Greenwich Historical Society’s 90th Anniversary Celebration to Feature Renowned Historian Doris Kearns Goodwin on Leadership

On Monday night, members of the Old Greenwich Association packed the meeting room of the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire House for their annual meeting, featuring several speakers from local non-profits and town hall. Some of the speakers were Jane Brash from Quiet Yards Greenwich, James Waters who is chair of the Old Greenwich School building committee and Daren Schneider from Stop I-95 Noise.

Kevin McFadden will be installed as the Grand Marshal of the 47th annual Greenwich St. Patrick’s Parade by the Greenwich Hibernian Association on Saturday evening, March 4, at the organization’s annual St. Patrick’s dinner dance. The Parade will be held on Sunday March 19, at 2:00pm. Mr....

Bartholomew J. Heavey passed peacefully from the world on Jan. 29, 2023, in his home in Greenwich. He was 91 years old. Bart was born in Roosky, County Roscommon, Ireland, on Jan. 20, 1932, to Josephine (Armstrong, originally of Greenwich) and James Heavey (of Roscommon). He was one of ten siblings. Bart is survived by his wife of 63 years, Bridget “Debbie” (McLoughlin) and children James Heavey (Kia), Debbie Colon (Joel), Michael Heavey (Noreen), and Brian Heavey. He was predeceased by son Martin T. Heavey.

In her letter of Jan 30, 2023 (LEORA LEVY: Don’t Use Labels and Oversimplifications to Address Republicans) Leora Levy wrote the following:. “If so, why haven’t they asked for funding through the normal budgeting process of the Town of Greenwich? If there are problems with elections in Greenwich, perhaps Fred and Mary could explain them to us. Otherwise, why is it necessary to expose our elections to the influence of private money from questionable organizations so closely aligned with the progressive movement and their agenda in this country?”

The Pajama Day fundraiser for children’s cancer research returns on Feb 10 for the second year at several Greenwich Schools. Sophie Lenschow, a member of the Greenwich High School class of 2024, brought the event to town last year when she was a sophomore a way to raise funds for kids kids battling cancer at Connecticut Children’s Hospital.

The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association invites you to its meeting on February 1, at 11:00am at the First Presbyterian Church, 37 Lafayette Place, Greenwich, CT with featured speaker David Fitzpatrick, a former staff writer for CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360.” He the transition and assess the influence of cable news today.

On Friday longtime Western Middle School principal Gordon Beinstein announced he will retire at the end of the school year. Beinstein has joked that he’s been stuck in middle school for decades, but never wanted to be anywhere else. Having grown up in Greenwich, and attending Riverside, Eastern Middle...

Submitted by Michael T. Goldstein, M.D., J.D., Greenwich. In January 25, 2023’s Wall Street Journal there was an opinion article entitled “The State Wealth-Tax Alliance. You can check out but you can never leave”. According to this article eight states including Connecticut, California, New York, Illinois, Maryland,...

Grand Central Madison, the new train station bored into the rock beneath Grand Central Terminal, is finally open. When it’s fully operational it’s expected to serve 160,000 daily Long Island RR riders. And by freeing up space at Penn Station (once dominated by LIRR), some Metro-North trains will be able to terminate there instead of at GCT.

A Stamford woman turned herself in at Greenwich Police headquarters on Monday. She was wanted by warrant for an incident that took place on Jan 2, 2023. Police say that Eva Knapp, 43, had backed unsafely in the area of Wast Putnam Ave causing a crash with another motorist. Police...