Lyme Times

Meet the Elite

Interactive Desk — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:14:13 GMT

Meet the Elite

Sean Kinney, 18, of Montville and other members of Street Elite, a hip-hop team from the Eastern Connecticut Ballet Inc. in East Lyme, perform portions of the routine that won first place in the World’s Competition in Florida. Photo by Deborah Beckwith

China

Interactive Desk — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:22:21 GMT

China

Wei Fang, a recent exchange student to Lyme-Old Lyme High School from China, visits students in one of the school’s Chinese Language classes. Wei Fang, or “Kate,” displays a copy of her book “My American Life at 16,” relating her experiences in the U.S. from 2006 to 2007 as a junior at LOLHS. She came here through the Academic Year in America (AYA) program, organized by the American Institute for Foreign Studies (AIFS) in Stamford. Photo by Deborah Beckwith

Personal Stories

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:55:57 GMT

Personal Stories

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School seventh-grader Hannah Behringer, left, listens as Mile Creek School first-grader Emily Loflin reads her book outside the middle school last week. The middle-schoolers are writing books for the first-graders and will deliver them next month as part of the school’s Book Project. Photo by Jenna Cho/The Day

Personal Stories

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:54:51 GMT

Personal Stories

Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School seventh-graders Stephen Williams, left, and Trent Garbati work on a book they’re writing and illustrating for Mile Creek School first-grader Connor Maguiere for the school’s Book Project. Photos by Jenna Cho/The Day

Personal Stories

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:51:16 GMT

Personal Stories

Mile Creek School first-grader Jackson Warren, left, reads a book to Lyme-Old Lyme Middle School seventh-graders Stuart Ross and Ryan Comerford, right, outside the middle school last week. The older students are writing books for the first-graders and will deliver them next month as part of the school’s Book Project.

David Fryburg

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:47:13 GMT

David Fryburg

Nonagenarians

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:38:50 GMT

Nonagenarians

Lillian Whitford is 91 years old and a resident of Niantic. Her daughter, Carole Simpson, of East Haddam attended the tea, and said her mother drew a ticket and won this geranium plant.

Photos by Deborah Beckwith

Nonagenarians

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:33:25 GMT

Nonagenarians

Attending a special tea to honor East Lyme’s residents who are 90 years old and older are Ruby Turner Morris of Niantic and Mary Kallio of New London. Photo by Deborah Beckwith

Nonagenarians

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:31:41 GMT

Nonagenarians

A group of women who attended the tea hosted by the East Lyme Senior Center and the Commission on Aging Board to honor East Lyme residents 90 years and older prepare to leave the community center following the event. Gift bags and corsages were given to nonagenarians. Sandwiches and desserts were provided for all honorees and their family members and friends who attended. Photo by Deborah Beckwith

Good for the Earth

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:27:57 GMT

Good for the Earth

Photo submitted.

It's a Wonder

Interactive Desk — Wed, 20 May 2009 15:56:48 GMT

It's a Wonder

Shaun Punzalan shops for clothes for his son Kai, 1, at Wonderbugs children’s consignment shop in Niantic May 13.
Photo by Sean D. Elliot/The Day

Visions of Mood

Interactive Desk — Thu, 14 May 2009 17:22:15 GMT

Visions of Mood

The New Workout

Interactive Desk — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:41:44 GMT

The New Workout

Donna Neaton, third from left, of East Lyme, a Zumba instructor at the East Lyme Community Center, teaches a class. Photos by Tim Martin/The Day

The Faces of Spring

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:34:20 GMT

The Faces of Spring

Twins Agatha, left, and Beatrice Hunt, 2 1/2 years old, bottle-feed a lamb at their grandfather Richard Lightfoot's Twin Brooks Farm on Joshuatown Road. Photos by Jenna Cho

The Faces of Springtime

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:19:51 GMT

The Faces of Springtime

Ewes and their lambs welcome visitors to Richard Lightfoot's Twin Brooks Farm on Joshuatown Road. Photo by Jenna Cho

The Faces of Springtime

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:16:53 GMT

The Faces of Springtime

Twins Agatha, right, and Beatrice Hunt, 2 1/2 years old, welcome one of the chicks at their grandfather, Richard Lightfoot’s, Twin Brooks Farm on Joshuatown Road. Photos byJenna Cho/The Day

Culpeper Grant

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:20:12 GMT

Culpeper Grant

Marie Latourette. Photo submitted

A Talented Investment

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:19:12 GMT

A Talented Investment

The 2009 Shoreline Arts Alliance Scholarship winners are (clockwise) Alex McKissick, Vocal Music (seated); Scott Bradley, Visual Arts; Danielle Charette, Creative Writing; Rebecca Baehr, Instrumental Music; Emily Ide, Theatre; and Alta du Pont, Dance. Photo by Adam Coppola

Photos a la Mode

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:17:24 GMT

Photos a la Mode

Self-portrait of Adrien Pierrette Broom. Photo submitted

Photos a la Mode

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:16:41 GMT

Photos a la Mode

Margot Broom photographed by her sister Adrien Pierrette Broom for the Mirit Weinstock fashion project. Photo submitted