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At last, Thursday ushers in both May and Art to the Ave., with opening night festivities planned from 5:30 to 8:00pm. Expect parties and performers up and down Greenwich Ave. Continue Reading →
Marion Schmeelk of U.S Trust, Bank of America presented a sponsorship check for the Greenwich Tree Conservancy’s Tree Party to Libby King, co-chairwoman of the Tree Party, Continue Reading →
By Rick Bria, Greenwich Astronomy Buff and Bowman Observatory Keyholder
Mars 2014-04-25UT
Several factors recently converged to allow for a decent picture of Mars to be taken at the Mary Aloysia Hardey Observatory. Better sky conditions, software, hardware and refined imaging procedures all helped attain this image. Most importantly, Mars finally presented an interesting and feature-rich side Earthward during this session. Most features on Mars’s have Latin names but there are exceptions. Some highlights from this Mars picture are:
Near the South Pole is a huge impact basin named Hellas. Hellas is Greek for ‘Greece’ and was formed by an asteroid impact 4 billion years ago. Continue Reading →
The Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich is staging performances of “Bye Bye Birdie: Young Performers Edition” this weekend. The cast has boys and girls aged six through 18. The 65 performers hail from all parts of Town and multiple schools, including GHS Thespians. There were no cuts during auditions. A truly inclusive effort, a part was found for everyone who wanted one. Continue Reading →
This Sunday, May 4, is the Knights of Columbus spring outdoor flea market in the Island Beach Parking lot from from 10:00-4:00. Admission is free and there is usually a nice range of antiques and bargains, including everything in the attached photos! ______________________________________
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Saturday, May 3, Greenwich Animal Control at 393 North Street is hosting New Canaan Nature Center and Wilton Parrot Rescue for their first-ever exotic pet awareness day. Learn about the commitment to taking care of a chinchilla, a parrot or snake, for starters, before you bring one home. This is also a chance to meet the dogs, cats and 2 roosters available for adoption from animal control. They are hosting an open house from 12:00 noon to 2:00pm. Continue Reading →
The Woman’s Club of Greenwich is hosting a light lunch and talk on gardening by Patty Sechi. The lunch and talk cost just $5.00 and will be followed by a plant and herb sale. Continue Reading →
The children of Putnam Indian Field School (age 2 – 5) created individual and group work to display for their parents. The children were inspired by the works of artists Yayoi Kasuma, Vassily Kandinsky and Claude Monet. The Annual Art Show, held on the weekend of April 25 -26, allowed parents to see what their children had been preparing for weeks. One Nursery class imitated a Kasuma project by decorating a white room, white furniture and white household objects with colorful dot stickers.They even found a way to “dot” the ceiling! Another class created their own interpretations of Monet’s garden. Continue Reading →
Three- and 4-year olds at First Church Preschool at the First Congregational got a primer on bike safety from Glen Van Cura of Dave’s Cycles. Preschool teacher Donna Harrington said her brother Dave D’Amore bought the business originally called Riverside Cycle, named it “Dave’s Cycle & Mower” before moving it to its current spot on Valley Rd. Continue Reading →
A group of “long time Greenwich residents” have created a website “Savethiscorner.com” with a list of reasons the traffic island reconfiguration and signal revision project is a “BAD IDEA” and includes links to computer simulated traffic scenarios. Continue Reading →