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River House members kicked off the beginning of summer with a visit from Polar Pete’s Ice Cream Truck, sponsored by Greenwich Bank and Trust. “The part I enjoy most is seeing how a simple ice cream treat can brighten someone’s day,” said David Moore, Vice President of Greenwich Bank and Trust. Continue Reading →
Patricia Baiardi-Kantorski presented a slideshow on the history of Byram to a sold out house at Byram Shubert Library on Saturday morning. Her narrative covered the original farm homesteads, moved through the mills, foundries and factories of the industrial era, including the importance of the Byram River, and the development of neighborhoods. Developers’ deeds included caveats to prevent shantytowns and unsavory operations. A trolly once passed through Byram from Port Chester connecting via Greenwich Ave to the Post Rd and to Stamford. The presentation included the original New Lebanon School on what is now the William Street parking. It faced Mead Avenue. Continue Reading →
Joan Lunden, will serve as Master of Ceremonies at its 2015 OCEAN Gala for Greenwich Hospital on Sat., October 24. Continue Reading →
The Mayor’s Gallery presents “Person and Place,” a retrospective by Ellen Gordon. The exhibition runs July 7 – September 8, 2015 Continue Reading →
More than 200 swimmers and volunteers are set to participate in the ninth annual Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford Swim Saturday morning. The Swim will be held on the Greenwich-Stamford border at 96 Cummings Point Road, Stamford, Connecticut, on the shores of the headquarters for the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy (ACGT), the beneficiary of this year’s swim and the nation’s only non-profit foundation dedicated exclusively to funding cancer gene therapy research. There are three open water swims at Saturday’s event: a 3-mile swim, a 1.5-mile swim, and a shorter half-mile swim. Swimmers range in age from nine years old to 82 years old and include everyone from amateurs to Olympic athletes. Michele Graham and Lorrie Lorenz, both mothers of teenage cancer survivors, chair this inspirational event. Honorary co-chairs of the Swim Across America Greenwich-Stamford event are Olympic Gold medalist Donna de Varona and her husband John Pinto, John and Cindy Sites, Mary Henry and Howard Rubin, and Arlene and Reuben Mark. Continue Reading →
On Friday morning J McLaughlin quietly reopened its new Greenwich store, doubling square footage by renovating the former Tomas Moser space at the corner of Church Street and East Putnam Ave. Continue Reading →
Annual Pemberwick-Glenville Association meeting is Tuesday, June 30 at Glenville Firehouse. Continue Reading →
Stop by the Roses for Autism stall at the Greenwich Farmers Market. not only will you help support a valuable work experience for adults with autism, but the flowers are grown locally and last a long time. The roses last a week, and both the lilies and Gerbera daisies can last two weeks. Continue Reading →
From containers for her windowsill garden to seed packs for plants that attract and feed butterflies, one Arch Street resident finds everything she needs to coax butterflies from caterpillars at McArdle’s. Continue Reading →
Here is a comprehensive list of all the do’s and don’t’s for Greenwich’s fireworks displays 2015. Read these and you’ll be sure to have a smooth holiday! Continue Reading →