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Test Soil at Western Middle School? Marzullo’s Motion Fails to Carry

At Thursday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Drew Marzullo urged Mr. Toner and Mr. Tesei to ask the Board of Education to begin testing Western Middle School fields immediately. He made a motion toward that end, but neither of the Republican selectmen seconded the motion, and so it was not carried forward. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich Residents Push For and Against CIP Projects

From the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center to Skate Park down by the Teen Center, Greenwich residents spoke in favor of the projects they care about. And while there are some projects that have no vocal constituents, at least one project had its detractors. Continue Reading →

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Hundreds Turn out in Byram to Support Building New Lebanon School on William Street Ball Field

On Tuesday night, a public forum at New Lebanon School was packed. Seating ran out quickly, and dozens stood at the back and lined the walls of the gym. After architect Michael Tribe reviewed Schemes A through D, all options for locating a new school on the Byram campus, the Board of Education opened the mic to members of the community. It didn’t take long before a theme emerged. Several people complained that last November the idea of saving “the Town Green” had been misleading. Continue Reading →

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Board of Selectmen’s Field Trip to New Leb Ravine: Visualizing a New School

On Friday a group of about 20 members of the BET, RTM Board of Education, the Schools Superintendent, neighborhood residents, media, candidates for the building committee and all three selectmen walked the perimeter of the proposed New Lebanon School, the longest portion of which parallels the edge of the ball field and forms a horseshoe that opens onto wetland and woodland. The bravest of the group, including Mr. Tesei, walked into the ravine where poison ivy was abundant. Continue Reading →

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Greenwich and OG Lions Collaborate for Sophisticated Eye Screening at BANC

On any given school day, the Byram Archibald Neighborhood Center (BANC), is a hive of activity. The New Lebanon School kindergarten classes are currently housed there. Then, after school Christina Nappi runs a program for about 65 New Leb children in K-3 until 5:30pm. On Thursday, members of the Old Greenwich and Greenwich Lions Clubs gave free vision screenings to the children. More than a simple acuity test, the Lions Clubs sophisticated camera tested for eye disorders including far and near sightedness, astigmatism, anisometropia, strabismus and anisocoria. Continue Reading →

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