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Griswold Inn Hosts Tour of Its Priceless Collection of Pictures of Steamboats
A surfeit of steamboat portraits in the main dining room of Griswold Inn On the wintry afternoon of Sunday, February 9, the Griswold Inn hosted a tour for some 50 visitors of its priceless collection...
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Morning Storm Shows Its Bluster, But Then It Will Melt and Melt
Soon the heavy snow will be gone. The afternoon forecast for February 13 is melting snow and temperatures in the 40’s. It was fun while it lasted.
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Middlesex Hospital to Open New Westbrook Medical Center in April
Middlesex Hospital’s new Shoreline Medical Center in Westbrook to open in April Middlesex Hospital is on track to open a new emergency and outpatient medical center off Exit 65 of I-95 in Westbrook...
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Eagle Watch Boat Cruises Feature Bald Eagles Soaring and Nesting along the...
Eagle Watch passengers climb on board Enviro-lab III for the cruise It would be an exaggeration to say that the Eagle Watch boat cruises, which depart from the steamboat dock of the Connecticut River...
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St. Patrick, Himself, Would Have Been Pleased with the Essex Parade
The St. Patrick’s Day parade in Essex last Saturday was a triumph. The audience along the Main Street parade route, especially from the traffic circle down to the Griswold Inn, were as much as five or...
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Purchaser of “Slum House” at North Main Street and New City Street in Essex...
Exterior of auctioned property The winner of the bid at auction to purchase the dilapidated house at 63 North Main Street in Essex has withdrawn from making the purchase. “I will not be purchasing 63...
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They’re Putting in the Docks at the Pettipaug Yacht Club; It Must Be Spring
A harbinger that spring must be on its way, is when the Pettipaug Yacht Club starts putting its docks in the water on the Connecticut River. During the winter the dock sections are stacked up in piles...
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New Hobby in Essex, the Keeping of Chickens
Dr. Michael J. Darre, Professor, Department of Animal Science, UCONN Who would have thought it? Well, it’s true, many residents of Essex, Connecticut, are now keeping chickens. The wide interest in...
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New Commuter Rail Station in Westbrook; a Big Plus for a Growing Shoreline Town
“Train Approaching” at Westbrook rail station Westbrook First Selectman Noel Bishop can hardly contain his enthusiasm for the newly competed Westbrook railroad station. Costing $14.4 million dollars...
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“Memorializing Morgan,” Essex Woman Buys $142,000 Lot in Memory of Her...
Present condition of “Slum House” at 63 North Main Street in Essex The treasure of Ina Sue Bomze’s life has been her dog, “Morgan.” Day in and day out, rain or shine, Ms. Bomze lovingly walked her...
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Middlesex Hospital Holds Well Attended “Open House” at New Medical Center in...
Exterior of Emergency Center with helicopter coming in Middlesex Hospital held a very successful preview of its new Shoreline Medical Center in Westbrook on Saturday, April 19. The new center is...
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A Smooth Transition from Essex to Westbrook for Middlesex Hospital
Exterior of new Emergency Whelen Pavilion in Westbrook On Monday morning, April 28, Middlesex Hospital quietly closed its doors to medical patients at its long-term Shoreline Medical Center in Essex,...
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When a Probate Judge Can Give a Person a Helping Hand
Judge of Probate Terrance Lomme. Let’s take an all too common case along the shoreline. Grandmother has been a widow for several years now, and gradually, gradually, the ordinary chores of keeping a...
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Essex Eyesore to be Demolished on May 27
Abandonned “Slum House” at 63 North Main Street in Essex Essex’s number one eyesore, the abandoned property at the corner of North Main Street and New City Street at 63 North Main Street, will be torn...
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Eyesore No More, Essex Slum House Is Taken Down
A bulldozer claws away at the old slum house It was a day of celebration in small town Essex. Finally, finally the town’s number eyesore was coming down. Early in the morning of Tuesday, May 27, a work...
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A Hole in the Ground Where There Once was a Slum House
A hole in the ground, where once was the Slum House (Photo by Jerome Wilson) Finally the unoccupied property on North Main Street has been demolished. Early in the morning of Tuesday, May 27, a work...
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Beloved Exercise Instructor Says Goodbye to the “Y”
Exercise instructor Lisa Laing receives applause from her students The Valley Shore YMCA, located on Spencer Plains Road in Westbrook, is losing its number one exercise instructor. She is Lisa Laing,...
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Popular Jenny Tripp to Retire as Programming Librarian at the Essex Library
Departing Program Librarian Jenny Tripp and Chief Librarian Richard Conroy After nine years of creating some of the most interesting adult programs on the Connecticut shoreline, the Essex Library’s...
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Essex Island Marina to be Sold to the Highest Bidder at Auction on Tuesday,...
A bird’s eye view of the Essex Island Marina. (Photo J.J. Manning, Auctioneer) One of the land marks of the Town of Essex, the Essex Island Marina, will be sold at auction on Tuesday, August 5. The...
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Blumenthal Urges “Yes” Vote for $3 Million Towards Purchase of ‘The Preserve’
U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal at July 7 rally for a “yes vote” at July 8 referendum U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal came to the Old Saybrook Green on Monday, July 7, to urge Old Saybrook voters to...
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