The men of Lyme had barely returned home from Lexington before they had to march right back to Boston to face the British at Bunker Hill.  On April 26, 1775, just days after the opening skirmish of the Revolutionary War, the Connecticut General Assembly raised six regiments for defense of New England.

TO ARMS!  TO ARMS!  THE WAR HAS BEGUN! So was the cry brought to our streets in 1775 by Minuteman Israel Bissell as he rode from...

David Ruggles, a native son of our town, is an American hero deserving of recognition and honor for his work advancing the cause of...

Kokomo's Restaurant (Photo by Kokomo's) [May 2023] Old Lyme comes alive every year with seasonal residents and visitors who love our...

The holidays are arriving and Old Lyme has a number of ways in which to enjoy the enchantment of the season. November 26th, the Florence...

World events, music history, songbird identification, and (of course) the fine arts, are some of the varied topics that lifelong learners...

It is not an unusual sight to see an artist with easel and paints alongside one of Old Lyme’s roadways or riverbanks. Generations of...

Old Lyme townspeople value the inspiring natural resources surrounding us. As our Plan of Conservation and Development states, “Decades...

As a New England coastal community, life in Old Lyme follows the seasons in a delightfully predictable way throughout the year. Daffodils...