Monthly Archives: July 2017

‘Affordable Art’ by Local Seniors on Show at OL Town Hall Through August

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This work by Jean McLean created during the art class taught at Lymes’ Senior Center is one of the signature pieces of the upcoming exhibition at Old Lyme Town Hall.

Students of classes from Lymes’ Senior Center under the instruction of local artist Sharon Schmiedel are hosting an exhibition of their artwork during the Old Lyme Midsummer Festival this year. 

Watercolor by George Kinser.

This year’s show is titled, “The Affordable Art Exhibit.”  

Students have been introduced to a variety of art mediums and encouraged to experiment, leading to an exciting and diverse show.

Artwork priced from $10 to $50 includes watercolors, drawings, acrylics, mixed media and pen and ink.

A portion of each sale will be donated to the Lymes’ Senior Center.  Each piece will be simply mounted and ready to hang.

The exhibit and sale will run through the end of August.  Contact information for any sale will be available at the exhibit.

“Ironing” Things Out: Old Lyme Teen Raises Awareness About Deadly Iron Overload Disease

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Hemochromatosis activist Patricia Moriarty

Patricia Moriarty, resident of Old Lyme and rising senior at Phillips Exeter Academy, is having a Hemochromatosis Awareness Week in Old Lyme during the week commencing July 31. Patricia will be holding various events and handing out flyers throughout Old Lyme making people aware of this disease and spreading word on hope.

Hemochromatosis is an iron overload disease that kills many adults and is avoidable through regular phlebotomies. Family members of Patricia’s have suffered from this disease, which became her call to action. July is National Hemochromatosis awareness month and she wants to spread the word throughout Eastern Connecticut.

As part of her awareness campaign, Patricia will be a guest on the radio show Healthy Rounds on WTIC on July 29, with Dr. Anthony Alessi. Patricia lost her grandfather to this disease and is committed to spreading the word on this preventable but deadly disease. Other members of Patricia’s family sought out the simple genetic testing and also have this hereditary and potentially deadly disease. Fortunately, with simple DNA testing and routine blood work, one can avoid the long-term organ damage that results from not seeking periodic phlebotomies throughout the year.

In the fall of 2016, Patricia started The Phillips Exeter Hemochromatosis Awareness Club and has hosted awareness days at her school and at other community events.

Additional information about the club founded by Patricia can be found on her Hemochromatosis Awareness Facebook page, titled Exeter Hemochromatosis Awareness Club.

Old Lyme to Hold Special Town Meeting Tonight to Discuss Mosquito Management Plan

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The Old Lyme Board of Selectmen has announced a Special Town Meeting this coming Wednesday, July 26, at 7:30 p.m. in the Meeting Hall at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall to discuss and vote on two matters.

The first is to approve the expenditure of $30,000 for Mosquito Management Plan for Fiscal Year 2018, as recommended by the Old Lyme Boards of Selectmen and Finance.

The second is to approve the additional expenditure of $25,000 from the Town Buildings Improvement Fund for exterior work on the town hall.  This proposal is also recommended by the boards of selectmen and finance.

Readers are advised to take photo ID if they wish to vote.

Lyme-Old Lyme High, Middle Schools Publish Q4 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School has published the Honor Roll for Quarter 4, 2016-2017, as follows:

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12: Margaret Berger, Avery Bikerman, Mary Bolles, Lauren Boulay, James Coburn, Morgan Constantinou, Sydney Cowell, Rose Datum, Olivia Ellis, Hunter Friel, Alexandra Gourlay, Everett Grethel, Brennan Griffin, Rachel Hayward, Hayden Hendrik, Joseph Lester, Haley Mahon, Matthew McCarthy, Francesca Melluzzo, Julia Morrison, Julian Muller, Caleigh O’Neil, Peyton Ogden, Jacob Olson, Jenna Peduzzi, Olivia Reneson, Natalie Rugg, Lauren Schillawski, Skyelar Shaw, Cody Stalls, Tanner Sutton, Sophie Warlitz, Laura Wayland, Brendan Wright

Grade 11: Samantha Barretta, Cara Cahill, Erin Cornelius, Adam Drummond, Keelin Hurtt, Maeve Kolb, Sarah Kwon, Lindsay Lewchik, Claudia Mergy, Lauren Mitchell, Shannon Nosal, Emma Pennie, Julia Ritchie, Emily Rivera, Julia Smith, Reed Spitzer, Gabriel Stephens-Zumbaum, Alexander Swanski, Bianca Tinnerello, Caroline Wholean, Ellie Wiese, Lauren Williams, Hannah Wisner, Abigail Zelmanow, Madeline Zrenda

Grade 10: Kathryn Atkinson, Catherine Battalino, Lauren Birk, Casey Blue, Mackenzie Blue, Claire Britton, Paige Britton, Liam Clark, Ann Cote, Britney DeRoehn, Corey Drummond, Olin Frederiks, Grace Gilbert, Kylie Hall, Colin Hallahan, Sarah Hayward, Kate Hickie, Liam Holloway, Aoife Hufford, Mya Johnson, Ciara Klimaszewski, Sophie Kyle, Elyza Learned, John Manthous, Danielle McCarthy, Brynn McGlinchey, Hannah Morrison, Nicholas Myers, Emily O’Brien, Sydney Ogden, Thomas Pennie, Katherine Reid, Nicholas Roth, Olivia Rugg, Noah Rumm, Kellie Sablone, Caroline Sagristano, Anna Sather, Robert Sedlatschek, Parker Stone, Emily Tan, Colleen Walsh

Grade 9: Alexander Williams, Alexandra Alpha, Anabella Arias, Emma Bass, Audrey Berry, Madison Cann, Faith Caulkins, Rory Cavicke, Emilia Cheesman, Elizabeth Cravinho, Isabel Dean-Frazier, Maria Denya, Raymond Doll, Nicholas Fava, Jada Fuentes, Sophia Griswold, Kamber Hamou, Jeffy Joshy, Daniel Kendall, Renate Kuhn, Daniel Kwon, Rachael Larson, Brenna Lewis, Jacqueline Malizia, Melissa Mauro, Thomas McCarthy, Ryan McTigue, Chandler Munson, Samantha Olson, Jenna Porter, Jared Ritchie, Jane Scheiber, Garrett Smith, Emily Speckhals, Evan St.Louis, Olivia Stack, Haley Stevens, Olivia Tetreault, Taylor Thompson, Lydia Tinnerello, Sydney Trowbridge, Kiera Ulmer, Megan VanSteenbergen, Theodore Wayland, Katelyn Wells, Trevor Wells, Clair Wholean, Maggie Wisner, Conner Wyman, Katherine Zelmanow

HONORS

Grade 12: Graham Aird, Abigail Berger, Ethan Bushy, Adam Czarnecki, Meredith Duxbury, Sophie Edson, Alexander Edwards, Julie Golebiewski, Anthony Gryk, Hannah Guenther, Emma Hoyt, Lily Iannitti, Jack Machnik, Bilal Malik, Megan McCarthy, Anna Mesham, Allison Murphy, Kiran Nadkarni, Bailey Nickerson, Lauren Quaratella, Caeli Rice, Camron Roberts, William Roberts, Matthew Sapere, Olivia Schumacher, Marissa Smith, Jacob Stack

Grade 11: Reilly Bair, Kameron Bohan, Anna Catlett, Lily Chamberlain, Rose Cheney, Jacob Coverdale, Anna Donato, Hope Femia, Samuel Fuchs, Jace Funaro, Audrey Gavin, Luke Hoffman, Gillian Holloway, Mikela Jacobson, Liam Johnston, Tasha Joshy, Amanda Marsh, Alec Maskell, Madeline Ouellette, Emma Paynter, Katherine Pettersen, Tabatha Rubitski, Caroline Sirna, Emma Sked, Collin Stalls, Alexandra Sulmasy, Mason Swaney, Ryan Wallace, Erik Zawodniak

Grade 10: Teresa Allan, Madison Babcock, Jocelyn Campbell, Tyler Clark, Lily Cox, Noah Crolius, Grace Edwards, Evan Getz, Zachary Gidius, Patrick Looney, Priyal Patel, Eaven Rivera, Eli St.Germain, Carson Swope, Adam Syed, Ethan Tracano, Caroline Wallace

Grade 9: Devin Burton, Chloe Cahill, Daisy Colvin, Sarah Conley, Samuel Dushin, Emily Evers, Leah Fouquette, Cameron Gagnon, Lucy Gilbert, Tanner Griffin, Darin Hamou, Grace Hanrahan, Lauren Huck, Benjamin Kelly, Caroline King, Elizabeth McCarthy, Mason Morrissey, Dylan Mulligan, Samantha Owen, Sofia Pecher-Kohout, Samuel Roth, Taylor Sedlatschek, Summer Siefken, Philip Sweeney, Aedan Using, Jackson Warren

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School has published the Honor Roll for Quarter 4, 2016-2017, as follows:

HIGH HONORS

Grade 8: Emily Ashton, Juliette Atkinson, Rachel Barretta, Maxwell Bauchmann, Ava Berry, Kyuss Buono, Kate Cheney, Emerson Colwell, John Cox, Megan Cravinho, Bianca Dasilva, Emily DeRoehn, Francette Donato, Leslie Farrell, Isabella Flagge, Sadie Frankel, Eveliz Fuentes, Jackson Goulding, Schuyler Greenho, Emma Griffith, Isabella Hine, Steven Jette, Aryn Jones, Regan Kaye, Paige Kolesnik, Grace Lathrop, Owen Macadam, Brendan McTigue, Marina Melluzzo, Riley Nelson, Timothy O’Brien, Connie Pan, Olivia Papanier, Margot Paynter, Jacob Quaratella, Tait Sawden, Jesper Silberberg, Mara Sked, Lian Thompson, Angus Tresnan, Katrina Wallace, Lauren Wallace, Kelly Walsh, Alison Ward, Avery Welch, Ellery Zrenda

Grade 7:  John Almy,Grace Arnold, Andrew Bennett, Elizabeth Boulay, Hannah Britt, Mackenzie Bussolotti, Chloe Campbell, Evan Clark, Ryan Clark, Anne Colangelo, Nicholas Cox, Lauren Creagan, Elias D’Onofrio, Elise DeBernardo, Eleanor Dushin, Liam Fallon, Victoria Gage, Samantha Geshel, Aiden Goiangos, Fiona Hufford, Nevin Joshy, Kian Kardestuncer, Owen Kegley, Robyn King, Michael Klier, Felse-Alexandra Kyle, William Larson, Megan Loflin, Reese Maguire, Abigail Manthous, Mikayla Masilotti, Evan Morgan, John Moriarty, Elle Myers, Victoria Nichele, Emily Nickerson, Bella Orlando, Margaret Rommel, Frank Sablone, Aksel Sather, Calvin Scheiber, Abigail Sicuranza, Abby Speckhals, Meghan Speers, Drew St.Louis, Nikolai Stephens-Zumbaum, Victoria Stout, Madison Thompson, John Videll, Evan Visgilio, Aidan Ward, Melanie Warren, Ellie Wells, Mary Wholean, Paige Winchell

Grade 6: Bridget Allan, Olivia Alpha, Whitney Barbour, Callie Bass, Livie Bass, Jillian Beebe, Jordan Beebe, Cooper Bowman, Gillian Bradley, Ava Brinkerhoff, Jamie Bucior, Gretchen Burgess, Sarah Burnham, Jennifer Cajamarca, Hayley Cann, Liam Celic, Luke Celic, Alexander Chrysoulakis, Grace Colwell, Marjorie Curtis, Arthur Danford, Anna Davis, Cole Dobratz, John Eichholz, Zachary Eichholz, David Evers, Alexis Fenton, Mason Freer, Amy Gonsalves, Matthew Grammatico, Makenna Harms, Willa Hoerauf, Dylan Hovey, Karissa Huang, Owen Ingersoll-Bonsack, Katie Johnston, Aidan Kerrigan, Hannah Kwon, Celia LaConti, Phoebe Lampos, Theodore Lampos, Karleigh Landers, Jonah Lathrop, Jacob Lopez-Bravo, Ford Macadam, Marielle Mather, Madalyn McCulloch, Caden Monte, Calvin Monte, Cooper Munson, Alexander Olsen, Allott Patterson, Alain Pecher-Kohout, Olivia Powers, Kelsey Pryor, Jacob Rand, Izzadora Reynolds, Benjamin Roth, Rhyleigh Russell, Eli Ryan, Jenna Schauder, Dylan Sheehan, Anders Silberberg, Ned Smith, Malcolm Speirs, Alyssa Spooner, Joseph Steinmacher, Samantha Tan, Kaitlyn Ward, Harry Whitten, George Williams, Quinn Williams, Andrew Zelek

HONORS

Grade 8: Paige Alpha, Colbe Andrews, Sophie Arnold, Emma Boardman, Sadie Bowman, Connor Britt, Hunter Collins, Axel Cruz, Samantha Gray, Alayna Harlow, Destiny Kus, Gabriel Lavoie, Emma McCulloch, Emma Meekhoff, Brianna Melillo, Michael Milazzo, Sophia Ortoleva, Paige Phaneuf, Lauren Pitt, Jeremy Rand, Tessa St.Germain, Kassidy Standish, Isabella Warren

Grade 7: Nicholas Adeletti, Kate Bauchmann, James Creagan, Caroline Crolius, Meyer Goldberg, Nicolette Hallahan, Lillian Herrera, Madison Hubbard, Camden McMinn, Emily Mesham, Brendan O’Brien, Aman Patel, Jacob Ritchie, Alexander Roth, Maverick Swaney

Grade 6: Elsie Arafeh-Hudson, Eli Brown, Sebastian Burgio, Ian Diaz, Kylie Dishaw, Archer Evans, Richard Frascarelli, Reece Guillet, Ethan Hale, Madison Krol, Monique Lavoie, Joseph Montazella, Thomas Moore, Jack Morgan, Jaden Reyes, Santiago Rodriguez, Trinity Velazquez, Colin Wiese

Community Foundation Awards Record $664,000 in Scholarships to 268 Students in Eastern CT

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The Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut (CFECT) has announced an unprecedented level of college scholarships made possible through the generosity of donors who believe in the
power of education to change lives. More than 260 students from its 42 communities in Eastern Connecticut were selected by The Foundation’s Scholarship Committees to receive over $664,000 in single and multi-year awards. Students from Old Lyme and the respective scholarships, which they were awarded by the Foundation, are listed below:

  • Daniel Cole: Alfred G. & Imogen M. Moss Scholarship
  • Olivia Ellis: Alcino M. Almeida Scholarship, Peter Matthews Scholarship
  • Caleb Michaud: Fletcher Family Scholarship
  • Samuel Michaud:  Beatrice E. McEwen Scholarship
  • Caleigh O’Neil: Edith M. Harris Memorial Scholarship
  • Natalie Rugg:  Pfizer Scholarship
  • Cody Stalls: Alfred G. & Imogen M. Moss Scholarship

“We are very fortunate that our donors share with us a resolve to remove the financial barriers for area students as they pursue their educational dreams and to create opportunities where few to none exist,” said Maryam Elahi, President and CEO of the Community Foundation. “Every child is important and whether it is through the arts, sciences, humanities or technical/vocational training, education is the catalyst for a brighter future for them and for our society.”

Closing the “opportunity gap” by making higher education more accessible to the region’s youth has long been a strategic priority for the Foundation. Scholarships are one of the critical ways to close this gap especially over the last decade when tuition costs have skyrocketed.

The Foundation is affiliated with Community Foundation Opportunity Network, a national network that is addressing the impact of this opportunity gap and which is inspired by the writings of sociologist, Robert Putnam (Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis). “This partnership is informing the Community Foundation’s work with donors, nonprofits and other partners to strengthen a broad range of opportunities for youth of all ages in our region,” stresses Elahi.

Community Foundation Board Chair Govind Menon commented, “Supporting the future of young people in our communities is fundamentally important to our success. Communities will only prosper as our youth and families prosper. As part of our unique platform to facilitate change and offer strong leadership in this area, we are extremely pleased that our 103 scholarship funds enable us to make this important investment in our young people as they go out into the world and become the leaders of tomorrow.”

Editor’s Notes:
i) For a full list of scholarship recipients, visit http://www.cfect.org/Scholarship-Seekers/Selecting-Recipients/2017-Recipients

ii) Serving 42 towns and comprised of 476 charitable funds, the Community Foundation of Eastern Connecticut puts philanthropy into action to address the needs, rights and interests of the region. The Foundation stewards net assets of more than $72 million and has awarded more than $48 million in grants and scholarships to nonprofits and students since its founding in 1983. To learn more, visit cfect.org.  Connect with the Foundation on Facebook.com/CommunityFoundationofEasternConnecticut and Twitter.com/cfectnews.