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WMS Halloween Eve Pumpkin Display Lights Up the Night

Western Middle School PTA organized a drive-thru pumpkin display on Halloween Eve. The pumpkins were featured under the covered parking area outside the cafeteria for some safe Halloween fun despite Covid-19. The “Blaze” event featured 79 carved pumpkins, 200 bags of candy were handed out and there were about 100 cars, each with a couple children inside. West side, best side! Western Middle School held a “Blaze” drive through pumpkin decorating event. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Historical Society Acquires Painting by Iconic American Impressionist

A pioneer in American Impressionism, and one of the most influential and successful artists of the early 20th century, Childe Hassam (1859-1935) spent considerable time in Cos Cob between 1896-1918, producing dozens of paintings, pastels and etchings depicting the Holley House and the nearby waterfront commercial district known as the Lower Landing. Continue Reading →

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Historical Society Presents: Anya Seton, Best-selling Author of ‘The Winthrop Woman,’ Chronicles Life of Elizabeth Feake

Lucinda MacKethan, an acclaimed scholar of American literature and author of the newly published book Anya Seton: A Writing Life, will present an intimate look at Greenwich native Anya Seton’s creative process, how she balanced writing with raising three children and her conflicted relationship with reviewers. A compelling portrait emerges of a deeply dedicated writer whose life was full of inner turmoil. Continue Reading →

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