“We need to be placing a much higher level of importance on every tree.” – John Conte Continue Reading →
Tree Hearing: Residents Urge Compromise to Spare Mature Oak Tree on Greenwich Ave
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Massive Bulb Planting Effort at Cos Cob’s Chestnut Allée Will Pay Dividends in Spring
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“It’s great to see dozens of citizens working side-by-side with our great employees of DPW. Next spring you’ll see a very different island here.” – Greenwich First Selectman Fred Camillo Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Arts, Government, Volunteering, Alice Ruf, Ashley Cole, BerrinSnyder, Bridget Bucknall
Greenwich’s Voluntary Food Scrap Recycling Pilot Gets Under Way
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The Town of Greenwich, in partnership with Waste Free Greenwich, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board (GRAB) and Greenwich Green & Clean, announces the launch of the municipal food scrap recycling pilot on Monday, June 15, 2020. The drop-off food scrap recycling pilot is voluntary and free to all Greenwich residents with a permit to Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility. Residents will collect food scraps at home in accordance withguidelines and bring them to the designated drop-off location next to the trash building at Holly Hill. The food scrap kits include a small bin you can keep in your kitchen, and a larger bin you can keep in your garage. You can purchase compostable bags to line the bin with. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, food scrap recycling, food scraps, GRAB, Green & Clean, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Holly Hill, Julie DesChamps
Pat Sesto: Today’s Nuisance Flooding May Be Tomorrow’s High Tide
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Pat Sesto, Greenwich’s Director of Environmental Affairs, addressed the RMA on Wednesday. It was the first in a new RMA speaker series: “Greenwich: What Does the Future Hold?” Continue Reading →
Filed under: Government, Binney Pond, BYO Greenwich, Climate Change, coastal erosion, Department of Environmental Affairs, Grass Island, Green & Clean
Annual Greenery Basket Assembly Signals Start of Holiday Season in Greenwich
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On Thursday volunteers with Greenwich Green & Clean gathered up at Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses for the second of two days to create the 116 baskets that will soon grace downtown including the lamp posts along Greenwich Avenue. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Holiday, Chieko Dunne, Durina Kaube, Etsuko Tulloch, Green & Clean, Greenwich Avenue, Kanako MacLennan, Mary Hull
PHOTOS: Oysters, Crabs, Kelp and Kids Abound at Experience the Sound 2019
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At a very well attended Experience the Sound event guests learned about marine life in Long Island Sound, what pollutants threaten it and some efforts at increasing the shellfish population in Greenwich waters. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Billion Oyster Project, Christopher Coccaro, Green & Clean, kelp, Old Greenwich Garden Club, oysters, Roger Bowgen
Popular Paper Shredding Event Returns for 2019
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The cost is $2 per box of paper (cash only). There is a maximum of 5 boxes per car. Box size is 12” x18” x12″ and papers you want shredded should be brought inside a cardboard box or rigid container. Boxes will be emptied and returned. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, GRAB, Green & Clean, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, paper shredding
Greenwich Green & Clean Does It Again! 121 Gorgeous Holiday Baskets Will Grace Downtown
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Dozens of volunteers assembled 121 baskets of greenery in a heated greenhouse provided by Sam Bridge on North Street. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Holiday, Volunteering, Alyssa Keleshian, Ami Koike, Chieko Dunne, Green & Clean, Kanako MacLennan
Green & Clean to Discontinue Holiday Lights on Greenwich Ave
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Following a unanimous vote by the Greenwich Green & Clean Board of Directors, a decision was made to discontinue the challenging task of installing holiday lights on the trees in Downtown Greenwich to focus their energies and our limited dollars on their primary mission. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Holiday, Green & Clean
Saturday is Townwide Clean Up in Greenwich
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You can help Greenwich stay clean, earn volunteer hours, and get some spring flowers and bulbs as a thank you. Continue Reading →