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“First and foremost is this notion of artificially changing the flood zone. It begs the question, how do you obtain permission to develop a site by simply raising the grade and adding tremendous amounts of fill, just to avoid the requirements of limitations that those various zones have upon a property?” – Steve Walko, attorney representing neighbors and the Indian Harbor Association
This community tradition raises funds to support swim lesson scholarships. Through its partnership with Greenwich Public Schools, the YMCA evaluates approximately 600 fourth-grade students each year to assess their water safety skills. Students who need additional support are offered free eight-week swim lesson sessions at the YMCA. This year, 89 local students qualified for the program.
A Somers man was charged with Criminal Impersonation over the weekend after he came to Playland Park wearing an FBI shield and spinning a tall tale about being shot on the job. The shield was a fake. The story was too.
The Melody Men of the Retired Men’s Association (RMA) of Greenwich recently gave a special summer performance at the America-250/Greenwich “Sunday in the Park with George” event, serving as one of the opening acts at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park.
Students at North Street School raised over $4,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society with a pennies for patients drive. On Friday the culminating event was to tape the principal to the wall! Continue Reading →
Climb aboard for the annual spring musical, Anything Goes with music by Cole Porter, at Central Middle School to be performed on Friday, March 22 and Saturday March 23. The cast and crew have been hard at work for months, learning dances, memorizing lines and building the sets. The production is directed and produced by Rebecca Lipschutz and Brian Maher, with choreography by Julia Magglio. Anything Goes is set aboard the ocean liner S. S. American, where nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England. Her pal Billy Crocker has stowed away to be near his love, Hope Harcourt, but the problem is Hope is engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Continue Reading →
In order to perform the upgrades, the Town Hall voicemail system will be shut down from 5:00pm to at least 11:00pm on March 25. Continue Reading →
743 Lake Ave sold on March 15, 2019 for $6,400,000 Continue Reading →
The Town asked residents to give input on safety issues in the Glenville Road “corridor” between Weaver and the bottom of Glen Ridge. About 100 people turned out, and they had quite a bit to say. Continue Reading →
Registration to play is closed, however Torch Club members eagerly invite spectators to come and cheer on players. Continue Reading →
Neighbors of the proposed developments at 581/585 West Putnam Ave and 500/600 West Putnam Ave turned out in force at the March 19 Planning & Zoning commission meeting. They hired their own Lawyer, and plan their own traffic study. Continue Reading →
Come hear Mark Pruner speak about what is going on in the market and what trends are shaping value of houses in Greenwich. He will also talk about how each neighborhood is doing and how values are likely to change with the 2020 revaluation. Continue Reading →
To honor his life, friends will gather on Monday, March 25 from 3:00-5:00pm at Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home, 134 Hamilton Ave. Greenwich. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated 10:00am Tuesday, March 26 at St. Catherine of Siena R.C. Church. Burial is
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The last day of dog season at Tod’s Point is March 31, 2019. Continue Reading →