WESTERLY â Michael âSpikeâ Lobdell, founder, president and CEO of New England Science & Sailing in Stonington, has joined a distinguished group of local residents.
Lobdell, widely applauded for creating one of the most successful community sailing programs in the country, is this yearâs Citizen of the Year, an award bestowed by the Ocean Community Chamber of Commerce and considered by many to be the highest honor for business leaders in the two-state region.
Established in 1957, the award recognizes the âoutstanding leadershipâ and the âexceptional contributionsâ made by award-winners to the greater Westerly-Stonington region. In selecting the person to honor each year, chamber members consider qualities like community leadership, integrity and creativity. Candidates must also possess âstrong communication skills and broad social perspectives,â said Chamber President Lisa Konicki in a statement announcing the award.Â
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I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
Rick Koster
I’ve covered arts and entertainment and written humor columns at The Day for almost a quarter-century. What I’ve learned is how privileged I’ve been to explore for readers an incredibly diverse, active, and creative cultural area – from local music clubs, galleries and museums to numerous nationally famous authors, performance organizations and the array of talent that flows through the Garde Arts Center, and Mohegan Sun and Foxwoods casinos, and much more.
The $32.7 million budget shows a $1 million increase.
The town and school system also have submitted $8 million in capital improvement requests to the finance board, which last year approved $2.4 million in capital spending. Some of the large capital requests include $500,000 for police officer body and cruiser cameras, $900,000 for road paving, $2.5 million for middle school and high school air conditioning upgrades, more than $600,000 in school computers, $943,000 for new sidewalks and $441,000 to rebuild the George Crouse tennis courts at the high school.
The finance board is expected to make significant cuts to the capital budget.
The proposed budget also shows the town s annual debt payments, primarily for expansion and renovation projects in the schools and sewer treatment upgrades, continue to grow to $8.1 million in 2021-22, an increase of $51,393. The debt service is part of Chesebrough s $32.7 million budget. Those debt payments are scheduled to begi
George Herbert, ‘“The Flower”
Here at the Library, looking forward to spring and our new programs, “recovered greenness” is what I feel. Reaching out to the writers, poets, biographers, scholars all, in our community whose programs had to be cancelled due to the pandemic, I feel a sense of renewal and hope for new beginnings.
In his memorial tribute to Elizabeth Bishop, James Merrill quoted the Italian poet and essayist Eugenio Montale “The ancients said poetry is a staircase to God” maybe with our 21st century sensitivity we might say it is a staircase to new ways of seeing.
It is this new way of seeing that stands out as a theme in all that is happening around books old and new and friends old and new here at the Stonington Free Library.
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