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On Tuesday morning a large group of Greenwich Public Schools PTA volunteers gathered at town hall to honor nominees for the Essence awards. This year there were an unprecedented 16 nominees.
The legislation increases the penalty for harassing election workers from a misdemeanor to a felony on a second offense, including publicizing an election worker’s name or address with intent to intimidate. It also makes tampering with an absentee ballot drop box a class D felony. Additionally, it restricts federal law enforcement officials from being within 250 of a polling place or other sensitive election site without permission from state election officials or court order. The law empowers the attorney general to act against interference or intimidation.
Tod’s Point beach received an A+ grade. Island Breach received an A grade, Great Captain Island received an A+ and Byram Beach received a D+.
The Greenwich Scholarship Association will be the beneficiary of the Woman’s Club of Greenwich’s Concert on the Lawn on Friday, June 5 — an evening dedicated to helping local students achieve a college education through need-based scholarships.
Come, have fun and learn from the founders of the award-winning website, Motherrr.com, and a Myers-Briggs* certified professional, how knowing your personality type can help reduce the conflict in your mother-daughter relationship. Continue Reading →
A Stanwich School van carrying 13 students involved in accident on Wednesday involving minor injuries. Students taken to Greenwich and Stamford Hospitals. The 74-year-old bus driver suffered serious injuries. According to Greenwich Police, “For a yet to be determined reason, the bus driver swerved across the road and struck a very large tree located on the west side of the road.” Continue Reading →
Legendary talent Maya Angelou has died in North Carolina at the age of 86. Continue Reading →
“Saturn is close to Earth and opposite the Sun in May. In this case ‘close’ is a relative term as Saturn is nearly a billion miles away.” – Rick Bria Continue Reading →
“My daughter’s old tutor used to make homemade doughnuts. It was the firsttime that I had tasted the homemade ones. They taste so much better than the store bought or bakery ones, especially fresh and warm. Making them is not complicated, just a bit time consuming.” Victoria Hart Glavin of Tiny New York Kitchen. Continue Reading →
Vamond “Wooley King” Elmore is wanted in connection to the murder of Jimmy Martinez, which occurred on May 15 in Norwalk. The murder of Martinez is the first in Norwalk in 2014. Elmore is considered armed and dangerous. Continue Reading →
Underground explosions rocked central Greenwich Tuesday afternoon. Traffic snarled. CL&P customers lost power. Continue Reading →
Nearby in Darien, where the first Safe Rides program came to life in 1982, after a slew of teen drunk driving deaths, the program uses a model where teens drivers use family cars. Darien First Selectman is adamant the program has saved lives, and the Town kicks in with supplemental insurance. Continue Reading →
Just .8 of a mile from GHS, Rosie’s frozen yogurt was just what these two GFP interns needed to cool down on an unseasonably hot day in mid-May. Continue Reading →
An elderly missing person was last seen by his family in Norwalk on Memorial Day. Wojciech Piekos may be suffering from dementia. Continue Reading →