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. today was Raymond Dobratz of Old Saybrook. Dobratz was a well-known and popular member of the Saybrook community. Read More ... Published 02/07/10 |
Senior Souza Ties Nation's Top Time Senior Rodrigo Souza from Old Saybrook High School has broken school and state records, and now he is ranked number one in the nation in the 55 meter high hurdles. On Jan. 16, at the Yale-New Haven relays Souza ran the distance in 7.43 seconds—a time that is tied for first in the nation with an athlete from Georgia. Read More ... Garnet McLaughlin Published 02/02/09 |
Ousted OS Republicans Force March 2 RTC Primary Ten former members of the Republican Town Committee—including First Selectman Michael Pace and Board of Education Chairman Mario Gaboury—who were voted off the committee in a surprise move in January have successfully petitioned for a Primary in March. Read More ... Published 01/28/10 |
“The Kate” Forms Guild for Theater Volunteers The Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center is forming a Guild for its volunteers that serve the theater as ushers, parkers, box office personnel, boutique volunteers, receptionists, and theater docents. The purpose of The Guild is to support those volunteers who are vitally important to the running of “The Kate”. Read More ... Published 01/13/10 |
OSHS to Stage "Beauty and the Beast" in March Old Saybrook High School has announced that this year’s spring musical will be the Disney favorite “Beauty and the Beast.” Performances will take place on Thursday, March 25 and Friday, March 26, at 7 p.m., and Saturday, March 27, at 2 and 7 p.m. Read More ... Published 01/26/10 |
Pace, Gaboury, Caldarella Voted Off RTC In a surprise move last Wednesday evening, a number of senior Republican officials with high profile positions in the town lost their spots on the Republican Town Committee (RTC). Old Saybrook First Selectman Michael Pace, Board of Education Chairman Mario Gaboury and RTC President Cal Caldarella were among those ousted from the committee. The changes appear to have been initiated by State Representative Marilyn Giuliano (R-23rd). Click to read a related article by Jenna Cho published in The Day on Friday, Jan. 8. Read More ... Published 01/10/10 |
Applications Avaiable for OL Fine Arts Festival Applications are now available for the June and August Old Lyme Fine Arts Festivals, sponsored by The Hidden Gallery of Old Lyme. The festivals are in their 6th and 8th years respectively, and are held on the grass at the Old Lyme Shopping Center, 19 Halls Rd in Old Lyme. Read More ... Published 01/17/10 |

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