Lyme officials pitch proposals aimed at helping residents remain in town, focusing on home repairs and rental options rather than strict state affordable housing definitions.
The state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) on Friday urged First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker to develop a sewer plan residents can get behind after this week’s resounding “no” vote on a $20.5 million sanitary system for Sound View Beach.
One question was answered Tuesday when voters responded with a resounding “no” to spending $20.5 million on sewers in the Sound View Beach area, but town officials and representatives of three private beach associations said important questions remain.
The vote to increase the amount authorized by residents and taxpayers in 2019 failed 363 to 925.
Taxpayers will decide whether to authorize the sewer project at the expense of Sound View residents – with the caveat that the town budget might have to absorb some of the cost.
With a referendum on the Sound View sewer project set for next week, WPCA Chairman Steve Cinami pushed back on the cost implications for the town as members made another adjustment to the numbers.
Sammee Piette is the newest town nurse to serve Lyme and Old Lyme, overseeing a continually evolving program while preserving a long tradition of community care.
Duck River Garden Club member Maryellen Basham at a special selectmen’s meeting Monday said the group hopes to install a Blue Star Memorial and a Gold Star Memorial at Memorial Town Hall.
Town officials are urging a unified local strategy on affordable housing in the face of a new state law signed by Gov. Ned Lamont to encourage regional cooperation amid complex and sometimes vague mandates.
With residents divided over the use of traffic cameras to issue speeding tickets, officials say the incoming resident state trooper could help determine whether Old Lyme will join the growing number of towns adopting the technology.
