Another Happy Halloween on Lyme Street

It was a great Halloween night on Lyme Street yesterday. The weather cooperated and smiling, sometimes scary, faces were everywhere.

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November 1, 2025
These bony fellows welcomed trick-or-treaters to a house on Lyme Street. All photos by Michele Dickey.

OLD LYME—It was a great Halloween night on Lyme Street yesterday. The weather cooperated and smiling, sometimes scary, faces were everywhere. Community spirit filled the air and all the tension and tribulations of next Tuesday’s election were left at home.

Enjoy our photo essay of the evening. Huge thanks to our in-town photographer Michele Dickey for being there on the street to capture the fun.

We will add more of her terrific photos later today.

Tombstones greeted visitors to the Old Lyme Historical Society.
Not someone you really wanted to meet in the dark on a scary night!
Sitting on the steps and ready with candy.
Thing 1, aka Old Lyme First Selectman candidate John Mesham, (R) stood alert while …
… Thing 2, aka incumbent Selectman candidate Jude Read (R), handed out treats.
A chicken strutted his stuff …
… while others, despite looking slightly scary, smiled cheerfully.
And it all happened under this beautiful night sky.
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Olwen Logan

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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