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Farmers Markets are Perfect Summer Stop

By Julia Lucey

With many local businesses now up and running, a great way to show support for our Connecticut based vendors is by visiting the town’s farmer’s markets and farm stands. Greenwich has two weekly markets: the Greenwich Farmers Market and the Old Greenwich Farmers Markets and plenty of farm stands including Versailles Farm -- each is a welcoming spot to enjoy a beautiful summer’s day while getting some grocery shopping done in the process.

Products are almost always locally grown and produced, something you just can’t find at a conventional supermarket! Not only that, but these farmer’s markets provide an experience beyond simply shopping for food -- they’re a lively

fresh produce and other goods to the community for over 30 seasons. The Greenwich Farmers Market can be found at the Horseneck Lane Commuter Lot (2 Horseneck Lane) on Saturdays from 9:30 am to 1 pm. Free parking is available during market hours.

There is a wide range of vendor s t hat c ome to s et up their tents and sell their goods e a c h we e k . It wou l d n’t b e a farmer’s market without locally grown fruits and vegetables, of course, and the market is well equipped w ith both. Farming 101 f r om New tow n , C T s e l l s beautif u l heirloom tomatoes, while Riverbank Farm, a farm based in Roxbury, CT, supplies an impressive selection of organic and fun way to interact with and First is the Greenwich Farmers vegetables, from carrots to kale, support the community.

Market, which has been providing zucchini to squash, and so

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Any demand can be stated as a request. The problem is, most of us wait too long to make our wishes known, hoping that the other person will intuit our requests. Partners aren’t mind readers. Neither are roommates. It’s important to communicate our requests before resentment builds up.

It’s easier to choose the right words and tone of voice when we’re not angry. Otherwise, out comes our wagging finger, our sharp tongue, or maybe even a verbal hammer.

It’s also important to find out the other person’s preferred form of communication. One person might prefer a written list; another person might perceive such a list as nagging.

When our partner experiences us as an angry, critical authority figure instead of a peer with a sincere request for help, we usually get nowhere. Our partner’s perception is reality regardless of our intent. Open palms have a higher hit-ratio than wagging fingers.

Sophia learned how to distinguish whether her partner, Scott, saw a wagging finger or an open palm by carefully observing his body movements as she made her requests. Scott moved toward her open palm and away from her wagging finger. She started over when she sensed Scott moving away.

Greenwich resident Jill Woolworth is author of the book, The Waterwheel available locally at Diane's Books or at Amazon.

many more stunning choices. Also on the vegetable front is Two Guys from Woodbridge, who specialize in salad greens, herbs, shoots, microgreens, and edible flowers to be put together for creative salad mixes. If you’re a mushroom fan, check out Seacoast Mushrooms grown in Mystic, CT. For fresh fruits, check out Woodland Farm (Glastonbury, CT) for gorgeous peaches, plu ms, blueber r ies, raspberries, and other delicious fruit choices.

The farmer’s market is also a great spot to find some farm fresh meat -- be it beef, chicken, or fish, the Greenwich Farmer’s Market has an option for you. The Four Mile River Farm, based in Old Lyme, CT, has a selection of beef and pork to offer, as well a list of

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D’Angelo Family's Fun Outdoor Lunch with Police Dept.

By Liz Leamy This past Sunday, Michael and Valerie D’Angelo, longtime residents of Hillcrest Park in Old Greenwich, showed their appreciation of the role, commitment, and efforts of the Greenwich Police Department by providing some tasty fare from Anthony’s New York Hot Dogs and More food truck for the Department’s members and employees.

This fun and memorable event, held from noon to 2 p.m. in front of the Greenwich Police Department (GPD) headquarters drew more than 60 of the town’s finest, who enjoyed chili cheese hot dogs, hamburgers, french fries, soda, sparkling water and more on a sunny July day.

A friendly, warm, and welcoming contingent of members of the GPD on hand spent time enjoying their lunch and chatting with everyone on hand, including Valerie and Michael D’Angelo, their 13 year-old son, Michael John and all the other individuals who stopped by to enjoy the fare and show their appreciation for the efforts and role of the GPD here in town.

The D’Angelos were delighted to be able to provide a show of support and appreciation for the GPD. “We did this simply to show our appreciation for all of the efforts and labors of the police force,” said Michael D’Angelo, who grew up in Greenwich and is a Greenwich High School graduate, class of 1985. “I have seen for far too long too many people, not only in our town, but in our country enjoying the freedom, safety, and security provided by our great police and military that is taken for granted, and we simply wanted to take action to let our great Greenwich Police force know how much we personally care. Our hope is to truly inspire many others to show

appreciation in any way possible.”

D’Angelo’s wife, Valerie, agreed. “We’re just very grateful for everyone on the Greenwich Police force and for all of their service.”

“We wanted to show our support and appreciation for everyone involved with the Greenwich Police Department,” she added, “and hope this also brings greater awareness as to how much we need their protection.”

The D’Angelo’s son, Michael John was also very happy to have been involved with the event. “I love the police and am so grateful for them.”

Michael John Jr. will be starting eighth grade this fall at Eastern Middle School and plays football for the Greenwich Youth Football League’s North Mianus Bulldogs. “They do so much for our town.”

Anthony Romeo, owner and proprietor of Anthony’s Hot Dogs and More, has three locations in Westchester as well as the mobile truck. He said it had been a nice event. "I feel so protected."

According to Romeo, some of the most popular items of the day included chili dogs, hamburgers, and fries.

Ashley Laurenco, a Greenwich resident on hand was thrilled to have had the opportunity to say thank you to the GPD. “I was so happy to be here," she said, "the Greenwich Police Department is great. The police officers are always welcoming, and I feel they really care and look out for us,” said Laurenco. “I also think it’s important for our first responders to know they are supported by the people who they help protect and keep safe.”

It was an uplifting event, showing how fortunate the town is to have a dedicated group of individuals who help to protect and serve the community on a daily basis.

COVID, Transformations, and Loving Greenwich Retiring Norman Roth reflects on six years as President & CEO of Greenwich Hospital

By Anne W. Semmes Norman Roth steps down on October 2, as president and CEO of Greenwich Hospital, with Diane P. Kelly, formerly COO, already in place as his successor.

Roth has one regret he expresses, “I wish the opportunity to come to Greenwich had come much earlier than it did in my

respect for Roth that he has for the town.

“Norman Roth is undoubtedly one of the finest professional healthcare executives i n t he ent i re system,” accord i ng to former State Senator Scott Frantz. “What Norman Roth has done with Greenwich Hospit a l over t he ye a rs, e sp e c ia l ly during this very difficult time, is truly remarkable.”

“What an incredible community Greenwich is. Its 63,000 residents - and I’ve gotten to know a fair number of them - are just the most caring, kind, supportive community I've ever seen. It’s a wonderful town.”

Norman Roth, President and CEO of Greenwich Hospital

describes as an academic-medical center facility with advanced services. He also shepherded it and its 1,850 employees in career, because it is such an amazing In his six years, f irst as COO, then a peak time of COVID-19 crisis. “From place.” president and CEO in 2015, Roth worked April to today we’ve treated 700 COVID-19 Many in Greenwich feel the same to transform the Hospital into what he positive patients,” he reports.

“ We s aw 8 6 employe e s cont rac t the virus,” he tells. “Fortunately, all 86 wound up doing well. But they were out for a considerable period of time and in some cases their family members also

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Proposed Legislation Targets Town Police Officers

By Anne White Greenwich’s police force faces new challenges if proposed state legislation passes. According to police officers, in its current form the legislation would result in an exodus from the force throughout Connecticut. Some estimates are that up to 40 percent of Connecticut’s police officers would be unable or unwilling to remain.

A bill proposed by the Democratic

leadership in Hartford that quickly made its way through the Connecticut state legislature titled “LCO no. 3471 – An Act Concerning Police Accountability,” makes numerous changes to existing law regarding police oversight and personal liability.

According to sources, homeowners and individuals requiring police assistance may find the remaining officers less willing, or even unwilling, to intervene because the

proposed law would make them personally liable and vulnerable to being sued. This would mean police off icers could lose everything they and their families own unless they have purchased a new kind of personal liability insurance to protect themselves.

The past, present and future presidents of the Connecticut Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) have unanimously voiced their

objections to the provision in the bill which removes “qualified immunity.” Qualified immunity is partial protection from lawsuits for incidents related to an officer carrying out his professional responsibilities. If, for instance, an officer pulls over a car for reckless driving and the subsequent ticket is thrown out in court, then the driver can sue the officer for damages.

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The COVID Cooking Craze

By Zilana Lee During Covid-19, flour millers and g rocer y retailers were u nprepa red for the d ra matic increase in demand for f lour by consumers. There have been shortages of supply around the country due, for the most part, to the fact that the food system is not eq uipped to ha nd le so much at-h om e b a k i n g . Mo s t f lour sales have traditionally been to commercial bakers or restaurants. The question is, why have Americans become such enthusiastic bakers?

Many different explanations have been suggested and terms s u c h a s “a n x i e t y b a k i n g ,” “s t r e s s b a k i n g ,” a n d e ve n “procrastibaking” are becoming t h e n o r m . S o m e p s yc h i a t r y professionals express the view that baking is “mindful,” paying attention to yourself in the moment and can have an emotional impact similar to meditation or breathing exercises. Others suggest it gives people a sense of control and stabilization, that there’s a certain reliabilit y to it. Some people are using cooking as a way to communicate and stay connected during this period, and others are finding great satisfaction and pleasure in cooking for neighbors and those that can’t manage to do this for themselves.

It tu r ns out t hat t h is is a phenomenon not just happening in the United States. It’s occurring around the world. In countries l i ke C h i n a a n d S out h K o r e a “quarantine cooking” is a popular way to describe the numerous o n l i n e c o o k i n g l e s s o n s t h at people are actively following, sharing the results of their endeavors and communicating about success and ideas with respect to the recipes. In Europe, consumers are focused on “selfprotection,” seeking everything from immunity-boosting products to comfort foods, but in general, looking for ways to protect their bodies and minds during this time. Interestingly, however, sales of flour and yeast are up, as in the U.S., with people experimenting with bread baking for the f irst time.

As with everything, multiple reasons have been posited for the surge in bread baking. In the U.S., an interesting phenomena has occurred around Sourdough Starters. There are Instagram Sourdoug h work shops, and Sourdough Starter discussions are being had by young and old alike.

Again, a variety of explanations have been given for this. Because of demand, yeast was in short supply early on, and unlike other types of bread, sourdough doesn’t require dry yeast. Sourdough starter simply requires f lour and water, and can be used to make pizza dough, pretzels, and pa nca kes. Sou rdoug h a lso is considered to be healthier than other types of bread because the sourdough starter unlocks the nutrients in wheat. It breaks down the phytic acid naturally found in wheat, allowing us to absorb more of wheat’s vitamins and minerals.

“It has this sort of San Francisco-West Coast feel where sourdough is so popular out there and it’s made popular because of the bakeries that specialize in sourdough,” said Alexander Lee, a Stamford resident. “I think the most important thing about it is that the internet in quarantine has allowed me to watch people doing this and to read about people doing this. Information was so accessible that I could do something I didn’t know how to before and I had the time to do it. Sourdough takes a couple weeks to get really right and dialed in, and then you have to start baking.”

The King Arthur Flour Company, American supplier of f lour, has a trending Sourdough

stir to combine. Cover the bowl and allow it to rest overnight at room temperature.

Step 2: When you are ready to cook, whisk the egg, melted butter or oil and the vanilla extract together in a small bowl, then add the rested sponge. Add the salt and the baking soda to the batter and mix to combine.

Step 3: Pour some of the batter onto a preheated greased waffle iron and cook until the waffle is brown and crisp, then repeat.

Or use a small ladle to create pancakes on a preheated oiled pan or griddle, flipping them when they are well browned on the bottom. Serve immediately.

If you are interested in trying

Many different explanations have been suggested and terms such as “anxiety baking,” “stress baking,” and even “procrastibaking” are becoming the norm. page on their website. The company has tutorials for making the perfect Sourdough Starter with exact ratios, a glossary of various baking terms, recommendations for what tools to use, and FAQs. Lee shared, “I just redid my [Sourdough] Starter a couple of days ago to practice with all of the improvements I’ve learned… this was a fairly easy accessible entry point to something that had a really cool reward to something that everyone loves which is bread and everyone loves bread.”

If you want to try a five-star recipe using sourdough starter, here’s one you might enjoy.

Sourdough Pancake or Waffle Batter (courtesy of The New York Times Cooking)

a new dessert dish while taking advantage of the fruit that’s in season, try this recipe.

Authentic British Apple Crumble Recipe (courtesy of Tea & Sympathy, NYC) This is probably the most commonly eaten pudding in England because it’s inexpensive, easy, and quick to put together. You can add a few blackberries, and instead of apples you can use pitted, apricots, plums or peaches.

Serves 4-6 For the filling: 1 ½ lbs granny smith apples 2 tablespoons sugar ¼ teaspoon cinnamon 1/3 cup water For the crumble topping: ½ cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar ¾ cup all-purpose flour ¼ cup plus 1 tablespoon butter

This recipe uses sourdough starter as the base of a pancake or waff le batter that ferments overnight to create a f lavorful breakfast.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F Serves: 4 For filling, combine apples, sugar Time: 15 mins, plus overnight rest and spice in an 8x8 inch square or For the overnight sponge, or base: round buttered baking dish. Add 1 cup/240 grams sourdough the water starter “unfed” 1 cup/224 grams buttermilk For the topping, mix the sugar and 1 cup/120 grams all-purpose flour flour and rub in the butter until it 1 tablespoon/13 grams light brown resembles bread crumbs. sugar For the batter: Cover the apples evenly with 1 large egg the crumble mixture. Bake, ¼ cup melted unsalted butter uncovered, for 1-1/2 hours until the ½ teaspoon vanilla extract topping is golden brown. ½ teaspoon/3 grams kosher salt 1 teaspoon/6 grams baking soda It’s delicious when served warm Step 1: Put the sourdough starter with ice cream, although the British in a large bowl and add the tend to eat crumble with warm buttermilk, flour and sugar, then custard or heavy cream.

By Anne White The Greenwich Sentinel is fo r t u n a te to h a v e a n u m b e r of local residents generously contribute their time and talent in support of our weekly newspaper.

The Sentinel sat down recently with Dan FitzPatrick, a regular columnist and member of our editorial board.

Sentinel: Is there a general theme to your writings?

FitzPatrick: Not in terms of subject matter, but maybe in terms of treatment. If I had to come up with a description, it would probably be “commonsense cultural commentary.”

I write about topics that interest me. Sometimes I write columns about politics and the breakdown of civility, which usually show up in the op-ed section of the paper. Sometimes the topics relate to philosophy or faith, which usually run in the religion section. Editorials tend to be very Greenwich-specific.

At all times I tr y to be thoughtful and thoughprovoking without being mean, rude, partisan or offensive. It is very challenging these days to make a substantive point, to take a stand, to have something wor t hwh i le to say, w it hout running the risk of offending someone. It ’s an ar t, and I keep trying to get better at it.

One thing about writing for a newspaper: you’re sure to get feedback!

It is very challenging these days to make a substantive point, to take a stand, to have something worthwhile to say, without running the risk of offending someone. It’s an art, and I keep trying to get better at it.

One thing about writing for a newspaper: you’re sure to get feedback!

Sentinel: Dan, how long have you lived in Greenwich?

FitzPatrick: My wife Helen and I moved our family here from Darien in 1996, but Helen grew up in Greenwich from the age of three. We actually live just a few houses down from her childhood home, where her mother still lives today. That was a major factor in Sentinel: Can you give us our decision to relocate. a sense of your early life and Dan FitzPatrick, pictured above giving a speech on corporate governance, is the owner Sentinel: What got you into career? of Northway Wealth Management, a regular writer for the Greenwich Sentinel, and F it z Pat r ick : I g rew up writing? member of the Sentinel Editorial board.

F i t z P a t r i c k : W r i t i n g in Plattsburgh, New York, a has long been part of what I small upstate tow n close to do. In law school I was editor- the Canadian border on Lake and when the opportunity arose t h e n m ov e d u p t o r u n t h e BN Y Mel lon, ser ve d on t he i n- c h i e f o f T h e Va n d e r b i l t Champlain. I attended local to join Morgan, I jumped at it.

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experience running the business of fiduciary administration and managing the risks inherent in being a trustee or executor. I also advise law and investment firms that either engage in those activities or wish to start doing so. In addition, I’ve served on a number of occasions as an expert w itness on f iduciar y matters in federal and state court litigation, and as a mediator helping to resolve differences bet ween tr ustees a nd tr ust beneficiaries.

Sentinel: Any local boards?

FitzPatrick: I’ve served si nce 2 00 4 on t he b oa rd of Greenwich Emergency Medical S er v ices, I nc., a wonder f u l organization now celebrating its 34th anniversary serving our town’s emergency medical transport needs. I also serve as chair of the St. Roch Parish finance advisory committee.

Sentinel: W ho has had the most inf luence on the development of your writing style?

FitzPatrick: Peggy Noonan and C. S. L ew is. They have different styles and focus on very different topics, but they both have tremendous insights and the ability to engage their audience and communicate their interesting points of view in a very accessible way. I probably channel Noonan when writing about politics and Lewis when dealing with philosophy and faith. Of the two, I most admire Lewis because of the depth of his insights into human nature and the divine.

Sentinel: Would you ever write a book?

F it zPatrick: Perhaps.

Every person of Irish descent believes that they have the “gift of gab” and a solemn duty to share that gift with the world, whether the world wants it or not. Luckily, I have a very big family, so if I do write a book, I’ll be guaranteed at least a few sales!

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Sandboxx Switches Up Focus to Cope with COVID

It’s no accident that the company’s name, Sandboxx, is spelled with two x’s.

After serving in the Marine Corps and working in hedge funds, Sandboxx Co-founder and CEO Sam Meek was pondering what he should name the company — a start-up designed to build features and content for the U.S. Armed Forces members in their military career — in 2012, alongside other co-founders.

Meek said the name stood out at him because — as the company was being designed to help recruits early on in their careers — as he realized enrolling in basic training, albeit vastly different in rigor and purpose, was similar to children learning in a toy sandbox. Meek created the company’s name by adding an extra “x” to the word sandbox to symbolize both of those training environments.

“We started asking people what [does] a sandbox mean to you. Most people that haven't been in the military will say, ‘It's the place that I learned how to share the Tonka truck and play in the sand, and learn a lot about myself and my early childhood values, and how I interacted with others,’” Meek said.

“You go from that f irst sandbox, when you're a young kid, learning how to play and share, and then go to the second sandbox in the military, where again you learn how to play and share,” he later said. “It's just the stakes are a little different.”

W hat b e g a n out of a hou s e on Greenwich’s Deerfield Drive, the military communications company now has its office near the Pentagon. It has delivered nearly 4.5 million letters to recruits in basic training — the company’s primary service. Out of the 250,000 recruits who enter basic training every year, Meek said, over 60% will use Sandboxx’s services and other products.

However, the company adjusted its business focus in light of the COVID-19 pa ndem ic, focusi ng on shor t-ter m revenue g row th and ex per imenta l products instead of long-term engagement of feature development.

Thanks to its ef forts, the company hasn’t furloughed any employees since implementing a remote workplace model.

“I guess the biggest issue is that we just miss being around each other because we've got such a great culture, and the team is really, really tight,” Meek said.

Switching tactics During the first business quarter of 2020, Meek said Sandboxx’s revenue increased by 71% as families and loved ones, unable to attend basic training g raduation ceremonies, sent more letters and gift cards (the latter through a partnership between Sandboxx and a military resale provider, called the Exchange) to their recruits.

Howeve r, t he c omp a ny ’s s a le s decreased in the second quarter as the Department of Defense began to send fewer recruits to basic training thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, Meek said.

In response, Sandboxx launched

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“I attribute a lot of the success that I've had because of my time in the Marine Corps, and being able to see how other leaders persevere and did the most with the least amount of resources,” Meek said.

So, this fall, we are going to do things differently; maybe that is the one certainty. It may be hard to plan. We may have little control over the outcome, but maybe that isn’t so different after all.

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Members of the Sandboxx team pose for a picture in 2018. an experimental store online, offering apparel, gifts and letter stationery kits for recruits in basic training and their loved ones to help generate more revenue.

Sandbox x also created “The Dispatch,” a weekly newsletter to provide military news, educational readings, and coverage of current events and entertainment news, which is available through the store.

The store also sells a subscription to the “Daily Drive,” a motivational care package featuring motivational quotes from the bible or famous historical figures with accompanying photos of friends and family.

T he stor e h a s b e e n i nc r e d i bly effective at generating revenue, Meek said, adding the monthly store revenue has increased close to 1900% since its inception, from $2,000 per month to nearly $40,000 per month currently.

Meek said its profitability came from meeting customer's needs for military products, some of whom couldn't attend their loved one's basic training graduation ceremony.

The business also of fers travel agency services and updates on recruits’ s c h e du l e s du r i n g b a s i c t r a i n i n g .

Sandboxx also publishes an array of news coverage and blog posts about military affairs, lifestyle, history, and career information.

However, Meek said the lion’s share of the company’s businesses comes from sending delivering letters. Customers write out a letter on their phone or computer, attach a picture and then Sandboxx prints the letter and ships it with next day delivery. Customers can track their letters. Once received, recruits also receive accompanying stationery and a pre-addressed return envelope with a letter to write back to the sender.

Sa nd box x delivers a ny where between 5,000 to 15,000 letters a day, Meek said.

Tim Gindrup used Sandboxx to send letters every day to his youngest son while he attended basic training at Fort Jackson and to his eldest son at Lackland Air Force Base beforehand. Gindrup

contracted the disease.”

Roth found the outpouring of community support for the employees of Greenwich Hospital throughout the COVID-19 crisis “amazing and unbelievable.”

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said he liked the company’s ease-of-use, ubiquity across platforms and next-day delivery service.

“I never had a problem with them at all,” Gindrup said. “If you know a letter doesn't show the right status or whatever, you can click on the little help icon. And sometimes it's immediate, sometimes you have to wait an hour or so, but they always get back to you.”

Annette Foulkes used Sandboxx to deliver letters to her son while he attended basic training at Parris Island.

Foulkes said she appreciated Sandboxx’s notifications about her son’s schedule in basic training as well as their news articles and blog posts.

“As a parent, trying to get as much information as they could, but didn't get as much as they should have, Sandboxx gave me an idea of what to expect, [and of ] what my son was going through,” Foulkes said.

Building Sandboxx Meek enrolled in the U.S. Marine Corps immediately after high school in 2002, following the 9/11 attacks. He served on two tours in Iraq in 2004 and 2006 and eventually became a Sergeant of Marines the following year before an injury — severe, non-combat burns on his arms — prompted him to leave the Corps.

Meek began a career on Wall Street later that year, eventually becoming the Vice President of Business Development for the hedge fund WR Platform Advisors in late 2009. Meek f irst got his start after meeting a company executive while caddying at a country club in Westchester, New York.

When it was based out of Greenwich in its earlier years, Meek said the company struggled to raise funds as a start-up, and he and other long-time employees sometimes didn’t receive a paycheck to keep other employees paid.

At one point, Meek asked his mother to invest in the company to help keep its doors open.

However, Me ek s a id S a nd b ox x greatly benefitted from its proximity to Greenwich’s business advisors and

With that community support has come a $500,000 donation f rom the O’Malley Fam ily Foundation, now the Hospital’s COVID-19 Employee Disaster Relief Fund. Those funds he says will “help support employees who have faced f inancial ha rdsh ips as a resu lt of the COVID crisis.”

“That half million dollars is an incredible amount,” he adds. He sees it as quite unique, having worked 41 years of his life for Yale New Haven Health (YNHH).

He cites the vital part that Y NHH system played in this COVID-19 crisis. “Greenwich w a s r e a l ly t he epic e nte r i n Con ne c t ic ut e a rly on a s we were so close to New York. At our peak we had 1 26 COV ID positive inpatients in Greenwich Hospital. And 28 were in the ICU level of care, and it really pushed us to the limit – our staff was amazing.” But more help was needed, so most welcomed were an additional 1 20 staf f from YNHH member hospitals: Bridgeport, Yale New Haven, and Lawrence + Memorial.

“Yale-New Haven sent us ventilators, and started taking ICU patients, the sickest of the sick to help relieve some of the pressure on Greenwich. Because we’re part of a huge organization we had strong supplies [face mask s, gow n s, a nd sh ields] available throughout the COVID pro ce ss. I f we wer e ju st a n independent 206-bed hospital we would have struggled w it h c a r i ng for pat ients. O f course, with all the wonderful, spectacular physicians we had in Greenwich they were able to talk with their colleagues across the entire YNH Health system for the best ways, the evolving ways to treat the patients.”

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An example shot outlying the contents of a letter. Sandboxx makes the majority of its revenue delivering letters between recruits in basic training and their loved ones.

I love a good summer storm. At the end of a hot and humid day, the scattered clouds start to thicken and darken, and the still air begins to move gently at first, and then with a little more force. From our back porch, we can often watch the shift in light and feel the change in the air. Sometimes the assault is quick, and sometimes it lingers, tearing loose limbs from the trees, bringing heavy rains that pool on the driveway and weigh down the season’s blooms. Lightning strikes in the distance followed by thunderous booms. I love to go to sleep with the world still charging outside and wake up to the calm, the rising sun, and the clock radio flickering on the bedside table.

We are in the midst of a storm this summer, and yet the freshness that comes with the wash of light seems so far away. The branches strewn in the backyard are begging to be picked up. We have been at this a while; we have held the cup half full, invested in brightcolored masks, and celebrated the silver linings.

In March, when we first moved home, I remember thinking that, come summer, all will be well.

We made summer plans. And yet,

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From Page 1 A women reads over a letter handled by Sandboxx.

wealthy investors. Meek said his time in the Marines — with its emphasis on accomplishing a given mission through sheer grit and creative problem-solving — prepared him well for launching Sandboxx.

“I attribute a lot of the [entrepreneurial] success that I've had because of my time in the Marine Corps, and being able to see how other leaders persevere and did the most with the least amount of resources,” Meek said.

In the future, Meek said Sandboxx is looking to expand its operations to

This is where Roth’s vision for Greenwich Hospital to be an academic-medical center facility with advanced services comes into focus. “Not on the same level as Yale New Haven Hospital,” he s ays , “ but clo s e , s o t hat Greenwich and the surrounding communities can have access to the latest and best technologies, services, and Yale Medicine and faculty practicing at Greenwich.”

Hence the expansion of Greenwich Hospital to the 500 West Putnam site where, “We have signif icantly grown the cardiolog y there and all the ca rd iolog ists a re i nteg rated with Yale Medicine,” he says, w i t h s o m e Ya l e M e d i c i n e cardiologists practicing part-time in New Haven, and part time in Greenwich. And at 55 Holly Hill is found Yale Neurology and Yale Urology, and soon to have Yale Ophthalmology.

For the Greenwich Hospital campus Roth had secured from Y N H H a $160 m i l lion dol la r “clinical growth plan” to include converting all Hospital rooms to be “100 percent private rooms,” now pushed forward to realizing in early 2022 due to COVID-19 delays. Already implemented is a pediatric emergency department program partnered with Yale New Haven Children's Hospital. “ We n o w h a v e y o u n g a n d infant children emergency Yale physicians working at Greenwich Hospital, and seeing the kids who come to the emergency department,” he says.

Perhaps the largest Roth footprint on the Hospital campus will be the proposed Smilow Ca ncer Center to be located across the street, on the corner of Lake Avenue and Lafayette.

“Yale New Haven Health has committed $70 million to help build a new cancer center,” he

encompass recruits’ second year of service by helping recruits manage their military careers and update them on pertinent military information, such as the proper way to wear ribbons on their uniforms.

“I miss the Marine Corps every day.

The Marine Corps has a very special place in my heart,” Meek said. “The reason why I feel like I still get to scratch that itch of service and being in the Marine Corps is because of Sandboxx.

My purpose is still driven around service and service to our nation.”

sha res, “a nd last week t hey reaff irmed that commitment.”

Additional fund raising will be needed, but also P&Z approval.

A continuation of the zoning discussion of the design of the Cancer Center has been pushed forward six months.

“We were scheduled to open the Center in October of 2022 but now it will likely be the middle of 2023,” says a hopeful Roth. A more sizeable Smilow Cancer Center built at Yale New Haven that he presided over opened its doors in 2009.

Fo r m e r F i r s t S e l e c t m a n Peter Tesei had enjoyed working alongside Roth, he says, and seeing his ongoing ef forts in expanding Greenwich Hospital on West Putnam as well as on Lake Avenue with the Cancer Center plan. Roth’s efforts were effectively, Tesei says, “providing care to a broader community including Westchester County.”

Roth is especially pleased to see a new service take root in the Hospital as a part of his clinical growth plan, to treat those with strokes. “Both my parents died of strokes,” he tells. “We’ve created t he neu r o s c ienc e s pr o g ra m and recruited Dr. Akli Zetchi fulltime from the Yale Medicine Department of Neurosurgery who is able to do mechanical stroke thrombectomies making us one of the few places with that level of technology. And it's truly lifesaving. Dr. Zetchi is able to insert a catheter and go up into your brain and grab the clot and pull the clot out, thereby restoring blood flow.”

Here, Roth points again to the generous Greenwich community for br ing ing suppor t to that neuroscience program. “Within two years we were able to go from concept to implementation, with support from the Wallace

Family Foundation in Greenwich, the Yale School of Medicine, and Yale New Haven Health.”

Over the years with YNHH Roth has seen the advantages the Health System prov ides. “ W hat we a r e ex p er ienc i ng i n G r e e n w i c h i n g r ow t h i s pretty unique because of the relationship between Greenwich Hospital and Yale New Haven Health.” He lists the f ive-plus hospitals that are now part of that Health system. “What it enables these hospitals as part of a large system is to reduce their overhead of running an independent hospital.”

E a s y t o s e e h o w R o t h’s legacy might be found in that footprint he leaves behind. With the addition of a Smilow Cancer Center, and the conversion of the Hospital’s private rooms, he c ome s up w it h , “a b out 1,250,000 square feet of health care buildings.” But he favors a different legacy, his role in “strengthening the culture of Greenwich Hospital.”

“Being the k ind of leader that employees felt connected to,” he says, “has always been really important to me. Working with the Greenwich Hospital sta f f, the med ica l sta f f, a nd Board of Trustees has been an extraordinary high point. The culture is so strongly committed to patient care, of putting patients and families f irst in a strong healing atmosphere within the culture.”

But he’d like to add, “What an incredible community Greenwich is. Its 63,000 residents - and I’ve gotten to know a fair number of them are just the most caring, kind, supportive community I've ever seen. It’s a wonderful town.”.

other prepared foods, like chili and sausages, made exclusively from their beef and pork products. In addition, Sankow’s Beaver Brook Farm (Old Lyme, CT) is ready to provide you with your lamb and chicken needs, as well as remarkable cheeses and a number of prepared foods.

For seafood products, the Local Catch from Narragansett, RI sells shellf ish such as scallops and oysters, as well as fish such as tuna, halibut, and more.

Moreover, keep an eye out for a variety of other tents selling other unique and local produces.

The Herb Basket, for instance, makes different jams, jellies, and more out of Connecticutgrown produce, and Moorefield Herb Farm, from Trumbull, CT, provides herbs, succulents, and other beautiful plants. Lebanon, CT’s Sugar Maple Farm brings maple products, numerous honey products, as well as horseradish to the market, as well! For a full list of vendors and their contact info, visit greenwichfarmersmarketct. com.

To m a k e y o u r s h o p p i n g experience as seamless as possible, a selection of vendors are also offering a preordering option via the market’s website. Vendors participating in the preorder

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here it is July, and the pandemic continues to rage throughout our country. Now, when I look towards the fall, I do so with questions. I want answers.

I am a planner. I start my day with one of these questions: W h a t ’s t h e p l a n? W h a t ’s your plan? What’s our plan this weekend? Do you have a plan? Do you want me to make a plan?

You get the picture. I f ind safety in a secure plan; it allows me to anticipate, it makes me feel organized, I know what and who to expect, and it gives me a sense of control. I do not do spontaneity well.

But today when I look forward, I do so with trepidation.

Will the kids be back in school, in pods, in masks, sitting six feet away from each other? Will we be able to return to our place of work? Visit our parents in assisted living without putting them at risk? Dine inside when the air gets cool? Have a beer at a bar? Travel to another country for pleasu re? Will we wait anxiously for a new outbreak, like a teenager scrutinizing his or her skin?

And the inability to plan for me is unsettling. And yet, when I look back on my life, I recognize that many of my plans were never realized. I did not become a rock star with my best friend (my older sister was going to be our driver). I did not go to college in New Haven.

I did not play professional tennis.

I did not marry my first crush. I

did not move to San Francisco. I had planned for each accordingly, but I actually had little control of the outcome. The truth is I didn’t sing well. I wasn’t smart enough.

I wasn’t good enough. He wasn’t good enough. And I never left my hometown because I fell in love.

So, this fall, we are going to do things differently; maybe that is the one certainty. It may be hard to plan. We may have little control over the outcome, but maybe that isn’t so different after all.

There is this wonderful piece that someone sent to me when we were caring for our sick son. It’s called Welcome to Holland and it is brilliant; I wish I had written it.

The words were perfect for that time in my life, but also appropriate for the way I am feeling right now. I won’t include it in its entirety here, but if you get the chance, Google it.

In Welcome to Holland, the author, Emily Perl Kingsley, speaks of a journey, an amazing trip she has planned to Italy. She has packed for Italy. She is excited about pasta and gelato. She has learned some Italian phrases. But when her plane lands, the f light attendant announces, “Welcome to Holland. “ Holland isn’t bad, it’s just not what she had planned for. And it can be painful, the loss of a dream, but Kingsley says, “if you spend your whole time mourning the fact that you are not in Italy, you w i l l m iss t he wonder f u l things about Holland.”

Kingsley uses the analogy to

help us understand what it’s like to raise a child with special needs, but as I look into the fall - the fall I want, and the fall I want to plan for - I realize that this too, is a “Welcome to Holland” moment.

I am married to a pilot and a sailor and because of his passions a nd h is propensit y to like to anticipate, his phone is equipped with every conceivable weather app. And yet, not often, but on occasion, we have been caught off guard. It has hailed boulders when the apps indicated sun, and it has been sunny when the apps predicted precipitation. We have gone on vacation, only to be evacuated a few days later due to a hurricane. Forecasts, like best-laid plans, can be wrong.

Eventually, the storm will subside, though it may not be this fall and it may not even be this winter. We may coast in the eye for a while, only to have galeforce winds return, before we can assess the damage and clear the debris. We have encountered storms before and know that the control we seek is often out of our reach and yet, we endured. And we will again. We will ride it out in the warmth of our loved ones huddled beneath a blanket or, better yet, we will learn that: “Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain.” Viviene Greeney.

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process include: The Herb Basket, Two Guys from Woodbridge, Four Mile River Farm, Farming 101, and Moorefield Herb Farm.

In response to Covid-19, the market does currently have a few regulations in place to ensure customers and vendors can enjoy a safe shopping experience. First, it is asked that only 2 family members enter the market at a time. In addition, masks are required while at the market and customers should practice safe social distancing. There is a clearly marked entrance and exit so traffic f lows in one direction through the market.

A not her ma rket to pay a visit to this summer is the Old Greenw ich Farmer’s Market, which operates every Wednesday from 2:30 to 6 pm in the parking lot of Living Hope Community Church (38 West End Avenue).

Open for its 10th season this summer, the OG Farmer’s Market s e l l s e xc lu s i ve l y C T g r ow n products, giving you the perfect opportunity to shop and support local businesses!

Upon entering the market, you’ll f ind yourself in a lively, charming environment, with sounds of music playing and customers and vendors chatting f illing the air. Vendors’ tents fill the back end of the parking lot directly next to the church’s back yard. While you’ll see a little bit of overlap in OG and Greenwich market vendors, the

selections vary largely, so your trip to each market will surely prov ide you w ith a dif ferent experience and a wide range of choices! While vendors are subject to change and may not b e ex ac t ly a l i ke e ach we ek , here are a number of options yo u m a y s e e w h e n v i s i t i n g the market (a complete list of vendors can be found online at oldgreenwichfarmersmarket. com).

You’ll see Riverbank Farm at this market once again with their selection of organic vegetables grown in Roxbury, CT, as well as Woodland Farms and their beautiful fruits! Also supplying wonderfully fresh fruits and veggies to the market is Smith’s Acres, based in Niantic, CT. If you’re looking for some desserts, the OG Farmer’s Market is well equipped to satisfy your sweet tooth. One vendor to check out is Silvia’s Kitchen -- they bake an array of desserts from scratch, from cookies to cakes and many Latin-American inspired treats, including alfajores, brigadeiros, and many other impressively eyecatching pastries. You’ll also find the SoNo Baking Company from South Norwalk, CT. SoNo Baking Co. serves an assortment of baked goods and cakes, ranging from various breads, pastries, tarts, and more. Finally, be sure to stop by the Bees Knees Ice Pops after you’ve finished shopping for the most delicious and refreshing

popsicles made only from whole food ingredients -- raw fruits and vegetables, herbs, and natural sweeteners.

Based right here in Riverside is Jackie’s Empanadas on the Go -- their artisanal empanadas s i m p l y c a n ’t b e f o u n d a t a supermarket! The handmade empanadas are sold frozen with easy baking instructions, and flavors range from meat options like beef and tuna, to veggie and non-meat choices such as cheese or spinach. New to the market is Maia Yogurt, a greek yogurt company selling all your favorite yogurt f lavors -- only with less sugar and 100% grass fed cows milk. Finally, while not edible, another regular at the market is Jack’s Knife Sharpening, a veteran owned business dedicated to keeping chefs’ and individuals’ cutlery in top form.

In order to keep customers and vendors safe, the OG Farmer’s Market requires anyone entering the market space to wear a mask and practice proper social distancing protocol. In addition, be aware that the church and playground are closed to the public.

Greenwich is lucky to have two wonderful farmer’s m a rk e t s e ve r y we e k f u l l o f hardworking businesses local to the Connecticut area. Next time you find yourself running low on produce or are just looking for a new summer activity, stop by a

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From Page 1 The CPCA wrote to the CT Legislative Judicial Committee unanimously opposing the removal of qualified immunity. In the letter they said that, “the loss of qualified immunity will destroy our ability to recruit, higher, and retain qualified police officers both now and in the foreseeable future.”

The CPCA w rote that they a re a lso ver y concerned about losing current personnel at a rate they would be unable to replace, which would also make it almost impossible to achieve minority recruitment levels called for in the same bill.

“New police officers,” they point out, “like many others, have very little in assets when they are hired for their first career jobs.”

Estimates for the cost of the individual personal liability insurance that would be required are approximately twenty percent of the average first year salary for a police officer.

The CPCA voiced concerns in the letter that, “the threat of losing assets including their vehicles, their houses, or future assets, does not encourage people to seek a career as a police officer. We believe that the negative impact will be felt by the police officers and the public almost immediately.”

Greenwich Police Chief James Heavey said he “agrees with this assessment of the serious concern over qualified immunity.”

Many opponents of the bill believe that the powerful CT Trial Lawyers Association lobby is pushing for the legislation to pass because lawsuits against towns and police off icers would likely increase significantly, costing taxpayers millions in

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settlements.

Some local officers did confirm that they will not be able to afford the personal insurance premium payment and they would have to leave the police force.

In addition, there are changes to the law in the proposed legislation which would now disallow the use of decommissioned military equipment by municipal police forces. This most often includes protective gear like bullet proof vests, life vests, and other protective equipment as well as search and rescue equipment. This equipment would now be disallowed to municipalities, including Greenwich, which would have to go without it or increase the local police department budget to cover the cost.

Further changes to the law in the proposed legislation also call for a revamped oversight body which includes convicted criminals, among others, who would be responsible for evaluating state and municipal police training, certification, and on the job actions. As drafted, it would not include any victims of crimes.

The Judiciary Committee, of which Greenwich’s Senator Alex Kasser (D-36) is the Vice Chairman, held a 12-hour hearing last Friday where more than 300 people testified and provided comments. The bill is being fast tracked. The CT house of representatives was scheduled to go into special session to vote on this bill on July 23. The CT state senate is scheduled to take it up next week.

This story is evolving and as more information is available, we will update our readership. Please check the Greenwich Sentinel's website and social media for updates, as they become available.

To voice your opinion for or against the proposed legislation, contact your representatives found on the front page in the column at the left.

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PUBLISHER Beth@GreenwichSentinel.com Elizabeth Barhydt EDITORS & COPY EDITORS Editor@GreenwichSentinel.com Peter Barhydt, Daniel FitzPatrick, Caroll Melgar, Stapley Russell, Anne W. Semmes, Emma Barhydt

The Police Accountability Bill Did you know there is a special session of the legislature this week? It is not unusual for there to be a special session when issues arise of such importance they must be immediately addressed. Since the state legislature has not met since March because of the pandemic it is understandable that pressing matters would necessitate this special session.

Governor Lamont and Democratic legislative leaders have set an agenda for the special session of just four issues: capping the cost of insulin; extending the Governor’s telehealth executive order to January; voting by absentee ballots; and police accountability. These are the four most important issues facing our state according to the legislative leaders in Hartford.

Each of these issues is important and worthy of public scrutiny and open debate. In the case of An Act Concerning Police Accountability, we believe the legislature is moving too quickly and creating legislation that will be harmful to Greenwich.

Every police force, whether it is our state police or our Greenwich police, should always be looking for ways to improve their policing and community relations.

Standards must change as times change. What may have been tolerated in the past is no longer acceptable today.

Fortunately, our Greenwich police department has been at the forefront of creating community relations that are transparent and progressive.

The police reform bill in front of the legislature has many good elements to it, many that are already in practice in Greenwich. We support establishing an inspector general in the State Attorney’s office who would be responsible for investigating deaths in police custody. In fact, several years ago there was a proposal for inspector generals for every state agency to fight for transparency, and eliminate waste, fraud and abuse. We believe this is still a viable proposal.

No professional immunity means more trials and that means more lawyer fees.

We also support a mostly civilian Police Officers Standards and Training council (POST). However, we do feel there are some loopholes that need to be addressed for it to truly be effective. The POST and the Inspector General should be combined so that they both operate out of the State Attorney’s office. The inspector general should have subpoena authority, not the POST alone.

One part of the proposed legislation we cannot support, which would be very harmful for Greenwich, is the elimination of “qualified immunity” for police officers. Its removal would allow for police officers to be personally sued and held financially liable when anyone they arrest feels their civil rights have been hampered.

Taken to the extreme, if you get a speeding ticket and don’t like it, sue the officer who issued it and ask for $1,000,000 for mental anguish. The officer would be personally on the hook for the $1,000,000.

The Connecticut Police Chiefs Association (CPCA) initially worked with the legislature to try and create the best possible bill to improve policing around the state.

They answered questions, made suggestions, provided testimony. And who was their opponent and major supporter of this bill - especially that removal of “qualified immunity”? The Connecticut Trial Lawyers Association.

No immunity means more trials and that means more settlements from town's like Greenwich and insurance companies and police officers and, of course, more lawyer fees.

The police chiefs are genuinely fearful of what this bill can mean for their departments. They believe, rightly so, that there will be an immediate blue wave of retiring police officers. They would also be seriously challenged to replace those officers with new recruits.

What twenty-something year-old is going to join a profession where every time he or she responds to a call, they have the potential to be sued? If they respond to a potentially dangerous call, will they hesitate a moment to weigh whether they should get involved if it could mean they could lose their home or car or savings in a lawsuit?

The immediate past, current, and future heads of the Police Chiefs Association have come out and unanimously asked that, at a minimum, the language ending “qualified immunity” be stricken from the bill. It is a powerful message they are sending.

We hope the legislature is listening.

LETTER

Editorial Page

OpEd

Police Reform Bill is Reckless

By Fred Camillo

As a former member of the Greenwich Delegation, I know what it is like to receive many letters, calls, and emails before controversial votes. So, this is shor t, to the point, a nd w ith respect for the decision before our current delegation.

As the First Selectman of Greenwich, Police Commissioner,

Thank You to 14 Outstanding Greenwich Non Profits

By Maya Tichio As a Board Member of Fairf ield County’s Community Fou n d at i o n ( " F CC F " ), I ’m writing to express our gratitude to 14 outsta nd i ng Greenw ich nonprofits for their work during the COVID-19 crisis.

Fairfield County Community Fo u n d a t i o n’s C OV I D -1 9 Resiliency Fund awarded the

following Greenwich nonprofits grant funding: ABILIS, Inc., Boys and Girls Club of Greenw ich, Community Centers, Inc. (CCI), Family Centers, Inc., Greenwich Hospital, Kids In Crisis, Meals on Wheels, Neighbor To Neighbor, Parsonage Cottage, Pathways, I nc ., R iver Hou s e Adu lt Day Care Center, Special Education Legal Fund, Inc., Transportation Association of Greenwich, and

the YWCA Greenwich.

FCCF launched the Fairfield Cou nt y COV I D -19 Re si l ienc y Fund on March 18th to support frontline nonprofits. Nearly $2.5 million has been raised f rom donor s t h r oug hout Fa i r f ield County. To date, more than $1.9 million has been distributed to 154 local nonprofit organizations, reaching more than 260,000 of our reg ion’s most v ulnerable

residents — that’s a quarter of the entire population of Fairfield County!

We have been very impressed w it h how Fa i r f ield Cou nt y's nonprofits have nimbly pivoted in response to the pandemic and we are honored to support their critical work.

Maya Tichio, Greenwich, Board Member, Fairfield County’s Community Foundation

OpEd

By Dan FitzPatrick

Odysseus and the Greeks, this bill contains certain provisions that could prove calamitous to the safety, security and f iscal survivability of our state and municipalities. To wit:

Flexible Approach to Reopening Schools

• The plan was developed collaboratively by a Return to School Planning Team led by the Superintendent along with education and health professionals, who held seven public meetings - in addition to the two Board of

Education meetings held last week along with numerous subcommittee meetings; • The goals of the plan are to maintain health and safety guidelines; provide high quality educational programming to all students whether in school or via remote learning; enhance a focus on social emotional learning; and analyze achievement data in order to address any gaps from the spring closure; • The plan was based on feedback from parents and teachers including surveys, focus groups and submitted comments – in fact, there were over 6,000 responses (out of a possible 7000) from parents to a survey and 78% of parents had some level of comfort with their children returning to school full time with social distancing to the best of our ability; • Parents who are not comfortable with their students returning to school will have the option to engage in a 100% remote learning environment that will include a set schedule and a 50/50 balance between live and asynchronous (pre-recorded) lessons presented to students daily; • The administration has studied the lessons learned from distance learning in the spring and is implementing meaningful enhancements that are already being applied in the summer school programs;

• Teachers and staff are receiving additional training for remote learning as well as additional equipment, including cameras, microphones and laptops to improve the experience; • Even if we return to school in person, it is likely that remote learning will need to be implemented quickly should individual cases arise or if there is an increase in community cases; and • There will be opportunities for continual feedback from the community, students and staff to refine practices as we evolve.

We encourage you to review the materials posted on the district website from the Return to School Planning team as well as from the Board of Education meetings. You can also watch videos of all of those meetings and submit feedback to the administration and the Board.

This has and will continue to be an open and collaborative process. The Superintendent has been providing regular updates and will be hosting town hall meetings with both parents and teachers in the coming weeks.

Please remember, the plan will continue to evolve as we monitor the situation around us.

Our Board will remain engaged in the process as we work to keep our students and staff safe and ensure that our students continue to receive the top quality education we all expect.

Board of Education members Peter D. Bernstein (Chair) and Kathleen Stowe (Vice Chair)

LETTER

Backcountry Speeding is Serious Issue

By Tony Urban There was a recent let ter posted on the Editorial Page of the Greenwich Sentinel urging residents to “Please share roads carefully”. The author’s premise is that pedestrians need to wear brightly colored clothing for safety and visibility purposes. While I agree this is important, what I believe to be more important is for drivers to adhere to the posted speed limits AND that the Greenwich Police Department devote more resources to enforcing speed restrictions.

I have three dogs and I spend a bout 2 hou rs a day wa l k ing them on a number of roads in my neighborhood. I consider myself somewhat of a n ex per ienced pedestrian. For obvious reasons, I wouldn’t walk my dogs on I-95 or the Merritt Parkway because it is illegal and not safe. Ironically, many of the roads in backcountry are even less safe to walk on than the highway because they are narrow, have no shoulder, lack police enforcement and many

of the cars travel at the similar rates of speed (as they do on the highway).

Speeding is a huge safet y issue for pedestrians in backcountry and with COVID 19 there are many more pedestrians and bikers utilizing the roads for leisure purposes. I walk, run and bike on roads that mostly have posted speed limits of 2535 mph. I am weary of having cars passing me and my family at excessive speeds(excess of 50 mph) with just a foot or two of d i st a nc e b et we en me a nd the speeding vehicles. These drivers are my neighbors and local residents driving Mercedes, Range Rovers, and Porsche’s with Connecticut plates. I have found that there are basically 3 groups of drivers: 1) those that obey the speed limits, 2) those that speed but heed to pedestrians (slowing down or moving into the far lane when passing pedestrians), and 3) speeders who neither slow down nor heed to pedestrians—this categor y is my big gest

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Written By G. David Bednar on July 4 I do not believe that police are racist killers or that America is a systemically racist nation.

G eorge Floyd’s k i l ling was r ig htly and universally condemned. His death highlighted the challenge of protecting minority communities while respecting the rights of minorities. We watched proof that bad police exist. But are our police murderers? The Washington Post says nine unarmed blacks were shot by police in 2019, each a life that mattered. Recently, more African Americans were murdered in 24 hours in Chicago, many by other blacks.

The Wall Street Journal reports that a police officer is 18½ times more likely to be killed by a black male than an unarmed black male is to be killed by a police officer. One man’s crime should not indict 800,000; this is injustice.

Public servants doing a tough job should not be berated; this is ingratitude. If saving black lives is the objective blaming police is the wrong priority; this is dishonest.

I was born, educated, work and raise my family in America. I do not believe one school, workplace or organization I have been a part of is racist. Rather, they reflect an awareness of America’s flawed history and a desire to make amends. I observe widespread, good faith assistance for minorities in need. The see race-oriented initiatives that discriminate to help, not harm, minorities. I asked friends

concern….especially when you combine speed with the nuance of distracted driving.

I have called The Greenwich Police Department and spoken to an Officer in charge of speed enforcement. He informed me that the Greenwich Police Depar tment doesn’t have the resources necessary to enforce our large community, especially in backcountry.

I live on Bedford Rd where t he p o ste d sp e e d l i m it i s 2 5 mph. When I walk on Bedford, I literally take my life into my own hands. There are a series of “S” turns and drivers can't see the road beyond the curve in front of them because there are blind spots. Yet routinely, everyday, I witness cars speed around these curves so fast that their vehicles lean heavily to one side due to the centripetal force. And it is just not in my segment of our community…..I see it all over backcountry. Occasionally I will signal or motion to drivers to slow down. Their reactions range from

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if they knew anyone who disadvantaged others based on skin color. They could not name one. My perspective is relevant; if there was a racist “system” I should see it operating around me. Racism, like evil, will always exist. But in America it does not lurk around every corner, it cowers in holes.

This is my opinion--anyone can disagree w ith it. My right to state my opinion, however, should not be subject to debate.

The weed of fear has never grown well in America but it is f lourishing now. Woke McCarthyism smothers free expression.

Replace “communism” with “racism” and the program is the same: accuse; silence; rule. An American afraid to speak the truth in the Home of the Brave is an alienated and pathetic creature.

We need a dialogue but an honest one.

Martin Luther King’s dream of a race blind, level field where his children “will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content their character” seems forgotten. I was a United States Marine; I have witnessed the power of King’s vision. The Marines are one of the most diverse organizations in the world but have only one color, green. “Light” and “Dark” Green Marines are subsumed by a responsibility to meet the highest group standards. But the dream of American unity is being replaced by a new and divisive racial determinism. Millions of Americans live together every day as citizens and human beings. Color is irrelevant to the greeting on the sidewalk. Only an insidious idea causes

polite to indignant/border-line violent. I recall a Sunday morning not long ago at 7am on John Street where a white Range Rover came barreling down the hill. This road is exceptionally narrow due to guard rails that flank both sides.

The car must have been hitting 60 mph. I motioned to the driver to slow down. He stopped fifty yards passed me (it took him that distance to stop his vehicle) and yelled obscenities at me. If that gentleman is reading this article, Happy Sunday to you too!

It is dif f icult to have laws in place where the Police Department admittedly doesn’t have the resources to enforce ever y wher e . Un for t u nately, even in the age of COV I D 19, people are more interested in getting somewhere fast rather than getting there safely. As all lives matter…..so do the lives of pedestrians. I would ask Chief Jim Heavey to personally address this issue. We need more speed enforcement on our roads.

these passers bye to wonder if they are enemies.

Our leaders seem cowed and feckless when we need them. They watch the depredations of a mob and stumble over each other to pay its demands. They must rationalize cowardice as prudence. Fear is a bad counselor and their weakness obstructs progress. Problems of race are real; there is hard work to be done. But inane ideology, fear and violence are not answers. Honesty and America’s enduring traditions, justice before the law, equal opportunity and freedom, are the solutions.

America is the inheritance of courage and will only be sustained by courage.

Drew Brees’ capitulation for respect of the f lag was a sad warning. Grant, Roosevelt, Lincoln coming down, Washington splattered red. Striking metaphors but very real.

Totalitarians know that erasing a nation’s history erases the nation.

McCarthy’s fall began with one brave man. If our elites will not stand up for our country Americans must do so, fighting the battle of ideas where they find it, gaining strength from each other. The bended knee is not an American tradition. Speak the truth. This is our right but also our obligation.

Systemic racism is an emperor with no clothes. Unity only exists beyond racial ideology. America is imperfect and ever a work in progress but still the greatest nation on earth.

A ll Connecticut citizens should be aware – and wary -of a new bill wending its way through our state legislature.

Titled “LCO no. 3471 – An Act Concerning Police Accountability,” the bill makes numerous changes to existing law regarding police training and evaluation, civilian review of police conduct, use of physical force, the use of body a nd da sh b o a r d c a mera s a nd military-style equipment, etc., all in response to concerns raised by recent events in other states that have made headlines across the nation. Some of the proposed r ev i sion s m ay b e v iewe d a s overkill and will likely be refined through the normal commentand-review process, but on the whole, it presents itself as a thoughtful update of existing law.

However, just as the wooden horse presented as a gift to the city of Troy in the story told in Virgil’s Aeneid and Homer’s Odyssey contained the hidden danger of

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• Buried in Section 12 of the bill is a change to Section 6 of public act 19-90 (which established the Police Transparency and Accountability Task Force) that requires the task force to examine “the merits and feasibility of requiring police officers to procure and maintain professional liability insurance as a condition of employment” and/or “the merits and feasibility of requiring a municipality to maintain professional liability insurance on behalf of its police officers.”

• Section 29 of the bill changes the standard for permissible use of deadly force from a subjective test (the officer “reasonably believes” it is necessary) to an objective one (whether the officer’s actions are “objectively reasonable” given the circumstances). This change would legislatively elevate 20/20 hindsight over an officer’s in-themoment judgment. Moreover, the bill sets out certain factors to consider when evaluating whether an off icer’s use of deadly force was “objectively reasonable,” including whether the of f icer “e n g a g e d i n r e a s o n a b l e d e -

protection, the elimination of qualified immunity, the banning of controlled military equipment (why is the legislature telling the law enforcement professionals how to do their job, and at worse, potentially handcuffing them in possibly horrific situations?), and placing restrictions on searches, which has public safety disaster

escalation measures” before using deadly force and whether “any” of the officer’s conduct “led to an increased risk of an occurrence of the situation that precipitated the use of such force.” Together, these provisions shift the burden of proof of permissible use of deadly force onto the officer, rendering every use of physical force an act of personal jeopardy for the officer.

• Section 30 of the bill requires every police officer to “intervene and attempt to stop” another officer from using force that the witnessing off icer “objectively k nows to be un reasonable, excessive or illegal use of force.”

It also requires ever y of f icer “who witnesses another police officer use what the witnessing off icer objectively knows to be unreasonable, excessive or illegal force or is otherwise aware of such use of force by another police officer” to report the incident “as soon as practicable.” Failure to do so would subject the officer to potential prosecution on a 1st or 2nd degree hindering prosecution charge (a 1st degree violation carries a mandatory f ive-year prison sentence).

• Finally (and most worrisome in my opinion), Section 41 of the bill would create a new statutory cause of civil action, triable by jury, against any police officers

w ho “depr ive a ny p e r s on or class of persons of the equal protection of the laws of this state, or of the equal privileges and immunities under the laws of this state.” In addition to utilizing a very broad standard, the bill overturns a longstanding common law principle by leg islatively eliminating the defense of qualif ied or governmental immunity (protection from civil suit for the government and its employees). As a result, aggrieved persons could bring suit against both the police officer and the law enforcement unit employing such police officer and, if successful, “m ay b e aw a r d e d c o s t s a n d reasonable attorney’s fees” (that latter provision changes another longstanding judicial rule, substituting the “English Rule” where the losing party pays the winning party’s legal costs for the traditional “American Rule” where each party bears their own legal costs). If the court or jury finds that the violation was “deliberate, willful or committed with reckless indifference,” the court may also award punitive damages.

Why do I think these provisions are so dangerous? Two principal reasons.

First, by changing the standard and shifting the burden of proof with respect to use of

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written all over it, is a bridge too far. It is also reckless.

To be fair, there are some reforms in the bill that make sense.

In fact, we are already looking to do two here in Town, but will do so with our department joining as a partner, not as an adversary.

Let's look at what should be addressed without a knee jerk

reaction that we see going on all over the country, and that in almost every case, is resulting in lawlessness, disrespect, and chaos.

Fred Camillo, First Selectman, Police Commissioner, and Greenwich resident.

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By Sandra N. Waters As absentee ballots are the only available safe alternative for CT voters of any age who are at risk of illness during the COVID-19 pandemic, the League was particularly gratified to hear in our Zoom forum on July 8 that all four of our Greenwich legislators – Livvy Floren (R), Harry Arora (R), Steve Meskers (D), and Alex Kasser (D) – support making absentee ballot applications available to any registered voter for the November election in 2020 who has health issues

or concerns related to the COVID pandemic.

The League agrees with our legislators. No one should have to choose between protecting their health and exercising their right to vote.

State Representative Livvy Floren noted that a Special Session of the Legislature is scheduled to begin July 22. We urge our legislators to pass necessary legislation expeditiously, and before July 29th, for effective implementation by November 3.

In addition, the LWV of Greenwich urges all local voters to reach out to their elected officials

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Alex Kasser alex.kasser@cga.ct.gov Harry Arora harry.arora@housegop.ct.gov Livvy Floren livvy.floren@housegop.ct.gov Steve Meskers stephen.meskers@cga.ct.gov Please continue to inform all voters about how our legislators are fulfilling their duty to protect voters and our democracy.

Information on the Insulin Bill

By Jane Cameron

It is imperative to the lives of those with diabetes that the Insulin Bill is passed in a special session conducted by the Connecticut General Assembly next week. This bill would create a limit on the prices of insulin-related supplies to no more than $100 a month and provide patients access to emergency insulin supplies.

Diabetes is a disease that is problematic to the health of many Americans. The CDC reported that over 30 million Americans suffer from diabetes. However, the crippling effects of skyrocketing insulin prices have yet to be addressed by the state government. The bill to LETTER

By Tiara Starks I am writing to you to inform you of an issue that is affecting the state of our nation’s democracy.

Due to the impact of COVID-19, most of the country must start to offer voting-by-mail. Unfortunately, due to blowback from those who believe that voter fraud is inevitable, there is a stigma now associated with absentee voting that discourages most citizens from becoming involved and interested in local and

cap the cost of insulin and supplies underwent the public forum and committee process in early March. Progress is stagnant as this issue becomes more pressing due to the threat posed to diabetes patients during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Diabetes patients face more serious health costs from the virus and these risks increase if they are without the proper medication.

Unfortunately, it has become common for people who suffer from diabetes to ration their medication or try an alternative drug that is not as well tested to be more cost efficient. The harmful effects of this are as serious as death,

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national elections. My hope through this letter is to allow more people to see how important absenteeballot voting is and to press the CT legislature to pass the proposed bill for expanded absentee ballots during this month’s special session.

As a resident of the neighborhood of Riverside, I strongly encourage the expansion of absentee ballots. Absentee ballots are more important than one might think, especially during this specific election year. Not only will these types of ballots

force, potentially requiring police off icers to purchase individual professional liability insurance, holding police officers criminally responsible for monitoring the actions of their colleagues, creating a new and loosely defined cause of civil action the defense against which would be made more dif f icult by eliminating traditional immunity defenses, and potentially imposing aggrieved-party legal costs and possible punitive damages, the legislature will have dramatically increased the career and financial risks involved in serving as a police off icer. As a result, we should not be surprised to see unprecedented resignations and retirements, and dramatically reduced recr uitment results.

The goal of those who call for “defunding” the police force will be met by its depopulation.

And second, by specif ically expanding liability to include the governmental agencies t h at e mp l oy p o l i c e o f f i c e r s , and eliminating governmental immunity, the bill would open the f loodgates to lawsuits, merited and unmerited, against our state and its cities and towns at a time when many are fiscally challenged and already dealing w ith the burden of being attractive targets of lawsuits. Professional liability

insurance, if even obtainable, would not be sufficient to offset the very predictable drain on public coffers.

Given these concerns, why in the world would the legislature entertain these changes? I have found in the past that the best way to understand motivation is to identify who or what stands to gain most f rom the action proposed. In this instance it is hard not to see that the group most likely to benefit from these provisions in the new bill is the tort bar. New causes of action tried to juries based on ill-defined standards without the availability of traditional defenses and with t h e p ote nt i a l for h av i n g t h e opposing party pay your legal fees -- what’s not to love in that if you are a tort lawyer? Would it be too much of a stretch to inquire whether the tort bar had a hand in drafting the proposed legislation?

The purpose of this piece is not to throw shade at the tort bar. Instead, my aim has been to alert others to what I believe are w rong-headed leg islative proposals in sufficient time to let their voices and opinions be heard by their elected representatives before it is too late.

Let’s not let our great state of Connecticut fall victim to Troy’s mistake.

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and as a fellow resident, I strongly oppose the police reform bill.

The inherent bias toward the men and women in blue in this proposed legislation, the ones who risk their lives for us each day, is both obvious and offensive.

To threaten each man and woman in law enforcement with the threat of removal of insurance

Beware the New (CT) Trojan Horse

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We recognize that the reopening of the Greenwich Public Schools is at the forefront of families’ thoughts at this time, as is the case around the country. Given that, we wanted to update the community.

This past week, the Superintendent presented the Board of Education with the initial findings and plans for the Return to School.

This plan will be submitted to the state and will provide a framework for the Greenwich Public Schools to reopen.

Th is pla n is base d up on ma ndate d requirements set out by the state and informed by current guidance from local, state and federal health agencies as well as experiences around the United States and globally, but most importantly it has been guided by extensive input from the community.

There are many unknowns and we have to be prepared for further developments in the COVID outbreak but the overarching goal is to get our students back to school as soon as they can do so in a safe manner and to maintain the highest quality educational experience in any format required.

Just a few things to note about the draft plan as presented by the Superintendent to the Board of Education last week:

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but people are left feeling as though they have no other options.

The costs of diabetes medication has become unattainable for many. Patients with Type 1 diabetes paid an average of $5,705 for insulin in 2016. That number that has almost doubled since 2012 and continues to grow. Today, one in four people who have diabetes are conserving or foregoing doses of their medication due to cost.

No individual deserves to lose their life because of a financial challenge. I believe it is my representatives in the General Assembly’s civic duty to support this bill and save the lives of their constituents.

help keep citizens safe, they will allow for those who would have otherwise not been able to attend an in-person voting polling location to participate.

No matter what form that process takes, voting is an essential right for everyone and the vote-by-mail option should be put in place as it is designed to be substantially more effective than in-person voting.

We see that COVID-19 has impacted our view of everyday life but what it should not do, is prohibit someone from exercising their right to vote.

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BET Vote on Body Cameras

By Richard Kaufman W h i l e t h e r e s e e m s to b e complete supp or t across t he 12-member Board of Estimate a n d Ta x a t i o n , a v o t e o n a n appropr iat ion of $ 310,0 02 to purchase body cameras for the Greenwich Police Department was delayed on Monday, as the Board looks to gather more information and answer outstanding questions.

The BET plans on going forward with a vote on Sept. 21 just before the Representative Town Meeting is set to reconvene that night and perhaps consider the item. A special BET meeting in August is also possible, said BET Chair, Michael Mason.

Fassu l iot is, a nd BET Budget C o m m i t t e e m e m b e r, L e s l i e Moriarty, will be tasked with working with Camillo and GPD Chief, James Heavey, to come up with answers for the Board.

Both Camillo and Heavey said they believe body cameras would be mandated statewide at some point in the future. " For over f ive ye a r s , I 've pursued getting body cameras," Heavey said. "I always say there are two types of police agencies in the state of Connecticut: those with body cameras, and those who will have them… I think the body cameras would go a long way on transparency and accountability. I think it would reduce liability."

committees at a disadvantage because they wouldn't get all the information they need in advance.

"I get that we don't have all the information we'd like to know about this project at this point, but I do agree with Jeff [Ramer] that this is an important initiative," Moriarty said. "I know it's been on the backburner for many years and hasn't been put for ward, and I appreciate the fact that it's being pushed forward now. I don't want to see that slowed down or disadvantaged in any way because of the timing of our meetings."

BET Clerk, William Drake, called the body camera initiative "forward thinking." He said the matter could wait so the board can

"You'd rather have all your t's crossed and i's dotted before going forward. I think we all know we're going to do this," said First Selectman Fred Camillo.

"We intend to get this done in September and give it to the RTM. If you need some more time, that's fine," First Selectman Fred Camillo told the BET, before ultimately withdrawing the item. "I'd rather you have the answers and be secure with your vote than go into it half-hearted."

BET members had questions about the mu ltiyear contract needed for the body cameras, data storage and cybersecurity, risk management, Freedom of Information requests, as well as privacy concerns for domestic violence victims, and juveniles, notably at Greenwich High School where there are School Resource Officers.

"The questions are legitimate and valid. We will work with you offline to get you all of those answers and all your concerns addressed," Camillo added.

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Camillo agreed, saying the town was trying to be proactive ahead of any state legislation.

"We think ultimately it will clear up a lot of doubts and help the men and women in blue as much as the citizens as far as protection goes. Money-wise, it could probably save us a lot of money down the line when it comes to litigation that probably was not valid," Camillo said.

A few BET members advocated for a vote on Monday rather than a delay.

"I think the optics are poor for us to postpone this item. I think we should show our support for it by approving this item and we can answer the questions and take care of the fine details over the months that follow," said Jeff Ramer.

Moriarty argued that a Sept.

21 vote, on the same day as the RTM meeting, would put RTM

get a full understanding.

"We have an excellent police f o r c e h e r e . We d o n o t h a v e problems like the Minneapolis police force," he said. "We want to b e on t he le ad i ng e dge of technology and governance. This thing just calls out for a very thorough and deliberate look like we give everything we touch here on the BET." Camillo reiterated that a delay in a BET vote doesn't affect the timeline in getting body cameras for the department.

"You'd rather have all your T's crossed and I's dotted before going forward. I think we all know we're going to do this," he said.

The BET was set to me et again via Zoom on Thursday with Heavey and a representative from Axon, a body camera company, to learn more about the technology and how it's used.

Updates from the GPD

The Greenwich Police Department is looking to the community to submit feedback, both positive and negative, regarding the performance of members of the department, as well as the programs and initiatives that they run, with their Citizen’s Comment Program. They are also looking for any ideas that the public they serve have regarding how they can improve their services and impact the community in a positive way. If you would like to submit any comments or suggestions you can do so on the Greenwich CT website (www.greenwichct.gov/396/Citizens-Comment-Program?f bclid=IwAR0PQ9ahBArx_ yv_8SAHbxUeLeHFdjTw90gDtil7WpC9IoGqQ679DetY36U) by filling out their email form that will be sent to the Office of the Chief of Police. You can also mail a letter addressed to the Chief of Police to: Greenwich Police Department Office of the Chief of Police Citizen’s Comment Program 11 Bruce Place Greenwich, CT 06830 The Greenwich Police Department’s Marine Section will be patrolling the waters of Long Island Sound to help ensure that paddlers and boaters can safely share the water this summer. If you have any questions or concerns, you can let them know by calling 203-622-8044 or 203-622-8004.

Two Greenwich Police Officers were given Divisional Letters of Recognition last week. Captain Kraig Gray recognized Officers Yves Pierre and Shane Geery with the letters for their life-saving actions last week when they responded to a medical call of an overdose and used Narcan to bring the patient back to conciseness.

The patient was then taken to Greenwich Hospital after GEMS arrived on the scene. “Greenwich Police Officers are both trained and equipped to provide advanced first aid to seriously ill and injured patients in a pre-hospital setting. The response of the Greenwich Police Officers, coupled with our partners' Greenwich Emergency Medical Service expert paramedic services, has saved countless lives.” If you or a loved one needs substance abuse treatment, please call 1-800-563-4086 to talk to someone from Connecticut Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services and start the road to recovery.

The Greenwich Police Department has a 1964 Greenwich Police Car replica that won first for the third year in a row at the Carlisle Chrysler Nationals that took place on July 10 – July 12. Retired Police Officer and Current Lead Public Safety Dispatcher Mark Wilson is in charge of keeping the car running.

Two weeks ago, the Greenwich Police Silver Shield Association recognized two officers. Officers Ryan Carino and Keith Scorca were recognized for their CPR performance on an unconscious patient who was able to gain consciousness due to their efforts.

On July 10, Norwalk Police Department was able to recover one of the cars stolen from Greenwich, a Jeep Cherokee, and was able to arrest the involved thieves. Three juveniles were arrested for the theft, two of which, who were found in the car, were charged with Larceny, the third was found hiding behind a tree, and had an active “Take into Custody” order from a vehicle theft in May.

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Zaniac Through COVID-19

By Richard Kaufman When the COVID crisis hit in the middle of March, Zaniac, a small after school and summer camp STEAM-enrichment center for children located in Greenwich, had to close its doors and figure out how to stay afloat.

Programming was immediately moved online, but coowners Camila Gazal and Flavia Naslausky still had to account for the expenses of their physical space located at 644 West Putnam Ave. Zaniac participated in the s t ate's COV I D -19 Bu si ne s s Response Program, applying for several loans.

It was in the extremely early mor n i ng of M a r ch 2 8 , 2 0 02 , that Teangela Dow realized how important family was to her. At the time, she was overwhelmed.

She was trying to console her wailing newborn daughter, Jinya (pronounced jin-nyah), and was recovering from a stroke — due to the physical strain of the day before, giving birth at 16-years-old.

In response to the loud cries, Dow’s grandmother and father woke up and started helping her take care of Jinya, telling Dow to get some rest and relax. Although fearing for her health, Dow said her family’s support made her believe in herself.

“I felt scared because I’m in this spot of having this baby now, my face is sagging, it’s four in the morning and I’m exhausted. Then my [family] walks in the room,” Dow said. “I felt so safe. I didn’t even have to ask them.

“As time went on, they just always supported me and told me ‘we’re here for you.’ … I felt like I [couldn’t] really get this from just anybody.”

Wanting to make something for herself and her daughter, Dow later founded a cleaning company — Dow Cleaning Services — in 2013 after working as a hotel maid and security for an insurance company out of high school.

Now, Dow said she has fallen in love with cleaning. Moreover, she said she loves getting to know her customers personally and treating them like family while going the extra mile to ensure their houses are spotless.

“When I go into a client ’s hou s e , we ju s t s t a r t t a l k i n g automatically about life. Of course, we discuss business: what the prices are, what the hours are going to be and how many times to come out. But while we are in their homes, we end up meeting your kids, your grandkids, your dog,” Dow said. “Once we do that, we end up having conversations and, the next [thing] you know, everyone is just like one big happy family.”

Family Ties Dow said it’s her instinct to draw close to people and treat t hem l i ke fa m i ly, due to her reliance on her family in the past.

To that end, Dow said she aims to build trust with her clients through her thorough cleaning.

“I know how people are very

busy. They’re very stressed out.

People go through things in life, people pass away, and it’s hard for them to just maintain the little things in their house,” she said. “By me just coming in and making it so clean and smell so good, [it makes them]just so happy.”

Serving Connecticut, Westchester County and New York City, Dow Cleaning Services specializes in cleaning residential properties, business spaces and construction sites. Before the pandemic, Dow said the company had an average of 30 to 40 clients, mostly residentia l. Dow sa id most of her business comes from working in residential properties.

The company offers different levels of cleaning - light, regular and deep - for residential cleaning.

When she’s not cleaning alone, Dow said she subcontracts freelance workers or brings some of her part-time employees to help clean houses.

Through local business network ing services, the company also outsources other busi ne sse s for ha ndy ma n or de mol it i on s e r v i c e s . It f i r s t started subcontracting demolition companies in 2015 and handyman services earlier this year, both prompted by hearing and seeing customers’ unmet needs. Dow said she oversees all subcontracted services and work.

When cleaning, Dow will reclean a window or table if she or any of her employees accidentally leaves a smudge, later adding she believes it’s her responsibility to make the customer happy. Dow also said she tends to clean beyond what’s covered in the bill.

“I a lways l i ke to b e ex tra than be less … I love to have that impression on people,” Dow said.

“It’s a statement. I care about my business and this is what I’m representing. I want to brand myself as nothing but the best.”

Long-time customer Katherine Fe r r a nt i- C h o l i c h s a i d sh e appreciates how Dow personally cleans her house the way she wants it, and how Dow checks up with her to make sure the house was cleaned thoroughly enough.

Dow Cleaning Services has cleaned her house every two weeks since 2016.

A small business owner herself, Ferranti-Cholich said she respects the hard work and “scrappiness” Dow put into building her business.

“I feel good about supporting another small business. [She’s] just a person who is trying to support

her family, and pay her taxes, and do a good job, and build a life. It makes me happy to do that for her,” Ferranti-Cholich said. “She's earned us keeping her for the last four years.”

Dow said her father — w it h h i s s uc c e s s f u l w i ndow cleaning business in the ‘70s — inspired her to venture into the cleaning industry. Dow said her grandmother — who raised her until she graduated high school — also inspired her to work hard and believe in herself.

Now, Dow employs her father full-time and her two brothers part-time. Dow said she employs her family members so they can collectively grow the business and show her children success is possible, despite none of the four going to college.

“I don’t want them thinking, ‘oh, mom just works at Stop and Shop,’ or ‘mom works at Dunkin Donuts.’ There's nothing wrong with those jobs somebody has to do them. But I just want more for my kids. I don't want to repeat the history I've been living in for so long.”

As a small, minority-owned business, Dow said she has never had a negative experience with a customer. However, she said she sometimes feels dwarfed by larger cleaning companies in the area — such as the franchise company Molly Maid — who have more clients and who can afford more advertisements.

In response, Dow said she tries to forge strong bonds with her clients, alert people of the company’s services and grow her customer base.

H o w e v e r, t h e C O V I D - 1 9 pandemic has hurt Dow Cleaning Service’s growth efforts. Dow said the company now has approximately 10 regular clients and is operating with 65% less income as clients as they have stopped utilizing its services. In response, the company sends out email reminders to clients, advertising their cleaning assistance and their other services like grocery pickup. “ We j u s t t r y to k e e p o u r presence there,” Dow said. “We don’t plan on going out of business, even though we’re all suffering.”

Gaining confidence Dow’s father, Joseph Dow, has worked at his daug hter’s business since it opened. Using his business knowledge, Joseph Dow said he guided Dow on filling out the necessary prerequisites and

HEDCO initiative… This allowed us to pay some of the expenses we had here with the campus, and continue with online services. If it weren't for that, we wouldn't have reopened at the end of June," Gazal said, noting that the $15,000 HEDCO loan has already been forgiven.

On Monday, Lt. Gov. Susan Bysiewicz visited Zaniac to tour the facility and see how they were doing. Bysiewicz, who is touring other businesses around the state that were helped, was joined by First Selectman Fred Camillo; State Rep. Stephen Meskers (D-150); State Sen. Alex Kasser (D-36); and Fran Pastore and Carol Cheswick of the WBDC.

After being alerted by the state's Women's Business Development Council (WBDC), Gaza l and Naslausk y applied right away for a loan designed specifically to help them T he St ate of Con ne c t ic ut pa r t nere d w it h t he Ha r t ford Economic Development C o r p o r a t i o n ( H E D C O) , t h e Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development, and the Connecticut M i nor it y Bu si ne ss I n it iat ive to prov ide f i na ncia l rel ief to Connecticut women and minorityowned small businesses negatively impacted by the coronav ir us pandemic.

Zaniac received the HEDCO loan first in April, and it allowed them to keep their heads above water.

"We’re very thankful for the

"We wanted to visit with you because we k new rig ht away when we heard that Congress was going to be passing the PPP program, that we would need something in the short term to help businesses and the state," Bysiewicz said. "Our department of economic development had the bridge loans. We wanted to have a separate set of loans targeted to the smallest businesses, women and minority owned, so that there would be an option for the people with 20 employees. HEDCO was specifically targeted for women owned businesses."

Pastore said in the f irst 13 weeks of COVID, there were 3,500 applicants in the program.

"The need is so, so strong. In addition to loans, what we really need is grant funding to keep what I think are Connecticut Main Street

and grow closer with the town’s community. In the future, Dow said she’s looking to expand more into the commercial cleaning market, due to its profitability.

“I don’t want to be looked at as a charity case,” Dow said. “I want people to take me as a serious business because I work hard for everything I do.”

“I feel li ke I've been ver y successful. I feel like I've made it actually. In some peoples’ eyes, I’m a very small company,” she said. “But where I came from, not having anything and living in my grandmother’s attic for my childhood years, [to] where I am now, living in Greenwich in a beautiful neighborhood and having clients, is the best thing in the world for me.”

In the afternoon of July 12, the Greenwich Fire Department responded to a structure fire in Glenville.

They were quickly able to extinguish the fire that was located in the garage, sadly though, two firefighters sustained injuries, one of which had to be taken to Greenwich Hospital.

Local News Updates Stamford’s Avon Theatre is open with a limited schedule of evening showings on Thursdays through Sundays, and matinees on weekends. For safety, everyone must wear masks, there will be reduced seating in order to preserve social distancing, and there are new cleaning and safety protocols throughout the building.

the Commission on Aging is looking to address the needs of the continuously growing older population.

He is in favor of the development. Most parking for the building would be underground about 40 spaces and there would be a few, about five that wouldn’t.

Commissioner Dennis Yeskey said that this type of project violates a lot of Greenwich’s zoning. They are considering an overlay zone but there was still some On July 16th, the Board of Education had a balking at the incentives sought. meeting to talk fall reopening plans. The first day of school will be pushed back until after Labor Day, Greenwich Parks and Rec announced that the September 9 with September 8 being orientation, to 2020 Sandblast Sand Sculpture Contest will be online account for the waiver that the State Department of this summer due to COVID-19. Participates can build Education gave to districts to take three instructional their best sand sculptures throughout the summer days to use staff development. Toni Jones answered and submit a photo to win a prize. Submissions need questions regarding if a student or staff member tests to be emailed to ptroiano@greenwichct.org with positive for COVID-19. Depending on circumstances, a title, all full names of the sculptors, and a home the response could range from the students or staff address. The deadline is Friday, August 28. member and their cohort (the group that they are in) must leave school to quarantine to the entire school July 18, was Greenwich’s 380th birthday, and the going into a 14-day quarantine. The plan is to have Historical Society hosted a virtual founders day to two schools, one in person and one live online to commemorate it. There was a reading of the deed accommodate everyone. and proclamation and the reveal of the winners of the This Place Matters photo competition. First place was Planning and Zoning, on July 14, heard a pre- a photo titled On the Front Line by Tyler Sizemore, application from Renamba Greenwich LLC, who Second was Good Question by David Kaplan, and would like to build a luxury assisted living facility third place was Cos Cob Firehouse by Sebastian on the 2.5 acre parcel of land on Old Track Road. Dostmann. More information about the founding of The proposed building would have 100 one bedroom Greenwich and the photo competition can be found unit assisted family facilities and 30 memory care on Greenwich Historical Society website https:// studios. Former First Selectman Peter Tesei says that greenwichhistory.org/founders-day/.

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and didn’t start learning to read until she was in the 5th grade, saying she didn’t receive the proper attention to help her reading skills until then.

While working security and taking tests, Dow said she relied on instructors and co-workers to help her fill out records and read test questions. Dow said she has enrolled in adult reading classes for over a decade while balancing her business and raising her family to make up for lost time.

Despite her struggles with r e ad i n g , D ow s a id , w it h t he support of her family, she feels conf ident in her ability to be successful with her business and in her life.

Dow moved to Greenw ich in 2015 to expand her business

Early this month, Stamford NAACP elected a new president, Guy Fortt, a retired Greenwich firefighter. He was Greenwich’s second Black firefighter, and he has taken on many titles after that. He has been an actor in films, and now the new NAACP president, ready to fight the “two pandemics” in front of him: the COVID-19 pandemic and the call to address social injustice.

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paperwork needed to run a small business, such as completing the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s training courses to clean construction sites.

J o s e p h D o w s a i d h e ’s tremendously proud of what his daughter has accomplished.

“It's not just to make money for herself, but she's trying to create a legacy,” Joseph Dow said. “A legacy that she can teach her daughters to understand the importance [of] how to make your money work for you, instead of always having to have someone else tell you how to work for money.”

In previous years, Dow said she was insecure about herself, due to having a baby at a young age and struggling with reading comprehension. Dow has dyslexia

The Greenwich Fire Department would like to remind members of the community of some health and safety reminders: - It only takes two inches of water for a child to drown in under 30 seconds, please make sure that children are always within reach and never leave children unattended around a pool, no matter how big or small. 74% of all child drownings happen at home.

- Also remember, avoid running on wet surfaces and diving into backyard pools, as this can lead to preventable accidents.

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“I don’t want to be looked at as a charity case,” Dow said. “I want people to take me as a serious business because I work hard for everything I do.”

per week. They have not fired or furloughed their employees, and have actually added personnel to help with online classes.

Zaniac was able to reopen their in-person camp on June 29, with proper safety protocols and guidelines in place "Last summer we'd have 30 kids here at a time, now we have seven. I think parents are still hesitant about sending their kids for in-person camps, but thankfully the online service has helped us to maintain at least a decent line of revenue," Gazal said.

Although the last few months have been hard, Zaniac is thriving in a new normal.

"Companies that innovated and used their time effectively and were able to use the resources that were out there were able to survive," Gazal said.

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Teangela Dow poses for a photo outside of her house on Tuesday, July 21. Dow founded her company, Dow Cleaning Services, in 2013. (photo by Foster Steinbeck)

businesses alive. That's something that we're working on," Pastore said.

Camillo spoke about how the town focused on getting supplies and Personal Protective Equipment to businesses, as well as zoning regulations so restaurants could open for outdoor dining during the pandemic.

"Hats off to you for not only surviving, but actually thriving," he said to Gazal and Naslausky.

Gazal thanked Camillo and the town for playing a critical role in keeping people safe.

Since the pandemic began, Zaniac has taught more than 130 children through over 1,100 classes online, with about 98 online classes

"If it weren't for [the HEDCO loan], we wouldn't have reopened at the end of June," said Zaniac co-owner, Camila Gazal.

'Nothing But The Best:' Dow Cleaning Treats Customers Like Family

By Foster Steinbeck

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Obituaries

Summer Wonder: By Any Means Necessary

By Eli Shaffer It goes without saying that this summer is a little different than others. We still have the lush plants, wildlife activity and the New England summer heat, and while summer camp experiences are modif ied or m issing th is year, there are opportunities new and old for our children to seek adventure and discover the wonder of these special months outdoors.

Virtual summer camp programs can deliver the exchanges that produce new understandings of the natural world and inspire young minds to make the most of their

largest classroom, the outdoors.

T h e G r e e nw i c h Au du b on Center has led summer education programs for over 7 decades and this summer will be no exception.

In partnership with the other Audubon centers in Connecticut, we offer four more weeks of nature education and exploration with themes ranging from The Amazing Wo r l d o f P l a nt s t o Tw i l i g ht Adventures. Campers will log-in to join educators interacting with the trails and ponds of our Center as well as to check-in with the extraordinary raptors and other animals being rehabilitated at the Sharon Audubon Center.

to nature and new learners all around the word. To learn more about Audubon’s Virtual Summer Camp and connecting with nature through a variety of online and real-world opportunities, check us out at Greenwich.audubon.org.

While summer camp experiences are modified or missing this year, there are opportunities new and old for our children to seek adventure and discover the wonder of these special months outdoors.

With volunteers back on site and our trails open seven days a week, The Greenwich Audubon team is thrilled to see activity return to our sanctuaries. There is so much amazing animal and plant life to better understand and

you don’t have to go far to find a place to create in-person moments of wonder. While uncertainty remains and hardships persist for so many of our neighbors and fellow humans, the opportunities to ex plore a nd lea r n become

all-the-more special and hold more value than we ever could have imagined. Online nature learning with Audubon and other environmental organizations can bring the wonders of summer to people with limited access

Eli Schaffer is the Director of the Greenwich Audubon Center.

He is living a life-long dream of connecting people to meaningful experiences that make the world a better place. Visit the Greenwich Audubon Center for your dose of nature exploration at 613 Riversville Rd in Greenwich or at Greenwich.Audubon.org.

Obituaries, for which there is never a charge or fee of any kind, may be submitted with photos to Editor@ GreenwichSentinel.com.

Barbara Schaefer

Home , Gr e enw ich , CT is Monday, July 27, 2 to 4 p.m.

B a rb a ra’s bu r i a l w i l l b e attended by her family at W i l l o w b r o o k C e m e t e r y, Westport, CT. Memorial donations may be made to St. Jude’s Children Research Hospital or Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Richard Feder

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Remembering C.T. Vivian and John Lewis

By Connie Blunden It is deeply poig nant and equally painful that two legendary civil rights leaders, Reverend Cordy Tindell (C.T.) Vivian and Congressman John R. Lewis, died within hours of each other on July 17th. The two men, one from Illinois and one from Alabama, met in Nashville at the American Baptist Theological Seminary in the 1950s. From there, each proceeded to bend the arc of the moral universe through courage, faith and love.

C .T. V i v i a n a n d J o h n Lewis shared a deep, abiding commitment to justice and the belief that nonviolence is the path to a more hu ma ne a nd peaceful world. The principles of nonviolence are best explained in Chapter 6 of Stride Towards Freedom, by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. In this book, c h r o n i c l i n g t h e s t r u g g l e to desegregate city buses in Montgomer y, A la ba ma f rom 1955-1956, Rev. King shares his own pilgrimage to understanding

nonviolence as a way of life and an antidote to violence. While in Nashville, Rev. Vivian and Rep. Lewis were introduced to James Lawson who is considered an architect of the Civil Rights Movement. Lawson’s renown nonviolence workshops influenced Vivian and Lewis and remained with them throughout their lives.

What is nonviolence?

Nonviolence is more than just the absence of violence. It is positive, constructive and active . Kazu Haga, author of Healing Resistance: A Radically Different Response to Harm, describes it as a consistent practice, “Not as something to become, but a worldview and a skill set in which we are trying to improve.”

F o r C .T. V i v i a n a n d J o h n Lewis nonviolence was a daily commitment over the course of a lifetime.

There are six principles of nonviolence. They create a way to approach conflict, and are also a philosophy for living in the world.

They are:

Nonviolence is more than just the absence of violence. It is positive, constructive and active .

Principle 1: Nonviolence is a way of life for courageous people.

P r i nciple 2: The B elove d Community is the framework for the future.

Principle 3: Attack forces of evil, not persons doing evil.

Principle 4: Accept suffering, without retaliation, for the sake of the cause, to achieve the goal.

Principle 5: Avoid external physical violence, as well as internal violence of the spirit.

Principle 6: The universe is on the side of justice.

We can see these principles represented in the lives of each leader. The first principle states that nonv iolence requires courage, particularly in the face

of countless attacks, beatings and arrests. C.T. Vivian was punched and k nocked to the ground by Sheriff Jim Clark on the steps of the Dallas County courthouse while leading a voter registration march in 1965 and John Lewis was famously beaten on the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma on Bloody Sunday in 1965.

C.T. Vivian later explained that courageously refusing to walk away from a confrontation is the power of nonviolence.

The second principle is the goal of nonviolence. According to the King Center in Atlanta, the Beloved Community is achieved when: “Racism and all forms of discrimination, bigotry and

prejudice [are] replaced by an all-inclusive spirit of sisterhood and brotherhood.” The Beloved Community is often described as the intersection of love, justice, m e r c y a n d t r a n s fo r m at i o n .

When John Lewis spoke about nonviolence and the Beloved Community he often said, “Live as if the Beloved Community was already our reality.” Perhaps borrowing from the Gandhian idea of “being the change you wish to see in the world,” Lewis spoke directly to the idea that you cannot create a world of love and justice through violence and that the end you seek must be present in the means you employ. Violence, in all of its forms, is destructive.

Therefore, it will never yield the Beloved Community. As I often say to my students: you can only bake a chocolate cake if chocolate is an ingredient.

In 1994 Ben Harper wrote a song entitled, “How Many Miles Must we March.” My favorite lyrics come from this song: “The unfinished work of our heroes mu st t r u ly b e ou r ow n.” To honor their commitment to the nonviolent advancement of civil rights I will be offering a series of articles in the coming weeks that explore each of the principles in greater depth. I invite you to join me in learning more about the philosophy that has helped shape modern history.

Connie Blunden is the Director of the Center for Public Purpose and an upper school history teacher at Greenwich Academy. Her curricular and programmatic work focuses on social justice, participatory citizenship and leadership. She serves on the Board of the Selma Center for Nonviolence, Truth and Reconciliation.

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Ba rba ra A n n Su l l iva n S c h a e f e r, a k a G r a n d m a Toots, 78 of Greenwich, CT, accepted her promotion from registered nurse, mother, and grandmother to celestial angel on Saturday, July 18, while in the intensive care unit at Memorial Sloan Kettering. In case you have trouble spotting Barbara in the sky, she will be proudly displaying her “Hugs are Free” sign. You won’t miss her.

B a rb a r a w a s b o r n o n May 13, 1942 to Theodore “Sully” and Anna “So-So” Sullivan, and raised in New Rochelle, NY. Growing up, she loved spending time with her cousin Robert Stemper.

They remained best of friends throughout their lives.

Barbara’s childhood nickname was “ Toots”, a na me her grandchildren expanded into Grandma Toots.

Barbara was extremely bright, intellectually curious, and the first person in her f a m i l y to e a r n a c ol le ge degree. Her parents couldn’t have been prouder when she graduated from Seton Hill College with a Bachelor of Arts degree on June 2, 1963.

Barbara would later go on to earn two more degrees in pursuit of her passion for nursing. In 1980, she earned a Bachelor of Science in Nursing f r om Adelph i Un iversit y and then in 1984, a Master of Arts degree in Nursing Administration from New York University.

Barbara married Daniel J. Schaefer II and built a family of f ive boisterous, lov ing children and Tara, the family dog, on Long Island, NY. Later, she moved to Greenwich to resume her nursing career at Greenwich Hospital and b e c l o s e r t o h e r f a m i l y.

After retiring, she enjoyed volunteering at Nathanial Witherell nursing home in Greenwich.

Barbara loved mornings at Tod’s Point, helping others in need, spending time with her supportive friends, and working on NYT crossword puzzles. Most of all she loved spending time w ith her children and grandchildren.

She will be a dearly missed at fa m i ly gather i ngs a nd celebrations, especially when it is time to bake the Christmas pies.

A fierce and stoic fighter until the end, Barbara is now resting in peace and giving away hugs for free. The family wishes to express gratitude and love to her dear friend Kathy Link.

Barbara is survived by her f ive children and their spouses, Andrea Schaefer, Pamela Schaefer, Mark and A my Schaefer, David and Virginia Schaefer, and Shawn and Karen Schaefer; her 12 grandchildren, Olivia (23), Henry (20), Maya (18 + 2 mins), Aidan (18), Liam (17), Savannah (17), Morgan (16), Lukas (16), Mason (16), Philip (15), Griffin (13), and Tristan (13). She was preceded in death by her son, Da n iel Schaefer.

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Richard Alan "Dick" Feder of Greenwich died peacefully at home on July 17, 2020. He was just shy of 84. He was born in Orange, NJ, on July 24, 1936, the son of Lawrence Feder and Maxine Aron Feder.

Dick g raduated from Yale in 1958, where he was a member of Beta Theta Pi. After serving in the Marine Corps, he received an MBA from Harvard in 1962. In 1968 he married Diane Sullivan at the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich. The couple met while working at Colgate-Palmolive. They later formed a consulting company, The Marketing Group, where they worked together for forty years before retiring.

With a lifelong love of ideas, in retirement he continued to consult on marketing for non-prof its: u nder ta k i ng nu m e r ou s p r oj e c t s w it h Harvard Business School's Community Partners, and consulting directly with Abilis and At Home in Greenwich.

He will be remembered most for his mentorship of others, his wry sense of humor, and his get-up-and-go spirit. He will be deeply missed by his family, his many friends, and the makers of 3x5 index cards.

Dick is sur vived by daug hter Brooke ( Jesse Stuart) of Las Vegas, NV and son Corey (Judith Klausner) of Somerville, MA. He was predeceased by his wife who passed in 2013.

Observances will be private. In lieu of f lowers, memorial gifts may be made to Abilis (abilis.us)

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Joann Urso Camiglio of Cos Cob passed away June 2 5 , 2 0 2 0 s u r r ou nde d by loved ones. Born Aug. 17, 1952 to Romeo and Mary Urso (Francis).

Jo a n n m e t h e r f ut u r e husband in 1970 and they married four years later.

Joann and her husband Joseph Camiglio had a beautiful loving marriage of 46 years. Joann was kind, sweet and generous.

Diagnosed 37 years ago with MS she faced her illness with grace and courage.

She loved taking long rides and enjoyed spending time in Vermont and Cape Cod. Joann loved music especially Garth Brooks. She adored her family and was a wonderful wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all. She will always be remembered for her

beautiful smile, great sense of humor and her kindness to all.

Joann was predeceased by her parents Romeo and Mary Urso and sister Rosemary Piorkowski. She is survived by her husband Joseph Camiglio of Cos Cob, daughters Tara Camiglio of Cos Cob, Ashley Worrell (Lance) of Norwalk and two grandchildren Leo and Mila Worrell, sisters Ba rba ra (Bobby) Urso of C o s C o b , C a r e y D ow n e s of Wethersf ield and many nephews and nieces. We will always carry her memory in our hearts.

John Mead John Augustus Mead, a lifelong resident of Greenwich, CT, passed away on June 14, 2020, at the age of 80. The son of Stuart Augustus and Ella Jeanette Mead, John spent his early years at his father's car dealership, which is where his love of all things vehicular first started. He graduated the Brunswick School in 1957 and briefly attended college.

John met the love of his life on a blind date. He and Linda Davis Clarendon married in 1963. They had three children, Peter, Wendy, and Laurie, and

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they became actively involved in the Mead School as they sought a better way for their children to be educated.

For more than 30 years, John served as the property manager for the Mead School, maintaining its facilities and supporting its mission. He started each school day with his call of "8:30" and later "8:45," which signaled to students it was time to go to class.

In addition to being a loving father, John was a devoted grandfather to Aaron Mead, India Mead Smith, Lilith Mead McGrory, and Vivian Mead McGrory. He was pre de ce ase d by h is pa rents, h is w i fe L i nda, and his sister Mar y A nn Robertson.

The family would like to thank Dr. Alice Rusk, Dr. Sunil Rana, and the staff of Greenwich Hospital for taking such good care of John during his long battle with Parkinson's.

A memorial service will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in John's memory to the Mead School.

Lloyd Lueders Lloyd B. Lueders, a lifelong CT resident, passed away on June 30, 2020. He was born on April 29, 1938 in Stamford, CT. Grew up in New Canaan and moved to Old Greenwich in the late 60's. Graduated from New Canaan High School in 1956 and attended UConn and Bridgeport Engineering Schools.

Lloyd worked in the New York City metro area in the construction engineering field.

L loyd is su r v ived by his wife Ellen W. Lueders, b r o t h e r s D e n i s , B a r r y, John and many nieces and nephews. Predeceased by his father Fred Lueders, Dorothy Jones Lueders and brother Brian.

He was a member of the Operating Engineers Union and the NRA. Lloyd loved his family including all of his dogs and cats, enjoyed the outdoors, gardening, rebuilding cars and anything with an engine. He especially loved antiques and his beloved Shore Road FeakeFerris-Home, also known as, The Little Red House where he and his wife spent nearly 40 years.

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A beloved mother and grandmother, predeceased by her parents John and Sophie Brabender and her son Joseph M. Piro, Jr. Joan is survived by her daughter Andrea (Sal), granddaughters Kaycee and Aubree, her sisters Cheryl Clifford (Jim), Jackie Bucca (John) and many nieces and nephews.

We w e l c o m e y o u t o celebrate her life on Thursday, July 23, 2020 for a graveside service at 11 a.m. at St. Mary's Cemetery, 399 North Street, G r e e n w i c h , C T (m a s k s requested).

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Hope To See Us Through: How's Your Foundation?

By Terry Elsberry “‘For I k now the plans I have for you,’ declares the Lord, ‘plans for welfare and not for calamity to give you a future and a hope.’” —Jeremiah 29:11 Originally, we were told to expect a major drop in cases by the beginning of summer. And thankfully that’s true for us here in the Tri-state area. But the spiking of virus numbers in other parts of the country is staggering and tragic.

Even for us in a part of the country where Covid-19 is not as virulent as before, our lives are still not quite back to normal.

When will they be? Will they ever be what we once knew as normal? When we anticipate the future, how will the so-called “new normal” look?

Meanwhile the issue of race still dominates as situations long simmering break out in new and sometimes tragic ways. How do we respond? How do we make sense of this? How do we make things better, more fair, more equal? How can it be done without more violence, more innocent lives lost?

Looks like a lot of questions, doesn’t it? Meanwhile, answers are being sought, formulated and with time hopefully will be enacted.

Answers to the pandemic such as a vaccine or some kind of antidote that will stop this dread disease in its fearsome tracks. Answers to hopefully will ameliorate the persistent American canker of racism.

Meanwhile, what about us?

What about you and me in our

daily lives? How do we not only survive, but go forward both forcefully and positively as men and women of God? What’s our best Christian response to the underlying question of How Do We Live Our Lives in Such Unsettled Times?

What’s the foundation we build our lives on?

It’s not a question that applies only to extreme situations, is it?

What are the foundation stones that undergird every part of our lives? Our relationships. Our work. How we raise our children.

Plan our retirement? How we make the choices that determine our present and our future?

What’s your foundation built on? What’s mine?

If we’re true to the call on our lives as Christians, the answer to that question is clearly spelled out by the Lord in one of His many parables.

The definition of a parable is a story, based on a commonplace situation, that has an uncommon ending or unexpected twist. A parable is meant to leave us with a question or questions.

As in Jesus’ parable of the home builder.

Have you ever k now n someone who seemed to have it all together? Then, an unexpected disaster hit. And the person, admittedly hard hit, can’t ever quite recover. Or if recovery comes after a while, he or she shows signs of deterioration like taking it out on the people close to them, or resorting to addictive behavior, or blaming people who aren’t to blame. I’ve known people like that. Maybe you have, too.

The twist this parable offers us is that in this case, Jesus isn’t only giving us a minilecture on home building. He’s using solid building blocks as a metaphor for what He offered his listeners then.

Then there are those who are devastated by the blows of life and not only survive. They actually show signs of positive growth as a result.

The latter is the k ind of personality Jesus is eager to help you and me develop. The kind of person that shows forth the fruit of kindness and patience and endurance. He wants us not only to profit from our mistakes, from the blows life inevitably deals us.

He wants us actually to learn from them and, with time, develop the invaluable attribute of wisdom.

How do we do this? We start by building our house on a solid foundation. On rock.

When I f irst came to Greenwich many years ago, I was impressed by the great stone outcroppings. In my travels up the Eastern seaboard, I’m still nearly some 30 years later by the sheer power of these rocks.

All the rocks are what made farming such an arduous task for the colonial farmers. Before they could plant anything, they had to dig up the rocks. What a pain!

What an incredibly arduous, backbreaking task. But what beautiful

stone walls those rocks gave us. What solid foundations they became for houses and barns and stores and public buildings and churches.

Rock. There’s no give to a rock like ours. There’s no shaking it. No give to it. When, as Jesus says, the floods rise, the winds blow, the waters burst against a house with a solid foundation, the house will not be shaken. It can’t be shaken. Because the builder dug deep. Because he dug deep and laid several layers of solid rock. Because his house is built on an immovable, impregnable, everlasting foundation of stone.

And what is this stone Jesus is referring to? What makes such a foundation immune not only to destruction but to damage of any kind?

The twist this parable offers us is that in this case, Jesus isn’t only giving us a mini-lecture on home building. He’s using solid building blocks as a metaphor for what He offered his listeners then.

What He offers you and me today.

Which is His unshifting, unshakable, relentlessly faithful love and faithfulness. The love and

faithfulness He promises to all of us who will follow Him and put our trust in Him. BUT YOU AND I HAVE TO SET OUR MINDS. WE NEED T O M A K E T H E DECI SION TH AT NO M ATTER W H AT COMES OUR WAY, WE WILL N O T G I V E U P. W E W I L L NEVER GIVE UP. WE WILL COME THROUGH THIS HARD PLACE IN VICTORY. BECAUSE WE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON GOD. BECAUSE HE WILL NOT GIVE UP ON US. HE WILL BE WITH US ALWAYS. FOREVER. We all know people who haven’t set their minds like this.

We see them shifted here and there by the winds of chance.

We see them suffer needlessly because they don’t have their faith in the right things. Because they ’ve built the houses of their lives without an adequate foundation.

“I shall not, I shall not be moved,” goes an old song we used to sing when I was a kid.

“In the love of Jesus, I shall not be moved.”

The song goes on. But you see the point. In those

few words. The house of our personalities, the house of our lives, will not be moved, can not be moved, when we make the decision to build our lives, our relationships, the choices we make on God’s love and faithfulness.

In the inim itable words of one of the greatest rocksolid men of faith who ever lived, the apostle Paul: “Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or famine, or nakedness, or peril or sword?

“No. I am persuaded that in all these things we are more than conquerors through H i m w h o l o v e d u s . Fo r I a m conv i nced t hat neit her death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor things present, nor things to come, nor powers, nor height, nor depth, nor any other thing, shall ever separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 8:35-39) T he r e you h ave it . T he choice. It’s the most important choice you’ll ever make.

Decide for Him. Decide to build the house of your life and future and love on the allpowerful Lord of life.

If you do, it doesn’t mean your life will problem-free.

But it will be glorious.

Terr y served as Associate Rector at Christ Church from 1986-1994, and has now returned as Priest Associate. He recently r e t i r e d a s th e Re c to r of S t .

Matthew’s Church in Bedford, NY, where he served for the last 23 years.

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BAPTIST First Baptist Church 10 Northfield St.; 203-869-7988 www.firstbaptistgreenwich. com Sunday Servings: 11:30am, Facebook Live or for Devotion: 11-11:25am (Dial in 701-802-5355, Access code 360922).

Greenwich Baptist Church 10 Indian Rock Ln; 203-8692807 www.greenwichbaptist.org Online Worship - Sunday, 11am, streamed through Facebook and website (greenwichbaptist.org/ livestream). Sunday Morning Prayer: Sun, 8:30-9:15am, via Google Meet.

CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Church 95 Henry St.; 203-531-8730 www.sacredheartgreenwich. org In-person Mass: Mon-Fri: 7am (in Chapel); Sat: 4pm (Vigil); Sun: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30am (in Sanctuary). (Only by registration - call or text: 203-559-9256 or email: sacredheartgrn@optonline. net). Sacrament of Reconciliation (Church) by appt.; Sacrament of Baptism: Sun, 12:30pm (call the parish office in advance).

St. Catherine and St. Agnes St. Agnes: 247 Stanwich Rd; St. Catherine of Siena: 4 Riverside Ave; 203-637-3661 www.stc-sta.org Daily Mass under the Tent: MonFri, 5:15-5:45pm (sign up through homepage). Virtual Daily Mass: Mon-Fri, 7-7:30am, (sign up through homepage). Virtual Mass via Zoom: Sun 10:30am & Wed 1:30pm (Daily). Virtual events: Rosary: Mon, 1:30pm; Prayer and Conversation: Tue & Thu, 1:30pm; Stations of the Cross: Fri, 1:30pm. The priests of the parish will celebrate Mass privately for your intentions. Parish Partners Hotline: 203-637-3661 x375.

Parish Partners in Prayer: pray silently wherever you are: 8am & 8pm. No-Contact Food Drive for Neighbor to Neighbor: Tuesdays, 9-11am, there will be a car or SUV with an open trunk in the parking lot across from St. Catherine’s church, please drop your bagged grocery donations in the trunk.

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St. Mary Church 178 Greenwich Ave.; 203-8699393 www.stmarygreenwich.org Public Mass: Mon-Fri, 12:05pm (no reservations are needed limited to 50 people). Sat: Vigil, 4pm; Spanish (call 203-912-0246 for reservations), 7:30pm. Sun: 9, 10:30am & 12:15pm, (must make reservation in advance by calling the Parish Office, Thu or Fri, 9am-3pm and speak to the receptionist). Confessions: Sat, 2:45-3:45pm, on the patio.

Summer Rosary: Sun & Tue, 7:30pm, via YouTube Live. Virtual Daily Mass: Mon-Sun, 12pm, with Fr. La Pastina on Facebook. Visit EWTN.com for daily Mass at 8am with encore at 12pm.

St. Michael the Archangel 469 North St.; 203-869-5421 www.stmichaelgreenwich.com

The First Congregational St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church Church 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637108 Sound Beach Ave; 203-6372262 1791 www.saintsaviours.org Sunday Mass: 7:30, 9:30 & www.fccog.org 11:30am, in the parking lot (make In-person Outdoor Service: a reservation: signupgenius. Online Worship Service: Sun Sat, 11am & Sun, 11am. Online com/go/stmichaelgreenwich). 10am, through live-streaming on Worship Services available All Masses and Adoration will YouTube and broadcast on WGCH on Youtube.

Wednesday continue to be live-streamed. (or tune to AM1490 or FM105.5). Bible Study on Zoom and Mass Cards: Parishioners may Virtual Community Hour: Sun Teleconference (us02web.zoom. request Masses and get Mass 11am, via Zoom (meeting ID: 909 us/j/460978476. One tap mobile: Cards, call 203 869-5421.

415 108, password: 003930). +1 3 0 1 7 1 5 8 5 9 2 , 4 6 0 9 7 8 4 7 6 #.

Connect during the week: LandLine: +1 646 558 8656. US St. Timothy Chapel Monday: Music on Mondays (sent Meeting #: 460978476#) 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421

by Craig Symons); Wednesday: JEWISH Outdoor public celebration of Wisdom on Wednesdays (sent by Chabad Lubavitch of Mass: Mon-Sat: 7:30 & 9:30am, Rev. Patrick Collins); Thursday: Greenwich St. Timothy’s Chapel. Sun: 7:30, Faith Formation at Home for 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 9:30 11:30am, St. Michael’s All (sent by Rosemary Lamie); www.chabadgreenwich.org Church. Adoration of the Blessed Fridays on Facebook (live @ 3pm Sacrament: Wed, 10am-4pm & with Rev. Patrick Collins). The Services available via Zoom. PJ Sun, 12-1pm. Confessions: Wed, First Congregational Church of Library Zoom Storytime: Mon10-11am & 3-4pm, St. Timothy’s Greenwich is currently accepting Thurs, 3pm & Fri, 2pm. ‘ How to chapel (make a reservation: applications for an Associate Compromise when there are s i g n u p g e n i u s . c o m / g o / Pastor.

Diff erences of Opinion During stmichaelgreenwich). All Masses This Pandemic’ with Dr. Dale North Greenwich and Adoration will continue to be Atkins: July 26, 8:30pm, zoom.

Congregational live-streamed. us/j/ 4881360762.

606 Riversville Rd.; St. Paul Church 203-869-7763 www.

Congregation Shir Ami 84 Sherwood Ave.; 203-531northgreenwichchurch.org 1273 E. Putnam Ave, PO Box 8741 Online Worship Service: Sun 312, Riverside; 203-900-7976; www.stpaulgreenwich.org Shirami.info@gmail.com 10:30am, via Zoom.

Please Public Mass Celebration: Mon- email Rev. Halac at Pastor@ www.congregationshirami.org Thu: 9am; Sat: 4pm (Vigil); northgreenwichchurch.org any All services, programs and Sun: 7:30, 9:30 and 11:30am day and at any time until 9am on celebrations are available online (Reservation is required only Sunday and you will receive an via Zoom. for Sunday Mass by visiting the invitation link.

Greenwich Reform Synagogue homepage or by calling 203-531Second Congregational Church 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 8741, ext. 4). Online daily Mass at 139 E Putnam Ave.; 203-869www.grs.org EWTN.com, 8am with encore at 9311 Online programs streamed 12pm. Daily Mass also available on www. 2cc.org virtually on Zoom.us: Tot Shabbat Bishop Robert Barron’s website Services available online, details at with Rabbi Gerson and Cantor at wordonfire.org/daily-mass.

2cc.org.

Contemporary Worship: Dunkerley, Fri, 5pm.

Shabbat Confessions by appointment only Sat, 5pm. Traditional Sunday services with Rabbi Gerson and – call 203-531-8741, ext. 2.

Service: 10:30am.

Cantor Dunkerley, Fri, 7pm. Jewish St. Roch Church meditation and text study with EPISCOPAL 10 St. Roch Ave.; 203-869-4176 Rabbi Gerson, Tue-Fri, 12pm. www.strochchurch.com Anglican Church of the Advent Storytime for Kids with Rabbi 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-861In-person Public Mass: Mon-Fri, Gerson, Tue-Thu 5:30pm. Kids 2432 7:30pm; Sat, 5pm (Vigil); Sun, Sing Along with Cantor Dunkerley, www.churchoftheadvent.org 7:30am, 10:30am & 1pm (Spanish), Mon-Thu, 10am. sign-up (signupgenius.com/go/ Service: Sun, 9am, Holy Eucharist.

Temple Sholom strochchurch). Mass - via live Sunday School during academic 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869streaming: Mon-Sat 8am (Latin), year.

7191 Mon-Sat 9am (English), Sun Christ Church Greenwich www.templesholom.com 7:30am (English), [Concelebrated 254 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869- Services – live-streamed: Fri for Previously Scheduled 7:30am 6600 6:30pm; Sat 10am; Sun 8:30am. & 9:30am Mass Intentions], Sun www.christchurchgreenwich. If you have an emergency and 1pm (Spanish) [Concelebrated org need to reach a member of the for Previously Scheduled 11:30am & 1pm Mass Intentions]. The Outdoor Worship: Sun, 9am, clergy, dial 203-869-7191 ext.

Lawn 3. Limited in-person Friday Church will be open as follows Tomes-Higgins-Front (during Summer weather night Shabbat service, pre(for private prayer): M-F 10ampermitting), registration is required, registration is required, lori.

8pm, Sat 3-6pm, Sun 9am-12pm. akryzak@christchurchgreenwich. baden@templesholom.com.

Eucharistic Adoration (silent): M-F org.

Virtual Worship Service: 7-8pm, Sat 5-6pm, Sun 9am-12pm.

LUTHERAN First Saturday Fatima Devotion: Sun: Holy Eucharist, 10am, First Lutheran Church Low Mass (Latin) 8am, followed livestream. Sunday Forum via 38 Field Point Rd.; 203-869by Rosary and Litany of Loreto. Zoom, 11:15am. Morning Prayer: 0032 Confession: Sat, 4-4:30pm or by Weekdays, 8am, on Zoom. www.firstpaul.com Evensong: Thu, 5pm, livestream. appointment.

Morning Prayer live-sessions: 7 The Service of the Word is CHRISTIAN SCIENCE & 9am at dailyoffice.org. Prayer of streamed live at 10am on Sundays.

First Church of Christ, Scientist the Cloud Meditation via Zoom: Holy Communion is offered 11 Park Place; 203-869-2503 Mon, 7-8pm.

Organ Recitals: throughout the week (at First www.christiansciencect.org/ Fri, 5:30pm, Facebook Live. Lutheran) by appointment. greenwich Virtual ‘ Packathon’ – ongoing St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Sunday and Wednesday services (onrealm.org/ParishChristChu/-/ 286 Delavan Ave.; 203-531via live tele-conference: 203-680- give/outreach). Racial Healing 8466 Listening Sessions: July 26, 9095, code is 520520*.

11:15am. Dogwood Books & Gifts Worship Services Live-streamed COMMUNITY is ope:n Sundays, 10am-12pm & at firstpaul.com/live-stream.

First Church of Round Hill Tuesday-Friday, 10am-4pm.

METHODIST 464 Round Hill Rd.; 203-629St. Barnabas Episcopal Church Diamond Hill United Methodist 3876 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869www.firstchurchofroundhill. www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org 2395 com www.diamondhillumc.com Live and Virtual Morning Prayer: Worship services are cancelled Sun, 8-9 & 10-11am (signupgenius. Online Worship followed by until further notice. The office is com/go/4090e4aadac2ea3f f2- a time of Fellowship, 10-11am, also closed until further notice. sunday1). Virtual Coffee Hour: via Zoom (us02web.zoom.

(If you need to reach Rev. Leo Sun, 10:45am. Morning Prayer: us/j/635272316?); via phone: DialW. Curry, pastor, or any other July 29, 8-9am, contact Clergy. in: +1-929-436-2866 US (NY), personnel, call 203-629-3876 Meeting ID: 262 529 082. ‘What St. Paul’s Episcopal Church and leave a message or email Happened to the Disciples?’, Wed, 200 Riverside Ave.; 203-637fcroundhill@outlook.com).

The 7:30pm, via Zoom (or Dial-in: +1 2447 church will re-open for worship 929 436 2866 US. Meeting ID: 940 www.stpaulsriverside.org on Sunday, Sept. 13.

2222 0303, Password: 516742).

Round Hill Community Church Mass on the Grass: Sundays, 9:30am. Service on the Meadow: First United Methodist Church 395 Round Hill Rd.; 203-86959 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629Sundays, 9:30am. Virtual events: 1091 9584 Online Morning Prayer: Sun, 10:15www. www.fumcgreenwich.com 11:15am.

The Book of Common roundhillcommunitychurch.org Prayer is available online in Virtual Sunday Worship, 9:30am, In-person Public Outdoor Worship: PDF format: stpaulsriverside. via Zoom (203 629 9584). Virtual Sun, 10-10:30am, registration org/online-worship-resources. Daily Gathering: Mon-Fri, 3pm, is required (signupgenius.

Faith At Home - crafted Zoom. Talking with Your Hands, com/go/70a084aafa72aa0fb6devotional materials for families Mon 3pm. Reading this World as a inperson). Virtual events: Sunday and individuals available at Christian, Tue 3pm. Back to Rock Worship & Church School dofaithathome.org. Movie in the – music with Mr. Bruce, every Online: Sun 10am, youtu.be/ Meadow: ‘ The Wizard of Oz’: Tue, 3pm, via Zoom. Reading the CNjyLHzsRlI. Face Masks for July 24, 8pm, free, register at Shape of Scripture, Wed, 3pm, via BGCG: for more information on eventbrite.com/e/movie-in-the- Zoom. Spring Bible Study, Thu, this project, contact jjacullo@ meadow-tickets-113806672822. 3pm, via Zoom. Tea & Talk, Fri optonline.net. RHCC Summer Music in the Meadow Concert: 3pm, via Zoom.

Brunch: July 26, 11:15am.

Alexis Walls Music, free, register Bethel African Methodist CONGREGATIONAL at eventbrite.com Episcopal

42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099

Worship via teleconference: Sun, 11am and until further notice (Dialin number: 425-436-6380, Access code:​​612220).

NONDENOMINATIONAL Revive Church 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old Greenwich Civic Center) www.myrevive.org Online Sermons available on Facebook (facebook.com/ myrevivechurchgreenwich) and on Youtube. All groups are online.

Direct any prayer needs to the prayer chain at 203-536-2686 or revivecfm@gmail.com.

Stanwich Church 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 www.stanwichchurch.org In-person Worship: Sun, 10am, Sanctuary, registration is required (s t anw i c hc hur c h . t ps db . c om/ OnlineReg/196). Worship online: Sun, 10am, (website, Facebook, YouTube). Prayer Hour: Mon 7pm, Wed 6:30am, Fri 7am, via conference call (Dial 515-6065410, punch in access code: 119748#). Alpha Online Sessions: Mon, 7:30-8:45pm, register.

Facebook Live with Pastor David: Wed 7pm. Student Small Groups: Fri 6:30pm, via Zoom.

Homecoming Worship Night: July 24, 7:30pm, on the lawn at 202 Taconic Rd (Rain date: July 25, 7:30pm (if it rains both days, this event will be canceled), register at stanwichchurch. t p s d b . c o m /O n l i n e R e g /4 2 .

New Covenant Center – Lunch, contactless drop-off : July 26, 9:30am, 202 Taconic Rd, sign up at signupgenius.com/ go/60b0c45aca72da1f94-cook The Albertson Memorial Church 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203637-4615 www.albertsonchurch.org Sunday Services and all church activities have been cancelled until further notice.

Trinity Church 1 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 www.trinitychurch.life Online Sunday Services: 9:45am, youtube.com/c/ TrinityChurchLife/live.

Digital Devos (a 30-minute ‘drop-in’ devotional and prayer via Zoom call: Tue & Fri, 11:30am; Thu, 7pm, TrinityChurch.Life. Alpha (online): Tue, 7:30-8:45pm. Give and receive help during Covid-19 – join the Covid-19 Crisis Care Team or request help and support, visit TrinityChurch.Life. Host a House Church: through July 26, cutt.ly/ suqofes.

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-8698686 www.fpcg.org Online Worship: Sun 10-11am at fpcg.org/live. Sunday School online, 10:15-11am. Email info@ fpcg.org with questions.

Beginning June 3: Summer Wednesdays (Online) - Join Ellie and Tara on Zoom every other Wed, 4:30-5:30pm, ages 4-4th Grade, email ellie.strathdee@ fpcg.org (a Zoom link will be sent out bi-weekly). The Prayer room – via Zoom: Tue, 12-12:45pm & Thu, 8-8:45pm (email holacastillo13@ gmail.com for the Zoom ID and password).

Grace Church of Greenwich 8 Sound Shore Dr., Suite 280 203-861-7555 www.gracechurchgreenwich. com Worship is cancelled indefinitely.

Sermons available on the website.

Living Hope Community Church 38 West End Ave; 203-6373669 www.LivingHopeCT.org Worship Service online: Sun, 1011:15am (YouTube or Facebook).

Coffee and fellowship: Sun, 11:15am-12pm, via Zoom. Following the service prayer teams will be available to pray for you (fill out a form on the webpage). Wednesday Prayer: Wed, 8:30-9am. Women’s Summer Bible Study: July 28, 9:30am-10:30am.

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By Jim Knox My happiest memories are family memories. Among them, water seemed to be our family theme, and the beach was our special place. Whether walking the edge of the salt marsh at Sherwood Island, swimming in Cape Cod Bay or wad ing the tidal creeks on the Cape’s Atlantic side, my wife, kids and I explored together. Frequently accompanied by their cousins, they would engage in a morning or afternoon of scanning, searching, digging, scooping and catching. Our rules were simple; empty shells, feathers and other natural items could be collected. Living creatures could be caught, briefly observed and gently released. This informal biolog ical sur vey y ielded a ma z i ng d iscover ies. Not a search would go by when the kids wouldn’t find a new variety of feather or shell, a new species of fish or a new sight concealed around the next bend of the salt marsh.

Among the myriad sea and marsh creatures we discovered t o g e t h e r, o n e c a u g h t e a c h

child’s interest the moment they glimpsed one of the slow creatures mak ing their way through the clear, shallow water.

The distinctive tan, dinner-platesized creatures would move for deeper water or rapidly burrow into the soft sand to evade us.

With careful guidance, the kids b e c a me ex p er t at s co opi ng up the multi-legged creatures before proudly displaying them for all to see.

The sea creatures they held aloft were new to them but were no newcomers to the beach. In fact, they’d been in the neighborhood for quite some time. The Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, (Limulus polyphemus) is the North American representative of the Horseshoe Crab family consisting of four related species found worldwide.

These ancient creatures have been swimming the planet’s sha llow seas for more than 450 million years! Our native Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs are the largest, reaching up to 24 inches in length, and range from Maine to the Yucatan Peninsula. Crabs in name only, Horseshoe Crabs are actually arthropods more closely related to spiders and scorpions. Thankfully, they lack the sting of their cousins. Their sharp spike of a tail, known as a telson, serves as a rudder and as a means to right themselves on land or water when they’re flipped.

With a protective, segmented exoskeleton, they search the sha llow sandy seabed for mollusk s, wor ms and other sma ll inver tebrates. They are versatile, using their f ive pairs of seg mented legs for

walking, swimming and placing food in their mouths. Their domed carapace, the prosoma, protects the animal’s brain, hea r t, mouth a nd legs. The smaller trailing section of the exoskeleton, the opisthosoma, shields the animal’s muscles and remarkable structures known as book g ills. These organs enable the animal to breathe in both air and water and can also act as paddles, propelling the Horseshoe Crab through the water, upside down!

Equal parts kid-friendly and fascinating, the Horseshoe One of the keys to the Crab is the perfect wild neighbor.

Horse sho e Cra b’s endu r i ng success is it’s sensory array.

Possessi ng a power f u l pa i r In fact, much of what we know these ancient beasts owe the o f c o m p o u n d e y e s (t h i n k about human eyes was derived regal color of their blood to dragonf ly) which can magnify from the study of Horseshoe the copper in the hemocyanin,

“You would think nine eyes and a pedigree of nearly half a billion years would catch our attention but the Atlantic Horseshoe Crab has an even more attention-grabbing trait--blue blood.” sunlight tenfold, they scan the surrounding waters for danger.

When danger is detected they immediately burrow into the soft sand to completely disappear f rom sig ht w it h i n se conds.

The crab boasts an impressive batter y of seven other eyes including a pair of ventral eyes located near the mouth and even eyes which detect visible, polarized and ultraviolet light!

C r a b e ye s by No b e l P r i z e winning scientist, Dr. Keffer Hartline.

Yo u w o u l d t h i n k n i n e eyes and a pedigree of nearly h a l f a b i l l i o n ye a r s wo u l d catch ou r at tent ion but t he Horseshoe Crab has an even more attention-grabbing trait-blue blood. Possessing oxygencarrying hemocyanin, instead of hemoglobin like us vertebrates,

which produces the color. While blue blood is undeniably cool, there is something even cooler about this particular blood; it not only sustains life, it saves lives.

Their blood contains a compound known as Limulus A mebocy te Lysate--L A L for short. When exposed to bacterial toxins, LAL coagulates. This attribute has led to a medical b r e a k t h r o u g h . E a c h y e a r,

medical researchers harvest Horseshoe Crab blood f rom millions of the animals (which c a n b e p e r fo r m e d w i t h o u t harming the animals) to create accurate tests to detect and prevent bacterial contamination on medical instruments, vaccines and other intravenous medicines. Held in such high esteem for their life-sav ing ability, Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs are a protected species.

In addition to being invaluable to our species, these timeless beasts contribute to the health of the ecosystem and their fellow species around them.

With each female producing as many as 100,000 tiny green eggs each season, those that do not hatch provide food for countless other marine and terrestrial species, including many migratory birds. Those that do hatch will undergo a series of 18 or so molts over the course of a 20 year lifespan, marking them as some of the longest-living arthropods.

Equal parts kid-friendly and fascinating, the Horseshoe Crab is the perfect wild neighbor. I am so grateful for those days at the shore when time was not marked by minutes or hours but by the beaming smiles and laug hter bet ween the tides.

Perhaps the greatest thing to emerge from our time at the beach was the discovery not of a new species, but of a species new to each one of our children, and along with it, knowing we were w it ness to somet h i ng utterly timeless and inherently g o o d , w h e n o u r p l a n e t ’s youngest learn from its oldest.

Astrology Column For Week of July 26, 2020

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LEO 24 July-23 Aug The Sun in Leo gives you an edge over the opposition, but a tricky Venus-Neptune link warns that you will not be able to keep a loved one away from a certain person. The attraction is too strong. Don’t worry: even if it ends in tears it will be a lesson worth learning.

AQUARIUS 21 Jan-19 Feb Take extra care of your health this week. It’s not that anything is likely to go wrong but the aspects are such that you could easily overdo it – socially as much as at work. By all means have fun but respect your limits – as well as those of others.

VIRGO 24 Aug-23 Sept What lies ahead is much more exciting than what lies behind, so stop looking over your shoulder, wishing you were somewhere else. There are so many interesting things going on around you that could make you happy if only you looked to the future.

PISCES 20 Feb-20 March Why are you so afraid to ask for advice? Could it be that you think you’ll be told the one thing you don’t want to hear? If that is the case you probably already know what to do but don’t want to do it. Be brave: such things are never as painful as we fear.

LIBRA 24 Sept-23 Oct Sometimes you can impose your will on others but current cosmic forces make it unlikely that a loved one will do as you say. It doesn’t matter if your way is best, what counts is that they have room to express themselves. Try not to smile if they fail.

ARIES 21 March-20 April You like to think of yourself as logical but even Ariens have times when their emotions get the better of them and this could be such a time. Whatever a loved one says or does this week it’s vital you don’t overreact.

Stay calm even if you’re seething inside.

SCORPIO 24 Oct-22 Nov You seem to be in one of those moods where you’re tempted to pack a few possessions, hit the road and never come back. It may be a nice idea but you know you won’t really mean it. Stay and fight your corner – it might be tough but you will win in the end.

TAURUS 21 April-21 May You may be flattered by someone’s attention this week but be on your guard. With affectionate Venus, your ruler, at odds with duplicit Neptune there’s a small but significant chance that someone is trying to win you over to further their own interests.

SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov-21 Dec There’s a risk you will be taken in by a sob story this week and commit yourself to providing financial help. Do something practical to alleviate their plight by all means but promise cash and you’re inviting them to come back every time they need a little extra.

GEMINI 22 May-21 June There is just one more emotional or financial hurdle to overcome before you’re free to chart a new course through life. It really does not matter how you deal with it so long as you make a decision and stick to it.

Could be quite a challenge for a Gemini!

CAPRICORN 22 Dec-20 Jan Friends or relatives may be a burden on you this week but under no circumstances let them know how you feel. Their confidence is low enough without having to worry that they have upset you as well. Play the Good Samaritan: you’ll all feel better for it.

CANCER 22 June-23 July No doubt you expect others to follow your lead and do what you say and no doubt you can persuade them to do so. But don’t come on too strong or you could create ill feeling.

And that would be silly considering how much goodwill you command just now.

Discover more about yourself at sallybrompton.com

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REAL ESTATE DASHBOARD Deborah Ference-Gray

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Office: 203.618.3155 Mobile: 917.584.4903

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NEW LISTINGS

Data Compiled by Cesar Rabellino (203) 249-9866

NEW SALES

Data Compiled by Cesar Rabellino (203) 249-9866 Address

Original List

List Price

Sold Price DOM BR FB Acres

SqFt

19 Whiffletree Way 19 56 Caroline Place 1 Putnam Hill 3G 11 Elm Place B 11 River Road 116 86 Blue Spruce Lane 6 Brook Crossway 21 Marshall Street 27 Annjim Drive 56 Summit Road 22 Guilford Lane 73 Weaver Street 6 38 Coachlamp Lane 11 Rockland Place 78 Butternut Hollow Road 10 Lake Drive South

$569,000 $693,900 $669,000 $849,000 $735,000 $850,000 $799,000 $895,000 $1,075,000 $1,199,000 $999,000 $1,198,000 $1,175,000 $1,500,000 $1,595,000 $1,995,000

$569,000 $649,900 $669,000 $799,500 $735,000 $850,000 $799,000 $895,000 $949,000 $1,050,000 $979,000 $1,198,000 $1,175,000 $1,500,000 $1,595,000 $1,895,000

$550,000 $610,000 $625,000 $720,000 $735,000 $798,500 $799,000 $895,000 $935,000 $975,000 $980,000 $1,100,000 $1,200,000 $1,460,000 $1,480,000 $1,800,000

132 251 201 53 47 61 20 50 295 241 99 113 45 103 588 33

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2.1 0.22 0.2 0.26 0.26 0.2 0 0.66 0.18 2.27 0.32

1,416 1,650 1,580 1,160 1,270 2,669 1,799 1,766 2,229 1,720 1,810 3,527 2,760 2,954 4,420 2,853

353A Sound Beach Avenue 58 Indian Head Road 129 Dingletown Road 55 Londonderry Drive 8 Bradbury Place 7 Bryon Road

$1,895,000 $2,795,000 $2,499,000 $2,599,000 $2,900,000 $6,075,000

$1,895,000 $2,595,000 $2,399,000 $2,599,000 $2,900,000 $6,075,000

$1,895,000 $2,391,000 $2,410,000 $2,595,000 $2,880,000 $5,900,000

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How to Be a Stand Out Buyer

By Cheryl Maccluskey

As I drive through Greenwich on Tuesday’s and Thursdays, it’s great to finally see some Open House signs around town. The phone calls from Brokers saying they are so busy they can’t see straight. When I reflect over the last several months I have been trying to find the silver lining through all of this pandemic that has brought our world to a halt. This morning it finally hit me. Real Estate in Fairfield County has been booming. Although it saddens me that a pandemic has turned the Real Estate Market around, I am happy to see all the Real Estate Brokers busy as bees! It is sad that the list of states requiring quarantine is now up to 31 from last week’s 22, Connecticut is far from that list.

Yesterday there were no reported deaths. Good News!

I have been getting calls from brokers and clients on a regular basis about what they can do before looking in the market to ensure that if they find a property they love, make an offer and if it does get into a bidding war, how can they stand out.

Here are a list of things I tell my Brokers on how to prepare their clients to be ready to purchase.

1.

Introduce your clients to a Mortgage Specialist sooner than later.

2.

Have them acquire a pre-qual letter.

3.

At Fairf ield County Bank we have created a process to have the client’s credit approved, it is called a commitment to lend.

Once the client is approved, they do not have to go through the process again once they find a property.

The other questions I have been getting from First-time buyers or buyers in general is

should they be purchasing a home right now. Is it a good time because interest rates are low? Or will the housing market crash, meaning should buyers wait.

I don’t think anyone can predict what the future holds at this moment given what we don’t know about the coronavirus, where you live, and how long the world will be locked down, it is impossible to provide a definitive answer.

Basics, if you find a home that seems right for you and you have job stability and you can get financing at historically low rates, buying a home might be a wise choice and the right thing to do even now.

The same is true for someone who wants to buy an investment property. Ten years ago, the housing crisis gave investors a unique opportunity to scoop up properties at extremely low prices and finance them with historically low interest rates. While we don’t know if property prices will go that low again, many American’s won’t have enough money and will likely walk away from properties.

We are in difficult times in the Real Estate market. For decades, it was understood that you could safely buy a home, sit back and watch how the home’s value go up. In our lifetime, the real estate market has now suffered at least two major shocks. The Great Recession of 2008 and the second one is just beginning.

A couple of tips to think about before buying a property: 1.

Determine how long you plan to stay in your new home. If it’s less than five years, look for a property where you can build value.

2. Understand how much you can spend.

This isn’t a time to spend beyond your means and hope for the best. It is likely that prices will decline in the short run, so don’t overspend.

3. Find a place that meets your needs.

Unless you’re getting a dream price, you may want to spend for the neighborhood and improve the home over time.

4. Find the right neighborhood for you.

Look for a good school district, as homes in those neighborhoods tend to hold their value better in a declining market and rise faster in a local market that is strong.

5. Make sure the financing you obtain is on terms that work for you now.

As you make that decision, you have to take a long view of the market. Your plan should be to live in your home for at least five years. Over that time, you’ll have the enjoyment of a home, and in five years the market and this pandemic outlook should be quite different from where we are today. Happy Hunting.

Address

List Price

Price/SqFt

SqFt

AC

BR

45 Ettl 405 333 Palmer Hill 1B 41 Richland 50 Church 9 16 Windy A 86 Valleywood 18 Norias 15 Glen 104 Lyon Farm 104 25 Elm 65 14 Hidden Brook 12 Richmond 220 Riverside 1 Macarthur 350 Riversville 155 Clapboard Ridge 8 Dorchester 1363 King 50 Cat Rock 181 Milbank E 680 Steamboat 5 1 Tomac 111 Conyers Farm 743 Lake 29 Doubling 185 Riverside 11 Vineyard 59 Mooreland 340 Stanwich

$648,000 $780,000 $865,000 $885,000 $897,000 $1,050,000 $1,050,000 $1,200,000 $1,275,000 $1,295,000 $1,299,000 $1,365,000 $2,195,000 $2,200,000 $2,325,000 $2,450,000 $2,599,000 $2,995,000 $3,095,000 $3,250,000 $3,285,000 $3,400,000 $6,495,000 $6,595,000 $6,750,000 $6,995,000 $8,500,000 $9,250,000 $9,499,000

$362 $537

1,792

0 0

2 2 4 2 3 4 4 4 3 2 3 4 5 4 4 4 4 5 5 4 2 4 6 6 6 7 7 6 5

$427 $563 $346 $500 $413 $521 $485 $1,315 $618 $811 $742 $520 $352 $612 $612 $585 $609 $865 $1,400

1,452 2,028 1,571 2,590 2,102 2,545 2,303 2,629 985 2,102 1,683 2,959 4,230 6,600 4,003 4,250 5,120 5,079 3,758 2,347

0.17 0 0.17 0.25 0.35

0.38 0 0.26 0.13 0.28 0.19 1.7 2.18 0.26 2 1.47 0.22

$668

5,091 0.5

$472 $632 $748 $646 $820 $930 $780

13,749 10,433 9,026 10,825 10,360 9,946 12,174

18.43 2.65 2.8 0.94

4.85 4.18 3.83

FB

Area

3 Glenville 2 Riverside 2 Byram 2 South Parkway 2 Pemberwick 2 Cos Cob 3 Byram 2 South Parkway 3 Glenville 1 South of Post Road 2 Riverside 2 Old Greenwich 3 Riverside 5 Old Greenwich 4 North Parkway 4 South Parkway 3 Riverside 6 North Parkway 6 Cos Cob 3 South of Post Road 3 South of Post Road 3 Old Greenwich 8 North Parkway 7 South Parkway 7 South Parkway 8 Riverside 7 South Parkway 9 North Parkway 5 North Parkway

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FEATURED OPEN HOUSES Data Compiled by Rob Pulitano [203] 561-8092

Address

Area

Price

Day/Time

Broker

18 Leonard Avenue

Riverside

$1,070,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

19 Overlook Drive

Greenwich

$1,495,000.00

Sun 2-4 PM

Houlihan Lawrence

35 Leonard Avenue

Riverside

$1,724,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

Old Greenwich $1,850,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

5 Holman Lane 84 Burning Tree Road

Greenwich

$1,975,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Houlihan Lawrence

20 Harkim Road

Greenwich

$1,995,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

15 Widgeon Way

Greenwich

$1,995,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

172 Byram Shore Road

Greenwich

$2,150,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

18 Circle Drive

Greenwich

$2,250,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

21 Harkim Road

Greenwich

$2,250,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Houlihan Lawrence

17 Edgewood Drive

Greenwich

$2,295,000.00

Sun 2-4 PM

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

350 Riversville Road

Greenwich

$2,325,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

18 Cat Rock Road

Cos Cob

$2,495,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

26 Jeffrey Road

Greenwich

$2,495,000.00

Sun 12-2 PM

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

24 Maher Avenue

Greenwich

$2,495,000.00

Sat 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

24 Maher Avenue

Greenwich

$2,495,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

505 E Putnam Avenue

Cos Cob

$2,550,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

1 Spring Road

Greenwich

$2,595,000.00

Sun 3-5 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

487 Lake Avenue

Greenwich

$2,900,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

15 Dearfield Lane

Greenwich

$2,995,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

125 Field Point Road B1

Greenwich

$3,350,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

172 Milbank Avenue E

Greenwich

$3,495,000.00 Sun 12-2:15 PM

16 Binney Lane

JSJ WINDOW TREATMENTS Serving Greenwich since 1989

Old Greenwich $3,575,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Ready For Your Most Important Needs For Aquarion Customers in Darien, Greenwich, New Canaan, Stamford and Westport

With the lawn and garden season upon us, it’s time to remember how important

it is to avoid using water inefficiently – including over-irrigation.

The average suburban household uses at least 30% of its water for irrigation.

But most could use less – a lot less – and still enjoy healthy lawns and gardens.

That’s why Aquarion, in coordination with town and state officials, continues to expand this conservation-focused irrigation schedule throughout its service area. Here are some tips to make it even easier for you: • If you have a built-in irrigation system, have a licensed irrigation professional make sure it’s working efficiently • Check our website to see if you qualify for a variance from the schedule – for new plantings, a large property, or a high-efficiency irrigation system.

• Keep in mind, weather and other conditions may further reduce your watering needs.

Together, we can ensure our communities always have enough water for all their vital needs. For more tips on improving your water efficiency, please visit our website.

Questions? Call our Customer Service Center at 1-800-732-9678

www.aquarionwater.com/watering

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Houlihan Lawrence

59 Connecticut Avenue

Greenwich

$3,900,000.00 Sun 2:30-4:30

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage

291 Round Hill Road

Greenwich

$3,950,000.00

Sun 2-4 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

85 Zaccheus Mead Lane

Greenwich

$3,950,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

Mandatory, Maximum Twice-Weekly Sprinkler Irrigation Schedule

27 Evergreen Road

Greenwich

$4,849,000.00 Sun 3:15-5:15 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

105 Parsonage Road

Greenwich

$5,000,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

Last Digit of Your Address Number Please Water Only On: 0, 2, 4, 6 or 8 (even numbers) Sunday & Wednesday 12:01 am – 10:00 am, or 6:00 pm – Midnight

500 Lake Avenue

Greenwich

$6,790,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Sotheby's International Realty

18 Lower Cross Road

Greenwich

$7,495,000.00

Sun 1-3 PM

Berkshire Hathaway N.E. Properties

1, 3, 5, 7 or 9 (odd numbers)

Saturday & Tuesday 12:01 am – 10:00 am, or 6:00 pm – Midnight

No address number

Sunday & Wednesday 12:01 am – 10:00 am, or 6:00 pm – Midnight

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You....Pick The Charity We.....Write The Check Be a Part of our Charitable Checking Program For Program Details Contact: Emily Newcamp 203.302.4382 or Emily@GreenwichFirst.com HUNTER DOUGLAS ♦ GRABER® ♦ CONRAD SHADES ♦ DESIGNER FABRICS BLINDS

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311 Hamilton Ave., Greenwich | 203-661-5123 | www.jsjwindowtreatments.com Showroom hours: Monday – Friday 10 – 5pm, Saturday 10 – 2pm

Port Chester

500 Westchester Avenue Port Chester, NY 10573 914.908.5444

Cos Cob

444 East Putnam Avenue Cos Cob, CT 06807 203.629.8400

GreenwichFirst.com NMLS 510513

stamford

900 Summer Street Stamford, CT 06905 203.413.6101

For those making dreams come true GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

Back-Country Updated Farmhouse

350RIVERSVILLE.COM | OFFERED AT $2,325,000

Marilynne Stratton (203) 253-2027

GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

RIVERSIDE | NEW LISTING

Classic home with a Today’s Fair

Light Filled 4 Bedroom Riverside Home

20HARKIMROAD.COM | OFFERED AT $1,995,000

29SPRING.COM | OFFERED AT $1,850,000

Janet Milligan (203) 253-1770

Martha Drake (203) 249-8713

GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

Picturesque Lakefront Colonial

SE Facing Unit on a Private Cul-de-sac

21ORCHARD.COM | OFFERED AT $1,675,000

103WESTLYONFARM.COM | OFFERED AT $1,295,000

Joseph Barbieri (203) 940-2025

Meri Thomas (203) 249-9229

OLD GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

GREENWICH | NEW LISTING

RENDERING

Quintessential White Brick Cape

Beautiful, Move-in Ready Renovation!

29MARSHALLSTREET.COM | OFFERED AT $1,150,000

55BLOCUSTSTREET.COM | OFFERED AT $739,000

Ellen Roth (203) 550-8886

Susie Quinn (203) 856-2495

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