*****************ECRWSS**** STD Local US POSTAL PAID Postal Customer HARTFORD, CT PERMIT NO. 5126 EastAN INDEPENDENT Haddam COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER COVERING MOODUS,News LAKE HAYWARD, HADLYME AND EAST HADDAM September 21, 2017 Copyright ©2017 East Haddam News Free weekly East Haddam Fall Weekend doesn’t ‘fall’ short on fun The weekend of October 7 has been deemed “Fall Weekend” in East Haddam by the town’s Economic Development Commission. The weekend will feature several community events and entertain- ing activities for residents and visitors. Saturday, October 7 Highlights include the Graveyard Tour of Riverview Cemetery (on Main Street next to St. Stephen’s church), which showcases the unusual histories of those buried in the graveyard with live-actor portrayals, The house, now part of Devil’s Hopyard State Park, was sold to the state in 1992 along with its surrounding 85 acres. as well as the Hale-Ray Project Gradua- tion Car Show at Heritage Park, 15 Great Hillwood Rd., and a fall open house at the Julia Balfour agency at 3 Norwich Rd. Town residents, officials Sunday, October 8 try to save 200-year-old house Highlights include a food truck festival Jim Ventres met with Tom Tyler, DEEP director of state and hard cider debut at Staehly Farm State mulling request that parks, to discuss the possibility of saving the house and Winery, 278 Town St., as well as wagon returning it to the town tax rolls as a private residence rides and farm tours at Ray of Light just would put it back on tax again. Stanley Gerr, the last private owner of the prop- up the road at 232 Town St. The Friends erty, renovated the house and built a barn in 1973. The of Gillette will also have a viewing of the rolls as private residence house sits high above a manmade pond. 1916 film of William Gillette as Sherlock By David Holahan “We discussed the possibility of carving off the house Holmes. See story, page EH5. Local officials and residents have approached the Con- and a lot from the former Gerr property and having the “This weekend is made possible state sell it,” said Greg Curtin. “One of the questions at through the dedication of the volunteers necticut Department of Energy & Environmental Pro- tection (DEEP) about saving a 200-year-old house at 100 the meeting was how was the land acquired, whether it on the East Haddam Economic Develop- was donated. That will require some more research.” ment Commission, and in part from gen- Mitchell Road that has been slated for demolition. The house and 85-acre property were acquired by the state in In an email, Dennis Schain, DEEP director of com- erous contributions from Julia Balfour, munications, wrote, “We are considering the request LLC,” said commission member Kevin 1992 and became part of Devil’s Hopyard State Park. At one point the state had rented the house to a and reviewing all options.” Staehly. “It’s worth saving, even though it’s not livable right A full list of activities will be available DEEP employee. More than a year ago the state report- ed that demolition of the house, but not the barn, was now,” Jim Curtin said, adding, “If the state had sold as an insert in next week’s edition of the it when they acquired the property, they could have East Haddam News, as well as online at imminent. On August 30, Greg Curtin, Jim Curtin, state Rep. gotten a lot more for it.” ctvisit.com/events/east-haddam-fall- Continued on page EH8 weekend. Melissa Ziobron, and town Land Use Administrator In This Issue: One injured in Rte. 82 crash, EH3 • Winery announces hard ciders, EH7 • Calendar, EH12 Prices Effective: September 22-September 28, 2017 Grist Mill Market 25 Falls Road, Moodus PREPARED FOOD 860-873-FOOD (3663) 6” STORE-MADE Fax: 860-873-3057 www.gristmillmarket.iga.com CHICKEN $ 99 DEBIT DEBIT EBT CARD CARD CARD POT PIE 5 NOW TAKING ORDERS FOR Located in “The Old Lumberyard Plaza” PLATTERS, BAKED GOODS, in the Center of Moodus FRESH BAKED ROLLS CHICKEN & Mon-Fri 6am-8pm $ 99 Sat 7am-8pm • Sun 7am-6pm AND BREADS BROCCOLI Our Deli closes 15 minutes before the store. Sorry for the inconvenience. CIGARETTES SOLD AT MINIMUM STATE PROCES ALFREDO 5 We will DELIVER anywhere in town! GROCERY DAIRY 5.3 OZ CHOBANI C.A.B. STORE MADE 16 OZ IGA GREEK MEAT 80% LEAN PASTA C.A.B YOGURT GROUND 5/ $5 $ KANSAS CITY BEEF 10/ 10 STEAKS 59 OZ TROPICANA 4+ lbs 10.8-12 OZ ORANGE $ 99 KELLOGG’S JUICE LB $ 79 $ 29 SPECIAL K $ 8 LB LB CEREAL 2/ 7 8 LB AVG 3 3 $ USDA BONE-IN USDA 2/ 7 PORK BUTTS PORK 64 OZ HOOD TENDERLOINS SIMPLY SMART $ 69 24 OZ PREGO MILK PASTA SAUCE 1LB $ $ 99 $ 2/ 7 C.A.B. CHOICE 1 LB 2/ 4 TOP ROUND BAKERY STEAKS OR USDA AMERICAN LOIN LAMB 64 OZ IGA 4 PK. ROAST CRANBERRY STORE -BAKED CHOPS JUICE BLUEBERRY $ MUFFINS $ 99 $ 49 LB $ 99 2/ 5 3 3 9 LB C.A.B. FROZEN PERDUE 30 OZ IGA OVEN ROASTING BEEF MAYONNAISE 12 APPLE CIDER DONUTS STIR FRY CHICKENS 2/$5 $299 $ 19 $ 49 1 LB LB 17 OZ IGA 4 PURE OLIVE OIL USDA FAMILY PACK ¢ $499 DELI DRUMSTICKS LB OVEN ROAST 79 CHICKEN BREAST PRODUCE $ 99 5 LB BAG 5LB 3 LB BAGS 34 OZ IGA WHITE SQUEEZE MACINTOSH POTATOES KETCHUP APPLES $ 3/ 5 STORE-BRAND $ RARE $ 49 ROAST BEEF 2/ 4 $ 99 3 FROZEN LB 6 8-12 OZ HONEYCRISP LEAN CUISINE GREEN FROZEN APPLES CABBAGE ENTREES $ LAND O LAKES 4/ 10 AMERICAN $ 99 ¢ CHEESE LB LB 9.8-12.3 OZ $ 99 2 59 EGGO 3 LB WAFFLES BARTLETT 8 OZ SLICED 2/$5 MOTHER GOOSE WHITE LIVERWURST PEARS $ 99 MUSHROOMS 4 LB 16 OZ $ 99 BEN & JERRY’S 1 LB $ ICE CREAM 2/ 4 2/$6 RED OR GREEN SEEDLESS 8” GARDEN GRAPES MUM PLANTS SALE! $ 39 $ 2 LB 4/ 12 2L 24 pk. 1/2 L COCA-COLA DASANI WATER We reserve the right to limit quantities and to correct typographical errors. Illustrations are for design purposes only $ $ 99 and do not necessarily depict featured items. Coupons not accepted on sale items 3/ 5 3 EH2 September 21, 2017 Support East Haddam News by Supporting our Advertisers LETTERS TO THE EDITOR POLICE NEWS needed, Ballek’s Garden Center donated Grateful for prayers the rest of the plants. Mystic Museum provided lots of background assistance Car totaled, driver hurt for granddaughters and the speaker, Fred Calabretta, for We send our thanks to the many members Wednesday evening’s presentation. They after accident on Route 82 of prayer chains in local churches who also made it possible for Bernadette Dean A Lyme resident was transported Honda Pilot and rolled it over. prayed for our granddaughters in South to come from Canada for the event and to the hospital on Sept. 7 when the Police said that Improte was Florida in the path of Irma. be one of the speakers for Friday Evening. vehicle she was driving went off the wearing a seat belt at the time, but Hayley, a Connecticut Yankee, was able The other speaker Friday evening was roadway, striking a tree and a rock was transported to the Middlesex to return from her business trip arriving Bernadette Engelstad from the Smithso- wall. Emergency Clinic in Marlborough back safely Saturday at 1 a.m. Jessica, who nian. Staehly’s loaned flowering plants for According to police, Karrie by Lyme Ambulance for evaluation has lived in Lox for two years, stayed in the rededication ceremony. The libraries Improte, 49, of Joshuatown Road and treatment of suspected minor her home, which had been built to code. and the museum hosted the events. East- in Lyme was traveling along Nor- injuries. The vehicle sustained ma- They have a generator, food and water. The ern Rental donated the stage and tent for wich-Salem Road (Route 82) ap- jor damage and had to be towed only damage was to a car windshield and a the ceremony. proximately ½ mile south of West from the scene. downed palm tree. She is now a bona-fide It has been an amazing display of co- Road in East Haddam at 1:06 p.m., The accident investigation is Floridian. operation among the many groups and when she lost control of the 2004 still open and active, said police. Elsie and Roger Snell citizens to get this project completed with Moodus a zero budget. Thanks to all who partici- pated to turn an eyesore into a charming, NATURE Thanks for work that useful picnic area. Comer Memorial Committee renovated Comer site Tom Comer, Lynn Meyers, Rob Smith, Land Trust offers hike, A couple of years ago, the idea was put for- Eileen Schwartz, Dora Lyman, Andrea ward to restore the Comer Memorial Forest Pascal, Celina Nelan, Judi Glover, Nancy information on stewardship on Mt. Parnassus Road. Partnerships were Borge, and Joanne Roczniak The East Haddam Conservation acres,” said Rob Smith, chairman formed to see what could be done. It start- Commission invites the public to of the Conservation Commission. ed as a simple cleanup job and progressed Stewardship Sunday on Oct. 8. “East Haddam residents own a to the events of last week — two very suc- Participants will take a short hike parcel where you can stand in one cessful lectures at the high school and the Letters to the Editor as well as learn how to become a spot and see Long Island Sound rededication of Comer Memorial.