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CHESTER DAY ON EARTH DAY

SATURDAY, APRIL 22
9AM-2PM
@ Grove Street Park
66 Grove Street, Chester, NJ

Let’s honor our planet together this Earth Day @ Chester Day on Saturday, April 22. There will be volunteer opportunities to beautify the Chesters beginning at 9AM as well as an afternoon celebration with FREE refreshments a& activities beginning at 12PM at Grove Street Park Playground. Rain or shine. Sign up today!  For updates follow us on Facebook@Chester Recreation.

What to expect at Chester Day…

Where should I park?

  • Grove Street Park – parking lot
  • The Field House – parking lot
  • Chester Volunteer Fire Department – parking lot
Art Gallery Opening

ATRIUM ART GALLERY OPENING RECEPTION

Opening Reception – Jane Biron
TUESDAY, MAY 16, 2023, 6-7PM
@ Chester Borough Town Hall
50 North Road, Chester, NJ

This exhibit will feature the work of local artist Jane Biron and will be on view until September 2023. The gallery is open Monday through Friday 8:30AM-4:00PM, except holidays.

You may have seen Jane Biron photographing sunsets on any of the Black River bridges. She is obsessed with color and reflections and capturing nature’s wild and subtle changes. She also paints. Biron has been painting fire from photos and memory and imagination for “at least twenty years.” Currently several of her bonfire paintings are on display in the Noyes Museum in Atlantic City. Join us Tuesday, May 16, 6-7PM to experience and discuss her magnificent and vibrant work. For more on Biron’s work check out her Facebook, Instagram, and ChesterRecreationNJ.org/art-gallery.

2023 Memorial Day

MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION

MEMORIAL DAY COMMEMORATION
MONDAY, MAY 29 @ 11AM
 
Beginning at Municipal Field (155 Main Street) & marching to Memorial Park (86 Main Street)
The commemoration will include speeches, musical performances, and at the end a rifle salute. 
Rain or shine! In the event of inclement weather the commemoration will move inside to CVFC. 
 

Memorial Day was originally called Decoration Day and was established in 1868 to honor those who died in service of the United States of America. The day is one of solemn remembrance.

In keeping with the original intent of Memorial Day, each year the Chester American Legion Post 342 and the Borough of Chester hold a special commemoration for those who gave their all for our country.  In addition to speakers and music, the names of Chester residents who died as active service members are read. A 21-gun salute ends the commemoration.

The event is held on Main Street in Chester Borough at the Larry Maysey Memorial. Sergeant Maysey, a member of the US Air Force 3d Air Rescue and Recovery Group,  was a native son of Chester who was posthumously awarded the Air Force Cross for his actions in rescuing fellow servicemen in Vietnam.

For more information on the Larry Maysey Memorial please visit the Chester Historical Society. The commemoration begins at 11:00 am and all are welcome.

Thank you in advance to the Sons of the American Legion, American Legion Women’s Auxiliary, Chester Police, Chester Volunteer Fire Company, Chester First Aid Squad, local Boy & Girl Scout Troops of Chester, and the West Morris Community Band.