Editor's Note: This article was updated with comments from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection spokesman. OLD LYME — Armed with refined cost estimates, the Board of Selectmen is pitching a January referendum vote for a sewer project that has faced resistance for decades as leaders grapple with how to pay for a cleaner Long Island Sound. Meanwhile, … [Read more...] about TOP STORY—UPDATED: Old Lyme Faces Costly Deadline in Sewer Standoff
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TOP STORY: Old Lyme Seeks Clarity on Sound View Sewer Costs as Funding Deadline Nears
OLD LYME–The Old Lyme Board of Selectmen’s plan to hire a third-party accountant to review cost estimates for the Sound View Beach sewer project has raised concerns that delaying a townwide referendum could put millions in state funding at risk. The selectmen on Monday during its regular meeting reaffirmed a plan to bring in a consulting accountant to analyze various budget … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Old Lyme Seeks Clarity on Sound View Sewer Costs as Funding Deadline Nears
TOP STORY: Old Lyme Selectmen Vote to Postpone Setting Referendum on Sound View Sewers Until Key Questions Answered
OLD LYME–The Old Lyme Board of Selectmen on Tuesday, citing a lack of answers to questions they have been asking for months, again decided to hold off on setting a referendum affecting Sound View Beach that could get a stalled sewer project moving again. Selectmen at a roughly one hour special meeting voted unanimously to move discussion on the referendum to a future … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Old Lyme Selectmen Vote to Postpone Setting Referendum on Sound View Sewers Until Key Questions Answered
TOP STORY: Sound View Residents Urgently Call for Alternatives to Sewer Project as Potential Referendum Looms
OLD LYME–As a decades-long effort to clean up Long Island Sound by getting rid of septic systems continues its slow slog in Old Lyme, residents of Sound View Beach are calling for town officials to fight back against state pressure to install sewers or to spread out the cost throughout the town. Upwards of 60 people gathered in the Lyme-Old Lyme High School auditorium … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Sound View Residents Urgently Call for Alternatives to Sewer Project as Potential Referendum Looms
TOP STORY: Old Lyme Board of Selectmen Need Answers Before Sending Sewer Project to Referendum
OLD LYME–The Old Lyme Board of Selectmen on Monday decided they need more time – and more transparency – before a years-long push to install sewers in the Sound View Beach area comes back up for a townwide vote. The three-member board – composed of First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker and Jim Lampos, both Democrats, and Republican Jude Read – declined to send to the … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Old Lyme Board of Selectmen Need Answers Before Sending Sewer Project to Referendum
LETTER TO THE EDITOR: So Many Unanwered Questions on Sewers, OLWPCA Member Urges Community to Get Involved
To the Editor: I recently volunteered to join the OLWPCA [Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority] because I wanted to serve my community and the town. I was hoping that I could help decipher for my neighbors and friends the ambiguity regarding 10-year-old testing, affordable alternatives and ever-increasing project costs. I wanted to learn all I can, but it … [Read more...] about LETTER TO THE EDITOR: So Many Unanwered Questions on Sewers, OLWPCA Member Urges Community to Get Involved
Letter to the Editor: Sound View Property Owner Asks Old Lyme to ‘Play Fair’ in Sewer Installation Charges
To the Editor: I am a newly appointed member of the OLWPCA (Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority) but am writing here not as a WPCA representative but as a property owner in Old Lyme. My property in ‘Area B’ – near the railroad tracks - was recently appraised at $210,900. It consists of 712 square feet, 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. It is seasonal. Let’s … [Read more...] about Letter to the Editor: Sound View Property Owner Asks Old Lyme to ‘Play Fair’ in Sewer Installation Charges
TOP STORY: Old Lyme WPCA Chair Cinami Seeks to Get Sewer Project Finally Flowing, Requests Additional $7.6 Million
OLD LYME–6/22 UPDATED: Headline amended: Six years ago, a $9.5 million request to install sewers in the Sound View Beach area got the go-ahead from voters at a town-wide referendum – but the project stalled. Now, amid inflation exacerbated by the COVID pandemic and other factors, the Old Lyme Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) is back with a request for another $7.6 … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: Old Lyme WPCA Chair Cinami Seeks to Get Sewer Project Finally Flowing, Requests Additional $7.6 Million