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P&Z to Dedicate Meeting to Discussion of 309-Unit Cluster Development on American Lane

At the Dec 20 P&Z meeting, attorney for the applicant Tom Heagney said there had been discussions with the Affordable Housing Trust Fund about a fee in lieu of $250,000, rather than including affordable housing at American Lane. He said millions of dollars could be added to the fund, and potentially be put toward Greenwich Communities (housing authority) redevelopment of Quarry Knoll. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Health Dept: Monitoring Your Health During the Post-Holiday Surge

“Social separation, another basic protective measure seems a heavy lift when so many are confined in a crowded airport terminal. Andrew Pekosz of the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health (Reuters, 2022) predicted that our holiday travel will exacerbate the spread of XBB across the country. The next two weeks will tell, and we will continue to monitor.” – Stephanie Paulmeno, Greenwich Dept of Health Continue Reading →

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United Way of Connecticut/211 Saves Lives During Cold Weather Activation

…Another caller, sick with COVID and outside on a bench at the Manchester Public Library, could not find shelter inside because the library was closed. With no nearby shelter available, the 211 contact specialist was able to book him a room at a local motel, arrange for transportation, and text a list of food pantries and soup kitchens to his cellphone for the next day. The 211 contact specialist stayed on phone with the caller until he was safely inside the car when he shared, “If it wasn’t for you I don’t know what I would do.” Continue Reading →

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