Editorial: Year Three

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We are turning three this month. That’s quite a milestone for a business. When the paper launched we believed there was a need for a weekly community newspaper we just did not know if there was a “want” for us. Since then, we have been overwhelmed by the outpouring of support our community has shown the Greenwich Sentinel. What started as a fledgling paper has grown into a sought-after recorder of town news. With the sense of renewal that spring naturally brings with her, this seemed like an opportune time to take a look back as well as forward.

What a year this has been. We celebrated the Greenwich Town Party—which is quickly approaching again this year with Eric Clapton headlining. Last summer we reported on the difficulties rebuilding New Lebanon School and the Board of Education looking at changing the school start times. The lazy days of summer gave way to school activities, sports and local campaigns.  We reported on the election of Peter Tesei and John Toner and newcomer Sandy Litvack as well as a BET change in leadership from Republicans to Democrats. Not long after, we walked to celebrate our remarkable veterans. New Lebanon finally got some great news and school start time changes posed challenges. All along the pace of the paper and its mission have remained strong.

We have heard from many of you how much you love the paper’s ability to remain positive. We have opened our pages to new columnists and welcomed guest contributors. We have taken time to share the lives of our friends and noted citizens, including Lloyd Hull and Jack Moffly.

We have celebrated our sports champions and our future champions and those that step up to compete. Sports is a very important part of our paper and we have the best sports writers out there. Paul Silverfarb and Richard Kaufman take great pride in their sports reporting, and well they should. Their stories are often our most widely shared and viewed. Most of our children at some point will play local sports, whether organized through the schools or by the Parks & Recreation Department. We make sure to cover as much as we can because you, the readers, have told us that is one section that is very important to you.

Our facebook page and website are evidence of an ever growing following as we continue to be grateful for the top spot in the local Greenwich media market. And when it comes to community events, we work with you through the paper and the 5 Things To Do in Greenwich Today email, now approaching 9,000 subscribers, to inform everyone who might want to attend so events are enjoyed by as many as possible.

So what does the future of the Sentinel hold? We look forward to a new GCDS High School, a New Lebanon ribbon cutting, and statewide elections crowded with Greenwich residents. We can’t wait to see our own Caroline Jones at the Greenwich Hospital benefit and to announce our Greenwich Sentinel award recipient for 2018.

What does the future hold? You tell us. After all, the Greenwich Sentinel is your newspaper. Our hope is that we hear more from those we haven’t heard from very much. There are some we hear from all the time and their voices are important but we know the quiet voices are vital to the community too.

In addition to the news we report, we celebrate the milestones of our neighbors. We share the news of a birth, a marriage, a job promotion, a college dean’s listing. And we mourn losses with you as a community when a loved one passes. Visit our website for easy ways to provide us with your information or just email us directly at any of the emails below. Photos are great too and we do not charge for any of it, promise.

When we began, part of our mission was to help bring the Greenwich community together in a positive way. Despite the political climate, despite changes and ups and downs and nor’easters, the crocuses keep coming back, reminding us that some things in Greenwich are perpetual and beautiful and that is newsworthy too.

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