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Who Are MCCD? What is Their Mission? Find Out at Lyme Library Presentation

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The MCCD team gathers for a rare photo.

LYME—On Tuesday, May 14, at Lyme Public Library at 5:30 p.m., the Mentoring Corps for Community Development (MCCD) will present the group’s methodology of how they deliver on their motto of “Helping Others Succeed”.

Founded in 2012, MCCD comprises a 12-member board of retired professionals offering consultation services based on their accumulated skills. These skills were acquired during the board members’ respective long careers in medicine, business, law, philanthropy, real estate and the arts to name a few.

The group works with clients on a confidential and pro bono basis.

If you are wondering how to improve outcomes for your business, not-for-profit or personal ambitions, this event offers the opportunity to learn how this unique organization has helped others achieve their goals.

All are welcome at this special, free event at which MCCD Board Members will share success stories and more.

Registration is preferred for planning purposes but not required. Contact Lyme Public Library at (860) 434-2272 or programreg@lymepl.org to register.

For more information about MCCD, visit  www.mentoringcorps.org.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools $36.9M Budget Passes Easily in Both Towns-UPDATED

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Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser

LYME/OLD LYME—UPDATED 5/8 with comment from LOL School Superintendent: Yesterday, the Lyme-Old Lyme Schools budget passed easily in both towns with a total across both towns of 356 Yes votes and 95 No votes.

Asked his reaction to the result, Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser responded via text, “We are pleased that the community continues to support our schools and recognizes the importance of an excellent education system for our students.”

The detailed numbers by town, which reflect a remarkably low turnout in both towns, were as follows:

OLD LYME
Yes- 280
No- 89

LYME
Yes- 76
No- 6

Lymes’ Senior Center Bonding Referendum Passes Comfortably in Old Lyme, Funding Already Approved in Lyme

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OLD LYME— In an extremely low turnout, the question of whether to approve bonding to fund the renovation and expansion of the Lymes’ Senior Center passed yesterday in Old Lyme by 285 Yes votes to 83 No votes. Funding for the Center in the Town of Lyme had previously been approved.

The question on the ballot to which voters responded Yes or No was: “Shall the Town of Old Lyme authorize the issuance of bonds and notes in an amount not to exceed $6,143,541 to finance an existing appropriation for the Old Lyme/Lyme Senior Center renovation project?”

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools Announce Quarter 3 Honor Rolls—UPDATED

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LYME-OLD LYME HIGH SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Quarter 3    2023-24

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12:
Alexis Antonellis, Emma Bayor, Oliver Berry, Alis Bicic, Drew Brackley, Natalie Buckley, Jackson Bullock, Sarah Colangelo, Emma Cook, William Coppola, Ava Cummins, Ella Curtiss-Reardon, Eric Dagher, Sydney Doboe, Marcia Geronimo, Calla Gilson, Sydney Goulding, Alexis Grasdock, Justin Green, Douglas Griswold, Abby Hale, Ella Halsey, Sedona Holland, John Holzworth, Agatha Hunt, Beatrice Hunt, Sabina Jungkeit, Emmerson Kaye, Putt Kongsatt, Elaina Morosky, Katherine Mullaney, Delaney Nelson, Isabelle O’Connor, Grace Phaneuf, Jack Porter, Luisa Raby, Owen Snurkowski, Hannah Thomas, Keara Ward, Louisa Warlitz, Mason Wells, Tyler Wells, Summer Wollack, Duohui Yan, Grace Zembruski

Grade 11:
Christopher Anderson, Ella Austin, Juana Biagioni, Molly Boardman, Amelie Bod, Mark Burnham, Mason Bussmann, Chase Calderon, Andrew Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Gloria Conley, Chloe Datum, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Davis Fallon, Benedict Frazier, Salvatore Gencarella, Manu Geronimo, Christopher Gibbons, Kaela Hoss, Shyla Jones, Thomas Kabel, Simon Karpinski, Olivia Kelly, Ella Kiem, Peter Kuhn, Elise Leonardo, Evan LeQuire, Andrew Liu, Lana Lopes, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Sophie Pennie, Ryan Shapiro, Kelly Sheehan, Charlotte Tinniswood, Nicholas Turtoro, Kathleen Walsh

Grade 10:
Sienna Bari, Zoe Brunza, Trevor Buydos, Tyler Cann, Julia Clark, Maya Cook, Colman Curtiss-Reardon, Sophia D’Angelo, Christopher Dagher, Rose Dimmock, Elena Gerardo, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Emily Looney, Ian Maeby, Serena Mazzi, Carter McGlinchey, Rowen Meisner, Madeline Murphy, Ryan Olsen, Marleigh Piacenza, Luca Signora, Carson St Louis, Andrew Taylor, Margaret Thuma, Gabriel Waldo, Oliver Wyman

Grade 9:
Addison Arndt, Ceciley Buckley, Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Lillian Calabrese, Chase Catalano, Johanna Coker, Brady Donovan, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Samson Edmed, Angeline Gencarella, Gavin Goulis, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem, Olivia Lovendale, John Morosky, Emelia Munster, Autumn Newbury, Grace Osborne, Ainsley Rinoski, Cameron Russell, Allegra Schaedler, Owen Shapiro, Nicholas Sokolowski, Madeline Stiles, Magdalena Tooker, Ethan Trepanier, Kaylyn Vernon, Caterina Wilson

HONORS

Grade 12:
Peighton Andrews, Beatrice Barnett, Elliot Bjornberg, Henry Boller, Bianca Carrion, Nicholas Cheesman, Macklin Cushman, Lucas DaSilva, Ryder Goss, Mohamad Hamou, Jordan Hanes, Parker Holland, Grady Lacourciere, Audrey LeCour, Mila Lopes, Anna McAdams, Lucas McMillan, Kayla O’Leary, Ava Roth, Cailin Ruhling, Haley Shaw, Gabriel Tooker, Kalea VanPelt, Icey Yan

Grade 11:
Micah Bass, Gavin Biega, Justin Bonatti, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Samantha Fiske, Hoshena Gemme, Janna Graves, Abigail Greene, Abigail Griffith, Nicolas Hatch, Rowan Hovey, Kyle Ingersoll-Bonsack, Hannah Johnston, Skylar Kobelia, Ada LaConti, Straub Lahot, Elizabeth Lopez, Colette Marchant, Drea Simler, Andrew Sprankle, Ava Wood-Muller, Gabriella Ziegler

Grade 10:
Alec Butzer, Makayla Calderon, Annabelle Coppola, James Dahlke, Braden Dawson, Alexa Donovan, Jonathan Farrell, Benjamin Goulding, Elizaveta Gregoire, Teagan Iglesias, Daniela Marin Yanza, Nayeli Marin Yanza, Bridget McAdams, Samuel McKenzie, Ryan Miller, Finch Nichols, Ryan Ortoleva, Louis Patana, Quenten Patz, Isabella Presti, Lance Sanford, Sophia Shaposhnikova, Tanner Snurkowski, Lucian Tracano, John Turick, Connor Vautrain, Elisabeth Viera, Stella Young, Carl Zapatka, Katherine Zhang

Grade 9:
Phineas Barrett, Zachary Belval, Mia Bonatti, William Burgess, Aidan Carpentino, Evan Coffee, Edward Fiske, Antonio Gencarella, Harrison Goulis, Skylar Graybill, Charles Halsey, Marley Iaia, Maddux Murphy, Sean Olsen, Mia Palmer, Bowen Turick, Charles Zelek

LYME-OLD LYME MIDDLE SCHOOL HONOR ROLL
Quarter 3    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, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Gavin Gray, Sawyer Graybill, Maia Guisti, Alistair Hampton-Dowson, Colleen Harrington, Reese Holland, Henrik Hummervoll, Mason Jones, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld, Kaedyn Koproski, Holden Leonardo, Graham Macadam, Benjamin Mattox, Rowan McCormick, Charles McEwen, William McKeever, Addyson Morosky, Marielle Munster, Remi Patz, Nicholas Porto, Jonah Scheckwitz, Audrey Sheehan, Avery Spooner, Charlotte Thuma, Jonathan Toriello, Renee Viera, Ashlynn Ward, Avery Wesch

Grade 7:
Josie Arndt, Angelina Bari, Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley, Ewan Cabell, Trent Cameron, Emily Campbell, Reagan Christopher, Emerson Coker, Miles Coppola, Nadia Daily, Maya Desai, Samuel Dunn-Sims, Colin Farrell, Parker Fedorich, 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, Jacob Levin, Ellison Lodge, Isabel Martel, Jackson Matthews, Harland McKenna, Sofia Noti, Thomas O’Connor, Kanato Oharu, Michael O’Leary, Giovanni Orlando, John Osborne, Jack Ouellette, Benson Reis, Tristan Reyes, Lillian Reynolds, Beatrix Rubino, Addison Sapia, Juliette Small, Adrianna Squarciafico, Mia Stokes, Natalie Suisman, Cooper Thomas, Olive Vautrain, Teya Vernon, Benson Wang, Reagan Weinstein, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski

Grade 6:
Ellie Ackerman, Annalisa Archbald, Sawyer Barreto, Cole Barris, Jackson Basham, Zakary Benedetto, 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, Beckett Goss, Delana Green-Oldfield, Julia Haslam, Sean Hunter, August Jungkeit, Devon Kiem, Rowan Kilfoil, Mary McAdams, Ariana McEwen, Riley McHugh, Finn McLaughlin, Henry Miller, Broderick Morris, Isla Morrissette, Maya Munster, Maura Murphy, Avery Olson, Juul Parrott, Quin Parrott, Charlotte Reynolds, Olivia Rozanski-Rose, Linden Sarnoski, Ari Shegirian, Molly Supersano, Weston Taylor, Brandon Wang, Liam Ward

HONORS

Grade 8:
John Comstock, Colin Discordia, Cortland Forbes, Treyton LaConti, Alice Li, Sadie Lukasiewski, David McAdams, Caitlyn McHugh, Grace Morrissette, Grayson Standish

Grade 7:
Owen Anderson, Cayden Graybill, Mary Kane, Grant Maxwell, Maxwell Mooney, Jack Parker, Adrian Raby, Nikolas Reid

Grade 6:
Riley Anderson, Charlotte Anton, Miella Bard, Braydon Boisseau, Liam Carpentino, Hunter Emma, Jaxson Glantz, Aibhlinn Hall, Alina Kosecki, Eva Levonick, Gunnar Palmer, Emily Randak, Roman Schlachter, Maya Smith, Reed Snurkowski, Kingsley Zheng

Tantummaheag: What Happened? Where Do We Go From Here?

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The Meeting Room at Old Lyme’s Memorial Town Hall was packed for the April 29 Special Meeting to discuss the Tantummaheag Landing proposed draft Memorandum of Understanding.

OLD LYME—At the March 29 Special Meeting in the Old Lyme Town Hall, the Old Lyme (OL) Board of Selectmen gave the public an opportunity to comment on the proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) Draft between the Town of Old Lyme and the owners of 12 and 19 Tantummaheag Rd., George Frampton and Carla Darista Frampton.

A press release issued April 15, by the Old Lyme First Selectman’s Office described the MOU as an attempt, “to move toward a more final resolution of the current dispute,” and noted that, “The BOS and the Framptons have entered into an interim agreement for the next year regarding use of the so-called Landing.” Read this article titled, “Introduction of Draft ‘Memo of Understanding’ by Town of Old Lyme, Owners Moves Tantummaheag Landing Dispute Into ‘Less-Divisive Environment” by Olwen Logan and published April 21 on LymeLine.com for more details of the MOU, including both its full text, and the background to its creation.

More than 80 people attended the meeting and the majority of those who commented spoke against the proposal while a smaller number spoke in support.

Watch a video of the meeting at this link.

The meeting ended with Selectwoman Jude Read (R) calling for a vote on whether to approve the MOU, which Selectman Jim Lampos (D) seconded.

Read then voted against the motion and Lampos, who had been the prime negotiator of the agreement with the Framptons, supported it. It was left to First Selectwoman Martha Shoemaker (D) to break the tie.

Contrary to some expectations, since both Shoemaker and Lampos are Democrats and appeared to have supported bringing the MOU forward to the meeting, Shoemaker voted against the motion.

Later in the week, we asked Shoemaker via text why she had voted against the motion to approve the MOU on Monday night. She responded via email saying, “As I stated on Monday evening, I thought there were two strong components of the MOU draft. The one-year time term with the option to renew and the understanding that neither side was ceding any future rights or claims were positive.”

She added, “I believe the other concessions did not provide additional benefits to the town,” concluding, “I am also concerned that this could set precedent for future land disputes.”

We also asked George Frampton for his reaction to the meeting. He replied via email, “It is inexplicable to us that the Selectmen would vote against a common sense proposal to move toward a resolution of our dispute with the Town, after having (1) charged one of the board’s own members [Selectman Jim Lampos] (an expert in local historical archival documents) to investigate the true facts and make recommendations, then (2) authorizing him to work with the Town lawyer and us on that solution to negotiate a temporary “cooling off” period and full pedestrian access [along with] discussions the Town has never before allowed to us, while not giving up a single iota of town rights or claims while protecting our safety and security,  and finally (3) approving bringing the MOU forward [to the Town.]”

He noted, “Instead of moving toward resolution, the Board has seems to have gone backwards three years.”

We asked both Shoemaker and Frampton where the Tantummaheag issue goes from here. On this, there seems to be some consensus.

Frampton said, “We hope the Board will reconsider this own-goal error and reconstruct a way to work together with us.”

Shoemaker responded, “We will be organizing a small group of town residents to further work on this issue. Multiple people have already communicated that they would be willing to serve on this committee.  Mr. Frampton indicated to me after the meeting that he would be willing to work with me as well.”

She concluded, “I will provide more information on this next week.”