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On Tuesday morning a large group of Greenwich Public Schools PTA volunteers gathered at town hall to honor nominees for the Essence awards. This year there were an unprecedented 16 nominees.
The legislation increases the penalty for harassing election workers from a misdemeanor to a felony on a second offense, including publicizing an election worker’s name or address with intent to intimidate. It also makes tampering with an absentee ballot drop box a class D felony. Additionally, it restricts federal law enforcement officials from being within 250 of a polling place or other sensitive election site without permission from state election officials or court order. The law empowers the attorney general to act against interference or intimidation.
Tod’s Point beach received an A+ grade. Island Breach received an A grade, Great Captain Island received an A+ and Byram Beach received a D+.
The Greenwich Scholarship Association will be the beneficiary of the Woman’s Club of Greenwich’s Concert on the Lawn on Friday, June 5 — an evening dedicated to helping local students achieve a college education through need-based scholarships.
“As our democratic house burns, Greenwich’s Republican officials behave as if nothing is wrong. Not a word of concern. Not a whisper of dissent. Instead, they have been following the national playbook—defunding public education, denying climate change while blocking renewable energy projects and flood protection, and rewarding friends through political patronage and cronyism.” – Svetlana Wasserman Continue Reading →
In addition to the RH location in the historic Post office building and RH Outdoor at 264 Greenwich Ave, this will make for RH’s third location in downtown Greenwich. Continue Reading →
“In the latest P&Z application, a keen observer will notice there is no mock up provided of the statue. Instead, only a blank silhouette is shown…Well, it seems our First Selectman didn’t think to ask Mr. Fagan whether we could use his design. Instead, we ripped it off, and pushed forward until the artist found out and balked. Now, the Town appears to be pushing forward with a ‘TBD’ design from a firm who makes custom sculptures from photographs.” – Aakash Patel Continue Reading →
Filling in the Blanks recruited young professionals from around Connecticut to serve as members of its new Associate Board and support its growing efforts to provide weekend meals to children in need. Continue Reading →
New Canaan Police late Saturday charged a local 20-year-old man with the murder of his mother, as reported in sister news site NewCanaanite.com Continue Reading →
“Hold your nose if you must, I do understand the strength of party loyalty, but this is an occasion if ever there was one to tell the shade of Ben Franklin that we intend to keep our democracy.” – John Blankley, Greenwich Continue Reading →
“Join me in voting Row A Democrats only for the BET to win the tie breaking vote on budget decisions.” – Monica Prihoda Continue Reading →
“To me it’s clear: if people would stop playing political games, arguing about literal pennies on the mill rate, we could get great things done in Greenwich. Until that happens, the RTM will settle for holding feet to the fire on your behalf.” – James Waters Continue Reading →
“At the hearing, the Commission specifically noted that their decision was extremely narrow and that the complainant, Fred Camillo, would need to seek relief from the Superior Court to have a judicial determination regarding who may appoint members to serve on the Greenwich Board of Education.” – Democratic members of the Board of Education, Sophie Koven, Karen Hirsh, Kathleen Stowe
“”I sincerely hope that these members who the commission found violated state law will pledge to abide by that law in the future and avoid putting the town through this unnecessary process again.” – Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
35 Langhorne Lane sold on Oct 1, 2025 for $3,850,000 Continue Reading →