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The 25 year anniversary year milestone was commemorated during an open house event featuring history from the school, including old articles and yearbooks, and visits to the school’s classrooms.
The board voted unanimously on an action item concerning a lawsuit between First Selectman Fred Camillo and the Board of Education.
Cybercriminals are impersonating recruiters from legitimate companies to steal money, personal information, and other sensitive information from job seekers. These scams often appear on popular job search websites, like Indeed and LinkedIn, and on social media. The criminals may identify and target job seekers who have recently posted about the job search, layoffs, or displayed an “open to work” banner on their profiles.
To honor Lillian’s life, family and friends will gather on Wednesday 4:00-8:00pm at Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home 134 Hamilton Ave in Greenwich. Funeral Service will take place at the funeral home Thursday at 10:30am followed by interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Greenwich.
“Over the past term, Fisher has fostered a hostile work environment—berating Republican colleagues both publicly and privately, even calling those who opposed him “miscreants.'” – David Alfano, Nisha Arora, and Lucia Jansen were endorsed by the Republican Town Committee on July 22. Alessandra Brus, Phil Dodson, and John Hopley qualified for the primary ballot through petitions filed on August 6. Continue Reading →
“Dissatisfied with the balanced slate nominated by the RTC, three incumbents decided they wanted to control more seats. The following day they encouraged one of their supporters to start the process of petitioning to force a party-wide primary costing the taxpayers $85,000.” – Sally Bednar, Josh Brown, Harry Fisher, Joe Kelly, Joe Pellegrino and Leslie Tarkington Continue Reading →
A memorial will be held at Christ Church Greenwich on Friday, August 29th at 11:00am. Continue Reading →
Greenwich High School football held their annual media day on Sunday. Go Cards! Continue Reading →
“I firmly believe the “Better Greenwich BET” slate—consisting of Sally Bednar, Josh Brown, Harry Fisher, Joe Kelly, Joe Pellegrino, and Leslie Tarkington —is the strongest choice to lead our Town forward.” – Jerry Cincotta Continue Reading →
“We all know that traffic has been a major concern in Greenwich over the last few years. This year though, that traffic crunch isn’t the fault of the town, distracted driving, or simply “more cars on the road.” It is the direct result of the BET Republicans’ cut to the BOE budget.” – Veronica Chiavaroli, Democratic candidate for the Board of Education Continue Reading →
“The project, which was on track to be completed early next year, would have powered more than 350,000 homes across Connecticut and Rhode Island while creating good-paying, clean energy jobs. All of that is now at risk.” – Ned Lamont Continue Reading →
Freccia Bros Garage has operated in Greenwich since 1922, starting as a repair shop for carriages in the horse and buggy era and later pivoting to cars. In the 50’s there was an active used car sales business. In the 60s, Freccia Bros Garage started working on Volkswagens and never looked back. The pandemic turned out to be a boon to business as collectors paid high prices for vintage Volkswagens in online national auctions. Continue Reading →
“As one historian put it, a Pullman porter had the best job in his community and the worst job on the train. There was no room for promotion. Passengers often referred to Pullman porters by demeaning names like “boy”, or “George”, applying the first name of the Pullman cars’ owner.” – Jim Cameron Continue Reading →
Brendon DeSimone, president of the Round Hill Association, said rumble strips were not the residents’ first choice due to concerns about noise – and that they had indicated, via a petition seeking their input, they desired lowered speed limits. Continue Reading →