By the end of the summer, Louis Zubek, the former rowing coach for Lyme-Old Lyme High School, will be able to say that he has coached not one, but two Olympic athletes. That’s because Lyme-Old Lyme alumni Austin Hack, 29, and Liam Corrigan, 23, will be part of the U.S....
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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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OLD LYME — A new retail food shop slated for the little yellow house at 96 Halls Road received approval from the Zoning Commission on Monday night for a special exception change of use from retail to food service. Long River Local will feature coffee, prepared foods, sandwiches, baked goods...
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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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...state and federal highway fees, which he said is more than their fair share. In lengthy comments on the House floor, State Rep. Devin Carney, R-Old Lyme, warned that the measure would fall unfairly on Connecticut’s trucking companies, who will be easier targets for collection by the state. “We do...
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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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...fun.” “I assumed once you get into Connecticut that it’s gonna be all built up. I mean, you’ll just see it’s nothing but buildings. But it wasn’t like that at all. This is more what it’s like,” Ballou said, pointing out at the mostly undeveloped land in Lyme, across the...
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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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OLD LYME — “The menu will be driven by local farms so it will be changing regularly based on the availability of the produce that we will be using,” said Chef Shelley DeProto, who is preparing to open Long River Local, a farm-to-consumer retail food shop at 96 Halls Road. ...
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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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LYME-OLD LYME — The local schools are planning a busy summer of upgrades to school buildings, with around a dozen projects slated for construction through the summer and early fall. The projects include upgrades to sound systems, the construction of two outdoor classrooms, renovations to the playgrounds, a bonded study...
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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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LYME-OLD LYME –The Lyme-Old Lyme School District has decided that it will not be requiring students to wear masks in the fall. Superintendent Ian Neviaser said at a Board of Education meeting on Wednesday that this was part of a plan for in-person re-opening that the district would submit to...
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OLD LYME — Up and down Lyme Street, cement and bronze markers arrived today showing where enslaved people once lived in the town of Old Lyme. The markers are part of the Witness Stones Project, which “seeks to restore the history and honor the humanity of the enslaved individuals who...
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OLD LYME — The Lyme Art Association is kicking off phase two of a capital campaign to fund restoration work on its Lyme St. gallery. The original structure, designed by noted architect Charles A. Platt, was completed in 100 years ago — the same year as Platt’s commission for the...
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Reverend Steven R. Jungkeit, a white minister in the small all-White (99.8% non-Black) Connecticut town of Lyme-Old Lyme (pop 10,000) claims to be collaborating with the local school system “to teach the history of racism and enslavement in the area” as one part of a social justice project launched by...
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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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...in equitable living were sustainable. To achieve true equity, we have two choices – force parents to give up their children and raise them communally, or adopt a form of communism. Both have been tried and neither has worked, as unintended consequences have overwhelmed good intentions. James Miller Lyme, CT...
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...if that is appropriate,” Linderman wrote. Linderman’s comments appeared to be in response to reports of complaints and denials by Neviaser that the Lyme-Old Lyme schools were involved in an “educational initiative” with Rev. Steve Jungkeit of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme to “teach the history of racism...
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OLD LYME — At a special meeting on Wednesday night, the Halls Road Improvements Committee voted unanimously to accelerate the creation of rezoning language for Halls Road for the creation of a village district that will include mixed use, multi-family housing, and residential development. The committee voted to direct BSC...
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...current public conversation is that these ideas need to be understood as part of rich academic conversation. Let me explain, and perhaps it will also help us with the current conversation we’re having about curriculum and Lyme-Old Lyme Schools. Some years ago — on one of those sites that allow...
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LYME-OLD LYME — Claims by Rev. Steve Jungkeit in a number of recent press stories have sparked complaints from local parents, and sharp denials by school Superintendent Ian Neviaser. In a profile, Jungkeit told The Day that he was collaborating with the district on an “educational initiative” to “teach the...
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