service along the Northeast Corridor to Boston, New York, and points south. The high-speed Acela Express passes through Old Saybrook, but does not stop; service is provided by the conventional Northeast Regional. The Connecticut Department of Transportation provides regular commuter service to New Haven, New London, and Stamford via the Shore Line East, and connecting service to the MetroNorth Railroad, which runs to Grand Central Terminal in Manhattan. The Estuary Transit District provides public transportation services throughout Old Saybrook and the surrounding towns through its 9 Town transit services. Old Saybrook is served by two freeways that intersect within the town's borders. Interstate 95 runs across the town from west to east (though it is signed north–south), and connects Old Saybrook to New Haven and New London along the Connecticut shoreline. Connecticut Route 9 has its southern terminus at I-95, and extends to the northwest to ultimately reach Middletown and Hartford. Media One radio station is licensed to Old Saybrook: WLIS AM 1420 (variety). The town is also covered by Shore Publishing and the local newspaper the Harbor News. National Register of Historic Places in Old Saybrook Black Horse Tavern, added December 1, 1978 Elisha Bushnell House, added November 29, 1978 Connecticut Valley Railroad Roundhouse and Turntable Site, added April 28, 1994 Jedidiah Dudley House, added April 12, 1982 Samuel Eliot House, added November 9, 1972 General William Hart House, added November 9, 1972 James Pharmacy, added August 5, 1994 Lynde Point Lighthouse, added May 29, 1990 Old Saybrook South Green, added September 3, 1976 Parker House, added November 29, 1978 Humphrey Pratt Tavern, added November 7, 1972 Saybrook Breakwater Lighthouse, added May 29, 1990 William Tully House, added March 15, 1982 Ambrose Whittlesey House, added August 23, 1985 John Whittlesey Jr. House, added October 26, 1984 Notable people Vin Baker (born 1971), professional basketball player in the NBA (1993–2006) Virginia Biddle (1910–2003), American revue performer and showgirl Lion Gardiner (1599–1663) Katharine Hepburn (1907–2003), four-time Academy Award-winning actress and Hollywood legend, lived in the borough of Fenwick John Clellon Holmes (1926–1988), writer and poet associated with the "Beat Generation" Anna Louise James (1886–1977), first female African American pharmacist in Connecticut Ann Petry (1908–1997), novelist, journalist, and biographer Maria Sanford (1836–1920), American educator and professor at Swarthmore College and University of Minnesota Elmer Eric Schattschneider (1892–1971), prominent political scientist and former president of the American Political Science Association Simon Willard (1605–1676)