LYME/OLD LYME—The results in Tuesday’s Presidential Preference Primaries brought no surprises in either Lyme or Old Lyme with President Joe Biden (D) and the presumptive Republican nominee Donald J. Trump (R) both winning comfortably, though by significantly different margins.
Biden took 93.1% (135 votes) of the 145 Democratic votes cast in Lyme and 89.4% (254 votes) of the 284 Democratic votes cast in Old Lyme.
In contrast, Trump’s share of the Republican vote in Lyme (38 votes) was 53.5%. Nikki Haley, despite suspending her campaign, garnered 18 votes representing almost exactly half the number of votes received by Trump, and equivalent to 25.4% of the 71 total Republican votes.
In Old Lyme, Trump took 66.5% of the total Republican votes cast—151 votes out of 227— with Haley collecting 51 votes, representing 22.4% of the total. Haley’vote total was almost exactly one third of Trump’s total.
The second place Democratic candidate in both towns was ‘Uncommitted” with six Lyme voters selecting that option and 12 Old Lyme voters taking it.
The full results in Lyme were as follows:
DEMOCRATS Marianne Williamson: 3 Dean Phillips: 0 Cenk Uygur: 1 Joe Biden:135 Uncommitted: 6
REPUBLICANS Ron DeSantis: 3 Nikki Haley: 18 Donald J. Trump: 38 Ryan Binkley: 0 Uncommitted: 12
The full results in Old Lyme were as follows:
DEMOCRATS Marianne Williamson: 3 Dean Phillips: 2 Cenk Uygur: 3 Joe Biden:254 Uncommitted: 22
REPUBLICANS Ron DeSantis: 6 Nikki Haley: 51 Donald J. Trump: 151 Ryan Binkley: 2 Uncommitted: 17
LYME/OLD LYME —The Old Lyme (OL) Board of Selectmen and the OL Board of Finance approved the Lymes’ Senior Center Building Committee’s request for an additional $660K of funding at their respective regular meetings Monday (March 18) and Tuesday (March 19) evening. Both votes were unanimous.
On Monday, March 25, the BOS will host a Public Information Session at 6:30 p.m.in the Old Lyme Town Hall Meeting Room to discuss the additional funding.
On Monday, April 15, a Town Meeting will be held at which residents will vote on the additional funding. Details of the time and location of that meeting have not yet been confirmed.
The victorious team celebrates their win this afternoon at Mohegan Sun.. Photo by A. Hine.
MOHEGAN SUN: UPDATED 3/18: The Old Lyme Wildcats defeated the Coventry Patriots 55-42 in Sunday afternoon’s CIAC Division V state final played at Mohegan Sun.
Old Lyme took an early lead ending the first quarter 7-4 in their favor, but despite having gone eight points up after a few minutes in the second quarter, Coventry cut the Wildcats’ lead at the half to a single point at 18-17.
Old Lyme Wildcat Leland Hine was named Most Outstanding Player of the game. He stands with his award alongside his coach Brady Sheffield , at right in photo.
The third quarter saw the Patriots come out fighting and take a strong lead at30-25, but the Wildcats clawed back to within one point of Coventry at the end of the quarter with the score standing at 31-32 in Coventry’s favor.
The moment of victory!
It was anyone’s game at the start of the fourth quarter but Old Lyme pulled out a winning eight minutes to storm to victory after a series of Coventry fouls gave Old Lyme plenty of opportunities to sink free-throws and take the score to an unassailable 55-42.
A parade of emergency vehicles and more greeted the bus carrying the State Champions on its return to Old Lyme. Photo by A. Hine.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS to the Old Lyme Wildcats, their first-year coach and Lyme-Old Lyme High School (LOLHS) alumnus Brady Sheffield and his coaching staff of fellow LOLHS alumni Brendan McKeever and Phil Fazzino.
The exterior of the Lymes’ Senior Center on Town Woods Rd. in Old Lyme. The Center is currently closed pending its renovation.
Lyme BOS has Already Approved its $220K Shareof Additional Funding
OLD LYME —3/16: Lymes’ Senior Center (LSC) Building Committee Chair Jeri Baker was at pains to stress in a phone conversation with LymeLine last Thursday (March 7) that the committee had agreed some, “Really good savings,” during its deliberations at its Special Committee Meeting held the previous day without reducing space in the renovated Center or compromising its integrity.
She explained that the initial $1.337 million overrun had been reduced through approximately $602,000 in construction savings.
Meanwhile, contingency funds for the project have been increased by nearly $65,000 to cover any unforeseen circumstances.Those two moves reduced the $1.337 million overage to $800,000.
She added, “We are also requesting an appropriation of $80,000 to cover the kitchen upgrades the towns requested in February 2024.”
This means the LSC Building Committee will be requesting a total of $880,000 to continue the renovation project with the amount to be divided between the two towns. Using the 75:25 ratio between Old Lyme (OL) and Lyme, which has been employed consistently throughout the life of the Center, the amounts to be requested from each Town respectively are $660,000 (75%) from Old Lyme and $220,000 (25%) from Lyme.
Significantly, the current bids, which were opened Feb. 6 in the OL Town Hall, expire May 6. The LSC Building Committee is therefore anxious to advance their requests for additional funding in a timely manner so that the bids remain current.
In order to achieve that, OL First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker explained in a text to LymeLine, “The [OL] BOS will hear from the [Lymes’ Senior Center] Renovation Committee on 3/18.”
Baker told LymeLine that she would be presenting the LSC Building Committee’s request to the OL BOS at this evening’s meeting, which is scheduled to begin at 5:30 p.m. in the OL Town Hall.
Shoemaker noted, “I would hope the [OL] BOF (Board of Finance) would add it to their agenda for the 19th.”
Assuming those two meetings go as expected a Public Information Session would be held in OL on March 25, and then a Town Meeting on April 15 at which OL residents will be able to vote on the additional funding request. The locations and start times for both these meetings are yet to be determined.
Lyme Selectman John Kiker told LymeLine via text that the situation is slightly different in Lyme, where the Town’s BOS and BOF, “… have already approved the additional fundraising needed for the Senior Center.”
Kiker continued, “Our informational meeting is Wednesday, March 27, time TBD. The Town Vote is Thursday, April 18th, start time [also] TBD.”
HOLLYWOOD/LYME–In the preceding months, our very own Movie Man , Kevin Ganey, has ‘penned’ reviews of what have become some of the leading films now vying for the most coveted Oscars on Sunday evening.
Kevin’s crystal ball was clearly working well because in each case, he correctly predicted that these movies would be nominated for Oscar awards.
Check out his compelling reviews at the links below:
About the Author: Though no longer a resident of Lyme, Kevin knows he can never sever his roots to the tree of his identity. When not attending to his job in Boston, he is committed to ensuring a better grasp of current (and past) releases of cinema to his home community as he strives to leave his own mark in the same field that has always been his guide to understanding life. If you enjoy his published reviews here on LymeLine.com, follow him on his website at ‘The City of Cinema‘ and read more of his unique insights into entertainment.
