Back at the start of this month, many locals were sad to see the 300-year-old barn on the corner of Bill Hill Rd. and Burr Rd. on the Lyme-Old Lyme town border being demolished. But come, Saturday, April 14, joy returned when it was reconstructed in situ by way of a traditional community barn-raising. The barn, along with two adjacent homes, were built circa 1717 as part of … [Read more...] about Community Barn-Raising Restores Historic Old Lyme Barn
Op-Ed: Wayland, Lord Will Continue Tradition of Excellent Leadership in Lyme
By Tony Lynch I half-jokingly refer to Lyme as “Lynch’s last stand”. I’m a refugee from Greenwich, Southport and Glastonbury. All three of those towns were bucolic farming communities when generations of my family moved to them. All three are now densely populated suburbs, with attendant traffic, chain stores and restaurants. Most of us likely moved here because we … [Read more...] about Op-Ed: Wayland, Lord Will Continue Tradition of Excellent Leadership in Lyme