Around Town

From Tumbledown Dicks to Beach House Café: Greenwich’s Teresa Bracchitta’s Secrets of Success

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From Tumbledown Dicks to Chopping Block, many casual restaurants in Greenwich have been consigned to history. Teresa Bracchitta talks about her years in the restaurant business. From waitressing as a teenager to the closing of everyone’s favorite Thataway Café, she reflects on what it takes to succeed. “You have to be friendly. You have to like people and you have to love hard work,” she said. Continue Reading →

Letter to the Editor

Byram Resident on New Leb: How Big is too Big? How Much Is Too Much?

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letter to the editor - Greenwich Free Press

“I question enlarging the project to a size (that will have to be heated, cooled and otherwise maintained) beyond anyone’s imagined future enrollment. The facility (most specifically the lunchroom, kitchen and areas for remedial instruction) must be enlarged, but creating space that will be unused will only complement the unused space at North Street and Parkway Schools (currently being heated, cooled and otherwise maintained). Another increase in the mill rate? Doesn’t anyone realize when we talk of “state funds” that our tax dollars comprise a fair percentage of those funds? ” Judy Crystal, Byram Continue Reading →