It may be weeks before temperatures climb above freezing long enough for the sun to start melting all this snow. Continue Reading →
PHOTOS: Enforcement, Towing on Tap for Vehicles in Snow Emergency Routes after Last Week’s Snow
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Talking Transportation: Snow, Salt, and Unplugged Promises
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“Drive from town to town and you’ll see a vast difference in road clearing. In some, because cars were taken off the road before the storm, streets are clear. In others where cars were left parked at the curb, it may take days to chisel them out from the icy berms caused by plowing… like some sort of archeological dig still to be excavated as well are dozens and dozens of bus stops across the state.” -Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Filed under: Transportation, Weather
Residential Units Proposed in 2 Dearfield Drive Mixed Use Building
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The building, home to Christopher Peacock cabinetry and Greenwich United Way, already has 10 residential units. The applicant propose to add two one-bedroom units and two two-bedroom units. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Government, Real Estate
Camillo Appoints 9 Members of Arch Street Task Force
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The task force members are Scott Frantz, Icy Frantz, Sue Bodson, Sabine Schoenberg, Mickey Lowitt, Steve Waters, Katherine LoBalbo, Luis Velasquez and Stacey Sears Higdon. They will soon elect officers and hold public meetings as it begins its work to find a new life and use for this great building which for so many years housed the Arch Street Teen Center. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
Lamont Submits Supplemental Plan To Use Emergency State Response Reserve to Maintain Affordability for CT Residents
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This supplemental plan totals $18.7 million and will be used to support items necessary for food and nutrition assistance, Medicaid assistance, youth mental health services in schools, and children’s wraparound services, including healthcare and childcare. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
Ashforth Co Completes Greenwich Train Station Renovation
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The modernized station, part of $30M Greenwich Crossing redevelopment, will officially open on Friday, January 30. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Business, Real Estate, Transportation, Greenwich Crossing, Greenwich train station, Metro North, MTA, Ryan Harvey
New York Man Admits Fencing Jewelry Stolen from Mall Stores and Kiosks Across the US
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According to court documents and statements made in court, an organized jewelry theft ring of Colombian nationals burglarized jewelry stores and kiosks in malls in Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, New Jersey, Ohio, and Virginia. The total losses from the burglaries exceed $4.4 million. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
Town 2027 Budgets Presented: Feedback Focuses on Riverside School Reno, School FTE Reductions, Rink and Pickleball
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First Selectman Fred Camillo noted the town mill rate guidelines were 12.591; he proposed 12.765, for a difference of .174. He said that would mean, for example, tax payers with an assessed home value at $1 million might see their annual property tax increase $724.
After budget presentations for the town and school district, residents of all ages shared what projects they believe should be prioritized. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate, Schools
P&Z Okays New House on Long Island Sound at 33 Byram Shore Rd and 0 Byram Dock Street
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At the last Planning & Zoning meeting the commission approved a proposal to demolish a house that dates back to 1900 and build a new new 7,409 sq ft single family house across two properties – 33 Byram Shore Road and 0 Dock Street – as well as new porches, in-ground swimming pool, patios and driveway, and to convert a detached garage to a 384 sq ft gym. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Real Estate
Berkley Insurance Co Proposes to Demolish HQ at 475 Steamboat Road
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“After receiving cost estimates for the renovation of the building, it was determined that it was more cost-effective to demolish the existing building and reconstruct it in the same location.’ – application narrative Continue Reading →