Essex News

First Selectman Phil Miller will meet with representatives of the state Department of Health Services this week to discuss the vacant health director position.

Christopher Goff, a local physician who had served as the town's part-time health director for 26 years, resigned in April, citing conflicts between his practice and the increasing time demands of the position. Miller said Monday the town has been relying on the full-time sanitarian, Carol Speer, to handle health-related issues over the past three months.

The Essex Land Trust will sponsor a canoe and kayak trip on the Falls River Thursday beginning at 5:30 p.m. Participants should bring their own boats and launch at the Falls River Drive landing in Ivoryton.

A deal for the historic Nantucket Lightship, which has been docked in Oyster Bay for more than five years, to move to a new permanent home in Stamford, Conn., has fallen through, leaving the owner of the ...

Mahogany Memories' is the title of 24th annual Antique and Classic Boat Society show Saturday at the Connecticut River Museum in Essex.

The rockets' red glare and bombs bursting in air will light up the night skies this weekend, but on most summer evenings, people prefer a gentler light.

NEW YORK : The dollar slipped Tuesday after a report showed an unexpectedly sharp drop in U.S. consumer confidence in June.

The commission voted unanimously Monday to promote Michael A. Gardner, Kevin Roche and Jay Rankin, bringing the number of sergeants in the 20-officer department to five and the number of supervisors to 10.

Brad Davis - the poet, not the radio personality - will read from his work today as part of a new series in Essex organized by poet Gray Jacobik.

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

Connecticut jazz fans can experience virtually everything, the shock of the new in Hartford's Bushnell Park to the blissful comforts of the familiar but still stomping traditional grooves resounding in Essex ...

The dollar fell against most major currencies Wednesday after oil rebounded on reports that Nigerian oil workers are about to strike.

It was the goal of protecting businesses in the downtown village that brought 30 men together in June of 1833 to establish Essex Fire Engine Company No. 1.

On Sunday, the men and women of Company No. 1 will celebrate the 175th anniversary of the state's second-oldest volunteer fire department with a large parade of firefighting equipment and other events. (The state's oldest volunteer fire department was established in Wethersfield a few years earlier than Essex's.) The parade, which steps off at 12:30 p.m., will begin in Ivoryton and proceed through Centerbrook to Essex. It will feature firefighters and equipment from at least 50 departments, including representatives from as far away as Essex, England, and Essex Junction, Vt. A reception with free hot dogs, hamburgers and beverages will follow at the main firehouse on Route 154.

Ask any central banker what his most treasured asset is, and odds are he will say his credibility.

NEW YORK : The dollar continued to strengthen against the euro Tuesday as markets digested remarks by U.S. officials that drove home their support of a strong U.S. currency.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson signaled Persian Gulf nations will probably keep their currencies tied to the dollar even as inflation accelerates.

The fourth in the series of Indiana Jones films, but the first in 19 years, was hyped as the big blockbuster movie of the season and apparently didn't disappoint either old or new Indy fans.

U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson signaled Persian Gulf nations will probably keep their currencies tied to the dollar even as inflation accelerates.

Ah, summertime and the living should be easy, right? It's not always true if the quaint and quiet shoreline or riverside town you call home is beset by invading hordes of summer people - beachgoers, boaters, ...

As the Estuary Transit District board of directors prepares to search for a new executive director, its interim director is trying to assess the extent of the district's operating deficit.

The department's complaint is the result of a year-long investigation into Bowden's business practices.