Around Town

Camillo Designates Kenny Santoro Day, for Camp Simmons Camper-Turned-Staffer

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First Selectman Fred Camillo designed August 24 as Kenny Santoro Day. In a proclamation, Camillo said that over the course of 20 years Kenny had been both a Camp Simmons camper and staff member. He was a camper from the age of six, and until he was 12. “In addition to making friends with a lot of campers from different schools he enjoyed canoeing, archery, nature and swimming,” Camillo said. Kenny has worked at Camp Simmons for 10 years, starting as a lifeguard at the pool where he also taught swim lessons and for eight years. Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Angland: Silence of Republican Candidates on DeJoy’s Interference Condones It

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“Two machines in Wallingford that could process 35,000 pieces of mail an hour were taken out of service, supposedly because the volume of mail did not require them. But while the original position was that the machines would be stored somewhere until an increase in the volume of mail required their use, the machines were disassembled. Four machines in Hartford met a similar fate, with their parts now stored in a parking lot…This is unconscionable.” – Joe Angland, Chairman, Greenwich Democratic Town Committee Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Prihoda: Legislators should support “Take Back the Grid Act”

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” I received my Eversource bill which is double the usual bill. For what? No service for one week? I wonder: Is the cost of inept storm recovery service passed on to the consumer instead of absorbed by the Eversource CEO with a $19.8 million plus pay package including a $3 million bonus and $51 million golden parachute should he resign?” – Monica Prihoda, Old Greenwich Continue Reading →