PRSRT STD U.S. Postage PAID Permit No. 155 East Lyme Deep River, CT East Lyme Town Hall 108 Pennsylvania Avenue PO Box 519 Niantic, CT 06357 eventseventsVOLUME 5 • QUARTER 2 • 2017 POSTAL CUSTOMER MORTGAGE • HOME EQUITY BUSINESS • COMMERCIAL Awesome Loan Rates essexsavings.com Essex, 35 Plains Road, 860-767-2573 • Essex, 9 Main Street, 860-767-8238 • Chester, 203 Middlesex Avenue, 860-526-0000 Madison, 99 Durham Road, 203-318-8611 • Old Lyme, 101 Halls Road, 860-434-1646 • Old Saybrook, 155 Main Street, 860-388-3543 Toll-Free: 877-377-3922 • www.essexsavings.com Member FDIC Equal Housing Lender DELIVERING TOWN NEWS TO EVERYONE IN TOWN Essex Printing printing & marketing solutions printing services Digital & Offset Bill Stuffers • Booklets • Brochures • Business Cards • Catalogs • Envelopes Flyers • Folders • Forms • Invitations • Labels • Letterhead • Notepads • Playbills • Postcards Programs • Rack Cards graphic design Logo Design • Advertisements • Annual Reports • Business Cards • Corporate Branding • Postcards • Direct Mail • Brochures & Flyers • Posters & Banners • Programs & Catalogs large format printing Banners • Digital Posters • Presentation Boards • Window Signs binding & finishing Spiral, Coil and Wire Binding • Perfect Binding • Cutting • Folding • Laminating Numbering • Padding • Perforating Scoring • Stapling • Collating direct mail Direct Mail Campaigns • Every Door Direct Mail • Fundraising Campaigns • Envelope Printing • Label Printing • Envelope Stuffing • Mailing Lists • Personalized Direct Mail • Variable Data promotional products Apparel • Awards • Bags & Totes • Cups & Mugs • Flashlights • Hand Sanitizer Flash Drives • Pens & Pencils • Sticky Notes • Stress Relievers • Technology and much more ... 18 Industrial Park Road Centerbrook CT 06409 860-767-9087 www.essexprinting.com First Selectman’s Corner Another summer on the shoreline is It was about this time last year that I the Pavilion). taking shape and you can feel the energy started our campaign to “SLOW DOWN Our Parks and and excitement throughout our town. and ENJOY OUR TOWN.” It was met Recreation Direc- When we get to this time of the year, after with overwhelming praise. The message is tor, Dave Putnam enduring a long cold and dark winter, we simple: this is our town and we all need to and his staff have come alive as individuals and collectively do our part to maintain the quality of life already lined up a as a town. There’s nothing better than here. When you drive through East Lyme/ summer of music those first couple warm days of spring Niantic, no matter where you are, you are beginning on the when we all get outside to the beaches, in someone’s neighborhood. Even our Friday of Memo- Mark C. Nickerson boardwalk, and ballfields in our town. busiest state roads (Routes 161, 156, and rial Day Weekend This year’s first warm day came during Boston Post) are lined with homes and when we will cut the ribbon and celebrate the April school vacation week. In spite filled with kids, dog walkers and pedes- this new facility. Watch for a full schedule of a cool breeze coming off the water and trians. All streets throughout our town of events coming up later this season. the water temperatures being closer to require your full attention and your care freezing than tolerable, McCook’s beach in driving. Abusing the speed limit to the Additionally, the new park on Main St. looked like a hot July day with the parking point of being unsafe is disrespectful to (at the former Mobil Station/Ocean lot packed with cars and residents (some your fellow citizens. Please, SHOW RE- Express) is finally being cleaned up. This fully clothed) frolicking in the sand. The SPECT and make a conscientious effort identified Brownfield property received a kid’s playscape on top of the hill was to keep your speed reasonable. state grant to clean up the property. While wall-to-wall kids and moms. Awesome! a slow process, the results will be stellar! And you can imagine the number of We’ve been talking about the addition of We plan to cleanup the property by ini- people, young and not-so-young who a bandshell for a couple of years now. tially planting grass and then form a sub- came out to our beloved boardwalk. My With financial assistance from the Niantic committee to determine the final design heart warmed that day watching families Lions, Niantic Rotary Club, and the East for this key property. This is an exciting coming out of hibernation to enjoy our Lyme Public Trust, the performance stage addition to our popular Main Street. town’s parks. We live in a special place. has been built in McCook’s Park (next to continued on page 2 East Lyme Events • Quarter 2 2017 www.eventsmagazines.com 1 CONTENTS First Selectman’s Corner ......................................................................................................................... 1 events Director’s Note ........................................................................................................................................... 3 TM Ventures, LLC Park & Beach Information ...................................................................................................................... 4 dba Essex Printing & Events Magazines Parks & Recreation Department Contact Information ................................................................ 5 Community Bulletin Board ................................................................................................................... 7 18 Industrial Park Road, P.O.Box 205 Centerbrook, CT 06409 East Lyme Veterans .................................................................................................................................. 9 860-767-9087 Fax 860-767-0259 Summer Special Events ........................................................................................................................10 email: [email protected] Parks & Recreation Summer Playground .......................................................................................12 www.essexprinting.com Parks & Recreation Youth Programs .................................................................................................14 Parks & Recreation Sports Camp/Clinics ........................................................................................14 PUBLISHER Skyhawks Sports Programs .................................................................................................................16 William E. McMinn Parks & Recreation Adult Programs .................................................................................................18 ART DIRECTOR Parks and Recreation Registration Policies ...................................................................................21 Kathy Alsop 860-391-4372 Town Clerk’s Office - Dog License Reminder ................................................................................25 [email protected] East Lyme Performing Arts Camp .....................................................................................................25 East Lyme Youth Services ....................................................................................................................26 COVER EDITOR AC Proctor 860-767-9087 East Lyme Senior Center ......................................................................................................................28 East Lyme Library ...................................................................................................................................31 LAYOUT & AD DESIGN East Lyme Aquatics and Fitness Center ..........................................................................................34 Lynne Hardt Decisions are Hard! ................................................................................................................................36 SALES REPRESENTATIVES Public Safety .............................................................................................................................................36 VERNON • TOLLAND Essex Printing Wins Printing Competition .....................................................................................36 ELLINGTON • WILLINGTON Open Farm Day .......................................................................................................................................38 Tom Fortin 860-299-4568 “Walk with a Doc” ...................................................................................................................................38 [email protected] The East Lyme Parks and Recreation Commission ....................................................................39 ESSEX • WESTBROOK Cordially invites you to the Grand Opening of the ....................................................................39 CLINTON • MADISON McCook Point Park Band Shell ...........................................................................................................39 Ward Feirer 914-806-5500 i Can Bike Camp ......................................................................................................................................40 [email protected] Free Seminars on Insurance OLD SAYBROOK • OLD LYME • EAST LYME Legal & Financial Planning for Senior Living ................................................................................40 Betty Martelle 860-333-7117 East Lyme Public Schools ....................................................................................................................40 [email protected] Camp Phenomena .................................................................................................................................40