Storm-related closure announcements

Local schools and organizations have announced early closures in light of Hurricane Earl's approach to the Northeast. TheDay.com  updates this list as information becomes available.

BEACHES/

The Waterford Town Beach will close at noon on Friday and will remain closed on Saturday for clean up.

The Westerly town manager has ordered no swimming on all beaches on Friday in Westerly. Misquamicut State Beach and all town beaches are closed.

ACTIVITIES & SERVICES/

The Chester/Hadlyme Ferry closed at 11 a.m. Friday until further notice.

Flock Theatre has canceled Friday's performance of "Dark of the Moon" at the Connecticut College Arboretum. Perfomances will resume Saturday.

Lyme – The Lyme Farmers Market has been canceled Friday due to the possibility of rain and high winds. The market will reopen at 9:30 a.m. Saturday for its regular hours, through 1 p.m.

The Waterford senior citizen bus will not operate Friday afternoon.

PARKS/

Seven state parks with campgrounds in southeastern Connecticut will close from noon Friday until noon Saturday because of strong winds and heavy rains expected from Hurricane Earl.
Gov. M. Jodi rell said that even though the storm is not expected to hit the state directly, the move was being made for safety reasons.
Hammonasset Beach State Park, Madison; Rocky Neck State Park, East Lyme; Hopeville Pond State Park, Jewett City; Devil's Hopyard State Park, East Haddam; Salt Rock Campground, Sprague; and the Mount Misery and Green Falls campgrounds in Pachaug State Forest, will close for at least 24 hours.
The state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) will ask all campers to leave the seven affected campgrounds Friday morning. DEP plans to allow campers back to the parks by Saturday afternoon unless the impact of the storm or weather conditions require a longer closing.