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The Old Lyme Area Cable Advisory Council is composed of representatives from East Haddam, Haddam Neck, Lyme, Old Lyme, and Salem. Public Access channels (12, 14, and 97) are provided by Comcast Cable in return for its cable franchise in the member towns. CTN airs programs regularly on Channel 97.
Advisory Council meetings occur bi-monthly and are open to the public. A meeting schedule is filed annually with the Town Clerk.
Old Lyme’s Board of Selectmen meetings air on Channel 14 at 7:30pm on Thursdays.
A number of local programs air on Channel 14, including: Lyme-Old Lyme High School Girls’ Basketball games; Lyme-Old Lyme Warriors Football games, produced by Tim Devlin; Conversations, hosted by LymeLine.com editor Olwen Logan and produced by Catherine Frank; True Essence and Life Can Be Understood, produced by Annodeus Works; Hour of the Shaman, produced by Will DSol; and Shoreline Conversations, hosted & produced by State Representative Marilyn Giuliano.
Training is provided free of charge. Phone Access Coordinator Lynn Perry at the Old Lyme Studio on Halls Road (860 434-0643) for more information.
In 2010, the Council instituted a scholarship program to support graduating seniors planning careers in the communications field. Sophie Bakoledis (Park School of Communications at Ithaca College), Sarah Briscoe (Loyola University Maryland), Megan Devlin (Ithaca College), and~Sarah Schmidt (University of Maryland), all Lyme-Old Lyme High School Class of 2010 graduates, were the scholarship recipients in the program’s
inaugural year. In 2011, scholarships were awarded to Dane Paracuelles of Haddam Neck (Haddam-Killingworth High School), Sophia G. Harvey of Lyme (Lyme-Old Lyme High School), and Elissa F. DeBruyn of Old Lyme (Lyme-Old Lyme High School).
In addition, the Advisory Council acts as ombudsman for Comcast cable subscribers.
Old Lyme’s Advisory Council members are Timn Devlin and Catherine Frank, appointed by the Board of Selectmen, and Russ Gomes, representing the Regional School District #18 Board of Education. To reach an Old Lyme representative, phone the Town Hall (434-1605, ext. 210), or e-mail selectmansoffice@oldlyme-ct.gov.
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