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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Several school districts along the shoreline are discussing a potential partnership to offer world languages courses in a remote learning form to students across the region. Ian Neviaser, superintendent of Lyme-Old Lyme Schools, said at a board of education meeting yesterday that the districts wanted to take advantage of the...
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The following resolution was approved by the Old Lyme Economic Development Commission. The Old Lyme Economic Development Commission (EDC) is tasked with supporting and encouraging a vibrant and sustainable business climate in Old Lyme, scaled to the resources and needs of the town. We seek the optimum development of business...
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...out of the hands of towns by storing, processing, and releasing the footage on the state level. Instead, the state has done the opposite. And in Old Lyme, the local Democrats have introduced a resolution on structural racism – supported by a letter from the First Congregational Church of Old...
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...very bad at judging risk,” said Jill Whitney, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Old Lyme. “Folks who tend toward anxiety magnify risks in their mind, and tend to give more weight than a risk management scientist might to the likelihood of some bad thing happening.” That magnification continues...
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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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...recover from a challenging academic year. “We are all very, very tired,” Hartling said. “There are a number of people who, in a normal year, probably would have volunteered to do summer enrichment opportunities, but this year, they’re going to take the summer off to recharge.” In the Lyme-Old Lyme...
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...size. “Every district is so different,” Rogerson said. “Small schools like ours are able to do full in-person, but for huge schools it’s a different question.” Ian Neviaser, superintendent of Lyme-Old Lyme Schools, another district that has been open all year, said he believed the participation of the teachers was...
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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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...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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OLD LYME — At Monday’s public hearing for the 2021-22 budget, the first selectman’s proposed budget included a decrease in funding requests that was offset by a decrease in revenues and other factors, resulting in a proposed mill rate increase from 23.20 to 23.30 per $1,000 of assessed property value...
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OLD LYME — With maps and a tape measure in hand, Tree Commission members walked a section of the south side of Ferry Road Tuesday afternoon to inspect the right-of-way where a new sidewalk could be installed and to count the number of trees that would need to be removed. ...
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...married household members with a gross income of $150,000.00 when filing for taxes jointly. It includes $1,400.00 to a single person with an adjusted gross income of $75,000.00 or less. It gives $1,400.00 to all in the household if the head of household makes $112,500.00 gross income. This stimulus is...
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