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At Thursday morning’s Board of Selectmen Meeting Peter Tesei said the BET hadn’t done a good job selling their budget to the RTM and that it wasn’t fair to characterize the budget increases as “out of control.” He cited unfunded legislative mandates and legal obligations of the town to fund pensions. He lamented the divisive nature of the fire station controversy. Drew Marzullo described Monday’s RTM meeting as a reality show, complete with booing and heckling. Continue Reading →
“Contrary to some criticism lobbed by pundits, there is a need and a resulting direct benefit to the residents of Northwest Greenwich. In addition to the thousands of homes in the Northwest District, there also are two private schools, three life-care facilities, and two houses of worship, one of which also provides day care services.” – First Selectman Peter Tesei Continue Reading →
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 →
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 →
At Greenwich’s 25th Anniversary Celebration of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), First Selectman Peter Tesei declared July 27, 2015 Americans With Disabilities Day. The First Selectman’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities, a letter from United States Senator Richard Blumenthal, and a representative from Congressman Jim Himes’s office also made appearances. Happy birthday, ADA! Continue Reading →
At Saturday’s rally for gun safety, focus on legislation in Hartford named after Lori Jackson, who was shot to death in Oxford by her husband against whom she had a temporary restraining order. The Lori Jackson Domestic Violence Survivor Protection Act would close the loophole that allows domestic abusers to keep their guns. Continue Reading →
“Housing Authority suppressed its unfavorable findings from its own consultants, Fuss & O’Neill EnviroScience, LLC in April 2014. It hired a New Jersey firm not licensed as Environmental Professionals in Connecticut, and they mis-represented the CT standards, so the bad test results were not revealed. Mr. Tesei is very correct, however, that there is lots of mis-information.” – Mike Finkbeiner, a graduate of the Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Continue Reading →
In the 1937, feisty Democrat Josephine Evaristo and her Chickahominy neighbors hired a lawyer to fight Greenwich’s plans to locate an incinerator on two tracts of land: 4-1/2 acres known as the Tesei tract, and 10 acres known as the Adsit property. They lost. Continue Reading →
Temperatures dipped below freezing on the last day of January, yet about a dozen residents from the Booth Court neighborhood in Chickahominy met with with US Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn) at the corner of their street and Armstrong Court In addition to the residents, officials including First Selectman Peter Tesei, Selectman Drew Marzullo; Environmetnal Health Director for Greenwich, Michael Long; and Amy Siebert, head of DPW, turned out despite temps hovering around 17°. Continue Reading →
Toner said it was an honor to follow the path carved out by Dave Theis. “In all of the time that I knew Dave, I can’t remember him saying anything bad about anyone.” Continue Reading →