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Plan Ahead: Early Voting, Absentee Ballots, and Election Day in Lyme, Old Lyme

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LYME/OLD LYME —We’re doing all we can over the next few weeks to inform you about this year’s municipal election through candidate Q&A features, profiles of key races and a Letters to the Editor section open to all viewpoints.

Now, it’s up to you to turn knowledge into power at the voting booth. Check out this schedule to learn everything you need to know about where and when to cast your ballot in Lyme and Old Lyme. 

OLD LYME

Early Voting

Where: Old Lyme Memorial Town Hall Meeting Room,  52 Lyme Street

When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 20–27, 29, 31

 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., October 28 and 30

 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., November 1 and  2

Election Day Voting

Where: Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School gymnasium, 53 Lyme St.

When: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Same Day Registration

Those who are not registered to vote may register in person every day of Early Voting at the Town Hall. If you want to vote on Election Day but have not yet registered, you may register in person on Nov. 4 at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School gymnasium. 

Absentee Ballots

Applications are available through the Town Clerk’s office. They can be returned by mail, deposited in the secure absentee drop box outside the town hall, or handed to the town clerk. Completed absentee ballots must be received at the Town Clerk’s office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. 

LYME

Early Voting

Where: Lyme Town Hall, 480 Hamburg Road

When: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Oct. 20–27, 29, 31

8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Oct. 28 and 30

10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 1 and 2

Election Day Voting

Where: Lyme Town Hall, 480 Hamburg Road

When: 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. 

Same Day Registration

Those who are not registered to vote may register in person at the Town Hall during early voting hours and on Election Day. 

Absentee Ballots

Applications are available through the Town Clerk’s office. They can be returned by mail, deposited in the secure absentee drop box outside the town hall, or handed to the town clerk. Completed absentee ballots must be received at the Town Clerk’s office by 8 p.m. on Election Day. 

Lyman Allyn Art Museum Unveils ‘Allison Gildersleeve: Here Somewhere,’ on View Through Jan. 18, 2026

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The signature work of Allison Gildersleeve’s exhibition at the Lyman Allyn Museum is ‘Split Screen’, 2024, oil on canvas. The image above shows a detail from the painting. Photo courtesy of Lyman Allyn Museum.

NEW LONDON – On Friday, Oct. 10, the Lyman Allyn Art Museum hosted an opening reception for its newest exhibition, “Allison Gildersleeve: Here Somewhere.”

The collection – described by the museum as a series of richly layered paintings in which “time is not sequential, and location is not fixed” – will be on view through Jan.18, 2026.

The museum in a press release said Gildersleeve was raised in a colonial farmhouse surrounded by woods in southeastern Connecticut. The artist returns to the familiar settings of her childhood — wooded areas, home interiors, open highways, and backcountry roads — to show that repeated visits to the same place invariably result in wildly divergent depictions. 

“I paint environments as they present themselves to me: as dynamic, ever-changing places thick with anticipation, dread, happiness, calm,” Gildersleeve said. “These are experiential landscapes — settings filled with the presence of human activity and emotion even though no people are painted within them. I use photographs I have taken in the same locale over a tenyear period as source material, but the paintings are never derived from just one take.” 

The opening reception is free for museum members. Non-members are $10. To register, call 860-443-2545 ext. 2129 or email info@lymanallyn.org.

This exhibition has been made possible with support from an anonymous foundation. Funding is also provided by the Department of Economic and Community Development’s Office of the Arts. 

Saturday is Farmers Market at Tiffany Farm’s Final Day of the Season

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On Oct. 11, The Farmer’s Market at Tiffany Farms will be open for its final day of the 2025 season.

LYME, CT— Saturday Oct. 11 is the final day of the 2025 season forThe Farmers Market at Tiffany Farms.

It will be open rain or shine, farm field permitting.

Vegetables, fruit, meat, milk, cheese, eggs, chicken, and baked goods as well as preserves and maple syrup will be available at the farm on 156 Sterling City Road from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Saturday’s lineup includes Chatfield Hollow Farm, Dondero Orchards, Falls Brook Organic Farm, Four Mile River Farm, From the Farm, Hooting Owl Farm, Long Table Farm, Marna Roons, Ms BeeR Haven, Space Farms Soap, Tiffany Farms Pasture Raised Beef, The Country Kitchen, Traveling Italian Chef, Wave Hill Breads and Mystic Cheese.

For more information, call the farm at 860-575-4730.

TOP STORY: Lyme Republicans Hold Forum As Democrats Take Message to Streets

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LYME–On Saturday, Oct. 4, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the Republican Town Committee (RTC) will host an Open Candidate Forum at the Lyme Public Library while the Democratic Town Committee knocks on doors.

Republican Town Committee member and First Selectman candidate Tom St. Louis in a Monday email said the candidate forum is open “to any and all municipal candidates and Lyme voters.” 

The Republicans said Town Engineer Don Gerber will moderate the forum.   

The race for first selectman, which is contested for the first time since 2017, pits St. Louis against Democratic Town Committee-endorsed unaffiliated candidate Christy Zelek. 

Selectmen candidates are Republican Mary Powell-St. Louis, who is Tom St. Louis’ wife, and incumbent Democrats John Kiker and Kristina White. White is running as a petitioning candidate with the Democratic endorsement.  

The Democrats and Democrat-endorsed candidates running for the Board of Selectmen will not be participating in the Republicans’ forum, according to a letter from Kiker to forum organizer Stephen Buccheri. Kiker also serves as the DTC chairman. 

Kiker said they’ll be knocking on doors instead. 

“This way of reaching out to and connecting personally with Lyme residents is important to our candidates and, based on the responses we’ve been receiving, it’s meaningful to voters as well,” he said. “So we are declining your invitation and will continue to focus on creating more opportunities to have these rich, one-on-one conversations with constituents.”

The DTC took to social media on Tuesday to inform voters they’ll be making house visits on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

“Ask questions. Get answers. Meet the candidates. Talk one-on-one about the issues that matter to you,” the message reads.

The DTC previously declined to participate in a candidates’ forum hosted by LymeLine and the Greater Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce for the same reason.

The proposed format for the Republican forum includes drawing straws to determine response order, followed by a 3-4 minute introductory statement from each candidate. Questions from the audience will be addressed to an individual or panel response as warranted. 

St. Louis in his email to LymeLine said it is unfortunate that the opposing candidates would not participate in an “open public forum,” which he described as much different than one-on-one door knocking.

“Town leaders must be able to make decisions and respond to critical situations…and to stand before their constituents to bear responsibility for actions taken and outcomes realized.” 

High Hopes Hosts Free ‘Homecoming Fall Festival’

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There’s fun for everyone at the High Hopes Fall Festival on Oct. 4.

OLD LYME–High Hopes Therapeutic Riding next month will celebrate the season with its annual Homecoming Fall Festival. 

The afternoon of fun, games and food – and, of course, horses – will be held from noon to 3 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 4, at the High Hopes campus, 36 Town Woods Rd. 

Attendees will find live music, hayrides, a haunted trail, kids’ activities, a food truck, and wine and beer sales. 

Guests will receive a free drink ticket at check-in.

The event is free; donations are welcome. Click here to register.