The 12th annual Howl & Prowl has been rescheduled to Sunday, November 3 due to the heavy rain predicted in the weather forecast for Oct 27. Continue Reading →
Howl & Prowl 2019 Rescheduled to Nov 3
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LETTER: Remember When Immigrants Became Disloyal Americans
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“How could it be ok to drag someone like Lt. Co. Vindman through the mud and not ok to condemn and remove the people who do the dragging or stand by and watch it happen? With their silence, GOP leaders signal that they are A-OK with this kind of hostile vitriol.”– Marina Rosin Levine Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor
Greenwich Public Schools Appoints Chief Operating Officer
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Dr. Toni Jones has appointed Mr. Sean O’Keefe as Chief Operating Officer, effective December 16th. As Chief Operating Officer, Mr. O’Keefe will provide leadership in many aspects, most notably the District’s operations related to finance and facilities. Prior to accepting this position, Mr. O’Keefe served as the Business Administrator for Trumbull, CT’s Board of Education. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Schools
QUIGLEY: Why The Debt Policy Debate Is Important and why the Republicans are right
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“We should continue to prioritize fiscally responsible solutions that meet our most necessary capital requirements, maintain our best in class credit ratings and preserve our low tax profile. We want to avoid saddling future generations with an unsustainable debt burden and the much higher tax rates that they lead to.” – Dan Quigley Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor
Town Auditor Who Was Fired Sues Greenwich
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Melinda Frame’s law suit said she was fired in retaliation for speaking out against potentially illegal conduct. Her audits included Oarking Services, BOE Food Services and the Town Clerk’s office. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
Report of Suspicious Vehicle at Cos Cob Train Station Leads to Arrest
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Officers located the vehicle and a man who was in possession of a device commonly used in mail “fishing” crimes. The suspect gave officers two fake names. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Police & Fire
LETTER: Mill Rate Protectionism in Greenwich Has Caused A Breakdown of Capital Maintenance
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“Having lived in Greenwich for 51 years (correct, I am not “Of Greenwich”) I’ve lived with and suffered from the intransigence that comes with monopoly representation.” – John Cooper, Greenwich Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor
LETTER: How Can Camillo Protest Climate Change in Greenwich and Vote for Trump?
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“I will leave y’all to answer this question for yourselves? Would a person who is serious about protecting the planet and addressing climate change, vote for Trump?…Twice?” – Marina Rosin Levine Continue Reading →
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Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Disputes Camillo’s Claim on Environmental Scores
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“The Connecticut League of Conservation Voters has not to date endorsed Rep Camillo or recognized him as an environmental champion in any regard.” – Connecticut League of Conservation Voters Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
The Emerging Epidemic of Vaping-Associated Lung Injury: Is Our Youth’s Health Going Up in Smoke?
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By Alex LaTrenta, Greenwich Academy class of 2020
Fourth in a series of articles about the prevention, recognition, and treatment of public health threats in Greenwich. This August a young adult from Fairfield County went to the Greenwich Hospital Emergency Room (ER) with a dry cough, chills, and a chest x-ray which looked like early pneumonia. After several days of antibiotics, the patient returned to the ER with a worsening chest x-ray and received stronger antibiotics. Within days the patient rushed to the ER again, required supplemental oxygen, and in 24 hours was hospitalized in the Intensive Care Unit on a mechanical ventilator. Dr. Sandra Wainwright, Pulmonary and Critical Care Specialist at Greenwich Hospital, recognized the unique features of this case given that “when young people present with pneumonia they usually get better quickly.”
After hearing about the cases of vaping related lung injury in the Midwest, Wainwright suspected that this patient suffered from the same disorder right in our community. Continue Reading →