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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.
A Dachshund that went missing in Darien was spotted in a restaurant in Bridgeport. The new owner had paid $40 for the dog from a man named “Dean.” Continue Reading →
Construction is underway of a new access road to New Canaan High School, a project that is expected to ease traffic when more people are driving their own vehicles to New Canaan High School. Continue Reading →
Around 1pm multiple police responded to the area of 239 Greenwich Ave, the address associated with Betteridge, on a report of possible fraudulent attempt to purchase merchandise. Continue Reading →
“It is unthinkable to remove the programs and course offerings that truly enrich the very fabric of education in this district and which inherently provide authentic social and emotional learning.” – Cathy McGovern Dillon Continue Reading →
Based in New York, Kim Eierman teaches at the New York Botanical Garden, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, The Native Plant Center in NY, Rutgers Home Gardeners School and several other institutions. Continue Reading →
A fight among multiple people spilled out into the street Saturday night. Continue Reading →
At Moday’s PURA hearing the number of registrations topped the 1,000 cap the platform allows. Continue Reading →
Angland was deeply moved by the “absurd reality” that there were no monuments to real women in Central Park, only fictional ones like Mother Goose. Continue Reading →
Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County (CLC), the second-largest center-based early childhood education nonprofit in CT, is the recipient of a $35,000 grant from United Way of Western Connecticut. Continue Reading →
journalist, media executive, and scholar, Director of Washington Policy Initiatives for the University of Southern California and University Fellow at the USC Center on Public Diplomacy: “Tools and Information to Protect the 2020 Election from Cyber Attacks” Continue Reading →