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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.

Sound View Celebrates Independence Day In Its Own Special Way

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Joann Lishing led the cheerful parade from the Shoreline Community Center down Hartford Ave. to the flagpole. All photos by F. Pappalardo.

OLD LYME — On Saturday, the Sound View Beach Association (SVBA) hosted another great ‘hometown’ Independence Day parade.

This firetruck had a ‘fireman-in-training’ aboard!

The air was filled with much music, merriment, joy and laughter as large crowds turned out to participate in or watch the years-old tradition.

VFW Post 1467 marched down the parade rout drawing many cheers.

Awards were presented at the end of the parade for best-decorated bike or wagon, most patriotic outfit, best float, funniest outfit and more.

Death Announced of Former CT Governor, Old Lyme Resident Lowell Weicker; New Tributes Added From Local Retired Minister, Politicians

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OLD LYME — UPDATED 6/29 with tributes from Rev. David W. Good, State Sen. Martha Marx and State Rep. Devin Carney: The death has been announced of former Connecticut Governor and Senator Lowell P. Weicker, Jr. at the age of 92.

His family released a statement yesterday morning with the sad news.

The Weickers maintained a home on Lyme Street in Old Lyme.

Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont has ordered US and state flags to be lowered in honor of former Governor Weicker until the date of interment, which has not yet been determined.

We asked Reverend David W. Good, Minister Emeritus at the First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, to share his thoughts on the passing of former Governor Weicker.

Rev. Good responded by email saying, “I was very sorry to learn of the death of our former Governor, Senator and neighbor, Lowell Weicker. Lowell was a good friend and mentor for many years in my ministry at The First Congregational Church of Old Lyme, and I so appreciated his help and guidance as we engaged in various human rights issues.”

Good continued, “Long before I had the honor of knowing him as a friend; when I first came to Old Lyme in the summer of 1973, Lowell was very much in the news in the Watergate hearings. The integrity and courage he exemplified then as a young Republican senator impressed me greatly, and subsequently, I’ve always thought of him as one of the wisdom keepers of our society, and by his example, helping us all to have the courage of our convictions.”

He then said, “When so many other political leaders and church leaders shied away from the issue of Apartheid in South Africa, I’m grateful for how Lowell was arrested for his opposition to apartheid.”

Good pointed out that, “Throughout his life and career, Lowell could be counted on for his advocacy for racial justice, a health care system that is fair and equitable and a Civil Body Politic in which Republicans and Democrats and those of different religious persuasions could cross boundaries and work together for common cause.”  

He concluded, “In his honor, I hope and pray we all might endeavor to be “mavericks” in our efforts to make this a more “perfect Union.””

Today State Senator Martha Marx (D-New London), whose district includes Old Lyme, released the following statement on the passing of Governor Lowell Weicker.

“Former Governor Weicker was such a strong force in our community. I looked up to him as he was someone I admired and respected for his dedication to our constituents. When I was campaigning for my seat in the Senate, he was so very kind to me. I will never forget his compassion for others and his commitment toward making Connecticut a better community for everyone. Lowell Weicker will be missed greatly. My thoughts are with his family.”

State Representative Devin Carney (R-23rd), whose district includes both Lyme and Old Lyme, posted the following statement regarding Governor Lowell Weicker on his Facebook page,:”Gov. Lowell Weicker was a dedicated public servant, from his start in politics in Greenwich to the U.S. Senate and, finally, to the governor’s mansion. He was a member of the Old Lyme community and someone with whom I had the unique opportunity to meet and discuss public service.

He will be remembered for his stature, locally, statewide, and nationally. He was unafraid to stake out a position and fiercely defend it, even if it was unpopular. You may not have always agreed with him, but he always did what he believed was right.

My sympathies go out to his wife, Claudia, and the entire Weicker family.”

Death Announced of Clare M. Rayder, Wife of Lyme-Old Lyme HS Teacher Bill Rayder

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OLD SAYBROOK — Clare M. Rayder, 61, of Oyster Point Rd., died Tuesday June 27, 2023 with her family by her side.

Mrs. Rayder is survived by her husband William and daughters Julia, Meghan and Brigid Rayder.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Saturday, July 1, 2023 at 10:00am in St. John Church in Old Saybrook.

Calling Hours will be held on Friday, June 30, 2023 from 4:00 until 6:00pm in Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home, 13 Beckwith Ln., Old Lyme, CT …

Visit this link to read the full obituary published by Hartford Courant on Jun. 30, 2023.