Closures, Cancellations, and Travel Disruptions for East Lyme, Old Lyme, and Lyme

Government officials are urging everyone to stay home and stay off the roads as much as possible today. To encourage people to do just that, many businesses are closed, many nonessential workers have the day off, and it's probably safe to assume any event scheduled for today has been canceled.  

Here's a list of closures and cancellations for today and tomorrow. This list, though long, is far from comprehensive so if you have somewhere to go today, call ahead to make sure the journey is necessary. If you know of other cancellations, please add them in the comments section.    

• All schools in the East Lyme district and the Lyme-Old Lyme district are closed Monday and Tuesday.
• All school events, including sports events, have been canceled.
• All nonessential state offices are closed Monday and nonessential workers (all shifts) have the day off. 
• Old Lyme, East Lyme and Lyme Town Halls will be staffed by essential personnel only. Regular events scheduled for the East Lyme Community Center, Senior Center and Lymes' Senior Center have been canceled but the East Lyme Community Center on Society Road and the Lymes' Senior Center on Town Woods Road in Old Lyme will be open as daytime respite centers. 
• In Old Lyme, Monday garbage collection is canceled and rescheduled for Thursday. Regular Monday recycling pickup will take place and the full route is expected to be completed by noon. Further notices regarding garbage and recycling pickups will be issued as available.
• In East Lyme, there will be no garbage pick up Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday this coming week.
• All state parks and campgrounds are closed.
• Three Rivers College is closed.
• UConn has canceled classes today. 
• All town meetings in East Lyme, Lyme, and Old Lyme have been canceled. (That includes the special town meeting that had been scheduled tonight for Old Lyme for voters to elect a new board of education member. The Town Meeting will be rescheduled and the usual public notices will be published to let you know when.)  
• The Crystal Mall is closed Monday. 
• The Community Forum entitled "Will Today’s Youth Embrace & Continue America’s Commitment To Conservation of Natural Resources" originally scheduled for Tuesday October 30 at the First Congregational Church in Old Lyme is postponed. New date to be announced. 
• The Second District debate between East Lyme First Selectman Paul Formica and Joe Courtney, scheduled for Monday night, is canceled.

Transportation Alerts

• Amtrak's Northeast Corridor Services are suspended Monday: www.amtrak.com.
• 9 Town Transit service is suspended Monday.
• New Haven Rail Line is suspended Monday: www.mta.info 
• Department of Motor Vehicles has canceled all administrative hearings for Monday, October 29, at its offices statewide. Call (860) 263-5203 later in the week to reschedule.
• Hurricane Sandy is disrupting flights into and out of Bradley International Airport in Hartford so if you have travel plans, check with your airline to see if there are changes to the flight schedule.