10/01/2020
10/01/2020
Local News for Old Lyme, Connecticut
10/01/2020
10/01/2020
Subscribe to Lyme-Old Lyme HS Athletics YouTube Channel to Watch LiveStreamed Games This Season
LYME/OLD LYME — Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools are permitting spectators at home sports games this season but several other schools are not. Consequently, the LOL Schools Athletic Department is trying to find a way to live-stream games so that students, parents, friends and supporters of any team can watch a game that is being played READ MORE.
09/30/2020
9 Town Transit: There’s still time to …
There’s still time to comment on the 2021 Statewide Transportation Improvement program. It’s a document that includes all transportation projects to be funded in the next 4 years with federal funds, which fund services like ours. Learn more and comment at Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
09/30/2020
Old Lyme Historical Soc., Duck River Garden Club Present Zoom Program on ‘Salt Marsh Haying’ Tonight
OLD LYME — What is Salt Marsh and why was this grass so prized in Colonial times? The Old Lyme Historical Society and Duck River Garden Club will provide the answers in a Zoom presentation titled, ‘Salt Marsh Haying,’ which they are co-sponsoring this evening, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. Shaun Roche, Visitor Service READ MORE.
09/30/2020
SECWAC Presents George Packer from ‘The Atlantic’ Discussing His New Book on Richard Holbrooke, Tonight
AREAWIDE — The Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) hosts George Packer in a Zoom presentation this evening, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. titled, ‘Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century.’ All are welcome. This presentation is free for members, guests $20, registration is required. In his book “Our Man: READ MORE.
09/29/2020
9 Town Transit: We will resume fare …
We will resume fare collection 11/1. Please be prepared to pay a fare at that time. Buy your mobile ticket today in the Token Transit app or at Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
09/29/2020
Lyme Public Library: Join us for this …
Join us for this timely virtual program on Saturday, October 3 at 2 P.M. to find out why retired Government Professor and lawyer John Finn says this is one of the most critical elections of our lifetimes. Email programreg@lymepl.org to register and receive the Zoom link. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.
09/29/2020
Death Announced of Nancy MacVane Roche; Registrar of Voters for Lyme Democrats, Lyme Cemetery Commission Chair
LYME — Nancy MacVane Roche, 86, of Lyme, passed away peacefully Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020, at Essex Meadows Health Center … They moved back East to Old Lyme, and settled on Tantumorantum Road, where they lived for the last 54 years; a wonderful town and beautiful location to live and raise a family. They had READ MORE.
09/29/2020
SECWAC Presents George Packer from ‘The Atlantic’ Discussing His New Book on Richard Holbrooke, Tomorrow
AREAWIDE — The Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council(SECWAC) hosts George Packer in a Zoom presentation Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 6 p.m. titled, ‘Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century.’ All are welcome. This presentation is free for members, guests $20, registration is required. In his book “Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and READ MORE.
09/29/2020
Old Lyme Historical Soc., Duck River Garden Club Present Zoom Program on ‘Salt Marsh Haying,’ Tomorrow
OLD LYME — What is Salt Marsh and why was this grass so prized in Colonial times? The Old Lyme Historical Society and Duck River Garden Club will provide the answers in a Zoom presentation titled, ‘Salt Marsh Haying,’ which they are co-sponsoring, Wednesday, Sept. 30, at 7 p.m. Shaun Roche, Visitor Service Manager with READ MORE.
09/29/2020
A la Carte: Hold on to Summer, Make Your Own Luscious Ice Cream, Sorbets
Last week I missed getting the last peaches available at Whittle’s. This made me sad because, even though it is late September, I guess I am not ready for fall. In any case, I did find delicious peaches at Big Y and made two crisps (like cobblers but made with nuts, oat, butter, flour and READ MORE.
09/29/2020
Diebolt Clarifies His Plans for 220 (Approx.) Apartments on Hatchetts Hill (Includes 70 Affordable Housing Units); Says it’s “100% Good for the Town”
OLD LYME — Describing his proposed housing development off Hatchetts Hill Rd. in Old Lyme as, “A one hundred percent good thing for the town,” Mark Diebolt went on to give an detailed outline of the ambitious proposal during a phone conversation with LymeLine last Monday (Sept. 22.) The plan, which is still in draft READ MORE.
09/28/2020
9 Town Transit: We will resume fare …
We will resume fare collection 11/1. Please be prepared to pay a fare at that time. Buy your mobile ticket today in the Token Transit app or at Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.09/27/2020
Ledge Light Confirms No New COVID-19 Cases in Past Week in Lyme, Old Lyme; Current Totals are 9 in Lyme, 27 in
LYME/OLD LYME — Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) issued their COVID-19 summary for the week ending Sept. 25 just after 7 p.m. Friday evening. The report showed nine cases for Lyme and 27 cases for Old Lyme including two fatalities. These are same totals that LymeLine reported on Monday, Sept. 21. This report covers cases READ MORE.09/26/2020
In-Person Services Tomorrow at FCCOL (Outdoors), Saint Ann’s, Christ The King (Indoors), All with Online Options; Lyme Church Continues Online Services
LYME-OLD LYME – The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme is holding a live, outdoor service at 11 a.m. this Sunday. Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church and Christ The King Church are offering in-person services, the latter with a restricted number of congregants. All three churches also offer an online option while the First Congregational Church READ MORE.09/26/2020
‘The Farmer’s Market’ at Tiffany Farms is Open This Morning
LYME —‘The Farmer’s Market at Tiffany Farms’ in Lyme is open this Saturday, Sept. 26, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Vendors this morning include Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm Bittersweet Farm Biscotti & Beyond Chatfield Hollow Farm Dondero Orchards Falls Brook Organic Farm From the Farm Long Table Farm TALK Seafood Traveling Italian Chef Wave READ MORE.09/26/2020
A New Rule for Comments
UPDATED SEPT. 26, 2020 — We welcome comments, but when you submit one, please be sure to enter your name and an email address that we can verify. We will no longer publish comments under a pseudonym. We have a number of comments sitting in the hopper that we can’t publish because they have — READ MORE.09/26/2020
Old Lyme VNA Offers Free Flu Vaccinations to LOL Residents, Oct. 10
LYME/OLD LYME — The Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Association will offer free, drive-by flu vaccinations to residents of Lyme and Old Lyme on Saturday, Oct. 10, from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Lyme-Old Lyme High School. Read the rest of the article on lymeline.com READ MORE.
09/26/2020
Lyme Public Library: Why is the ratification …
Why is the ratification of the 19th Amendment 100 years ago still relevant today? It’s not too late to register for this Zoom program at 2 PM today and find out! Email programreg@lymepl.org and we’ll send you the link to join the program. Read the article on twitter.com READ MORE.09/26/2020