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Guilford police have arrested an Old Lyme man who they said traveled to town with the intention of having a sexual encounter with a teenager. Guilford police arrested 56-year-old Julian Muller, of Old Lyme, on Aug. 28. They said he traveled to Guilford, intending on meeting a 15-year-old young woman for a sexual encounter.  In March, Muller contacted a Guilford…

One person was killed in a car crash in East Hartford early Sunday morning, according to police. Old Lyme resident Robert Provera, 41, was driving in the left lane on Route 2 westbound in the area of the exit 5B on-ramp when he lost control of his car. The car hit the metal beam guide rail and went through the…

The Town of Old Lyme has set up three stations across the town with free access to water and electricity. “Most of Old Lyme is on well water and without electricity they don’t have water,” explained Resident State Tropper Matthew Weber. The stations are at the Old Lyme Police Department, the senior center and the fire station. They will...

Old Lyme and other shoreline towns saw significant damage left in the wake of Tropical Storm Isaias.

Troopers are investigating after three people were assaulted in front of a home on Rogers Lake Trail in Old Lyme. The incident occurred at approximately 8:15 p.m., police said. Police said they found a woman who was stabbed in the abdomen and a man who was unconscious with a head injury. Police said the head injury was from being hit…

It has been one week since restaurants in Connecticut were allowed to partially reopen for outdoor dining under the state’s phase one reopening plan. Kokomo’s Restaurant in Old Lyme is just one of many restaurants along the shoreline that depends on a busy summer season to drive revenue. According to the general manager of the restaurant, Drew McLachlan, the...

Old Lyme town beaches will reopen starting Saturday, May 23, after being closed to promote social distancing earlier this month. The town opted to close its public beaches on May 2 over crowding concerns amid the coronavirus pandemic. They will reopen from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. next weekend. Town officials said they consulted with others, including the Miami Beach…

Restrictions in place to limit the spread of the coronavirus are casting a shadow of uncertainty over what summer will look like on Connecticut’s shoreline. “We are solid booked and we may not be able to accommodate them,” said Perry Garvin, president of Garvin Family Corp. Garvin’s family has been renting out cottages on Hawk’s Nest Beach, a private...

Owners and renters try to navigate what this summer on the shoreline will look like

The team at the Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau has never seen an event impact the area like COVID-19. “It is unprecedented to see how devastating the shutdowns can be on a family so quickly,” said Mary Seidner, director of the LYSB. While some people have been hit hard by the ripple effects of the pandemic overnight, Seidner said that she…

Public beaches in Old Lyme will be closed indefinitely starting Saturday. The decision was made by the Board of Selectmen earlier this week. First Selectman Timothy Griswold said the town made the decision after seeing the warm temperatures forecast for this weekend. He said, using history as a guide, large groups of people tend to flock to Sound View beaches…

Old Lyme has said it will close beaches indefinitely starting this weekend

Old Lyme town beaches will be closed starting Saturday due to concerns about social distancing, town officials announced Wednesday. In a post on the town website, officials announced they were closing the beaches, effective May 2, due to concerns that with nice weather, people may not follow social distancing recommendations. “Using history as a guide, we believe that leaving the…

Interstate 95 North was closed in Old Lyme after a tractor-trailer overturned, according to CT Travel Smart, but the scene now appears to be clear. The highway was closed between exits 70 and 71. No additional information was immediately available.

Known as living fossils, horseshoe crabs have been around for hundreds of millions of years. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection says according to reports, over the last 10, their population in the region has declined significantly. The reason for that decline is unknown. DEEP says one trawl survey they did shows that the horseshoe crab population appears to…

Scientists are unsure why the horseshoe crab population has declined in recent years, but some say it’s time to take action.

Connecticut State Police have arrested a man from Old Lyme who is accused of sexually assaulting, assaulting and kidnapping someone earlier this month. Last week, Old Lyme Police Department began an investigation into an assault that happened in town sometime between Wednesday, January 1 and Thursday, January 2, police said. During the investigation, authorities said the victim was both physically…

Mosquitoes in another Connecticut community have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

Mosquitoes in two more Connecticut communities have tested positive for Eastern Equine Encephalitis.

Many schools across Connecticut have made the decision to adjust sports schedules due to EEE concerns.