Mya Johnson scored both goals for Old Lyme in Friday’s game against Holy Cross.
Yesterday afternoon, the Lyme-Old Lyme High School soccer girls continued their successful season with a 2-0 victory over Holy Cross.
Mya Johnson scored both goals, one assisted by Kaylee Armenia. Sam Gray was in goal for Old Lyme and made four saves. In was Tori Schaffner was in goal for Holy Cross and notched six saves.
Old Lyme is now 5-3-1 overall and 3-2-1 in the Shoreline Conference.
The Notre Dame Club of Southeastern CT will be hosting a wine tasting at the Lyme Art Association (LAA) on Saturday, Oct. 6, at 5:30 p.m. The LAA is located at 90 Lyme St, Old Lyme, CT 06371 (across from the Old Lyme Inn off of exit 70, I-95 South).
The wines being offered are from Trinitas Cellars: a Napa California vintner that is an official licensee of the University of Notre Dame.
Admission is $20 per adult and includes a $15 credit toward the purchase of wines from the vintner. There is also a couple’s rate of $30, with a couple’s credit of $20 available to purchase wines. Fifteen percent of the total value of wine sales at the tasting will go to the Gemma Moran Food Center which serves the needy throughout New London County.
Attendees can review the art exhibits in the newly-renovated art space prior to and following the wine tasting. Non-alcoholic beverages and heavy appetizers will be served during the event. Tickets must be purchased in advance, and space is limited.
For more information, or to reserve your spot, contact Jay Berryman at (860) 912-3246 or send a check made out to “The Notre Dame Club of SECT” to him at 20 Wychwood Road, Old Lyme, CT 06371.
The Connecticut Audubon Society’s Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center is hosting a 2018 Fall Lecture Series, which opens this evening with a lecture on songbird migration. These lectures are free but seating is limited.
Details of the lectures and their locations are as follows:
North on the Wing: Travels with the Songbird Migration of Spring
Thursday, Oct. 4, 5 p.m.
Essex Meadows, Essex
Bruce Beehler, a research associate in the Division of Birds of the Smithsonian’s Museum of Natural History will recount his 100-day journey in 2015 following the spring songbird migration from the coast of Texas, up the Mississippi, and then into the North American wood warblers’ breeding grounds in northern Ontario and the Adirondack Mountains of New York. His presentation touches on wildlife, nature conservation, migration research, American history, and rural culture.
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Protecting Our Environment in a Climate of Change
Thursday, Oct. 18, 5 p.m.
Old Lyme Town Hall, Old Lyme
Connecticut and its residents have a strong history of support for protection and conservation of the environment. Our coastal and estuarine communities have a particular interest in policies and strategies to mitigate sea level rise, storm surge and protect wildlife habitats. Yet, budget constraints at the local level, state deficits, and rapidly changing federal policies with respect to standards, regulation, and enforcement, present challenges. Some states have chosen to maintain their own strict standards. What can a small state like Connecticut do? Our speaker, Commissioner Rob Klee of the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, will address the challenges that policy makers face and how we can be effective advocates.
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Journeys: Osprey and an Author, Rob Bierregaard
Thursday, Oct. 25, 4 p.m.
Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme
Between 2000 and 2017 Rob Bierregaard and his colleagues placed GPS satellite transmitters on 47 adult and 61 juvenile Ospreys from South Carolina to the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland. In 2013 a friend suggested that Rob write a book for children about his favorite Osprey. Five years later, Belle’s Journey: An Osprey Takes Flight, a middle-school book, was published. Rob Bierregaard will highlight his findings from satellite tracking studies of Osprey migrations and describe his own journey as a first-time children’s book author.
Note: This is a family friendly lecture. We urge you to bring your children and grandchildren.
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James Benn
Local author James Benn will speak about his new novel, Solemn Graves, at Lyme Public Library on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. The title is the 13th novel in the Billy Boyle WWII Mystery Series.
Publishers Weekly gave Solemn Graves a starred review and said, “Benn has never been better at integrating a whodunit plot line with a realistic depiction of life on or near the battlefield.”
This program is sponsored by The Friends of the Lyme Public Library and is open to the public. Copies of Solemn Graves will be available for purchase at the program.
For more information or to register, call the library at 860-434-2272 or email programreg@lymepl.org.
Potapaug Audubon presents “Return of the Sea Otter” with Todd McLeish on Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m. at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall, 52 Lyme St.
Join author Todd McLeish as he shares adorable photos and describes his adventures studying sea otters from California to Alaska. Nearly driven extinct for their thick fur pelts, the “champions of cute” have returned to the West Coast in large numbers but are still threatened by sharks, killer whales, fishermen and native hunters.
McLeish’s book about sea otters will be available for purchase and signing.
This event is free and all are welcome. Refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 860-710-5811.