Sheila Keatinge president of the Junior League, is spearheading a fundraising effort to renovate the aging Bruce Park Playground. She stands in the playgound with her son Willy Keatinge, 9, daughter Maggie Keatinge, 11 and friend Katie Carlson, 11.
(Helen Neafsey/Staff photo)
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Selectman Lynn Lavery, a former Junior League president, praised the efforts of the group to renovate Bruce Park playground.
Lavery Says: "In this era of tight budgets, it's wonderful that we have an organization Éthat sees a need and creates a solution"
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"Practically every feature of this playground is going to be for all children, of all abilities," said Sheila Keatinge, president of the Junior League. "Back supports, crawl-in ramps, wide pathways. It's going to be a really exciting experience for them."
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A treehouse-themed jungle gym with an access ramp for children using a walker.
A maze of boxwood trees with pathways accessible by tricycle or wheelchair.
With town approval, the Junior League of Greenwich will hire a contractor by next month to install new equipment for a spring 2009 ribbon-cutting, planners said.
The Representative Town Meeting on Monday approved a request by town parks officials to accept a $600,000 donation from the Junior League to equip the playground with new state-of-the-art amenities.
Fairfield County, state brace for fallout
HARTFORD - Officials and lower Fairfield County residents have long lamented that they send more income and sales taxes to Hartford than they get back.
Support appears to be growing for a measure that would narrow the window of time the town is allowed to borrow money to fund capital projects, with proponents hoping the move will close a back door to increased bonding.
Schools' employees await new contract
By Colin Gustafson Staff Writer
After settling disputes over wages and benefits, the Board of Education and the Public Service Employees Local 136 expect a new contract for teachers' assistants and school security guards to coast to final approval this month.
Winning a championship is never easy on the high school level. Defending a title may be the only feat that is more difficult because there is so much change from one season to next.
It's going to take some time for the aftershocks of the Wall Street earthquake to settle down and allow all of us to gauge the full impact. What we do know is the tremors will shake Fairfield County something terrible.
NEW YORK - Wall Street plunged again Wednesday, with anxieties about the financial system still running high even after the government bailed out the insurer American International Group Inc.
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