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"Bill McLaughlin Given "Spirit of Saybrook" Award
On Friday evening, June 19, the Old Saybrook Economic Development Commission and the Town of Old Saybrook awarded the 2009 John Baldoni “Spirit of Saybrook” Award to William R. McLaughlin. He was honored at a ceremony in Pashbeshauke Pavilion at Saybrook Point Park. Read More ...
Published 06/01/09 Updated 06/22/09 |
Middletown Explosion Takes OS Man's Life
Among those killed in the Kleen Energy Systems power plant explosion in Middletown around 11:30 a.m. Sunday was Raymond Dobratz of Old Saybrook. Dobratz was a well-known and popular member of the Saybrook community. Read More ...
Published 02/07/10 |
A Memorable Memorial Day
Memorial Day 2009 was one for the record books because not only was the traditional parade held under clear, sunny skies (no first there) but also the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center opened its doors to the public for the first time. Old Saybrook Police estimated more than 1,500 people toured the building, which is in the final stages of construction, during the "Open House." Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 05/26/09 |
Affordable Housing Proposal Approved Unanimously at Town Meeting
At the Special Town Meeting held Thursday Feb. 11, at the Katharine Hepburn Cultuarl Arts Center, there were three items on the agenda. The first was to authorize the town to grant a lease on three acres of land at 45 Ferry Road in order to create a 16-unit, townhouse style, affordable housing complex under HOPE, a local non-profit organization with whom the town had been working for several years. Read More ...
Garnet McLaughlin Published 02/12/09 |
Affordable, Senior Housing Discussed by OS Selectmen
Old Saybrook’s Selectmen held a special meeting Wednesday to discuss three proposals related to low-income and senior citizen housing in Old Saybrook—expanding Sheffield St.’s existing senior facility Saye Brooke Village; building affordable rental housing at 45 Ferry Rd.; and construction of 27 new affordable housing units on riverfront land. Read More ...
Sunny M. Bosco 12/17/09 |
Arts Festival Draws Visitors From All Over
Artists came from everywhere—from the immediate vicinity of Old Saybrook and Old Lyme to faraway places such as the U.S. Virgin Islands, Florida, and Tennessee—the weather was sunny and the variety of arts ensured the event was an outstanding success. This was the 46th annual Old Saybrook Arts and Crafts Festival sponsored by the Old Saybrook Chamber of Commerce, Liberty Bank, Read More ...
Rachel Berliner Published 08/01/09 |
Bus Service Between OS, Middletown Launched
Yesterday the Estuary Transit District launched the new Nine-Town Transit Mid-Shore Express bus service, which provides daily express bus service between the shoreline and Middletown, thanks to new funding through the Connecticut Department of Transportation and the federal New Freedom Initiative. Read More ...
Published 06/01/09 Updated 06/02/09 |
Census Workers Start Visits in Local Area
Starting in early May, look for the 2010 Census takers working in your neighborhood. Census 2010 is underway. Census takers, also called “enumerators,” will soon be visiting homes, apartment buildings and other places where people live in Old Saybrook. Through early July, anyone who hasn’t sent back their 2010 Census form may expect a visit from a U.S. Census Bureau enumerator. Read More ...
Published 04/26/10 |
Decision Day Finally Arrives
Polling stations are open today from 6 a.m. through 8 p.m. We have published a listing of the names on the ballot in Old Saybrook is given at this link. Velma Thomas is a write-in candidate for Selectman in Row 2C. The results will be published on OldSaybrookNow.com as soon after their announcement as possible. Read More ...
Abigail Hawkins Published 11/03/09 |
Dedicating "The Kate"
In an event filled with praise and promise, various dignitaries gathered Tuesday, Oct.20 (see photo at left), to dedicate the recently opened Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center. Old Saybrook First Selectman Michael Pace introduced the program with the words, “This is an exciting day for the town and the state,” Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 10/29/09 |
Everyone Loves a Parade!
It was a brilliantly sunny afternoon July 11, when the first annual drum corps parade marched along Main Street in Old Saybrook to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Ancient Mariners. Founded in 1959 by Guilford native Roy Watrous, the Ancient Mariners Fife & Drum Corps upholds a local tradition of nautical-themed musical groups who play 19th-century chanties, hornpipes, and jigs. Read More ...
Abigail Hawkins Published 07/23/09 |
Final Budget Discussions at Town Meeting Tuesday
A Special Town meeting will be held tonight, Tuesday, May 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Old Saybrook Middle School at which a number of hand votes will be taken prior to the budget referendum itself on Tuesday, June 2, when voting machines will be used. The most controversial of Tuesday's votes is likely to be the one to approve $418,383 for the purchase of a new fire boat. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 05/01/09 |
Goodbye Mosca, Hello Spera
Wednesday evening at Old Saybrook High School, Michael Spera was sworn in as Old Saybrook Chief of Police succeeding retiring chief Edmund Mosca. Spera became the youngest police chief in the state and Mosca retired as the longest-serving police chief in Connecticut. Read More ...
Published 10/21/09 |
New Bus Pass Offers Savings to ETD Riders
In an effort to provide cost savings to bus riders and increase bus ridership, the Estuary Transit District will introduce a new type of fare to the Estuary region for use on its 9 Town Transit (9TT) services. Beginning July 20, a new monthly pass will offer a heavily discounted alternative to the current cash fare and ten-ride ticket book options. Read More ...
Published 07/13/09 |
Nine-Town Transit Offers Free Bus Passes to Seniors
The Estuary Transit District’s Nine-Town Transit service is now offering free bus passes to area seniors. The passes are good on all Nine-Town Transit Services. Any resident of the Nine-Town Estuary region (Chester, Clinton, Deep River, Essex, Killingworth, Lyme, Old Lyme, Old Saybrook, and Westbrook) age 60 or older qualifies for the program Read More ...
Published 03/22/09 |
Old Saybrook Fire Receives $82.5K Grant from FEMA
The Old Saybrook Fire Department received word last Friday that they are the recipient of an $82,595 grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for firefighter recruitment and retention. $60K is earmarked for college and trade school tuition reimbursement for firefighters wishing to commute from Old Saybrook for their education and the remaining $22.5K to produce a TV recruiting commercial. Read More ...
Published 03/05/09 |
Old Saybrook Garden Club Launches Street Garden Recognition Program
The Old Saybrook Garden Club is proud of the various civic-beautification projects it undertakes to assure that everyone's first impression of Old Saybrook is positive. Now the club is launching a Street Garden Recognition Program designed to encourage Old Saybrook businesses to use plants and flowers to enhance the curb appeal of their properties. Read More ...
Published 04/27/10 |
Operating Agreement for "The Kate" Approved
Old Saybrook's Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the final version of the Operating Agreement drawn up between the town and the board of trustees of the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center at their Special Meeting on Thursday. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 05/01/09 |
OS Voters Approve Septic Upgrades by 2:1 Margin
The atmosphere in the Old Saybrook High School gymnasium was jubilant yesterday evening after the result of the referendum on whether to implement and fund a Decentralized Wastewater Management District (WWMD) was announced. In an exceptionally large turnout—especially considering vacation season is in full swing—both questions on the ballot passed decisively by almost 2:1 margins. Read More ...
Abigail Hawkins Published 08/11/09 Updated 08/12/09 |
Public Hearing Tonight on Proposed Wastewater Management Program
A public hearing will be held tonight, Wednesday, June 17, at 7 p.m. in Old Saybrook High School on both the Facilities Plan for the town's proposed Decentralized Wastewater Management Program and the Environmental Impact Evaluation. The Old Saybrook Water Pollution Control Authority and Board of Selectmen, and the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection will be in attendance to receive comments from the public on these documents. Read More ...
Published 06/10/09 Updated 06/17/09 |
Revaluation Vote is Today
No: 1460 Yes: 1036
Full story to follow.
The arguments have raged, the letters been written, and the action groups formed. Finally today, between 12 and 8 p.m., the residents of Old Saybrook will have their say on whether or not to postpone the 2008 revaluation, which has already been incorporated into the current fiscal year's budget and approved overwhelmingly by voters. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 07/08/09 Updated 07/09/09 |
Somewhere Over the Rainbow ...
Reader Beth Sullivan sent us this wonderful photo of a rainbow over the Old Saybrook Post Office on Main Street. It was taken yesterday afternoon from Starbucks where she was sheltering from the intense rain and hailstorm that fell on the town. And was there a pot of gold at the end? Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 04/23/10 |
Town Looks at a Budgetary Mixed Bag
According to Town Treasurer Bob Fish, it’s not “voodoo economics,” but rather a truism of the budget process: As the Grand List goes up, a town’s mill rate goes down. So with Old Saybrook’s 2008 Grand List—the sum of all assessed property - estimated at $2.6 billion—up from $1.9 billion in 2007—expectations are that the mill rate will drop from the current 16.69 paid on every $1,000 of assessed property value to 13.0. Read More ...
Trish Bennett Published 01/21/09 |
Town Meeting Elects Planning, Zoning Alternates; Approves Harbor Fee Increases
Old Saybrook residents voted Monday evening at the Annual Town Meeting held in the Old Saybrook Middle School on a number of items ranging from increases in boat mooring and docking fees to a proposal to expand the District of Fenwick. Voting also took place on a number of candidates who were not included on the Nov. 3 ballot due to space restrictions. Full story added. Read More ...
Garnet McLaughlin Published 11/23/09 |
Vote at Town Meeting Tonight on Affordable Housing
There will be a Special Town Meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center when residents can vote on three different items. The first is whether to approve a lease agreement at 45 Ferry Road between the town and the local nonprofit HOPE Partnership to enable HOPE to build a 16-unit affordable housing facility on the property. Read More ...
Published 02/11/10 |
Vote Supports Retaining Current Revaluation
A delighted Old Saybrook First Selectman Michael Pace takes a congratulatory phone call in the high school library (see photo at left) Thursday evening after hearing that, in an exceptionally large turnout, the proposal to postpone the revaluation had been convincingly defeated by 424 votes with1460 casting No votes and 1036 supporting the proposal. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 07/10/09 |
Voters Approve Budget
Both the town and education budgets were approved by Old Saybrook voters yesterday with unofficial results showing a 57.7 per cent majority in favor of the $14.82 million town budget and a 66.6 percent majority supporting the $20.74 million education bduget. Read More ...
Published 06/03/09 |
Wastewater Management Presentation Today
The Old Saybrook Water Pollution Control Authority is hosting a Wastewater Management District Public Information Session this Wednesday, July 8, at 7 p.m. in the Old Saybrook Middle School auditorium. The meeting is specifically for the Saybrook Manor, Plum Bank, and Great Hammock Beach areas. This is the final informational session prior to the Aug. 11 referendum on the proposal. Read More ...
Published 07/06/09 Updated 07/08/09 |
Hepburn Center Hearing Sparks Lively Debate
The draft operating agreement for the Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center received mixed audience reviews at a public hearing last Friday night. Plans call for a 20-year renewable agreement whereby the town-owned building would be operated by an independent board of 15 trustees, three of whom represent the town. Read More ...
Trish Bennett Published 01/30/09 - 1 opinion posted |
Wastewater Management Information Session Held
Anticipating an August town-wide referendum on the Wastewater Management District Ordinance, the town’s Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) held a public information session Wednesday night to discuss groundwater pollution control methods in the Thompson and Ingham Hill focus areas. Read More ...
Trish Bennett Published 01/29/09 |
And the Snow Came Tumbling Down
The snow came a little later than expected Friday, but students still enjoyed a full day off school. But when it started just after noon, it came with a vengeance, falling fast and furious, blanketing both town and state. By the time it was over, some seven inches had fallen on the Old Saybrook area. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 12/20/08 Updated 12/21/08 |
A Tremendous Torchlight Parade
Despite the bitter cold Saturday night, it seemed as though the whole town had turned out for Old Saybrook's traditional annual Christmas Torchlight Parade and Muster. The crowd was several deep for the whole length of Main Street up to the town green and spirits were high as everyone eagerly awaited the start of the parade. Read More ...
Published 12/13/08 Updated 12/14/08 |
Wreaths of Remembrance
“Patriotism is not dead – it’s right here in Old Saybrook.” Tuesday night, those words of Karen Worcester, whose husband Morrill, owner of the Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Me., founded the Wreaths Across America (WAA) program 15 years ago, were testament to an evening of remembrance and gratitude. Read More ...
Olwen Logan Published 12/11/08 |
Reward Offered for Information on OS Bank Robbery
Police are investigating a robbery from the Bank of America located on Main Street in Old Saybrook, which occured Monday afternoon at 2:14 p.m. The Connecticut Bankers Association is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the case. Read More ...
Published 12/08/08 Updated 12/12/08 |
Studying Cycling in Saybrook
A local committee held its inaugural meeting Nov. 18 to study ways and take action to improve existing road conditions, and also to advance public understanding of biking as a viable form of transportation. Read More ...
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