...form co-ops.” According to Simon, southeastern Connecticut is the home of co-ops. Students from Essex, Deep River, Chester, Old Saybrook, East Lyme, East Haven, East Hampton, Killingworth, Haddam, Westbrook, Madison, Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall all share at least one sport with Lyme and Old Lyme. This fall the number of...
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...serves as state senator for the 33rd District which includes Essex, Deep River, Chester, Westbrook, Colchester, Portland, Haddam, East Haddam, Lyme, Clinton and part of Old Saybrook. But Needleman said he often sees state mandates as a challenge on the local level. “It’s always a challenge because the state tends...
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EAST HADDAM — Preserved letters, diaries, photographs, a house and its gardens tell the story of Frederic Palmer and Howard Metzger, two men who met fell in love in the 1940s and lived together as a couple as openly as society allowed. Considering the time period, what’s unique about Palmer...
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An East Haddam resident who died more than a week ago was confirmed today by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to have been infected with Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE). The State Department of Health also announced a fourth case of the disease in Connecticut, a Colchester resident. “We have...
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EAST HADDAM — At night, animals, birds, flowers, and even mushroom spores become active, moving about, making sounds and leaving traces, mostly unbeknownst to humans. Participants in artist Moira Williams’ sound walk called “Fissures, Holes, Limbs: breathing dislocated scales,” were invited Sunday to shift from “daylight to moonlight” and experience...
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...in math: East Lyme, Haddam and Killingworth, Lyme-Old Lyme and Stonington. A similar pattern exists across Connecticut. Student performance in math substantially lags behind scores in English, with 60 percent of students meeting or exceeding expectations in English and only 41 percent in math, according to the State Department of...
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...in the region, except New London, has seen a decline. Enrollment as fallen 6 percent in East Lyme, dropped 9 percent for Regional School District 4 and Old Saybrook and East Haddam enrollments have both dropped 16 percent. Statewide, the public school population has dropped by almost 20,000 students, according...
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...in the arts and a passion for metal working, but I never had the opportunity to pursue it,” said Mica, 25, of East Haddam, adjusting her leather cape sleeve, a protective garment covering her arms and shoulders. “So when I did my research and found this, I really jumped on...
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...southeastern Connecticut that includes Westbrook, Old Lyme, North Stonington, Montville, Killingworth, Haddam, Essex, East Haddam, Chester and Deep River. Prior to 2014, participating towns paid 70 percent of a trooper salary. Since 2014, towns with a resident state trooper pay 85 percent of a trooper’s salary, and 100 percent of...
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...connecting greenhouses and sprawling outdoor spaces stuffed with plants, Ballek’s Garden Center in East Haddam on Friday was bustling with customers on Friday as well. “This weekend is traditionally when people come to get all their vegetable plants because they have time off on Monday and it’s past the full...
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