Lyme ― On a winter walk in the Pleasant Valley Preserve, Anthony Irving pointed to rocks rounded by a long-gone glacial river and to a white oak tree sitting out in the open where livestock once shade...
The Lyme Land Trust is offering several small group walks throughout its network of preserves on Saturday, Jan. 1, each led by a board or staff member.
Wash away 2020’s woes with an icy plunge
1/1/20 :: REGION :: STAND ALONE :: New Years revelers, and runners, splash in the waters of Fishers Island Sound at Esker Point Beach in Noank Wednesday, January 1, 2020. The run and dip, in its 51st year, started as an informal gathering of friends of former Boston Marathon champion Amby Burfoot. The group, which numbered over 100, started at the statue of former Boston Marathon champion Johnny Kelley in Mystic and proceeds along Noank Road at a pace friendly to even the slowest participant to end with the brief plunge a the beach. (Sean D. Elliot/The Day)