EAST LYME — The Connecticut Department of Transportation has filed eminent domain proceedings and offers of compensation with the courts on two properties near Exit 74 at Flander Rd. to make way for a planned $142 million redesign of the I-95 interchange. The state has offered $1.92 million for 256...
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...particulars of the proposal. The State Senate will reconvene at 9:30 AM on Wednesday to vote on the bill, assuming the legislation, as expected, passes the House later this evening. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, opened her questioning with a statistic. She cautioned her fellow legislators against following the...
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Madison is hiring two new teachers for the fall. East Lyme needs two kindergarten teachers, two second grade teachers, a social worker and six paraeducators. Stonington plans to hire at least 20 teachers, tutors and interventionists. Region 4 and Guilford are hiring permanent substitutes. Old Saybrook is hiring temporary therapists,...
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EAST LYME — Changes to the I-95 interchange with Route 161 at Exit 74 on I-95, including the replacement of the bridge, will begin in Spring 2023, rather than this summer, as previously reported in 2019. The project, which is expected to last three years, is in semi-final design review,...
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...opposition to the proposal, were more skeptical, with Candelora promising that his party will continue to hold the line in the special session. “The implementer bill is often used as a vehicle to slip in things you couldn’t pass in the regular session,” said State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme....
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...dries up. Republican lawmakers, including State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, praised the decision not to raise taxes, an issue they had highlighted over the course of budget negotiations. “We were able to bring attention to some of the proposed taxes we didn’t agree with, and as a consequence, they...
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...in January we were told that the little word ‘permanent’ in the statute meant the restaurant has to be a permanent structure,” said Maratta, who is president of Restaurant Consultants, Inc., which owns The Pavilion in Old Lyme and Sunset Ribs in Waterford. Frank Maratta, owner of City Dock Restaurant...
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...collect from this highway use fee.” According to Sculley, 20 states have already repealed similar weight-mile taxes. Carney said that’s an indication that the policies have failed. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, questioned why 18-wheel trucks were singled out instead of heavy single unit trucks, like garbage trucks. Cheeseman...
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...confident it will pass before the end of the session at midnight. After a debate that stretched for hours, Connecticut Examiner spoke with several legislators to get insight into how they ended up deciding to cast their votes. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, was one of the votes against...
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...was embedded in our history from the time of the town’s founding,” she said. In the historic town of Lyme, which included Lyme, Old Lyme, and parts of East Lyme and Salem, there were more than 200 enslaved African Americans and Native Americans between 1670 and 1820, according to Witness...
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...of stalled attempts. The State House approved the legislation by a vote of 105-42, with four Democrats voting “no” and 15 Republicans voting “yes” – including State Rep. Devin Carney, R-Old Lyme, and State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme. The bill passed the State Senate by a vote of 33-1...
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EAST LYME –The town’s Police Department swore in four new officers at a ceremony at Town Hall on Thursday morning. Two of the officers, Justin Hanna and John Baldino, transferred to the department after nearly three years in Old Saybrook. Hanna began working in East Lyme at the end of...
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...the surrounding towns and all towns associated with deepwater ports or small ports.” State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, who has been critical of the Port Authority amid rising cost estimates for the State Pier, said the bill gives the Port Authority and the state the opportunity to move forward...
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...a job, Sampson pointed out that Connecticut is an at-will state, meaning that an employer can dismiss an employee without giving a reason. He said that it would be too difficult to prove that economics did not play a factor in an employee’s dismissal. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme,...
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...at a top rate of $2,000 for individuals and a PPO. The town of Old Saybrook contributes less to the deductible payments than East Lyme, while East Lyme requires employees to pay a higher percentage of the premium costs. East Lyme also offers a lower level of longevity pay than...
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EAST LYME — With local Republican leaders standing alongside him, long-time East Lyme selectman Kevin Seery announced he would be running as a Republican for first selectman this November. Seery has been serving as one of the town’s three elected selectmen since 2011, and has been deputy first selectman since...
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...and we pretend to work.” Various versions of this formulation have been tried via communism – property is held by the state and people receive according to their needs. Rather than talk about Russia, East vs. West Germany, Cambodia etc., it is perhaps more instructive to look at the various...
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...American Rescue Plan. The proposals include a variety of projects, from outdoor classrooms to bilingual therapists, summer enrichment and chromebooks. Here is a rundown, district by district: Lyme-Old Lyme Ian Neviaser, superintendent at Lyme-Old Lyme schools, said the district won’t be using the combined $1.48 million in federal aid for...
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...State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, said that the nursing homes could use the funds for projects like upgrading HVAC systems, updating technology in resident’s rooms or creating more single rooms. The Republicans also proposed $35.5 million for infrastructure updates for nonprofits. “You’re looking at something that will have decades...
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...Other Republicans supported the bill. “I was struck by Senator Winfield’s comments that home means something to everyone,” said State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme. State Sen. Rob Sampson, R-Wolcott, praised the amendment as “a very well-constructed policy compromise.” “We’re talking about equity” During the debate on the Senate floor,...
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...to 54.2 percent of adults across the United States. Data show that Lyme, Essex and Old Saybrook are the towns with the highest percentage of fully vaccinated individuals in the state. Old Lyme, Guilford, East Lyme and Madison also placed in the top 10. As an incentive for young people...
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...Chester, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook — on and along the Connecticut River. A review by Gateway considers the natural and traditional river scene, including the development pattern of the area, building height, density and setbacks, said Willis. In this case, the long-standing commercial...
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...and Stonington each estimated that over 90 percent of their teachers and staff were vaccinated, and Neviaser said he thinks it’s even more in Lyme-Old Lyme. “I’m pretty sure that every single one of our staff has had at least one if not two of the shots,” Neviaser said. Jeff...
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...event while remote learners in Old Saybrook, Region 4 and Stonington still can. Even in districts like Lyme-Old Lyme where distance learners have been prevented from participating in sports, students like Verrilli are allowed to attend prom and other end-of-year activities, said James Wygonik, principal of Lyme-Old Lyme High School....
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...the Niantic Village Crossing complex in East Lyme, where two-bed, three-bath condominiums have been listed for about $300,000. “We’re always going to do something quality, but we can do something that people can afford, as well,” Navarro said. Members of the commission expressed concerns about the possibility that the sale...
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...were not released, the public and press would have been demanding more information, he said. “It’s a situation that is damned if you do, damned if you don’t,” Diamantis said. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, told CT Examiner on Wednesday that a truly transparent estimate would have made clear...
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...count against their employer,” said Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme. “Raising it to $1,600 still doesn’t put us at the national average, but it does say that you should have real engagement with the labor market to claim unemployment.” Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, said the bill should move out of...
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...Devin Carney, R-Old Lyme, Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, and Kathleen McCarty, R-Waterford, broke with the majority of Republican legislators in order to vote in favor of the bill. The bill, if passed through the Senate, will require children entering a public or private school in Connecticut to be vaccinated for...
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...could exceed $200 million. Now, the estimate stands at $235.5 million. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, a member of the Bond Commission, asked Office of Policy and Management Deputy Secretary Kosta Diamantis if the additional bonding would address “cost overruns” with the State Pier project. Diamantis disputed that they...
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A rise in car thefts in Connecticut suburbs has police chiefs and some legislators calling for greater punishments for the offending youths, even as others say that harsher penalties alone won’t fix the problem. Mike Finkelstein, the police chief in East Lyme, said he’s seen an increase in motor vehicle...
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