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Frustration over evening beach access following fireworks show in Old Lyme
“The fireworks were awesome. It was one of those nights where you thought it was the finale but there was even more,” said Old Lyme’s Dominique DiVenuto. Thursday night, a firework display showered Old Lyme’s coast with light in celebration of the Fourth of July. “Yeah, it was incredible, it was a lengthy show. We saw it for about...
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Frustration over evening beach access in Old Lyme
Some Old Lyme residents are looking for a compromise as to how late some public beaches can stay open on the Fourth of July in order to accommodate fireworks.
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Barstool's Dave Portnoy reviews Old Lyme pizzeria months after reopening from fire
Barstool Sports found Dave Portnoy has reviewed roughly 40 pizza places throughout Connecticut, and on Wednesday he made a surprise visit to Sapore Pizzeria and Bar. “It was just business as usual, just a regular Wednesday,” Sapore manager Sarah Saunders said. It was just a regular Wednesday, for a basic cheese pizza order at Old Lyme’s Sapore Pizzeria and Bar….
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Barstool's Dave Portnoy reviews Old Lyme pizzeria months after reopening from fire
Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy visited a number of Connecticut pizza places this week, giving his famous pizza reviews. One of those stops included a restaurant in Old Lyme that’s experienced its share of hardship in recent years.
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Heavily-camouflaged minors charged after ‘assassins' game at Old Lyme school
Two people were charged after they caused concern while playing the “assassins” game in Old Lyme. The game involves participants driving around town with water guns and going after a “target” in residential neighborhoods.
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2 heavily-camouflaged minors charged after ‘assassins' game at school in Old Lyme
Two people were charged Tuesday after they caused concern while playing the “assassins” game in Old Lyme. State police responded to the area of Lyme Street around 6:45 a.m. after receiving reports of two people wearing camouflage and moving through the bushes near the Lyme/Old Lyme Center School, according to authorities. Arriving troopers found the two people near the...
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Several storage units in Old Lyme broken into
State police are investigating a break-in at a storage facility in Old Lyme. State troopers responded to CubeSmart at 232 Shore Road at 12:42 p.m. Sunday to investigate a theft from a storage unit and found a lock latch had been pried from a door and eight units were unsecured, state police said. Troopers left a message with the manager…
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Connecticut State Police sergeants rescue woman from edge of Baldwin Bridge
Connecticut State Police sergeants are being recognized for their quick-thinking, bravery and compassion after they rescued a woman from the edge of the Baldwin Bridge earlier this week. The Baldwin Bridge is about 100 feet above the Connecticut River, between Old Lyme and Old Saybrook. According to state police, the distressed woman had climbed from the pedestrian sidewalk over the…
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Woman with Alzheimer's reported missing from Old Lyme found
A 70-year-old woman with Alzheimer’s who had been reported missing from Old Lyme on Monday morning has been found. The woman left her home on Rowland Road in Old Lyme on foot between 3 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Monday, according to Old Saybrook Fire Department. She was found at approximately 10:45 a.m. It’s unclear where she was found....
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School bus driver accused of repeatedly hitting taxi in Old Lyme
A school bus driver in Old Lyme is accused of hitting a taxi multiple times on Friday while there were multiple students and a coach on the bus. Police were called to Lyme-Old Lyme High School around 12:45 p.m. after getting a report of a crash with no injuries involving an M&J school bus and a Curtin transportation taxi....
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Truck driver killed in rollover crash on I-95 south in Old Lyme
A truck driver has died after a rollover crash on Interstate 95 south in Old Lyme on Friday. Troopers said 63-year-old Michael Allen Finkeldey, of Westbrook, was on the highway just south of exit 71 around 1:30 p.m. when he hit the truck in front of him. According to state police, Finkeldey’s truck then crossed into the right shoulder, hit…
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I-95 South in Old Lyme reopens after dump truck crash
A crash closed I-95 South in Old Lyme Friday, but it has since reopened. A dump truck was involved in the crash, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation. The southbound side of I-95 was closed between Exits 72 and 70. There are injuries reported, but the extent of those injuries are unknown, according to state police.
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Salem man killed in motorcycle crash in Old Lyme
A 78-year-old Salem man was killed in a motorcycle crash in Old Lyme on Tuesday evening. State police said Edward Lazarin was heading west on Route 156, approaching the Mile Creek Road intersection just after 4 p.m., when he went off the road and his Harley-Davidson rolled over and landed on the front lawn of a church. Lazarin was thrown…
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Watch as Taylor Swift gives fedora to Old Lyme girl at LA concert
This is the sweet moment Taylor Swift gives a young girl from Old Lyme her hat during the Eras tour.
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Watch the sweet moment Taylor Swift gives a young girl from Old Lyme her hat during the Eras Tour
Emily Randak is only 11 years old, but she was feeling “22” at the Eras Tour Wednesday night. The Taylor Swift fan from Old Lyme, Connecticut, had the moment of a lifetime during her show at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California. After traveling all the way to California for the last show of the first leg of the Eras Tour,…
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Bicyclist injured in crash with motorcycle in Old Lyme
A 75-year-old bicyclist was injured in a collision with a motorcycle on Route 156 in Old Lyme Wednesday evening and was flown for treatment of what state police said was a minor head injury. The crash happened on Shore Road, by Ferry Road, just before 6:30 p.m. State police said a bicyclist was in the shoulder of Shore Road, drifted…
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2 adolescent sex-ed books will remain at Old Lyme library, board says
Two books dealing with teenage sex education will stay at an Old Lyme public library after a group of community members asked for their removal. The Old Lyme Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Board of Trustees determined that the books, Let’s Talk About It: The Teen’s Guide to Sex, Relationships and Being a Human and You Know, Sex: Bodies, Gender,...
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Man reported missing out of Old Lyme is found dead in Connecticut River
Connecticut State Police said a man reported missing in their town was found dead in the Connecticut River on Monday. Authorities said a silver alert was issued for 56-year-old David Hickie, who was reported missing on July 10. State police said a search for Hickie was inconclusive but later on Monday night, firefighters and EnCon Police responded to the Connecticut…
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Two adolescent sex-ed books challenged at Old Lyme library
Should the public library remove two books from its collection in Old Lyme? A group of community members have sent a letter asking the library to do just that, concerned over the books dealing with teenage sex education.