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Old Lyme library facing calls to ban two sex-ed books from teen section
Hartford Courant via Yahoo News· 11 months agoA group of citizens has asked the Old Lyme public library to remove two adolescent-focused sex-education books from the library’s tween-teen section, Director Katie Huffman has confirmed. The ...
Witness Stones installation ceremony
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 1 week agoMay 31—OLD LYME — A ceremony was held at Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library Friday to recognize 10 more Witness Stones being placed at the Lyme Library. The Witness Stones program started in Old Lyme ...
National culture war blows through Old Lyme's town center
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 29—OLD LYME — As drizzle turned to cloudy humidity at the library on the corner of Lyme Street one Friday afternoon in July, 16-year-old Leo Evans dropped into the stately brick building ...
Witness Stones installation ceremony in Old Lyme
The Day, New London, Conn.· 1 year agoJun. 2—OLD LYME — Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library in Old Lyme hosted a Witness Stones installation ceremony Friday on its front lawn. The historical plaques marking sites where enslaved residents ...
Old Lyme comes alive with music
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 12 months agoJun. 21—OLD LYME — The hills may (still) be alive with Julie Andrews' beloved soprano voice, but late on Wednesday afternoon, it was Old Lyme that was pulsing joyfully to the sound of music.
Old Lyme 'kerfuffle' over sex education book spills into Lyme
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 10 months agoJul. 28—LYME — A sex education book for teens that made waves in Old Lyme will soon be on the shelves in Lyme. Lyme Public Library Director Melissa Fournier this week said the "kerfuffle" surrounding ...
Old Lyme voters looking at 0.9-mill tax increase
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo Finance· 1 month agoApr. 26—OLD LYME — The proposed 2024-25 budget of $42.1 million going to voters at a town meeting next month comes with a projected 3.8% increase to the tax rate. The spending plan ― which includes ...
Beyond the polls: Calling out the lies in an age of disinformation
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 7 days agoJun. 1—To Charlotte Scot, a 77-year-old voter from Old Lyme, the question of misinformation and disinformation is fairly straightforward. "There's a lot of people in Washington who just lie, ...
Lyme school board race brings national censorship debate to the forefront
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoOct. 29—LYME — Against the backdrop of a controversy pitting book banning against pornography, the town's one open seat on the Region 18 Board of Education has emerged as the only contested ...
Lyme's Democratic values play out in election
The Day, New London, Conn. via Yahoo News· 7 months agoNov. 8—LYME — Newcomer Gavin Lodge, a Democrat, unseated eight-year incumbent Republican Mary Powell-St. Louis on the Region 18 Board of Education by a decisive margin in a race he said came ...
