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With declining news print sales, it’s anyone’s guess whether traditional daily and weekly papers have a future or whether independent online sites will rule the day. Janeen Bjork gave a presentation to the Retired Men’s Association about the rise and fall of news print. “Without news papers or news sites, we would lose our watchdogs – the people who keep those in power honest,” Bjork said. “If you don’t watch them, you know they’re going to fool around.” Continue Reading →
When Stanwich School science teacher Shaun Fletcher traveled to Rwanda in the summer of 2008, he was on a quest to carryout the School’s mission— he was searching for a community with needs that Stanwich could support on a sustainable, long-term basis. And he found what he was looking for in Cyabatanzi, a rural Rwandan community. Eight years later and the journey continues… Continue Reading →
Joe Kaliko of Needs Clearing House is working with multiple non profit groups to assist a 23-year-old Greenwich woman with a severe kidney problem. The woman who is also 24 weeks pregnant. Kaliko was contacted by a nurse at Greenwich Hospital who said that for the next 14 weeks, the expectant mother will need food and transportation to and from the hospital. The young woman is living in a one-room apartment in Greenwich and has no family or income.
“In total, at least 8 organization were mobilized by the NCH in the space of a few hours, in a coordinated effort to help one young person living in Greenwich with financial difficulties, alone in this country and dealing with both her pregnancy and serious medical issues!” – Joe Kaliko Continue Reading →
The Byram business district was its typical hub of activity Friday night, and the formal reception for Art Powers’ newly opened “Art & Sound” at 101 Mill Street, drew a crowd to mingle and enjoy the paintings of Thomas Misisco, a Greenwich-based abstract artist. Mr. Misisco, who uses vivid colors and counts Jackson Pollock among his inspirations, said he took up painting as a way to relax after work. Describing how the hours melt away while he has a paintbrush in hand, Misisco’s technique is reminiscent of the famous drip and splatter paintings that Mr. Pollock began to produce in the late 1940s. In fact, Mr. Misisco admitted that one painting in the gallery was created by another painter. Pointing to a large black and white drip painting in the back of the gallery, he said Mr. Powers stumbled on it in a storage area of a Rye, NY apartment building he lived in many years ago, adding that Mr. Pollock had once lived in the building himself. Continue Reading →
Following a press briefing on Thursday when Lt. Kraig Gray shared some statistics on the increase in reported incidents of domestic violence in Greenwich, Adrianne Singer and Meredith Gold from YWCA gave a talk at Round Hill Community Church on Sunday. Continue Reading →
Have you noticed that a good many tables and chairs have been removed from Cos Cob Starbucks? Continue Reading →
“Open House” to meet Abilis professionals and learn about their services including therapeutic services and life services. The event will feature two roundtable discussions led by Linda Talbert Chief Program Officer of Therapeutic and Family Advisory Services: At 12:00 pm – Executive Functioning for Parents – Managing From Inside/Out. And at 4:00 pm – Calculating the Educational Benefit in Your Child’s IEP. Also, Abilis is hiring! Continue Reading →
Greenwich resident Mary Gibbons will give a free talk and slide presentation on January 21 at 1:00 pm at the Woman’s Club of Greenwich. She will talk about her work at Sweden’s annual ICEHOTEL, which is built every year out of snow and ice just north of the Arctic Circle. Continue Reading →
The Spaghetti Creole dinner at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Byram draws a hefty crowd of fans of a well-kept secret recipe. Spaghetti Creole, the much heralded school hot-lunch menu item dating back to the 1960s in Greenwich, was served every Thursday for years. A couple times a year, Greenwich residents who remember the dish (and those who don’t) gather to enjoy a community dinner, or simply place an order and pick it up to-go! Continue Reading →
An in-depth interview with Carole Alexis, director of Ballet des Amériques, located at 16 King Street in Port Chester. The non-profit school was established in 2011, and after much consideration, Ms. Alexis said she chose Port Chester for its waterfront, its vibrant arts community and sense of history. From the picture window of the studio, the Old Mutual Trust Co. Building on Main Street in a glowing jewel during a cold winter sunset. Continue Reading →