Three cheers for the red, white and blue! Southwestern Connecticut's most patriotic stepped out in some very American fashions over Fourth of July weekend. Check out some of the most decked-out patriots.
Later school start time advocate Valerie Erde, a Riverside resident and a school parent, speaks during the final Greenwich Board of Education meeting of the year that was held in the New Lebanon School gym in the Byram section of Greenwich, Conn., Tuesday night, June 14, 2016. The school start times vote brought out a full house.
Jean Louis, manager of Cantina Tequila Bar and Southwest Grill in Stamford, Conn. interacts with his cook staff as he checks orders in the kitchen on a busy Friday, June 3, 2016.
Pictured with fellow steering committee members, Jara Burnett, left, and Caroline Adkins, right, Cyndy Anderson of The League of Women Voters of Greenwich, center, was given her organization's highest honor, the Mary Award, for her many years of service to the Greenwich League and to the community during the League's annual meeting at the Riverside Yacht Club, Riverside, Conn., Wednesday, June 1, 2016.
A scene from the Glenville Memorial Day parade from 2014. This year's Glenville parade, sponsored by the 9th District Veterans Association and the Glenville Volunteer Fire Company, will step off 5 p.m. Sunday.
Tom Gallagher was invited spend 8 days with New York's Cardinal Tim Dolan's small delegation in Erbil, Iraq to visit internally displaced Iraqi Christians. This book was given to him my the sisters he accompanied on the visit.
A 27-year-old man was charged with driving under the influence after a May 3 crash on Riverside Avenue. Christopher Hale , of Bank Street in Stamford, struck a park car about 3 p.m. May 3 near 75 Riverside Ave., according to the report, and alsw was charged with failure to drive in the proper lane.
The sale of the week at 23 Willowmere Ave. has been sold five times since 1999 and features an electric car charging station. The sale of the week at 23 Willowmere Ave. has been sold five times since 1999 and features an electric car charging station.
A piece of construction equipment derailed on a Metro North Railroad track Thursday afternoon, injuring one worker and causing delays of up to 20 minutes on New Haven Line trains. The equipment, a tie inserter, derailed between the Cos Cob and Riverside stations shortly after noon, Metro North officials said.
The annual North Mianus School carnival and PTA fundraiser known as the "Pow Wow, " in 2014. This year's evemt is set for Friday and Saturday.
Pictured above is the 1st Quarter Market Report . One of the best aspects of the company I work with is their statistical approach to the market.
New York City resident Doug Hartman browses Carlese Westock's booth, looking for pieces to add to his 19th-century Gothic glass collection, at the Collectors Glass and Ceramics Show and Sale, presented by the Westchester Glass Club, at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, April 10, 2016.
Kaylie Berghaus, 11, of Wilton, pets a newborn lamb held by Education Programs Manager Lisa Monachelli during the animals meet-and-greet at the Stamford Museum & Nature Center in Stamford, Conn. Sunday, April 10, 2016.
The above beautiful view is from 87 Orchard Drive in the Milbrook Association of Greenwich. There is190 feet of Lake front property on this .88 of an acre lot in Milbrook.
Greenwich resident Sandy Soule spotted this bald eagle by her home along the Mianus River just before 1 p.m. Tuesday. Greenwich resident Sandy Soule spotted this bald eagle by her home along the Mianus River just before 1 p.m. Tuesday.
A New York City man, with a previous record of shoplifting charges against him, was arraigned Monday on charges that he stole over $12,000 in merchandise from two CVS stores in Greenwich. Eugene Holloway , 60, of 107 Ave., Jamaica, Queens, faced charges of conspiracy to commit larceny and possession of a shoplifting device in a Stamford courtroom.
Proc was born and raised in Montclair NJ, attended Montclair Academy, The Taft School, served in the US Navy at the end of WWII and graduated from Williams College on the GI Bill. He studied medicine in Switzerland where he met his bride of 63 years, Nicole Olry deLabry.
St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside will play host in April to the acclaimed Fairfield University Glee Club for a special concert. The choir, which includes a mix of more than 100 mixed voices, has been at St. Catherine's before.
Ada Cantavero helps with candy selection at her Variety Store in Riverside. David Ames photo.
Greenwich, CT - Businesses open and close, but the impression they leave on a community can last long after they board up their doors. Has your favorite venue vanished from Greenwich? If you're missing an old hardware store, bakery or mom-and-pop shop, you're in good company.
William Looney, of Riverside, looks at the handcut paper work of artist Chalres Clary on display at the More More More art exhibit at the Greenwich Library Flinn Gallery in Greenwich, Conn. Sunday, Feb. 14, 2016.
Debra Hendrickson, of Fairfield, dances with her partner Christian Lange at a recent competition. Hendrickson says a custom dress helps to show off a dancer's technique and skill and can boost one's confidence.
Greenwich residents Alison Farn-Leigh and Joann McCarthy have joined the firm which now has 67 agents at the Riverside office on Wilmot Lane. Farn-Leigh, the previous owner of an international beauty company, has joined Houlihan Lawrence as a residential real estate sales person.
Real estate sales fell 18 percent in the fourth quarter in Greenwich, bucking a countywide trend that saw increased activity in many other markets. For the year, sales fell 2 percent in Greenwich.
According to the infotainment website RoadSnacks.com, nine of the Top 10 of the Snobbiest Places in Connecticut are in Fairfield County. Though Old Greenwich, Riverside and Cos Cob are all part of Greenwich, they were considered separately because they have their own U.S. Census Bureau entries, RoadSnacks says.
Dr. Jun Xu reviews photographs from an earlier humanitarian mission to Senegal in his office in the Riverside section of Greenwich. Dr. Jun Xu reviews photographs from an earlier humanitarian mission to Senegal in his office in the Riverside section of Greenwich.
It was a relatively quiet Christmas holiday weekend for Greenwich Police who say the unseasonably warm weather probably was a contributing factor. During the four-day period from Dec. 24 through Dec. 27, there were 451 calls for service including 12 motor vehicle accidents.
Burglars struck a Riverside shopping center over the Christmas holiday and Greenwich detectives are investigating the burglaries of two Riverside businesses and the attempted break-in of a third. Officers responded to a burglar alarm at the Pomodoro Pizzeria at 1247 E. Putnam Ave. in the Riverside Common shopping center at 1:51 a.m. Dec. 25. Police spokesman Lt.
Thumbs up to Dr. Jun Xu , of Greenwich, who is about to embark on a humanitarian mission to the West African nation of Senegal to participate in the opening of a new school in Dakar, the country's capital. Xu, who came to the U.S. in 1988 and opened his Riverside office in 2000 after finishing medical studies, helped raise the $100,000 it took to open the school.
St. Catherine's Players will have open auditions for its 2016 production of "Peter Pan" Monday, Nov. 30, and Tuesday Dec. 1, at St. Catherine Church, Lucey Parish Hall, 4 Riverside Ave., Riverside. This is the Broadway version of the show with mainly adult principals and an active ensemble of all ages.
Asbury Moulding and Millwork in Stamford recently celebrated its third anniversary of offering high-end products and installation for homes and businesses in Fairfield and Westchester Counties as well as New York City. Based in Stamford, it opened up its lumberyard and millwork shop in September 2012 to fill the need for a store that specializes in mouldings.
Photos: #1: The West Putnam Avenue A&P on Oct. 17; #2, 3: the East Putnam Avenue store on Oct. 18. Credit: Barbara Heins. The two A&P Fresh stores in Greenwich are scheduled to reopen under new ownership as Acme Markets this week.
A 28-year-old man with a criminal record dating back 10 years was arrested on a weapons charge after he was seen "acting erratically" and "carrying a large knife" on East Putnam Avenue in the Riverside section of town. Police wrote in their report that they found Parker M. Ross, 28, of 35 W. View Pl., Riverside, "with a hood pulled tightly over his head and face.
Greenwich Police are warning residents about a Silver Volvo XC60 that followed a 15-year-old foreign exchange student while she was on her morning walk. On Oct. 10 at 9:30 a.m., a vehicle driven by an older, white, balding man, followed the girl as she walked along Putnam Avenue in Riverside to Valley Road in Cos Cob, police said.
Authorities were called to the Mobil station on East Putnam Avenue in Riverside Saturday around 2 p.m. A 911 call reported a man acting suspiciously with a knife visibly in his possession, attached to his waist.
Greenwich Police are continuing their investigation of an incident involving a man who stopped a teenager four times while she walked along East Putnam Avenue on Saturday. Greenwich Police said the 15-year-old foreign exchange student reported that it was about 9:30 a.m. Oct. 10 when an "older white male who was balding a stopped the juvenile at four different locations along East Putnam Avenue in Riverside to Valley Road in Cos Cob."
Antonio Elso Fantin, of Greenwich CT, passed Oct. 3 2015 at the age of 82, just over two months after the passing of his beloved wife, Josephine Carlucci Fantin. Born in Villotta di Chions PN, Italy on March 9 1933 to Emilio Fantin and Emilia Facchin, Antonio was an old world mason.
