Parks & Rec Announce: Fall Youth Soccer Mail Registration Starts July 20
Greenwich Recreation announces that registration for Fall Soccer will be open by MAIL ONLY from Monday, July 20 through August 14. In person registration will be available starting August 17, with a...
View ArticleHoliday Lights on Greenwich Ave! ETA: November 20, 2015. TOTAL TREES: 175
Members of the Light Up Greenwich team. Left to right: Joe Tranfo, Scott Mitchell,Mary Hull, Linda Sigler and Chris Rosa. Credit: Leslie Yager On Monday morning the group LightUpGreenwich.org had a...
View ArticleEagle Project Gives American Eel a Workaround for Some of Greenwich’s 43 Dams
Dan Gazaille and fellow environmental science enthusiasts collect eels from Dan’s Eel Bot 2.0 trap, sparing the baby eels from having to climb the steep dam. The population of American Eels is...
View ArticleChabad Parenting Conference Set for Thursday at Bruce Museum
Maryashie Deren and Dr. Dale Atkins. Contributed photo Submitted by Maryashie Deren, July 13, 2015 How do we raise caring, compassionate children while living in Greenwich? Many Greenwich families...
View ArticleFree College Funding & Planning Workshop
The YMCA is hosting an educational workshop entitled, “College Funding & Planning” on Monday, July 20, from 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm at the YMCA of Greenwich, Meeting Room 1. The issue of planning for...
View ArticleWhen a Lost Wallet Leads to Felony Arrest: Interview with Greenwich Police...
Greenwich Police Department’s youth cells. Credit: Leslie Yager Part One in a Series on Risky Teen Behavior Fake IDs are a Class D Felony, states Sec. 53a-139 of the Connecticut Penal Code. Yet out of...
View ArticleGreenwich Pharmacy, Independently Owned, is Expanding to New Canaan
Originally reported by Mike Dinan on sister site NewCanaanite.com An independently owned pharmacy based in Greenwich will open up a second location on Main Street in New Canaan. Susana and Dmitri...
View ArticleTESLA: A Future Transport Pod with GHS Social Studies Teacher’s Seal of Approval
The Tesla team, left to right: Aaron Hull, Manager Mike Ryan, product specialists Dave Rozins, Luke Celenza and owner advisor Ryan Boniello. It was hard to miss the Tesla team at Sunday’s polo matches....
View ArticleTune in for Upstairs, Downstairs with Pet Pantry at Town Hall Wednesday Night
This Wednesday an Eversource “drop-in”public information session is scheduled from 6:00-8:00pm in the meeting room at Town Hall. The timing of the July 15 open house is not ideal, as Peter Tesei has...
View ArticleYoon Hearings Day 1: Greenwich High School Headmaster Grilled on Last Chance...
Attorney Thomas Mooney with Greenwich Schools Superintendent Dr. William McKersie at the hearing on Tuesday to determine the fate of John Yoon, longtime GHS band teacher. Credit: Leslie Yager The the...
View ArticleBeach Celebration of Greenwich 375 at Innis Arden Cottage
To commemorate the 375th Anniversary of the Founding of Greenwich on July 18, 1640, a ceremony, open to the public, will be held Saturday, July 18th, beginning at 9:00 a.m. at the beautifully restored...
View ArticleOff-Beat Players to Perform “Bye Bye Birdie” in August
Off-Beat Players, Inc. (OBP), the Greenwich-based theater company devoted to teen and young adult performers with wide-ranging abilities and disabilities, will perform the smash hit “Bye Bye Birdie” at...
View ArticleJuvenile Review Board: A Chance for Underage Greenwich Offenders to Avoid a...
Erin Montague and Jenny Byxbee in the Police Silver Shield Office, where they are planning the July 18 Wiffle Ball Tournament with Tom Keegan. Credit: Leslie Yager Part Two in a Series on Risky Teen...
View ArticleLoud Fight in Chickahominy Results in Teen’s Arrest
On July 12 Greenwich Police responded to Melrose Ave in Chickahominy on the report of a loud altercation between a male and female in the street at about 9:00pm. Upon arrival, Officers determined that...
View ArticleHigh Bond Set for Chickahominy Man Who Threatened Victim’s Life
On July 14, the Greenwich Police investigated a complaint that Justin Thomas Gasso, 35, of 77 Josephine Evaristo Ave in Greenwich had threatened the life of another subject at Josephine Evaristo Ave....
View ArticleYoon Hearings, Day 2: Lichtenfeld, Greenwich Schools Just-Retired Human...
Robert Lichtenfeld, who recently retired on June 30 as director of Human Resources for Greenwich Schools. Credit: Leslie Yager Robert Lichtenfeld, who just retired on June 30 after serving three years...
View ArticleTop Ten Myths About College Admissions
Dr. Lowe with Panetha Ott, Director of Admissions, International Recruitment at Brown University. Contributed photo By Dr. Paul Lowe – College Admissions Guru I have been an independent college...
View ArticleArchitectural Review Committee: Revised Eversource Rendering Still God Awful
Members of the Architectural Review Committee react to the rendering of Eversource’s proposed substation Wednesday night in Town Hall Cone Room. Left to right: Cindy Tyminski, Louis Contadino, Ken...
View ArticleIce Cream Cools Fresh Air Fund’s Annual Summer Party
Organizer and host mother Nicole Heath and host mother Kathy Kling. Credit: Katherine Du “We have the room, we have the resources, and if I can make a little person’s summer just a little bit more fun...
View ArticleGreenwich Harbor Master’s Report: Shrinking Harbors, Fewer Moorings
Ian MacMillan presents an idea for creating a grid pattern for mooring fields to make the best use of a limited resource. Credit: Leslie Yager At Wednesday night’s Harbor Management Commission (HMC)...
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