Around Town

Survey Says! What is the value of Greenwich’s shellfish?

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A NOAA Fisheries research vessel, the R/V Victor Loosanoff, will be in Greenwich waters from Monday, Oct 1 through Friday, Oct 5, to allow scientists to conduct a shellfish population survey. This survey is an important piece of an ongoing study which will provide the town, and particularly shellfish growers and harvesters, with data on the value of shellfish beyond the seafood market. The study will also yield a methodology that other coastal communities can follow to quantify the economic value of environmental benefits provided by shellfish. Shellfish such as hard clams and oysters feed by filtering algae and other organic material from the local environment. These suspension-feeding animals incorporate nutrients from their food into their own tissue and shell as they grow. Continue Reading →

Government

Greenwich Man Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

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Deirdre M. Daly, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut - Greenwich Free Press

For the 2009 through 2013 tax years, a Greenwich man under reported more than $2.5 million in gross receipts on his federal tax returns. For those five years, Furano falsely reported total taxable income of $264,697 when his actual total taxable income was $1,751,727. Consequently, he only paid a total of $44,213 in federal taxes when he actually owed an additional $540,182. Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Letter: Greenwich Democrats Are Charged up for November

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“Democrats from Greenwich would be so novel we would command attention! In addition however, all the candidates are serious-minded people running on positive policy platforms…What’s not to like? This is a platform that appeals to all Democrats and large swathes of unaffiliated voters. In fairness our Republican friends share some of these objectives too. But decades of sending Republicans to Hartford hasn’t cured any of our ills.” – John Blankley Continue Reading →