Members of the CT VFW and Greenwich Scouts will be at the Greenwich Town Party on Saturday, May 25 handing out poppy cards. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Scouts Help Back the Poppy this Memorial Day
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GHS Greenwitch Literary Magazine To Host Lit Live Event at Arch Street Teen Center
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The event will take place at Arch Street on Tuesday, May 28th from 7-8 pm. High schoolers from the club will perform their works to the audience, and coffee, snacks, and drinks will be provided. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Arts, Schools, Arch Street Teen Center, Greenwich High School, Greenwitch Literary Magazine
Move Over Jaws, Greenwich Sharks Are Swimming at Bruce Museum
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Bruce Museum’s newest science exhibition, Sharks!, is catching waves from April 20 to September 1st, 2019. Reaching from the deepest depths of their ancient ancestry to the modern evolutions and adaptations of the apex predators, the exhibition promises fascinating facts about the real and everchanging life of a shark and a new way to look at the kings of the ocean. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Arts, Andrea Gonzalez, Buce Museum, Exhibition, great white shark, Greenwich High School, Marine Life
Students Rally Around Classmate in Greenwich Diagnosed with Aggressive Brain Tumor
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A Go Fund Me page was set up by three of Ike Dolphan’s classmates, Brady Johnston, Cliff Belknap, and Will Morton. The Go Fund Me page raised over $61,000 thanks to contributions from people close to Ike as well as those who were moved by his story. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Health, brain tumor, Go Fund Me, Ike Dolphan
First Time Ever – Great White Shark Spotted in Greenwich Waters
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On Monday a ping from a great white shark triggered OCearch’s tracking system in Long Island Sound, in the water between Tod’s Point and Great Captains Island. Greenwich Harbormaster Ian MacMillan said that Cabot was likely chasing seals in Greenwich Harbor on Monday. MacMillan said his concern was for kite surfers. “When they hit, it could sound like a seal,” he said. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Cabot, Ellie Dabney, great white shark, Greenwich Harbor, ian MacMillan, OCearch
2019 Greenwich Concours d’Elegance to Feature Amazing Cars & Motorcycles
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Greenwich Concours is unique in that it is two shows back to back. Saturday is the Concours Americana for American cars and Sunday is the Concours International. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Americares, Greenwich Concours d’Elegance, Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, The HomeTown Foundation
Learn to Swim and Make Friends at the YMCA Summer Camp, Apply to Be a CIT
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Check out the YMCA’s summer camps including Mini Campers for preschoolers and rising Kindergarteners, and Discovery Camp for kids entering grades 1-5.
Campers entering 10th or 11th grades in Fall 2019 will qualify for spots in our Camp Counselor in Training (CIT) program. Continue Reading →
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VIDEO: Grace Notes 50th Anniversary Celebrated with Publication of Oral History at Greenwich Library
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“Grace Notes have brought a lot of fun and a lot of joy to a lot of people over the years. In return the audiences have brought a lot to us, including lasting friendships. We sort of have a sorority that will go on forever.” – Donna Moffly Continue Reading →
Filed under: Arts, Donna Moffly, Grace Notes, Greenwich Library, Mary Ellen LeBien, Oral History Project
GFP Tag Sales and Items for Sale, May 18, 2019
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Head to the Greenwich Exchange for Women’s Work on Sherwood on Saturday, May 18 for a terrific sale on wrought iron patio furniture. This is a collaboration with Patty’s Portico. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Greenwich Exchange for Women's Work, Patty's Portico
Melillo: The Merritt & Lyon Families, and a Smidgen of the History of the Greenwich Western Frontier
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“In the later part of last year, the author, who is a member of the board of the Greenwich Preservation Trust, as well as the Secretary of the masonic lodge, Acacia No. 85, received word from Jeffrey Bingham Mead that there were two portraits in Orrington, Maine that were of Captain Daniel Merritt and his wife Sarah Lyon. The Lord knows how the portraits made it up there, yet besides that interesting story, there was a consensus that these pieces of Greenwich history and art be brought back home.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →