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		<title>17 Teachers Accept Region 4 Early Retirement Offer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Charles Stannard
REGION 4&#8212;  A total of 17 teachers have accepted the early retirement incentive offer from the district&#8217;s school boards.
Superintendent of Schools Ruth Levy said early retirement was accepted by three teachers at Chester Elementary School, five teachers at Deep river Elementary School, three teachers at Essex Elementary School, three teachers at John [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/10/17-teachers-accept-region-4-early-retirement-offer/</link>
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		<title>Region 4 School Board Approves $16.99 Million Budget For 2010-1011</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Charles Stannard
REGION 4&#8212; The Region 4 Board of Education has approved a $16,999,527 budget for 2010-2011 that will be presented to the voters of Chester, Deep River, and Essex at an April 8 hearing.
Superintendent of Schools Ruth Levy said the budget was approved on a unanimous vote of the board at a March 4 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/09/region-4-school-board-approves-16-99-million-budget-for-2010-1011/</link>
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		<title>Deep River Public Library Receives Grant</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a press release:
The Deep River Public Library is pleased to report that the Middlesex County Community Foundation has approved a grant in the amount of $5,000 for Improved Access to &#8220;The New Era.&#8221; 
The grant has been awarded in the Heritage Enrichment focus area. The grant is made possible by the generosity of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/09/deep-river-public-library-receives-grant/</link>
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		<title>Chester Library Presents &#8220;When &#8216;No!&#8217; is an Affirmation&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a press release provided by the Chester Public Library:
From our first emphatic “No!” as a toddler on through adulthood, our ability to assert the negative is closely linked to our sense of self and independence.  Gain insight regarding how you relate to “No” yourself, to better support your child’s developing independence, or to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/05/chester-library-presents-when-no-is-an-affirmation/</link>
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		<title>First Floor Renovations at Essex Town Hall Completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By Charles Stannard
ESSEX&#8212; The renovations to the first floor at town hall are complete, a project that includes a new floor and improvements to offices entranceways.
First Selectman Phill Miller announced the completion of the work at Wednesday&#8217;s meeting of the board of selectmen. The project that began in late December was prompted by severe deterioration [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/04/first-floor-renovations-at-essex-town-hall-completed/</link>
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		<title>Award Winning Set Designer David Hays Directs His Own Adaptation Of &#8220;Let Us Now Praise Famous Men&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a press release:
With Walker Evans’ mesmerizing 1936 photographs of sharecroppers in Alabama, David Hays sets the mood for his brilliant staged play reading of the James Agee book.  
Hays, who has designed sets for more than fifty Broadway plays and ballets is adding director to his impressive resume. After reading the book many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/04/award-winning-set-designer-david-hays-directs-his-own-adaptation-of-let-us-now-praise-famous-men/</link>
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		<title>Community Music School to Sponsor Free Concert April 8th</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Community Music School invites the public to a spring medley of sound with a free concert by their new Adult Performing Ensemble.  
Under the direction of our music director and composer, Tom Briggs, this group of musicians will be performing such classics as the “Scott Joplin Medley,” “St. Louis Blues,” Variation on a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/02/community-music-school-to-sponsor-free-concert-april-8th/</link>
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		<title>Chester Town Meeting to Consider Appropriations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By: Charles Stannard
CHESTER&#8211;Voters will be asked to consider four funding appropriations at a March 16 town meeting, including the town&#8217;s contribution to a firehouse expansion project.
First Selectman Tom Marsh said the meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. at the Chester Meeting House, would be asked to authorize an expenditure of $64,700 towards a planned expansion of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/02/chester-town-meeting-to-consider-appropriations/</link>
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		<title>An Irish Evening With Tom O&#8217;Carroll at the Essex Library</title>
		<description><![CDATA[From a press release:
The Essex Library is delighted to present the return engagement of popular Dublin-born folklorist, folk-singer and instrumentalist Tom O&#8217;Carroll, to celebrate St. Paddy’s with a concert on Tuesday March 16th at 6:30 P.M.  
Tom brings a wealth of stories, humor, wit and history to his performances and, whether playing a plaintive [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/01/an-irish-evening-with-tom-ocarroll-at-the-essex-library/</link>
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		<title>Eagle Watch Boat Trips Continue Through March</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Both the Connecticut River Museum and Connecticut Audubon society will continue their eagle watch tours this month. Both organizations feature vessels with heated cabins and large outdoor decks to accomodate eagle watchers.  
Connecticut Audubon EcoTravel and CT River Expeditions – RiverQuest tours run through March 21st, departing from Haddam&#8217;s Eagle Landing State Park.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://valleyshore.localonlinenews.tv/2010/03/01/eagle-watch-boat-trips-continue-through-march/</link>
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