The Foundation’s newly elected Board of Directors is set to hold its first formal meeting of 2023 on February 28 at 6:30 in the Chendali room at the Community Center. President Carol Marelli, re-elected for her third term along with her fellow officers last November, will preside. She will be joined by Vice President Joe Legg, Secretary Jessica Todd, and …
Foundation Donates 80-ft Flagpole To Town
The East Lyme Public Trust Foundation recently donated a new flag and flagpole at Liberty Green in Niantic to the Town of East Lyme. The original wooden pole, which had come from a four-masted schooner, was installed after World War I. Although the pole was originally 125′ in height, over the years it had been lowered to 75′. In recent …
Foundation Donates for Upgraded Security System
At their July meeting, the Executive Committee of the ELPTF unanimously voted to donate up to $10,000 to the Town of East Lyme to upgrade the security system at the Boardwalk, Cini Park, Hole in the Wall, and McCook Park. Ted Norris and Bryan Buckley are the co-chairmen who will liaison with Chris Taylor, the East Lyme Fire Marshal, and …
NEW BEACH SURVEY PLANNED
The Foundation’s Board of Directors has approved plans for a new topographical survey of Niantic Bay Beach. It is scheduled for October 2017 and will mark the third survey in the last three years since the beach was opened to the public. This project is part of an on-going sand profiling program being conducted jointly with the East Lyme Parks …
New Website Design Launched!
The Foundation is pleased to announce that there has been a major revision to our website: www.publictrustfoundation.org. The revision was carried out by Firebrand Designs of New London in cooperation with Foundation President Joe Legg. The overall goal of Andy Jones, the Firebrand webmaster, was to make the website an attractive, easily accessible, up-to-date resource about the Foundation and its …