Deep River News

Voters at the May 21 annual budget meeting will consider a proposed $12.32 million spending plan for 2013-2014 that includes an unusual one-half mill decrease in the town's property tax rate.

REGION 4 - Voters of Chester, Deep River and Essex approved a $17,776,120 Region 4 education budget for 2013-2014 Tuesday on a 274-145 vote in an eight hour referendum.

A proposed $3,701,379 town government budget and a proposed $5,511,158 appropriation for Deep River Elementary School goes to a public hearing on May 7 at 7:30 p.m. in the newly renovated second floor auditorium at town hall.

Attorney Morris "Murray" Czaczkes, seriously injured when he fell off a ladder last fall, then diagnosed with lung cancer, says he is recovering steadily but that he still suffers from the emotional and financial wounds inflicted by a home health care aide.

Rammed off the road by a car that had led police on a high speed pursuit from Old Saybrook into Westbrook earlier this month, state police Detective Scott Wisner was reaching for his handgun, which had fallen on the floor, when he was shot in the shoulder.

The Essex Steam Train & Riverboat officially launches the attraction's spring season on National Train Day, Saturday May 11, 2013.

Tri-Town Youth Services will present "Marijuana: Weeding Out Fact From Fiction," which will be held at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 9. The program will be given by Dr.

State Senator Art Linares joined a well attended lunch on Thursday at the Estuary Council of Seniors at 200 Main Street in Old Saybrook.

For the first time in 11 years, voters will decide on a town/elementary school budget plan by a town meeting vote without a referendum.

A proposed $6,967,461 town government budget and a proposed $7,634,917 appropriation for Essex Elementary School drew a generally quiet response Monday from residents at the annual budget hearing.

Fire Chief Tim Lee presents Chief Engineer Jack White with a plaque honoring his 50 years of service to the Deep River Fire Department.

Nine shoreline fire departments will host a food drive on April 27 to collect much-needed food items for the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries.