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Sue Baker, Avon Board member and chair of the Avon Education Initiative Committee, will introduce the winners and present them with prizes totaling $7,500. Scholarship monies are funded from donations to the Avon Red Carpet Festival and the Avon Annual Appeal. The winners’ scholarship checks are made out to the university or college each student plans to attend. Continue Reading →
Carlson’s rise to anchorwoman reflects her fierce determination to reach her goals. She has struggled with her own insecurities: her body image, perfectionism, and the loneliness that shadowed many of her quests. Carlson has faced real-world challenges: still to this day battling the “dumb blonde” label, enduring a stalker’s threats and sexual harassment at work, and the shame of being fired early on in her career. Continue Reading →
The Tomes-Higgins House, owned by Christ Church, was the elegant setting for the 10th anniversary celebration of Greenwich Suzuki Academy. Heather Watson Hardie, who taught in Greenwich Public Schools, said that ten years ago, when she considered starting a Suzuki School in Greenwich, the feedback she received was not positive. “I started talking about it, and everyone said, ‘That will not work in Greenwich. You mean parents are involved? And it’s anti-competitive? Continue Reading →
If you’ve never seen a performance by the Ballet des Amériques company, you’re in for a real treat! Their Peter and the Wolf performances are on Saturday, June 13, 3:00pm and Sunday, June 14, at 3:00pm at the Emelin Theatre, 153 Library Lane, Mamaroneck, NY. Continue Reading →
As part of Art to the Ave, the work of Greenwich resident and gifted photographer, Anne Friday, will be on display and available for purchase in the Christian Science Reading Room on Greenwich Avenue just below Starbucks throughout the month of May. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Community Gardens will host its first-ever Mentor Workshops Day on Saturday May 16th, 9:45 -12:30 at the Bible Street Community Garden. RSVP ahead – space is limited. Continue Reading →
Up at Parkway School, Harmony Trail helps reconnect children to the outdoors. Harmony Trail will be an ongoing project. Supporters will add educational signs to the trail and hope to extend it in the future. The project benefits from assistance of Audubon Greenwich and donations from Junior League of Greenwich and Sam Bridge Nursery. Continue Reading →
Alice Sherwood, recently retired as Head of Children’s Services at Greenwich Library, was honored with the Faith Hektoen Award at the Meeting & Awards Ceremony of the 2015 Annual Connecticut Library Association (CLA) Conference on April 28, 2015. Continue Reading →
The kick-off of the Town of Greenwich’s 375th Neighborhood Tours will begin in Old Greenwich on May 16 at First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich. Pat Larrabee, the church’s historian, will present a slide lecture on historic homes and places of interest in Old Greenwich, followed by discussion and two optional tours: (1) the church’s stained glass windows that show the earliest history of Greenwich and (2) a short walk through the main cemetery next to the church to learn about historical people of note buried there. Continue Reading →
Members of the GHS theater department are finalizing their choreography and fitting their costumes in anticipation of next week’s run of Grease, which will be the last ever to be performed in the auditorium. The play is directed by Patty Cirigliano, with musical direction by David Johnson, technical direction by Scott Borowka and choreogrpahy by Davyd Suber Jr. Continue Reading →