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Cooperation from Mother Nature for Earth Day Month Kick-Off at Greenwich Point

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By Leslie Yager
The Earth Day month kicked-off on Sunday at Greenwich Point with nary a sign of winter. With a perfect blue sky and mild temps, the outdoor events included a first-Sunday bird walk, a beach cleanup and a dune grass planting. Meanwhile, the Floren Family Education Center inside the Innis Arden Cottage, was a hive of activity that culminated in an Earth Day proclamation read by Selectman David Theis. The beach cleanup project was spearheaded by the Sound Waters interns and Sound Waters educator, Amy Arent. Ellen Hebrand, a Sound Waters intern who is a junior at Darien High School, said she and her fellow interns hail from Greenwich, Stamford and Darien. Continue Reading →

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YNET Takes Their Message “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” to the Ave.

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Members of the Greenwich High School YNET club set up outside the Senior Center on Saturday to spread their message “Love Shouldn’t Hurt” in person, on frisbees, rubber wrist bands and pens. In addition, the girls were giving out  water bottles imprinted with the slogan “Say no to teen dating violence,” donated by the Greenwich Police Department. Volunteering their Saturday morning were GHS senior Marley MacDougall, freshman Lily McKenna, junior Grace DiChristina, junior Julia Marache, junior Isabelle Madoff and junior Lauren Mahr. The girls were also accepting donations which would go to further prevention of teen dating violence. According to MacDougall, who has been involved with the club for all for years at GHS, “We’re a club at GHS students who work with YWCA domestic abuse services to prevent teen dating violence in Greenwich and beyond.” Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Free Press Top Stories of the Week, April 5

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1.) It’s always gratifying when a simple, happy story gets a lot of clicks on Greenwich Free Press. April Fool’s Day Draws a Crowd to Rummage Room was a hit and readers shared the story on social media after the Pastors at First Congregational Church of Greenwich and Rummage Room volunteers took up residence in the store windows on Tuesday. 2.) Easter is around the corner. Every year, thousands of bunnies and chicks are purchased as Easter gifts. After the holiday many are released into back yards by people who assume they’ll survive. Continue Reading →

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Thanks, Easter Bunny. Pros and Cons of Pet Rabbits

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By Leslie Yager
Eddy and Lilly are two lucky Mini Holland Lops. They have the run of the Sperduti-Matesevacs’ home on Valley Rd and follow their humans from room to room, up and down the stairs. Correction. They need to be carried downstairs. But even though they occasionally vanish only to be found in the coat closet or laundry room, the two rabbits have got it made. Continue Reading →

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Audubon Greenwich: Apply Organic Principles to Your Own Backyard

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CT NOFA’s Organic Lawn & Land Care Workshop hosted by Audubon Greenwich Thursday, April 3, 6:00-9:00 PM

Presented by CT NOFA with Camilla Worden, Dwight Brooks, Jenna Messier, and Michael Nadeau

Through simple organic practices and building a healthy soil food web, every lawn can be organic AND the envy of the neighborhood. The National Audubon Society’s Bird-friendly Communities program in Connecticut is working to provide bird-friendly havens for birds living in and migrating through our neighborhoods and parklands. The NOFA Organic Land Care Program, a program of CT NOFA, has worked to extend organic agriculture principles to yards, gardens and playing fields since 1999. These two missions come together for a evening event on Thursday, April 3, 2014 from 6:00-9:00 pm, when Audubon Greenwich and the NOFA Organic Land Care Program host parents, and homeowners, and landscapers for an Organic Lawn & Land Care workshop at Audubon Greenwich. Attendees will learn from Jenna Messier, Michael Nadeau, Camilla Worden, and Dwight Brooks – each of whom are esteemed NOFA-accredited Organic Land Care Professionals. Continue Reading →

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April Fool’s Day Draws a Crowd to Rummage Room

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On Tuesday the mannequins in the windows at Rummage Room in Old Greenwich drew a crowd. Not because all the merchandise on display was donated. That is always the case. The thrift shop — owned and run by the Women’s Fellowship of the First Congregational Church of Greenwich — resells donated merchandise to raise funds for a variety of family, women’s and children’s charities. Tuesday was April Fool’s Day, and throughout the day the pair of mannequins in the window displays  on either side of the store entrance entrance were  people. Continue Reading →

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It’s No Joke: Crocuses in Full Bloom Corner of Maple and Putnam Ave

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It’s April 1, but this no gag. The crocus have suddenly blossomed at the intersection of Maple Ave, Putnam Ave and Milbank Ave. The colors are a range of purples and yellows, with some variegated ones mixed in. _______________________________________________________________________________

Born in February, Greenwich Free Press hit 250 Likes on April Fool’s Day! If you haven’t yet, please Like us on  Facebook. Continue Reading →

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