Andrew Melillo

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Steep Hollow – What’s In A Name: The Old Bridge is Gone

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“Land is a fickle thing. It goes through the ordeals of profit and progress – but the land is still the land. What was once Steep Hollow, was also Dumpling Pond, and today it is North Mianus – yet what is North Mianus? It is perhaps Cos Cob, perhaps ‘North’ Old Greenwich, and perhaps Riverside.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, Andrew Melillo, Daniel Merritt Mead, Dumpling Pond, Gershom Lockwood, Hannah Potter, John Finch, John Mead

Greenwich Native Andrew Melillo Appointed Grand Historian of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut

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As Grand Historian, Melillo will research, write, and preserve and archive the records of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut as well as serve and help each constituent lodge to do the same for their local records and history across the state. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, Volunteering, Acacia No. 85, Andrew Melillo, Grand Hisotrian, Grand Lodge of Connecticut

Melillo: The Merritt & Lyon Families, and a Smidgen of the History of the Greenwich Western Frontier

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“In the later part of last year, the author, who is a member of the board of the Greenwich Preservation Trust, as well as the Secretary of the masonic lodge, Acacia No. 85, received word from Jeffrey Bingham Mead that there were two portraits in Orrington, Maine that were of Captain Daniel Merritt and his wife Sarah Lyon. The Lord knows how the portraits made it up there, yet besides that interesting story, there was a consensus that these pieces of Greenwich history and art be brought back home.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →

Filed under: Greenwich History, Acacia Lodge No. 85, Andrew Melillo, Captain Daniel Merritt, Jeffrey Bingham Mead, Sarah Lyon Merritt, Thomas Lyon

Luke A. Lockwood, 1833-1905, a proud country lawyer and the father of Masonry in Greenwich

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This day 113 years ago suddenly died an eminent man, deeply respected by the townsmen of Greenwich, citizens of this state, and even King Edward VII of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Emperor of India. His name was Luke A. Lockwood and he was born December 1, 1833 in his family’s ancient homestead on what is now Lockwood Road in Riverside. Continue Reading →

Filed under: Around Town, Greenwich History, Andrew Melillo, luke A. Lockwood

Melillo: Is the Golden Rule Universal or Just a Political Weapon?

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“Forcing an elected person out of office for saying silly, childish and immature things may not be a valid reason to force them from office, though that seems to be the argument from one political party against the highest office on the national level.” – Andrew Melillo Continue Reading →

Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Andrew Melillo, do unto others as you would have them do unto you, Golden Rule, Laura Kostin, Mike Bocchino