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Lyme Ambulance Association Welcomes Two New EMRs, Conniff and Liggett

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Lyme Ambulance Association’s newest Emergency Medical Responders are Geoff Liggett (left in photo above) and Richard (Dick) Conniff.

LYME—Lyme Ambulance Association (LAA) has welcomed two new Emergency Medical Responders (EMR). The two new EMR’s are Richard (Dick) Conniff and Geoff Liggett.

A press release issued by the LAA states, “We’re thrilled to introduce two outstanding additions to our team of dedicated volunteers. These individuals embody the spirit of community service that makes Lyme so special.”

Conniff is a globe-trotting writer for National Geographic and author of numerous books, Conniff, who resides in Lyme with his wife Karen, has chosen to root himself deeper in the Lyme community. With a wealth of experiences and a passion for public health, he is now serving his neighbors.

After a successful career in fundraising for educational institutions, Liggett has found the perfect balance between an active retirement and giving back. A local resident with his partner Christine, Liggett brings enthusiasm and a love for outdoor activities to the LAA team.

The LAA leaders remind LymeLine readers that EMRs and EMTs come from all walks of life, united by their desire to help others. No prior medical experience is needed – just a willingness to learn and serve.

Lyme Ambulance Association provides all the necessary training to become an EMR or EMT.

If you are interested in the LAA, contact Ariana Eaton, Deputy Chief at 860-434-7225 or email deputychief@lymeambulance.org to learn more about becoming part of the LAA life-saving family. 

The press release concludes, “Together, we make Lyme stronger!”

Letter to the Editor: Disagreements Voiced with HROD—Pause Plan Now, Discuss it Further, Make New Proposal Supported by Majority

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To the Editor:

I am writing to voice my disagreement with the [Halls Road Overlay District] proposal as currently written. 

There has been a lot of discussion regarding the proposed density of housing. It’s not 600 and I seriously doubt it’s 250 as the HRIC [Halls Road Improvement Committee] claims (with no basis, mind you). It all revolves around the “40 units per acre”. If that is not envisioned, why is it in the reg [regulations]? Why not lower it to 20-25 units?

Secondly, the thought of any 3 story structures on the edge of Halls Road is so far removed from the “character of Lyme Street” it makes me wonder what the true intent is. Lyme street is predominately (stet) 1 and 2 story structures, with I believe 3-4 3 story structures, yet the reg. as proposed, limits 1 story structures. Why not limit the 3 story structures to areas not directly on/facing Halls Road?

Is there “on street parking” proposed for Halls Road? I could not find any. If not why? I understand it is a state road…but I can’t think of one shoreline town center that does not have it…even Lyme Street!

If the current zoning regulations are being reviewed/rewritten why should this “portion of that document” be approved…I say No.

I could go on and on but i feel as if (from written and voice record) that the committee has bought into the Pro developer proposed by Atty Sweeney. Imagine if our forefathers followed that ideology.  Lyme Street would’ve never been kept in its current condition. 

This change should be paused, further discussed, and proposed in a form that is agreeable to the majority of towns people.

Sincerely,

Charles and Joan Meek,
Old Lyme.

Editor’s Note: This letter was also submitted to the Old Lyme Zoning Commission.

Lyme-Old Lyme High, Middle Schools Announce Quarter 2 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School
2024-25 Quarter 2 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12:
Micah Bass, Molly Boardman, Nathaniel Bradley, Mark Burnham, Chase Calderon, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Gloria Conley, Chloe Datum, Caeli Edmed, Abigail Edwards, Anna Eichholz, Grace Ferman, Benedict Frazier, Manu Geronimo, Christopher Gibbons, Janna Graves, Nicolas Hatch, Kaela Hoss, Yucheng Hou, Shyla Jones, Thomas Kabel, Simon Karpinski, Gage Kaulfuss, Olivia Kelly, Ella Kiem, Skylar Kobelia, Peter Kuhn, Brenden Landry, Elise Leonardo, Evan LeQuire, Andrew Liu, Lana Lopes, Colette Marchant, Abigail O’Brien, Sophie Pennie, Ysabel Rodriguez, Ryan Shapiro, Kelly Sheehan, Nola Slubowski, Josephine Small, Charlotte Tinniswood, Kathleen Walsh, Wenyao Zhang, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 11:
Sienna Bari, Max Bartlett, Zoe Brunza, Trevor Buydos, Makayla Calderon, Tyler Cann, Julia Clark, Maya Cook, Annabelle Coppola, Christopher Dagher, Sophia D’Angelo, Braden Dawson, Rose Dimmock, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Oliver Hatchel, Finn Hourigan, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Emily Looney, Poveda Lucas, Ian Maeby, Daniela Marin Yanza, Serena Mazzi, Carter McGlinchey, Ryan Miller, Madeline Murphy, Ryan Ortoleva, Isabella Presti, Sophia Shaposhnikova, Carson St. Louis, Andrew Taylor, Meredith Thompson, Margaret Thuma, Connor Vautrain, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young

Grade 10:
Zachary Belval, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Reagan Bullock, Brooke Burgess, William Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Lillian Calabrese, Aidan Carpentino, Isaac Chartier, Johanna Coker, Brady Donovan, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Samson Edmed, Lauren Fulara, Gavin Goulis, Harrison Goulis, Skylar Graybill, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Autumn Newbury, Cameron Russell, Alexandria Sanford, Allegra Schaedler, Owen Shapiro, Carli Teixeira, Magdalena Tooker, Kaylyn Vernon, Caterina Wilson

Grade 9:
Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza, Trevor Camarra, Gabrielle Clark, John Comstock, Nathaniel Condon, Katharine Ferman, Jonah Filardi, Cortland Forbes, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Kinsley Grenier, Maia Guisti, Colleen Harrington, Sophia Huang, Henrik Hummervoll, Fiona Judge, Kaedyn Koproski, Alice Li, Sadie Lukasiewski, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Menzi Mbele, Charles McEwen, William McKeever, Addyson Morosky, Grace Morrissette, Marielle Munster, Theodore Neary, Gwenevere Osborne, Mattea Parnoff, Nicholas Porto, Jonah Scheckwitz, Avery Spooner, Hailey Suisman, Charlotte Thuma, Ashlynn Ward, Ella Ziolkovski

HONORS

Grade 12:

Christopher Anderson, Ella Austin, Gavin Biega, Justin Bonatti, Hannah Bonilla, Dominic Clark, Andrea DeBernardo, Davis Fallon, Marcella Gencarella, Elias Goldberg, Marco Gonzaga, Hayden Grethel, Kyle Ingersoll-Bonsack, Bronwyn Kyle, Ada LaConti, James Lahot Straub, Elizabeth Lopez, Tirill Mundal, Kanon Oharu, Filip Pecher-Kohout, Drea Simler, Timothy Sousa, Morgan Standish, Nicholas Turtoro, Giovanni Winters, Ava Wood-Muller

Grade 11:
Caden Camarra, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, James Dahlke, Michael DeFiore, Claire Engdall, Gabrielle Field, Benjamin Goulding, Elizaveta Gregoire, Anne-Marie Hinckley, Nayeli Marin Yanza, Samuel McKenzie, Rowen Meisner, Ryan Olsen, Marleigh Piacenza, Lance Sanford, Luca Signora, Addison Spooner, Sydney St. Pierre, Madeleine Trepanier, Gabriel Waldo, Carl Zapatka, Katherine Zhang

Grade 10:
Collin Anderson, Addison Arndt, Zak Avelange, Evan Coffee, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Edward Fiske, Julio Fuentes, Antonio Gencarella, Samuel Gilbert, Elsa Jungkeit, Allisondra Krol, Paul Kuhn, Callahan Lacourciere, Olivia Lovendale, Michael Millerick, John Morosky, Emelia Munster, Sean Olsen, Grace Osborne, Ainsley Rinoski, Kevork Shegirian, Brody Ziolkovski

Grade 9:
Noah Brant, Payton Burr, Naomi Cameron, Colin Discordia, Aiden Guidi, Morgan Harris, Jillian Kleefeld, Henry Kyle, Holden Leonardo, David McAdams, Rowan McCormick, Caitlyn McHugh, Clarissa Mock, Ava Novak, Mila Pacelli, Caiden Pelletier, Delilah Tooker, Avery Zbierski

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School
2024-25 Quarter 2 Honor Roll

HIGH HONORS

Grade 8:
Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley, Emily Campbell, Finnegan Choisnet, Reagan Christopher, Emerson Coker, Miles Coppola, Nadia Daily, Samuel Dunn-Sims, Parker Fedorich, Jackson Fiske, Samantha Fulara, Ava Fuller, Victoria Glaras, Kylie Grethel, Cole Haslam, Charles Holth, Quinn Hoss, Griffin Karpinski, Collin Langley, Zoey Langley, Curran Livesey, Ellison Lodge, Isabel Martel, Harland McKenna, Oliver Newbury, Sofia Noti, Thomas O’Connor, Kanato Oharu, Giovanni Orlando, Jack Ouellette, Jack Parker, Adrian Raby, Nikolas Reid, Benson Reis, Tristan Reyes, Lillian Reynolds, Beatrix Rubino, Addison Sapia, Juliette Small, Mia Stokes, Natalie Suisman, Cooper Thomas, Olive Vautrain, Benson Wang, Reagan Weinstein, Anna William, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski

Grade 7:
Ellie Ackerman, Annalisa Archbald, Miella Bard, Sawyer Barreto, Cole Barris, Jackson Basham, Zakary Benedetto, Braydon Boisseau, Conor Buckeridge, Thomas Calabrese, Rowan Cantner, Mason Catalano, Jackson Chapps, Ainsley Conroy, Oliver Constantine, Brennon Coyle, Daniel Crisp, Ella Davis, Daphne Eisensmith, Kate Ewers, Camryn Fedorich, Estelle Filardi, Maureen Geronimo, Beckett Goss, Delana Green-Oldfield, Aibhlinn Hall, Julia Haslam, Sean Hunter, August Jungkeit, Rowan Kilfoil, Eva Levonick, Jamie Maloney, Mary McAdams, Ariana McEwen, Finn McLaughlin, Henry Miller, Broderick Morris, Isla Morrissette, Maya Munster, Maura Murphy, Avery Olson, Gunnar Palmer, Juul Parrott, Quin Parrott, Caliana Rand, Charlotte Reynolds, Olivia Rozanski-Rose, Linden Sarnoski, Roman Schlachter, Ari Shegirian, Maya Smith, Molly Supersano, Weston Taylor, Kolbein Vigen, John Young

Grade 6:
Mylo Awwa, Ella Boudo, Brody Burr, Finn Cabell, Ryan Campbell, Finn Celic, Liang Chang, Connor Christopher, Aiden Coffee, Maizie Curtiss-Reardon, Lucia D’Onofrio, Catherine Fisher, Maxwell Garvin, Natalie Gibbons, Gabriella Gonzalez, Niall Hallahan, Gerald Holland, Emma Hoxha, Joseph Jewett, Callie Kelo, Parker Lee, Benjamin Lott, Roosevelt Lowry, Siena Maguire, Linnea McLachlan, Emma Morales, Nico Orlando, Alexander Reid, Jack Reiter, Connor Rice, Lopez Rodriguez, Taylor Rooney, Magnolia Sahl, Kate Scheckwitz, Colton Schroder, Madison Seckla, Piper Spiegel, Audrey Thuma, Carina Vakili, Henry Whalen

HONORS

Grade 8:
Ewan Cabell, Trent Cameron, Eliana Cicchiello, Benjamin Conrad, Maya Desai, Olivia Gerardo, Cayden Graybill, Olivia Griffith, Mary Kane, Grant Maxwell, Maxwell Mooney, Adrianna Squarciafico

Grade 7:
Charlotte Anton, Jack Antonino, Liam Carpentino, Hunter Emma, Jaxson Glantz, Ava Gray, Ekaterina Gregoire, Thomas Hayes, Devon Kiem, Tristan Montanaro, Ryann Montesanto, Quinn Quarto, Reed Snurkowski, Jack Walter, Liam Ward

Grade 6:
Luz Cajamarca, Mason Hamilton, Joy Haney, John Hornyak, Cole Jacaruso, Aiden Lapinski, Colton Lodge, Graycie Riquelme, Reid Sapia, Charlotte Zeng

SECWAC Presents Acclaimed Journalist Edward Wong, Speaking on His Family’s Reckoning with China, Wednesday; Free Event at RJ Julia’s in Madison

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MADISON, CT— On Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 6 p.m., the Southeast Connecticut World Affairs Council (SECWAC) hosts award-winning journalist and author Edward Wong at RJ Julia Booksellers in Madison, Conn. Wong’s talk is titled, ‘At the Edge of Empire: A Family’s Reckoning with China,’ and is an epic story of modern China that weaves a family memoir with vital reporting by a diplomatic correspondent for The New York Times.

In his new book, Wong describes his father’s years posted along China’s frontiers when he was a soldier in the Chinese army under Mao; and his own journey charting China’s acceleration into hard authoritarian rule under Xi Jinping, the current leader. Those dual narratives give us insight into the direction of China and US-China ties, the most consequential relationship of the 21st century. 

At the Edge of Empire was chosen by The Washington Post as one of the best non-fiction books of 2024 and has been featured on CNN, MSNBC, PBS, NPR and BBC, and in The New York Times.

Wong reports on diplomacy and foreign policy for The New York Times from Washington, DC. He has worked for the Times for more than 25 years, 13 of those as a correspondent and bureau chief in Iraq and China. He received a Livingston Award for his coverage of the Iraq War and was on a team of Pulitzer Prize finalists. He was awarded the Edward Weintal Prize from Georgetown University for diplomatic reporting and received an honorary doctorate from Middlebury Language Schools after the publication of his book.

Wong has reported from a cruise in North Korea, a walk through the Wakhan Corridor of Afghanistan, and the final trans-Atlantic flight of the Concorde. He often travels with the U.S. Secretary of State to cover diplomatic trips.

He has been a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and done fellowships at the Belfer Center of Harvard Kennedy School and the Wilson Center in Washington.

He has taught international reporting as a visiting professor at Princeton and at the University of California at Berkeley, where he serves on the advisory board of the graduate school of journalism.

Wong graduated from the University of Virginia and has joint master’s degrees from U.C. Berkeley.

This presentation is presented in collaboration with RJ Julia Booksellers, located at 768 Boston Post Rd, Madison, CT 06443.

Admission to the event is free but registration is required. Register at this link.

Join the speaker for a post-presentation discussion over dinner at 7:30 p.m. at Steamed, a cozy Chinese eatery in Madison known for its pork soup dumplings, spicy beef noodle soup, and bubble tea. Space is limited, and it will be first come, first served. Register for the dinner at this link.

For more information on SECWAC, visit their website.

Old Lyme Wildcats Advance to Shoreline Final with Big Win Over Cromwell, Championship Game Tuesday in Madison

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Old Lyme’s Colman Curtiss-Reardon advances determinedly down the court in Saturday’s semifinal game against Cromwell. He scored a team-high 13 points in the game. All photos by Warner Swain.

OLD LYME — On Saturday afternoon, Brady Sheffield’s Old Lyme boys defeated the Cromwell Panthers 48-39 in a thrilling Shoreline Conference semifinal.

The top-seeded Wildcats now advance to the Shoreline Championship game where they will face third-seeded East Hampton, who defeated #2 seeds Coginchaug in Saturday’s other semifinal.

Old Lyme sophomore Eddie Fiske, Jr. (#34) scored 12 key points for the Wildcats.

The championship final will be played Tuesday with a 7:30 p.m. tip-off at Polson Middle School in Madison. 

Ryan Hill notched 10 important points for the ‘Cats.

Lyme-Old Lyme High School junior Colman Curtiss-Reardon scored a team-high 13 points with sophomore Eddie Fiske and freshman Ryan Hill notching 12 and 10 points respectively.

Xavier Hodge netted a game-high 20 points for Cromwell with Vaughn Payne adding 10.

Go Wildcats!

Editor’s Note: More photos coming soon.