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Old Lyme Girls’ Tennis Advance to 59 Consecutive Wins, Defeating Also Previously Unbeaten Stonington

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Old Lyme Freshman Katherine Zhang clinched victory for the Wildcats when she won the final game of the day 6-4, 6-3. Her 4th singles game broke the 3-3 tie in the ‘Cats favor. Zhang is shown here receiving a well-deserved hug from 1st singles player Sam Tan (in blanket). All photos by Andrea Fenton.

OLD LYME / STONINGTON — The unbeaten Old Lyme girls team faced its toughest opponents to date on Tuesday. With a string of 58 consecutive wins behind them while also defending the Class S state championship for the second year in succession, the girls came out onto the courts at Stonington High School to meet the also unbeaten and defending Class M champions.

It was also Senior Send-Off Day and this extraordinary team is going to lose seven graduating seniors this year. They are pictured above, from left to right,
Alexis Fenton , Livie Bass, Sam Tan, Whitney Barbour, Callie Bass, Izzy Reynolds and not pictured Elsie Arafeh- Hudson. At front is coach Lauren Rahr, who is clearly showing her pride in the team.

This was going to be no walk in the park … or on the court …

Aggie and Beatrice Hunt celebrate their 6-1, 6-2 victory with coach Lauren Rahr.

At the end of the intense contest, Old Lyme were the victors by the slimmest of margins achieving a 4-3 win.

The Old Lyme victories came from Elaina Morosky in 2nd singles (6-2, 6-0), Alexis Fenton and Livie Bass in 1st doubles (6-3, 6-1), and Aggie Hunt and Beatrice Hunt in 2nd doubles (6-1, 6-2). At this point, the teams were drawn 3-3 and then Katherine Zhang played Emily Fulling in a highly competitive 4th singles game to break the tie when she pulled off a nail-biting 6-4, 6-3 win.

Elaina Morosky (left) won her 2nd singles game and is duly high-fived by 1st doubles player Alexis Fenton (in blue.)

The full results were as follows:

1st Singles:
Sam Tan Vs Grace Duggan 0-6, 1-6
2nd Singles:
Elaina Morosky vs Marcella Hamm 6-2, 6-0
3rd Singles:
Callie Bass vs Maddie Gonzalez 0-6, 3-6
4th Singles:
Katherine Zhang vs Emily Fulling 6-4, 6-3

Coach Lauren Rahr (front right) sits with her team as they watch 3rd doubles Izzy Reynolds and Natalie Buckley play their game.

1st Doubles:
Livie Bass / Alexis Fenton 6-3, 6-1
Katia Snegovskikh / Lauren Buckley
2nd Doubles:
Aggie Hunt/ Beatrice Hunt 6-1, 6-2
Misha Levandowski / Marina Levandowski
3rd Doubles:
Izzy Reynolds/Natalie Buckley 2-6, 3-6
Gwen McGuggan / Angelina Williams

Lyme-Old Lyme High, Middle Schools Announce Q3 Honor Rolls

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Lyme-Old Lyme High School Quarter 3 Honor Roll 2022-23 

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12:

William Barry, Callie Bass, Livie Bass, Jillian Beebe, Jordan Beebe, Cooper Bowman, Jamie Bucior, Sarah  Burnham, Hayley Cann, Liam Celic, Luke Celic, Alexander Chrysoulakis, Grace Colwell, William Danes, Anna Davis, Kylie  Dishaw, John Eichholz, Zachary Eichholz, Willa Hoerauf, Arber Hoxha, Charlotte Judge, Aidan Kerrigan, Theodore  Lampos, Jair Lata Yanza, Marielle Mather, Kennedy McCormick, Madalyn McCulloch, Joseph Montazella, Madeleine  Morgado, Leyonce Munoz, Alexander Olsen, Allott Patterson, Olivia Powers, Kelsey Pryor, Jacob Rand, Izzadora  Reynolds, Santiago Rodriguez, Benjamin Roth, Eli Ryan, Anders Silberberg, Riley Smith, Alyssa Spooner, Mary Surprenant,  Tova Toriello, Gesami Vazquez, Kaitlyn Ward, Harry Whitten, Lea Wilson 

Grade 11:

Alexis Antonellis, Beatrice Barnett, Emma Bayor, Drew Brackley, Sophia Cheung, Emma Cook, Ava Cummins,  Ella Curtiss-Reardon, Eric Dagher, Sydney Doboe, Marcia Geronimo, Ryder Goss, Sydney Goulding, Alexis Grasdock,  Douglas Griswold, Abby Hale, Ella Halsey, Sedona Holland, John Holzworth, Agatha Hunt, Beatrice Hunt, Sabina Jungkeit,  Grady Lacourciere, Griffin McGlinchey, Delaney Nelson, Isabelle O’Connor, Grace Phaneuf, Jack Porter, Haley Shaw,  Owen Snurkowski, Hannah Thomas, Kalea VanPelt, Louisa Warlitz, Mason Wells, Tyler Wells, Summer Wollack, Duohui  Yan, Grace Zembruski 

Grade 10:

Quinn Arico, Micah Bass, Molly Boardman, Mark Burnham, Mason Bussmann, Chase Calderon, Andrew  Clougherty, Tabitha Colwell, Caeli Edmed, Anna Eichholz, Grace Ferman, Benedict Frazier, Manu Geronimo, Kaela Hoss,  Shyla Jones, Simon Karpinski, Olivia Kelly, Skylar Kobelia, Ada LaConti, Elise Leonardo, Lana Lopes, Elizabeth Lopez,  Colette Marchant, Abigail O’Brien, Kanon Oharu, Drea Simler, Madeline Supersano, Charlotte Tinniswood, Nicholas  Turtoro, Kathleen Walsh, Gabriella Ziegler 

Grade 9:

Zoe Brunza, Alec Butzer, Trevor Buydos, Makayla Calderon, Tyler Cann, Maya Cook, Annabelle Coppola, Colman  Curtiss-Reardon, Christopher Dagher, James Dahlke, Rose Dimmock, Gabrielle Field, Chase Gilbert, Alexander Glaras,  Benjamin Goulding, Christopher Kachur, Thomas Kelly, Serena Mazzi, Bridget McAdams, Carter McGlinchey, Ryan Miller,  Eiley Montanaro, Madeline Murphy, Sybil Neary, Ryan Olsen, Marleigh Piacenza, Isabella Presti, Jacob Prokopets, Sophia  Shaposhnikova, Charlotte Spiegel, Carson St. Louis, Andrew Taylor, Margaret Thuma, Madeleine Trepanier, Elisabeth  Viera, Oliver Wyman, Stella Young 

HONORS

Grade 12:

Whitney Barbour, Gillian Bradley, Kathryn Brandenburg, Ava Brinkerhoff, John Buckley, Gretchen Burgess,  Jacob Derynioski, Archer Evans, Alexis Fenton, Madison Krol, Karleigh Landers, Jonah Lathrop, Monique Lavoie, Jacob  Lopez-Bravo, Ford Macadam, Amy Magalhaes, Yosr Manai, Jack Morgan, Cooper Munson, Rhyleigh Russell, Stefan Ryer,  Jenna Schauder, Samantha Tan, Andrew Zelek 

Grade 11:

Peighton Andrews, Jedidiah Arico, Elliot Bjornberg, Natalie Buckley, Jackson Bullock, Lucas DaSilva, Eva  D’Onofrio, Amelia Gage, Justin Green, Katherine Gryk, Mohamad Hamou, Parker Holland, Emmerson Kaye, Konrad  Kissling, Dakota Kotzan, Mila Lopes, Lucas McMillan, Matthew Miller, Elaina Morosky, Katherine Mullaney, Ronald Olin,  Luisa Raby, Ava Roth, Cailin Ruhling, Charles Sahadi, Jhayra Salazar Cajamarca, Noah Sanford, Kylie-Jean Sevigny,  Madeleine Soriano, Gabriel Tooker 

Grade 10:

Dominic Clark, Andrea DeBernardo, Zoe Eastman-Grossel, Samantha Fiske, Salvatore Gencarella, Christopher  Gibbons, Janna Graves, Kyle Ingersoll-Bonsack, Hannah Johnston, Aven Kellert, Ella Kiem, Peter Kuhn, James Lahot  Straub, Brenden Landry, Andrew Liu, Ysabel Rodriguez, Andrew Sprankle, Erika Teixeira, Ava Wood-Muller 

Grade 9:

Sophia D’Angelo, Michael DeFiore, Jonathan Farrell, Elizaveta Gregoire, Teagan Iglesias, Katherine King, Emily  Looney, Ian Maeby, Rowen Meisner, Ryan Ortoleva, Lance Sanford, Luca Signora, Emma Singleton, Sydney St. Pierre,  Lucian Tracano, John Turick, Connor Vautrain, Edith Williams, Carl Zapatka

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School Q3 Honor Roll 2022-23 

HIGH HONORS

Grade 8:

Islam Al-Rahyyl, Lucia Arico, Addison Arndt, Phineas Barrett, Zachary Belval, Ceciley Buckley,  Morgan Buerger, Brooke Burgess, Anna Bussmann, Brennan Butzer, Lillian Calabrese, Chase Catalano,  Isaac Chartier, Johanna Coker, Sophia D’Amico, Elliot Dunn-Sims, Samson Edmed, Edward Fiske, Lauren  Fulara, Angeline Gencarella, Gavin Goulis, Skylar Graybill, Tessa Grethel, Owen Holth, Josephine Kiem,  Matilda Miller, Emelia Munster, Sean Olsen, Cameron Russell, Allegra Schaedler, Owen Shapiro, Nicholas  Sokolowski, Madeline Stiles, Kaylyn Vernon 

Grade 7:

Kaitlyn Ackerman, Lillian Acosta, Lauren Belval, Scarlett Blatter, Vivian Boller, Lana Brunza,  Naomi Cameron, Gabrielle Clark, Colin Discordia, Ashlynn Edwards, Albert Enman, Katharine Ferman,  Jonah Filardi, Avery Goiangos, Frederick Goss, Elaina Graves, Sawyer Graybill, Aiden Guidi, Alistair  Hampton-Dowson, Colleen Harrington, Morgan Harris, Reese Holland, Fiona Judge, Jillian Kleefeld,  Kaedyn Koproski, Treyton LaConti, Holden Leonardo, Sadie Lukasiewski, Graham Macadam, Rowan  McCormick, Charles McEwen, Caitlyn McHugh, William McKeever, Clarissa Mock, Addyson Morosky,  Grace Morrissette, Marielle Munster, Gwenevere Osborne, Mila Pacelli, Remi Patz, Jonah Scheckwitz,  Audrey Sheehan, Avery Spooner, Charlotte Thuma, Delilah Tooker, Jonathan Toriello, Renee Viera, Avery  Wesch, Charles Zapatka, Avery Zbierski, Ella Ziolkovski 

Grade 6:

Ahmad Al-Rahyyl, Matilda Arico, Angelina Bari, Anna Block, Emily Bonatti, Cassidy Buckley,  Ewan Cabell, Trent Cameron, Emily Campbell, Reagan Christopher, Emerson Coker, Benjamin Conrad,  Miles Coppola, Nadia Daily, Alessandra D’Amico, Colin Farrell, Parker Fedorich, Jackson Fiske, Jared  Fulara, Samantha Fulara, Ava Fuller, Olivia Gerardo, Victoria Glaras, Cayden Graybill, Kylie Grethel, Toby  Griffis, Olivia Griffith, Cole Haslam, Charles Holth, Quinn Hoss, Griffin Karpinski, Collin Langley, Zoey  Langley, Ellison Lodge, Isabel Martel, Maxwell Mooney, Sofia Noti, Thomas O’Connor, Kanato Oharu,  Giovanni Orlando, John Osborne, Jack Parker, Adrian Raby, Nikolas Reid, Benson Reis, Lillian Reynolds,  Beatrix Rubino, Addison Sapia, Juliette Small, Mia Stokes, Olive Vautrain, Teya Vernon, Benson Wang,  Reagan Weinstein, Samuel Zelek, Lily Zerkowski 

HONORS

Grade 8:

Zak Avelange, William Burgess, Evan Coffee, Amirah D’Lizarraga, Harrison Goulis, William Kabel,  Maddux Murphy, Grace Osborne, Milo Stiles, Magdalena Tooker 

Grade 7:

John Comstock, Sabrina Fusscas, Gavin Gray, Alistair Grenier, Ryan Hill, Henrik Hummervoll,  Henry Kyle, Jaxon Marsden, Benjamin Mattox, David McAdams, Liam McCormick, Theodore Neary, Ava  Novak, Caiden Pelletier, Nicholas Porto, Merci Shaw-Savage, Grayson Standish 

Grade 6:

Josie Arndt, Maya Desai, Joshua Evans, Cooper Thomas

Death Announced of Gordon I Ulmer III, 61, of Lyme; Husband of Audrey, Father of Kiera

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LYME — Gordon I Ulmer III, age 61, of Baker Lane, Lyme CT passed away on Monday, May 1, 2023 at Lawrence and Memorial Hospital.

Gordon was born on January 13,1962 in Hartford, Connecticut, the son of Sandra and the late Gordon Ulmer Jr.

… He married his wife Audrey on October 11, 1997 …

… Gordon is survived by Audrey, his wife and soul mate of twenty six years, his daughter Kiera who was his pride and joy and he loved with all of his heart, his mother Sandra, …

A Memorial Service will be held on Thursday, May 11, 2023 at 11:00am in Fulton-Theroux Funeral Home, 13 Lieutenant River Lane, Old Lyme, Connecticut followed by a celebration of life at the country wellness center event space, 391 Norwich Westerly Rd. Unit 4, North Stonington, CT 06359 …

Please visit www.fultontherouxoldlyme.com for tributes and directions.

Visit this link to read the full obituary published by Hartford Courant on May 9, 2023.

Lyme-Old Lyme Schools’ Proposed $35.8M Budget Passes Easily in Both Towns

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OLD LYME — UPDATED 5/3 with Superintendent’s comment: On Tuesday, May 1, voters overwhelmingly passed the Lyme-Old Lyme (LOL) Schools’ $35,844,345 proposed budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year by a more than 2.5 to 1 margin.

The combined final vote total from both Lyme and Old Lyme was 373 in support of the budget and 108 against.

Asked his reaction to the result, LOL Schools Superintendent Ian Neviaser responded by text, saying, “We appreciate the ongoing support of our communities which helps to ensure our students receive a top notch education.”

The totals by town were as follows:

Old Lyme:

Yes: 276
No: 97

Lyme:

Yes: 97
No: 11

The proposed budget represents a 2.91% increase over the budget for the current year.

Lyme-Old Lyme Prevention Coalition Announces 100% Success of Recent Alcohol Sale Compliance Checks in OL

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OLD LYME — On April 24, the Lyme-Old Lyme Prevention Coalition (LOLPC) partnered with the Old Lyme Police Department to conduct compliance checks at local alcohol retail establishments in Old Lyme.

Both organizations are proud to inform the community that all the establishments checked successfully refused the sale of alcohol to a minor.

Alcohol compliance checks are a tool used by law enforcement to reduce the availability of alcohol to underage youth from commercial sources.  By partnering with the LOLPC and trained underage youth (ages 18-20), a compliance check is a police-supervised attempt by a minor to purchase alcohol. The trained minors use their own ID and do not attempt to misrepresent themselves.

Compliance checks are a long-standing, nationally-recognized, environmental strategy proven to reduce underage access to alcohol. Routine compliance checks help to identify businesses, which knowingly or unknowingly sell alcohol to minors, and return them to compliance with state law. 

The LOLPC congratulates Old Lyme alcohol retailers and continues to provide them with resources and training opportunities for store employees. These TIPS trainings cover the laws concerning service to minors and intoxicated customers, as well as techniques for responsible service and sale of alcohol, and intervention to ensure that underage sales are not made.

Local retailers are important partners in reducing underage drinking and the LOLPC is pleased to continue these positive relationships and connections to keep Lyme/Old Lyme youth safe.

The LOLPC will be partnering with Old Lyme Police to conduct tobacco compliance checks soon.

For more information about the LOLPC, visit www.lysb.org/prevention.