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Welcome to Old Saybrook, CT, where the Connecticut River meets the sound.
We are one of the oldest towns in the state, incorporated on July 8,1854.   We have a long history dating back to 1635, when we began as an independent colony known as the Saybrook Plantation.

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Selectmen's Office:
302 Main Street
Old Saybrook, CT 06475
PH: (860) 395-3123
Hours: Mon - Fri 8:30AM - 4:30PM
Adult 1st Prize Mary Buell Volk

Approaching Winter

Leaves plunge
to orange. Nights drop
early. Along the inlet
scant birds dot the amber marsh.
Brittle stalks kneel on frayed knees.
There is a hunting among left-over life.

We peer outward
through this falling time;
strain to remember green;
pretend clever colors
do not portend the freeze.
Left behind, crouched
beneath thin lowering light,
we cringe like winter leaves.
Cutting gusts may curl
us closed, sealing us
to finished things.