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Thursday, October 17, 2013

Greenwich Public Schools Launch Phase 1 Of Digital Learning Environment

"We must transform teaching and learning in Greenwich to prepare our students to identify and solve tough problems, be they academic, economic, social, or political," William S. McKersie, superintendent of schools said in a statement.






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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Moving on: Greenwich woman adjusts to life in a retirement home

Long-time Greenwich resident Bobbie Hopkins lived with her husband Rich for 44 years in their home on Hendrie Ave., which is depicted in the drawing above.






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Tuesday, October 15, 2013

Suspects Caught in Train Station Bike Theft

A pair of New York City men are facing charges in connection with the theft of a bicycle from a Greenwich train station after a witness called Greenwich Police .






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Thursday, October 10, 2013

Influence is measured by brushstrokes at Greenwich Historical Society show

Rob Brown, left, and Jay Dinkins, of Bonsai, N.Y., brings a painting to install the show, The New Spirit and the Cos Cob Art Colony: Before and After the Armory Show, at Greenwich Historical Society in Cos Cob, Conn., Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013.






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Letter: Ed Board Candidate Appelbaum 'Builds Consensus (with) Transparency'

It seems to me that Debbie Appelbaum has been preparing for a role on the Greenwich Board of Education for much of her adult life.






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Monday, October 7, 2013

Coworkers' Brawl Ends with Injuries and Tickets

A pair of coworkers at Mavis Tire were treated for injuries and issued misdemeanor summons for assault following a fist fight at the Riverside shop on Saturday.






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Monday, September 30, 2013

Academic Achievements Earned by Greenwich Students

Kechejian is a freshman at the university. Benjamin Daniels of Greenwich, son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Daniels.






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Monday, September 23, 2013

Ex-Principal: Erickson 'Committed to Working Hard for All Students'

I am writing as the former Principal of Riverside School, now retired, to wholeheartedly support Laura Erickson, Democratic candidate for the Board of Education in Greenwich.






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Honoring Achievements of Greenwich Students

The 2013 Boys/Girls State delegates from Greenwich were honored at the Sept. 16 meeting of the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting.






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Monday, September 16, 2013

Town Woman Faces Larceny Charge in Richards Shoplifting Case

A woman who Greenwich Police say was found with six items reported stolen from the clothing boutique Richards of Greenwich, faces a third-degree larceny charge in connection with the incident.






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Monday, September 9, 2013

Web poll: Readers oppose force in Syria

An overwhelming majority of those responding to a Hearst Connecticut Web poll this weekend oppose any military strike in Syria to punish that country for alleged use of chemical weapons against its own citizens.






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Thursday, September 5, 2013

Greenwich Teardown Trend Resumes in Earnest

Written by Leslie Yager From the 1990s to the first few years of the millenium, the real estate bubble did more than drive up Greenwich house prices.






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Monday, September 2, 2013

Go to the Head of the Class: Congratulations to These Greenwich Students

Matthew McGinty of Greenwich, was awarded a Bachelor of Science degree in Environmental Science & Policy from Plymouth State University.






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Monday, August 26, 2013

Go to the Head of the Class: Congratulations to These Greenwich Students

Erin Marks, daughter of Roger and Eileen Marks of Cos Cob, was named to the dean's list at Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN.






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Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Greenwich sales and a virtual tour

According to the Greenwich Multiple Listing Service , 23 residential property closings were reported to have sold in the most recent week available, August 3 to 9. The average closing price for the week was $2,248,478 -- well above last week's closing average of $2,015,489.






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Monday, August 19, 2013

Greenwich Has 3 of the Wealthiest ZIP Codes in Connecticut

We all know this is the richest region in the state and one of the wealthiest areas in the country, but the Hartford Business Journal did a little digging to show just where we rank among our neighbors and statewide.






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Thursday, August 15, 2013

Family Fun at St. Catherine's Carnival in Riverside

Since the 1950s, the St. Catherine's Carnival of Fun has been drawing thousands of residents to Riverside where children and adults alike can enjoy an evening of family fun.






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Wednesday, August 14, 2013

Riverside Home Is Burglarized

The daytime burglary of a Linwood Avenue home in the Riverside section of Greenwich is being investigated by Greenwich Police.






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Swingaholics; Riverside Pizza Frittas; A Reading Dig

Good morning Greenwich! It's Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2013-a mere 77 days until Halloween...although you've been able to buy Halloween candy in some major retailers for a couple weeks now.






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Monday, August 12, 2013

Getting Ready For St. Catherine's Carnival in Riverside

The annual St. Catherine of Siena Carnival kicks off Tuesday evening and there will be plenty of rides, food and entertainment for all.






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Rye Patch News Site May be Shuttered

In an earnings call last week, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said many of the money losing Patch operations will be shuttered .






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Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Five New Officers Officially Join The Greenwich Police Department

The Greenwich Police Department swore in five new officers at Greenwich Town Hall in front of officials and the new officers' family and friends on Monday.






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Friday, July 26, 2013

A, little, library grows in Old Greenwich

Looking for a good summer read? Then consider the new "library" in Old Greenwich.






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Wednesday, July 24, 2013

Trending: Which breeds are tops

Danbury has a lot of dogs: Big ones -- such as Missy Roberts , an 18-month-old German shepherd who is one of 79 German shepherds in town; small ones -- like Lily, a 6-month-old rare blue chihuahua, who is one of 70 chihuahuas in town -- and everything in between.






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Sunday, July 7, 2013

Painter excels at art despite having no hands

AP MEMBER FEATURE EXCHANGE ADVANCE FOR JULY 8 - In this June 25, 2013 photo, JesAos David Mendez Sequeda, 17, of Bucaramanga, Colombia, works on a computer at the home of Rodolfo Rodriguez, right, in Riverside, Conn.






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Tuesday, July 2, 2013

Lushington remembered for ideas, energy

Nolan Lushington with his wife Louise Blalock Lushington in 2012. Lushington, a former Greenwich Library director who helped usher the library into the digital age by launching one of Connecticut's first computerized library collections, died June 12, 2013 at his home in Riverside, Conn.






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Wednesday, June 26, 2013

Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company Knocks Down Basement Blaze

Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 responded to a fire Tuesday night on Bayshore Drive in the Riverside section of Greenwich, it reported on its Facebook page.






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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

GHS students protest 'body shaming'

Sisters, Grace and Patrice DiChristina, 15 and 17, both Greenwich High School students, wear T-shirts they designed and wore to Greenwich High School on Tuesday to protest the enforcement of their school's dress code, at their Riverside home, Wednesday, May 29, 2013.






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Sunday, May 26, 2013

"He was an absolute sweetheart," my Mom recalls of meeting him. "Big dimples, big diamonds."

When I met Liberace in 1986, I tried to eat his diamond rings. He was making an appearance at Caldors in Riverside, Connecticut, promoting a coffee table book of photos of one of his fantastic homes .






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Thursday, May 23, 2013

More

Local band Logan's Run will perform at the Greenwich Town Party tomorrow. The band is made up of Alessandro ChillA©, vocals and bass .






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$190 Million Greenwich Compound Is Priciest Home In The U.S.

A glance at a property in Greenwich that is reported to be the most expensive listing in the United States.






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Wednesday, May 1, 2013

On Greenwich's folksy past, a busy retirement -- and the French horn

A: A great deal. It used to be much more folksy. We used to live near the Riverside railroad station and across the street was a mailman and town employees lived fairly close by.






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Riverside Park to host playscape in memory of Newtown victim

A group of New Jersey firefighters wants to build a playscape in the city in memory of one of the children killed in the Newtown shooting.






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Saturday, April 27, 2013

Zackham's 'Wedding' directorial debut also marks Greenwich homecoming

Greenwich native Justin Zackham directing the upcoming comedy "The Wedding" in Greenwich recently.






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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Matrimonial masterpiece makes for a musical centennial kickoff

Metropolitan Opera soprano Jennifer Aylmer will be one of two soloists who will perform in "Mozart and Constanze: Love Letters," a concert featuring Mozart's Great Mass in C minor at St.






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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

U.S. housing starts surpass 1 million in March

A house located on 24 or 26 Hearthstone Drive awaits more work in the Riverside neighborhood of Greenwich on Sunday, March 24, 2013.






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Monday, April 15, 2013

Trio Face Prescription Forgery Charges

A trio-a woman and two men-were arrested on charges they tried to pass forged prescriptions at the Walgreens in Riverside.






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