Budget woes, vacancies await Freund
From working with a tight budget and making critical hiring choices, to restoring public confidence in the district and monitoring a high-stakes construction project, Sidney Freund will have his
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Volunteers help to beautify Riverside train station
Jennifer Boone brought her sons along to help plant flowers Saturday morning by the Riverside train station. It may not be at the top of young boys' wish lists, but Zack, 10, Ethan, 8, and Trent, 6,
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Outward Bound sailors make landfall
Greenwich native Catherine Boysen is returning to town Monday. She never imagined she would row part of her journey. "Most people we see think we're crazy," Boysen, 25, said Wednesday about the
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Police blotter
Christina Carrieri, 20, of Port Chester, N.Y., was charged Tuesday afternoon with breach of peace. She was released on a promise to appear.
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Ready for school
By the time he sits down for a job interview, it's a good bet Sidney Freund, Greenwich's incoming schools chief, has already done his homework on the position.
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The Dish
Out there "¦ Sopranos Sunday presented by The Huntington's Disease Society of America takes place at the Hyatt Regency Greenwich on May 31. Along with cocktails, dinner and an auction, there Read More »
Brunswick golf goes airborne to avoid traffic jam
Call them flyboys. In danger of missing the biggest tournament of the year because of a major traffic jam on Interstate 95, several members of the Brunswick School golf team went to new heights this
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Summer sectional to be held in Greenwich
The Connecticut Bridge Association has announced that, for the first time, a sectional tournament will be held in Greenwich this coming summer. The CBA, which is a unit of the American Contract
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Event aims to raise awareness of Sound
Despite living close to one of the busiest waterways in the world, many residents have little interaction with the body of water that caresses Greenwich's shoreline, according to the head of the
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March Officer of the Month and K-9 honored for drug search
When Stamford Police needed assistance during a February drug bust, Greenwich Police Officer Michael Macchia and his K-9 partner, Tyro, were deployed to help search a Stamford house for narcotics.
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In town
Red Cross ball at aircraft hangar The 2009 Red & White Ball -- Give Me Shelter, to benefit the Greenwich Chapter of the American Red Cross, will be held at 6 p.
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