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The walk will be on Sunday morning, March 22nd, from 9:00 – 12:00 at Tod’s Point. Community members are encouraged to attend the walk, rain or shine, and stroll around the two mile trail learning facts about landmines and mine detection dogs. Continue Reading →
A display featured in the Bruce Museum’s Extreme Habitats: Into the Deep Sea exhibition (April-November 2014) has been transported to Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution’s Ocean Science Exhibit Center for permanent installation. Continue Reading →
March 19 is Greenwich High School’s third annual St Baldrick’s Foundation fundraiser. The Student Center will be buzzing from 11:30-1:30pm, not just with chatter but with barber’s electric shavers. Continue Reading →
The St Patrick’s Day Parade kick off at 2:00pm from Town Hall on Sunday, March 22, 2015. The parade route will run up Field Point Rd to Putnam Ave, head east to Greenwich Ave and run south to the Havemeyer building, where the parade review will be set up. Continue Reading →
For several years now, the Hartleys, a Greenwich family, have been organizing a basketball tournament for their friends to raise money for various charities. The Harts4Jack Hoops Tournament started as a way to raise money for a service dog for a friend with Autism. Along the way they raised money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. On Thursday night hundreds of middle school boys, and a handful of girls, participated in the 2015 Hoops4Jack tournament to work toward making a wish come true for a child with a life threatening disease. By the end of the night, the first of two of the Hartley boys’ hoops tournament events, about $4,000 had been raised. Continue Reading →
The Second Congregational Church Youth Choir will lead a Disney Singalong on Saturday, March 14, from 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. There is an admission price for ages 6+, but children under 6 are admitted free. Everyone is invited to come dressed as their favorite Disney characters. Continue Reading →
The Arch Street Teen Center is offering a free workshop in Acting for Film & Theater. The session starts on Thursday April 2 and is for students in 8-12th grade. Continue Reading →
Brian Kelly was at the GHS annual Health Fair on Tuesday answering questions about the upcoming course at the fire fighter training facility on North Street. It is open to participants 18+ and is held Tuesdays, Thursdays and Sundays until June for a total of 180 hours. Kelly said the course hasn’t been offered for several years, but will benefit from the new training facility on North Street, adjacent to animal control. Continue Reading →
The Hartley boys of Greenwich, Cole, Spencer and Brett, along with their sister, Lacey, love basketball. But even more, they like how their basketball tournaments at Eastern Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich resulted in making the wish of a toddler with Leukemia come true. Last year, after 40 months of chemo, Henry and his family were able to travel to Cancun. The Hartley boys named their fundraiser Harts4Jack, after their friend Jack who needed a service dog, which they were able to help make a reality. Continue Reading →
The Boy Scouts “Scouting for Food” drive is a well oiled machine in Greenwich, and Saturday morning was a great example of team work and communication. At the Cos Cob Fire House, Boy Scouts District Executive Kevin Piro worked alongside Kevin O’Connor and members of Troops 9 and 10 as a steady stream residents arrived with donations of food ranging from peanut butter to canned beans. The food was heavy. And it was cold. But there was no complaining. Continue Reading →