning commission member who served five months as interim first selectman in 2003. Kerr, Grover, Wexler and several other members are residents of Ivoryton. Read more

“I've been to Las Vegas once; I'd love to go again”

While Cumberlands Farms touts itself as "the stop that keeps you going," for one local resident, it was a stop that fattened her pocketbook. via Associated Content

“The [serious] damage really was limited to the roof”

W. Michael McCulley credits a steady rain and a small army of firefighters for stopping a noontime blaze atop his 87 Wig Hill Road home.

McCulley said flames were visible Friday from the roof as friends and relatives returned to the house after a memorial service in Centerbrook for his father-in-law.

'One part of the cupola, there were flames maybe a couple of feet high,' McCulley said. 'It was raining very hard at that time.'

No injuries were reported.

Chester volunteer firefighters were aided by Killingworth, Middletown, Deep River, Haddam and Essex fire departments. Read more