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All Walkers, Bikers Encouraged to Complete Sustainable Old Lyme Walk/Bike Survey
OLD LYME -- Do you like to walk or bike around Old Lyme? If so, the Sustainable Old Lyme Committee would like more information about how you enjoy the town while walking or bicycling. The committee has designed an online Old Lyme Walk and Bike Survey, which has 20 questions and takes just … [Read More...]
Two Ministers – Jack Madry of New London, David Good of Old Lyme – to Speak at Old Saybrook March for Justice This Evening
OLD SAYBROOK/LYME/OLD LYME — The Old Saybrook March for Justice is an inclusive and welcoming coalition of friends and neighbors, who care deeply about basic human rights. The group gathers each Wednesday evening at 6 p.m. in front of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center in Old Saybrook — the … [Read More...]
Old Lyme’s Whippoorwill Rd. Parking Lot Closed Resulting in Changes to Open Space Access
OLD LYME -- The Old Lyme Open Space Commission has announced in a statement that the parking lot on Whippoorwill Rd. used by visitors to the Ames Open Space and McCulloch Family Open Space properties was closed July 1, 2020. The owner of the parking lot has graciously allowed the town use his … [Read More...]
Florence Griswold Museum Reopens to Public with 24-Hour Advance Tickets Only; New ‘Fresh Fields’ Exhibition on View
OLD LYME -- The Florence Griswold Museum and Café Flo have reopened to the public. Admission to the Museum is limited and by 24-hour advance online ticketing only. Check the Museum website for admission requirements and details of how to purchase tickets. Café Flo is open by reservation … [Read More...]
A New Independence Day Parade Tradition Starts on Rogers Lake
OLD LYME -- Undoubtedly disappointed that both the Sound View and Lyme Independence Day parades were cancelled this year due to COVID-19 concerns, Rogers Lake residents took matters into their own hands and came up with an inspired solution to the social distancing issue associated with … [Read More...]
Reading Uncertainly? ‘Code Red’ by E.J. Dionne
Would you be eager to read a book that is sub-titled “How Progressives and Moderates Can Unite to Save Our Country? If you lean to the right, probably no; to the left, sure. But as I am a determined independent, I paused. Dionne is a well-known commentator on evening news programs, a columnist for … [Read More...]
Pre-College Academy for HS Art Students Starts Today at Lyme Academy, MS Academy Begins July 13
OLD LYME -- This summer Lyme Academy of Fine Arts is hosting a Pre-College Academy for high school students and a Middle School Academy for ages 11 -13. High school students aged 14 to 18 with beginning to advanced level art training can enroll in an exciting series of week-long, daytime courses … [Read More...]
Letter to the Editor: Sen. Formica Clarifies His Support of Expanding CT’s Absentee Ballot Rules
To the Editor: I was disappointed to see David Collins write columns in The Day, (“Can Connecticut GOP block safe voting,” June 11 and “The two sides of Sen. Formica’s mouth on early voting,” June 26), which ignore many facts and try to paint all Connecticut Republicans as wanting to risk … [Read More...]
Police Investigating Knife and Shovel Attack in Old Lyme That Sent Three to Hospital (from ‘The Day’)
OLD LYME — UPDATED 7:43pm Two people were stabbed and another was struck in the head with a shovel during a Saturday night fight in front of a home at 80 Rogers Lake Trail. State police are investigating and said Sunday they expect to file charges. Police said they received multiple 911 … [Read More...]
Death of Barbara Bourne Announced; Graduate of Old Lyme’s Center School Class of 1949
OAKDALE - Barbara Ruth (McKernan) Bourne, 89, of Oakdale, passed away peacefully, as she wished, in her sleep at Orchard Grove Rehabilitation in Uncasville June 29, 2020. Barbara was born Jan. 14, 1931, to the late James and Gladys McKernan. The family left New London to eventually settle in a … [Read More...]
