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: State Warns Old Lyme to Get Moving on Sewer Project
OLD LYME–With town officials and residents of Sound View Beach still clamoring for answers about the latest developments in a longstanding push to bring sewers to the Old Lyme shoreline, the state has warned Old Lyme First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker that time is running out. Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protecton (CT DEEP) Deputy Commissioner of … [Read more...] about TOP STORY: State Warns Old Lyme to Get Moving on Sewer Project
TOP STORY-UPDATED: Miami Beach Sewer Bids Are Unexpectedly High, Implications Not Yet Fully Understood
This Time Around, Miami Beach is Flush with Sewer Bids ... But Costs Aren't Going Down Editor's Note: This article was updated with information from the CT DEEP spokesman. OLD LYME–Costs continue to climb as bids on Tuesday came back unexpectedly high for the Miami Beach portion of a $70 million project to bring sewers to the shoreline. Miami Beach Water Pollution … [Read more...] about TOP STORY-UPDATED: Miami Beach Sewer Bids Are Unexpectedly High, Implications Not Yet Fully Understood
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