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“We are as concerned as everyone about the economic impact of the pandemic. However, current indicators suggest our Town’s finances have held steadfast. Property transactions — and conveyance tax revenues — have increased. Divide the $900,000 difference between the BET and BOE budgets by the 16,000 families living in Greenwich and one gets $56.25.” – group letter Continue Reading →
“Today’s Iditarod memorializes that race to save the children of Nome. The spirit of Balto is needed today as we face an epidemic of global scale.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“According to the Pew Research Center, the average American only reads twelve books a year. Our children are watching us.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“A photo, taken by my grandmother and dated September 1919, showed a 26-passenger Lawson airliner nose down and tail up in my great-grandfather’s cabbage patch. Among its passengers was a female reporter who continued to powder her nose even as the plane came to its dramatic stop.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“The budget process that began prior to the pandemic was a public affair that was noticed well in advance of meetings, with documents explaining what would be discussed and decided upon. The final decision day was not.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“Perhaps this social experiment will help us find ways to let students learn for the sake of learning.” – Janet Stone McGuigan Continue Reading →
“Storytelling is a great way to get us through this period, and the tales we tell to understand our past and imagine our future tell us a lot about ourselves.” Janet Stone McGuigan, Old Greenwich Continue Reading →
“My father graduated high school in 1944, and was told not to make plans, that he would certainly be drafted. He dutifully sat for entrance tests, and ended up training to be a radio operator with the Great Lakes Naval Station. …. In comparison my household’s quarantine seems like a vacation.” – Janet Stone McGuigan, Old Greenwich Continue Reading →