East Lyme News

The Board of Education decided Tuesday to offer the next superintendent a salary range of $170,000 to $185,000.

Residents will be asked to approve a $276,000 appropriation from the capital nonrecurring fund for projects in the 2013-14 Capital Improvement Plan, including sidewalk repairs and the Grand Street Boat Launch, according to town documents.

A man is taking into custody by Connecticut State Police and emergency crews for transport to the hospital at the scene of a multiple car accident, possibly resulting from a police chase at the intersection of routes 85 and 161 in Chesterfield Tuesday June 18, 2013.

Former school counselor and administrator Allison M. Robinson, accused of sexually assaulting a middle school student in East Lyme in 2000, is mulling a plea offer from the state that would involve a six month prison sentence followed by five years of probation.

East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica recently announced that one of his priorities is the completion of a large development project at Exit 74. The original approved version of "Gateway" called for a mixed use low density commercial residential village along with major road improvements.

A meeting of East Lyme Area Special Education PTO will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. June 19 at the East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road in Niantic.

As the town begins the process of determining the future of the town's elementary schools, the Board of Education last week outlined a path to making a decision.

Police, courts and the state forensic laboratory say they are dealing with more cases involving synthetic cannabinoids and other designer drugs since the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection passed regulations banning fake marijuana, bath salts and salvia last year.

Allison Nowicki, 1, of Tolland stops Saturday to enjoy a fresh strawberry as families take advantage of warm, sunny weather to pick their own at Scott's Yankee Farmer in East Lyme.

Residents of southeastern Connecticut will have to wait at least one more year for the General Assembly to pass toll legislation that might enable completion Route 11. The state Department of Transportation has not yet completed its Route 11 study, but enough details were released to state Rep. Ed Jutila, D-East Lyme, for him to realize that his ... (more)

A meeting of East Lyme Area Special Education PTO will be held from 6:30 to 7:45 p.m. June 19 at the East Lyme Senior Center, 37 Society Road in Niantic.

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities, a statewide association of towns and cities, has elected Preston First Selectman Robert M. Congdon as secretary and re-elected Norwich City Manager Alan H. Bergren and East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica to the Board of Directors for 2013-14.

The Zoning Commission has unanimously voted to deny a revised application to build an affordable housing development in a light-industrial zone by Capital Drive and West Main Street in Niantic.

It is estimated that there will be more than 3,000 cases of breast cancer diagnosed in CT in 2013 and that almost 500 will die from the disease.

The Board of Education voted Monday night to suspend the elementary-school foreign language program for next year and reduce or eliminate other items from its proposed 2013-14 budget in response to a need to cut $690,000.

William Sheppard, 42, in custody of the Department of Correction, was charged Friday with first-degree robbery and sixth-degree larceny.

There are several openings to fill such as the Board of Selectman, Board of Finance, Planning Commission, Board of Assessment Appeals, Zoning Commission and Board of Education.

East Lyme A ceremony scheduled for Friday to mark the completion of the Niantic River rail bridge replacement project has been postponed because of the threat of inclement weather.

Max Dolan of Mystic, left, Jeffrey Nasiatka of East Lyme, center, and Sarena Shafner of Waterford sit in the Williams Room of Williams School Wednesday prior to the commencement ceremony.

Evangelia Leo Mcilrath, 65, of 22 Benham Road was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs and making an improper turn.