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GHS Boys Varsity Hockey vs Xavier at Wesleyan: If 3 Goals is a Hat Trick, What is 4 Goals?

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Many hockey parents made the trip from Greenwich to Wesleyan’s Freeman Athletic Center in Middletown on Saturday morning, though the team bus had to take the long route as the Merritt Parkway, the most direct route, prohibits buses. The GHS boys varsity hockey team faced off against the Falcons of Xavier High School, the all-boys Catholic school located in Middletown. In the second period, the Cards were down 2 to Falcons 5, but a period three rally on the part of GHS brought the final score to GHS 4 vs Xavier 5. Senior Luke Finnergan scored all 4 goals for the Cardinals.  Finnergan whose shirt number is the lucky 11, is team captain.   Continue Reading →

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ACO Judy Umstead: It’s Hard to Keep up With Fred Acker’s Lies

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On Tuesday, Feb. 18, Animal Control Officer Judy Umstead addressed multiple criticisms meted out by Fred Acker of SPCA of Connecticut. In a Feb. 14 GFP feature, “A Conversation with Fred Acker, Former Director of SPCA of Connecticut,” Acker accused Umstead of profiteering from his misfortune, stealing three of his dogs and dragging out the legal process at the expense of the 60+ dogs seized from his rescue organization. Reached by phone, Umstead  answered questions with questions. Continue Reading →

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The Night Sky: Jupiter

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By Rick Bria

Jupiter can be found high in the southeast sky just after dark. It looks like a very bright star in the constellation Gemini, but viewed through a telescope Jupiter reveals its true nature as a huge gas giant planet with swirling bands of clouds and four Galilean moons. This picture of Jupiter was taken January 10, 2014 at the Mary Aloysia Hardey Observatory at Convent of the Sacred Heart. I used a 16” LX200 telescope with a Canon DSLR camera in movie crop mode. The resultant data was processed in RegiStax6 and Photoshop software. Continue Reading →

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The News is Blues…But It’s All Good for Greenwich Blues Youth Hockey

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Congratulations to the Greenwich Blues local youth hockey, who just had two tournament  wins:  a bronze in Lake Placid and a gold in the Ocean State Classic in Providence, RI. Congratulations to the Pee Wee B team for winning a Bronze Medal at the CHE Lake Placid Tournament. Even though the team began the tournament rather slowly, they continued to improve, building momentum and definitely brought their “A” game to the medal round. Regulation ended in to 2-2 tie and, after surviving the 4-on-4 overtime, Kieran Sullivan put the team ahead in the shootout. Like the Greenwich Blues on Facebook. Continue Reading →

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Joe Pisani to Speak at The Woman’s Club on Thursday

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Writer and editor Joe Pisani will give a presentation on the humorous antics of his writing at The Woman’s Club on Thurs., Feb., 20, at 1:00 pm. 

Pisani has been a writer and editor for 30 years and worked for Times Mirror Company of Los Angeles and the Chicago Tribune and  is a principal of The Dilenschneider Group in Manhattan, a strategic counseling and corporate communications firm.  
Pisani is a regular columnist for Greenwich Post and other Hersam Acorn newspapers, Act 2 Magazine, Fairfield County Catholic and the Catholic Transcript as well the  editor of “Greenwich – An Illustrated History,” whose contributors included the celebrated novelist John Jakes and author Roy Rowan. Pisani previously was editor/senior vice president of The (Stamford) Advocate and Greenwich Time, and was responsible for the day-to-day news operations of The (Stamford) Advocate, The (Norwalk) Advocate and Greenwich Time. Admission is free and is open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. The Woman’s Club of Greenwich located at 89 Maple Ave, Greenwich. Continue Reading →

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No School Tuesday, Another Day of Sledding in Greenwich

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Tuesday, Feb. 18: the National Weather Service forecasts 2 to 4 inches of snow. NWS issued a winter storm advisory through 6:00 pm
Closed: Greenwich Public Schools
Closed:  Brunswick, Greenwich Academy, Stanwich, Convent of the Sacred Heart

Whitby School Reopens Wed. Feb. 19, Message about snow days
“…Learning should also be a part of every day, and snow days don’t need to be an exception. Continue Reading →

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More Snow for Greenwich, More Snow Citizenship Fails

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The misplaced optimism of one Californian visiting Greenwich during  Storm Nika was amusing. Until it wasn’t. Message to out-of-town guests: Waiting for the snow to melt is not a strategy. The morning after the storm, when snow was slushy, but shovelable, the owner of this Mercedes with California plates demurred. By Friday night the car had a $55.00 parking ticket and thick casing of ice. Continue Reading →

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