Giving

Donations at Greenwich Grocery Stores Help Keep Food Banks Stocked

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Recent customer donations from Greenwich and Riverside ACME stores and Old Greenwich Kings Food Markets store to help eradicate childhood hunger by keeping food banks stocked and supporting meal distribution programs at schools totaled $2,700.

Greenwich Public Schools received 108 gift cards for $25 each through a partnership with Gift Card Bank and the generosity of ACME, Kings, and Safeway’s Nourishing Neighbors campaign. Continue Reading →

Government

Stamford Man Indicted for Child Exploitation Offenses

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As alleged in the indictment and other court documents, law enforcement began investigating Marro in August 2023 after a 16-year-old male victim reported that he had been sexually exploited by Marro.  The victim reported that he met Marro on a dating application, and they then began communicating on Snapchat in April 2023.  The victim indicated that they met in person at Marro’s house on multiple occasions, and two of the encounters were sexual in nature.  The victim reported that Marro gave him “poppers,” that Marro was “into” asphyxiation, and, on one occasion, Marro strangled him and he passed out “for a minute or two.”  Continue Reading →

Schools

Greenwich School Board Installs Mercanti-Anthony as Chair: “We ask for your grace”

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“As we start the meeting and start the new term – to all of you, the public at home and everyone listening – we ask for your grace. We have a new board – half of us are brand new. We have new leadership and it’s easy to forget that we are all in this together. All of us are parents, all of us  ran for the board because we want the best for our children and community.” – Dr. Michael-Joseph Mercanti-Anthony, unanimously elected BOE chair Continue Reading →

Schools

At GHS Unified Sports Soccer Game Delivers Energy and Excitement

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Students across all grade levels took part, sharing laughs between plays and lifting each other up during every moment of the match. Emmet, a student on the team, has the important job of breaking the huddle before and after every game. With the teams chant, “Unified on three!” This sets the tone on just how much joy the game brings to everyone involved. Continue Reading →

Government

Greenwich Officials React to Passage of HB 8002 in CT House & Senate

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“We all agree that Connecticut needs more housing, and I very much appreciate the efforts of our Governor and colleagues in the House to reach out to and work with mayors, first selectmen from both sizes of the aisle, CCM and the COGs to eliminate the most conflicting parts of the bill. However I believe that the new bill requires input from the public. We can not build public trust by sidelining the public. – Hector Arzeno, (D-151) Continue Reading →