Monthly Archives: October 2022

Third Robbie Collomore Concert Presents Noree Chamber Soloists Playing Schubert, Mozart, Dvořák in Chester, Sunday

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CHESTER — The third Robbie Collomore Concert will be held Sunday, Nov. 6, at 5 p.m. at the Chester Meeting House. The Noree Chamber Soloists will present a concert of Schubert, Mozart, and Dvořák.

The first piece on the program is Franz Schubert’s String Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major. Schubert was only 16 when he composed this quartet. It was first performed by family members in their home, with Franz Schubert on the viola, and has thus been nicknamed the Household Quartet.

When Schubert was growing up, the most common form of instrumental music performed in the home was the string quartet, so he began composing quartets for his family at the age of 14. He wrote six for home performances while still at school at the Imperial City Seminary in 1813 – this is the only one of those six still performed regularly.

Schubert studied with Antonio Salieri while at school, who guided him to a more mature expression of his compositional thoughts. The work is in four movements, three of which are in sonata form. Schubert’s gift for melody is apparent throughout the work, and the finale is a rambunctious Allegro, with recaps from the first movement. It’s an altogether delightful and listenable quartet.

Enjoy a wonderful concert of chamber music presented by very talented young musicians.

The Noree Chamber Soloists feature some of the best young chamber musicians in the greater New York area. The performers are Francesca DePasquale and Elizabeth Frayette, violins; Bethany Hargreaves-Lewis, viola; Yi Qun Xu, cello; and Yoon Lee, piano.

Visit http://collomoreconcerts.org/ to order tickets or for more information about upcoming concerts, or call 203-488-8403.

A Letter From The Editor: An Important Update

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To Our Readers:

I wanted to update you on what has been happening to LymeLine for the past few days. 

The site experienced a major catastrophe earlier this week and ultimately, it turned out the only way to recover was to build a new site. As many of you will know, this normally takes weeks and often months but my remarkable IT Director (aka my husband) has worked round the clock to create a functioning site. Huge thanks to him.

It is, however, still very much a work in progress but it is, at least, here and working. We will continue to improve its design and increase the content on a daily basis. I felt we could not wait until the site was perfect since the election and school building referendum are just around the corner.

We will add back all the categories in due course and also the Community Calendar. The site was thankfully backed-up effectively but we have lost a handful of the most recent articles, which included a Letter to the Editor about the School Building Referendum. I have re-created most of the articles already and re-published the letter. We will be contacting readers, who had previously commented on the letter, inviting them to resubmit their comments as we are unable to do that on their behalf.

Due to these unexpected issues, we are going to postpone publication of the election candidate bios and their responses to our questions until next Wednesday, Nov. 2.

Thank you to all the kind readers, who contacted us to see if things were OK. I appreciate all the messages, especially the one from someone, who hoped we had not ceased publication, and said simply, “I would really miss LymeLine.”

Please bear with us as we work through this and hopefully end up with a both improved and also mobile-responsive site. Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Sincerely,

Olwen Logan

Kelsey of Old Lyme Has Spent $2.2M Against Gov. Lamont, $2.3M Supporting Other Federal Candidates, PACs

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Kelsey is Biggest Source of Independent Expenditure in CT Governor’s Race, “He’s Just a Good Republican” (Ben Proto, Republican State Chair)

OLD LYME — CT Truth PAC, launched in February by Old Lyme businessman J. David Kelsey to produce TV commercials opposing the reelection of Gov. Ned Lamont, quit the race surprisingly early, making its last TV ad expenditure in June.

Happily for the Republican nominee, Bob Stefanowski, a new political action committee with twice the budget, Advancing Connecticut, quickly filled the void and has been airing ads questioning the integrity of Lamont and his wife.

And Kelsey, as it turns out, didn’t stop spending on trying to unseat the governor. Not by a long shot.

Read the full article titled One donor spent $2.2M underwriting ads attacking Ned Lamont by Mark Pazniokas and published Oct.27, 2022 in the CTMirror.

Key Points on How to Request Absentee Ballots for the State Election, Referendum

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LYME/OLD LYME — On Tuesday, Nov. 8, voters in Lyme and Old Lyme will cast their ballots in not only the State Election but also the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools $57.6 million Bond Referendum for renovation and expansion of four school buildings. 

If you wish to vote by Absentee Ballot, there are some important points to understand about how you obtain your ballot. The key issue is that you must request two separate Absentee Ballots – one for the Election, and one for the Referendum.

You cannot request both Absentee Ballots on the same form,

Also, you cannot request the Referendum Ballot via the state of Connecticut’s online portal.

You should submit your applications as soon as possible to receive your ballots and then return them in time to be counted.

The last day for Town Clerks to issue Absentee Ballots is Monday, Nov. 7.  

Completed ballots must be returned no later than 8 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 8.

The Town Clerk of the town in which you are registered or qualified to vote is the one who will handle you ballot request(s).

You can request an Absentee Ballot for the State Election in one of three ways:

  • Online via the State of Connecticut Online Absentee Ballot Request Portal at https://oabr-sots.ct.gov/. If you have a valid Connecticut Driver’s License or Non-Driver ID number, you may use this portal to request your absentee ballot for the State Election only. The Town Clerk’s office will receive applications daily from the State, and your Absentee Ballot will be processed by the Town Clerk’s office and mailed to you.By printing out an application from the state’s website at https://bit.ly/2ulgNDz and then submitting it to the Town Clerk’s office in the town where you are registered or qualified to vote.By going to the Town Clerk’s office in person to request an Absentee Ballot.

You can request an Absentee Ballot for the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools $57.6 million Bond Referendum in one of two ways:

  • By printing out an application from the state’s website at https://bit.ly/2ulgNDz and then submitting it to the Town Clerk’s office in the town where you are registered or qualified to vote.By going to the Town Clerk’s office in person to request an Absentee Ballot.

Lyme Town Clerk Linda Winzer helpfully explained to LymeLine why voters need two Absentee Ballots, saying, “These are two separate events occurring on the same day.” She continued, “As you will see in Section III [of the Application for Absentee Ballot], the applicant is directed to “Check only one”, either “Election” or “Referendum”, which necessitates two forms if the voter wishes to vote in both events.”

Winzer clarified, “If someone submits an Absentee Ballot application and has checked “Election” in Section III of the application, they will receive an election ballot.  

If someone submits an Absentee Ballot application and has checked “Referendum” in Section III of the application, they will receive a referendum ballot.  

If they wish to vote in both, they have to submit two forms, one with “Election” checked and one with “Referendum” checked.”  

She stressed, “ If the voter is using the State’s online portal, they will only receive an Election ballot.”

If you are voting in person on Nov. 8, the polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Letter to the Editor: Too Many ‘Wants’ in Proposed Building Plan, Vote ‘Emphatically No’

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To the Editor:

As a prior member of the 2000 project Building Committee and having spent 20+ years designing and administering school projects in Connecticut, I can’t vote for this referendum.

First, we spent $36 million on the four schools in 2000. Now add $57 million and we will have spent a total of $93 million on four buildings … or $23,250,000 on each building … or approximately $1 million a year per building for 22 years!

Something is wrong with this picture. I’m not sure how this “snowball” got started but I think it’s rolled downhill too fast!

It’s obvious enrollment was not the impetus … perhaps HVAC was. And the fact that a lot of the HVAC work is not reimbursable is beside the point. 

To jump to “Renovate as New” only greatly expands the project scope/cost … the increased reimbursement does not justify the scope expansion.

If HVAC is what’s truly needed, let’s do that work … state participation or not. I’ve looked for a list of eligible/ineligible items with associated dollars but cannot find it. 

I could go on and on with questions regarding the proposal but I feel there are way too many “wants” rather than “needs.”

I implore all to vote emphatically No to this referendum.

Sincerely,

Charlie Meek,
Old Lyme.