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Local Couple’s Suicide Bereavement Group Grows in Greenwich

Henry Armero died when he was just 19. His father Christophe Armero, who founded the group called Support Each Other with Henry’s stepmother Jennie Baird, said no one in the family had ever suspected anything was wrong.
The group meets at Second Congregational Church the first Monday of every month. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Celebrates ADA’s 28th Anniversary at ADA Compliant Pool in Byram

Greenwich Free Press

This event was held at the new Byram Park Pool, which proudly accommodates people with all sorts of disabilities.

Every area of the pool has gradual entries for those who can’t properly utilize stairs, and there are mechanisms in place to assist those who need to be lifted in or out of each pool. The lifeguards and other staff are able to assist those in need. Continue Reading →

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Mosquitoes Test Positive for West Nile Virus in Greenwich

General symptoms occur suddenly between 5 – 15 days following the bite of an infected mosquito and range from slight fever, headache, rash, swollen lymph nodes, nausea, malaise and eye pain, to the rapid onset of severe headache, high fever, stiff neck, disorientation, severe muscle weakness, gastrointestinal symptoms, coma or death. Continue Reading →

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FAP Goes to Washington, DC for Autism Society 50th Anniversary Conference

AP representatives, Brita Darany von Regensburg and Tibor Darany met with leaders of the Autism Society and subsequently visited on the Hill the offices of Connecticut’s Federal Legislators, Senators Murphy and Blumenthal as well as Representative Himes to advocate for five bills: Americans with Disabilities Act, Higher Education Act, Affordable Care Act, Respond, Innovate, Succeed, and Empower (RISE) Act, Autism CARES Act and Able Age Adjustment Act. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich is Invited to Create Kindness Rocks and Participate in a Sock Benefit for Steven Sudell

While staying at Yale New Haven Hospital, Steven and his family liked to go to their healing garden as often as possible. There they saw the Smilow Rocks from The Kindness Rocks Project, with inspiring phrases painted on them to encourage patients.

Since getting home Steven and his family have started painting their own rocks and visiting Cos Cob Park, which Steven calls his big healing garden. Others have also joined in bringing painted rocks and planting them in Cos Cob Park. Continue Reading →

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