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Lyme Academy Welcomes Community to First Annual Holiday Tree Lighting This Afternoon; Enjoy Cookies, Crafts, Music and Merriment Galore!
OLD LYME -- The Lyme Academy of Fine Arts starts a new tradition this afternoon at 4 p.m. and invites the whole community to join them! With a fir tree towering high into the air in front of the Elisabeth Gordon Chandler Center, the Academy is hosting a tree-lighting the like of which Old Lyme has … [Read More...]
Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Move Forward with Plans for $2.3 Million Artificial Turf Field
OLD LYME — The Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education is moving forward with a plan to build a more than $2 million artificial turf athletic field, a project school officials say will conserve groundwater without placing a burden on taxpayers. Superintendent Ian Neviaser said last week that the board … [Read More...]
Cappella Cantorum Presents Christmas Concert at Valley Regional High School, Sunday
DEEP RIVER -- Cappella Cantorum presents its annual Christmas Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 15, at Valley Regional High School in Deep River. … [Read More...]
Linderman Elected Chairman of the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Board of Education
OLD LYME -- During Wednesday evening's regular Region 18 Board of Education meeting, members held an election to determine who would hold the four officer positions. The results of the election were as follows: Chairman: Diane Linderman Vice-Chairman: Martha Shoemaker Secretary: Steve … [Read More...]
See ‘Deck the Walls’ at Lyme Art Association in Old Lyme
OLD LYME -- The Lyme Art Association hosts an opening reception for its holiday art exhibition and sale, Deck the Walls, on Friday, Dec. 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. The show will be on view through Jan. 3, 2020. More than 200 original works of art by member artists will be on display and priced to sell as … [Read More...]
Former Old Lyme First Selectwoman Testifies at State Transportation Committee’s Public Hearing on CPA
HARTFORD, CT / OLD LYME — The massive stroke suffered by the Connecticut Port Authority’s former executive director, Evan Matthews, on May 26, 2017, took a toll on operations and contributed to the contracting issues at the quasi-public agency. Matthews, who voluntarily testified Wednesday at the … [Read More...]
Legal News You Can Use: Do You Know the True Purpose of Alimony?
Alimony is an important protection for some divorcees. If you are divorcing, it might be something you're looking into seeking, too. Do you know how it's determined? Do you have any idea about how much you need? Here's a little more about alimony, so you can understand what to expect. 1. … [Read More...]
Enjoy ‘The Magic of Christmas’ at Flo Gris Museum in Old Lyme Through New Year
OLD LYME -- The holiday season is always something special to celebrate at the Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme, Conn. – after all, Miss Florence was born on Christmas Day, 1850. The Museum will be decked out in its holiday finery for the Magic of Christmas celebration from Nov. 29, 2019 through … [Read More...]
Talking Transportation: 2020 Hindsight by Jim Cameron
As we review the details of Governor Lamont’s CT2030 transportation plan, I have a strange sense of déjà vu. Haven’t we been through all this before? Journey back with me to 1999 when the famous Gallis Report warned that southwestern Connecticut’s transportation woes were strangling the entire … [Read More...]
Lyme-Old Lyme HS Senior Builds Benches For OL Land Trust’s Lohmann Preserve as Eagle Scout Project
OLD LYME -- Anyone who has visited the John Lohmann CT River Preserve recently has undoubtedly noticed the two new cedar benches. These were built as the Eagle Scout project of Alec Russell of Boy Scout Association Troop 240. Alec is a senior at Lyme-Old Lyme High School. Russell proposed and … [Read More...]
