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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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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...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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...a semi-retired newspaper reporter from the Worcester Telegram and Gazette, his wife, Debby, and fellow paddlers Randy Koopman, Charlie Thompson and Allen Wilson fought the wind to paddle their canoe along the last three mile stretch to the Fenwick lighthouse. The paddlers said town officials told them they would prefer...
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...River.” Speakers included Katie Huffman, director of the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library, Rebekah Beaulieu, director of the Florence Griswold Museum, Rev. Laura Fitzpatrick-Nager of the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, and First Selectman Tim Griswold. The Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Chorus opened and closed the ceremony with several songs....
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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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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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...Old Saybrook. Vacation time appears to be comparable, although East Lyme does not require employees to work an additional 96 hours of “administrative days.” East Lyme also offers six months of unpaid maternity leave. Asked about turnover, East Lyme Chief of Police Mike Finkelstein told CT Examiner that only “a...
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...the vocabulary, conversational patterns, and language complexity of the 3-year-olds had come from their families, and children of professionals had vocabularies more than twice as large as peers in families receiving welfare. These findings raise the question – if children are being equipped with vastly different levels of education, before...
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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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OLD LYME — The concrete sidewalks have been poured along the upper half of Hartford Ave. but members of the committee organizing the planning and construction have been fielding complaints from a number of homeowners in the Soundview neighborhood. “There are rocks all underneath the asphalt, which is going to...
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...from a parent facing a bullying issue in the schools, and a homeowner on Hartford Ave in Old Lyme who can’t get in and out of her driveway after the installation of new curbing and sidewalks. A few weeks ago, at the New England Newspaper & Press Association’s annual awards,...
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OLD LYME — Essex Savings Bank has accepted a cash offer for 99 Halls Road from town resident David Kelsey, putting an end to a controversial plan by Big Y Express to open a gas station and convenience store at the location. “The reason that the deal is off with...
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OLD LYME — In light of a controversial gas station proposal that was withdrawn on Monday, and another service plaza rumored to be underway, the Halls Road Improvements Committee grappled with how to expedite zoning changes at a virtual meeting Thursday night. The discussion, which became contentious at times, followed...
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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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...said Walker Potts, proprietor of Long River Farm in Old Lyme, who will supply produce to the new shop. Local chef Shelley DeProto, of the former Red Hen in Old Saybrook and Lupo in Chester, has applied for a special exception change of use from retail to food service for...
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...live in a USDA housing unit there. This is personal to me.” Carleen Gerber, of Lyme, who is a member of the Lyme Affordable Housing Commission, said changes in zoning were “long overdue.” “The important thing is to get a bill passed. They can come back the following year to...
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...serving also as a cocktail or spritz. Lately, my habit has been to drive the 15 or so miles from Old Lyme to The Wine Thief in Madison, where I enjoy chatting with Janine Sacco about Japanese vermouth, Nebbiolo and the Italian reds which have attracted me most for the...
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Shut out, but not silent… Attending this most recent Old Lyme’s Parks and Recreation Commission meeting was an eye opener. As constituents were turned away and told that they could not physically attend a meeting that was listed as public on the town website, with the location listed as Meeting...
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