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ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019 Old Lyme, Connecticut Service Information A Directory of Local and State Services EMERGENCY (Ambulance, Fire, Police) ......911 Elderly Housing Poison Control Center ..................1-800-222-1222 Lymewood Elderly Abuse Hotline ..................1-888-385-4225 (Elderly Housing, Handicapped units) ..860-434-2120 Ryefield Manor (J&F Co.) ...............860-739-9251 Old Lyme Municipal Agent ..........860-434-1605 CT partnership for Long-Term Care . 1-800-547-3443 Ombudsman for the Elderly of Old Lyme ConnPACE-ConnMAP-Information and referral for INFOLINE ................................................... 211 all services for the elderly. Information and Referral, Crisis Counseling, Advocacy Estuary Council of Seniors ...........860-388-1611 Nutrition, Meals on Wheels, Transportation, Food Medicare, Center for Medicare The Open Space Commission is a town government Shopping, Reservations for Old Lyme Meal Site at Advocacy ....................................1-800-262-4414 agency responsible for acquiring and managing town-owned 26 Town Woods Road. open space, which now totals about 1,000 acres. (The Old Social Security Lyme Land Trust is a private organization that similarly Lymes’ Senior Center ........... 860-434-1605 x240 All aspects ....................................1-800-772-1213 acquires and preserves open space, which now totals about Senior Clubs, Support Groups, Medicare and Income Tax Assistance, Safe Driver Education. Tax Relief ............................. 860-434-1605, x219 1,100 acres). Social Services Info. & Referral .....1-800-443-9946 The town purchased the 300-acre McCulloch Family Transportation Open Space in September 2019. The property was first EMOTS (Estuary Medical OutPatient State of Connecticut assembled by Warren McCulloch and his wife, Rook, in Transportation) Handicapped equipped, Governor’s Information ................1-800-406-1527 1929. He was a neurophysiologist of international stature give 24-hour notice, please ..............860-388-1611 State Assistance for the Blind ........1-800-842-4510 and considered one of the founders of artificial intelligence; American Cancer Society ..............1-800-227-2345 Handicapped Rights .....................1-800-842-7303 she was the daughter of a wealthy linen importer. Their son Veterans’ Services ..........................1-800-827-1000 David, one of the sellers of the property, was a founder of Old Lyme Social Services .... 860-434-1605, x228 the open space movement in Old Lyme, contributing to the Food bank, fuel assistance, food stamps, emergency Volunteer Opportunities first town plan and helping to establish an open space board financial assistance, welfare info., renters’ rebate; call American Cancer Society .................800-227-2345 in town. His sister Jean raised prize-winning Morgan horses for appointment Eastern CT Area Agency on Aging ..860-887-3561 Estuary Council of Seniors on the farm. Old Lyme Visiting Nurse Assoc. ...860-434-7808 (includes AARP Tax Aide) ..............860-388-1611 Long-time residents of town or visitors who have Blood pressure, flu and pneumonia clinics, home Lawrence & Memorial Hospital ......860-442-0711 enjoyed open-barn events or even taken riding lessons at the visits, hearing tests, blood screening. Literacy Volunteers ..........................860-399-0280 McCulloch Farm may be happy to know that descendants Office Hours: 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Monday – Thursday, Lymes’ Youth Service Bureau ...........860-434-7208 of Rook and Warren McCulloch still live on portions of Noon – 1 p.m. Friday Middlesex Memorial Hospital ..........860-358-6000 the farm that were not sold to the town. A private horse- 24 hours ..........................................860-434-9003 OL/PGN Library ............................860-434-1684 boarding facility operates on their property. Salvation Army ................................860-443-6409 Valley Shore Community Health Center Schools With thanks to Greg Futoma, Open Space Commission Dental Services, Health Services, Medical Exams, Superintendent of Schools ..............860-434-7238 Healthy Start, Counseling, Mile Creek School ..........................860-434-2209 Fees on Sliding Scale .......................860-388-4433 Lyme Consolidated .........................860-434-1233 Middle School ................................860-434-2568 Hospitals and Clinics High School ..................... 860-434-1651 or 1652 Charter Oak Walk-Ins (Flanders) .....860-739-6953 SCORE (Senior Corps Lawrence & Memorial .....................860-442-0711 of Retired Executives) ....................860-388-9508 Middlesex Memorial Hospital ..........860-358-6000 Woman’s Exchange ..........................860-434-7290 Middlesex Shoreline Clinic ...............860-358-3700 New address: 250 Flat Rock Place, Westbrook Hospice S.E. Conn. ........................860-848-5699 ANNUAL REPORT OLD LYME, CONNECTICUT New London County 2nd Congressional District 20th Senatorial District 23rd Assembly District 2018-2019 Front and Back Cover Photographs by Kathleen DeMeo Kathleen DeMeo is an artist/photographer who has been inspired by the beauty of Old Lyme since moving to town in 2016. She specializes in monotypes, a unique printmaking technique resulting in one-of-a-kind works. Her artwork can be viewed at kathleendemeo.com. Front Cover: A stately tree on the 300-acre McCulloch Family Open Space Back Cover: Reflective pond on the McCulloch Family Open Space Published by the Old Lyme Board of Finance, Andy Russell, Chairman Compiled and Edited by Michele S. Dickey With Gratitude to Selectman’s Office Executive Assistants Catherine Frank (Retired) and Michelle Noehren and Office Manager Michele Hayes for help in compiling this material and to Mike Dickey for Production Assistance. Typesetting and Printing by Quality Printers, 15 Shaw Street, New London, CT 06320 blank Contents Selectwoman’s Report ......................................2 ADA Committee ............................................20 Old Lyme Alerts Registration Form ...............77 Appointed Officials ..........................................6 Old Lyme Animal Control ............................ 44 Assessor .........................................................20 Old Lyme Area Cable Advisory Council .........45 Old Lyme Conservation Commission ........... 46 Board of Finance ............................................21 Old Lyme Emergency Management Building Department .....................................22 Special Needs Registration Form ....... page 78 Old Lyme Fire Department ............................48 Citizen of the Year – 2018 ..............................23 Old Lyme Historic District Commission ........49 Connecticut Audubon Society Old Lyme Historical Society, Inc. ...................50 Roger Tory Peterson Estuary Center .......... 24 Old Lyme Inland Wetlands and Connecticut River Gateway Commission ......25 Watercourses Commission (IWWC) ...........51 Old Lyme Land Trust, Inc. ............................52 Deaths ............................................................18 Old Lyme Parks and Recreation .....................54 Old Lyme Resident State Trooper...................54 Economic Development Commission .............26 Old Lyme South End Volunteer Elected Officials ...............................................4 Ambulance Association, Inc. ......................56 Election Results – August 14, 2018 ................12 Old Lyme Tree Commission ..........................57 Election Results – November 6, 2018 .............13 Old Lyme-Phoebe Griffin Noyes Library ........58 Emergency Management ................................28 Open Space Commission ................................60 Estuary Transit District (ETD) .......................28 Organization Chart ........................................14 Facilities Management ....................................29 Planning Commission ....................................61 Fire Marshal ...................................................30 Florence Griswold Museum ............................31 Region #18 Lyme-Old Lyme Public Schools..62 Registrars of Voters ........................................63 Harbor Management Commission ................32 RiverCOG .................................................... 64 Rogers Lake Authority ...................................66 Ledge Light Health District ...........................34 Legislators ......................................................15 Social Services ................................................67 Lyme-Old Lyme Chamber of Commerce ........35 Sound View Commission ...............................68 Lyme-Old Lyme High School ........................36 Lyme-Old Lyme Veterans of Foreign Wars Tax Collector ..................................................69 Post #1467 .................................................38 Town Meetings ..............................................70 Lymes’ Senior Center .....................................40 Town Staff .....................................................11 Lymes' Youth Service Bureau ..........................41 Treasurer ........................................................73 MacCurdy Salisbury Educational Water Pollution Control Authority .................74 Foundation, Inc. .........................................43 Marriages .......................................................16 Zoning Board of Appeals ...............................75 Zoning Commission ......................................76 1 Selectwoman’s Report Bonnie Reemsnyder First