“After years of work and broad community consensus, this project is ready. It is time to deliver for our kids and our community.” – Joe Rothenberg Continue Reading →
Delivering on Hamill Rink: Respecting the Process and Our Kids
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Letter to the Editor
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Hamill Rink Deserves Action, Not More Delay
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“It is hard to recall another project of this scale receiving such broad and bipartisan support at every stage.” – Eric LaRosee Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor
OPINION: Idea for “Harborside” Rink Location Displayed before RTM Meeting
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Monday night’s Representative Town Meeting at CMS had an added display in the entry hallway for the benefit of the RTM members as they arrived. Peter Berg, a past long time member of the RTM set it up. Mr. Berg is a strong proponent of a new skate rink, and his idea for “Harborside” is to build adjacent to the Island Beach Ferry Terminal on the site of the Town’s truck depot and the former teen center building. Berg set up both a storyboard to try to refute the Town’s assertion that a rink can’t be built in this Flood Zone and shared a model of his proposed Harborside rink. Part of his proposal is to renovate the existing rink for the Byram neighborhood and not pursue a new ballfield and access road in Eugene Morolot Memorial Park. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion
Armstrong: Rink Task Force Process Was Fair, Thorough, and Responsive to the Community
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“As a Greenwich resident, Vice Commander of the Byram Veterans Association and a member of the Hamill Rink Task Force, I had the privilege of participating directly in the Town’s review of the Hamill Rink replacement project. I am writing to express my strong support for the plan now before the RTM and to urge its approval.” – Michael Armstrong Continue Reading →
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YWCA Greenwich’s Stand Against Racism: Let’s Have The Talk
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“Childhood should be a magical time of wonder and exploration. Most importantly, it should be a time of innocence. It should. However, that is not the case. The complications of the world often meet young Black children before they are ready. To borrow from the popular adage, if Black kids are old enough to experience and understand racism, then their non-Black counterparts should be able to do the same.” – Mary Lee Kiernan, President & CEO, YWCA Greenwich; Simone Quartey, Director, YWCA Greenwich’s Center for Equity & Justice; and Ali Morgan, Education Consultant, Keynote for 2026 Stand Against Racism Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Opinion, YWCA Greenwich
Fichtel: Who is Engaging in Misinformation and Disinformation on the Rink?
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“Fred Camillo, in his 4/17 weekly letter, accuses his opponents of engaging in both misinformation and disinformation, but it is he that does so, some of it by omission. ” – Mark Fichtel, Byram Continue Reading →
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Raabe: 3 Components to Analyzing the Dorothy Hamill Rink Project: Fiscal, Developmental and The Alternatives
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“The rink proposal has been beaten with a club into its current, optimal form.” – Brian Raabe Continue Reading →
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MacGillivray: Camillo’s Plan: Higher Taxes, Higher Costs, and the Wrong Priorities
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“Camillo’s proposal is not a simple renovation. It is a whole sale reconstruction layered on top of a new rink project. It means reworking an entire neighborhood park, displacing the existing baseball field, pushing construction right up against the Veterans Memorial Tree Grove, carving a new access road off Western Junior Highway — and importing roughly 11,000 cubic yards of fill to regrade six-plus acres of land.” – Beth MacGillivray Continue Reading →
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RAABE: Speeding and the Law
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“And so, the cameras have been unplugged.” – Brian Raabe Continue Reading →
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BET Chair Weisbrod Shares Statement Following Budget Decision Day
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“Combined with the Grand List revaluation, the proposed mill rate is 10.12, making ours the lowest in Connecticut….Our goals remain clear: maintaining the high standard of services our residents cherish, ensuring tax stability, and funding critical infrastructure through a thoughtful, long-term lens.” – David Weisbrod, BET chair Continue Reading →