Monthly Archives: July 2021

Large Turnout for Successful ‘Community Connections’ Networking Event at Lyme Academy

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Lyme Academy of Fine Arts Chairman Michael Duffy addresses the guests at Wednesday’s networking event hosted by Community Connections at the Academy. All photos by Suzanne Thompson.

OLD LYME — It was a glorious afternoon on Wednesday when around 70 community members gathered on the lawns at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts in Old Lyme for the first ‘post-COVID’ event hosted by Community Connections.

Attendees enjoyed catching up with old friends after more than a year of semi-seclusion due to the pandemic.

Local non-profit leaders and volunteers along with a number of community leaders mingled outside under a warm sun.

Old Lyme First Selectman Tim Griswold (in red shirt) chatted with the publisher of ‘estuary’ magazine Dick Shriver. Maryam Elahi, President & CEO of Community Foundation of Eastern CT (in black and white hat), also joined the conversation.

Representatives of Lyme Academy took the opportunity to give presentations describing plans for the future of the institution. Their vision is one of a vibrant institution returning to the mission of its founder and also becoming once again an active participant in the community.

Newly-appointed Lyme Academy Artistic Director Jordan Sokol addressed the guests. The new Executive Director of the Academy, Mora Rowe, is seated to his right.

There was enthusiastic participation in the presentations …

Guests responded keenly to the presentations.

… and opportunities to tour the grounds of the Academy.

Evan Griswold and Laurie Walker assisted at the event.

Refreshments, including wine and delicious Benko Box treats from Carlson’s Landing, were served …

Pollinate Old Lyme! Co-Chair Cheryl Poirier (center) chatted with friends.

Conversations continued …

Lyme-Old Lyme’s Food Share Garden President Jim Ward (center, smiling) connected with other local volunteers.

There was lots of listening …

Long-time board member of the Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Ned Perkins (in pink shirt) happily discussed the success of the library’s recent renovations.

… to a variety of speakers …

Tina Birkic (in green), who chairs Community Connections, welcomed all the guests.

… and the event was deemed a huge success by the organizers and guests alike. Tina Birkic, Community Connections Chair, concluded, ” It was a beautiful, sunny day. We were very happy so many people were able to attend and reconnect at such a lovely location.”

Old Lyme Open Space Commission member Greg Futoma chatted with other non-profit leaders.

Editor’s Note: Many thanks to Pollinate Old Lyme! Co-Chair and Region 18 Board of Education member Suzanne Thompson for all the photos.

UPDATED: Lyme Selectmen Approve Equality Resolution

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LYME — Latest Comment Posted 7/16: UPDATED 7/12, 11:30pm, with Lyme Selectman’s comments (in red): According to the published minutes of the Lyme Board of Selectmen’s (BOS) meeting held Tuesday, July 6, the board approved a motion to adopt, “a Resolution supporting equality.”

The Lyme Sustainability Committee had proposed adoption of the Resolution, “both for its affirmative value along with the points awarded for such a resolution adoption as the committee moves forward to gaining state recognition as a Sustainable Community.”

Selectman John Kiker (D) proposed the motion and Selectman Parker Lord (R) seconded it.

Asked by email how he felt about the Lyme BOS approving the Resolution, Selectman Kiker responded, “The resolution is a public reaffirmation of the Town’s longstanding policies and values, which moves us closer to our goal of becoming a SustainableCT community.”

He continued, “Lyme has long had policies in place prohibiting discrimination of any kind, and strives to live up to the promise of those policies,” concluding, “Lyme is a welcoming, inclusive community that believes in the founding American principle that all people are created equal.”

The following is the full text of the Resolution that was passed:

RESOLUTION SUPPORTING EQUALITY FOR ALL 

WHEREAS, racism and racial prejudice have been a part of our nation‘s long history; and 

WHEREAS, racism causes persistent discrimination and disparate outcomes in many areas of life, including housing, education, employment, health status and criminal justice; and 

WHEREAS, our nation was founded on the principal that “All Men (and Women) Are Created Equal“; and 

WHEREAS, discrimination against any group of people is contrary to our belief in, and our value of, equality; and 

WHEREAS, discrimination in any form carries a social and economic cost; and 

WHEREAS, Lyme considers itself a welcoming and inclusive community; 

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of the Selectmen of the Town of Lyme hereby: 

Reaffirms our value and belief that All People are Created Equal. 

Disavows any words or actions that would discriminate against any group of people, – including, but not limited to, discrimination based upon race, religion, ancestry, gender, sexual orientation or identity, disability, or economic status. 

Declares that the Town and its government will act in ways to prevent and remove discrimination and will not accept discrimination in any form from its employees and volunteers. 

Supports efforts in the community and schools that will educate on issues of equality. 

Supports efforts to reduce economic inequality in the Town of Lyme.

Editor’s Note: More to follow on this developing story.

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle, High School Announce Q4 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School
Quarter 4 Honor Roll   2020-21

HIGH HONORS
Grade 12:

Paige Alpha, Kaylee Armenia, Sonia Bair, Olivia Bartlett, Maxwell Bauchmann, Ava Berry, Emma Boardman, Kyuss Buono, Keenan Burr, Kate Cheney, Hunter Collins, Megan Cravinho, George Danes, Emily DeRoehn, Corah Engdall, Isabella Flagge, Fiona Frederiks, Grace Lathrop, Gabriel Lavoie, Owen Macadam, Mackenzie Machnik, Elle McAraw, Emma McCulloch, Brendan McTigue, Emma Meekhoff, Marina Melluzzo, Michael Milazzo, Riley Nelson, Sophia Ortoleva, Connie Pan, Anwyn Paynter, Cajamarca Pelaez, Gavin Porter, Aidan Powers, Ezra Pyle, Julie Rudd, John Ruhling, Hayden Saunders, Tait Sawden, Tessa St.Germain, Jake Stewart, Lian Thompson, McKenzey Thompson, Kelly Walsh 

Grade 11:

Emily Almada, John Almy, Nihad Bicic, Hannah Britt, Mackenzie Bussolotti, Ryan Clark, Grace Coverdale, Lauren Creagan, Elizabeth Duddy, Eleanor Dushin, Lauren Enright, Iona Fitzgerald, Victoria Gage, Shawn Grenier, Liam Grethel, Nicolette Hallahan, Austin Halsey, Jackson Harris, Julia Johnston, Nevin Joshy, Kian Kardestuncer, Robyn King, Michael Klier, Felse Kyle, William Larson, Reese Maguire, Abigail Manthous, Stephanie Mauro, Evan Morgan, Elle Myers, Emily Nickerson, Bella Orlando, Jacob Ritchie, Margaret Rommel, Aidan Russell, Frank Sablone, Calvin Scheiber, Abigail Sicuranza, McLean Signora, Abby Speckhals, Drew St.Louis, Nikolai Stephens-Zumbaum, Victoria Stout, Maverick Swaney, Madison Thompson, Alexandra Tinniswood, Olivia Turtoro, Aidan Ward, Melanie Warren, Ellie Wells, Jenna Woods, Jerry Zhang

Grade 10:

Olivia Alpha, Whitney Barbour, William Barry, Callie Bass, Livie Bass, Jillian Beebe, Cooper Bowman, Gillian Bradley, Ava Brinkerhoff, Jamie Bucior, Gretchen Burgess, Sarah Burnham, Liam Celic, Alexander Chrysoulakis, Grace Colwell, William Danes, Anna Davis, John Eichholz, Zachary Eichholz, Matthew Grammatico, Willa Hoerauf, Arber Hoxha, Karissa Huang, Theodore Lampos, Yanza Lata, Jonah Lathrop, Jacob Lopez-Bravo, Ford Macadam, Marielle Mather, Kennedy McCormick, Madalyn McCulloch, Madeleine Morgado, Cooper Munson, Alexander Olsen, Alain Pecher-Kohout, Kelsey Pryor, Izzadora Reynolds, Benjamin Roth, Eli Ryan, Anders Silberberg, Alyssa Spooner, Samantha Tan, Tova Toriello, Harry Whitten, George Williams

Grade 9:

Emma Bayor, Oliver Berry, Alis Bicic, Natalie Buckley, Jackson Bullock, Sarah Colangelo, Ava Cummins, Ella Curtiss-Reardon, Macklin Cushman, Eric Dagher, Eva D’Onofrio, Mulanga Drysile, Marcia Geronimo, Calla Gilson, Ryder Goss, Sydney Goulding, Nyla Goulis, Alexis Grasdock, Justin Green, Douglas Griswold, Ella Halsey, Sedona Holland, Agatha Hunt, Beatrice Hunt, Sabina Jungkeit, Emmerson Kaye, Matthew Mazzalupo, Griffin McGlinchey, Elaina Morosky, Delaney Nelson, Isabelle O’Connor, Ronald Olin, Dylan Paynter, Jack Porter, Luisa Raby, Sydney Siefken, Madeleine Soriano, Hannah Thomas, Kalea VanPelt, Keara Ward, Louisa Warlitz, Mason Wells, Tyler Wells, Summer Wollack, Duohui Yan

HONORS
Grade 12:

Juliette Atkinson, Sadie Bowman, Martinez Carcamo, Martinez Carcamo, Emerson Colwell, John Cox, Axel Cruz, Patrick Dagher, Leslie Farrell, Sadie Frankel, Samantha Gray, Schuyler Greenho, Isabella Hine, Avery Lacourciere, Madelyn Maskell, Olivia Papanier, Lauren Pitt, Jeremy Rand, Ethan Rivera, Jesper Silberberg, Katelyn Zbierski

Grade 11:

Nicholas Adeletti, Dylan Avelange, Evan Clark, Anne Colangelo, James Creagan, Delaney Gagnon, Robert Gajda, Samantha Geshel, Andrew Hedberg, Lillian Herrera, Fiona Hufford, Zoe Jensen, Mikayla Masilotti, Grace McAdams, Emily Mesham, Samuel Mullaney, Michael O’Donnell, Lauren Presti, Adeline Riccio, Alexander Roth, Parker Sprankle, Daniel Stack, Paige Winchell, Avery Wyman, Ryan Zbierski

Grade 10:

Sophia Adkins, Jordan Beebe, Jennifer Cajamarca, Hayley Cann, Ava Catalano, Nicholas Cox, Marjorie Curtis, Kylie Dishaw, Alexis Fenton, Ethan Hale, Owen Ingersoll-Bonsack, Aidan Kerrigan, Madison Krol, Monique Lavoie, Amy Magalhaes, Joseph Montazella, Jack Morgan, Olivia Powers, Jaden Reyes, Santiago Rodriguez, Rhyleigh Russell, Jenna Schauder, Kaitlyn Ward

Grade 9:

Peighton Andrews, Elliot Bjornberg, Lucas DaSilva, Amelia Gage, Katherine Gryk, Abby Hale, Leland Hine, Luke Legein, Anna McAdams, Lucas McMillan, Matthew Miller, Katherine Mullaney, Grace Phaneuf, Cailin Ruhling, Elias Sahadi, Kylie-Jean Sevigny, Haley Shaw, Gabriel Tooker, Ned Smith

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
Quarter 4 2020-21   Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS
Grade 8:

Christopher Anderson, Emma Arelt, Quinn Arico, Natalie Barndt, Molly Boardman, Justin Bonatti, Nathaniel Bradley, Mark Burnham, Nathan Burres, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Chloe Datum, Andrea DeBernardo, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Benedict Frazier, Hoshena Gemme, Ava Gilbert, Hayden Grethel, Abigail Griffith, Henry Griswold, Jonathan Harms, Nicolas Hatch, Kaela Hoss, Kyle Ingersoll-Bonsack, Shyla Jones, Simon Karpinski, Olivia Kelly, Ella Kiem, Mia Klewin, Peter Kuhn, Ada LaConti, Straub Lahot, Elise Leonardo, Andrew Liu, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Sophie Pennie, Shannon Pryor, Mutia Quarshie, Ysabel Rodriguez, Drea Simler, Audrey Spiegel, Kathleen Walsh

Grade 7:

Charlotte Antonino, Ilona Binch, Zoe Brunza, Alec Butzer, Trevor Buydos, Makayla Calderon, Tyler Cann, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Christopher Dagher, James Dahlke, Sophia D’Angelo, Michael DeFiore, Rose Dimmock, Alexa Donovan, Jonathan Farrell, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Benjamin Goulding, Scarlette Graybill, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Katherine King, Harrison Kleefeld, William Landon, Jade Lawton, Maya LeQuire, Jayden Livesey, Emily Looney, Ian Maeby, Elise Marchant, Yanza Marin, Yanza Marin, Samuel Masanz, Bridget McAdams, Carter McGlinchey, Sybil Neary, Nina Nichols, Ryan Olsen, Ryan Ortoleva, Quenten Patz, Isabella Presti, Jacob Prokopets, Taylor Quintin, Jenna Salpietro, Sophia Shaposhnikova, Luca Signora, Emma Singleton, Tanner Snurkowski, Charlotte Spiegel, Addison Spooner, Carson St.Louis, Andrew Taylor, Meredith Thompson, Margaret Thuma, Lucian Tracano, Madeleine Trepanier, John Turick, Connor Vautrain, Elisabeth Viera, Warren Volles, Gabriel Waldo, Edith Williams, Julius Wilson, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young, Carl Zapatka, Katherine Zhang

Grade 6:

Lucia Arico, Zak Avelange, Mia Bonatti, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Marla Bulas, Brooke Burgess, William Burgess, Ryan Burres, Anna Bussmann, Brennan Butzer, Lillian Calabrese, Aidan Carpentino, Chase Catalano, Isaac Chartier, Johanna Coker, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Samson Edmed, Edward Fiske, Lauren Fulara, Kaedin Gerster, Samuel Gilbert, Gavin Goulis, Harrison Goulis, Owen Holth, Carolyn Hu, Marley Iaia, Kalonji Joyce, Josephine Kiem, Allisondra Krol, Callahan Lacourciere, Alexa Legein, Olivia Lovendale, John Morosky, Emelia Munster, Grace Osborne, Mia Palmer, Arthur Riccio, Ainsley Rinoski, Kevork Shegirian, Nicholas Sokolowski, Magdalena Tooker, Kaylyn Vernon, Ivy Wilson

HONORS

Grade 8:

Micah Bass, Chase Calderon, Ella Evans, Grace Ferman, Samantha Fiske, Bronwyn Kyle, Brenden Landry, Evan LeQuire, Colette Marchant, Nola Slubowski, Charlotte Tinniswood, Ava Wood-Muller

Grade 7:

Julia Clark, Jack Conroy, Synthia Diaz, Anne-Marie Hinckley, Bodie Holland, Sebastian Lopez-Bravo, Ryan Miller, Jackson Pannier, Eve Videll

Grade 6:

Phineas Barrett, Zachary Belval, Taiyo Gemme, Skylar Graybill, Charles Halsey, Marley Igersheimer, Paul Kuhn, Matilda Miller, Vincenzo Pietrowicz, Cameron Russell, Milo Stiles, Collin Swaney, Ethan Trepanier, Bowen Turick, Charles Zelek

Saybrook Stage Company Performs Heartwarming Ephron Play Through Sunday as Benefit for ‘The Kate’

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OLD SAYBROOK — Determined to prove that a great show is always in fashion, The Saybrook Stage Company gives back to the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, The Kate, during this summer of transition with a special fundraising performance of Nora and Delia Ephron’s Love, Loss and What I Wore.

The play is a funny, heartwarming and powerful collection of intimate monologues and ensemble pieces about women, their clothing and the memories they hold. It is staged just with a cast of five women – each seated on a bar stool dressed in chic black with their scripts on a music stand – as they reveal comedic, wistful and universal moments in their lives through the prism of their closets.

Performances will take place on the following dates at these times:
Thursday, July 15 at 7:30pm
Friday & Saturday, July 16 & 17 at 8pm

Saturday July 17 at 2pm
Sunday July 18 at 2pm

The price of admission is $20 for adults $20 and $15 for students. Register at this link for tickets or call 860.510.0453.

Share in the laughter and enjoy a long-awaited and well-deserved night of live theater with The Saybrook Stage Company.

All proceeds benefit The Kate.

Editor’s Note: The Saybrook Stage Company will be returning to The Kate stage in January 2022 with a full-scale, celebratory production.

Lymes’ Senior Center Building Committee Meets This Evening in Old Lyme; All Welcome, Remote Access Offered

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OLD LYME — The Lymes’ Senior Center Building Committee will host a meeting this evening, Wednesday, July 14, at 5 p.m. at the Senior Center on Town Woods Rd.

The public is welcome to attend and, if remote access via Zoom is required, email John Kiker at johnkiker@gmail.com for the link information.

Th agenda for the meeting can be viewed at this link.