Greenwich Gets Ready To Batten Down The Hatches: Hurricane Irene is now headed for North Carolina after pummeling Caribbean island nations from the Bahamas to the Dominican Republic, causing some $3.1 billion in damage
Irene more likely to hit Conn.
Chances the state gets hit with its first hurricane in 26 years are increasing.
Photos: Hurricane Irene
Video: Incredible NASA images
Twitter: Irene updates
Glenville FD gets piece of WTC
Glenville's Volunteer Fire Co. will have a very special artifact to unveil for next month's local 9/11 memorial.
Regional Red Cross sets up shop
The Greenwich chapter of the American Red Cross will be the new headquarters for the organization's regional office.
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Tuesday, August 23, 2011
08/23/11 The Greenwich Red Cross Is Taken Over And Will Now Be Known As The American Red Cross Metro New York North Chapter
The Westchester County and Greenwich, Conn., chapters of the American Red Cross are to be combined under a consolidation that officials say will strengthen the organization's emergency response capabilities and make it more efficient.
The merger, announced today, also includes Lower Hudson Valley chapter operations in Rockland, Putnam, Orange and Sullivan counties, which until now had operated as part of the New York City-based Greater New York chapter. The new chapter will be known as the American Red Cross Metro New York North chapter.
The Red Cross say the new structure allows them to better realize efficiencies, particularly in times of disasters, and will further improve their ability to provide help to those in times of need
The Greenwich Red Cross CEO is out and Mary Young has been tapped to lead the newly combined chapter.
The merger includes a 10 percent reduction of paid Red Cross staffers, who were informed earlier in the summer that they would be laid off by Sept. 1........
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