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Volume 23, Number 40
Friday, March 2, 2018
Superintendent: social media post ‘March Madness’ did not threaten Coginchaug By Lauren Takores Town Times
School officials said Tuesday a suspicious social media post made last week did not threaten the safety of Coginchaug Regional High School. On Friday, Feb. 23, Regional School District 13 administrators investigated a message on social media that stated, “Don’t come to school on the 5th,” according to a statement from Superintendent Kathryn Veronesi.
CRHS Principal Brian Falcone investigated the post, the statement said, and identified the students involved. Veronesi instructed Falcone to call state police in order to coordinate the school district’s activities with police officials. Durham uses a resident state trooper for police services. After interviewing the students involved, the high school administration met with Veronesi and deter-
mined that the post did not pose a threat to the safety of the high school. “On that basis, school administrators determined that police involvement was not warranted and informed the police of this determination,” Veronesi’s statement said. State police charged a juvenile student with breach of peace. LTakores@record-journal.com 203-317-2212 Twitter: @LCTakores
By Lauren Takores Town Times
Over on the ice, the Lyman Hall/Haddam-Killingworth/ Coginchaug hockey team rolled up a regular season record of 14-6, its best finish since 2009. For its efforts, the co-op earned the top seed in the SCC/SWC Division III Tournament, which began after press time.
Lyman’s son, John Lyman, said last week that he had a broad vision of what the farm could be. “He understood, looking ahead, we had to develop a retail company, so we could look at how we used our land in a broader way,” Lyman said of his father.
The dairy farm eventually
In girls basketball, Coginchaug earned the No. 9 seed in the Class S state tournament and bested No. 24 Tourtellotte, 66-30, in Round 1.
(The Coginchaug boys hoop team compiled a record of 713 this winter, which left the locals one win shy of a state tournament berth.)
John “Jack” Lyman Jr. had the vision to not only sustain but grow the family business, Lyman Orchards, from an orchard and dairy to include a retail operation and golf course.
Lyman became president of the family business in 1955, when the operation was commerical orchards and dairy farming. The state’s agriculture business was declining during that time, but he had a vision to keep the farm operational.
It’s tournament time for high school sports teams in Connecticut, and Coginchaug squads are in the mix.
The Blue Devils earned a second-round date with No. 8 Bolton. That one is scheduled for today, March 2 in Bolton. Tip off is slated for 7 p.m.
Remembering Jack Lyman
Jack Lyman died Monday, Feb. 19 at the age of 92. The cause was not disclosed.
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Gov. Dannel Malloy, Jack Lyman, John Lyman III and Steve Ciskowski tour Lyman Orchards in Middlefield on Aug. 23, 2012.
gave way to a 45-hole golf facility, and Lyman Orchards also embraced “pick-yourown” events and other so-called “agritainment” activities to draw in more business. Lyman Orchards celebrated its 275th anniversary in 2016 “That diversification of the business was crucial to being able to make the land become more of a destination,” John Lyman said. “He always said, make the business
attractive enough for the next generation.” Still, farming was at his core. According to his obituary, Jack Lyman would say when asked what he did for a living: “I’m a farmer and a fruit grower.” Lyman Orchards predates the founding of Middlefield. It’s the largest landholding company in the town and second-largest See Lyman, A11
Heading into the postseason, Kyle Roberts had tallied 61 points (31 goals, 30 assists) for the co-op, while Scott Bradley had 54 points (28 points, 26 assists). The offense continues after those top two guys. Matt Pettit (29 points) and T.J. Arduini (26) have been great secondary scorers. Freshman Andrew Sacco is the guy in net, and has proven to be a good backbone for the defense. Following the SCC/SWC DiSee Madness, A8