Gov. Ned Lamont declared a state of emergency Wednesday morning as utility companies warned that Connecticut residents should prepare for days without electricity with crews still assessing the destruction left by Tropical Storm Isaias that cut power to more than 720,000 homes and businesses. Lamont, who made the declaration while touring damage in portions of … [Read more...] about Tropical Storm Isaias: Gov. Ned Lamont Declares State of Emergency with Utilities Warning it Could Take Days to Restore 720K Outages
From Elsewhere
It’s Juneteenth — But What Does That Mean? (from ‘The Boston Globe’)
LYME / OLD LYME -- To be honest, we have never mentioned Juneteenth before on LymeLine.com but, in a sign of the times, we feel we can't let this day pass us by this year without comment. Quiet, overwhelmingly white Lyme and Old Lyme have already displayed a remarkable awareness of the changing world in which we are living with rallies for racial justice in each town on the … [Read more...] about It’s Juneteenth — But What Does That Mean? (from ‘The Boston Globe’)
Lyme Senior Siblings Stay Together Through Refugee Journey, Find New Community (from The Day)
LYME — For Lyme-Old Lyme High School seniors Kamber and Darin Hamou, the last four years have been a lesson about the importance of family both at home and within a community. Having grown up in Aleppo, Syria, the siblings escaped the country as refugees in 2013 with their parents, Hani and Yadiz, as well as their younger brother, Mohammad, who is now 15, after the Syrian … [Read more...] about Lyme Senior Siblings Stay Together Through Refugee Journey, Find New Community (from The Day)
Lyme-Old Lyme $2.28 Million School Turf Field Moves Forward (from The Day)
OLD LYME — After receiving unanimous approval from the town’s Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Commission on Tuesday evening, it appears a proposed $2.28 million synthetic turf field project the Region 18 Board of Education is considering building is moving forward. The 143,000-square-foot, all-weather, multipurpose field, if eventually approved by the Board of Education, … [Read more...] about Lyme-Old Lyme $2.28 Million School Turf Field Moves Forward (from The Day)
A Summer not Like the Rest: Local Hotel, Inn Owners Await Reopening Directions (from ‘The Day’)
OLD LYME -- In a normal year, the Old Lyme Inn already would have been booked out through Memorial Day weekend, and reservations tied to summer weddings, local festivals and parades would either be booked or flooding in. But that’s not the case this year, as the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced the inn to close in March. Bookings were “canceled through the whole … [Read more...] about A Summer not Like the Rest: Local Hotel, Inn Owners Await Reopening Directions (from ‘The Day’)
For Connecticut shoreline towns, figuring out a summertime beach policy during social distancing means plenty of hard decisions (from HartfordCourant.com)
In a video taken at Groton’s Eastern Point Beach last weekend, Mayor Keith Hedrick held up flexible PVC pipes fitted together as a jumbo hoop. When he stepped inside, it gave him a 6-foot buffer on all sides: just what beachgoers this summer will need to maintain. “That’s your distance — this is what 6-foot is,” Hedrick said on the video. “So imagine walking … [Read more...] about For Connecticut shoreline towns, figuring out a summertime beach policy during social distancing means plenty of hard decisions (from HartfordCourant.com)
10 Things the Pandemic Has Changed for Good (from AARP.org)
The coronavirus pandemic is a public health emergency and an economic crisis, unprecedented in the disruption of daily life. That makes it something else, too, says Jeffrey Cole, a research professor at the University of Southern California: “Without preparation or permission, we're participating in the greatest social science experiment of all time." The effects … [Read more...] about 10 Things the Pandemic Has Changed for Good (from AARP.org)
Old Lyme Getting More Sleep Amid Stay-At-Home Order, Study Shows — But Apparently We Need It
OLD LYME -- Online sleep-industry review and information site, Sleepopolis, has conducted a study which has found that Old Lyme residents who are now working from home during lockdown are sleeping an extra 17.5 hours per month. But Old Lyme has a sleep score of 85.75, and came in position #61, meaning its residents are getting far less quality sleep than those in other towns … [Read more...] about Old Lyme Getting More Sleep Amid Stay-At-Home Order, Study Shows — But Apparently We Need It
Coping with Isolation: Buddhist Chaplain Offers Words of Wisdom (From MyEdmondsNow.com)
Editor's Note: This article was first published on MyEdmondsNews.com, (Edmonds is a city roughly 20 miles north of Seattle, Wash.), a fellow member of LION (Local, Independent, Online News) Publishers. Teresa Wippel, founder and publisher of MyEdmondsNews.com generously offered the article to other LION members as it is so relevant to the "Stay Home" situation in which we are … [Read more...] about Coping with Isolation: Buddhist Chaplain Offers Words of Wisdom (From MyEdmondsNow.com)