The Zoning Commission on Tuesday approved a legal settlement authorizing a special permit for a scaled-back site plan at 43 Smith Neck Road after the controversial housing application was unanimously rejected one year ago.
The Board of Directors of Essex Bank announced this week that executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer Lynn Giroux will become president and CEO when Diane Arnold retires in August.
Two Old Lyme preserves are getting new wood duck houses thanks to members of the Lyme-Old Lyme High School ECOS (Environmental and Community Organization of Stewards) Club who hammered out a plan to create safe havens for cavity-nesting birds.
The Lyme-Old Lyme High School boys and girls basketball teams started the week much like they’ve played the rest of the season, with determined performances from the girls and decisive win from the boys.
The region's planning organization is seeking local ideas about how to make downtown areas in the Lower Connecticut River Valley more vibrant.
State Senator Norm Needleman, D-Essex, is seeking a fifth term. Issues including energy policy, transportation, budgeting, and municipal needs remain high on his list of priorities.
Tickets are now available for the Lyme Pollinator Pathway’s 5th Anniversary Party as nature enthusiasts celebrate five years of local pollinator habitat restoration and community education.
The town is on a mission to reduce household waste — and residents can weigh in. The town is asking full- and part-time residents to complete a survey aimed at identifying how changes in trash and recycling practices could help save money and the environment.
A Smith Neck Road neighbor reiterates calls to make public a revised plan for a controversial riverfront home before the Zoning Commission votes on a legal settlement.
How fruit and vegetables make their way to our supermarkets is not only a tale of botany, but of logistics and long-distance transportation at some cost to our environment.
