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Riverside Garden Club Announces April Speaker; Earth Day Clean up at Riverside Train Station

he speaker will be Dr. Robert Marra, Associate Scientist/Forest Pathologist for The CT Agricultural Experiment Station, who comes to the garden club with extensive knowledge about the challenges our trees are currently facing, from tropical storms, climate change and disease. Also, The Riverside Garden Club is looking for volunteers to help us clean up Riverside Train Station in celebration of Earth Day on Thursday, April 22. Continue Reading →

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CLC Virtual Trivia Nights to Include “Name That Tune” Round

The night will feature rounds of general trivia questions as well as a Name That Tune round. The event includes delicious “pub snacks” provided by Marcia Selden Catering. Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County is the second-largest center-based early childhood education nonprofit in CT. Continue Reading →

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The Lowdown on Runoff: Keep Water Clean

We’ve all seen them. Floating rainbow swirls in ponds, yellow foam in eddys, streams peppered with plastic straws, and dead fish washed up on shores. All testament to the pollution entering our waterways. How did it get there? Our first thought may be industrial drain pipes, but there is an even bigger culprit, with a clumsier name: nonpoint source pollution. Continue Reading →

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Water in Greenwich – Too Much? Too Little?

“Our Greenwich reservoirs are generally full by spring. However, the large summer demand for water, coupled with climatic changes have meant that our reservoir system, alone, can no longer sustain us through our increasingly hot and dry summers because of our penchant for extensive lawns and irrigation.” – Elizabeth Dempsey Continue Reading →

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DAR Providing Easter/Passover Bags to Greenwich Hospital Healthcare Workers

This newly organizing chapter is welcoming new members who have a desire to support our Community in a variety of ways. The DAR, founded in 1890, is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization dedicated to promoting patriotism and preserving American History. Continue Reading →

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