Chester NewsLocal news for Chester, CT continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Region 4 Superintendent Gets Raves, Raise- July 10, 2008 Region 4 Superintendent Kim Caron has received a contract extension and a 5 percent salary increase after winning high marks in a recent evaluation. Caron, 53, assumed the district's top job in August 2006 after working as a director of special education and assistant superintendent at the Norwich Free Academy, a public high school that serves students from Norwich and several surrounding towns. Terry Stewart, chairman of both the Region 4 Board of Education and the Supervision District...http://www.topix.net/city/chester-ct/2008/07/region-4-superintendent-gets-raves-raise?from... River Rep Theatre Co. Says Goodbye to CT Summer Stock- July 7, 2008 River Rep Theatre Company, the New York City-based professional Equity troupe that brought live, award-winning productions to the lower Connecticut River region for almost 20 years, will no longer be producing ...http://www.topix.net/city/chester-ct/2008/07/river-rep-theatre-co-says-goodbye-to-ct-summe... A Fonz Farewell: Happy Days Ends at Goodspeed, But Tour Will Launch- July 5, 2008 Goodspeed Musicals' popular, extended run of Happy Days: A New Musical , based on the TV series about a family and their friends in 1950s Milwaukee, ends July 4 at the Goodspeed Opera House in East Haddam, CT.http://www.topix.net/city/chester-ct/2008/07/a-fonz-farewell-happy-days-ends-at-goodspeed-... Pair arrested after vehicle stop- July 3, 2008 The Statewide Narcotics Task Force arrested two men who they say were in the city purchasing drugs.http://www.topix.net/city/chester-ct/2008/07/pair-arrested-after-vehicle-stop?fromrss=1 It's curtains for River Rep- July 1, 2008 After 20 years, after 96 productions, after considerable but ill-fated efforts to find a new home, the River Rep Theatre Company has staged its last season in southeastern Connecticut.http://www.topix.net/city/chester-ct/2008/07/its-curtains-for-river-rep?fromrss=1 |