03/12/08 - Greenwich Newswire - News From The Greenwich Post

Cunningham becomes assistant chief

Officials at the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department have promoted T. John Cunningham to the position of assistant fire chief. Assistant Chief Cunningham has been with the department for more than a decade and previously held the positions of lieutenant and captain.

Charity hits the boardwalk

On Friday, April 25, ARC will be holding a benefit at the Hyatt Regency in Old Greenwich.

03/02/08 - News Reports From The Greenwich Citizen

Joe Gianfrancesco, a four-year veteran of the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department, is playing the role of a victim during a cold-water rescue training exercise at Mianus Pond on Sunday.
(GREENWICH CITIZEN photo / Felix Andreoni)

Icy Water Rescue Training Makes Brave Firefighters

By Anne W. Semmes Of The Greenwich Citizen

It's a cold and snowy day and ice covers the nearby waterway, but the family dog sees a goose and takes off in hot pursuit across the ice. Suddenly the ice gives away and "Rover" is in the freezing water, struggling to get a grip on the ice. The owner, hearing the dog's plaintive yelps, starts out tentatively across the ice to lend a hand, but suddenly the ice cracks and the individual falls in as well.

It was for just such a scenario that some 50 volunteer firefighters throughout Greenwich gathered last Sunday morning by the iced-over Mianus Pond, off Loading Dock Road in Riverside, for their annual cold-water rescue training....

Out of the Mouth of Babes

The Board of Selectmen, swayed Monday by mighty oratory from eighth-grader Matthew Van Rhyn of Eastern Middle School, unanimously voted to adopt a resolution to make Greenwich a "Clean Energy Community.