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Simon the Siamese Cat Gets Another Life in Greenwich

“This cat was in really rough shape, and we didn’t have a known owner,” said ACO Suzanne Carlin describing Simon a Seal Point Siamese cat. With surgery complete, Simon is expected to live a full healthy life and will be available for adoption after he finishes recovering. Continue Reading →

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Just Say “Lou from Cos Cob.” People Know Who He Is.

Before he ran Post Stationery, otherwise known as “Lou’s,” and long before the lifelong Democrat became Greenwich’s Tax Collector, Lou Caravella was a young boy pacing up and down Greenwich Avenue with a bag full of newspapers. He sold the Greenwich News and Graphic for 3¢ a copy and was allowed to keep a penny for himself with each sale. He was promoted to “carrier,” and later worked in the mail room during World War II, rolling up papers and gluing the brown paper wrappers with a flour and water paste to be mailed overseas. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Native Andrew Melillo Appointed Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut

As Grand Historian, Melillo will research, write, and preserve and archive the records of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut as well as serve and help each constituent lodge to do the same for their local records and history across the state. Continue Reading →

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