Think air travel is just about delays and lost luggage? Your body has other plans. Forget plane crashes and fights about who gets the armrest. If you survive TSA, a middle seat, and boarding group 9, now you have to make it through the flight itself without your body unraveling like cheap luggage on a baggage carousel. Let’s start with Deep Vein … [Read more...] about Talking Transportation: The Health Risks of Flying
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Saint Ann’s Announces Summer Programs for Children, Adults
OLD LYME–Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church has announced enrichment programs to engage kids and adults throughout the summer. Starting this Sunday, June 29, Saint Ann’s will offer three sessions of the Godly Play curriculum for children from 3- to 12-years-old. The Montessori-based educational program uses an interactive storytelling process to explore the mystery of God’s … [Read more...] about Saint Ann’s Announces Summer Programs for Children, Adults
I-Park Welcomes Visitors at First Open Studios of Season, June 29
EAST HADDAM—I-Park, a nonprofit artists’ colony set within a 450-acre nature preserve in East Haddam, will hold its first Open Studios event of the season from 2 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, June 29. The organization in a press release said artists will be in their studios, or at their artworks, from 2 to 4 p.m. to share glimpses into their creative process and the work they've … [Read more...] about I-Park Welcomes Visitors at First Open Studios of Season, June 29
TOP STORY: Celebrating a Carousel’s Centenary in Old Lyme
OLD LYME — It might have been a drizzly day on Saturday but spirits were high in the Sound View section of Old Lyme where celebrations took place to acknowledge the 100th anniversary of the construction of the beloved carousel. The merry-go-round has been in its current location at the foot of Hartford Ave.since 1976. Presentations were made by numerous individuals … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Celebrating a Carousel’s Centenary in Old Lyme
CT Early Music Festival 2025 Concludes with Concert in Conn. College Today
OLD LYME/NEW LONDON – The Connecticut Early Music Festival (CEMF) returns for its 43rd season, presenting six concerts across the first three weekends in June. The festival brings together world-class musicians to perform both familiar and rarely heard works. The Festival opened Saturday, June 7, at Harkness Chapel, Connecticut College, featuring Handel’s Funeral Anthem for … [Read more...] about CT Early Music Festival 2025 Concludes with Concert in Conn. College Today
Friends of Gillette Castle State Park Give New Life to Old Gillette Biography
LYME–To celebrate the republication of “Sherlock Holmes and Much More,” the Friends of Gillette Castle hosted a book launch in the Visitor Center of Gillette Castle State Park on June 8. The Friends in a press release said the republished book, available in hardcover and softcover versions in the gift shop, is made possible through a partnership with Belanger Books and the … [Read more...] about Friends of Gillette Castle State Park Give New Life to Old Gillette Biography
TOP STORY: Champions, Again! Lyme-Old Lyme HS Girls’ Track & Field Team Wins State Class S Title for Second Successive Year
OLD LYME–On Monday, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School girls track and field team successfully defended their title as Class S State Champions. The Wildcats last year won the championship for the first time in program history. The team was led by junior Chase Gilbert, distance triple crown winner, and senior Zoe Eastman-Grossel, whose three wins included a class … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Champions, Again! Lyme-Old Lyme HS Girls’ Track & Field Team Wins State Class S Title for Second Successive Year
A View From My Porch: “Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming.” Part 1 — The Shootings at Kent State University.
Christina and I attended a program at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library on Tuesday, April 29: “Oral History: Kent State, 1970,” presented by Mike Alewitz, who as a student anti-Vietnam War organizer at Kent State University and a founder and chairman of the University's Student Mobilization Committee Against the War, witnessed the bloodshed that occurred there on May 4, 1970 — … [Read more...] about A View From My Porch: “Tin Soldiers and Nixon Coming.” Part 1 — The Shootings at Kent State University.
TOP STORY: More than 200 Hands Raised at Old Lyme Town Meeting, $45.39 Million Budget Approved at 7.8% Over Current Year
OLD LYME–Record attendance Wednesday night at the rescheduled Town Budget Meeting resulted in the passage of a $45.39 million 2025-26 budget and several new or amended ordinances. Residents and taxpayers in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School auditorium raised fluorescent green chits in the air to signify their voting status as they approved the budget in a 167 to 40 vote. It … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: More than 200 Hands Raised at Old Lyme Town Meeting, $45.39 Million Budget Approved at 7.8% Over Current Year
TOP STORY: Lyme’s ‘Long Table Farm’ Turns Community Food Scraps into Rich Compost, Looks to Expand Program to Include Old Lyme
Compost Benefits Farm, Lyme Residents, Town’s Bottom Line ... and Doesn't Stink! LYME, CT—Long Table Farm owner Baylee Drown last week stood alongside several carefully-tended compost piles adjacent to the vegetable fields as food scraps carried in from all over town cooked down in a natural process that she hopes will bring the community-supported agriculture operation … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Lyme’s ‘Long Table Farm’ Turns Community Food Scraps into Rich Compost, Looks to Expand Program to Include Old Lyme
Ribbon-Cutting Saturday at ‘The Hideaway’ Celebrates New Owners, Offerings; All Welcome at 11:30am
OLD LYME — On Saturday, May 31, at 11:30 a.m., the Old Lyme Economic Development Commission and Board of Selectpersons will hold a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the new owners and offerings at The Hideaway Restaurant Wood-Fired Pizza. All are welcome. Visit this link to read a story by Elizabeth Regan about the new owners published on LymeLine.com May 12 and titled, New Owner … [Read more...] about Ribbon-Cutting Saturday at ‘The Hideaway’ Celebrates New Owners, Offerings; All Welcome at 11:30am
Lyme-Old Lyme Crew Victorious at State Championship Once Again
National Learn To Row Day to be Held at Rogers Lake Boathouse on Saturday, June 7, 10-2, Free, All Welcome OLD LYME–The Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) crew team on Sunday continued their dominance of the Varsity Four category at the Connecticut Public School State Championships. The Old Lyme Rowing Association (OLRA) in a press release heralded the team's … [Read more...] about Lyme-Old Lyme Crew Victorious at State Championship Once Again
Death Announced of Marie Assunta (Salvatore) LoRusso, Mother of Elaine Campbell of Old Lyme
Marie Assunta (Salvatore) LoRusso, age 99, passed away peacefully, on Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Apple Rehabilitation Center in Watertown. She was the wife of the late Nicholas LoRusso ... A lifelong resident of Waterbury, Marie was born on August 15, 1925, to the late Samuel and Nicoletta (Grasso) Salvatore ... She was deeply devoted to her family and was a caretaker of … [Read more...] about Death Announced of Marie Assunta (Salvatore) LoRusso, Mother of Elaine Campbell of Old Lyme
Lymes’ Senior Center Hosts ‘Soft Opening’ to Welcome Back Members to Renovated, Expanded Facility
OLD LYME—On Monday, May 5, more than 150 people turned out for a celebratory pizza party at the Lyme’s Senior Center in honor of its "soft opening." The Center on Town Woods Rd. has finally emerged from a major renovation and expansion project. Those who attended were able to explore the now much improved facility while also viewing the new design and improvements for … [Read more...] about Lymes’ Senior Center Hosts ‘Soft Opening’ to Welcome Back Members to Renovated, Expanded Facility
Lyme-Old Lyme Schools’ Board Sends Unchanged Budget Proposal to Tuesday Referendum
OLD LYME–The Region 18 Board of Education on Monday evening unanimously sent the proposed $39.7 million 2025-26 budget to referendum unchanged despite calls from several residents to take money out of its reserve funds to reduce the impact on taxpayers going forward. The referendum will be held Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. Old Lyme residents and qualified taxpayers will … [Read more...] about Lyme-Old Lyme Schools’ Board Sends Unchanged Budget Proposal to Tuesday Referendum