OLD LYME—It was a great Halloween night on Lyme Street yesterday. The weather cooperated and smiling, sometimes scary, faces were everywhere. Community spirit filled the air and all the tension and tribulations of next Tuesday’s election were left at home.
Enjoy our photo essay of the evening. Huge thanks to our in-town photographer Michele Dickey for being there on the street to capture the fun.
We will add more of her terrific photos later today.
OLD LYME–On Saturday, Nov. 8, big orange gourds will be flying at the second annual Lyme Old Lyme Food Share Garden (LOLFSG) Pumpkin Toss.
The event will run from 9 to 11 a.m. at Town Woods Park, 30 Town Woods Road.
The event offers families a fun venue to recycle their Halloween pumpkins for a good cause, according to an LOLFSG press release.
Building on the popular pumpkin chunkin’ phenomenon, garden volunteers will deploy a trebuchet to toss the pumpkins into the compost pile.
The group said pumpkins from last year’s toss broke down through the composting process into nutrient-rich soil, which helped the Foodshare garden grow over three tons of produce for donation to the Gemma Moran United Way food distribution program and the Shoreline Soup Kitchen and Pantries.
Only unpainted pumpkins will be accepted.
LYME — The Lyme Public Hall’s Chowder Dinner is a longstanding Lyme Public Hall tradition, served up a beautiful historic setting. The public is invited to stop by on Saturday, Nov. 8, from 5 to 7 pm, either to dine at the Hall or for take-away to enjoy at home.
The dinner features hearty homemade clam and corn chowders (free refills and vegetarian option available), special recipe coleslaw, green salad from Falls Brook Organic Farm, locally made breads, and homemade apple crisp.
Prices for the hearty meal are at the same price as last year, although local fresh clam prices have been rising dramatically in the past few years. $20 for a complete meal at the Hall; $10 for kids 7-12 and children under 7 eat for free; cash or checks accepted.
Chowder quarts to take home are available for $20, or a complete meal can be assembled to go for the same price.
Head Chef Bill Denow will hold to tradition using the best ingredients, and he promises you will not have to hunt around to find a clam in his recipe; your spoon will always find a satisfying clam bite!
This year, the Public Hall would like to help support the Shoreline Soup Kitchens at the same time that this traditional event is being enjoyed, and is asking everyone to bring a can to contribute if you are able.
The Lyme Public Hall is located at 249 Hamburg Rd. (Rte. 156) in Lyme, Conn.
Proceeds from the event benefit the Lyme Public Hall & Local History Archives.
For more information, visit www.lymepublichall.org
We are proud to say that on Dec. 3, 2025, LymeLine will celebrate 22 years of publication—that makes us one of the oldest, continuously published online community news websites in the country!
olwenonline.com/ was founded by veteran publisher Jack Turner in 2003—he engaged me as his News Editor, but after some 12 months of operation, he decided to sell the business, and my husband and I purchased it.
We have owned LymeLine since 2005 and pride ourselves on our objective, accurate and unbiased reporting through all the subsequent years. We also believe—and are frequently told—that LymeLine is recognized as an informative, vibrant and trusted resource for the community.
For almost 22 years, it has been my privilege to share local news and views with the community through LymeLine. Readership and financial support of the news site have increased dramatically over that time and I am truly grateful for the trust readers and advertisers have placed in both me and LymeLine.
Publishing LymeLine for that length of time has also been tremendously rewarding and fun (well, most of the time!) I have had the pleasure of meeting an enormous number of people along the way and forged many lifelong friendships.
But it is time for me to move on to new adventures. This has been a very hard decision but I—and my family—know it is the right one.
What ultimately made the decision easier was the knowledge that a group of local residents has formed a nonprofit organization with the intent of continuing the publication of LymeLine for the benefit of the community.
This organization, named LymeLine Inc., is fully committed to continuing our tradition of independent, accurate, unbiased local journalism covering the Lyme-Old Lyme community. It intends to be strictly non-partisan and hopes to be supported by charitable donations.
We are in discussions with LymeLine Inc. about the possibility of donating LymeLine to them, but at this point, LymeLine Inc. is not operational and LymeLine is still fully under our ownership and control.
I commit to keeping our readers updated as negotiations continue regarding the future of LymeLine. In the meantime, we will continue to publish LymeLine in the normal way with no change in the quality and objectivity of our reporting.
There was some recent speculation on social media that LymeLine has changed ownership. That is not correct—as stated above, we still fully own Shoreline Web News LLC, which publishes LymeLine.
Thank you for your continuing support—it is greatly appreciated.
Olwen Logan
Publisher/Editor, olwenonline.com/
OLD LYME—On Saturday, Nov. 8, at 5 p.m., the Florence Griswold Museum will host the Annual Samuel Thorne Memorial Lecture at the Meeting House, First Congregational Church of Old Lyme at 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme, CT.
This year the speaker will be Chad Fisher, who is the Charlotte Colby Danly Sculpture Chair at the Lyme Academy of Fine Arts. His talk is titled, “Once Upon a Pedestal: Figural Sculpture–Then, Now, Next.” Fisher will present an exploration of the rich history of the figural sculpture beginning with the Egyptians and highlighting the French academic traditions with artists such as Duret, Rodin, and Carpeaux.
During his presentation, Fisher will explore the role of American sculptors including Charles Grafly, John Rogers, Paul Manship, and Lyme’s own Bessie Potter Vonnoh. As both a sculptor and sculpture instructor, Fisher shares his holistic approach to both the creation and exhibition of sculpture and its potential impact in both private and public spaces.
This event is free but reservations are required through this link.
Thorne Lecture is an endowed lecture series that allows the Museum to invite distinguished speakers and thinkers to share their work with the FloGris family. It is named in memory of Samuel Thorne, who served as the Museum’s President in the 1950s. Mr. Thorne’s widow and son established this signature program in 1995.