OLD LYME — On Saturday, July 31, stop by the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library patio between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. and peruse Phoebe’s Bookcellar’s special sale of lawn and garden books. While there, learn more about the Library’s plans to create a pollinator meadow and garden in collaboration with the Friends of the Library.
Pollinate Old Lyme will be onsite to help you think about what native plants you can plant soon to attract pollinators to your own garden.
Pollinator Pathway lawn medallions will be available for $10 each for display in your own pollinator paradise.
Hardscape materials will also be on sale with Belgium Block (11″ x 8″) available at $5 each and Natural Cleft Bluestone, (48″ x 24″ and other assorted sizes) available at $20 each or 6 for $100.
LYME/OLD LYME — The Lymes’ Senior Center Board of Directors will hold a Special Meeting Wednesday, Aug. 4, at 1 p.m. The public is welcome to join the meeting either in person at the Lymes’ Senior Center or virtually — see instructions for the latter below.
The main purpose of the meeting is for Point One Architects to lead the second workshop related to the feasibility study for the expansion/renovations of the Center. Workshop participants will include the board of directors and invited stakeholders.
All Covid-19 protocols will be met including social distancing and the wearing of masks.
The agenda is follows:
- Call to order /attendance of board and public
- Guests – Point One Architects
III. Minutes of June, 2021 meeting – tabled until next regular meeting
- Treasurer’s report – Tabled until next regular meeting
- Communications – Thank you note
- Committee Reports – none
VII. Old Business – none
VIII. New Business
- Welcome Point One Architects for the second workshop for the feasibility study. Participants include the Board of Directors and invited stakeholders to conduct this workshop agenda:
- Review Workshop I Results
- M.E.P. Findings (Mechanical/Electrical/Plumbing)
- Diagrams
- Pro’s and Con’s Discussion
- Public Comment –
X. Adjournment – Any additional meetings needed before September 2021 will be called as special meetings.
Instructions for joining the meeting via Zoom:
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Meeting ID: 938 0873 6678
Passcode: 095877
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OLD LYME — Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) hosts a ‘Big Truck & Vehicle Fair,’ Wednesday, Aug. 4, from 5 to 7 p.m. on the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School driveway behind LYSB. Attendees are requested to park at the high school or on Lyme Street.
This free, family event will feature emergency vehicles, construction trucks and more. It is being held in collaboration with the Old Lyme Police and Fire Departments.
There will be opportunities to meet First Responders and explore all the vehicles on display. Musical entertainment will be offered along with Del’s Lemonade.
If readers are interested in participating with their own trucks, contact [email protected] or 860-434-7208.
OLD LYME — Wet Paint on Lyme Street will place member artists throughout the Old Lyme village at their easels painting en plein air, thus evoking the early artists with whose presence the community was quite familiar. The artists will work at varying times during the day and then sell their paintings on the LAA lawn at 4:30 p.m. This will be an opportunity to see many LAA artists painting in their own styles.
OLD LYME — Tea Day is a family-friendly event being held from 1 to 4 p.m., which will harken back to the LAA’s early fundraisers of tea parties held on the front lawn for the townspeople and artists. Beverages and baked goods will be sold while crafts, games, and other fun activities will be offered.
Costumed historical interpreters will be on hand to share stories of the artists, who founded the LAA along with planning and building the gallery.
Join today’s LAA for a contemporary take on an event from years gone by.
OLD LYME — The Centennial Frolic will take place from 5 to 7 p.m. with a 1920s-themed fundraiser (1920s attire encouraged!) for the Second Century Skylight Project. This event will celebrate the next 100 years of the LAA’s historic gallery in the spirit of their founders.
The artists of the Lyme Art Colony marked the end of every summer with a “Frolic,” which often included elaborate costuming (see photo above.) This event is open to donors to the Skylight Project (visit this page on the LAA website or call 860-434-7802 to donate) and will include beverages and appetizers.
Help save the skylights and “frolic” like the LAA founders!
GREENPORT, Mass./LYME/OLD LYME — The Connecticut River Conservancy (CRC) will host three virtual Clean-up Coffee Hour sessions leading up to their 25th annual Source to Sea Clean-up being held this fall, Sept. 24-26.
The annual Source to Sea Clean-up is a river clean-up coordinated by CRC in all four states of the 410-mile Connecticut River basin (NH, VT, MA, CT). Each fall, thousands of volunteers of all ages and abilities clean trash from the Connecticut River and its tributaries on foot or by boat.
Join CRC at these virtual Clean-up Coffee Hours to learn more about how to get involved in the Source to Sea Clean-up:
· Registration and Site Selection: Wednesday, July 14, 12 – 1 p.m.
· Trash Disposal and Tallies: Wednesday, Aug. 11, 4 – 5 p.m.
· General Q&A: Thursday, Sept. 9, 5 – 6 p.m.
Additional details and links to register for these online events can be found at www.ctriver.org/events.
“These coffee hours will be a fun, informal way to get familiar with this year’s Source to Sea Clean-up,” says Stacey Lennard, CRC’s cleanup coordinator. “Anyone can come with questions about the process, or just come to meet other group leaders and volunteers. The Source to Sea Clean-up strengthens community while cleaning up our rivers and streams. It’s an opportunity for you to make a difference.”
The Source to Sea Clean-up is one of the largest river cleanups in the country. Thousands of volunteers participate each year to remove trash along rivers, streams, parks, boat launches, trails and more.
To learn more about how you can register for the Source to Sea Clean-up, connect with a group, choose a trash site, and tally your trash, tune into any of these three Clean-up Coffee Hours.
Since 1952, Connecticut River Conservancy has been the voice for the Connecticut River watershed, from source to sea. They collaborate with partners across four states to protect and advocate for the state’s rivers and educate and engage communities. They bring people together to prevent pollution, improve habitat, and promote enjoyment of your river and its tributary streams. Healthy rivers support healthy economies.
To learn more about CRC, or to make a contribution to help protect your rivers, visit www.ctriver.org.
OLD LYME — Play Beach Blanket Bingo Wednesday evening, Aug. 11, from 6 to 8 p.m. at White Sand Beach.
This event is hosted by Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB).
Bring your beach blanket, chairs and bug spray. No food will be served.
This event is open to all Lyme and Old Lyme families.
Check LymeLine.com or the LYSB website after 5 p.m. on the day of the event for possible weather postponement.
Spring is here and the birds are very busy building nests, changing color and visiting bird feeders! Do you every wonder where they nest and how the new birds get here every year? Are you interested in learning how to use binoculars? Or a field guide? Then join us for this exciting program at the Lyme Public Library from Saturday, August 14 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
The Roger Tory Peterson CT Audubon Society’s Estuary Center will present a Birding Basics program on August 14th at 10:30 am. In this family-friendly program, participants will learn how to practice bird identification skills using sound, field guides and phone apps. Then we will take a walk and put those skills into practice!
The program will be outdoors rain or shine! We’ll have a limited number of binoculars but feel free to bring your own. Each participant will receive a copy of the bird guide, Backyard Birds, A Field Guide for Young Naturalists, to help identify birds we see while we are birding.
The program is suitable for ages 6 and up and is limited to 12 children, each child must be accompanied by a parent or guardian (for a total of 24 participants).
The program will be led by one of CT Audubon Society’s trained teacher-naturalists. Common Connecticut Birds to be on the lookout for in your backyard are: American Goldfinch, American Robin, Baltimore Oriole, Barn Swallow, Black-Capped Chickadee, and the Cardinal just to name a few.
Contact: Theresa Conley : 860-434-2272 or [email protected] []
On Sunday, Aug. 15, from 2 to 4 p.m., the Old Lyme Town Band will present a free concert on the Old Lyme South Town Green in front of Christ the King Catholic Church Rectory.
Co-sponsored by the Old Lyme Historical Society, the Phoebe Griffin Noyes Old Lyme Library, the Florence Griswold Museum, the Old Lyme Historic District Commission, and the Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce, this concert has become a eagerly-awaited summer tradition.
Bring a chair, sit down and listen to the music!
Free ice cream from the Old Lyme Ice Cream Shoppe will be served at intermission, courtesy of the sponsors.
This year the Band marks its 46th anniversary. Concert-goers will be treated to selections from Harry James, Dixieland Front and Center, I Dreamed a Dream, Classical Rondo, and other arrangements.
The rain-date for the concert is Aug. 22.
Parking is available in the Church parking lot.
Come enjoy a Sunday afternoon musical event guaranteed to appeal to all ages.
LYME — A very large patch of invasive European water chestnut was discovered last week in a remote location in Whalebone Cove in Lyme that can only be reached by canoe or kayak at high tide.
On Sunday, Aug. 15, the Friends of Whalebone Cove (FOWC) are organizing a ‘Paddle & Pull’ volunteer work party to remove the water chestnut starting at 3:30 p.m. Anyone who has a kayak, canoe or boat is welcome to join the work party. Bring a water bottle, life jacket/PFD and sun block.
The Paddle & Pull will last about two hours. Meet at the Chester-Hadlyme Ferry Boat Launch (east shore), Ferry Rd. (Rte. 148), Lyme, CT 06371.
In the past several years, FOWC has managed to control the spread of European water chestnut in Whalebone Cove and seeks to prevent it from becoming established, because if that should happen, it will change the Cove’s ecology and destroy its natural habitat eco-systems on which species that live in the area rely to survive.
This invasive creates a canopy on the water surface that crowds out native plants and destroys habitat for turtles, fish, birds and other animals. It decreases the oxygen in the water that fish need to survive. Its rosettes cover entire coves and ponds impeding fishing, hunting, swimming and boating, while also killing native plants that birds and marine wildlife need for survival.
Once established, European water chestnut is difficult to control. It can, however, be eradicated and prevented from spreading by removing plants before they have a chance to drop their seeds, which usually starts in late August.
This type of water chestnut has invaded and taken over many other locations in the Connecticut River.
There will be additional “paddle & pull” work parties scheduled later in the summer.
For more details, email [email protected]
Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) is partnering with Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) and Griffin Hospital to hold pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the summer.
The Towns of Lyme and Old Lyme are both members of LLHD.
No appointment, insurance, or ID is needed.
Get vaccinated and get a free $20 gift card as a thank you for doing your part to protect yourself and your community.
The list of currently scheduled clinics is available on the LLHD website; additional clinics will be added. Community members are encouraged to check the website and social media, and to look for the vaccination teams in their neighborhood.
Currently scheduled clinics include:
- Tue, Aug. 17:
3:30 to 6:30 p.m., New London Elks Club, 81 Washington Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Wed, Aug. 18:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., New London Senior Center, Corner of Brainard and Mercer Streets, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Thu, Aug. 19:
5 to 7 p.m., Jennings School, 50 Mercer Street, New London Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Tues, Aug. 24:
3 to 6 p.m., City of Groton Farmers’ Market, corner of Mitchell and Meridian Streets, Washington Park, Groton (Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Wed, Sept. 1:
5-7pm, Eat in the Streets, Bank Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+)
Visit www.llhd.org or follow LLHD on social media for additional clinic announcements.
LYME — On Tuesday, Aug. 17, at 7 p.m. Lyme Public Library hosts a Zoom presentation by David Handler on his latest novel titled, The Man Who Wasn’t All There.
This most recent installment of his Edgar Award-winning Stewart Hoag mystery series, set in 1990s’ New York, sees the ghostwriter-sleuth and his faithful basset hound Lulu inadvertently make a dangerous enemy.
Set in Lyme and Old Lyme in the 1990s, The Man Who Wasn’t All There will transport you to local landmarks like Joshuatown Rd, Lyme Public Library and the Old Lyme-PGN Library through the eyes of celebrity-ghostwriter ‘Hoagy’ and his faithful basset hound Lulu, as they set about solving a double murder.
‘Hoagy’ and Lulu firmly believed they had come to an idyllic Connecticut farmhouse for a few days’ rest and relaxation but nothing could have been further from the truth.
Soon they unwittingly find themselves caught up in a strange, complex mystery …
Email [email protected] to register for this program.
Handler has written 12 novels about the witty and dapper celebrity ghostwriter Stewart Hoag and his basset hound, and is also the author of the Berger & Mitry and the Benji Golden mystery series.
Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) is partnering with Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) and Griffin Hospital to hold pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the summer.
The Towns of Lyme and Old Lyme are both members of LLHD.
No appointment, insurance, or ID is needed.
Get vaccinated and get a free $20 gift card as a thank you for doing your part to protect yourself and your community.
The list of currently scheduled clinics is available on the LLHD website; additional clinics will be added. Community members are encouraged to check the website and social media, and to look for the vaccination teams in their neighborhood.
Currently scheduled clinics include:
- Tue, Aug. 17:
3:30 to 6:30 p.m., New London Elks Club, 81 Washington Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Wed, Aug. 18:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., New London Senior Center, Corner of Brainard and Mercer Streets, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Thu, Aug. 19:
5 to 7 p.m., Jennings School, 50 Mercer Street, New London Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Tues, Aug. 24:
3 to 6 p.m., City of Groton Farmers’ Market, corner of Mitchell and Meridian Streets, Washington Park, Groton (Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Wed, Sept. 1:
5-7pm, Eat in the Streets, Bank Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+)
Visit www.llhd.org or follow LLHD on social media for additional clinic announcements.
Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) is partnering with Community Health Center, Inc. (CHC) and Griffin Hospital to hold pop-up COVID-19 vaccination clinics throughout the summer.
The Towns of Lyme and Old Lyme are both members of LLHD.
No appointment, insurance, or ID is needed.
Get vaccinated and get a free $20 gift card as a thank you for doing your part to protect yourself and your community.
The list of currently scheduled clinics is available on the LLHD website; additional clinics will be added. Community members are encouraged to check the website and social media, and to look for the vaccination teams in their neighborhood.
Currently scheduled clinics include:
- Tue, Aug. 17:
3:30 to 6:30 p.m., New London Elks Club, 81 Washington Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Wed, Aug. 18:
11 a.m. to 2 p.m., New London Senior Center, Corner of Brainard and Mercer Streets, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+) - Thu, Aug. 19:
5 to 7 p.m., Jennings School, 50 Mercer Street, New London Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Tues, Aug. 24:
3 to 6 p.m., City of Groton Farmers’ Market, corner of Mitchell and Meridian Streets, Washington Park, Groton (Pfizer 12+, Moderna or J&J 18+) - Wed, Sept. 1:
5-7pm, Eat in the Streets, Bank Street, New London (Moderna or J&J, 18+)
Visit www.llhd.org or follow LLHD on social media for additional clinic announcements.
LYME/OLD LYME — On Thursday, Aug. 19, from 6:30 to 8 p.m., Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) and the Lyme/Old Lyme Prevention Coalition will be hosting a free Narcan and Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) training session.
NARCAN (naloxone) is an opiate antidote. Opioids include heroin and prescription pain pills such as oxycodone, codeine and morphine. NARCAN is a prescription medicine that blocks the effects of opioids and reverses an overdose.
NARCAN® Nasal Spray may counteract the life-threatening effects of an opioid overdose. Since most accidental overdoses occur in a home setting, it was developed for first responders, as well as family, friends, and caregivers—with no medical training required. Its characteristics are:
- Needle-free
- Designed for ease-of-use in the community setting
- Inhalation not required
The Narcan training from 6:30 to 7 p.m. will provide participants with knowledge about overdose prevention strategies, administering Narcan, and support information and resources. Each participant will go home with a free Narcan kit.
The QPR portion from 7 to 8 p.m. will help participants learn the three steps to help save a life, warning signs of a suicide crisis, how to respond, and where to go for resources and support.
These sessions will be held at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall. Register for one or both training sessions at this link.
Data indicates that emergency personnel are seeing a slight uptick in overdose calls in our region with state and national data showing that the pandemic has contributed to this rise.
Every week in the US, an average of 20 people die from a drug overdose, and eight by suicide. Accidental overdose is now the leading cause of death for Americans under 50, and suicide is the 10th leading cause of death.
This training is crucial if you ever find yourself in the position to save a life. It will be facilitated by staff from SERAC (Supporting and Engaging Resources for Action and Change).
For more information about the training sessions, visit this link.