Indian Harbor Yacht Club’s marine staff built a 20-foot wood frame tree, which floats on a dock in Greenwich Harbor and includes 22,100 lights. The tree will be lit every night until New Year’s Day. Continue Reading →
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Fall Townwide Cleanup Day and International Coastal Cleanup Day Set for Sept 21
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Please join Greenwich Green & Clean volunteers and Skip the Straw Greenwich at Town Firehouses in Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Sound Beach and Greenwich Point for a Townwide Cleanup day. Get daffodil bulbs for Spring beauty and for COMMUNITY SERVICE CERTIFICATES. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Volunteering, Greenwich Green & Clean
Mark Your Calendars for Paper Shredding Day in Greenwich
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All Greenwich residents are invited to shred. Cost is $2 per box, cash only. Maximum is 5 boxes per car. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Greenwich Green & Clean, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Mary Hull, paper shredding, recycling
PHOTOS: 2nd Annual Last Taste of Summer Basks in Sun, Supports Sustainability
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The second annual Last Taste of Summer craft beer festival benefited from warm temps and sunshine on Saturday following a week of very heavy rain. The festival featured live music and numerous food trucks, with samplings from over 30 of Connecticut’s finest craft breweries and distilleries. Proceeds of the festival went to Live Green CT! ’s Start In Your Own Front Yard Program that helps to prevent plastic from getting into the ocean. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Asylum Distillery, Bad Son’s Brewery, Bridget Schulten, Carrie Greenwald, Charter Oak, Charter Oak Brewing Company, Chris Kimball
Letter: What to Do with Your Shredded Paper Given It’s Excluded from Single Stream Recycling
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All shreds created at home or in an office must now be delivered to Holly Hill and placed in the container dedicated to paper shreds (which will be recycled). Continue Reading →
Filed under: Letter to the Editor, Greenwich Green & Clean, Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, Santaguida Sanitation, The First Bank of Greenwich
Future of Lights on Greenwich Ave May Be Dim
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First Selectman Pete Tesei suggested the Chamber again take over the project. Chamber Director Marcia O’Kane suggested the Town take it over. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Giving, Government, Holiday, Volunteering, Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, Greenwich Green & Clean, Marcia O'Kane, Peter Tesei
PHOTOS: Greening Greenwich Avenue with Mary Hull and Friends
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About 30 Japanese expatriates gathered in a Sam Bridge greenhouse with Mary Hull and Sally Davies of Greenwich Green & Clean to arrange holiday baskets of greenery. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Holiday, flower arranging, Greenwich Green & Clean, holiday baskets, Japan, Mary Hull, Sam Bridge Nursery & Greenhouses
PHOTOS: Last Taste of Summer, Delicious on What Felt Like First Day of Fall
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The first ever “Last Taste of Summer” in Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on Saturday was a celebration of both beer and the prospect of sustainability. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Arts, Food Drink Restaurants, Lifestyle, Aleksandra Moch, Barbara Gotch, Bring Your Own Bag, BYO Greenwich
Savor a Last Taste of Summer One 4 Oz Sample at a Time
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Scot Weicker and Daphne Dixon shared further details of the upcoming Last Taste of Summer craft beer festival and celebration of sustainability, set for Sept 30 in Roger Sherman Baldwin Park. Continue Reading →
Filed under: Around Town, Food Drink Restaurants, People & Culture, Bad Sons, Ballast Point, Capt Lawrence, Charter Oak, City Carting
Townwide Clean Up Day Set for Saturday, May 13
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Winter litter must be removed from parks, walkways and roadways to maintain a beautiful Town. When litter exists in a neighborhood personal behaviors are negatively affected. Continue Reading →