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Lyme land trust to celebrate trails day

 May 27, 2012

Lyme — The Lyme Land Conservation Trust will participate in National Trails Day and Connecticut Trails Day on Saturday with two hikes through Chestnut Hill Preserve, the land trust’s newest trail system.

Lyme voters approve budget; tax rate unchanged

 May 25, 2012

Lyme — Residents at the annual budget meeting Friday voted to approve the town's $8,657,809 budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

A good leader with an abundance of enthusiasm

 May 23, 2012

When Tiffany Thomas walked into the Valley-Shore YMCA in Westbrook one drizzly April afternoon, she was all smiles and questions.

More than 2,300 athletes, partners to compete in Special Olympics

 May 23, 2012

Special Olympics Connecticut will hold its annual Summer Games, presented by United Technologies Corporation, June 8, 9 and 10 at Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, and Hamden Hall, Hamden.

More than 2,300 athletes and partners from across the state...

White: Chicken and chorizo

 May 23, 2012

Maybe, like some of you, I don't go overboard when I'm cooking just for myself. Making one or two lamb chops or a chicken breast, along with a vegetable and a small potato just for myself makes me feel a little lonely. I also can be very lazy. As you know, the lazy part...

Filiatreault: The day the mom jeans died

 May 23, 2012

Congratulate me. I am the proud owner of my first pair of skinny jeans.

Through a process of attrition involving wear and tear and waistline growth, I'd gotten down to one pair of jeans.

One sad pair of dowdy mom-cut jeans that sagged in the rear and gave off...

Lyme-Old Lyme hires new superintendent

 May 22, 2012

The Lyme-Old Lyme Board of Education voted unanimously Tuesday night to hire the assistant superintendent of Regional School District 4 (Essex, Chester and Deep River) as its new superintendent.

Lyme residents OK Town Hall expansion, library building project

 May 22, 2012

Lyme — Residents have voted in favor of the $4.7 million Town Hall expansion and Lyme Public Library construction project.

Municipal meetings - Week of May 20

 May 20, 2012

EAST LYME

Monday - Zoning Board of Appeals, 6:30 p.m., Town Hall; Darrow Pond Open Space Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall; public meeting on Amtrak bridge replacement, 7 p.m., Town Hall;...

47 Cove Road, Lyme

 May 17, 2012

OPEN SUNDAY 1-3PM

77 Joshua Lane, Lyme

 May 17, 2012

OPEN SUNDAY 1-3PM

Lyme Farmers Market to run Saturdays only starting June 2

 May 16, 2012

Lyme — Ashlawn Farm’s Lyme Farmers Market will open for the season June 2 at 78 Bill Hill Road.

Municipal Meetings - Week of May 13

 May 13, 2012

EAST LYME

Monday - Annual town meeting, 7 p.m., high school auditorium; Inland Wetlands Agency, 7:30 p.m., Town Hall.

Tuesday - Board of...

Lyme-Old Lyme High School awarded gold medal status

 May 12, 2012

Old Lyme — Lyme-Old Lyme High School has been awarded gold medal status by U.S. News and World Report in its 2012 rankings of America’s top high schools. The gold designation is given to the top 500 schools in producing college ready students.

Final Lyme Town Hall/library project meeting is Friday

 May 10, 2012

Lyme — One final public meeting will be held at 7:30 p.m. Friday on the $4.7 million Town Hall expansion and Lyme Public Library construction project.

White: Bake some beans to go with that bread

 May 9, 2012

If bread is the staff of life, then we on Connecticut's shoreline have some special people who bake it. Chester resident Charlie van Over, who wrote "The Best Bread Ever" and certainly bakes incredible bread, has taught some of his friends to bake amazing...

Giuliano honored for efforts for children

 May 9, 2012

Hartford - On April 27, state Rep. Marilyn Giuliano, R-Old Saybrook, was commended for her work making Connecticut a better place for children.

The Connecticut Early Childhood Alliance recognized Giuliano as a "Children's Champion" for ushering legislation...

Lyme-Old Lyme school budget passes by a wide margin

 May 8, 2012

Old Lyme — Residents in Lyme and Old Lyme tonight voted overwhelmingly in favor of a $31,010,964 spending plan for the regional school district’s 2012-13 budget.

2,700 get degrees from UConn

 May 7, 2012

The University of Connecticut sent close to 2,700 students on their way toward a new phase of their lives during two separate commencement ceremonies Sunday for the school's College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

Municipal meetings - Week of May 7-11

 May 6, 2012

EAST LYME

Monday - Darrow Pond Open Space Committee, 5:30 p.m., Town Hall; Inland Wetlands Agency, 7 p.m., Town Hall.

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Lyme finance board to hold public hearing on budget

 May 5, 2012

Lyme — The Board of Finance will hold a public hearing Monday on the 2012-13 town government budget, which is proposed at $8,657,809, a 2.56 percent decrease over the current budget.

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Lyme-Old Lyme school budget goes to town meeting, referendum

 May 5, 2012

Old Lyme — The Lyme-Old Lyme school district will hold its annual budget meeting Monday, but residents of the two towns won’t vote on the budget until the referendum the following day.

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Lyme-Old Lyme school budget goes to town meeting

 May 5, 2012

Old Lyme - The Lyme-Old Lyme school district will hold its annual budget meeting Monday, but residents of the two towns won't vote on the budget until the referendum the following day.

The budget meeting, at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the Lyme-Old Lyme Middle...

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Nurture is the nature of Lawrence & Memorial Hospital parent education and support program

 May 3, 2012

As a single mother who knows her first child was born a month prematurely, Sarah Cannon sometimes worries whether her daughter Lillian is meeting all her developmental milestones.

Lilly, in fact, who turns 1 this month, is doing just fine, and thanks to Nurturing...

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Lyme-Old Lyme Science Olympiad team headed to national competition

 May 3, 2012

Old Lyme - There were nine tasks to accomplish in "Mission Possible B," one of close to two dozen events in the state Science Olympiad competition on March 17.

The tasks included this: "Turn a screw such that it moves an object at least 2.0 cm in the...

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