OLD LYME — After serving the community for more than 26 years, Bill and Nancy Christensen from Christensen’s Hardware located at 54 Halls Rd. in Old Lyme have decided to pass the reins onto new owners Jessica Talerico, her brother Jonathan, and their father Richard.
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LYME-OLD LYME — The Daily Data Report issued Tuesday, Dec. 21, at 4 p.m. by the Connecticut Department of Health (CT DPH) shows eight new, confirmed COVID-19 case in Old Lyme taking the town’s total of cumulative cases to 564.
Two new cases were reported in Lyme, taking that town’s cumulative total to 150.
The state does not issue reports over the weekend nor on public holidays. The next report from CT DPH will be issued Wednesday, Dec. 22, at around 4 p.m.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) had been reported. Contact tracing was completed and those individuals who needed to quarantine were notified.
They will be able to return to school following their quarantine period. All other students and staff will continue to attend school as scheduled. See below for a full listing of all cases at Lyme-Old Lyme Schools since the Fall Semester began.
This past week, between the state’s reporting days of Friday, Dec. 10, and Friday, Dec. 17, a total of 21 new cases were reported in Old Lyme. During the same period, Lyme reported five new cases.
The Monday, Dec. 6 case total of 18 was the highest single-day increase in Old Lyme since the first case was recorded in town on March 31, 2020.
The previous highest number was 17, which was recorded Nov. 6, 2020.
As we reported in our Thursday, Dec. 16 weekly COVID-19 Update, Lyme and Old Lyme both remain in the Red Zone in the weekly COVID-19 Average Daily Case Rate Report issued by the state on that day. The CT DPH will issue an updated map of the zones Thursday, Dec. 23 — the map is updated weekly on Thursdays.
The number of towns statewide in the Red Zone has increased in the past two weeks with 162 towns in it last week and 164 this week. To give a further indication of the significance of the increase, the number of towns in the Red Zone on Oct. 7, 2021 was down to 37.
All the towns in the Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) are in the Red Zone.
The cumulative total of confirmed cases for Old Lyme has now increased by 121 since Wednesday, Nov. 10, when the total stood at 443 — that number had stood unchanged for a week since the previous Thursday, Nov. 4.
On Aug. 26 — which was the day Lyme-Old Lyme Schools started the new academic year — Old Lyme’s cumulative case total stood at 372, meaning there have now been 192 new cases there since that date. Meanwhile, Lyme’s cumulative total on Aug. 26 was 114 indicating 36 new cases have also been confirmed there during the same period.
In an email sent Thursday, Dec. 16, regarding the latest COVID-19 data, Ledge Light Health District (LLHD) Director of Health Stephen Mansfield stated, “We continue to see a high number of new COVID cases within our jurisdiction, which is consistent with an increase in COVID cases statewide. Unfortunately, we expect this trend to continue as we move into the holiday season.”
He added, “LLHD continues to focus our vaccination efforts on homebound populations and providing initial vaccinations and boosters to individuals who were vaccinated previously. Information about vaccination opportunities can be found at https://llhd.org/coronavirus-covid-19-situation/covid-19-vaccine/
COVID-19 Cases in Lyme-Old Lyme Schools
This is the latest information that we have with the most recent case first — there may have been further updates, however, which we have not yet received.
On Tuesday, Dec. 21, Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) had been reported.
On Monday, Dec. 20, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Monday, Dec. 13, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Mile Creek School had been reported.
On Thursday, Dec. 9, Neviaser informed the school community that a total of three positive cases of COVID-19 impacting Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School (LOLMS), Center School, and Lyme School respectively had been reported.
On Monday, Dec. 6, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLMS had been reported.
On Friday, Dec. 3, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Center School had been reported.
On Monday, Nov. 30, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Monday, Nov. 29, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Mile Creek School had been reported.
On Tuesday, Nov. 23, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Monday, Nov. 22, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Mile Creek School had been reported.
On Thursday, Nov. 18, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Wednesday, Nov. 17, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Sunday, Nov. 14, Neviaser informed the school community that over the weekend a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Wednesday, Oct. 20, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Wednesday, Oct. 5, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported the previous evening.
On Thursday, Oct. 23, Neviaser informed the school community of two intrafamilial positive cases of COVID-19 impacting LOLMS. He stated, “We were able to complete our contact tracing and the one individual who must quarantine has been notified.”
On Thursday, Sept. 23, Neviaser informed the school community of two intrafamilial positive cases of COVID-19 impacting LOLMS. He noted, “We were able to complete our contact tracing and the one individual who must quarantine has been notified.”
On Wednesday, Sept. 22, Neviaser informed the school community of a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS.
On Thursday, Sept. 16, Neviaser informed the school community that a previously reported positive case of COVID-19 is now impacting Mile Creek School and Center School.
On Monday, Sept. 13, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19, which had been reported the previous day, was impacting LOLMS.
On Wednesday, Sept. 1, Neviaser informed the school community that a positive case of COVID-19 was impacting Mile Creek School.
On Tuesday, Aug. 31, Neviaser informed the school community that late on Monday, Aug. 30, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting LOLHS had been reported.
On Saturday, Aug. 28, Neviaser informed the school community that late on Friday, Aug. 27, a positive case of COVID-19 impacting Lyme School had been reported.
In all cases, contact tracing was completed and those individuals who needed to quarantine were notified. They will be able to return to school following their quarantine period. All other students and staff will continue to attend school as scheduled.
Fatalities Due to COVID-19 in Lyme, Old Lyme
There has been one COVID-related fatality of a Lyme resident: a 57-year-old male passed away Nov. 16, 2021. On Nov. 30, the state finally included this fatality in its data
Three COVID-related fatalities have been reported in Old Lyme. The first two fatalities from Old Lyme, which were reported in 2020, were a 61-year-old female and an 82-year-old male.
Details of the third, which was reported in 2021, have not been made available.
LYME — Anthony N. Traggis, 80, of Lyme passed away Dec.15, at Chesterfields Health Care Center in Chester …
He married Nancy Trimble Oct. 16, 1998, when they eloped to Martha’s Vineyard to the astonishment of friends and family …
Anthony is survived by his wife Nancy; his sister Katherine Booth and her husband James Robert Booth of Bozrah; …
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, a funeral service will not be held at this time. A memorial service will be held at a later date …
Donations in his memory may be made to the Nature Conservancy at nature.org
Visit this link to read the full obituary published Dec.21, in The Day.
OLD LYME — Edward J. Sweeney, 77, of Old Lyme died Friday, Dec. 17, 2021.
Ed is survived by his wife Kathy Murphy of Old Lyme …
Services will be at the convenience of the family …
Visit this link to read the full obituary published Dec. 21, in The Day.
This season, Don Bugbee starts his 27th year as coach of the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Girls Varsity Basketball team.
OLD LYME — Noting, “It’s hard to believe at time,” Don Bugbee started his 27th season as coach of the Lyme-Old Lyme High School Girl’s Varsity Basketball team on Thursday, Dec. 16, with a game away against Coginchaug.
Sadly, the girls lost 50-42 but bounced back on Saturday (Dec. 18) with a thrilling 36-34 victory at home over St Bernard (2-1.)
Sophomore Ava Roth scored nine points, while junior Alexis Fenton added eight. Freshmen Kelly Sheehan and Kate Walsh added six points apiece, and senior Megan Loflin notched not only five points but also made 11 rebounds.
The Wildcats record now stands at 1-1.
After the game, Bugbee said, “After our season opening game loss to Coginchaug, the team regrouped and played tough versus St Bernard.
He commented, “It was a hard-fought contest between two evenly-matched teams, with each team having the chance to win at the end.”
On Wednesday, Dec. 22, Portland travels to Old Lyme with a varsity tip-off at p.m. and JV at 5:30 p.m.
The JV team record also stands at 1-1 after a 30-23 loss against Coginchaug and a 36-14 win over St Bernard.