Lyme-OL School Referendum Passes by Over 800 Votes

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November 9, 2022

LYME/OLD LYME — UPDATED Nov. 9 at 11am with Superintendent’s comments: In yesterday’s referendum, voters in Lyme and Old Lyme approved the $57.6 million bond proposed by the Region 18 Board of Education for renovating and expanding four schools in the District by a substantial majority.

Provisional results showed 57.7 percent of voters in the two towns voted for the resolution and 42.3 percent voted against, with a total of 3,001 Yes votes cast in the two towns combined and a total of 2,200 No votes.

Asked his reaction the result, Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser responded by email, “We greatly appreciate the ongoing support of our schools from our communities.”

He continued, “With the approval of this project, we will be able to modernize our elementary and middle school building systems which will provide a safe and healthy learning and working environment for our students and staff.”

Neviaser concluded, “We will continue to keep the community updated on our progress and look forward to a smooth and efficient project over the next few years.”

The breakdown of the results by town was as follows:

Lyme
Yes: 785
No: 413

Old Lyme:
Yes: 2,216
No: 1,787

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Olwen Logan grew up in a family of London educators but was inspired by her great grandfather, influential Daily Chronicle newspaper editor Alfred Ewen Fletcher, to pursue journalism. She built a successful career in efficiency analysis and senior audit management before launching her own PR-focused consultancy. After moving to the U.S. in 1990 and settling in Old Lyme in 1994, she became a staff writer for the now-closed Main Street News and later joined Jack Turner’s fledgling LymeLine.com, discovering the career she had always wanted—albeit in an unexpected digital form. Even after relocating to Maryland, she continued covering Lyme and Old Lyme with the same dedication, earning national recognition as a LION Publishers award finalist in 2020. After more than two decades of service, Olwen stepped away in November 2025, donating LymeLine.com to the newly formed nonprofit LymeLine Inc. and expressing her excitement for its continued growth and mission.

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