Kelly Spector, a 6th grade student at the Stanwich School tries on a Medieval gown during an Interactive History lesson on life in the Middle Ages. (Helen Neafsey/Greenwich Time photo)Stanwich students learn about life in the Middle AgesUntil yesterday, Stanwich School student Cooper Robinson thought the hardest part of history class were the quizzes and tests. Full Story
Telling their story
Telling their story Chuck Livingston, Chuck Standard, and Lee Davenport of the Greenwich Retired Men's Association recently spoke to more than 200 students at Greenwich High School about their experiences during World War II. Full Story
GHS students win C-SPAN film contest
After weeks of collecting film clips of honey bee colonies and newsreels on rising food prices and then interviewing leading scientists in the field on colony collapse disorder, Greenwich High School seniors Eliza McNitt and Charles Greene felt ready to complete their documentary for C-SPAN. Full Story
UConn rocks Louisville, clinches title
HARTFORD -- The UConn women's basketball team spent more than two months trying to prove it was the best team in the Big East over the regular season. Full Story
HARTFORD -- The UConn women's basketball team spent more than two months trying to prove it was the best team in the Big East over the regular season. Full Story
P&Z approves mansion
The Planning and Zoning Commission on Tuesday approved a new 21,127-square-foot, neo-classical limestone mansion on a six-home street in the midcountry. Full Story
Declining home values open doors for new buyers in Greenwich
Debra Friedman Last fall, Frank Baratta and his wife looked at houses in Ridgefield and Westport, never contemplating a move to Greenwich. Full Story
Greenwich YMCA Flame reach FCBL finals
The Greenwich YMCA Flame eighth-grade boys travel basketball team advanced to the Fairfield County Basketball League finals with a pair of wins this past weekend. Full Story
The Greenwich YMCA Flame eighth-grade boys travel basketball team advanced to the Fairfield County Basketball League finals with a pair of wins this past weekend. Full Story
Town's snow budget overspent by $400G
In a year when the town perhaps could least afford it, Greenwich has surpassed its snow removal budget by nearly half a million dollars during what has been an unforgiving winter. Full Story
Banks committee passes mandatory foreclosure mediation
HARTFORD -- With support from Gov. M. Jodi Rell, the legislature's banks committee Tuesday passed legislation requiring mandatory participation in the state's new foreclosure mediation program. Full Story
What's Brewing: A toast to Munich
German city whose name means "little monks." The Dominicans, Franciscans, Paulaners and Augustinians in Munich itself, and orders such as the Carmelites who settled outside the city, carried on a rich tradition of beer-making whose joys are especially celebrated during the Lenten season, as late winter turns to spring. Full Story
German city whose name means "little monks." The Dominicans, Franciscans, Paulaners and Augustinians in Munich itself, and orders such as the Carmelites who settled outside the city, carried on a rich tradition of beer-making whose joys are especially celebrated during the Lenten season, as late winter turns to spring. Full Story
Towns receive homeland security funding
Nearly $1 million in federal Department of Homeland Security grants approved for Fairfield County will pay for shelters for pets, mobile emergency kitchens, evacuation plans and other equipment and safety initiatives, officials said. Full Story
Greenwich RTM approves early retirement packages
With a desire to address the town budgetary shortfalls and avoid more layoffs, the Representative Town Meeting approved the retirement incentive package Monday night. Full Story
Networking stressed during downturn
Jeff Roberts likes to talk, particularly when he's telling people about his business. The Stamford resident, sole employee of The Roberts Group, a real estate firm focusing on pre-owned residential property, spends a lot of his time talking business and attending networking sessions with the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, The Soundview Club and the Stamford chapter of Business Network International, exchanging business cards and leads. Full Story
Jeff Roberts likes to talk, particularly when he's telling people about his business. The Stamford resident, sole employee of The Roberts Group, a real estate firm focusing on pre-owned residential property, spends a lot of his time talking business and attending networking sessions with the Stamford Chamber of Commerce, The Soundview Club and the Stamford chapter of Business Network International, exchanging business cards and leads. Full Story
Greenwich to offer lead testing
Town health officials are offering free lead testing to day-care centers, a move that follows a new state requirement that every child under the age of 3 get screened for lead poisoning. Full Story
United Way of Greenwich names new board members
New board members United Way of Greenwich welcomed six new directors at its annual meeting Jan. 22. Frederic Brooks is a member of the Greenwich Planning & Zoning Commission and Nathaniel Witherell's Building Committee. Full Story
State lawmakers back stem-cell reversal
WASHINGTON -- Connecticut lawmakers on Monday praised President Barack Obama's decision to let federal funds be used for embryonic stem cell research. Full Story
Crash prompts Rell to reconsider longer drinking hours
HARTFORD -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell is having second thoughts about a proposal to extend drinking hours at the state's two casinos following a drunken driving death in eastern Connecticut.
Dangerous bill would discriminate against the Catholic Church
The Catholic governance bill is a modern version of persecution of the Catholic Church. The bill is specific only to Roman Catholic corporations. Full Story
The Catholic governance bill is a modern version of persecution of the Catholic Church. The bill is specific only to Roman Catholic corporations. Full Story
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