May 29, 2025 Chester, Deep River, & Essex Vol. XXV Iss. 22
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DRES Students Celebrate Nature, Neighborhood By Christian Maldonado Staff Writer DEEP RIVER
Deep River Elementary School’s fourth annual PTO Ice Cream Social offered more than just sweet treats this year. Held on the school playground May 21, the event also featured a clothing, book, and shoe swap — and a student-led transformation of the
school’s art room inspired by the local landscape. The art project, titled “Be Inspired by the Place You Live,” was developed by art teacher Diana DeWolf-Carfi in collaboration with students in kindergarten through sixth grade. With help from their teacher, students painted the walls and crafted forest animals from papier-mâché, turning the art room into
a wooded habitat reminiscent of the Connecticut River and surrounding Deep River environment. “We started by learning a little bit more about the river and the woods around Deep River,” said DeWolf-Carfi. “I was then able to provide them with the structure on how to See DRES Students page 13
Wheels for the Brave Zander Bubie, 14, and Essex Veterans Memorial Hall President Art Davies pose with a new D5 Ranger 6 electric cart on May 20 in Essex. Bubie raised funds to donate the six-passenger vehicle to assist his grandfather, Sam Riggio, and other local veterans in riding the town’s three-mile Memorial Day parade route. “They served our country; it’s now time for us to serve them,” said Bubie.
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