About Us

Elizabeth started her journalism career in 2013 with the launch of The Salem Connect, a community news site inspired by digital trailblazers like Olwen Logan. Elizabeth’s earliest reporting included two major fires — one at a package store and another at a log cabin where she captured, on video, a state trooper fatally shooting the unarmed homeowner and suspected arsonist. The experiences gave her a crash course in public record searches, courthouse procedures and the Freedom of Information Act. She went on to report for The Bulletin, CT News Junkie, The Rivereast, and The Day, where she covered the Lymes and helped launch the Housing Solutions Lab on affordable housing. Her work has earned numerous awards from the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists and the New England Newspaper & Press Association. Now, after more than a decade in digital, weekly, and daily journalism, she’s grateful to return to the place where it all started: an online news site dedicated to one small corner of Connecticut.

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.

Jennifer Burke is an educator with more than three decades of experience teaching English in southeastern Connecticut. Since 2000, she has taught literature and creative writing at Lyme-Old Lyme High School across all grade levels. She has also taught writing and literature at Lyme Academy and worked as a writing tutor, helping students develop critical thinking, analytical reading, and strong written expression. Burke is thrilled to join the support staff of the new LymeLine team and looks forward to encouraging students to get involved in local journalism.

Born and raised in Connecticut and a resident of Old Lyme, Madeline can look back on 50 plus years of editing. “From newspapers and magazines to corporate communications and cookbooks I’ve worked with a lot of talented people, none more so than the folks who put LymeLine together,” she said. “We’re all lucky to live in such a special place in the world. And, yes, I will correct your grammar.”

James is a contributing photographer whose “Earthscapes” series highlights landscapes in and around Lyme and Old Lyme. A passion for art brought the Meriden native to the New Haven area, where he graduated from Paier College of Art and spent the next forty some years as a graphic designer and photographer. In 2003, James and his wife, Mary, moved to the Old Saybrook shoreline, where he continues to pursue interests in local history, watercolor painting, photography, and design. He currently serves on the Old Lyme Historical Society Board of Trustees as chair of the Marketing and Publications Committee.

Jim Cameron is a longtime transportation advocate and columnist whose work focuses on transit, commuting, and mobility issues across Connecticut. A LymeLine contributor for almost 10 years, he appears in multiple Connecticut publications and is widely known for his advocacy on behalf of rail riders statewide. He is the founder of the Commuter Action Group. 

Talking Transportation recently earned first place in the general column/commentary category in the Connecticut Society of Professional Journalists’ Excellence in Journalism Contest.

Having lived in Old Lyme and Lyme since the age of three, Kevin Ganey has a lifelong passion for cinema that goes beyond simply watching films. He approaches movies the way people experience a favorite musical album, focusing not only on the craft of moviemaking but also on the memories and emotions tied to the moment of first seeing them. Ganey is the creator of CityOfCinema.com, a site devoted to movie analysis, and co-hosts the Moviehouse Mystics podcast with Koda Uhl, available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube.

Thomas D. Gotowka writes about local and national people and events, often informed by history. His professional career has been spent in healthcare, but his interests extend deeply into politics, history, and American culture. He is a devoted follower of traditional rivalries, sitting with the Navy at Army–Navy games and cheering for Harvard against Yale. 

A self-described child of AM radio, Gotowka is well versed in historic speeches and popular music from the 1960s onward. He considers himself a student of the era spanning Franklin D. Roosevelt through John F. Kennedy and draws on those influences to shape his perspective as a columnist.

Maureen Haseley-Jones comes from a family of renowned horticultural artisans whose landscaping heritage dates back to the 17th century. She founded The English Lady Landscape and Home Company along with her son, Ian. For years, she hosted a monthly gardening show on WRCH Radio Lite 100.5 FM. 

Haseley-Jones learned design principles from her mother and grandmother and developed her horticultural and construction skills while working in her family’s nursery and landscape business in the U.K. She completed her formal horticultural training at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, in Surrey, and believes deeply in creating beautiful, eco-conscious outdoor environments.

Jen Petty Hilger is LymeLine’s longtime book reviewer, contributing thoughtful and engaging reviews whenever she is able. Hilger grew up in New York and London and now lives by the water in Old Lyme. She and her husband share a lively household that includes six children between them and a wide assortment of rescued animals.