Lyme
A town in Jefferson County, New York — population 2,276 as of 2022.
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News around Jefferson County
Orleans Hub
September 27Ian Mackay, on trek from Albany to Buffalo, wants to highlight accessibility in nature ALBION – A man who is paralyzed from the waist down is headed to Orleans County today on the Erie Canal towpath, as part of 10-day journey to highlight accessibility in nature for people who…
Community Groups & OrganizationsOrleans Hub
September 16GLOW With Your Hands puts focus on careers in trades, agriculture, construction and advanced manufacturing Press Release, GLOW With Your Hands BATAVIA – For more than 1,200 students across the GLOW region, one hands-on experience could spark an interest, reveal a hidden talent or…
Events
WAMC Northeast Public Radio
September 4North Country deputies sometimes paid to help arrest immigrants
One collaboration is called Operation Stonegarden. New York has participated since 2009. Governor Kathy Hochul supports it. It pays counties along the border with Canada to work with U.S. Border Patrol, including detaining immigrants. This year, Jefferson, St. Lawrence, Franklin,…
Government & Civic
Investigative Post
August 25Program pays local cops to arrest immigrants
This story originally appeared in New York Focus, a nonprofit news publication investigating power in New York. Sign up for their newsletter here. A Jefferson County sheriff’s deputy was patrolling near a strip mall in Watertown, 30 miles south of New York’s border with Canada,…
GeneralIn and around Lyme
See & do
- Bay Breeze Golf Links
- Chaumont Bay, Lake Ontario
- Chaumont Beach
- Chaumont Boat Launch
- District School No. 3
Eat, drink & stay
- Chaumont River RV Park &Campground
- Desserts By Design
- White Caps Winery
- Grove Getaway Lake House Rental
- Guffin Bay Resort & Marina
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Lyme by the numbers
- Median age
- 56.8
- Households
- 902
- Persons per household
- 2.3
- Median household income
- $81,400
- Median house value
- $234,700