Monthly Archives: July 2023

Rogers Lake Boat Parade Celebrates Two Patriotic ‘Winners’; One Boat, One 96-Year-Old WW2 Veteran

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Dave Evers (right) presents the certificate and trophy for the most patriotic boat in the 2023 Rogers Lake Boat Parade to the Ensulo family.

LYME/OLD LYME — The fourth annual Rogers Lake Boat Parade held Tuesday, July 4, was another great success and the cup for the “Most Enthusiastic, Patriotic, and Best Decorated Boat” in the parade was won by the Ensulo family. The winners keep the trophy for 12 months and then return it to be presented to next year’s winner.

The Everses conceived the idea of the trophy to promote a unifying and positive spirit around the parade. Christina explained to LymeLine last year, “Dave grew up on this lake and wants people to enjoy and create memories just like [the ones] he has … he thought the trophy would be fun.”

During the parade, a flag was presented to 96-year-old World War II veteran Roger Wrecck (center, waving, in photo at left) by Tom and Kevin Penfield.

Maureen Plumleigh, who has participated in every boat parade since its inception, commented, “I think that the parade was a glorious and sweet statement of neighborliness and good cheer.”

She added, “Not only were the boats decorated, but the Lakeside residences also decorated their properties, noting, “In addition, all those who watched or attended decorated themselves in red, white and blue and waved American flags.”

The winning Ensulo family boat.

Lyme Celebrates ‘The Fourth’ With a Perfect Parade

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Lyme’s Independence Day parade brought out colorful cars and characters galore! All photos by Michele Dickey.

LYME — UPDATED 7/6 WITH MORE PHOTOS AND ADDITIONAL TEXT: Thankfully pouring rain and dark skies at 9 a.m. did not determine the day. By 9:30 a.m., the sun was breaking through as Lyme’s perennially-popular hometown parade stepped off at 10:09 a.m.


This year’s Grand Marshal was Steve Mattson, pictured above left, who led the parade as a passenger in a vintage car driven by George Willauer. Mattson served as a Selectman on Town of Lyme’s Board of Selectmen for 17 years and then as First Selectman for five years, before retiring in 2022. He continues to serve the Town as a member of the Board of Finance.


The Grand Marshall’s car was followed very closely by a float portraying astronauts on the moon.


A vast number of Camp Clare campers came after the ‘astronauts.’

Next came members of Lyme Ambulance seeking more volunteers and passing out frisbees as incentives!


After that, there were two floats  announcing this year‘s Hamburg Fair on Aug. 18-20. The Fair Is always held on the third weekend of August — for more information, visit www.hamburgfair.org.


Next came the Lyme Garden Club, the Lyme Land Trust, and the Lyme Public Library.

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t was a great day for “free”! Aside from the usual candy, given to children in generous amounts, the Garden Club was offering free native plants at the Lyme Public Hall following the parade.


Wendy Sutton passed out stickers that read, “Plant native for caterpillars – join the Pollinator Pathway.”


Bruce Noyes drove his World War II vehicle while his wife Tammy and Lyme First Selectman David Lahm traveled in style above!

Still more “free” was yet to come. Steve Evankow had a young passenger handing out huge bulbs of fresh garlic, softball-sized! Many recipients were delighted to receive this generous gift.


Cub Scouts followed close behind, and the parade adjourned by 10:15 a.m. to head for the Hamburg Cove Yacht Club to enjoy the traditional free popsicles.

Letter to the Editor: Starting “Public Outcry” About Certain Books Will Not “Squelch Teenagers/Tweens Interest” in Them, Will Likely Do Opposite

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To the Editor:

Discounting the 400+ signatures on the pro-library petition by saying it is a mere fraction of Old Lyme’s population is merely social conservatives taking a swipe at those who did sign it and trying to say that the majority of townsfolk wish to have the library censored. This is a continuation of what the right wing group Moms for Liberty is doing and also sounds like the parents in the late 1960s, who opposed school desegregation. I hear echoes of Gov. George Wallace in the words of those seeking to ban certain books.

A town library should be a place where every book should be available to everyone. If you do not like a certain book or magazine, simply do not read it! Instead of ranting about the book selection, perhaps consider that if your child is seeking knowledge at the [OL-]PGN Library, perhaps you have not provided the information your son or daughter needs to move along in life.

One supporter of book banning mentions sexual positions which may be harmful. Really? If that does not sound like a Puritan dog whistle, I don’t know what does. Does anyone really think that starting a public outcry about this will squelch a teenagers/tweens interest in trying something new?

The library has these books partly because they provide a clearer explanation of behaviors, which one can easily see on the internet. This allows better choices. All you have done is attracted greater interest towards reading said books and enthusiasm for attempting the acts, which might be illustrated. Conservatives never learn.

The staff at the [OL-]PGN library are a group of amazing women. The two, who are directly involved in the lives of children and teens, Julie and Nikki, are brilliant, kind and have the best intentions towards their young patrons. What they deserve from all of us is respect and from those protesting about certain books, an apology. The actions of those advocating censorship are the reason why many of us are repelled by conservatives.

Sincerely,

Jonathan Wilder,
Old Lyme.

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

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School Quarter 4 Honor Roll 2022-23 

HIGH HONORS
Grade 12:
Callie Bass, Livie Bass, Jillian Beebe, Jordan Beebe, Cooper Bowman, Gillian Bradley, Sarah Burnham, Hayley Cann, Liam Celic, Luke Celic, Alexander Chrysoulakis, Grace Colwell, William Danes, Anna Davis, Jacob Derynioski, John Eichholz, Zachary Eichholz, Alexis Fenton, Richard Frascarelli, Matthew Grammatico, Willa Hoerauf, Charlotte Judge, Madison Krol, Jair Lata Yanza, Jonah Lathrop, Ford Macadam, Amy Magalhaes, Marielle Mather, Madalyn McCulloch, Madeleine Morgado, Leyonce Munoz, Alexander Olsen, Allott Patterson, Kelsey Pryor, Jacob Rand, Izzadora Reynolds, Benjamin Roth, Rhyleigh Russell, Eli Ryan, Anders Silberberg, Ned Smith, Riley Smith, Alyssa Spooner, Mary Surprenant, Tova Toriello, Gesami Vazquez, Kaitlyn Ward, Harry Whitten, Lea Wilson, Andrew Zelek, Steven Zhao

Grade 11:
Peighton Andrews, Alexis Antonellis, Beatrice Barnett, Natalie Buckley, Jackson Bullock, Emma Cook, Ava Cummins, Ella Curtiss-Reardon, Eric Dagher, Sydney Doboe, Alexis Frascarelli, Marcia Geronimo, Ryder Goss, Sydney Goulding, Alexis Grasdock, Douglas Griswold, Abby Hale, Ella Halsey, Mohamad Hamou, Parker Holland, John Holzworth, Agatha Hunt, Beatrice Hunt, Sabina Jungkeit, Emmerson Kaye, Grady Lacourciere, Griffin McGlinchey, Delaney Nelson, Kayla O’Leary, Ronald Olin, Grace Phaneuf, Jack Porter, Haley Shaw, Owen Snurkowski, Madeleine Soriano, Hannah Thomas, Louisa Warlitz, Mason Wells, Summer Wollack, Duohui Yan, Grace Zembruski

Grade 10:
Ella Austin, Molly Boardman, Mason Bussmann, Chase Calderon, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Davis Fallon, Grace Ferman, Hoshena Gemme, Salvatore Gencarella, Manu Geronimo, Janna Graves, Abigail Griffith, Kaela Hoss, Shyla Jones, Simon Karpinski, Olivia Kelly, Skylar Kobelia, Ada LaConti, Elise Leonardo, Lana Lopes, Elizabeth Lopez, Colette Marchant, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Ysabel Rodriguez, Ryan Shapiro, Drea Simler, Nola Slubowski, Andrew Sprankle, Madeline Supersano, Erika Teixeira, Charlotte Tinniswood, Kathleen Walsh, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 9:
Zoe Brunza, Trevor Buydos, Tyler Cann, Julia Clark, Maya Cook, Annabelle Coppola, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Sophia D’Angelo, Christopher Dagher, Rose Dimmock, Gabrielle Field, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Benjamin Goulding, Elizaveta Gregoire, Anne-Marie Hinckley, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Emily Looney, Nayeli Marin Yanza, Serena Mazzi, Bridget McAdams, Carter McGlinchey, Rowen Meisner, Ryan Miller, Madeline Murphy, Ryan Ortoleva, Isabella Presti, Sophia Shaposhnikova, Luca Signora, Emma Singleton, Charlotte Spiegel, Addison Spooner, James St. Louis, Andrew Taylor, Meredith Thompson, Margaret Thuma, Lucian Tracano, Madeleine Trepanier, Connor Vautrain, Elisabeth Viera, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young, Carl Zapatka

HONORS
Grade 12:
Olivia Alpha, William Barry, Jamie Bucior, John Buckley, Sebastian Burgio, Ava Catalano, Ian Diaz, Kylie Dishaw, Arber Hoxha, Aidan Kerrigan, Phoebe Lampos, Karleigh Landers, Monique Lavoie, Kennedy McCormick, Gillian Milewski, Thomas Moore, Cooper Munson, Olivia Powers, Santiago Rodriguez, Jenna Schauder, Samantha Tan, Peter Tkaczuk

Grade 11:
Drew Brackley, Sarah Colangelo, Lucas DaSilva, Amelia Gage, Katherine Gryk, Sedona Holland, Mila Lopes, Matthew Miller, Isabelle O’Connor, Gwenyth Piacenza, Luisa Raby, Cailin Ruhling, Charles Sahadi, Jhayra Salazar Cajamarca, Noah Sanford, Kylie-Jean Sevigny, Gabriel Tooker, Kalea VanPelt, Keara Ward, Tyler Wells, Micah Bass

Grade 10:
Nathaniel Bradley, Mark Burnham, Dominic Clark, Gloria Conley, Andrea DeBernardo, Shane Eastman-Grossel, Samantha Fiske, Benedict Frazier, Christopher Gibbons, Kyle Ingersoll-Bonsack, Hannah Johnston, Ella Kiem, Peter Kuhn, James Lahot Straub, Brenden Landry, Andrew Liu, Andrew Sicuranza, Spencer Spezio, Nicholas Turtoro

Grade 9:
Sienna Bari, Alec Butzer, Makayla Calderon, James Dahlke, Michael DeFiore, Alexa Donovan, Jonathan Farrell, Elena Gerardo, Jade Lawton, Dayanara Marin Yanza, Sybil Neary, Ryan Olsen, Quenten Patz, Marleigh Piacenza, Jacob Prokopets, Eve Videll, Katherine Zhang

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Quarter 4 Honor Roll 2022-23 

HIGH HONORS
Grade 8:
Addison Arndt, Zachary Belval, Mia Bonatti, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Brennan Butzer, Lillian Calabrese, Isaac Chartier, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Samson Edmed, Edward Fiske, Angeline Gencarella, Kaedin Gerster, Gavin Goulis, Harrison Goulis, Skylar Graybill, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Matilda Miller, John Morosky, Emelia Munster, Grace Osborne, Ainsley Rinoski, Cameron Russell, Allegra Schaedler, Owen Shapiro, Kevork Shegirian, Nicholas Sokolowski, Madeline Stiles, Milo Stiles, Magdalena Tooker, Kaylyn Vernon

Grade 7:
Kaitlyn Ackerman, Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza, Gabrielle Clark, John Comstock, Colin Discordia, Ashlynn Edwards, Albert Enman, Katharine Ferman, Jonah Filardi, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Elaina Graves, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Alistair Grenier, Alistair Hampton-Dowson, Colleen Harrington, Morgan Harris, Reese Holland, Sophia Huang, Henrik Hummervoll, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld, Kaedyn Koproski, Treyton LaConti, Holden Leonardo, Alice Li, Sadie Lukasiewski, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Liam McCormick, Rowan McCormick, Charles McEwen, Caitlyn McHugh, William McKeever, Clarissa Mock, Addyson Morosky, Grace Morrissette, Marielle Munster, Theodore Neary, Ava Novak, Gwenevere Osborne, Mila Pacelli, Remi Patz, Jonah Scheckwitz, Audrey Sheehan, Avery Spooner, Grayson Standish, Charlotte Thuma, Delilah Tooker, Jonathan Toriello, Renee Viera, Ashlynn Ward, Avery Wesch, Charles Zapatka, Avery Zbierski, Ella Ziolkovski

Grade 6:
Angelina Bari, Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley, Ewan Cabell, Trent Cameron, Emily Campbell, Reagan Christopher, Eliana Cicchiello, Emerson Coker, Benjamin Conrad, Miles Coppola, Nadia Daily, Maya Desai, Joshua Evans, Colin Farrell, Parker Fedorich, Jackson Fiske, Jared Fulara, Samantha Fulara, Ava Fuller, Olivia Gerardo, Victoria Glaras, Kylie Grethel, Toby Griffis, Olivia Griffith, Cole Haslam, Charles Holth, Quinn Hoss, Mary Kane, Griffin Karpinski, Collin Langley, Zoey Langley, Isabel Martel, Grant Maxwell, Sofia Noti, Thomas O’Connor, Kanato Oharu, Giovanni Orlando, John Osborne, Jack Ouellette, Maxwell Paonessa, Jack Parker, Adrian Raby, Nikolas Reid, Benson Reis, Tristan Reyes, Lillian Reynolds, Beatrix Rubino, Addison Sapia, Juliette Small, Mia Stokes, Cooper Thomas, Olive Vautrain, Benson Wang, Reagan Weinstein, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski

HONORS:
Grade 8:
Zak Avelange, Chase Catalano, Johanna Coker, Brady Donovan, Callahan Lacourciere, Olivia Lovendale, Mia Palmer

Grade 7:
Anna Bjornberg, Noah Brant, Naomi Cameron, Ryan Hill, Mason Jones, Henry Kyle, Jaxon Marsden, David McAdams, Logan Patana, Nicholas Porto

Grade 6:
Owen Anderson, Josie Arndt, Cayden Graybill, Ellison Lodge, Harland McKenna, Jack Montmeat, Maxwell Mooney, Teya Vernon, Maxwell White

Death Announced of Bruce Jeffrey Chapman, Served 10 Years with Old Lyme Police

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OAKDALE, CONN. — Bruce Jeffrey Chapman, 75, of Oakdale, died June 22, 2023, at Apple Rehab in Uncasville. He was born in New London, Sept. 22, 1947 … He was the husband of Linda Kleinschmidt Chapman who survives him.

Mr. Chapman had worked for … 10 years with the Old Lyme Police Department … Bruce was an elder of the Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; his tribal name was “Gentle Wind,” which bears the meaning of caretaker …

He is survived by his wife Linda; son Steven Chapman of Griswold; stepdaughter Michelle Nelson of Sheboygan, Wis.; brothers, Dudley Morgan Chapman of Medina, Ohio, and Frank Martin Chapman of North Stonington; and sister Grace Anne Chapman of Uncasville …

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be directed to Connecticut Humane Society (cthumane.org) or Kitty Harbor, whose mission is to provide a loving home and solid adoption opportunities for abandoned, unwanted, or abused felines (www.kittyharbor.org). Condolences may be left on Bruce’s memorial page at www.neilanfuneralhome.com.

Visit this link to read the full obituary published by The Day on Jul. 3, 2023.