Dogs

DENIED: CT Siting Council Votes to Deny Eversource Substation at 290 Railroad Ave

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Update: Eversource issued the following statement May 13, 2:30pm. While we’re disappointed with the Council’s decision, we’re encouraged that its members understand the urgent electric reliability needs of Greenwich. The decision provides us an opportunity to come up with a modified solution to address the capacity and reliability challenges in Greenwich.  We’ll look for additional savings as we redesign our proposal. The importance of this project can’t be overstated when it comes to delivering reliable power to our customers in Greenwich. Continue Reading →

Health

Greening our Children: Facts Misrepresented to BOE on Organic Turf

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“Our objective is not to advocate for any particular product, but simply to ensure an informed and transparent decision-making process. Based on what we heard last night, we see that the Turf Committee is not considering all the relevant data, and the facts have not been fairly presented to the Board.” – Alex Bergstein and Abby Levy of Greeningourchildren.org Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Gerrit Argento: Union Taxes in Greenwich

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“The overall increase in the proposed contract is 9.5%. In my opinion, this is excessive for 4 reasons. First, we do not need to pay our school administrators more because of inflation. Second, we do not need to pay our administrators more because of productivity increases. Third, we do not need to increase pay at over 3 times the rate of inflation to support the recruitment and retention of our administrators because their turnover is low. And fourth, our administrators are already well paid.” – Gerrit Argento Continue Reading →