St. Catherine’s Support Circle for Job-Seekers Presents: AI in the Workplace

Topics to be covered include: General overview of where AI impacts public and private workplaces, current trends in AI and where it is going, moving fast and permeating everything, prepare where you can,  simple tasks, evolving into sophisticated and complex problem-solving;  detection, remediation, guardrails & governance;  learning and experimenting with AI, “successful failures.” Continue Reading →

How to Coexist with Active Bears this Spring Across Connecticut

Don’t feed bears. It is illegal. Take down, clean, and put away bird feeders by mid-March, or even earlier during mild weather. Store the feeders until late fall and clean up spilled seed from the ground. Human-Bear conflicts are on the rise. In the rare instance when a bear appears to be aggressive toward people, residents should immediately contact DEEP’s 24-hour dispatch line at 860-424-3333. Continue Reading →

Selectmen’s Eyes On Greenwich Ave: Beautifying Concrete Barriers, Free Music Fridays, Brackets on Lamp Posts

At their March 26 meeting the Board of Selectmen discussed several topics that impact Greenwich Ave, starting with the possible return of Free Music Fridays. Selectwoman Lauren Rabin said the Reimagine Greenwich committee hopes  to bring back Free Music Fridays, originally a way to get people safely outdoors during the pandemic. Initially a lunch time concert series in Greenwich Common, it was later switched to early evening. “At 5 o’ clock we were getting a crowd,” First Selectman Fred Camillo recalled. “People would take their dinners and a glass of wine and it was really nice. Continue Reading →

Chinese National Sentenced to Prison for Identity Theft & Vehicle Theft Scheme that Targeted a Greenwich Car Dealership

In 2022, the Chinese national in the US illegally used a stolen identity to obtain $94,742.73 in financing to purchase a 2019 Porsche Panamera from a Greenwich dealership. After the fraud scheme came to light, the dealership repossessed the vehicle before it could be resold. But the man and his co-conspirators fraudulently obtained financing and purchased other vehicles from the dealership. Continue Reading →