...the price at its meeting at noon on Tuesday. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, the lone lawmaker of the Bond Commission who represents a part of southeastern Connecticut, said she was concerned that the price continued to increase after she was assured there would be no need for additional...
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...held the seat of a state representative for the 131st district since 2003. Labriola’s father, Jerry Labriola, was a state senator and a candidate for lieutenant governor in 1982 and governor in 1986. The 20th district includes Bozrah, East Lyme, Montville, New London, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, Salem and Waterford. ...
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...they don’t want to leave Eastern,” said Núñez. Galvez, who is originally from New London, said that his decision to come to Eastern was pragmatic more than anything else — the university was close to home, and it meant he could play at musical gigs on the weekend. But when...
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...tonight is truly historic. It’s historic in the fact that it cuts taxes more than we have been able to … in the last decade,” said State Rep. Sean Scanlon, D-Guilford, chair of the Finance committee. But State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, said that while the tax credits were...
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...a “yes” vote. The bill will still need to be heard in the House before the legislative session ends next week. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, said that the “market” would resolve requirements in the bill that promote charging stations – requiring some multifamily developments with assigned parking to...
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...only 14 representatives voting against the bill. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, ranking Republican on the Finance, Revenue and Bonding Committee, related the deal to her experience with East Lyme. Cheeseman said that her district felt the impacts when submarine contracts for Electric Boat ended in the 1990s and...
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OLD LYME – The deep water of Black Hall Pond this spring has become a laboratory where environmental officials are trying to revive a once-prolific species of bait fish that has suffered a mysterious and precipitous decline across the state in recent decades. Known as the Alewife, the silvery, foot-long...
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...and if not this, how else?” Scanlon asked. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, said that she appreciated the need to find a way to fund childcare. But she questioned whether the state would be able to collect enough money to support the program. “We know too often we create...
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...a really underappreciated aspect of compensation. People pay a lot of attention to the pensions, but the retiree health care is even more generous that goes underneath the radar,” he said. State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R- East Lyme, who was also on the Zoom call, told CT Examiner that state...
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...of the lower Connecticut River Valley from Portland to Old Saybrook, including Chester, Clinton, Colchester, Deep River, East Haddam, Essex, Haddam, Lyme, Westbrook, and Goff’s hometown of East Hampton. While balancing his State Senate campaign with his full-time job as an electronics technician for a Northrop Grumman subsidiary, his class...
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...construction? The project is expected to begin construction in Summer 2024 and run through Summer 2026, assuming the project is able to receive all of its permits before then. There will be some overlap with construction on the reconfiguration of Exit 74 on I-95 in East Lyme. Steve Dreschler, the...
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...Danbury in the legislature, but hopefully not the last” Arconti said on the floor of the House of Representatives on Wednesday. Arconti is the second member of the Energy and Technology Committee leadership who has announced they will not seek re-election this year. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, one...
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...two lawmakers on the nominations committee voted against advancing Kooris’ re-appointment, both from southeastern Connecticut – Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, and Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton. Formica told CT Examiner that his “no” vote was a difficult decision because he likes Kooris, whom Formica said is a “smart guy who...
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Since Cocotte opened last June on Main Street in Old Saybrook, chef Jeffrey DeFrancesco has begun turning out some of the least pretentious, best food east of New Haven from a tiny kitchen with a young understudy, while his French wife Isabelle works the front of the house (apart from...
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...– have decided to maintain mask mandates and COVID protocols until at least March 31. Those include Stamford, Hartford, Danbury, Bridgeport, New Haven, Hamden, Waterbury, Norwich, East Granby and East Windsor. Several, including New Haven, continue to implement city-wide mask mandates for all indoor locations. “We know that people will...
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...strongly recommends that students continue to wear masks. Norwich voted to extend the mask mandate through March 18, after which masking will become optional. Groton, East Lyme, Lyme-Old Lyme and North Stonington have all announced that they will not be requiring masks after the state-level mandate expires. Norwich In a...
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...minority leader Kevin Kelly, R-Stratford, and State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, called Lamont’s proposal a “high stakes shell game” that goes around the bipartisan spending caps that have been instrumental in stabilizing the state’s finances in recent years. At the same time, the budget doesn’t provide “immediate tax relief,”...
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EAST LYME – With members stating that they wanted to avoid creating a “hamburger hill” on Route 161, the Planning Commission decided on Tuesday night that a proposal expanding allowances for drive-thru windows didn’t meet the town’s goals for development. Atlantis Management Group, a New York-based chain of gas station...
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...services, which he said sometimes end up “siloed.” State Rep. Holly Cheeseman, R-East Lyme, ranking member on the finance committee, agreed that the $67 million was “insignificant” when compared to the size of the state budget. However, she said that she was concerned about the cost of hiring between 800...
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Today, Democratic State Senate Candidate Daryl Justin Finizio announced his withdrawal from the race. “Following State Senator Paul Formica’s retirement announcement this week, I learned of New London City Councilor Martha Marx’s entry into the race,” Finizio said in a release. “I have had numerous discussions with Democratic party leaders in...
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NEW LONDON — Democrat Martha Marx announced Thursday night that she will run for state senator in the 20th district, a seat long held by Republican Sen. Paul Formica who is not running for reelection. Marx ran against Formica in 2018 and 2020, narrowly losing the elections by 1,581 and...
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OLD LYME — Eighteen months after receiving approval to build four storage buildings at 224 Shore Road that included an office and maintenance shop, Mar Holdings, LLC has asked to change the size of the project to two larger buildings on a slightly smaller footprint, citing increased costs of materials due...
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...5.99 percent and would eliminate the 1 percent surcharge on restaurant meals and prepared meals sold at grocery stores. The changes would take effect February 15 and last through the end of 2022. State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, said that the reduction would save consumers approximately $315 million and...
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...that the district was working to get State support for the New London testing site at Ocean Beach Park. Ledge Light, which comprises the towns of East Lyme, Groton, Stonington, New London, Old Lyme, Ledyard, Stonington, Waterford and North Stonington, has a total of four testing sites, each open for...
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...about 300 of those test kits to residents Monday afternoon. Many towns received far fewer kits than they were originally anticipating. Old Lyme, which expected 990 test kits, received fewer than 550. East Lyme received just over 1,000 kits, according to an update posted on the town website. “This is...
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OLD LYME — The Town of East Lyme has asked the Town of Old Lyme for a separate intermunicipal agreement for the upcoming installation of sewers in Soundview and the neighboring chartered beaches in Old Lyme — a significant reversal from prior understandings that has left Old Lyme officials with...
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OLD LYME — Lyme-Old Lyme Post 1467 recently celebrated with two annual events that included recognition of local fundraising efforts for veterans and awards for members’ community service. At the Dinner Dance, held on October 23 at the Christ the King Church, Post Commander David Griswold served as master of...
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...for the project. Kelsey asked whether State Sen. Heather Somers, R-Groton, or State Rep. Devin Carney, R-Old Lyme, who both sit on the legislature’s Transportation Committee, or State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, who sits on Appropriations, could help with answers about the Department of Transportation. Prochorena also suggested that...
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...hope and increased safety, would allow for nationwide collection of guns with the government paying for them and disposing of them? What if it set the stage as the White House sets a precedent for new reform making our country better, safer, and more prosperous? Irving Steel East Lyme, CT...
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...new and existing resources to meet the state’s decarbonization goals.” State Sen. Paul Formica, R-East Lyme, told CT Examiner that he wasn’t sure whether a zero-carbon grid is achievable by 2040, and urged a steady and moderate approach to procuring electricity to avoid unaffordable spikes in the already high cost...
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