Lyme Featured On WNPR’s Where We Live

How does Lyme feel about the fact that its name is now forever associated with a disease? Where, exactly, is the town of Mystic? These are just some of the questions addressed on WNPR’s Where We Live segment on Connecticut Eccentricities.  

The program, originally aired on Aug., 15 and re-aired on Sept. 13, discussed some of the things that make Connecticut towns unqiue including: “Why is Mystic half in Groton and half in Stonington? How did the Quiet Corner get its name? (Litchfield County’s pretty quiet, too), and how does Lyme feel about its disease-ridden infamy?” 

As a village split between Stonington and Groton, Mystic confuses a lot of people. Admit it you’ve done explanations before to out-of-town guests and even new residents who knew they were living in Mystic but didn’t realize it was still Mystic just a different town on the other side of the drawbridge.

Patch Freelancer Johnna Kaplan of The Size of Connecticut, Stephen Wood of Connecticut Museum Quest, and Bill Faude, author of Hidden History of Connecticut spoke on the show.

You can listen to the explanation’s of some of Connecticut’s eccentricities on WNPR’s website.