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From booze and strippers to doughnuts and family fun, Sound View Beach has come a long way
Randall Beach, Connecticut Magazine
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Sound View Beach in Old Lyme is one of the few beaches in the state open to all people no matter where they are from.Brian A. Pounds / Hearst Connecticut Media
Theresa Allen often drives from her home in Springfield, Massachusetts, to Old Lyme to enjoy one of the few public beaches in Connecticut: Sound View, which is only 100 feet long but sees wide use during warm months. “It’s an easy ride, only an hour and 10 minutes,” Allen says as she relaxes on a beach chair, watching the gentle waves roll in and gazing out at a distant strip of Long Island.