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Retirement Board Chairman Announces Pension Plan Updates
With the start of a new year, it seems appropriate to share an update on the status of the Town’s Retirement System. This past calendar year (2019) plan assets appreciated approximately 16.7%. This is an approximation because
Gov. Lamont Activates State’s Severe Cold Weather Protocol
A List of Shelters and Warming Centers in Connecticut Can Be Located by Calling 2-1-1 Governor Ned Lamont announced that as temperatures are anticipated to dip into the single digits and teens on Friday night, he will
Bobby Walker Jr. to Depart BGCG for Greenwich Academy
By Richard Kaufman After five-and-a-half years as the head of the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, Bobby Walker Jr. is leaving for a position at Greenwich Academy. It was announced on Tuesday that Walker will depart
Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Announces Youth of the Year Award Winner
By Richard Kaufman For a more expanded version of this story, be sure to check out this week’s print edition of the Greenwich Sentinel There were smiles all around last Thursday night at the Boys & Girls
LATEST PHOTO GALLERIES, click here for our full photo gallery page
Honoring our Veterans
Greenwich showed its respect for Veterans at 5 events held on Monday, November 11. We are very grateful to John Ferris Robben who attended every event and captured Greenwich honoring our veterans with over 400 images of
Barred Owl Sightings on the Rise
Photo by John Robben of a juvenile Barred Owl. Zoologist Jim Knox confirmed and added, “A native Connecticut species, the Barred Owl is one of the few owls which hunts during the daytime, especially on overcast days.
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Greenwich is becoming Bald Eagle country
The where and the why of the growing presence of Bald Eagles in Greenwich.
Greenwich is becoming Bald Eagle country
The where and the why of the growing presence of Bald Eagles in Greenwich.
LATEST SPORTS, click here for our full sports page
Greenwich High Boys’ Hockey Ready For Its Playoff Push
By Paul Silverfarb The Greenwich High School boys’ ice hockey team is looking stronger than ever. And that’s not good news for the rest of the FCIAC and Division I opponents. After a slow start to the
LATEST LETTERS, click here for our full letters page
Letter: GPS Waste Reduction Program
To the Editor: Conservation Commission, in collaboration with GPS Facilities, PTAC Green School Committee and the Greenwich Recycling Advisory Board, is implementing a waste reduction program in Greenwich Public Schools. The pilot program at three district schools
Letter: From Eagle Hill School
To the Editor, As many of us know, the Greenwich School District has long provided busing for both public and private school students, and it makes sense! As traffic has become more congested, keeping cars off the
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Op-Ed: Tolls – Bad Policy with No Popular Support
By Rep. Harry Arora The current proposal to add tolls to Connecticut’s highways is unnecessary. The reasons put forth by the governor and his supporters in the legislature are misleading and incorrect. Tolls are neither needed nor
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Thirty Years with David Ogilvy
By Deborah Ference-Gray In January 1990, I was 35 years old and had not one moment of real estate experience. Through friends’ kind recommendations, David Ogilvy agreed to meet with me. That day, I stepped through the
LATEST REAL ESTATE, click here for our full real estate page
Thirty Years with David Ogilvy
By Deborah Ference-Gray In January 1990, I was 35 years old and had not one moment of real estate experience. Through friends’ kind recommendations, David Ogilvy agreed to meet with me. That day, I stepped through the
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Greenwich is becoming Bald Eagle country
The where and the why of the growing presence of Bald Eagles in Greenwich.
Redefining Rigor
A recent Yale University study notes that high school students are —“bored”, “stressed” and “tired.” Educational rigor needs to be redefined in order to be effective and long-lasting. Rigor redefined is taking content knowledge to a deeper level of understanding, fostering curiosity and choice, and constructing new meaning to solve real-world problems.
Redefining Rigor
A recent Yale University study notes that high school students are —“bored”, “stressed” and “tired.” Educational rigor needs to be redefined in order to be effective and long-lasting. Rigor redefined is taking content knowledge to a deeper level of understanding, fostering curiosity and choice, and constructing new meaning to solve real-world problems.
LATEST RELIGION POSTS, click here for our full faith page
Round Hill Holds Community Bible Study
Round Hill Community Church invites the community to participate in its Winter/Spring Bible Study: ‘Introducing the Gospel of Matthew’. The first meeting of the Bible Study group will take place Sunday, Feb. 2 at 11:30 a.m. inside the
MOST RECENTLY POSTED OBITUARIES, click here for all obituaries
Obituary: Bonnie Bancroft
Bonnie Bancroft (56) passed away on Feb. 5, 2020, after a valiant 11-month battle with pancreatic cancer. Bonnie was born June 5, 1963, to Rae and Marshall Winokur in Chicago, Ill. She grew up in Evanston, Ill., and
Obituary: Virginia Masson
On Jan. 30, 2020, just shy of her 87th birthday, Virginia Lee Morton Masson, went home to be with her Lord and Savior. Born on March 2, 1933 in Rumford, Maine to Virginia Robards and Henry Irving
Obituary: Josephine Podgurski
Josephine M. Podgurski, a lifelong resident of Greenwich, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, Feb. 9. She was 90 years old. Josephine had been a longterm care resident of the Greenwich Woods Health Care Center
