Chester News

REGION 4 - The Region 4 Board of Education is prepared to approve a proposed $17,568,403 education budget for 2012-2013, with an increasing number of students at the two secondary schools raising the Essex share of the total budget.

Deep River First Selectman Dick Smith is a happy man. He has convinced a high tech firm, which manufactures disinfectant medical machines, to move from Chester to Deep River.

At Middlesex United Way's Annual Meeting on January 24, Deep River resident Philip Coles and Chester resident Allison Dowe were elected to the organization's board of directors.

Shirley Miceli started working in Collins Pharmacy on Main Street during her college summers.

The new musical Amazing Grace , based on the life of John Newton, the former slave trader who wrote the famous hymn of the title, will launch Goodspeed Musicals' 2012 Norma Terris Theatre season of new works in May.

A Wintering eagles land in Connecticut on a yearly basis from December through March in search of open waters in which to feed.

The Chester Garden Club offers a scholarship of $500 for graduating high school students and current college students who are residents of Chester and are pursuing the study of horticulture and/or environmental-related fields.

Chester, Conn. - A Chester man pleaded guilty to the deadly stabbing of his estranged wife that happened nearly two years ago.

At Middlesex United Way's Annual Meeting on Jan. 24, Chester resident Allison Dowe was elected to serve as treasurer on the organization's board of directors.

A Young people from across Middlesex County are expected to brave January's cold andA sleepA outdoors tonight, as part of a program to educate people about the existence and conditions of homelessness in the community.

Youth organizations and liquor store owners in Middlesex County want adults to know that it's illegal to provide alcohol to minors, and those who do so will be arrested.

Chester, CT - Guest House Retreat and Conference Center in Chester, Connecticut, will offer a series of public events.

On Sunday, January 29, Camp Hazen YMCA will host an Open House from 2-4 p.m.A A Families are encouraged to attend to learn more about summer opportunities for children as young as Kindergartners to High School Freshman.

Julie Andrews has signed on to direct a new musical, based on the children's book she co-wrote with her daughter Emma Walton Hamilton.

Join Community Music School for an entertaining performance by members of Cabaret Singers On Thursday, January 26 at 7:45 p.m. at Chester Village West, 317 West Main Street, Chester.

"I really don't like to be classified as trendy, " says owner Sage Novak, A referring to her very successful men's store, Anchor & Compass, located at 163 Main Street in heart of Deep River.

Zina Goldrich, left, Hunter Bell, center, and March Heisler, right, perform during the Goodspeed Festival of New Artists program "A New Musical Preview: The Great American Mousical" at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam on Saturday.