Monthly Archives: April 2020

Meeting in Old Lyme to Discuss SustainabilityCT Action Plan, New Volunteers Welcome

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OLD LYME — For the second year in succession, Old Lyme is applying to the SustainabilityCT program, which provides guidance and resources to towns and cities in the state to help them improve living, working and enjoying their home towns.  SustainabilityCT is now partnering with the Old Lyme Conservation Commission and today, Saturday, April 25, there will be an initial meet-up to view and understand the assignment on the lawn in front of The Chocolate Shell on Lyme Street at 1 p.m.

If you would like to join this effort, come to the meeting. Bring protective face masks, as well as your walking shoes and water, keeping in mind that there will be no toilets available, other than those at Big Y.
At a later time, people will each be walking in our chosen small group to document safety and health issues that deter comfortable walking as a means of transportation and recreation.
This will not take long, and the official audit need not be done immediately.  The aim is to choose a convenient neighborhood and form a small group for one of these areas:
  • Lyme Street
  • Rt.e 1 through Laysville
  • Town Woods Road
  • Rte. 156 from I-95 south to the beaches.
Examples and tips will help to start the process when you are available.

Ledge Light Data Released Friday Reports 13 Confirmed COVID-19 Cases in Old Lyme, One in Lyme

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LYME & OLD LYME — In a report issued yesterday evening, Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) recorded 13 confirmed cases of COVID-19 among Old Lyme residents as at noon Friday, April 24. These cases comprise nine females and four males.

There has also been one fatality in Old Lyme.

Ledge Light Health District does not release details of individual cases in terms of age and gender in their report but from data previously supplied by the Old Lyme First Selectman’s office, we know that the confirmed cases comprise:

  • a 64-year-old female
  • a 21-year-old female
  • a 27-year-old male,
  • a 53-year-old female
  • a 61-year-old female
  • a 29-year-old female
  • a male whose age is unavailable
  • a 40-year-old male
  • a 53-year-old male
  • a 60-year-old female
  • a female whose age is unavailable.

The fatality was a 61-year-old female.

We know the 12th and 13th cases are both female but are actively seeking age data on them.

The numbers for Lyme continue to show one confirmed case of a 34-year-old male.

Old Lyme First Selectman Timothy Griswold has previously noted that the 21-year-old female with a confirmed case was tested in Florida, but used an Old Lyme address although she does not live here. Because she gave the Old Lyme address, Griswold said that LLHD must report her as an Old Lyme resident.

In a preface to their April 24 report, LLHD notes, “This data may conflict with what DPH reports on their website, as there is often a delay in posting data at the state level. The data that we provide each Friday will be current as of noon of that day.”

The preface adds, “Ledge Light Health District continues to work with local and state partners to prepare for widespread community transmission of COVID-19. Residents and businesses are urged to access up-to-date information regarding the pandemic from reputable sources including the Ledge Light Health District website (www.llhd.org), Facebook (@LedgeLightHD), Twitter (@LedgeLightHD), and Instagram (@LedgeLightHD).”

Editor’s Note: Ledge Light Health District serves as the local health department for East Lyme, Groton, Ledyard, Lyme, New London, North Stonington, Old Lyme, Stonington and Waterford, Connecticut. As a health district, formed under Connecticut General Statutes Section 19a-241, LLHD is a special unit of government, allowing member municipalities to provide comprehensive public health services to residents in a more efficient manner by consolidating the services within one organization.

Tri-Town (Lyme, Salem & E. Haddam) Parade of Emergency Vehicles, First Responders Takes Place Today

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LYME — A community parade of emergency vehicles and First Responders will be held Saturday, April 25, from 3 to 4:30 p.m. following a heart-shaped route through Lyme, Salem, and East Haddam neighborhoods.

Hospital workers, EMS, Fire Department, law enforcement, US Armed Forces, Emergency Management, and 911 Dispatchers will all be participating. Their message is ” All of us are there for you and we thank you for your support.”

We asked Lyme Fire Company Fire Chief John Evans how the parade had come about and he told us by phone that it had not really been publicized but still, “grown organically.” He explained, “It’s really just more about connecting communities and making people feel safe.” Significantly, he added, “It’s also about giving everyone a chance to see each other,” … though obviously at a safe distance!

The parade will be held rain or shine and is intended to bring our communities together during this challenging time.

Signs, hearts and noise makers are encouraged along the route.

Parents and caregivers are requested to keep children away from the road as emergency vehicles travel the parade route and also everyone is asked to use social distancing and follow safety guidelines to protect yourself and your neighbors.

Weather pending, there might be a fly-over, so be prepared to look up!

This is the route the parade will follow on Saturday.

Click on this link for a larger version of the parade flyer and map.

 

Old Lyme Public Safety Departments, LYSB Host Vehicle Parade Through Town This Afternoon

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OLD LYME — 1:30pm: UPDATED WITH PARADE ROUTE — The Old Lyme Police Department in collaboration with the Old Lyme Fire Department, Old Lyme Emergency Medical Services, the Resident State Trooper and Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau (LYSB) would like to thank community members for all the support and appreciation they have shown during these difficult times.

To show their thanks, these departments will be holding a Public Safety Vehicle Parade on Friday, April 24, displaying signs made by their friends at LYSB. If anyone would like cardboard or stationery to decorate signs, contact LYSB at 860-434-7208.

The parade starts at 4 p.m. at Lyme-Old Lyme High School and will follow the route shown below. The organizers stress that times are NOT precisely down to the minute.

Come out and show your support for our local heroes!

MEET AT LYME OLD LYME HIGH SCHOOL PARKING LOT AT 3:45 PM
Leave the parking lot led by Police and Fire department escort.
4:00pm R on to Lyme Street
Pass intersection under the 95 Bridge towards Route 1
4:03pm Pass Parsons Farm Lane & Stoneleigh Knoll
4:04pm R onto Whipporwill
4:06pm Pass Jericho Drive
Continue on Whippoorwhill
4:14pm L onto Mile Creek Road
4:15pm Pass Buttonball Road
4:16pm Pass Roland Road
4:17pm R Mile Creek Road
4:19pm Pass Somerset Lane, Mile Creek School & Cross Lane
4:21pm Pass Chadwick Drive & Victoria Lane
4:23pm Pass Woodridge Hills Road
4:24pm L onto Chestnut Hill Road (Turn around at the cul de sac)
4:27pm R onto Mile Creek Road & Pass Woodridge Hill Road
4:28pm R onto Browns Lane
4:29pm Pass Wychwood Road, Stonewood Road, Peppermint Ridge
4:31pm Pass Briar Hill Drive
4:32pm R onto Flat Rock Hill Road & Pass Thomas Waite Road
4:35 Right onto Hatchetts Hill Road
4:37pm Pass Hawthorne Road & Whitman Lane
Continue on Hatchetts Hill Road
4:44pm R onto Four Mile River Road
4:45pm Pass Jean Drive
4:46pm Pass River Road & Riverdale Landing
4:47pm Pass Mile Creek Road
4:48pm L onto Oakridge Drive
4:49Pass Old Cart Path
4:50 to Wildwood Drive
R onto Oakridge Drive
4:52pm L onto 156
4:53pm Pass Point O’ Woods
4:55pm Pass Cutler Road, Soundview, Miami and Hawks Nest, Dogwood Drive and
4:58Otter Rock Road
4:59pm Pass Beach Farms
5:01pm L onto Old Shore Road Continue on Old Shore Road passed White Sands
Beach community and Griswold Point Road
5:03pm L onto 156
Pass Homestead Circle & Littlefield Drive
Pass Hefflon Farms Road
5:04pm R onto Bailey Road
5:05pm L onto Mile Creek and Pass Johnny Cake Hill Road
5:06pm R onto 156
5:07pm R onto McCurdy Road
5:08pm Pass Johnny Cake Hill Road
Continue onto Lyme Street
5:09pm Pass Ferry Road, Beckwith Lane & Library Lane
5:10pm Continue on Lyme Street North
5:12pm Left Sill lane
5:14pm Turn R into Matson Ridge – 4:08 PM
5:16pm Turn L onto Sill and proceed Griswold Ave
5:19pm left on Griswold Ave
5:22pm Proceed North on Boston Post Road
5:24pm Take left on Hillside do the loop on Hillside
5:25pm Take left on Boston Post Road
5:26pm Continue to left on Sunset Ave do the loop.
5:27pm Take left back onto Boston Post Road
5:29pm Proceed to take a right on Lords Meadow Road
5:30pm Take left onto Lady Slipper and then a left onto Jerhico Drive
5:34pm Continue to Whippoorwill Road and take a right onto Whipporwill Road
5:36pm Take right back onto Boston Post Road
5:39pmTake left onto Sill Lane proceed to Saunders Hollow out to Neck Road.
5:45pm Take left onto Neck Road and a Sudden right on Coult Lane.
5:47pm Turn left onto Tantummaheag Road
5:49pm Turn right onto Neck Road proceed to Old Lyme Shopping center (END)

 

 

‘Birds & Bees’ Opens Online at Lyme Art Association

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Harkness Garden by Beverly Schirmeier is one of the signature paintings in the ‘Bird & Bees’ online exhibition at the Lyme Art Association.

OLD LYME — The Lyme Art Association (LAA) presents a new exhibition titled, “Birds & Bees,” which opens online at LymeArtAssociation.org today and runs through June 12. The exhibition cannot be presented as a live exhibition due to Gov. Lamont’s restrictions on gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The show is a colorful celebration of spring featuring uplifting works by LAA member artists.  It was juried by Nancy Peel Gladwell, a current member of the University of New Haven faculty and former faculty member of  Lyme Academy College of Fine Arts.

‘American Wintergreen’ (oil) by Necla Balasaygun is featured in the ‘Birds & Bees’ online exhibition opening Friday, April 24, at the LAA.

The Presenting Sponsor of the exhibition is Sky Investment. The LAA board and administration wish to express their appreciation to Sky Investment for supporting the LAA and its artists in this difficult time.

‘Monarch’ (oil) by Mona Stratos is featured in the ‘Birds & Bees’ online exhibition.

The LAA will be donating five percent of the commission of every sale from this exhibition to the Shoreline Soup Kitchens & Pantries to provide assistance to community members in need.