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Summer Camp Solutions: A Click Away

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It’s that time of year again, and if you procrastinate, you know how it goes: Spaces full, waiting list purgatory. Community Answers, the folks with the cool balcony office inside Greenwich Library publish annual resource guide to summer camps including everything from Audubon Greenwich Summer Nature Camp to Boy Scouts Camp Seton to Cardinal Baseball Camp, with 38 pages of camps listed both by name and by category. Community Answers has changed with the times, staying relevant by maintaining a landline that is promptly answered Monday to Friday between 9:00am and 3:00pm at (203) 622-7979 as well as an interactive website that garnered over 112,000 views last year…. The organization does two major fundraisers a year. Their annual fashion show “Swing into Spring” takes place Sunday, April 6, 2014 from 11:30-2:30. Continue Reading →

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Second Annual “Alumni Sprints” Regatta Set for April 26-27 in OG

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Alumni Sprints made history in 2013 as the first USRowing-sanctioned regatta specifically devoted to alumni racing. In 2014, organizers offer and expanded, two-day format with competitors arriving on Saturday, April 26 and racing on Sunday, April 27. All racing occurs on Sunday, and begins early at 7:30 am. Organizers are hosting a celebratory reception to coincide with event check-in the day before, on Saturday, April 26. Trailers are required to arrive prior to race day. Continue Reading →

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Audubon Greenwich Sustainable Food & Farm Expo

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Hundreds of guests eager to sample local, artisan and organic food, attend tasting workshops, and learn about homesteading are expected to flock to Audubon Greenwich’s Sustainable Food & Farm Expo on Sunday, March 9, from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm. Twenty exhibitors and vendors, including organic farmers, homesteading experts, artisan food producers, specialty food retailers, and organic restaurants, will share their products and expertise on March 9 at Audubon Greenwich. Families are invited to taste and learn from farmers and homesteading experts.  

The Sustainable Food & Farm Expo is produced by Audubon Greenwich in cooperation with the Fairfield Green Food Guide and is poised to attract both regular guests and newcomers from as far as Westchester County. “Audubon is proud to host this exciting, family-friendly event. Continue Reading →

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Music Tickles Oldest Memories, Brings Joy to Alzheimer’s Patients

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Greenwich’s Audrey Appleby screened her short documentary entitled “Tiny Miracles: Awakening Memory And Emotion In An Alzheimer’s World,” at Bowtie Criterion Cinema at in Greenwich Tuesday night. The moving 15-minute film, culled from 60 hours of footage taped by Appleby’s daughter Eliza McNitt and her fellow students at NYU’s Tisch School, chronicles the documentary’s subject, “Alice” (a pseudonym to protect the patient’s privacy), on her journey through Alzheimer’s. Yet Appleby, who works with toddlers in her MagicDance program, shows that the music and dance class framework can trigger muscle memory in elderly Alzheimer’s patients. The documentary’s most uplifting moments are those in which music awakens memories deeply embedded in the brain, bringing moments of joy to victims of Alzheimer’s Disease. In one scene in which the documentary’s subject comes to life, smiling as she sings and dances to music from her youth, Appleby, in her narration, says, “The bars were lifting as the music and dance allowed the rhythm in ‘Alice’s’ soul and those around her to be free, expressing the present moment with humor, generosity and love.” Continue Reading →

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Indoor Flavor Gardens: Microgreens Workshop at Abilis, March 8

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It’s still winter but it’s a great time to start an indoor microgreens garden! On Saturday, March 8, Greenwich Community Gardens and Abilis will offer a workshop on growing your own microgreens. The class will take place at the Abilis greenhouse beginning at 10:30a.m. and will be led by Chris Hadin. Learn how to grow a whole garden of flavor indoors. The class fee is $20.00 and includes materials. Continue Reading →

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C. Parker Gallery: An Art Answer for Greenwich

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By Leslie Yager
Forget preconceived notions of stuffy art galleries. According to Tiffany Benincasa, principal at C Parker Gallery in Greenwich, whether a customer seeks to start a collection, match the drapes, or find a painting to fit a particular space in their home, she eschews a sales pitch as much as anybody. “I’ve been cultivating a collection for over twenty years. I am passionate about art,” said Benincasa whose goal is to establish herself as Greenwich’s go-to resource for art, a place to start a conversation. Indeed, Benincasa’s Gallery, located at 17 East Putnam Ave is as welcoming as it spacious. Continue Reading →

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Learning ABC….and DLE. iPads Distributed at Ham Ave and Riverside Schools

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On Wednesday Feb 19 and Thursday Feb 20, 800 iPad Airs were distributed to Hamilton Avenue and Riverside School students as part of Phase I of the Digital Learning Environment (DLE) implementation plan. The deployment of these devices has positioned Greenwich Public Schools to realize its vision for creating a personalized learning environment for every student, preparing them for success in school, and as they pursue higher education and careers. “Greenwich took another big step forward forward this week with Digital Learning,” said Greenwich Schools Superintendent McKersie in a release. “All students and teachers at Hamilton Avenue and Riverside now have iPad Airs and are demonstrating for the rest of the district how digital tools can be blended into teaching and learning on a school-­‐wide basis to help all our students excel.” “Literally hundreds of hours of planning went into this one pivotal moment,” said Director of Digital Learning & Tech Phillip Dunn. Continue Reading →

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Druid Lane New Construction in Riverside Sells for $3.895M

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Property Transfers Recorded in the Assessor’s Office at Town Hall through Feb. 21, 2014. 8 Druid Lane from 8 Druid Lane, LLC to Christoher J Gaulin on Feb. 20, 2014 for $3,895,000

29 Cliffdale Rd from Alan M Dubov to Andrew E Earls on Feb. 20, 2014 for $4,725,000

3 Putnam Hill Unit 4F from Estate of Rose M Franco to James F and Concetta Grandolfo on Feb. Continue Reading →

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Tattoo Your Dog to Spare Him from the “Buncher”? Theta Gamma Nu?

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Roger is a five year old Lab-mix from Tennessee who was transported to Norwalk by a rescue group, fostered by a family in Norwalk and adopted by the editor of Greenwich Free Press three weeks ago. Roger is a fabulous dog. He is well behaved, happy and smart. Apparently his previous owner died and in the care of his owner’s surviving family he became ravaged by fleas and lost his hair. Most of Roger’s hair has since grown back, but he has bald spots. Continue Reading →

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