Monthly Archives: September 2015

Lottery Places Old Lyme Candidates in Order on Nov. 3 Ballot

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Old Lyme Republican Registrar Don Tapper reads the name of the candidate drawn in the lottery for placement on the ballot. Old Lyme Democratic Registrar Sylvia Peterson to his left notes the candidate's name.

Old Lyme Republican Registrar Don Tapper reads the name of the candidate drawn in the lottery for placement on the Nov. 3 ballot. Old Lyme Democratic Registrar Sylvia Peterson seated to his left notes the candidate’s name.

Old Lyme Town Clerk Eileen Coffee and Assistant Town Clerk Vicki Urbowicz presided over a lottery yesterday morning in the second floor Conference Room of Memorial Town Hall on Lyme St. to determine the horizontal order of candidates’ names for any office with a number of openings in the Nov. 3 municipal election.

Old Lyme Registrars Sylvia Peterson (D) and Don Tapper (R) drew names from a small tub, which were then carefully numbered. The names will appear in the order drawn (as shown below) on the appropriate row going from left to right on the Nov. 3 election ballot.

There were three positions for which candidate’s names were drawn and the results were as follows:

Board of Finance Alternate (Republicans)

  1. David Kelsey
  2. Robert Jose

Zoning Board of Appeals Alternate (Petitioning candidates)

  1. Nancy Hutchinson
  2. Harry S. Plaut

Region 18 Board of Education (Democrats)

  1. Peter Hunt
  2. Paul Fuchs
  3. Michelle Roche

 

Old Lyme Registrars Hold Lottery Today to Determine Order of Candidate’s Names on Election Ballot

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The Old Lyme Registrars of Voters have announced they will hold a lottery to determine the horizontal order of candidates’ names for any office with a number of openings in the Nov. 3 municipal election.  The names will then appear in the order drawn within the appropriate row on the election ballot.

Candidates’ names will be drawn at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, in the second floor Conference Room of Memorial Town Hall on Lyme St.  The public is welcome to attend.

Special Town Meeting Scheduled in Old Lyme Tonight; Approval of Dollars for Dredging, Heating System on Agenda

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The Old Lyme Board of Selectmen will host a Special Town Meeting this evening at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeting Hall of the Old Lyme Town Hall at 52 Lyme St., Old Lyme, Connecticut.

Items on the agenda at this point, which are scheduled to be first discussed and then voted on by residents, are as follows:

  1. To authorize the expenditure of $1,614,074.00 for the Black Hall River and Four Mile River Navigation Channel Dredging Projects, as recommended by the harbor management commission and the boards of finance and selectmen. These projects will be funded by a grant in said amount from the State Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).
  2. To authorize the expenditure of an amount not to exceed $63,000.00 from the Town Building Improvements Fund for the Emme heating system, as recommended by the boards of finance and selectmen.

Owner of Katharine Hepburn Estate in Fenwick Buys Old Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

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Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse

Frank Sciame will soon be the new owner of the Old Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse following an online auction to purchase the lighthouse from the United States Coast Guard. The auction began on July 15, 2015 at 9 a.m. An opening bid of $10,000 was made on Aug. 5, and seven bidders participated in the auction which ended Sept. 1, with Sciame’s high bid of $290,000. This is expected to be the first transaction in Connecticut under the National Historic Lighthouse Preservation Act.

The Old Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse is located on the Long Island Sound and is listed on the National Register for Historic Places, which requires the structure to be maintained in accordance with the Secretary of Interior’s Standards. The Department of Homeland Security United States Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team will continue to maintain the navigational aids at the property.

“We are delighted to have participated and succeeded in the exciting auction process for this historic lighthouse. We look forward to working alongside Connecticut’s State Historic Preservation Office to carry out this restoration,” said Frank Sciame. “Having purchased and renovated the former Katharine Hepburn property, I have been admiring this Lighthouse for more than 10 years. Once restored, it will be a quintessential accessory building to our family summer home.”

Built in 1886 to mark a sand bar on the west side of the Connecticut River, the lighthouse is within walking distance from the Connecticut estate where legendary actress Katharine Hepburn resided with her family for many decades until her 2003 death.  The structure has four floors including a watch room and a lantern room and features molded cast-iron windows, and portholes.  It was important to Sciame, who intends to restore and renovate the lighthouse for private use, that a resident of the Borough of Fenwick own it to ensure this iconic part of the seascape be properly maintained.

Sciame purchased the Katharine Hepburn estate in 2004 and performed a full renovation creating a modern open floor plan while preserving the home’s historic integrity.  The 3.4-acre compound is the largest private property in the historic and exclusive Fenwick borough of Old Saybrook, and offers 680 feet of private beach on Long Island Sound.

Frank Sciame is the CEO and Chairman of Sciame Construction LLC, a highly recognized builder in the New York City and TriState area.  With over 40 years of experience, his firm has won numerous awards for outstanding historic restoration and preservation work. Sciame previously served as Chairman and is a current Board Member of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.