East Lyme News

Kyra Dwyer of Fairfield, a consultant with Bluewater Marine Consultants, jumps into the water with Mike Bomster of Voluntown, captain of the fishing vessel Stonington Jo, and his crew as they run through safety drills Thursday in Stonington.

The East Lyme police union has ratified a three-year contract that gives officers 1.25 percent raises every six months, according to First Selectman Paul Formica.

East Lyme police have brought a racketeering charges against the two men accused of burglarizing homes throughout the state and keeping the stolen goods at a local storage facility.

East Lyme An accident involving two vehicles on Interstate 95 North between Exits 72 and 73 has closed traffic in the left lane, according to the state Department of Transportation.

WILTON, Conn. - An arrest was made Wednesday in connection with three Wilton residential burglaries that netted more than $70,000 in jewelry and personal property in August 2010.

On Monday morning, Montville Police officers interrupted an alleged burglary on Chesterfield Road.

An obstetrician-gynecologist and cosmetic surgeon is facing possible disciplinary action from the state Department of Public Health over charges that he improperly prescribed prescription medications, allowed an unlicensed employee to provide medical care and did not a maintain a sterile office and equipment.

Construction workers transfer steel sections of the new Niantic River railroad bridge from the transport barge to the assembly areas on Monday.

On Jan. 25, Patch ran an article on a proposed agreement between Waterford and East Lyme to regionalize emergency dispatch services.

Linda E. Hopkins, 59, of 77 Summer St. was charged Friday with possession of heroin, possession of heroin with the intent to sell, possession of prescription drugs not in their original container, possession of heroin within 1,500 feet of a school, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of narcotics.

A preliminary proposal to combine East Lyme and Waterford emergency dispatch services at Waterford's public safety complex on Boston Post Road would keep Waterford's nine full-time dispatchers in place and create four additional full-time positions.

Cranes break the skyline by the Niantic River railroad bridge construction project Wednesday.

Gavin Jezierski, 1, of East Lyme plays with Jimo, a German shepherd, one of the two new East Lyme police dogs issued badges Wednesday night during a Board of Selectman meeting, as Jimo's handler, Patrolman Michael Jezierski, also Gavin's father, looks on at East Lyme Town Hall.

East Lyme Talk of the need for a new East Lyme High School athletic field has been going on for a couple of years, but the proposal is now pushing forward at a swift pace.

State Rep. Ed Jutila, D-East Lyme, will hold office hours for constituents in East Lyme and Salem on Saturday.

A 51-year-old man charged with sexually assaulting a disabled man he cared for at an East Lyme group home made his first appearance today in the New London court where major crimes are heard.

School officials will give a presentation on the proposed athletic complex at East Lyme High School at the Feb.

Tonight should be cloudy, with a low around 39, according to the service. 2. Just a quick clarification by First Selectman Dan Steward on the proposed agreement between Waterford and East Lyme to share dispatch services .

East Lyme - Only one resident among the handful at Monday's school budget public hearing had anything to say about the $42,041,219 school budget proposal, a 3.82 percent increase over the current budget.

Organizers of the 17th annual Men Against Domestic Violence Campaign, from left, Melva O'Neill, Bill Wernau, Emma Palzere-Rae and Amanda Brown, meet at the Women's Center of Southeastern Connecticut.