The theaters in East Haddam and nearby Chester each produce three musicals a season.

Cheryl Prewitt, Miss America 1980, lived in nearby Chester and went to school in Weir.

But the Lions Club of nearby Chester is thinking of buying and restoring it, and recently invested $10,000 to appraise its structure and value.

Most Seeing Eye dogs come from a breeding center located in nearby Chester, New Jersey.

The plan fell through and the stadium project was relocated to nearby Chester, Pennsylvania.

Hiller founded a clinic in nearby Chester for poor workers in the factories there.

However, there are claims that the hoagie was actually a product of nearby Chester, Pennsylvania.

They harvested corn, watched the progress of the fattening pumpkins and sold baskets of tomatoes at a relative's farm in nearby Chester.

Goodspeed will continue to own and operate the 200-seat Norma Terris Theater in nearby Chester, where new musicals are developed.

Swarthmore students are active in the local community, performing outreach programs in nearby Chester.