In celebration of Israel’s 77th Independence Day, Temple Sholom hosted a special multi-generational Yom Ha’aztma’ut concert on Sunday, May 4. Continue Reading →
Temple Sholom Celebrates Israel through Music
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Easter Bunny Delights Hundreds at Glenville Volunteer Fire Company’s Annual Easter Egg hunt
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The Glenville Volunteer Fire Company held their annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. Continue Reading →
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Second Congregational Church of Greenwich Holy Week Services Continue with Maundy Thursday
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Next, on Maundy Thursday, April 17 the church will have a light dinner at 6:15pm to remember the Last Supper in the upper room with Jesus’ disciples, followed by a meditative worship service with Holy Communion at 7:00pm in the Sanctuary. Continue Reading →
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PHOTOS: Greenwich Celebrates Everything Irish: 49th Annual St. Patrick’s Parade
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Spectacular weather on Sunday for the 49th annual Greenwich St. Patrick’s Parade down Greenwich Avenue, sponsored by the Greenwich Hibernian Association. Continue Reading →
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Greenwich Hibernians Announce St. Patrick’s Parade Lineup
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Highlights include four Bagpipe Bands included in the 10 total bands: Greenwich Pipe Band, Fairfield County Police Pipes and Drums, Westchester Firefighters Pipes and Drums, Fairfield Gaelic Pipe Band, Port Chester High School Marching Band, Tappan Zee Bridgemen, Nash Drum Corp., Wholly Brass Band, Sound Beach Community Band, and the Connecticut Patriot Fife & Drum Band. Continue Reading →
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Getting Serious about Irish Soda Bread…
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“The baker at Neri’s had the same dilemma as me and after sticking to the authentic Irish recipe for Soda bread tasted his creations and decided that it need something else. So he decided to add lots and lots and lots and lots of sugar to it. After he made the new and improved soda bread he said to himself: ‘There, fixed it!'”- Richard McMurray Continue Reading →
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Father Richard Murphy Installed as Grand Marshal of 49th Greenwich St. Patrick’s Parade
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Father Murphy’s ancestors came from counties Wexford and Kilkenny in Ireland. He presently serves as chaplain of the Greenwich Police Department and the Greenwich Knights of Columbus. Continue Reading →
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Temple Sholom’s Purim Celebration is Wicked Fun!
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Temple Sholom held its Purim Carnival on Sunday and the temple was teeming with costumed kids. And parents! And staff! Continue Reading →
Filed under: Holiday, David Cohen, Ezra Konigsberg, Lori Baden, Purim, Rabbi Gisel, Rabbi Mitch, Temple Sholom
The Makerie Cafe Plans Sip & Shop and Candy “Gnome Home” Workshop
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Shop unique gifts from local vendors or make a whimsical candy ‘Gnome home’ with your child for Valentine’s Day at The Makerie Cafe in Cos Cob. Continue Reading →
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MLK’s Time in Connecticut: An eye to a world beyond the Jim Crow South
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“Less well-known, even to Connecticut residents, is the story of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s two summers picking tobacco in Simsbury. In 1944 and 1947, the 15-year old, Morehouse College-bound student cultivated and picked tobacco on the Cullman Brothers’ “Meadowood” Tobacco farm with a coterie of his fellow Morehouse students. The time that King spent in Simsbury not only helped him decide to become a Minister, like his father, but also transformed his previous mindset – that African-Americans and white Americans could not interact peacefully.'” – François Steichen Continue Reading →