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Death Announced of Anita Bugbee Welles, 92, Longtime Resident of Old Lyme

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OLD LYME — Anita Bugbee Welles, 92, a longtime resident of Old Lyme, passed away peacefully on the morning of Feb. 15, 2024, at Middlesex Hospital in Middletown after a brief illness. She was the beloved wife of John A. Welles Sr., who predeceased her in 2007. She was born in Old Lyme on March 4, 1931, the daughter of John C. Bugbee Sr. and Dorothy (Burke) Bugbee.

She was the loving mother of John A. Welles Jr. (Debbie) of Old Lyme and Jordan A. Welles (Barbara) of Essex. Anita and her husband “Jack” raised their family at Roger’s Lake in Old Lyme. Upon retirement, they summered on Martha’s Vineyard and spent their winters in Barefoot Bay, Florida. Upon Jack’s passing, she moved back to Old Lyme.

Anita was a member of The Order of the Eastern Star and Past Matron of the former Davidson Chapter Number 101 O.E.S. in Old Lyme …

A funeral service will be privately held by her family. Interment will be held in Laysville Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in her name to Old Lyme PGN Library or the Old Lyme Fire Department …

Visit this link to read her full obituary published by The Day on Feb. 25, 2024.

Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden Celebrates Donation of Garage from Saint Ann’s Church

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Rev. Dr. Anita Schell of St. Ann’s Episcopal Church presents Jim Ward, LOLFSG President, with a check to cover the costs of the garage.

OLD LYME—At its recent board meeting, the Lyme-Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) celebrated a donation from St. Ann’s Episcopal Church of Old Lyme, who generously funded the purchase of a garage for the LOLFSG. 

The Rev .Anita Schell of St. Ann’s noted, “It’s all about partnerships.” 

The garage donated by Saint Ann’s arrives at the LOLFSG field on Town Woods Rd.

The structure will house the garden’s tractor and other materials necessary to support the newly-expanded garden. 

The LOLFSG expressed enormous gratitude to Saint Ann’s Church for the donation.  

Carolyn Kilroy, St. Ann’s Outreach Director, added that both the LOLFSG and the St. Ann’s community have a “shared vision” in their commitment to address local food insecurity.  

In 2023, LOLFSG volunteers donated more than 1000 hours, delivered more than 2500 pounds of food to local food pantries, installed a pollinator pathway at the garden, composted more than 1500 pounds of donated food waste, and yet still made time to expand the garden.
  
An increase in size also necessitates increased help. LymeLine readers are invited to consider joining the LOLFSG community in 2024. Volunteers and donations are always needed. 

For further information about the LOLFSG, visit their website or Facebook page.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Announce Q2 Honor Rolls

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LYME-OLD LYME HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Quarter 2    2023-24

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12:
Emma Bayor, Oliver Berry, Alis Bicic, Elliot Bjornberg, Henry Boller, Drew Brackley, Natalie Buckley, Jackson Bullock, Emma Cook, Ella Curtiss-Reardon, Macklin Cushman, Eric Dagher, Sydney Doboe, Eva D’Onofrio, Marcia Geronimo, Sydney Goulding, Alexis Grasdock, Justin Green, Douglas Griswold, Katherine Gryk, Abby Hale, Ella Halsey, Parker Holland, Sedona Holland, John Holzworth, Agatha Hunt, Beatrice Hunt, Sabina Jungkeit, Emmerson Kaye, Putt Kongsatt, Anna McAdams, Alexander McPherson, Katherine Mullaney, Delaney Nelson, Grace Phaneuf, Jack Porter, Luisa Raby, Owen Snurkowski, Hannah Thomas, Keara Ward, Louisa Warlitz, Mason Wells, Tyler Wells, Summer Wollack, Duohui Yan, Icey Yan, Grace Zembruski

Grade 11:
Ella Austin, Juana Biagioni, Molly Boardman, Amelie Bod, Chase Calderon, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Benedict Frazier, Manu Geronimo, Christopher Gibbons, Kaela Hoss, Thomas Kabel, Simon Karpinski, Olivia Kelly, Peter Kuhn, Evan LeQuire, Andrew Liu, Lana Lopes, Colette Marchant, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Sophie Pennie, Ryan Shapiro, Drea Simler, Nicholas Turtoro, Kathleen Walsh, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 10:
Sienna Bari, Zoe Brunza, Makayla Calderon, Tyler Cann, Maya Cook, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Christopher Dagher, Sophia D’Angelo, Braden Dawson, Rose Dimmock, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Emily Looney, Nayeli Marin Yanzea, Serena Mazzi, Bridget McAdams, Madeline Murphy, Sybil Neary, Ryan Olsen, Ryan Ortoleva, Isabella Presti, Charlotte Spiegel, Addison Spooner, Carson St. Louis, Andrew Taylor, Margaret Thuma, Madeleine Trepanier, John Turick, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young

Grade 9:
Addison Arndt, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Kacey Cajamarca, Lillian Calabrese, Chase Catalano, Johanna Coker, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Brady Donovan, Samson Edmed, Edward Fiske, Angeline Gencarella, Gavin Goulis, Harrison Goulis, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Olivia Lovendale, Matilda Miller, John Morosky, Emelia Munster, Maddux Murphy, Autumn Newbury, Grace Osborne, Ainsley Rinoski, Cameron Russell, Allegra Schaedler, Owen Shapiro, Carli Teixeira, Magdalena Tooker, Ethan Trepanier, Kaylyn Vernon, Caterina Wilson

HONORS

Grade 12:
Peighton Andrews, Beatrice Barnett, Morgan Bell, Bianca Carrion, Nicholas Cheesman, Sarah Colangelo, William Coppola, Lucas DaSilva, Amelia Gage, Ryder Goss, Leland Hine, Mike Huang, Dakota Kotzan, Grady Lacourciere, Leo Li, Griffin McGlinchey, Elaina Morosky, Dylan Paynter, Ava Roth, Haley Shaw, Madeleine Soriano, Kalea VanPelt

Grade 11:
Christopher Anderson, Oliver Avelange, Micah Bass, Gavin Biega, Hannah Bonilla, Mason Bussmann, Gloria Conley, Chloe Datum, Andrea DeBernardo, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Hoshena Gemme, Salvatore Gencarella, Janna Graves, Abigail Greene, Abigail Griffith, Rowan Hovey, Hannah Johnston, Shyla Jones, Ella Kiem, Ada LaConti, Elise Leonardo, Shannon Pryor, Spencer Spezio, Andrew Sprankle, Charlotte Tinniswood, Ava Wood-Muller

Grade 10:
Ilona Binch, Alec Butzer, Trevor Buydos, Julia Clark, James Dahlke, Michael DeFiore, Jonathan Farrell, Elena Gerardo, Benjamin Goulding, Quinn Hadarik, Bodie Holland, Teagan Iglesias, Jayden Livesey, Daniela Marin Yanza, Carter McGlinchey, Samuel McKenzie, Rowen Meisner, Ryan Miller, Finch Nichols, Louis Patana, Marleigh Piacenza, Luca Signora, Sydney St. Pierre, Meredith Thompson, Michael Toriello, Lucian Tracano, Eve Videll, Elisabeth Viera, Gabriel Waldo

Grade 9:
Zachary Belval, William Burgess, Aidan Carpentino, Isaac Chartier, Prestin Dishaw, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Antonio Gencarella, Kaedin Gerster, Samuel Gilbert, Skylar Graybill, Zachariah Guidi, Charles Halsey, Marley Iaia, Curtiss Johnson, Elsa Jungkeit, Paul Kuhn, Callahan Lacourciere, Mia Palmer, Nicholas Sokolowski, Madeline Stiles, Milo Stiles

LYME-OLD LYME MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Quarter 2    2023-24

HIGH HONORS

Grade 8:
Kaitlyn Ackerman, Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza, Gabrielle Clark, Nathaniel Condon, Albert Enman, Katharine Ferman, Jonah Filardi, Cortland Forbes, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Elaina Graves, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Maia Guisti, Colleen Harrington, Henrik Hummervoll, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld, Kaedyn Koproski, Holden Leonardo, Alice Li, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Charles McEwen, William McKeever, Addyson Morosky, Marielle Munster, Theodore Neary, Gwenevere Osborne, Jonah Scheckwitz, Avery Spooner, Charlotte Thuma, Delilah Tooker, Ashlynn Ward, Avery Wesch, Charles Zapatka, Avery Zbierski

Grade 7:
Owen Anderson, Josie Arndt, Angelina Bari, Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley, Ewan Cabell, Emily Campbell, Reagan Christopher, Emerson Coker, Benjamin Conrad, Nadia Daily, Maya Desai, Joshua Evans, Colin Farrell, Jackson Fiske, Parker Forbes, Samantha Fulara, Ava Fuller, Olivia Gerardo, Victoria Glaras, Kylie Grethel, Toby Griffis, Olivia Griffith, Cole Haslam, Charles Holth, Quinn Hoss, Griffin Karpinski, Collin Langley, Zoey Langley, Ellison Lodge, Isabel Martel, Grant Maxwell, Harland McKenna, Jack Montmeat, Maxwell Mooney, 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, Adrianna Squarciafico, Mia Stokes, Natalie Suisman, Cooper Thomas, Olive Vautrain, Teya Vernon, Robert Walter, Benson Wang, Reagan Weinstein, Anna William, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski

Grade 6:
Ellie Ackerman, Annalisa Archbald, Sawyer Barreto, Cole Barris, Jackson Basham, Zakary Benedetto, Braydon Boisseau, Conor Buckeridge, Thomas Calabrese, Rowan Cantner, Mason Catalano, Jackson Chapps, Ainsley Conroy, Oliver Constantine, Daniel Crisp, Ella Davis, Daphne Eisensmith, Hunter Emma, Kate Ewers, Camryn Fedorich, Estelle Filardi, Maureen Geronimo, Jaxson Glantz, Beckett Goss, Delana Green-Oldfield, Julia Haslam, Sean Hunter, Devon Kiem, Rowan Kilfoil, Alina Kosecki, Eva Levonick, Mary McAdams, Ariana McEwen, Riley McHugh, Finn McLaughlin, Ryann Montesanto, Broderick Morris, Isla Morrissette, Maya Munster, Avery Olson, Juul Parrott, Quinn Quarto, Emily Randak, Charlotte Reynolds, Linden Sarnoski, Ari Shegirian, Weston Taylor, Brandon Wang, Kingsley Zheng

HONORS

Grade 8:
John Comstock, Colin Discordia, Morgan Harris, Ryan Hill, Caitlyn McHugh, Grace Morrissette, Remi Patz, Nicholas Porto, Audrey Sheehan, Grayson Standish, Renee Viera, Ella Ziolkovski

Grade 7:
Trent Cameron, Olivia Chupron, Miles Coppola, Riley Dagata, Parker Fedorich, Cayden Graybill, Ellianna Iaia, Mary Kane, Maxwell White

Grade 6:
Charlotte Anton, Brennon Coyle, Ekaterina Gregoire, Willow Griffis, August Jungkeit, Henry Miller, Tristan Montanaro, Maura Murphy, Camden Novak, Gunnar Palmer, Quin Parrott, Olivia Rozanski-Rose, Roman Schlachter, Alonzo Sokolowski, Jack Walter, Liam Ward, John Young,

Lyme/Old Lyme Lions Announce 2024 Student Scholarship Program

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LYME/OLD LYME — The Lyme / Old Lyme (LOL) Lions Club will again this year be awarding scholarships to Lyme / Old Lyme High School graduating seniors and/or currently enrolled college, university, technical or vocational school students.

Eligibility Criteria and critical dates for the program are indicated on the application and cover letter.  

The scholarship applications and instructions are available through the LOL High School Guidance office or the LOL Lions website.

Scholarships will be awarded by the end June 2024.

For further Information, contact Karen Geisler (LOL Lions President) at 860-434-5321 

Death Announced of Steven Wilson of Old Lyme, 57, Former Chair of LOL Schools Board of Education; Full Obituary Now Published

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Steven John Wilson

OLD LYME — We have learned of the death of Steven John Wilson, of Old Lyme, who passed away Monday, Feb. 19, 2024. He was chairman of the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Board of Education until this past December 2023.

His full obituary has now been published.

Steven J. Wilson, age 57, of Old Lyme, CT passed away on February 19, 2024 after a brief illness … After graduating from Stony Brook University, he lived and worked in NYC until moving to Old Lyme full time in 2019.

… Steven was an active member of St Ann’s Episcopal Church in Old Lyme as well as past Chairman of the Board of Education for the Lyme Old Lyme Region 18 School system.

He is survived by Jan Wysocki, his wife of 26 years whom he met in NYC 31 years ago. He is survived by their two beautiful children who are now young adults, Alden and Lea. Additionally, Steven leaves behind his two sisters, Andrea of London and Rebecca of Cos Cob, CT and 8 nieces and nephews.

Tribute donations to Museum of Art & Design (NYC), Riverkeeper or Florence Griswold Museum in Old Lyme are requested in lieu of flowers or fruit baskets.

After a private mass for the family at St Ann’s, receptions will be held in Old Lyme and NYC, dates to be determined.

Visit this link to read the full obituary published Feb. 27, 2024 on DignityMemorial.com.

We send our sincere condolences to Mr. Wilson’s family.