Perrot Library and Eastern Middle School PTA Team-up for a Conversation with Award-winning Reporter/Author of “Never Enough”

In Never Enough, Jennifer Wallace investigates the deep roots of toxic achievement culture and finds out what we must do to fight back. Drawing on interviews with families, educators, and an original survey of nearly 6,000 parents, she exposes how the pressure to perform is not a matter of parental choice but baked into our larger society and spurred by increasing income inequality and dwindling opportunities. As a result, children are increasingly absorbing the message that they have no value outside of their accomplishments, a message that is reinforced by the media and greater culture at large. Continue Reading →

YWCA Greenwich Announces 2024 “Women Who Inspire” Award Honorees

YWCA Greenwich has a storied history of honoring extraordinary women within the community, including the BRAVA Awards, established in 1977 to recognize professional women, the Spirit of Greenwich Awards which started in 1994 to honor volunteers, and the Women Who Inspire Awards which began in 2019 to recognize all women and the fluidity in today’s work/life balance. Continue Reading →

Corcoran Centric Realty Welcomes the Tri-Star Team

Corcoran Centric Realty, an affiliate of Corcoran Group, LLC, and leading brokerage in Greenwich, announced that The Tri-Star Team, consisting of Team Leader Ronald Nyman and agents Susanne Lapsien and Alec Nyman, has joined the company from Compass. “I am thrilled to welcome Ron, Sue, Alec and their expanding Tri-Star Team to Corcoran Centric Realty. Over the past 5 years they’ve quickly risen to become one of the top ranked teams in the Stamford, Darien and Rowayton markets. Combining exceptional local knowledge with a commitment to best in class client service, makes them an ideal addition to our brokerage as we expand throughout Fairfield County” said Jeff Jackson, Broker / Owner of Corcoran Centric Realty. “I am confident that our modern approach towards sales & marketing and Corcoran’s ‘live who you are’ ethos, will jumpstart the Team’s growing presence in Greenwich, New Canaan and Westport,” Jackson added. Continue Reading →

Ray Dalio Honored with Greenwich Library Peterson Business Award

Global Business Icon and Bridgewater Associates Founder Ray Dalio will receive the Greenwich Library Peterson Business Award, presented by Governor Ned Lamont on April 4, 2024. The Peterson Business Award is named in honor of Clementine Lockwood Peterson, whose 1992 bequest of $25 million to Greenwich Library made possible a new 32,000 square-foot wing at the Greenwich Library. Continue Reading →