Officers assigned to traffic direction on Greenwich Ave will be re-deployed to HQ to handle non-emergency calls. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Police Prioritize Services to Critical to Public Safety during the COVID-19 Crisis
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First COVID-19 Death in CT is Ridgefield Man in His 80s
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The latest COVID-19 testing data in Connecticut, updated 4:30pm on Wednesday lists patients who tested positive including presumptive positives at 96. Fairfield County: 69
Hartford county: 11
Litchfield County: 5
Middlesex County: 1
New Haven County: 10
That said, officials estimated the total might be closer to 7,000. Also on Wednesday, Governor Ned Lamont announced that COVID-19 has claimed its first life in Connecticut. A man in his 80s who had been admitted recently to Danbury Hospital has died of severe complications from COVID-19. The man had been a resident of an assisted living facility in Ridgefield. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Health, assisted living facility, COVID-19, Ned Lamont
Riverside Residents Deliver Pizza to Greenwich Hospital Emergency Dept Staff Working Round the Clock
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Cody Kaye and a small group of friends ordered five pies from Greenwich Pizzeria for delivery to the Emergency Dept on Tuesday, much to the delight and surprise of the doctors, nurses and other healthcare professionals. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Health, Cody Kaye, Greenwich Hospital
Ryan Fazio Announces Candidacy for State Senate 36th District
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“Middle class families in our district and state have seen zero real income growth over decades. Regular people are hurting. And they are hurting because of the failures of our policies and of our state government…Connecticut has the second-highest tax and debt burden in the country and newly elected officials made the problem worse last year by raising taxes by billions and imposing even more red tape on workers.” – Ryan Fazio Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Ryan Fazio, State Senator Alex Kasser
LETTER: How I am Learning to Love Disruption
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“My father graduated high school in 1944, and was told not to make plans, that he would certainly be drafted. He dutifully sat for entrance tests, and ended up training to be a radio operator with the Great Lakes Naval Station. …. In comparison my household’s quarantine seems like a vacation.” – Janet Stone McGuigan, Old Greenwich Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Carl Stone, Janet Stone McGuigan
Governor Lamont Signs 5th Executive Order to Mitigate Spread of COVID-19
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An update from Governor Lamont said drive-through testing sites have been approved at several Connecticut hospitals, including Greenwich Hospital. Each of the hospitals are at varying stages of setting-up drive-through testing procedures. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Health, COVID-19, drive through testing, Governor Ned Lamont, Greenwich Hospital
First Selectman Outlines Details on Greenwich State of Emergency
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At Town Hall, time sensitive services will be provided by appointment only. Please contact the department directly to request help. Holly Hill Transfer Station will maintain its normal schedule. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government
UPDATED: First Selectman and CEO of Greenwich Hospital Talk about Flattening the Curve of COVID-19 Exposure
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Greenwich Hospital is seeing patients in the Emergency Department and has segregated spaces for those who are demonstrating respiratory symptoms. The First Selectman plans to close Town Hall as well as town buildings and facilities to visitors and declare a state of emergency. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Fred Camillo, Greenwich Hospital, Greenwich Town Hall, Norman Roth
COVID-19 Update: Lamont & Neighboring Governors Order CT Restaurants and Bars to Close
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Governor Lamont will coordinate with Governor Andrew Cuomo in New York for approaches to bars and restaurants. “It doesn’t make sense for Connecticut to do something and not New York because otherwise people will just go over the border.” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Health, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Governor Ned Lamont
COVID-19: Six Tips to Combat Loneliness and Boredom During Self-Isolation
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As a Greenwich High School junior, this break from traditional learning that the district initiated to slow the spread of COVID-19 is taking some adjusting. Here are some suggestions on ways to remain calm and stay connected. Continue Reading →