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Old Lyme ― First Selectman Tim Griswold has been fined by the State Elections Enforcement Commission for serving as treasurer of the Republican Town Committee at the same time the organization was fin...
The Connecticut Democratic Party has asked towns to put together their slates for municipal offices differently this year, a move criticized by Republicans as small-town politics heat up for a contentious election season. Democrats say the measure protects against the spread of COVID-19. Republicans argue that the move is a form of voter suppression. Rather than coming up with slates via caucuses, where any registered Democrat is allowed to vote, the state party has sought to limit local Democratic town committees to voting for candidate endorsements among committee members only. The state...
Old Lyme -- Selectwoman Mary Jo Nosal has once again failed to gain support from the rest of the Board of Selectmen for her proposed resolution that would identify racism as a public health crisis here. Nosal, a Democrat, told the board's two Republican selectmen Monday that she was hoping the town could take the lead in bringing the national issue to the shoreline. That's why she said she presented a draft resolution to the selectmen last August and has continued to bring up the issue since. "I'm just surprised we haven't at least had a discussion or formed a committee to look at th...