(Bob Luckey Jr./Greenwich Time photo)
Safety, flooding concern neighbor
Expressing concerns about her personal safety, the owner of one of the homes next to a controversial Wiffle ball field in Riverside said she has been forced to consider additional security for her home.
Neighbors oppose plans for Whitby
As one private Greenwich school struggles to overcome neighborhood opposition to its expansion plans, another is preparing to face a similar battle.
A weed whacker charging up in a greenhouse attached to a Fado Lane home likely sparked the ferocious fire last Tuesday morning that destroyed the house, fire officials said.
Reading is fundamental at the beach
Behind shrieking children, waves crashing and teens flirtatiously splashing, Julie Stewert, 51, tended to her own beach romance yesterday.
Witherell golf tournament rescheduled
This time the bitter cold rain won't stop the game. After being canceled in May amid torrential rain storms, the first-ever Nathaniel Witherell Invitational golf tournament has been rescheduled for Monday, July 28, rain or shine, according to Charity Poth, director of development for the Friends of Nathaniel Witherell.
No. 1 in District 1: 13-year old All-Stars come from behind to claim title
The pressure didn't end for Liam O'Neil after he delivered a go-ahead three-run double in the sixth inning of the Greenwich 13-year-old All-Stars' Babe Ruth District 1 final against Stamford.
A decided upgrade over the current facility, the state's new Juvenile Court and Detention Center is finally approaching completion.
We have checked out a book from the Cos Cob Library more times than we can count. We look for it and bring it home again whenever it is available.
Creation of ball field was a benefit for town
To the editor:
I agree wholeheartedly with the views well expressed by Charlene Prisinzano in her recent letter to the editor, commending all those involved - parents and children alike - in constructing the Wiffle ball field on Riverside Lane. I also commend Selectman Lin Lavery for having the courage as acting first selectman to calmly approach the situation and preserve the field.
In addition to creating valuable recreation space for our town's children, much in need as the recent debate over the Cos Cob Power Plant site revealed, the Wiffle ball teens and their parents also should be applauded for having reminded the town about an under-used, but valuable, piece of public pro-perty.
While I'm sure that the neighbors have enjoyed having a nice patch of wilderness in their back yards, it is also true, as Greenwich Time has well covered, that Greenwich lacks affordable housing for teachers, police officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians and other town workers and those who serve the public good. It seems that, if a 1Ú2-acre plot of land in the midst of a residential neighborhood is not suited for a recreation field for Wiffle ball, it could be well used by the Greenwich Housing Authority to build as much affordable housing as possible. A similar plot on River Road in Cos Cob on the Mianus River seems to be able to hold two-to-four nice units.
Using either route, recreation or affordable housing, the whole town should benefit from this wonderful piece of public property. For this, we all owe a debt of gratitude to these industrious and well-motivated teenagers and their supportive parents.
Rick D'Avino
Riverside
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