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Tickets are now on sale for Greenwich Hospital’s Taste the Towns fundraiser on Friday, March 4 from 7:00 -11:00 pm at The Stanwich Club located at 888 North St. in Greenwich. Event chair Geri Corrigan is leading the volunteer committee planning the festivities. Continue Reading →
The John Street Bridge Project has been helping the homeless in Bridgeport for many many years. The folks at Helping Hands Outreached in Bridgeport asked Kaliko if Needs Clearing House could help with food – namely pizza. It was a wonderful turnout for a cold day in January, and Kaliko estimated that about 200 people showed up for plain, sausage, pepperoni, onion and mushroom pizzas. Continue Reading →
February is Teen Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and Dom Delfino is hosting a fundraiaser at his Joey B’s restaurant in Cos Cob to benefit the GHS YNet Club. YNet Club, run under the auspices of the YWCA, has grown in numbers so rapidly that they had to implement an application process last year. Continue Reading →
The works of Jody Silver deliver a sense of irony and a taste of the unexpected. Her artwork is on display at Méli-Mélo until Feb. 27. Continue Reading →
The Youth Equipment Sharing Club sports equipment drive runs Jan. 25 through Feb 5 (school days at GHS). Anyone wishing to donate equipment can drop items in the YWCA lobby or in GHS at the main office (just stop at security first–the main office is just a few steps away), Folsom House office or in bin outside Gus Lindine’s office. Continue Reading →
The beach concession contracts at Tod’s Point and Island Beach are up for renewal. Deadline for proposals is Jan . 27 at 3pm. According to the RFP for Tod’s Point beach concessions, from April 1 to Nov 1 of each year, the concessionaire must staff both the North and South concession stands daily from 10:00am til sunset. Continue Reading →
The Junior League of Greenwich will be holding its annual Food Drive benefiting the Neighbor to Neighbor food pantry on Saturday, Feb 6 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Junior League members will be on hand at three locations to collect non-perishable food items from shoppers: Continue Reading →
On Thursday the Selectmen Voted 2 to 1 to increase summer 2016 beach fees, with Marzullo opposing on the grounds that the fee hike is not certain to reduce over crowding. The fee hike will help offset the estimated $20-30,000 cost to provide a uniformed Greenwich Police presence on weekends and holidays. Continue Reading →
Don’t miss this Curiosity Concert! Sruli & Lisa’s Family Klezmer Band will perform on Sunday Feb. 21 at 2:00 pm and 4:00pm (two concerts). The concerts will be performed in the Greenwich Arts Council Meeting Room on the second floor of 299 Greenwich Avenue. A perfect winter family activity. Continue Reading →
The women’s a cappella group “Something Extra” from Yale University performed for the children at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich on Wednesday afternoon. The singers were so polished, at least one of the children suspected they were lip-synching! Continue Reading →