Lyme residents, neighbors, and friends are invited to the official ground breaking for the Town Hall and Library Building Project this morning, Thursday, Oct. 17, at 9 a.m. The ceremony will be held at the building site, near the current library at 482 Hamburg Rd., Lyme.
The $5.08 million project has been in the planning and design stage since 2009. It involves the renovation and expansion of the Lyme Town Hall and the building of a new library, and construction is expected to take 14 to 18 months.
The Town Hall will double in size to approximately 5000 sq. ft. and include much needed office space, a large meeting room and an expanded vault that will meet state requirements for record storage. The new library will be approximately 6800 sq. ft. and include space for the Lyme Local History Archives. It will have a separate children’s room, a quiet reading area, and public meeting space.