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Eugene “Gene” McEvoy, 88

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Eugene (Gene) McEvoy passed away peacefully Sunday evening, after a lengthy battle with dementia. He was born in Port Chester, NY on July 22, 1932 the son of Eugene and Katherine Metrusky McEvoy. He spent his whole life in the Byram area of Greenwich. As a young boy he learned the art of fishing from his Uncle Buster which left him with a lifelong love for fishing which he passed onto his own children and some of their friends. He worked for American Cyanamid before his retirement. Continue Reading →

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Indivisible Greenwich: Trumpism is still alive and fermented throughout our society and at all levels of government.

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“In Connecticut, Republican state legislators are already opposing early voting and no-excuse absentee legislation arguing that risk of voter fraud outweighs them. Having just gone through the incredibly successful vote-by-mail during Covid-19, that made merely voting easier with no evidence of rampant voter fraud, shame on them.” – Nerlyn Pierson and Joanna Swomley, Co-Founders of Indivisible Greenwich Continue Reading →

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Connecticut Man Charged with Assaulting an Officer during US Capitol Breach

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McCaughey can be seen using a clear police riot shield to physically push against the left side of an officer’s body. The officer was pinned between the clear police riot shield being held by McCaughey and the lower west terrace door. The officer appeared to be loudly crying out in pain. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Government, Police & Fire, 2021, breach of the US Capitol grounds, Jan 6, Patrick Edward McCaughey III

Last Day to Buy Beer at Acme is Friday…

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The Acme stores in Greenwich at 160 West Putnam Avenue and 1261 E Putnam Ave in Riverside Commons will soon stop selling beer. Signs on the doors to say that effective Saturday, Jan 23 they will no longer sell beer in their Connecticut store locations. The last day to purchase beer will be Friday Jan 22. In the stores, beer is on clearance. Beyond that the stores have marked down the majority of items.

It was back in 2015 that Acme arrived in Greenwich after A&P filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection for the second time in three years and ceased operations after 156 years. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Business, Food Drink Restaurants, Acme, Balducci's, beer, Kings