Volume 19, Issue 18
Serving Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall
New principal focused on ‘learning Lyman’ By Stephanie Wilcox Town Times Right about now — on a quiet Tuesday in early August, with the custodial staff waxing the hallways and just a few staff popping in and out throughout Tom Ford in the day — is when Tom Ford, new principal at John Lyman Elementary School, can’t wait for the first day of school to arrive. “After a while, it gets too
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quiet,” Ford said. “The school is lonely in the summer. I like when the students come back.” B u t Ford will have to wait until Thursday, Aug. 30, to see the eager students w i t h smiling faces and swollen his new office. b a c k packs. So in the meantime he has used this summer to get situated in his new role. See Principal, page 20
Buckheit elected to RSD13 Board of Ed By Stephanie Wilcox Town Times In a close 127-108 vote, Eileen Buckheit beat out Eric Berens for a seat on the Regional School District #13 Board of Education at a wellattended special town meeting August 6. Buckheit is a 10-year resident of Durham with three children in the school system. She has a master’s degree in Eileen Buckheit addresspublic administration and has worked in the public sec- es the audience at a spetor. She recently was commis- cial town meeting. sioner of Planning and Devel- Photo by Stephanie Wilcox opment for the City of West that experience to benefit her Haven. own community. Buckheit described herself Before the paper ballot vote as the daughter of educators took place, the candidates adwho “understands what the dressed several questions job entails,” and has spent from the public. When asked her whole career building communities and will use See BOE, page 6
At 6:45 a.m. on July 15, a hot air balloon belonging to the Connecticut Lighter Than Air Society made a landing on Derby Road in Rockfall. Within 30 minutes of landing, the ground crew had the balloon deflated, folded and stowed in a trailer along with the basket and gas burner. Neighborhood early birds who watched the event were Bill Jagoda, Catherine Shumbo and Patience Merismaalong with Rob, Betty and Eleanor Brayshaw. See another hot air balloon photo on page 13. Submitted by Bill Jagoda