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September 11 Ceremonies Planned

Fazio Selected for 36th State Senate Seat Republican Ryan Fazio emerged victorious following Tuesday’s special election in the 36th state Senate district, and will be completing the remainder of Alex Kasser’s term through 2022.

Fazio won New Canaan, lost in Stamford and carried Greenwich with 5,251 votes for Gevanter (D), 6,010 votes for Fazio (R), and 313 votes for Blankley (petition), with 28.15% voter turnout.

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Face Mask Protocol Effective Aug. 20, First Selectman Camillo mandated a universal mask policy in Greenwich with enforcement beginning Aug. 23.

Greenwich PD Car Show The Greenwich Police Departments 2021 Benefit Car Show has been rescheduled on its rain date of for August 29 at Town Hall in Greenwich from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admission is free to spectators and will include classic, antique, custom, and exotic cars, motorcycles, vintage fire trucks, and military vehicles. The family-fun event will include a DJ, a 50/50 drawing, food trucks, and more. All proceeds will go towards the Greenwich PD Scholarship Fund. The rain date is August 29.

Henri Hurricane/Tropical Storm Henri's path shifted east just before making landfall, sparing most of Connecticut from more than just heavy rain.

Henri was on course to slam into Connecticut coastline as a Category 1 hurricane prompting emergency response planning from local and state first reponders and utility providers. Greenwich and most of the Connecticut coastline benefitted from a high pressure system pushed the storm east and from cold water which caused Henri to weaken rapidly before it made landfall.

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The 20th anniversary of the attacks will be remembered in town at two ceremonies.

The first ceremony will be held at 6 p.m. Sept. 10 at the Glenville Volunteer Fire Company station.

A piece of steel from the World Trade Center ha s b e en t u r ne d into a memorial at the fire station.

The ceremony will recognize the Greenwich citizens who were killed as well as all of the first responders.

The second ceremony will be held at the memorial in Cos Cob Park beginning at 8:46 a.m. Sept. 11. Some family members of those who died in the attacks will attend as well as town and state elected officials, members of the military, the American Red Cross and local first responders.

Attendees will place f lowers at the base of the memorial. The service will begin with a cannon shot and a ringing bell to mark the moment that the first hijacked jet hit the World

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capture this in some kind of material form.’ The element of the glass towers was born out of that.”

In contemplating the design, Hilton also remembered the impromptu memorials that went up near Ground Zero after the attacks.

“There were these memorial walls with f lowers and people’s names and little notes stuck in, and little flags. All these little symbols were incorporated. So the towers we’ve designed, we draped them with a motif of an American flag, and the victims’ names from Greenwich in the flag.” As a setting for the towers, Hilton designed an abstraction of the World Trade Center Plaza— the black granite terrace—with two spiraling walkways leading up to it. If you were to see the walkways from above, their design would resemble the mathematically perfect curve of certain seashells; a Fibonacci ratio, also referred to as God’s fingerprint.

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Trade Center. Another bell will ring at 9:03 a.m., when another plane hit the second tower. It will ring again at 9:37 a.m., when a plane hit the Pentagon; at 10:03 a.m., for the plane crash in Shanksville, Pa.; and at 10:28 a.m. when the first tower collapsed.

The names of the 33 victims tied to Greenwich will be read during the ceremony.

In 2010 Charles Hilton Architects of Greenwich was selected to design the 9/11 Memorial.

For h is desig n, H ilton d rew inspiration from the Towers of Light Memorial more than the Twin Towers themselves. “I remember, af ter Ground Zero was cleared, seeing those Towers of Light, and how ethereal they were,” Hilton says. “The towers were back, but they had this kind of ghost-y effect. They were kind of there and not there at the same time. For me, that was very powerful.

And I thought, ‘I wonder if we could

Dan Warzoha, 1953-2021 We are sad to repor t that Dan Warzoha passed away last week unexpectedly at the age of 68. Born on December 31, 1953, Dan Warzoha was a local icon, a proud mem b er of t he f i rst responder com munit y, and a leader throughout the town of Greenwich. Below is the statement issued by the Glenville Volunteer Fire Company of which he was a member for 52 years, and which he led as its Chief for 10 years. First Selectman Fred Camillo directed all flags to be lowered to half staff until chief Warzoha’s internment.

The Glenville Volunteer Fire Company wrote, "Dan will be remembered for all of his many notable, and dedicated services to the Town of Greenwich, including that of Past Fire Chief of the Town’s Department, and the Emergency Ma nagement D i re c tor. Da n’s selfless contributions and services to our Town will be graciously remembered for many years to come. His loss to our community, a n d a l l t h at h e p r ov i d e d , i s significant. Visitation will be Aug. 27, 4 to 8 p.m. at Coxe & Graziano with a funeral mass scheduled for Aug. 28, 10 a.m. at St. Roch’s Church.

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By Jill S. Woolworth, LMFT Kindness is the most important character t r a it o f a l l . It c a n n o t b e put on l i ke a sh i r t for a specia l occasion because it develops through repeated daily decisions to think and act kindly. Kindness is a key quality to look for in all relationships, especially in a mate.

Pay attention to how yo u a n d o t h e r s t r e a t the less power f u l or socially awkward—the needy friend, the elderly grandparent, waitstaff, rambunctious children, grumpy customers, and bad drivers—just to name a few. These oftenoverlo oke d sit uat ion s can reveal and help us

measure kindness both in others and in ourselves.

When Sa sha wa s in c o l l e g e , h e r b oy f r i e n d came to the house where she was babysitting to help her care for two little kids.

As she bathed the older girl in the bathroom, she overheard his kind, playful voice as he fed dinner to the one-year-old in his high chair. She remembers thinking that she wanted this man to be the father of her children. He is.

Greenwich resident , Jill Woolworth is author of the book, The Waterwheel, which is available locally at Diane's Books (203-8691515) or info@dianesbooks. com) or at Amazon.

CONTENTS

Royal Ballet Student Aidan Buss in His Final Year, Page 2 The Imaginative Doors Travel Can Open For Us, Page 4 Restaurant Review: Townhouse, Page 4 Book Review: Spies Versus Masters, Page 4 Where Cristina Buccieri’s Passion For Birds Is Leading Her, Page 5 Editorial Page, Page 6 Special Election in Review, Page 7 Columns Real Estate, Page 12, 13 Section B Community Calendar Obituaries Puzzle Pages Astrology Worship Calendar Calvin & Hobbes and more!

By Christian Baldwin Earlier this month NBA Star, Donovan Mitchell, held his annual basketball sk ills camp at the Greenwich Country Day School (GCDS). Campers ranging from grades 5 to 12 had the opportunity to play the game, learn from special guests, and interact with Mitchell himself. Campers were also given an opportunity to take individual pictures with Mitchell, Adidas backpacks f illed with various items, and a pair of D.O.N. Issue 3’s, the third iteration of Mitchell’s shoe line. This is the third time Mitchell has held his camp in Greenwich and each year it has provided the campers with lessons on and off the court that will last them a lifetime.

The first session started at 9 in the morning and the last session ended at 8:30 at night. One of the camp directors mentioned he had worked at various NBA stars’ camps, but Mitchell was the only one to be present hours before it began and hours after it ended.

Mitchell is very passionate about giving back to the communities that supported him, which is the

reason he chooses to hold the camp at GCDS every year. “Being able to give back to kids not just in Greenwich, but in the Connecticut area as a whole, New York, New Jersey’”. Mitchell is known as one of the most charitable players i n t he N BA c om mu n it y a nd loves to show it every chance he gets. “Going back to my roots and giving opportunities to kids just like me is very important”.

Mitchell says he recognizes how special it is to spend time with one of your favorite athletes, and has a deeper understanding sprouting from his childhood.

Growing up, Mitchell looked up to many athletes and was lucky enough to be able to interact with some of them regularly. His father worked for the New York Mets, so Mitchell had many opportunities to be around the players and always felt welcomed. “They were so great to me as a kid and that feeling was just incredible. I loved that feeling, so now that the roles are reversed, being able to give kids that same feeling means the world to me”. Mitchell credits his time being around the Mets as a large part of truly understanding what it means to a kid to be able

to connect with their role models.

When asked what the biggest pieces of advice he’d want his campers to walk away with, he responded “Stay in school and be able to not put limits on yourself’’.

He went on to talk about how not only in sports but in life, anything is attainable through hard work.

He had been doubted at every turn of his life, and his success now is a testament to even the wildest of dreams being met.

Inspiring the youth, especially those in similar situations to what he was growing up, is one of his favorite parts of being an NBA player and will always be a priority throughout his career.

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Royal Ballet Student Aidan Buss in His Final Year

By Anne W. Semmes Aidan Buss of Old Greenwich, our ballet star in the making, is ever closer to that stage career. He is entering his sixth and final year at London’s esteemed Royal Ballet School (RBS) at Covent Garden. Home for a month before returning to school in September, and turning 19 in October, he is asked if his heart still burns to be a professional ballet dancer. He replies, “Of course. I definitely say its increased because of the Coronavirus pandemic.”

Covid lockdowns had stolen away Aidan’s onstage RBS performances for two years. “We normally have our summer performances in June and July as our year group [finally] did this year.” Included in those performances held at the Royal Opera House were, “a class demonstration that gave you an inside view into our training and how we kept in shape, and a piece choreographed for us by a member of the Ballet Company called ‘Playfully So,’ and it was really fun to dance because it was very acting based…all of these teenagers playing with each other. And then we did a contemporary piece called, ‘Is to Be.’" Aidan has been in training nearly the entire year. He left the RBS in July for the San Francisco Ballet School’s summer intensive.

Now taking a breath, he’s signed onto a few weeks of classes at the Greenwich Ballet Academy before hopping on a plane to return to Covent Garden.

So, what does he dream to dance? Last year it was the ballet, “Onegin.” “That's one of my favorites, but this past year we were working more on pas de deux and I've grown to love pas de deux.

It's working with somebody else. It's making it a partnership. It's working together to get the lady on her balance, so she doesn't look like she's about to fall. Sometimes she'll tell me, ‘Could you maybe hold me this way, or can you open my leg to the side so it looks nicer.’ Pas de deux has opened a whole other part of the vocabulary to me. ‘The Nutcracker’ pas de deux is one of my favorites. It's a classic and everyone knows ‘The Nutcracker,’ but the pas de deux is just so regal.”

So, what music is inspiring him to dance? Piano music! “At the school we're lucky to have live accompanists that are in the lessons, and they play the piano for us. And I love a task that I set myself of how I can best portray the music that is being played. And I think this helps me use a more artistic side that will be useful when performing on stage. So, I love piano music. I think it's so simple, yet deep and complicated.”

So, what dance moves are challenging him? “The hardest jump we've had to practice for was a double Saut de Basque. I can do a very small demonstration for you,” he says, with a smile, moving to a space off the kitchen. “I'm going to do a single turn instead. You have to take a big preparation to go into it, with your arms in the proper position.” Yes, and with one leg drawn up to the knee. “With the double that's quite difficult.”

So, how does the school measure Aidan’s physical progress as a dancer? “There's quite a rigorous measurement system,” he tells.

“They measure us three times, in the beginning of September, in January, and end of April. They do your height - I'm 5 feet 10 now.

But they also do a lot of rotational exercises to see where your flexibility is.” He demonstrates one. “It's called the knee to wall test.

They put your toe on a line a few inches from the wall, with your knee touching the wall, to see how far away your foot can be from the wall without your heel coming up.” And just for boys there’s the upper body strength test for the pas de deux. “You have to lift a bar of 20 kilograms (44 pounds) as many times as you can overhead while sitting. Last time I think I got to 22. It's doing it multiple times that becomes the fatiguing factor.”

“It's a long process,” Aidan notes of those measurements. “It'll take three hours for everyone to get through all of the different things that you have to do. It's really important that this is done because it helps a school measure our strengths but also our weaknesses, to see if maybe we need some exercises to strengthen our core muscles, so we can be a better dancer.”

Add to that measurement the annual assessment of dancers in early March! But also cancelled with Covid. “We had another mini lockdown in January and February. We couldn't prepare for it. Our last assessment was in 2019. Honestly, it was a shame because it's also a performance opportunity, to perform to this panel and show off your best, to put your best foot forward. They are quite stressful, but for me these assessments are a performance opportunity. It's practice for a career.”

Aidan praised his school’s cautious guidelines during the height of the pandemic. “Thankfully, none of us at the School got Covid.”

Masks were mandated but not in class, but teachers in their studios were separated from students. With Aidan back in Old Greenwich during lockdown he was training daily via RBS zooms. “The school tried so hard to make that continuation of training as similar as

Royal Ballet School student Aidan Buss in the front row, second couple from the left, with his classmates in their class demonstration for The Royal Ballet School Summer Performances 2021 on the Linbury stage, Royal Opera House. @2021 The Royal Ballet School/Photo by ASH.

Royal Ballet School student Aidan Buss practicing with classmates in Valentino Zucchetti\'s new ballet Playfully So for The Royal Ballet School\'s Summer Performances 2021. @2021 The Royal Ballet School/Photo by ASH. possible to a studio but of course there's so many things that you can't control like what floor you have, the space that you have to dance in.” Returning to school, Aidan was grateful that his teachers “started us off slowly, and they gradually increased it until we were all back to the training we were used to.”

So, challenge upon challenge, then came the A levels, the British equivalent of the SAT’s. But, fortunately at RBS there is only time for students to take one of the usual three A level subjects.

“So, I did math. That was quite challenging for I had to do a lot of studying and revision for it.”

Come July 2022, Aidan will graduate into the big world of dance.

Will he know then where he will dance? “Well, everyone this past year graduated and got contracts with [dance] companies, which is an amazing feat. In this time of Coronavirus, in the school they all worked so hard to get contracts.”

“It's a process through this entire final year,” he tells. “We put together audition videos, snippets of us in class by ourselves that

the ballet staff look at and say okay, maybe do this section again.

They sort of coach us through it. And sometimes those videos will be sent out to companies, or to artistic directors of companies.

The next step might be you go audition at a company or maybe the artistic directors come to the school to see you. But it's a bit of both.

There's not really a set way of going about it. The school works as hard as possible doing as much as they can to really support the process. I know I want to be someone who graduates with a contract. That would be an amazing, amazing achievement.”

Royal Ballet School student Aidan Buss practicing his arabesque at Greenwich Ballet Academy. Photo by Victoria Rivera.

Royal Ballet School student Aidan Buss in rehearsals for Valentino Zucchetti\'s new ballet Playfully So for The Royal Ballet School\'s Summer Performances 2021. @2021 The Royal Ballet School. Photo by Rachel Cherry.

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The Imaginative Doors Travel Can Open For Us

By Anne W. Semmes There’s no doubt that traveling stretches the mind, especially as the pandemic has lifted a bit. My recent flight to Denver to visit my son and family began in Fiorella L a G u a r d i a’s t i ny i n au g u r a l terminal with the larger airport rebuilding. My ar r iva l at the Denver International Airport was mind blowing. It’s twice the size of Manhattan!

I came with gifts, a copy of “Dover Solo” about a Greenwich girl who swam the English C h a n n e l f o r m y 1 2 ye a r - o l d soccer star granddaughter, Sisi (Siena), and copies of Archaeology magazine for my imag inative 8-year old grandson Arthur, who likes to dig for buried treasure.

A l s o, a vorac iou s r e ader, he promptly offered me a book to read called “Going Solo” by Roald Dahl, curiously about the author’s flying years.

My son and family moved to Colorado when their hometown of San Francisco shut down w it h f i r e s , C ov i d , c l o s e d schools, and no soccer in play.

Didn’t Colorado have a hot soccer team for girls? So, there they are outside Denver and Sisi wants to remain in Colorado with her team and Arthur wants to return to his school in San Francisco.

So, while the parents ferret out their future, I soaked up my grandchildren and the beautiful Colorado scenery and read my Roald Dahl book. Their rented house had distant views of the Rockies and a backyard waterfall, e l e c t r i c a l l y g e n e r ate d . D e e r wandered the neighborhood in perfect harmony with residents.

The kids have a puppy called Coco that brought a lot of action outside.

One evening a tent took shape via my grandson’s handiwork and

he professed to sleep in it that night. My caring son threw down a blanket nearby to join him. But, sometime late in the night the thought of a possible bear visit brought the boys inside. And sure enough, the next evening the giant garbage container was ravaged by a bear.

While I became completely a b s o r b e d b y R o a l d D a h l ’s ex t raor d i na r y ex p er ienc e i n Africa and f lying for the RAF in Egypt and Greece, Arthur was building with hundreds of sticks his version of the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world he had visited in Dubai when his family lived in Abu Dhabi. Where did Arthur’s marvelous design come from? “I made it up.”

While Sisi was riveted by the American women’s soccer team doing their best in the Tok yo Olympics I was able to entrance Arthur in the Stonehenge exhibit at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. Seeing how that stone circle was built is an endless fascination. But it was the Eg yptian Mummy exhibit that took his breath away. And when we came home it was time to watch his favorite “Drain the O c e a n” d o c u m e nt a r y s e r i e s on Disney. Wit h its focus on technology f inding shipwrecks at the bottom of the sea what should appear, but the wreck of the CSS Alabama captained by our ancestor Admiral Raphael Semmes!

A r thur had broug ht home from the Museum a small clay model of Stonehenge. And with a thunder and rain storm his Burj Khalifa tower was blown down.

As he arranged the clay stones, he was imagining the next tower he would build. And I was imagining what he would do when he was Roald Dahl’s coming of age. I’ve learned a lot, thanks to Arthur, about Roald Dahl’s imaginative and courageous life, beyond his magical stories for children.

I n s te a d o f c ol le ge , R o a ld trekked in Newfoundland, then found a job that would take him to Africa working for Shell Oil, and when World War II broke out,

I’ve learned a lot, thanks to Arthur about Roald Dahl’s imaginative and courageous life, beyond his magical stories for children.

At 6 feet 5 inches tall, RAF pilot Roald Dahl found it a challenge fitting into the cockpit of his small fighter plane. Contributed photo.

Grandson Arthur Wingfield Groo, age eight, completes his “Burj Khalifa” tower. Photo by Anne Wingfield Semmes. he didn’t come home but joined the RAF and courageously f lew small fighter planes in Egypt and Greece. He crashed in the North African desert and nearly died of his injuries but miraculously survived to fly again.

His family history had much

sorrow. His father died when he was four, broken hearted over the death of his 7-year-old daughter.

Roald would suffer the same with his 7-year-old daughter dying of measles with a cure out of reach.

His infant and only son suffered serious injuries from being hit by a taxi in New York City. Soon

after, his wife actress Patricia Neal, pregnant with their f ifth child, would suffer a stroke that pa ra ly ze d her for ye a rs. But throughout Roald Dahl makes up all those magical stories!

When I was introduced to his daughter Ophelia Dahl years ago reporting on a story on the

great effort she and friend Paul Farmer created in Haiti, Partners in Health (that Greenwich’s Leslie King was involved with), I was intrigued also knowing of her father’s work.

Ophelia told me that at age 18, living in England, she was accepted to Wellesley College, but her father had something else in mind for her to do first. He told her to go to Haiti and “do good works.” Now I understand where he was coming from.

Ophelia spent the next seven years helping Paul Far mer build Par tners in Health to bring healthcare to the poorest places on earth, and then she went to Wellesley. In 2006 she shared her father’s inf luence in her commencement address at Wellesley.

“He pushed up against limits to a delicious degree. For the first 10 years of my life, I had been fed nightly stories of ‘fleshlumpeating g ia nt s’ a nd ‘snoz wa ngers’ and ‘vermicious k nids.’ I was convinced that a ‘fire-breathing bloodsuck ling stonecheck ling Spitler’ lived in the woods outside my bedroom window… He was convinced that imagination would be the most vital ingredient for a fulfilling life and told me that if, at times, all you have is your imagination, you will rarely feel alone.”

Restaurant Review: Townhouse

By Emma W. Barhydt

You Should Go to Townhouse for Dinner... Tonight.

Townhouse is a restaurant with a classic and upscale air topped with fun, modern touches.

Everything about Townhouse is Luxe from the furniture to the food.

I had the pleasure of participating in a tasting at Townhouse, getting the opportunity to enjoy some of their fabulous dishes and I must say, my expectations were blown out of the water.

Being a resident of Greenwich, I am blessed with a staggering variety of food choices, culinary experiences, and national flavors all at the tips of my fingers and all of a very high quality. Even with my Greenwich foodie expectation,

I was truly amazed by every dish that was put in front of me. Each dish I received showed off the passion and skill of the chef in their own way.

I began with the Tuna Tataki Crudo. Beautif ully silk y tuna was covered in a shallot and soy vinaigrette topped with crispy flakes of garlic and micro greens.

I’m not usually one for tuna but this dish opened my eyes to the possibility of what tuna could be.

Beautifully flavorful and light, the tuna literally melted on my tongue.

It wasn’t too much of anything and the portion size was perfect for an appetizer, it wet my appetite but still left me with room for more.

The next dish was their Roasted Baby Beet Salad which was by far the star of my meal.

I think I could have eaten two, maybe three portions of this salad for lunch and been satisf ied. It has become my quest to try and recreate this salad at home to some degree. I genuinely haven’t been able to stop thinking about this salad. Every aspect of the dish elevates it in f lavor and texture in ways that surprised me. Beets, goat cheese, arugula, cucumber, olives, tomatoes, and chickpeas a r e n o t i n g r e d i e nt s I wo u l d immediately assume go together

but I think I would go so far as to say this is the best thing I’ve ever eaten.

The last appetizer I tried was the Braised Veal & Foie Gras Terrine. While not my favorite dish of the afternoon -- there were just too many standout dishes -- I still appreciated the way the f lavors went together. The soft texture of the veal and foie gras went well with crispy bread and the sweetness of the raisins and apples balanced out the smokiness of the veal and foie gras.

For my t a ste of ent r e e s I received the Gnocchi, Grilled Swordf ish, and a specialMushroom and Herb Crusted Leg of Lamb.

The gnocchi was heavenly.

P i l low y s of t cloud s of p a s t a paired well with crispy forest mushrooms, caramelized onions, kale, and goat cheese. Even though you have a lot of flavorful, heavy ingredients in the dish on a hot summer day the gnocchi was never overwhelming. The gnocchi was my second favorite dish of the meal. I was so satisfied with the symphony of flavors and textures that all worked together to create such a masterpiece.

The grilled swordf ish with olives, tomatoes, capers, eggplants

Roasted Baby Beet Salad - the best thing I've ever eaten

Leg of Lamb and Gnocchi and peppers was also ver y good, but I felt it was a f lavor combination that is found in many restaurants in Greenwich, it didn’t pack the same punchy ingenuity of flavors that the other dishes had.

The leg of lamb was perfectly seasoned and even though I’m not a fan of gamey meat, I found myself enjoying it all the same. The crust was a nice compliment to the flavor of the lamb that neither overwhelmed nor took away from it and it was perfectly cooked.

The addition of a well-balanced

sauce and carrot puree completed the dish. It was an adventure to discover how each flavor worked together.

Finally, I f inished the meal with Townhouses caramel stuffed churro which came with a vanilla bean creme anglaise. I could have just had the creme anglaise and a spoon and been happy it was so good. The churros were also incredible, crispy on the outside and filled with a delicious gooey caramel. The creme ang laise elevated the churros from good to spectacular, marking the perfect end to an amazing feast.

Overall, my expectations were met and then far exceeded. All of the dishes I tried were delicious even if they weren’t my favorite.

I was constantly delighted by

Melt in Your Mouth Tuna ju s t how much t he che f h ad ta ken mout h feel a nd tex t u re into consideration when creating the dishes on top of f lavor. This care made each dish not only delicious in f lavor but also a joy to eat. Townhouse has become a restaurant that I just can’t stop thinking about, making its way onto my top 10 list of favorite restaurants on the East Coast. I am wholeheartedly looking forward to eating here again!

Tow n h o u s e i s l o c a t e d a t 35 Church Street. Phone is 2 0 3 .62 2 .4 2 2 3 a nd web site i s townhousegreenwich.com.

Editor's Note: Townhouse & PlumpJack Family of Wines are hosting a Wine Dinner, Tuesday, September 21 @ 6:30pm. Reception followed by a Four Course Menu.

Book Review: Spies Versus Masters

By Eugene Surowitz On page 319 of his book “Spymasters”, Chris Whipple cites an unnamed former senior CIA off icial as characterizing Gina Haspel by saying that “She would make a great prison camp commandant.”

Her various forms of objectionable behavior include: heading a rendition camp, testifying to Congress in private rather than during a showboat, and applauding during a Trump speech. These are also known as classic functions of intelligence agency heads: keeping silent in public, r unning the black operations of their agency, and super v ising the gathering of intelligence.

Three pillars of responsibility have been in the CIA's historical remit: gathering readily available data a nd its a na lysis; snea k thieving data and intentions from

foes (and 'friends'); and dirty tricks of various magnitudes and degrees of effectiveness. The last, in particular, tends to result in noisy Congressional hearings.

Whipple's spymasters are the CIA heads rather than the other heads of the collectivity of agencies under the Director of National Intelligence, who is tasked with getting all our agencies to talk to each other after 9/11. It's a long way from the time since Herbert O. Yardley got his walking papers from Henry L. Stimson with “Gentlemen do not read each other's mail!” Yardley published “The American Black Cha m b er ” wh ich sent the Japanese military ballistic (as well our own). Ef forts to reconstruct off ices capable of dealing with other countries concealment were suff iciently successful to get us through the second World War. The Cold War was too big and complex

to yield to ad hoc organizations and it led to the bureaucratic security hydra that now exists as the “United States Intelligence Community”.

Whipple focuses on the CIA Directors and their conf licted relations with their President; the rate of turnover in both posts

is roughly equal. There is an old truism about leaders and their spies: they get the intelligence products they want! The clashes come when unable to take credit for a perspicuous success, the President blames a failure of intelligence; Congress enjoys taking part in this blame game too.

The f irst non-f iction book I recall reading along the lines of spies a nd t hei r ac t iv it ies is Ladislas Farago's “War of Wits” (1954), later reissued in “Spymaster”. Possibly used as a textbook by some agencies at one point, this introduced the basic def initions and their practical appl ic at ion of t he worlds of e spionage , i ntel l igence , a nd counters to those.

I am also reminded of “The Cra f t of I ntel l igence” wh ich Allen Dulles published in 1965 of his experiences as the CIA Director at the peak of the Cold

War before it became a numbing nightmare continuity. After a a group of start-up directors, he settled in to give us such triumphs of the craft as the 1953 Iran coup that aroused anger that the present Iranian regime feeds on and later the shambolic Bay of Pigs invasion and our ransoming the invaders.

The latter gave him a deserved dismissal. After an interim period, Whipple's first focus is R icha rd Hel ms a nd proceeds stolidly through his mastery of the spies and those of his successors. There is a one-sided aspect of any such account in that the spymasters retain their off icial reticence while verbal trumpeting from the White House and the Capital dunce caps is always available.

The usual situation does not pertain wherein past masters c a n b e g i n bla bbi ng to t hei r interrogators to the extent that

they can be convinced that those already have a good piece of the story. That clam opener helped open the Ultra and Magic secrets decades after the facts. When the masters are not resting in peace, they are still too close to the current action.

In short, Whipple has given u s a ve r y r e a d a b l e vo l u m e summarizing the squabbles of the top rank of the CIA with would be masters of a universe that obstinately refuses to obey t h e i r w h i m s . S o r r y, b ut n o ripening dead bodies.

Editors Note: Chris Whipple i s a G C D S Al u m n u s , n o t a bl e documentary filmmaker, and New York Times bestselling author.

Recently Whipple '68, joined the GCDS Grade 10 American Studies classes to discuss his new book and hi s path a s a jour nali st , writer, and producer.

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Where Cristina Buccieri’s Passion For Birds Is Leading Her

By Anne W. Semmes Cristina Buccieri, age 1 2 , can trace her fascination with birds beginning four years ago witnessing the migration of hawks in late September at the Greenwich Audubon Center.

“Everywhere you looked in the sky you saw one. It was one of the moments that just gave you some sort of hope, something that lifted you off your feet. It was incredible. You get these masses of birds - once we got around 2,700 birds of Broadwinged Hawks in these huge circles, which we call kettles.

Everybody can experience this - you just need to go out and learn. That's why I try to insist that my friends come and visit Greenwich Audubon because it's so amazing.

“The only thing is you have to open your eyes and start looking up, start noticing the bird calls you hear around you because we hear them all the time in the morning - we have that whoo, whoo of the Mourning Dove. We hear all these sweet songs of the Carolina Wren and all these Song Sparrows.”

There’s no doubt Cristina is growing into a passionate advocate for learning about nature, beginning with birds.

She just finished five weeks at the Audubon Center Summer Nature Day Camp. When she wasn’t soaking in her learning, she was teaching other campers and counselors. “I pointed out a couple of woodpecker sounds that we heard in the distance. I was talking to my counselors…

Cristina Buccieri sidles up to an owl at the Audubon Center. “She is living proof of how valuable education is at the core of Audubon's mission to protect birds as she is inspiring new generations of children to be just like her." Ryan MacLean, Audubon Bird Education Specialist. Photo by Anne W. Semmes. actually sharing some birdcalls I knew that they didn’t know, the Yellow Warbler’s ‘sweet, sweet so sweet’…about the Goldfinch which has the phrase ‘potato chip, potato chip,’ and the White Throated Sparrow, that goes, ‘oh sweet Canada, Canada, Canada.’”

So, what is Cristina aspiring to? What her Audubon mentor Ryan MacLean does as bird education specialist. “I want to share my knowledge with other people. And I also want to do a career that impacts with my love of birds.” [Historical note: Ryan MacLean f irst came to the Audubon Center age 12 and by 13 was learning about owls from now retired bird education

specialist Ted Gilman.]

Cristina shares some of those magical bird moments MacLean has brought to her over the years at Audubon. “So, he taught me about the Woodcocks, and he inv ited us over at nig ht to go look at the Woodcocks display. And he was shining his flashlight along the trail, and we saw the Woodcocks going ‘beep, beep, beep,’ and displaying.

They then f lew up 100 feet in the air in circles making this fluttering, ‘chich, chich, chich’ sound in their wings, and then suddenly they just dropped down, landing in the exact same spot they were in before.”

But there was a double feature. “As he was shining his

light, the Woodcocks flew away, and then we saw two bright eyes fluffing back at us, a rabbit hopping along. And we realized why it ran so fast - two young bobcats came onto the road staring back at us, and then they walked away. It was amazing.”

Then there was the call from Maclean to come to that other birding spot, the Edith Read Sanctuary in Rye. “And we saw this beautiful white Snowy Owl sitting on a branch of a dead tree. There you can see tons of Barn Owls which are just as beautiful, with their big faces and their monkey calls, like, ‘who cooks for you, who cooks for you.’”

Cristina adds one more

magical moment at the Audubon Center. “Suddenly someone points out these things that look like geese. But then they start to come closer, and we see these beautiful long necks with the red on the top of their head. It was beautiful Sandhill Cranes and there were three, and it was at sunset. It was a really beautiful moment we shared.”

Then there was her discovery la st ye a r of a bi r der ’s l i fe list. “Ryan told me about the Audu bon app that you ca n download that actually lets you make your own life list.

So, basically this app allows you to identify different birds.

It has a lot of cool features. It’s where you count every species of bird that you've never seen before.” After Cristina counted the birds she’d already seen her total come to 126, after seeing that Green Heron. [The Audu b on Ce nte r ’s sp e c ie s record is approximately 230]. “I really think the life list is cool to keep track of,” she says, “Like some people have thousands of species on their life list, and once you reach an older age it's nice to see how many you have.”

For E a r t h D ay l a s t ye a r Cristina planted an organic garden in the front lawn of her Port Chester home. “So, the organic gardens mainly c o n s i s t o f ve g e t a b l e s a n d natural fertilizer because I've learned that pesticides sink into the ground and get into underg round water ways, or when a storm comes and washes it out from the grass.”

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Monarch butterf lies of f the milkweed she planted, including an albino Monarch. “If you've seen a Monarch butterf ly it's exactly what they look like but everything that's orange on them is white. It's beautiful.”

Cristina submitted a video of her garden with its pole of six bird feeders to Audubon that was shown in an Audubon zoom call. Her gardening became a teaching moment, learning about the connection between pesticides and fish in Long Island Sound. “And we get fish from there. So, let’s say it’s almost like self-poisoning because a fish comes to us, and we eat the fish.”

Cristina’s desire to share what she’s learned has her proposing a nature club to the principal of her school, Corpus Christi Holy Rosary where she’ll be entering the seventh grade. “My principal actually accepted the idea and she said we might do it,” she tells, her fingers crossed.

“Some kids are in their own world in my class. Some of them don't want anything to do with it, so it might take a while.

But some of them every time I’ve spotted a Turkey Vulture, or a Red-tailed Hawk over the blacktop during recess, they'll say, ‘Where, where…that's so cool.’ So, I think some of them are like really excited about nature. Some of them got really curious and when they found out I was creating a club they said, “Sign me up right away when it opens!”

Community PRIDE Shines in Greenwich

By Shari Shapiro Tu r n i n g my c ol u m n ove r, once again, to my colleague Joe Belisle, who runs the Lighthouse LGBTQ teen group at Kids In Crisis. June Pride was a busy and rewarding month at Kids In Crisis. We are grateful for with the support we received toward our mission of building healthy communities where children and families thr ive throu gh prevention , coun seling , and crisis services available 24-hours ever y day. In particular, we were thrilled to watch a new community initiative launch and grow, and we have nothing but gratitude and respect for those who made it possible.

A s t he Co ord i nator K ids In Crisis LGBTQ youth prog ram, Lig hthouse – my heart is very full today as I write this. I want to take this opportunity to give a gigantic shout-out and thank you to Wells Noonan who graciously spent a lot of time and energy on our behalf to have

Every rainbow yard sign is a lifeline to LGBTQ people everywhere. They are an important display of welcome and inclusion.

#Greenw ich HasP r ide law n signs made and displayed on lawns throughout Greenwich.

100% of the proceeds went to our Lighthouse group here at Kids In Crisis!

We a s k e d G r e e n w i c h residents to put these signs out during June Pride Month and so many of you purchased one and displayed it with pride.

We are so honored and proud to partner with Wells in this

initiative that she so cleverly dreamed up. We thank you for your enthusiasm and for recog nizing that sy mbols matter. Every rainbow yard sig n is a lifeline to LGBTQ people everywhere. They are an important display of welcome and inclusion.

Many LGBTQ people suffer alone and in silence still in the closet or worse, out of the closet, but still not accepted

by f a m i l y or f r i e nd s . 4 2 % of L GBT Q yout h s er iou sly considered attempting suicide in the past year, including more than half of transgender and non-binary youth. More than 80% of LGBTQ youth stated t h at COV I D -19 m ade t hei r living situation more stressful — and only 1 in 3 LGBTQ youth found their home to be LGBTQaffirming.* Thank you too to everyone that put out a sign on their front yard. We saw them and so did our community’s LGBTQ youth population! Other Fairf ield County towns took note of what we were doing and joined in on the effort; hopefully this will only grow in coming years. You all made a difference in the lives of so many LGBTQ youth who

make their home right here.

Your support means so much to me personally and to the kids that we serve. I’m so proud to call this community home and proud that you understand the importance of the outreach work we do. A million thank you’s!! *Trevor Project – National LGBTQ Mental Health Survey 2021 Located in Cos Cob, Connecticut Kids In Crisis provides emergency shelter, cr isis counseling, and community education programs for children of all ages and families facing crisis.

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Since its founding in 1978, Kids In Crisis has provided vital 24hour services to more than 158,000 children and teens, and their families. Providers, educators, community members, and family members are encouraged to call the 24-hour helpline: 203661-1911 for support.

Jos eph B eli sle d raws a n d paints, teaches art, is husband to David, and father to Faith.

Belisle proudly runs Lighthouse, the LGBTQ+ teen group at Kids in Crisis. He grew up in a big family in a small New England town and currently lives in Fairfield County, Connecticut..

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EDITORS & COPY EDITORS Editor@GreenwichSentinel.com Peter Barhydt, Daniel FitzPatrick, Stapley Russell, Anne W. Semmes

Welcome Back!

Greenwich repopulated itself this past week, with friends and neighbors returning from the August vacations. Judging from the pictures we have seen on social media; people have taken the opportunity to travel across the country. From what we can see, islands and mountains were popular destinations.

We are back, as well from taking our annual twoweek summer hiatus. While we did not go anywhere, it was nice to have a less hectic schedule for a bit. We used the time to revamp the paper and our back-office operations. Most exciting, we launched our app. If you download the app and send us a message through it, you will automatically be entered into a contest to win neighbor tickets to this year’s Greenwich Town Party.

So far, nearly 300 people have entered.

Speaking of the Greenwich Town Party (GTP), we are a week away and we cannot wait. When COVID caused it to be cancelled last year, and then postponed it this spring it was a blow to our moral. But with it just a week away we are keeping our fingers crossed for an amazing experience.

Most exciting, we launched our app. If you download the app and send us a message through it, you will automatically be entered into a contest to win neighbor tickets to this year’s Greenwich Town Party.

Ray Dalio, Ray Rivers, Scot Weicker and their entire team are doing an amazing job creating a community experience that is unparalleled. We are certain that this year’s logistics have created tremendous obstacles.

From all reports, we understand they have been dealt with professionalism and grace.

We want to send a special shout-out to Ray, Ray and Scot for not giving up on this event in the face of COVID and limited tickets. We are looking forward to Sunday evening when The Eagles take the stage - they will be the “New Kid in Town.” After a day of live music and listening to The Zac Brown Band and Caroline Jones, we are certain we will all have a “Peaceful Easy Feeling.” And then when it is all over the entire GTP can “Take It Easy” after all the work they have done to make the event a success.

Even though the GTP falls on Labor Day, let’s not let that be the end of summer. Let’s let September be a thirty-days long goodbye to summer, to a season that left everyone both happy and weary of the warm humid weather (especially this week) and the exhausting but thrilling vacation adventures. Let’s enjoy all that Greenwich has to offer before the weather turns and we again find ourselves indoors.

There will be no shortage of beautiful days to enjoy Tod’s Point, or Elizabeth’s Neck as it was long ago known. There are more events coming up at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, including Adopt-A-Dog’s “Puttin’ on the Dog” on Sunday, September 26. This is a great family event where you can see all different types of dogs and friendly dog competitions (best kisser?). This year they are honoring First Selectman Fred Camillo.

Many of our non-profits are holding fundraising events this fall. They have been uniquely challenged throughout COVID as they were unable to hold their traditional in-person events. Many improvised and held virtual gatherings, but it still hampered their ability to raise money. We encourage you to look through our calendar of events and find worthy causes to support.

As we begin to get our kids ready for the upcoming school year, and perhaps the uncertainty of what the fall may hold, we should not look back at this past summer with nostalgia, but fondness. There is too much that lays ahead that is exciting. We are reminded of a quote by Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.: “Yet in opinions look not always back, Your wake is nothing, mind the coming track; Leave what you've done for what you have to do; Don't be ‘consistent,’ but be simply true.”

See you around town this fall.

LETTERS

Letter to Anne W. Semmes

By Chuck Spann Ms Semmes- I want to thank you for the wonderful article you wrote in the Greenwich Sentinel dated May 28 of this year "Finding the Lost – and Found – to Honor on Memorial Day". Among other subjects of the article, you told a bit of the story of my grandmother Alexandra Clark Spann. I had been visiting my sisters and my dad, who celebrated his 91st birthday on July 4 at their home in Stamford. On a bookshelf I found Oral History Project interview, which I had never seen before, and read with fascination the things I never knew about her or my dad or his sister, or my grandfather, who I hardly knew.

Having had my curiosity piqued, I googled Alexandra and found your recent article

referring to the very book I had just read!

I remember Grandma Dee, as she was known to me and my sisters, mostly from my grade school days. She was an odd duck by most family accounts, but I found her to be delightful, interesting, and a font of information and history that I retain to this day. Walks around Tod's Point and the Holly Grove identifying f lora and fauna.

Making charcoal rubbings on newsprint of ancient gravestones. Tales of her ancestors who helped settle the town. Many tours of the Bush Holley House. I remember all that fondly but I wish I had thought to ask more questions of her. Alas, there's only so much a school kid can absorb. But as I got older, much older, I found myself appreciating history a lot more. Probably because I AM history now. Alexandra may have been a

geek or a nerd, and I certainly have proudly inherited that gene. I hope I can delve into the Oral History Project to see what other gems I can unearth.

It's been decades, and I don't get back to Connecticut very often. When I do, it is so different now that my GPS doesn't even know where we are. I am a stranger there now, but here and there I can recognize bits and pieces of what I once knew well. I am glad I was able to talk about this book and article with my dad, who is still very viable and has pretty much all of the marbles he was born with. It was a wonderful trip down memory lane for both of us and I'm sure for him it was a nice light to shine in his twilight years. Thank you!

Chuck Spann, Sherwood WI

Fazio: Grateful Beyond Words

By Ryan Fazio I am grateful beyond words to everyone across Greenwich, Stamford, and New Canaan for the trust you have placed in me to serve as your state Senator. Thank you. I will work hard every day to validate the faith of those who voted for me and to earn that of those who did not. I love this community and will give my all to serve it faithfully.

I a lso wa nt to cong ratu late Joh n Blank ley, Alexis Gevanter, and their teams for their efforts and hard work.

Campaigning is no easy task, but our democratic process is made stronger by their participation.

Now that the campaign is over, it is

time to bring people together to solve the big challenges that face us and create hope for the future. I am committed to working across the aisle and f inding common ground. Listening and solving constituents’ problems. Reducing taxes, health care costs, and electricity bills.

Stopping the rising crime and supporting local police. Protecting local control, improving schools, and creating hope in our state.

This community has been my home for over two decades and I will always be an optimist because I know it is full of good people with big hearts. In the toughest of times, they always look out for one another in need and work hard to make their community a better place. It is for

this reason that I am so proud to have the opportunity to represent it and try to give it a state government equal to its caliber.

Last and most importantly, I want to thank deeply our wonderful campaign team, which is the reason for our election victory. I was immensely lucky to have had the best volunteers and friends around to run this race with. They made it fun. Our community is lucky to have them. Their engagement and earnestness represent the best of our district and make me optimistic.

I hope you will feel free to reach out and discuss about how we can best protect and improve our community. I am hopeful about what we can all accomplish together.

Ryan Fazio

Blankley: Democracy At Work – Let Us Be Thankful

By John Blankley After an intense (and blessedly short) ca mpa ig n now is t he ti me to t ha n k everyone who stepped up to make the recent special election for state senate a worthwhile and rewarding experience.

I am especially grateful to my wife Vera who signed on as treasurer and to my old political friends who guided me through the shoals of running a minority party campaign, which I was forced to do by party rules. In a special election there are no primaries, so I had to petition onto the ballot as an independent candidate. To the nearly 700 signatories to my petition and to my friends who helped me get those signatures, I offer my humble thanks. Even

humbler I must be, to thank all my friends who contributed money to my campaign since the two-party system makes it impossible for a petitioning candidate to qualify for state funding. Printing ‘palm cards,’ mailers and producing lawn signs is a part of the political process and I salute the Alpha Graphics team in Stamford for their outstanding work.

And thank you also to all those who in the election itself ignored the constraints of our two-party system and voted for the “petition candidate,” as I appeared on the ballot. I thank my opponents for the three lively debates we held and the organizers: respectively, My Voting Power (MVP), The League of Women Voters and The Round Hill Association.

The Fourth Estate should receive praise too for accurate reporting on the issues – and my name was misspelled only once!

This entire effort was an exercise in small ‘d’ democracy. You seek public office with a purpose in mind and mine was to give regular voters a choice and I feel it was amply fulfilled. The people’s choice was Ryan Fazio and I congratulate him.

“Democracy works, ok!”

Finally, to all the voters of Greenwich and the 36th district, another political season is over, this time brief: thank you for putting up with all the lawn signs – they show our democracy is vibrant and for that we should all be grateful.

John Blankley

Gevanter: My Commitment has Never Been Greater

By Alexis Gevanter On behalf of my campaign for State Senate, I want to thank all of you who voted for me and volunteered by knocking on doors, making phone calls, writing letters to the editor, hosting a lawn sign, and spreading the word to your family, friends and neighbors. It has been a privilege to get to know all of you and I have been honored to have your support, energy and enthusiasm behind my candidacy for the past five weeks.

I entered this race because Connecticut

is a great place to live, work and raise a family. I wanted to make it even better by doing what I have always done, which is to listen, bring people together to find common ground, and deliver results. We didn’t have much time to get our message out in this brief special election, but I am so proud of the campaign we built together and everything we accomplished.

We knew from the very beginning that this was going to be a tough race, made even more difficult by the entry of a petition candidate and an August 17th election day. That we came as close as we

did to winning is a testament to all of you who worked so hard on our campaign. I want to congratulate Ryan Fazio on his election and wish him well.

Despite the disappointing results, my commitment to the very values that make our community the thriving, inclusive, and caring place we are all proud to call home has never been greater. I encourage you to remain involved, hopeful, and determined to continue the work we started together to make our community and state even stronger.

Alexis Gevanter

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NEWS

Special Election in Review

By Michael Korvyakov Earlier this summer, Alex Kasser resigned as the 36th district state senator after serving for about seven months in her second term.

A special election race began to fill the seat.

Alexis Gevanter earned the nomination of the Democratic Party, and Ryan Fazio — who lost to Kasser by 2.8% in the 2020 election — received the nomination of the Republican party. John Blankley, who initially ran for the nomination of the Democratic Party, withdrew his name from consideration and chose to run as a petition candidate instead.

Blankley campaigned on practical solutions, including a plan to shift shipping methods from motor vehicles to ships to mitigate traffic and increase efficiency. Fazio emphasized cutting taxes, improving education, and maintaining power at the local level. He earned the endorsements of the Greenwich and Stamford Police Unions, as well as the CT Association of

By Albert Huang The three way race for 36th District state Senate seat came to a close Aug. 17 with Ryan Fazio reclaiming the seat for the GOP. In Greenwich, voter turnout for the special election was just shy of 30%, far exceeding the typical 13% for a special election. Just 13 of the 36 state Senate seats are now held by the Republican party, which means that Democrats no longer hold a supermajority in the state Senate.

The 36th district special election kicked off after Alex Kasser’s resignation in late July citing her divorce. The Democratic Town Committee unanimously nominated Alexis Gevanter to run for the empty seat. Fellow Democrat John Blankely earned enough signatures to become a petition candidate. The Republican party selected Fazio over state Representative Harry Arora and Republican stalwart Leora Levy.

Since Kasser’s resignation, the candidates spent countless hours canvassing, phonebanking, and interacting with district residents to run what is normally a six month campaign in only six weeks.

Residents watched the three candidates closely through three different debates hosted

by My Voting Power, the League of Women Voters, and the Round Hill Association.

In the debates, Gevanter stayed true to her

Realtors. Gevanter ran on a platform of public safety and prosperity, and pushed for stricter gun laws, citing her work at “Moms Demand Action.” Gevanter secured the endorsements of numerous elected Democratic officials, including governor Ned Lamont, Congressman Jim Himes, Senator Chris Murphy, and Senator Richard Blumenthal.

Throughout the numerous debates, the candidates discussed issues from Critical Race Theory to tax policy. Fazio proposed the need for change due to the uniquely high tax burdens on citizens and Connecticut’s dying industry.

Gevanter took a different view, pointing out Connecticut’s potential for economic growth and the need to tackle systemic issues. Blankley, avoiding political crossfire, took positions on both sides of the aisle. Citizens were given the opportunity to vote on August 17th at the polling locations, or via absentee ballot — an option given to all voters due to the ongoing pandemic.

Fazio won a significant victory in New Canaan and lost in Stamford. He carried Greenwich with 52%. Gevanter captured 45.3% and Blankley earned 2.7% of the vote. Once solidly Republican, voter registration in the 36th district is now 21,291 registered Democrats to 19,194 Republicans with 25,079 unaffiliated voters.

Following the race, Gevanter and Blankley issued statements congratulating Fazio and expressing their thoughts on the campaign.

Blankley, who stayed clear of party politics in his campaign, said in a statement directly following the election that he believed “partisan politics were strongly obscuring the people’s purpose.”

Though receiving just 2.3% of the vote overall, Blankley was “proud of [the] campaign,” and saw it as “an indication that there are voices that want to be heard and who are not properly represented by either of the major parties.”

In her statement, Alexis Gevanter expressed

her disappointment at how short the campaign was. Nonetheless, she congratulated Fazio and encouraged everyone to remain involved in the community. She ended on a positive note, reaffirming her commitment to “the values that make our community the thriving, inclusive, and caring place we are all proud to call home.”

During his victory speech at his campaign headquarters, Senator-elect Ryan Fazio addressed the crowd to thank those who contributed to his campaign and to share his vision for the future. “I have to thank the voters of my home district who put their faith in me in this race. It is an honor that I will never forget,” he said. He finished his campaign speech by saying, “Today we celebrate, and tomorrow we get to work.” His priority when he gets into office will be to “listen to constituents and solve individual needs and challenges in our community,” and to “find common ground with people across the aisle.”

main issue of gun control and her campaign message of three P’s: public safety, prosperity, and progress.

Blankley campaigned on his experience in business and local Greenwich politics. He offered solutions to mitigate I-95 traffic by shifting shipments from road to sea utilizing ports. As major party candidates, Gevanter and Fazio each received public funding of their campaigns givng them a significant financial advantage over Blankley.

Meanwhile, Fazio spoke of improving education, reducing taxes, and protecting local control. He presented himself and his policies backed by research and rapidfire statistics.

Overall Fazio defeated Gevanter and Blankley winning just 50.1% of the vote. Gevanter held 47.1%. The difference between them was 456 votes. Blankley took 407 votes in total.

In Blankley’s concession he thanked his wife and old political friends for guiding him through the process of running as a petition candidate. He specifically thanked supporters for contributing to his campaign, petition signatories, and Alpha Graphics in Stamford for producing his cards and signs.

“This campaign should now be seen as an indication that there are voices that want to be heard and who are not properly represented by either of the major parties,” said Blankley. “...

There is room for a third force in our politics and I hope I have shown the way.”

In Gevanter’s concession speech she thanked all of her supporters and said she looks forward to finding "opportunities to champion public safety, prosperity and progress on behalf of our communities.”

She gave a specific warm thank you to her student volunteers.

“Watching you live your values by giving your time, was so heartening. Your futures are extremely bright and our community is fortunate to have such wonderful young leaders,” said Gevanter.

“Every single vote does matter,” said Caroline Vincent, a student volunteer on Gevanter’s campaign from New Canaan. “It was such an empowering experience to be a part of such a big operation.”

“My friends think because they’re too young to vote, they can’t do anything. But I emailed [Alexis’s campaign], joined, and just started showing up,” said Nicole Orlofsky, a student volunteer from Greenwich.

In victory, Fazio thanked his opponents for their campaigning efforts.

“Civic engagement makes our community and state stronger and for a special election, our voter turnout was twice as high. It’s part of what makes our community great.”

Fazio also extended thanks to his volunteers, specifically Michael, Lexi, Talia, Ryan, Tristan, David, Austin, and Nikhil.

“Our community is as lucky to have them.

Their engagement and earnestness represent the best of our district and make me optimistic.”

Michael said his experience in the campaign changed his interest from federal politics to local politics.

“I’ve always seen federal politics as the most exciting, but when I got involved with Fazio’s campaign I saw that local politics gives you a lot more of a chance to get involved and make a difference.”

Fazio's said that his first official work as state Senator will be attending special sessions in the fall to help allocate federal stimulus money and tht he would oppose efforts to extend state government emergency powers.

Fazio said he also wants to call a special session to address juvenile crime and car thefts.

While on a call with the New Canaan police chief, he told Fazio that car thefts so far this year in New Canaan are up by 100%.

“Now that the campaign is over, it is time to bring people together to solve the big challenges that face us and create hope for the future,” remarked Fazio.

Fazio was officially sworn in on Thursday.

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and will feature a meal from Fairfield Pizza.

To take part in the program, seniors must register by 11:00 a.m. on August 21 by calling Deana at 203-826-6700.

Academy and Greenwich High School, respectively, won the Pequot Trophy 1st Place Overall in the Long Island Sound C420 Sailing Championship, as well as Top Female Boat earlier this month.

Open Arts Alliance’s New Home and Program Director The Open Arts Alliance has not only moved into the River House Adult Day Center, but they also have a new program director, Jake Lloyd.

Jake has been serving as program d i re ctor si nce t h is Ju ne, a nd w i l l continue coordinating the fall season and will hire teachers.

This coming fall, Open Arts Alliance will be putting on a production of 101 Dalmatians for grades 1-5, The Adams Family for grades 6-8, and A Christmas Carol for grades 9-12.

For mor e i n for m at ion a nd fa l l program registration, you can visit www.openartsalliance.com

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COVID-19 Update As of Aug ust 20, there were 7 7 active cases in the town of Greenwich.

The Hospital currently has 11 COVID patients, 10 of whom are unvaccinated.

Va c c i n e M a n d a t e f o r To w n Employees First Selectmen Camillo has issued an order mandating all town employees to r e ceive t he COV I D -19 vacc i ne , a nd h a s i s sue d a u n iver s a l m a sk requirement.

All town employees must be fully vaccinated for COVID-19 no later than September 27.

It is Safe Again for the Birds to Use Bird Feeders and Baths The Greenwich Audubon Society has announced that it is safe to put bird feeders and bird baths back up again.

However, The condition that has been killing birds remains unidentified, and the Audubon does recommend that feeders and baths be cleaned with soap and water once a week and disinfected, are installed with disposable gloves, and to avoid handling birds unless necessary 9/11 Memorial Services Scheduled Greenw ich w ill be hosting a remembrance ceremony at the September 11 Memorial in Cos Cob on Saturday, September 11 at 8:46 a.m.

The service will begin promptly with a cannon and bell ringing, denoting the time that the North Tower was hit, with 5 tones following until 10:28 a.m. Following the service, there will be a procession where f lowers will be available to lay at the base of the memorial, with a prayer, laying of wreaths, presentation of colors, and 21gun salute following. All are invited to pay their respects.

Family members in attendance will be supported by Town and State elected officials, military members, the American Red Cross, local and regional first responders, and the community at large as those fallen are remembered and honored.

Taste of Town Program for Seniors The “Taste of Town” partnership between the Greenwich Senior Center and local restaurants enables seniors in Greenwich to receive a bagged lunch for $5 from a rotating variety of local restaurants and cafes.

This past Tuesday’s lunch was from Something Natural, which features a prime roast beef sandwich, Bill’s potato salad, and an oatmeal raisin cookie.

The next “Taste of the Town” lunch will be handed out in a drive-thru fashion at the Greenwich Senior Center on August 24 from 11:00 a.m. to noon,

240th anniversary of the victory at the battle of Yorktown by biking and kayaking the Washington-Rochambeau Revolutionary Route National Historic Trial - a nearly 800 mile pursuit.

Lilienthal expects to reach Yorktown on August 28, before f inishing his journey on August 31 at Dorchester Bay. For more information on Lilienthal’s it i n e ra r y, v i s it w w w.w3 r - u s .or g / washington-rochambeau-2021-bikekayak-tour/

Face Masks Required in CT Schools Governor Lamont has announced that face masks will be mandatory on all Connecticut schools for at least the first month of the academic year.

Following the first month, there will be a reevaluation of what safety precautions will be taken going forward.

Greenwich Schools Superintendent Toni Jones has also announced that the mask mandate will be implemented in G r e e n w i c h W i n e a n d F o o d all schools until at least September 30.

Celebration Postponed to 2022 Back to School Calendar Greenwich Food and Wines 10th T he f i r st d ay of s cho ol for a l l a n n iversa r y celebrat ion has been G r e e n w i c h S c h o o l s s t u d e n t s i s postponed until spring 2022. The event September 1. Thanksgiving break will was originally scheduled for September take place from November 25-28. Winter 28 through October 3, 2020, but has Break will take place from December been postponed in response to the 24 through January 2. Spring Break will uptick in COVID-19 cases and a growing take place from April 18-24, and the last concern for the community. day for students will be June 24.

Greenw ich to Reissue Park ing Permits to Town Hall Employees T h e B o a r d o f S e l e c t m e n h ave unanimously approved an amendment that will authorize parking hang tags to be issued to employees working at Town Hall.

Modifications to Parking Programs T h e B o a r d o f S e l e c t m e n h ave unanimously voted for central Gre enw ich pa rk i ng p er m its to b e r enewa ble on a n a n nua l basis by residents and merchants.

The current annual cost of these permits is $725, which allows permit holders to use the 10 long term, 12hour municipal parking lots throughout central Greenwich.

For more information on the parking programs, visit w w w.greenwichct. gov/567/Parking-Services Census Shows Greenwich Growth The U.S. Census Bureau shows that according to the 2020 census count, the town officially has 63,518 residents, an increase of 3.8% since 2010, making Greenwich the 10th largest community in Connecticut.

Old Greenwich Sewer Project The Department of Public Works began work on the sewer line in Old Greenwich on Monday, August 16.

The project will require periods of construction where there will be alternating two way traffic one one lane of the road. There will be periods of temporary daytime full road closures and detours between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

Work Zone 1 is located between Lake Drive and Terrace Ave. Work Zone 2 will be located on Oval Ave beginning late August or early September.

Work Zone 3 will be located on Summit Ave and will begin in mid to late September.

Work Zone 6 will be located at the intersection of Summit Ave, West End Ave, and Arch Street and will begin in October.

Red Cross Blood Drive at Stanwich I n order to add ress t he re cent critical for blood, Stanwich Church will be sponsoring a blood drive on August 30 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on its campus at 202 Taconic Road in Greenwich.

Anyone over the age of 17 is eligible to donate. Donors with all blood types are needed, especially those with types O negative, A negative, and B negative.

To ma ke an appointment, v isit stanw ichchurch.org /events or call 1-800-RED-CROSS.

Bruce Museum Of fers Seaside Activities at Tod’s Point The Bruce Museum will be offering activ ities at the Seaside Center at Greenwich Point Park for visitors of all ages on Wednesdays and Sundays t h r ou g hout t he r e m a i nde r of t he summer.

Activ ities include beach wa lk s with naturalists, marine activities, and Coach Ch r is Ru ra k S chola rsh ip Awarded to Will Noble children’s projects on the front porch.

The Chris Rurak Scholarship Fund, Greenwich Native to Make 800 Mile which was named in honor of former Journey by Bike and Kayak GHS hockey coach Chris Rurak, was S a l L i l i e n t h a l , a G r e e n w i c h awarded to Will Noble, a member native, will be commemorating the

o f G r e e nw i c h H i g h S c h o o l s 2 0 2 1 graduating class.

Will was the GHS boys hockey team manager for three years, and knew Coach Rurak well. Will was selected to receive this year’s scholarship for his willingness to persevere and lead.

who knew her, peacefully fell asleep in death on August 17 surrounded by her family. Rose was 77 years old and resided in Greenwich.

Medical Equipment The commission on aging is partnering with Wheel It Forward to collect unused medical equipment in a drive-thru event on September 25.

The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Greenwich Senior Center, located at 299 Greenwich Avenue.

There is demand for lightly used medical equipment such as wheelchairs, walkers, canes, crutches, tub seats, toilet risers, disposable items, and more.

If you have items that need to be picked up, you can contact Wheel It Forward at 203-652-8600 or go to www. wheelitforwardusa.org to schedule a time and date.

Donna King Donna Daly King, 82, of Greenwich, passed away on August 4.

Thomas Gospodinoff (8/13/1953-8/17/2021) It is with great sadness the family of Greenwich Schools Appoints Director Thomas (Tom) Gospodinoff announce of Communications his p assing at St amford Hospit al G r e e n w i c h P u b l i c S c h o o l s ’ following a courageous battle with S u p e r i n t e n d e n t D r. To n i J o n e s cancer. h a s a n n o u n c e d t h a t J o n a t h a n Patrick McGovern Supranowitz will serve as the director Patrick J. McGovern, a longtime Byram of c om mu n ic at ion s a nd B o a r d of resident, passed away peacefully at Education liaison, effective immediately. home on Friday, the 13 of August.

Supranowitz will be responsible for leading all communication efforts of the Robert Harmonay, Sr. district. Prior to this, Supranowitz was Robert Harmonay, Sr., age 61, of Monroe, a senior partnership specialist with the CT passed away on August 12 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, United States Census Bureau.

CT after a short illness.

New North Street School Principal G r e e n w i c h P u b l i c S c h o o l s ’ Lois Kelly Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones has Lois Kelly, of Greenwich, passed August announced that Jessica McEvily will 13, at age 72. serve as North Street School’s Assistant Lucy Greene Principal, replacing Kathleen Smith- Luc y Forkner Gre ene , a long t ime Ramirez, effective immediately. resident of Greenwich, CT, died August McEvily has been a member of the 7 at her assisted living facility in Darien, Greenwich Public School Faculty since CT. She was 86.

2007, and most recently held the role of Tomasina Chiappini assistant principal at Parkway School.

To m a s i n a C h i a p p i n i , a g e 8 2 , o f Funeral Services for Dan Warzoha Greenwich, CT passed away peacefully F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s h a v e b e e n on August 10 at Greenwich Hospital after s c h e d u l e d f o r D a n W a r z o h a , a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

Greenwich’s Emergency Management Operations Director and former f ire John Farrell chief, who unexpectedly passed away John F. Farrell, Jr. of Greenwich, CT died peacefully at home on Sunday, August 8, on August 21.

Visitation will be held on August 27 at the age of 83. from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Coxe & Graziano Marcel Dekker Funeral Home in Greenwich, with a Marcel Dekker, age 90, of Greenwich, funeral mass scheduled for August 28 at passed away peacefully at his home 10 a.m. at St. Roch’s Church. surrounded by his loving family on Commission on Aging to Collect August 7.

John Mendenhall Longtime Greenwich resident John Ryan Mendenhall died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 93 on August 4.

John Goulemas On August 2, John Goulemas, loving husband and father of two children, passed away at age 92.

Frederick Tripodi Frederick A. (Rick) Tripodi passed away Friday, July 30, 2021 after a brief but courageous battle with Kidney Cancer.

Lawrence Goodman DEATH NOTICES: for full obituaries, Lawrence Baron Goodman died on please see page B5.

August 4 in Greenwich, aged 94.

Robert Silvaggi Bea Butler Mr. Robert Guido Silvaggi, 74, passed Bea Butler passed away peacefully, at away on Friday, August 20 at the Levine home, surrounded by her loving family Dickson Hospice House – Southminster on July 23. in Charlotte, NC. Lawrence Wolfel Angelo Zaccagnino L a w r e n c e C a r l Wo l f e l , 5 7, o f Angelo Joseph Zaccagnino, age 85 Greenwich, passed away unexpectedly of Greenacres, FL die d pe acefully on July 20. on August 19, 2021 under the care of William Saltsman Trustbridge Hospice.

William Howard Saltsman (Bill) Rosaria Capozza beloved father, grandfather, and greatRosaria (Rose) Capozza, beloved to all grandfather died peacefully at his home

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LOCAL BUSINESS

How One Dry Cleaner Uses Technology

By Mike Astorino From the outside, it would appear that dry cleaning is not a very tech sav v y business but what happens behind the scenes, invisible to the customer, is not much different than many other industries.

Would it surprise you to know that your dry cleaner knows how many times each piece of clothing you have has been worn? Its f irst and last cleaning? Would it surprise you if I told you that your orders are assembled, bagged and sorted without humans and that a picture is taken and time stamped before it goes back to you? Don’t worry. Once it leaves our hands, we are not tracking you!

When I entered the dr y cleaning business 29 years ago, like most cleaners, Fabricare did not have a computer system.

Once we computerized, we started to collect data and were able to run our business based

While writing this, we have a fabricare staffer working in Florida and Istanbul as well as New York and Connecticut. more on numbers than our gut.

Data allowed us to connect with our customers. Direct mail soon changed to email and now, many of our customers text us. The iPhone introduced the world to apps and we developed our own “Fab App” as even an easier way for our customers to connect to us. Since the pandemic, our app usage skyrocketed and is now a major way customers request pick ups and communicate with us.

One of the more significant technologies for the cleaning industry is the use of barcodes on clothing. A tiny label placed where you can’t see it on a garment provides a tremendous amount of data and allows

us to track the piece from the minute it gets picked up from the customer to the minute it gets dropped of f at the customers house which is then time stamped by location. As well as telling us the first and last visit, the bar code allows us to track the brand, the color and of course, the owner. With our latest equipment purchase (referenced in the opening of this), the bar code allows for the garment to get assembled, bagged, and distributed to its proper location without touching a person thus eliminating labor while also eliminating errors.

L i k e m a ny b u s i n e s s e s , Covid has shown that some of our work can be done remotely.

Our point of sale system can be logged on from anywhere and customer service, accounting, business analytics and many other aspects of the business can be done outside our retail and production facilities. While writing this, we have a fabricare staffer working in Florida and Istanbul as well as New York and Connecticut.

I’m often surprised when I m a ke a pu r cha s e f r om a business and they don’t even know who I am. Businesses that don’t use technology are missing out on not only servicing their customers but improving their business as a whole.

Mike Astorino is the owner of Fabricare Cleaners

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Native Plants: Champions of Environmental Restoration

By Susie Moore

Get your gardening gloves and cameras ready! The Greenwich Botanical Center (GBC) and Greenwich Grown have partnered to host the first annual Native Pollinator Plant Photo Contest and you have one more week to submit your photos.

Entering is as easy as visiting greenwichbotanicalcenter. org by scanning the QR code on this page or dropping off your photos in person at the GBC’s office (130 Bible Street).

The goal of the contest is to educate the community about native plants and their crucial role in supporting our local ecosystems. The GBC and Greenwich Grown ask community members to seek out these natives and purposeful pollinators, photograph them, and submit their pictures for the chance to win prizes and a feature in the Greenwich Sentinel, the media sponsor.

Now, more than ever, it is the responsibility of local communities to protect our natural ecosystems. In town, Greenwich Grown collaborates with its partners like Greenwich Land Trust in collecting and propagating native plant seeds, preserving existing native plants, and managing invasive species. Launched in 2018 with a grant from The Garden Club of America, the group organizes and hosts events that engage the greater Greenwich community. Greenwich Grown has been a big player in the initiative to preserve native species.

Native species are plants, animals, and organisms that are indigenous to a region. Native plants work to promote biodiversity and attract other native plants and animals, helping them thrive and survive in the areas they historically call home. They are integral in maintaining balance in the ecosystem.

Native plants can be found all over town and even naturally occurring in your own backyard. Some examples of common species available for purchase at the GBC include Eastern Red Columbine, Butterfly Weed, and Azalea Parades. These are just a few examples of thousands of native species all over town.

Invasive species are alien plants or animals that are introduced into a region that can cause harm to that ecosystem. According to author and horticulturist, Rhonda Fleming Hayes, “Without the natural pressures of pests and disease, these [invasive] plants easily outcompete native plants for available space, light, water, and nutrients.” Alien species can take necessary resources away from native plants and harm the balance of the ecosystem, driving out native species.

Local resident and Greenwich Land Trust Conservation Outreach Manager Dan Brubaker stresses that one of the most important ways to prioritize the health of our cherished local environment is to support native species in the area. New England has a distinct and flourishing community of native plants and species that must be preserved.

While native plants can be hard to identify because so many invasive species have been in the local area for so long, bringing back true natives to our local environment is crucial for the health of our ecosystem. The GBC encourages the community to come together to support native species by first learning how to identify them and then making changes to their own backyard to support native growth.

“Some plants brought over by settlers seem like they’ve been here for so long you’d think they were native. These plants have been adapted and naturalized to become a part of the common landscape, but that's still a far cry from native status,” Hayes states in her book, Pollinator Friendly Gardening (available for purchase at the GBC’s boutique and greenhouse).

To help you identify and understand native species, the GBC recommends using the free app, iNaturalist, to track and identify plants that you find in your garden. With the app, you can easily catalog and identify positive and potentially harmful plant species. It’s as easy as taking a photo of the plant and uploading it to the app where the program uses your photo and location to give you information on the species and its origin. You can also seek out resources to learn more about the plants you find at the GBC’s boutique and greenhouse where their team of horticulturists can recommend literature and lectures on the subject. All of these resources can also be purchased on the GBC website.

After identifying positive and harmful species in your area, there are numerous actions you can take to make your own gardens more sustainable. As recommended by Douglas W. Tallamy’s book, Nature’s Best Hope (available for purchase at the GBC’s boutique and greenhouse), homeowners should start by shrinking their lawns.

Tallamy states, “Each square foot dedicated to lawn is a square foot that is degrading local ecosystems.” Lawns destroy biodiversity. The homogeneous ecosystem that a lawn provides doesn’t allow natural species to flourish. He recommends reducing your lawn to half of its current size to allow for more native plant growth.

Next, Tallamy recommends removing invasive species in your garden, which can be identified with the iNaturalist app, and making an effort to seek out and plant native species. These can be planted in flower beds or around your yard. Many of them will spread and grow to attract other native species of plants, insects, and animals, creating an accepting environment.

Finally, Tallamy and other local horticulturists advise against spraying chemicals or using fertilizers in your gardens. “In fact, highly fertilized soils favor many nitrogen-loving, invasive, non-native plant species,” states Tallamy.

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Doing your part to support Greenwich’s ecosystem and making your garden a safe space for native plants, animals, and insects to flourish is fun.

Find all the great resources for learning more about native plants referenced in this article at the Greenwich Botanical Center’s boutique and greenhouse.

Purposeful pollinators at work! Found at the Greenwich Botanical Center's pollinator plot.

Native plant thriving at the GBC's pollinator plot.

Scan this QR Code or click on it to go to the photo contest submission form located at https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSehNP4jpBBO_Wp4R_FSahlppQ6o6Z4_ DbOTyfUgONzjwytp0A/viewform

James, the Greenwich Botanical Center's native plant intern working in the garden.

Kim Gregory, Greenwich Grown founder, and Lisa Carmona, Greenwich Botanical Center Administrative Director, in native garden and pollinator plot.

can be purchased at many local conservation centers like the GBC, Greenwich Land Trust, McArdle's and others.

Any of these community organizations will assist you in identifying native and invasive species and help you create a plan to make your garden more sustainable.

The GBC and Greenwich Grown adhere to the philosophy that education is key. To continue your education, visit www.greenwichbotanicalcenter.org for resources on native plants including books by local experts and video lectures from their Native Plant Lecture Series that featured local academics and horticulturists.

Do your part to support Greenwich’s local ecosystem and make your garden a safe space for native plants, animals, and insects to flourish. Author of Native Plants of the Northeast (available for purchase at the GBC’s boutique and greenhouse), Dr. Donald J. Leopold, asserts that it is as easy as starting in your own backyard; “get involved

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with local opportunities to eradicate invasive species at parks and other public places, open up your garden spaces to visitors to share what you know, and continue asking questions and learning.”

Send in photos of your native journey at any stage of the process for a chance to win prizes and be featured in the Greenwich Sentinel, the contest’s media sponsor.

Whether you have made a visit to the GBC, purchased natives to bring home with you, or planted a native plot in your backyard, document it all to submit to the GBC’s Native Pollinator Plant Photo Contest. There is one week remaining in the contest so visit the Greenwich Botanical Center’s website to enter!

Join us on September 18 at 2 p.m. for the awards ceremony to honor the winners of the photo contest. The event will be hosted at the GBC headquarters at 130 Bible Street and presented by the Greenwich Sentinel.

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PHOTO GRAPHY CONTEST Greenwich Botanical Center Win prizes CONTEST: and the promotion submittedPlants photos of PHOTO Native of Pollinator native pollinator plants such as:

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The contest is open to anyone who has planted pollinator plants in their garden thru August 31, 2021, no matter where they were purchased.

Winners will be announced on September 18 @ 2:00pm during a gallery viewing in the GBC auditorium of all hard copy entries. There will be a digital version of all entrants during the show with educational exhibits.

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1. All images must be taken of native pollinator plants. Bonus if your plant was purchased at the Greenwich Botanical Center Greenhouse. Make sure to mark the plant in your image.

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1535 Putnam Avenue 204 1535 Putnam Avenue 107 4 Relay Court 53 William Street B 351 Pemberwick Road 302 12 Idlewild Manor 12 494 Den Lane 51 Forest Avenue 44 17 Le Grande Avenue 7 436 Stanwich Road 16 Concord Street 4 Chasmar Road 5 Christiano Street One Sweet Briar Lane 37 Byway 40 Halsey Drive 105 Hamilton Avenue 12 25 Sound Beach Avenue 2 Nassau Place 1 6 Old Orchard Road 8 Tamarack Place 16 Huckleberry Lane 316 Sound Beach Avenue 41 Westview Place 14 Buckingham Lane 4 Grove Lane 28 Marshall Street 94 Indian Field Road 44 Bonwit Road 18 Armstrong Lane 24 Indian Field Road 20 Limerick Place 8 Hillcrest Lane 17 Park Avenue 23 Parsonage Road 7 Shelter Drive 8 Pinetum Lane 4 Cat Rock Road 11 Saint Claire Avenue 7 Wyngate Road 56 Winthrop Drive 58 Mayfair Lane 18 Hilton Heath 15 Azalea Terrace 47 Harding Road 9 Center Road 17 Lincoln Avenue 6 Glen Court 21 Tomney Road 9 Tomney Road 28 Heusted Drive 23 Cliffdale Road 2 Old Farm Lane 74 Summit Road 87 Orchard Drive 60 Benjamin Street 30 Park Avenue 40 Pecksland Road 54 Mallard Drive 665 River Road 138 Cat Rock Road 15 Tomahawk Lane 4 Old Camp Lane 1 Brookside Park 79 Brother Drive 409 Stanwich Road 27 Leeward Lane 1 Winding Lane 8 Cathlow Drive 6 Ford Lane 516 Round Hill Road 29 Hillside Road 32 Meadowcroft Lane 44 Dublin Hill Drive 16 Deerpark Meadow Road

$290,000 $299,500 $685,000 $699,489 $719,000 $799,000 $745,000 $795,000 $799,000 $1,049,000 $899,000 $850,000 $939,000 $895,000 $970,000 $995,000 $1,150,000 $1,249,000 $1,228,000 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 $1,155,000 $1,475,000 $1,685,000 $1,850,000 $1,875,000 $1,725,000 $1,849,000 $1,750,000 $2,300,000 $1,985,000 $1,895,000 $1,975,000 $2,095,000 $1,775,000 $2,300,000 $2,495,000 $1,950,000 $2,195,000 $1,995,000 $1,795,000 $2,495,000 $2,250,000 $2,195,000 $2,289,500 $2,350,000 $2,350,000 $2,795,000 $2,595,000 $2,695,000 $3,175,000 $4,950,000 $3,195,000 $2,995,000 $3,230,000 $3,250,000 $2,995,000 $3,250,000 $3,575,000 $4,199,000 $3,800,000 $4,200,000 $3,995,000 $3,995,000 $4,300,000 $4,625,000 $4,495,000 $6,950,000 $5,195,000 $8,900,000 $6,995,000 $8,295,000 $7,795,000 $7,850,000 $9,995,000

$290,000 $299,500 $650,000 $699,489 $719,000 $770,000 $745,000 $795,000 $799,000 $899,000 $880,000 $850,000 $939,000 $895,000 $955,000 $995,000 $1,150,000 $1,249,000 $1,228,000 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 $1,155,000 $1,475,000 $1,599,000 $1,650,000 $1,750,000 $1,725,000 $1,749,000 $1,750,000 $2,300,000 $1,775,000 $1,895,000 $1,975,000 $1,995,000 $1,775,000 $2,300,000 $2,295,000 $1,950,000 $2,195,000 $1,995,000 $1,795,000 $2,295,000 $2,250,000 $2,195,000 $2,289,500 $2,275,000 $2,350,000 $2,595,000 $2,595,000 $2,695,000 $3,175,000 $3,999,000 $3,195,000 $2,995,000 $3,230,000 $3,250,000 $2,995,000 $3,375,000 $3,575,000 $3,595,000 $3,800,000 $3,975,000 $3,995,000 $3,995,000 $4,300,000 $4,625,000 $4,495,000 $5,295,000 $4,950,000 $8,900,000 $6,495,000 $7,695,000 $7,795,000 $7,850,000 $9,995,000

$280,000 $285,000 $645,000 $710,000 $715,000 $720,000 $753,350 $795,000 $799,000 $800,000 $845,000 $850,000 $880,000 $915,000 $945,000 $1,098,000 $1,150,000 $1,180,000 $1,228,000 $1,275,000 $1,280,000 $1,300,000 $1,475,000 $1,599,000 $1,623,000 $1,659,500 $1,701,000 $1,725,000 $1,750,000 $1,775,000 $1,775,000 $1,895,000 $1,965,000 $1,995,000 $2,000,000 $2,025,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,100,000 $2,117,087 $2,125,000 $2,130,000 $2,180,000 $2,225,000 $2,233,322 $2,250,000 $2,350,000 $2,500,000 $2,525,000 $2,850,000 $2,950,000 $3,000,000 $3,150,000 $3,205,000 $3,230,000 $3,250,000 $3,295,000 $3,300,000 $3,400,000 $3,535,000 $3,850,000 $3,950,000 $4,000,000 $4,173,000 $4,300,000 $4,625,000 $4,725,000 $4,750,000 $4,800,000 $6,000,000 $6,400,000 $7,000,000 $7,500,000 $7,972,375 $9,680,000

57 82 124 128 19 63 46 35 30 278 144 72 42 112 26 65 76 15 42 17 20 165 97 47 66 44 42 255 84 43 17 70 32 77 36 6 9 41 12 113 60 47 16 70 25 92 159 15 55 327 70 5 10 152 73 146 29 47 18 11 12 33 27 953 136 287 351 244 351 55 64

1 1 3 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 5 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 4 5 3 4 4 4 5 4 5 3 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 3 5 5 4 5 4 4 5 5 4 5 2 5 6 4 5 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 6

1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 3 3 4 3 4 3 4 2 4 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 4 3 4 5 3 4 5 4 3 3 2 4 4 3 3 4 4 6 4 4 6 4 6 7 4 4 5 6 6 7 7 8 6 6

0 665 0 700 0.09 1,029 0.27 1,744 0 1,772 0 1,932 0.12 1,820 0 1,511 0 1,411 4 0.32 2,650 0.43 2,562 0.23 2,624 0.4 1,963 0.28 2,178 0.39 1,824 0 2,478 0.14 1,740 0.32 2,303 0.53 2,204 0.49 3,273 2.02 3,060 0.14 2,042 0.24 2,326 1.02 4,781 0.28 2,940 0.23 3,947 0.22 3,600 0.18 2,706 0.64 2,458 0.3 3,348 2.2 4,670 1.55 4,272 0.23 2,308 1 3,107 1 4,410 2.76 5,130 0.38 3,347 0.28 2,606 1 3,644 0.57 2,106 2.2 4,784 2.45 3,818 1 3,795 0.34 3,329 0.17 2,580 0.12 3,722 0.42 3,063 0.31 5,094 0.42 4,924 0.22 4,500 9.47 1,600 1 7,683 0.26 4,900 0.88 3,187 0.3 4,787 0.22 4,500 2.15 4,698 0.44 7,350 3.36 5,894 1.15 6,323 1.66 7,733 2 5,503 1.23 5,071 0.34 6,098 1.49 5,785 0.71 5,213 2.49 11,500 1.97 6,379 0.42 5,871 4 9,436 2.83 15,710 2.2 8,371 3.04 9,700 1.7 9,150

REAL ESTATE DASHBOARD CONTRIBUTORS Robert Pulitano | RobertPulitano@bhhsne.com Cesar Rabillino | CesarRabellino@bhhsne.com Pam Toner | PamToner@bhhsne.com

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

Area

Price

Day/Time

Broker

5 Station Drive 1465 E Putnam Avenue #117 37 Almira Drive 36 Griffith Road 5 Station Drive 36 Mianus View Terrace 105 Lockwood Road 69 W Brother Drive 34 N Porchuck Road 34 N Porchuck Road 297 Cognewaugh Road 23 Welwyn Road 13 Chieftans Road 51 Richmond Hill Road 125 Field Point Road #B4 10 Gate Field Drive 191 Milbank Avenue #P 702 Steamboat Road #5 702 Steamboat Road #5 45 Willow Road 22 Angus Lane 62 Sherwood Avenue 311 Shore Road 15 Reynwood Manor

Greenwich Old Greenwich Greenwich Riverside Greenwich Cos Cob Riverside Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Cos Cob Riverside Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Riverside Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich

$8,350 $545,000 $799,000 $1,225,000 $1,500,000 $1,625,000 $1,785,000 $2,195,000 $2,350,000 $2,350,000 $2,495,000 $3,350,000 $3,390,000 $3,499,000 $3,600,000 $3,800,000 $3,950,000 $4,500,000 $4,500,000 $4,750,000 $4,990,000 $5,100,000 $5,250,000 $7,750,000

Sun 11-3 PM Sat 1-3 PM Sun 12:30-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 11-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 1-4 PM St 12-3 PM Sun 12-3 PM Sun 1-4 PM Sun 11-1 PM Sun 12:30-2 PM Sun 2-3:30 PM Sun 1-4 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 2-4 PM Sat 1-4 PM Sun 12-2 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sat 11:30-1 PM Sun 12-2 PM Sun 1-3 PM Sun 2-4 PM

Berkshire Hathaway Coldwell Banker Realty Coldwell Banker Realty Houlihan Lawrence Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Coldwell Banker Realty Coldwell Banker Realty Coldwell Banker Realty William Raveis Sotheby's Berkshire Hathaway Berkshire Hathaway Coldwell Banker Realty Houlihan Lawrence Sotheby's Coldwell Banker Realty Coldwell Banker Realty Houlihan Lawrence Douglas Elliman Coldwell Banker Realty Sotheby's Coldwell Banker Realty

NEW LISTINGS

Address

Data Compiled by Cesar Rabellino (203) 249-9866 Price/ List Price SqFt AC BR FB SqFt

52 Lafayette Place 3B 1525 Putnam Avenue 107 179 Water Street 88 Putnam Park 88 20 Church Street A56 14A Mead Avenue 12 St. Roch Avenue 12 High Street 58 Riverside Avenue 59 Le Grande Avenue 7 12 Perna Lane 116 Pecksland Road 36 Mianus View Terrace 172 Field Point Road 1 12 Guinea Road 24 Brownhouse Road 208 Bible Street 86 Howard Road 41 Terrace Avenue 346 Riverside Avenue 297 Cognewaugh Road 11 Mohawk Lane 10 Park Avenue 41 Lockwood Lane 15 Terrace Avenue 351 North Street 71 Richmond Hill Road 15 Carriglea Drive 45 Willow Road 33 Woodside Drive 45 Winthrop Drive 165 John Street 59 Sawmill Lane 406 Stanwich Road 28 Brynwood Lane 435 Round Hill Road 435 - 429 Round Hill Road

$325,000 $359,500 $575,000 $575,000 $615,000 $650,000 $699,000 $825,000 $850,000 $1,425,000 $1,595,000 $1,595,000 $1,625,000 $1,725,000 $1,795,000 $1,995,000 $1,999,900 $2,150,000 $2,350,000 $2,495,000 $2,495,000 $2,700,000 $2,750,000 $2,995,000 $3,295,000 $3,650,000 $4,495,000 $4,495,000 $4,750,000 $4,850,000 $4,875,000 $4,995,000 $5,700,000 $7,998,000 $8,250,000 $19,995,000 $25,500,000

$556 $514 $726

585 700 792

0 0 0.09

$592 $323 $536 $623 $321 $574 $467 $419 $558 $661 $477 $464 $565 $629 $907 $1,449 $760 $502 $738 $864 $597 $608 $515 $995 $773 $905 $774 $875 $901 $672 $491 $1,351 $1,236

1,038 2,012 1,303 1,324 2,652 2,482 3,417 3,811 2,911 2,609 3,762 4,300 3,539 3,420 2,592 1,722 3,284 5,383 3,724 3,465 5,515 6,000 8,720 4,516 6,141 5,361 6,300 5,711 6,327 11,900 16,800 14,798 20,639

0 0.25 0.11 0.14 0.34 0 0.5 2 0.28 0 2.67 0.2 1.1 5.35 0.19 0.23 2.16 4.5 0.24 0.33 0.26 1.02 4.35 1 0.33 0.57 0.33 4.89 4.92 2.61 2.07 4 8

1 1 2 2 1 3 3 2 4 3 6 5 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 3 4 5 4 5 5 4 6 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 7 7 16

1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 2 5 5 7 7 4 5 5 6 4 4 6 8 7 11

Area

South Parkway Old Greenwich Byram South of Post Road South Parkway Cos Cob South of Post Road Byram Riverside South of Post Road Riverside South Parkway Cos Cob South Parkway South Parkway Old Greenwich Cos Cob North Parkway Riverside Riverside Cos Cob North Parkway Old Greenwich Riverside Riverside South Parkway North Parkway Riverside Riverside South of Post Road Riverside North Parkway South Parkway South Parkway South Parkway North Parkway North Parkway

What’s the Hottest Real Estate in the Hottest Market

By Mark Pruner I was going to write this great article about what price segments were hot, but the numbers don’t support that kind of analysis. It doesn’t support it, because all the segments are hot, if you define hotness as the percent of listings in each price range that sell at or above their original list price.

When you look at the pie charts of what price ranges have the most over list, it looks eerily similar to the pie chart of all sales by price ranges.

So far, we have had 733 sales for the year through this week. Of those sales, 131 went for full list price and a similar number, 161 houses, went for over original list price for a total of 292. That’s 40% of our sales going for full list price or over list. Let’s take a look at the very hot $1 – 1.5 million price range. That price range makes up 16% of all sales so far this year and that price range makes up 15% of the at or over list price sales.

That’s what we see all the way from $600,000 to $6.5 million with one exception. The only price range that has a more than average list and over list sales is from $1.5 – 2.0 million. That price range makes up only 12% of our 733 sales so far, but it makes up 16% of our list and over list sales.

On the less than very hot side you have to go all the way up $6.5 - 10 million before you see a drop off in hot sales. Above $6.5 million the hot sales are only 3.4% of all sales while that segment represents 5.7% of our sales.

If you compare the hot sales within a price category to all sales in that price category the $1.5 – 2.0 million price range stands out even more. Of the 77 total sales in that price category, 46 or 60% went for list or over list. For the entire market, as noted above, 40% of all of sales went for list or over list. Looked at this way the other very hot price range is $4 –

The 292 Greenwich sales at list or over list YTD 2021 5 million where 51 of sales, 23 of 45 sales went for list or over list.

The over $6.5 million price ranges stand out on the lower end of over list bidders. There only 24% of the 45 sales are going for list or over list but think about that. You come to Greenwich wanting to buy a house for around $8 million. The odds are 1 in 4 that you are going to have pay full list price or over list for that $8 million house. This is in a market segment that only a few years ago was seeing the over $5 million market going for an average 76% of original list price.

BTW: When looking at other people’s stats be very careful as to whether they are using the sales price to original list price (SP/ OLP) or the most recent list price (SP/LP). Markets can be made to look hotter if you use SP/LP. This means that if a listing started at $4 million and was grossly overpriced and then over 2 years , the list price was lowered to $2.5

million dollars and then sold for $2.6 million it would be counted as a hot property, when it was really just a badly price property that took 2 years to sell.

We have 18% of our sales going for full original list price, but we have 22% going for over list price, but how much over list price? Reporters like going for the records, the most extreme we have is 32 Wesskum Wood.

It was listed on April Fool’s Day (my brother’s Russ’ birthday by the way) at $1.6 million and 8 days later it was under contract for $2,200,000 or an amazing 38% over list. A few years back, I sold a property for 22% over list, a record that stood for several years, but this year we have another listing that sold for 29% over list.

We have a total of 4 houses that sold for 20% or more over list, but this is out of 161 sales that went for over list price.

When you look a little closer, these over list price bidding wars

are not quite as intense as you might think. The median amount over list for those 161 sales was 5% over list. If you are looking at buying a house with multiple offers that is listed at $1,000,000, the numbers say you have a pretty good chance of getting the house at $1,050,000. At the other of over list sales 25% went for 3% or less over list.

It always amazes me that some buyers just refuse to get in a bidding war, it’s just not for them. The point is that you don’t have to go much over list even in 2021 to win the house in many situations. Five years ago, when bidding wars were much less common, my client’s house was in the sweet spot of the moment, and we had 7 bidders. We went to highest and best, one very distinguished gentleman who had initially bid over list refused to participate in the highest and best competition. He wouldn’t even put in his original bid. He should have;

he would have gotten the house for no more money than he was willing to pay before the highest and best competition.

Multiple offer competitions are not to be feared. If you lose you are in the same situation you were before, you don’t have a house.

This isn’t poker, where if you come in second best you lose everything in the pot.

Also, the best of fer is not always about money. I’ve seen lower bidders get t he house because the buyer was willing to wait 3 months while the owner found a place to move. This year, I’ve heard of multiple winning bidders who pulled out of the

deal while contracts were being drafted. This is why, I always suggest my seller agree to notify not only the winning bidder, but a second and third back-up. There is a much better chance that those folks will have a good taste in their mouth when you go back to them asking if they will honor their original offer now that the winning bidder has withdrawn.

So bid away, you’ve nothing to lose, and you’ll have great stories for the future, win or lose.

Mark Pruner is a Realtor in Greenwich, CT. He can be reached mark@bhhsne.com or 203-9697900.

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Benefit Car Show for GPD Scholarship Fund Admission is free to spectators and will include classic, antique, custom, and exotic cars, motorcycles, v i nt a ge f i r e t r uck s , a nd military vehicles.

Car owners can register online until 5:00 pm Saturday, August 28th. The registration cost is $20 per vehicle. If you would like to show your vehicle or motorcycle, please reg ister at: https://w w w. g p dschola rsh ipf u nd.org / gpdsf-car-show Car clubs are welcome.

O n S u n d a y, s a m e - d a y registration will be accepted at t h e e nt r a n c e i f s p a c e allows at $20 per vehicle. All

The Greenwich Police Department Scholarship Fund 2021 Benefit Car Show will now be held on Sunday, Aug. 29, at Town Hall, 101 Field Point Rd., Greenwich, CT, 9 am – 4 pm. proceeds from the event will benefit the Greenwich Police D ep a r t ment S chola r sh ip Fund.

The family-fun event will include a DJ, a 50/50 drawing, food trucks, and more.

The Town of Greenwich is proud to be celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Greenwich Police Department

in 2021. Chief James Heavey a nd t he D ep a r t me nt a r e marking this milestone by welcoming the community and longtime partners, including local businesses, to partake in several events throughout 2021. The theme of the year will be “Honoring Our Past and Embracing Our Future,” with the funds raised

to support the Greenwich Po l i c e D e p a r t m e n t ’s Scholarship Fund, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3), which grants f inancial assistance to the children of active Greenwich Police Officers, who qualify by ability and character, for undergraduate studies.

“We are proud that the Town of Greenwich Police

Department has earned the reputation of being a welltrained and responsive professional organization over the past 125 years,” said Chief of Police James Heavey. “We strive for excellence and have demonstrated a sustained commitment of service to the public. I am very appreciative to be a member of this family

– past and present – and I am equally pleased that we can celebrate this milestone together. We look forward to the history we will write together in the years ahead.”

“As a police department, i t ’s i m p o r t a n t f o r u s t o celebrate, especially now.

It’s been a different year due to COVID-19 and the many other stressors police officers are dealing with every day,” Heavey said. “We want the residents of Greenwich to join us in paying tribute and recog n i z i ng ou r O f f icers and staff who strive to keep Greenwich safe for everyone.”

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Local Planning: Calendar of Events CAR SHOW: gpdscholarshipfund.org Sunday, Aug. 29 9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

GPD Scholarship Fund Car Show.

Town Hall, 101 Field Point Rd. Free admission. 203-622- 8010.

Wednesday, Sept. 8

GREENWICH LIBRARIES: greenwichlibrary.org

1 p.m.

Career Coach: Microsoft Word Beginner. Via Zoom. 203-625-6560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org

Friday, Aug. 27 10 & 11 a.m.

Outdoor Toddler Storytime. On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Virtual – Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group. ywang@greenwichlibrary. org Tuesday, Aug. 31 10:30 a.m.

Outdoor Spanish Storytime. On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 5 p.m.

Meditation & Breathing with Gail. Via Zoom.

6 p.m.

3D Printing Clean-Up & Painting. Via Zoom. 203-622-7979. innovationlab@ greenwichlibrary.org Wednesday, Sept. 1 3 p.m.

Afternoon Story/Craft. Ages 2 1/2 & up.

203-622-6883.

Thursday, Sept. 2 11 a.m.

Qi-Gong: mindful movement and breathing. 203-622-6883.

Friday, Sept. 3 10 & 11 a.m.

Outdoor Toddler Storytime. On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org Tuesday, Sept. 7 10:30 a.m.

Outdoor Spanish Storytime. On the front lawn of Cos Cob Library. 203622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org

Free Delivery 203-869-2299

4 p.m.

Online Chair Yoga with Kristin.

4 p.m.

Laser Engraved Bamboo Coasters.

203-622-7979. innovationlab@greenwichlibrary.org

10 a.m.

Storytime in the Courtyard. Baxter Courtyard. 203-622-7940. children@ greenwichlibrary.org

3 p.m.

Afternoon Story/Craft. Ages 2 1/2 & up.

203-622-6883.

4 p.m.

Bookworms Book Club: “We Are Water Protectors” by Carole Lindstrom.

Grades 2-3. In the Courtyard at Greenwich Library.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL: greenwichhospital.org/events 888-305-9253 Monday, Aug. 30 12:30 p.m.

Webinar: Hip Replacement Education.

Sunday, Sept. 5

Before all those fun summertime gatherings, it’s always a good idea to take stock of any outdoor furniture that may need repairing or restoring.

Friday, Aug. 27 12:30 p.m.

“Free Music Fridays” on Greenwich Avenue: The Girlz and The Boyz with Ed Train. Across the street from the Senior Center.

RETIRED MEN’S ASSOCIATION: greenwichrma.org/speakers/futurespeakers-3 Wednesday, Sept. 1 11 a.m.

David Richards, former New York City real estate lawyer; “Creation of the High Line.” First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, 1 West Putnam Ave. Free. Open to all.

GREENWICH HISTORICAL SOCIETY: greenwichhistory.org Thursday, Sept.

2 6:30 p.m.

12 p.m.

Webinar: Bariatric Informational.

Tuesday, Sept. 7

BRUCE MUSEUM: brucemuseum.org

12:30 p.m.

Webinar: Knee Replacement Education.

Sunday, Aug. 29 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Family Gallery Tours. 1 Museum Dr. Best for ages 6-10. Free with admission. No reservations required.

Wednesday, Sept. 8 5 p.m.

Webinar: Stroke Education Support Group.

Thursday, Sept. 9 6 p.m.

CPR Friends & Family (Infant/Child).

38 Volunteer Ln, Greenwich. For discount information call 1-888-3059253.

NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR: ntngreenwich.org Tuesdays, 9 - 11 a.m.

Food Drive (drive-thru) at St. Catherine of Siena’s parking area across the street from the rectory entrance, 4 Riverside Ave. (Non-perishable foods, personal care products, large sized diapers (5 & 6) and pull-ups, and knit hats (hand knit or store bought).

Thursdays, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Food Drive at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church parking lot, 200 Riverside Ave. TOWN CONCERTS: greenwichct. gov/493/Special-EventsConcerts Sunday, Aug. 29 7 p.m.

Sunday Night Concert Series: Sound Beach Community Band. Binney Park.

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FREE MUSIC FRIDAYS:

Music on the Great Lawn Series: Billy & The Showmen. 47 Strickland Rd. Grounds open 5:30. Bring your picnic.

Registration is required.

S e e h o w M arth a Ste w art rav e d a b o ut u s!

JUNE 22, 2021

Weather postponement/cancellation information: 203-861-6100 (after 4pm).

Saturday, September 25, Westchester County SEE THE ARTICLE HERE

Whenever I get the chance, I often enjoy shopping at antiques shops or tag sales - one never knows what one will find. Earlier this year, I purchased a vintage outdoor living set at a neighborhood estates sale. It was a bit timeworn and painted black, but I knew with a little restoration work and a fresh coat of color, the pieces would look fantastic. I enlisted the help of Patty DeFelice, owner of Patty's Portico: Outdoor Furniture Restoration & Powder Coating - a family inspired business that has been serving the New York City area for more than 25-years. Patty and her team stripped the furniture all the way down to the metal, removed any rust that had developed, covered everything with a zinc-rich primer, and then powder coated each piece using electrostatic application methods.

1 - 3 p.m.

Art Adventures: Nature Art. 1 Museum Dr. Ages 4 1/2 & up. Free with admission. No reservations required.

Tuesday, Aug. 31 11 - 11:45 a.m. & 1 – 1:45 p.m.

Bruce Beginnings: Eagles. 1 Museum Dr. Ages 2 1/2 - 5. Free with admission.

No reservations required.

GREENWICH POINT CONSERVANCY: greenwichpoint.org Sunday, Aug. 28 6 p.m.

Beach Ball 2021 – cocktails, dinner, live auction, dancing. Tod’s Point. 203637-340.

POLO MATCH: greenwichpoloclub. com/tickets Sunday, Aug. 29 3 p.m.

East Coast Open. Greenwich Polo Club, 1 Hurlingham Dr. FRIENDS OF MIANUS RIVER PARK: friendsofmianusriverpark.org Monday, Aug. 30 9 a.m.

‘Pliking’ event - a combination of jogging/ hiking and ‘plocka upp’ (Swedish for ‘to pick’): jogging while picking up garbage.

Meet at the bridge on Merribrooke Lane, Stamford. (Bring gloves and a small trash bag). 203-918-2548.

GREENWICH BOTANICAL CENTER: greenwichbotanicalcenter.org Through Tuesday, Aug. 31 All day Native Pollinator Plant Photography Contest – open to anyone who has planted pollinator plants in their garden. For entries visit: bit.ly/GBC-PhotoContestOnlineForm GREENWICH YMCA: greenwichymca. org Tuesday, Aug. 31 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Beginner Bridge with The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group. YMCA members, $30; nonmembers, $35. New players welcome. (Register by Monday, 6pm).

203-524- 8032.

Wednesday, Sept. 1 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. - & 12:30 - 2:30 p.m.

Relaxed Bridge with The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group. Members, $10; nonmembers, $12. New players welcome. (Register by Tuesday, 6pm).

203-524-8032.

BIKE HSS is a one-day cycling event with two route options, 25 miles and 62 miles.

This event will raise critical funds for patient care, research, and education to enable people around the world to MOVE better.

ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE OF GREENWICH: afgreenwich.org Wednesday, Sept. 1 5 p.m.

‘Worldwide Wednesdays’ - join in for lively discussions on French films.

Open to all. RSVP for a Zoom link.

Thursday, Aug. 12 5 p.m. Proust Group Fereshteh Priou. RSVP for Zoom link.

Fereshp@yahoo.com UJA-JCC GREENWICH: ujajcc.org Wednesday, Sept. 1 8 p.m.

BIKE HSS Register at BIKEHSS.org

Live virtual cooking class with 5-time James Beard Foundation Award-Winning Chef Michael Solomonov and NY Times best-selling cookbook author Adeena Sussman. $10. Register. tinyurl.com/2667fxhu GREENWICH ROTARY CLUB: greenwichrotary.org Wednesday, Sept. 1

Calendar of Events 6:30 p.m.

Weekly Wednesday lunch meeting. Riverside Yacht Club, 102 Club Rd. Full Dinner, wine on table, cash bar: $68/person. RSVP to Sally Parris: sally.parris@cbmoves.com TAI CHI: experiencetaichi.org Tuesday, Aug. 31, 9 a.m. & Thursday, Sept. 2, 4 p.m.

First Congregational Church of Greenwich, 108 Sound Beach Ave. Registration is required. Tuition is paid as a donation made directly by the participant to abilis, Neighbor to Neighbor, or the First Congregational Church.

GREENWICH NEWCOMERS CLUB: greenwichnewcomers.org Sunday, Aug. 29 5 p.m.

Family Pizza Party. Tod’s Point, meet at the first concession stand. Free. (Bring your own beverages). Register.

OLD GREENWICH FARMER’S MARKET: oldgreenwichfarmersmarket.com Wednesdays 2:30 - 6 p.m.

Farm stands & food recycling program. 38 West End Ave, Old Greenwich. Held rain or shine. (No dogs allowed). info@oldgreenwichfarmersmarket.com GREENWICH FARMER’S MARKET: greenwichfarmersmarketct.com Saturdays, through Nov. 19 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Order from Sunday to Wednesday for Saturday pick-up. Arch Street & Horseneck Lane Commuter Parking Lot. (Parking is free during market hours). (No dogs allowed).

203-380-0580. gfm-ct@optimum.net BOOK SWAP: books4everyone.org Every Friday & Saturday 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Book Exchange – choose from a huge selection of books. Holly Hill Recycling Center.

Free, or, donate books. (Open every Fri & Sat. FRIENDS OF GREENWICH POINT: friendsofgreenwichpoint.org Ongoing: Scavenger Hunt @ Greenwich Point - Looking for something fun to do?

Come out and explore the Point in springtime with a family friendly scavenger hunt.

Break out your binoculars and explore all areas of the Point!

ARCH STREET: archstreet.org Virtual Yoga Takeover. 7th-12th Grade. Every Tue. & Thu., 4-5pm Free. Online.

Open Studio. 7th-12th Grade. Wednesday, by Appointment Only. Free.

NAMI SOUTHWEST CT: namisouthwestct. org/online-support Wednesday, Sept. 1 6:30 p.m.

NAMI-CAN (Child and Adolescent Network) Online Support Group - for parents and primary caregivers of children and adolescents, under age 21, with behavioral and emotional issues (Every Wednesday). Free.

Contact admin@namict.org for the meeting password.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: RedCrossBlood.org Monday, Aug. 30 8 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd, Greenwich.

9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Stanwich Congregational Church, 202 Taconic Rd, Greenwich.

Saturday, Sept. 4 8 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.

800 Long Ridge Rd, Stamford.

8 a.m. – 1 p.m.

Union Baptist Church, 805 Newfield Ave, Stamford.

TOWN AGENCIES MEETINGS: greenwichct.gov/calendar Friday, Aug. 27 12 p.m.

RTM Call Closes.

Monday, Aug. 30 10:30 a.m.

Architectural Review Sign Meeting. Town Hall - Cone Room.

6:30 p.m.

Board of Health Regular Meeting.

Wednesday, Sept. 1 9 a.m.

ABET Audit Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Cone Room.

12 p.m.

FS Re-Imagine Greenwich Virtual Web Meeting. Via Zoom.

5 p.m.

Planning & Zoning Commission Meeting.

Via Zoom.

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Greenwich Land Trust

7 p.m.

Conservation Commission Regular Meeting.

Via Zoom.

PLANNING FOR THE BIG EVENTS Friday, Sept. 10 6:30 p.m.

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Annual Benefit: Moonlit in Mykonos. In-person and at-home options. e.givesmart.com/events/ lA1 Monday, Sept. 13 Children’s Learning Centers of Fairfield County 5th Annual Golf Outing. Tamarack Country Club, 55 Locust Rd #2522, Greenwich.

Tuesday, Sept. 14 1 p.m.

Breast Cancer Alliance Ninth Annual Golf Outing. The Golf Club of Purchase, 10 Country Club Dr, Purchase, NY. breastcanceralliance.org Saturday, Sept. 18 ‘Roaring Twenties’ Family Centers 2021 Benefit. Private home in Greenwich. familycenters.org/product/RoaringTwenties Saturday, Sept. 18 Dance for S.E.L.F Gala. Burning Tree Country Club, 120 Perkins Rd, Greenwich. ulrika_drinkall@hotmail.com Saturday, Sept. 25 YMCA of Greenwich Annual Gala. Burning Tree Country Club, 120 Perkins Rd. 203869-1630. egrant@gymca.org.

Monday, Oct. 4 Regional Hospice 10th Annual Golf Classic.

Salem Golf Club, 18 Bloomer Rd, North Salem, NY. makingthebestofeveryday.org Tuesday, Oct. 12 12:30 p.m. Greenwich United Way Annual Golf Tournament. Greenwich Country Club, 19 Doubling Rd. bit.ly/3kHINcj Wednesday, Oct. 20 Breast Cancer Alliance 25th Anniversary Luncheon & Fashion Show - Fashion Show Presented by Richards. 203-861-0014. info@ breastcanceralliance.org. breastcanceralliance.org Saturday, Oct. 23 & Sunday, Oct. 24 Concours d’Elegance Greenwich. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch St. greenwichconcours.com

Go Wild!

Drive-In Movie Nights

Friday, October 1 & Saturday, October 2 Gates open at 5:30 p.m.

Movies begin at 7:00 p.m. (no admission after 6:45 p.m.)

Greenwich Polo Club, 1 Hurlingham Drive, Greenwich, CT

General Admission Patron Packages

$300 per car $1,000 & up

Includes dinner, VIP or Priority Parking, and more!

Purchase tickets at: gltrust.org/go-wild

Thursday, Oct. 28 6 p.m.

Avon Movie Masquerade Cocktails and Costumes fundraiser. The Delamar Greenwich Harbor, 500 Steamboat Rd. 203-967-3660. avontheatre.org

OUR NEIGHBORING TOWNS STEPPING STONES MUSEUM: steppingstonesmuseum.org Friday, Aug. 27 5:30 p.m.

Club Stepping Stones dance party. Celebration Courtyard in Mathews Park, 303 West Ave, Norwalk. Register.

BEDFORD PLAYHOUSE: bedfordplayhouse. org Wednesday, Sept. 1 7 p.m.

Golden Age of Broadway. Playhouse Lawn, 633 Old Post Rd, Bedford, NY. SILVERMINE ARTS CENTER: silvermineart.org Wednesday, Sept. 1 6 p.m.

Voices Center for Resilience 20th Anniversary 9/11 Commemorative Art Exhibition of Hope and Healing – opening preview & cocktail reception. Silvermine Arts Center, 1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan. RSVP..

C2 EDUCATION: c2educate.com Tuesday, Aug. 31 11 a.m.

Book Club: “The Thief” by Megan Whalen Turner (7th & 8th graders). (Students must complete the reading in advance). C2 Education of Stamford, 1117 High Ridge Rd. Free & open to the public. Register.

ROWAYTON ARTS CENTER: rowaytonarts. org Through Sunday, Aug. 29 “Photography and Sculpture” exhibition.

145 Rowayton Ave, Rowayton. Free and open to the public.

1 p.m.

Planning & Zoning Commission Briefing.

Via Zoom.

7 p.m.

Architectural Review Committee Meeting.

Via Zoom.

Thursday, Sept. 2 11 a.m.

FS Sustainability Committee Meeting. Via Zoom.

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By Nathan Hart Maybe you’ve seen one of the internet memes captioned “How It Started vs.

How It’s Going.” On the left side, there’s a picture of a bride and groom on their wedding day, smiling joyfully and cherishing the moment. On the right there’s a picture of the same couple today: stressed, disheveled, dealing with some mess their toddler just made. How It Started vs. How It’s Going, get it? Others have used the meme as an opportunity to brag about their achievements. The lefthand image depicts a younger version of themselves amidst humble surroundings and the right-hand one shows them on their new shiny yacht. How It Started vs.

How It’s Going—look at us now!

I was thinking about this as I read

How It Started vs. How It’s Going the Creation narrative in the book of Genesis in the Bible. After we complete the book the Revelation this August, thus completing our three-year chronological review of the entire Bible, our church will re-start the process in September by turning the pages all the way back to Genesis.

In the Creation narrative we learn how it started: “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. The earth was without form and void, and darkness was over the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God was hovering over the face of the waters” (Genesis 1:1-2). For the next several verses, God speaks reality into existence: separating light from darkness, waters from land, plants, animals, fish, birds, the sun, moon, and stars. After these creative acts, Genesis describes: “And God saw that it was good.”

Then God created humans. “God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27).

“And God blessed them. And God said to them, ‘Be fruitful and multiply

and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth’” (Genesis 1:28).

The narrative concludes with the statement: “And God saw everything that he had made, and behold, it was very good” (Genesis 1:31).

“Very good.” That’s how it started. God created a very good world filled with the wonders of Creation, and he created good people who “had dominion” (authority) to bless and care for every living thing.

Perfect harmony existed in the heavens above and the earth below. God gave the people only one law: you may eat of any tree in the garden except for the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Genesis 2:17). As long as the people obeyed, then order, harmony, and blessings abounded.

Paradise!

So, how’s it going now?

Well, not long after the Creation narrative, the Bible tells the story of humanity’s fall into temptation, into sin, into becoming our own decision-makers.

It tells the story of humanity rejecting the authority of God to carve our own path based on our own desires. They ate from the tree; they broke the one rule.

All humans who came after them would behave the same way. As the prophet Isaiah put it, “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned—every one—to his own way” (Isaiah 53:6). In rejecting God’s good order for ourselves and the world around us, we rebelled against him and his authority. Chaos ensued.

Near the end of the Bible, in the book of Jude, it says, “In the last time[s] there will be scoffers, following their own ungodly passions. It is these who cause divisions, worldly people, devoid of the Spirit” (Jude 1:18-19). This is a pretty good description of our world today, isn’t it? Everyone follows their own ungodly passions, like sheep gone astray, leading to a chaotic scene on a global scale.

So that’s how it started (good picture) and how it’s going (bad picture).

But unlike an internet meme with two images, there is a third scene in the Biblical narrative: How It All Ends.

Beginning with the work of Jesus on the cross, God set out to rescue and redeem his fallen world. He sought to re-order what sin had broken. Instead of erasing Creation and starting over—a path he first went down with the flood and Noah’s family—he would enter into the scene in the person of Jesus, teach people how to live under God’s intentions again, and ultimately receive the due punishment of our rebellion. He allowed all the brokenness of Creation to break his own body, so that we might be made whole by his loving act. “By his wounds we are healed” (Isaiah 53:5).

Not only that, God promised to create a new heavens and new earth, where “he will wipe away every tear from [our] eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:4).

That’s How It All Ends, and that’s good news for anyone who is discouraged by How It’s Going.

Rev. Dr. Nathan Hart is the Senior Pastor of Stanwich Church.

Worship Services Information

ASSEMBLIES OF GOD

Harvest Time Church 1338 King St., 203-531-7778 www.htchurch.com In-Person Worship Services: Sun, 8:30, 10 & 11:30am (meeting on a limited basis in accordance with CDC guidelines and Connecticut’s executive orders). All services are streamed on the church’s website and social media outlets. Bible Study: The Glory of Christ, Wed, 7pm. Read The Bible 2021: join here facebook.com/ groups/bible2021.

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; 203-869-2807 www.greenwichbaptist.org Worship: Sun, 11am (in person and online through Facebook & YouTube).

Adult Bible Study: 9:30am. Prayer Gathering: Fri, 6- 7pm, Chapel.

CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Church 95 Henry St.; 203-531-8730 www.sacredheartgreenwich.org Mass: Mon-Fri, 7am, in the Chapel.

Sat, 4pm. Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am.

Confessions: Sat, 3:20-3:50pm. Prayer Group: Thu, 5-6pm, in the Chapel, 38 Gold St, all are welcome. Volunteers needed for the following Ministries: Money Counters, Religious Education Teachers and Assistants, Prayer Shawl, Hospitality, contact the Rectory at 203-531-8730. Religious Education Online Enrollment is open through Aug 31.

St. Catherine of Siena & St. Agnes St. Agnes: 247 Stanwich Rd; St. Catherine: 4 Riverside Ave; 203-637-3661 www.stc-sta.org Masses: Mon, Tue, Thu & Fri: Daily Mass at St. Catherine’s Church – inperson and livestream, 7am; 5:15pm, St. Agnes, inperson. Sat (1st Sat of the month): Confessions at St. Agnes Church – inperson (specific dates in the bulletin), 3- 4pm; Vigil Mass at St. Catherine’s Church – in-person and livestream, 5pm. Masses - Sun: 7:30am, St. Catherine’s – in-person and livestream; 9am, St. Agnes – inperson; 10:30am, St. Catherine’s – inperson and livestream; 11am, Language Masses: St. Agnes & Lucey Parish Hall – in-person, (French: 2nd Sun of month; Italian: 3rd Sun of month & 4th Sun of month in May; Spanish: 4th Sun of month); 5pm, St. Agnes – in-person. *Under the tent from Memorial Day to Labor Day. Ongoing: Food & Essentials Drive for Neighbor to Neighbor (there will be a car or SUV with an open trunk in the parking lot across from St. Catherine’s church on Tuesdays, 9-11am for drop-off donations.

Donations can also be dropped at the Sign-in table at Sat, Sun or Daily Mass at St. Agnes). Registration for Life’s Journey is open through Aug. 31 (see the parish website for details and for the registration link). Walking with Purpose: new program registration opens Sept 1.

St. Mary Church 178 Greenwich Ave.; 203-869-9393 www.stmarygreenwich.org Public Mass: Sunday: 9 & 10:30am, 12:15 & 5:15pm. Saturday Vigils: 4 & 6:30pm (Spanish Mass). Daily: MonFri, 12:05pm. Confessions: Sat, 2:45-

3:45pm (Alcove to left of Altar)..

for preschoolers through grade 6. Services available via Zoom. PJ any prayer needs to the prayer chain Online programming available via Library Zoom Storytime: Mon-Thurs, at 203-536-2686 or revivecfm@gmail.

St. Michael the Archangel Zoom. A joyful community diverse in 3pm & Fri, 2pm. com.

469 North St.; 203-869-5421 spiritual backgrounds and beliefs. www.stmichaelgreenwich.com Congregation Shir Ami Stanwich Church North Greenwich Congregational One W. Putnam Ave; 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 Mass: Mon-Fri: 7:30 & 9am. Sat: 606 Riversville Rd; 203-869-7763 203-274-5376 www.stanwichchurch.org 9am & 5pm (Vigil Mass). Sun: 7:30, www.congregationshirami.org 9, 10:30am, 12 & 5pm. Confessions: www.northgreenwichchurch.org Events marked by an * require Sat, 4:15- 4:45pm; Wed, 10-11am & Online Worship Service: Sun, All services, programs and registration at: stanwichchurch.org/ 7-8pm. Eucharistic Adoration: Wed, 10:30am, via Zoom (email Rev. Halac celebrations are available online via event.

9:30am-8pm; Confessions (Times at Pastor@northgreenwichchurch. Zoom.

Sunday - Aug 29: Worship Service at are subject to change). Angel Group: org or call the church).

Greenwich Reform Synagogue 10 AM (live-streamed); Coffee Hour 2nd Thursday of the month, 7-8:30pm Second Congregational Church 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 after Service.

Service *Blood Drive: Aug. 30, at St. Michael’s Church. A volunteer 139 E Putnam Ave; 203-869-9311 www.grs.org 9am-4:30pm, Emmaus Hall. *Global is needed to care for the plants and www.2cc.org In person Shabbat Services and Faith & Work Simulcast: Sept. 8 flowers inside the church: 203-869Saturday: Evensong Worship, 5pm. Tot Shabbat are back! All in person & 9, 11:30am-5pm, Emmaus Hall, 5421.

Sunday: Summer Worship, 9:30am services are also live streamed on an opportunity to hear and learn St. Timothy Chapel (childcare available). All are welcome. Zoom. Join Rabbi Gerson and Cantor from Christian Leaders addressing 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421 Details at 2cc.org. Spiritual Arts Rubin every Friday at 6 pm for entrepreneurs or beginning investors. *Alpha: Sept. 13 (12-Wks), 7pm, Zoom, Mass: Sat: Vigil Mass, 4pm. Sun, 11am. Weekend: Saturday & Sunday, Aug. Shabbat Services, and once a month Explore your faith in an environment 28 & 29, 9am-3pm.. for Tot Shabbat at 5:30 pm. Enrollment St. Paul Church for Sunday Religious School & Mid- where questions are thought through EPISCOPAL 84 Sherwood Ave.; 203-531-8741 and answered. week Hebrew School is open. www.stpaulgreenwich.org Anglican Church of the Advent The Albertson Memorial Church Temple Sholom Mass: Mon-Thu: 9am; Sat: 4pm (Vigil); 606 Riversville Rd; 203-861-2432 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-7191 www.churchoftheadvent.org Sun: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30am. Confession: 4615 www.templesholom.com Sat, 3-3:45pm. Mass on Holy Days: Service: Sun, 9am, Holy Eucharist. www.albertsonchurch.org Vigil: 5:30pm, 9am & 12:15pm. Visit the Sunday School during academic year. Services - In-person and virtual Sunday Service: 7pm, via Zoom.

Friday night Shabbat services, website for information regarding the Christ Church Greenwich 6:30pm & Saturday morning Shabbat Virtual Children’s Lyceum (ages Bereavement Group (twice monthly) 254 E. Putnam Ave; services, 10am.. Ongoing: Amazon 5-14): 3rd Sunday of the month, and weekly volunteer opportunities 203-869-6600 Wish List to Support Midnight Run; 10-10:40am. Healing Service: 3rd at the Don Bosco Kitchen and Food www.christchurchgreenwich.org Commemorative Brick Campaign - Thursday of the month, 7-7:30pm.

Pantry with the St. Paul Mercy (Email Albertsonpcc@gmail.com Volunteers. All masses are available Worship: Sun: Eucharist, 8am purchase a brick and support Temple for registration and Zoom Links). (in-person); 10am (in-person & Sholom. via livestream through the website.

Spiritual Laws of Mediumship with livestream/ondemand); Choral LUTHERAN St. Roch Church Rev. Stacy Kopchinski: Aug. 29, 1Evensong (in-person & livestream/ 10 St. Roch Ave; 203-869-4176 3pm, on Zoom, $20.

First Lutheran Church on-demand), 5pm; Compline, 8pm www.strochchurch.com 38 Field Point Rd.; 203-869-0032 Trinity Church (livestream/on-demand). Mon-Fri: www.flcgreenwich.org Mass: (Reservations and/or for Morning Prayer, 8am (via Zoom).

1 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 viewing via live streaming): Mon- Tue: Eucharist, 10am (in-person). Indoor Service: Sun, 10:30am. Bible www.trinitychurch.life Fri: 7:30pm; Sat: 5pm; Sun: 7:30am Thu: Choral Evensong, 6:30pm (in- Study: Sun, 11:45am.

In-Person Services: Sun, 9:45am, Hyatt (Concelebrated for Previously person & livestream/on-demand).

Regency Greenwich, 1800 E Putnam St. Paul Lutheran Church Scheduled 9:30am Mass Intentions), “Something Different” Summer Ave. Online Services: Sun, 9:45am, 286 Delavan Ave.; 10:30am, 12pm (Spanish). Mass Outdoor Worship: Sundays through youtube.com/c/TrinityChurchLife/l 203-531-8466 Intentions: consult the bulletin for August, behind the Tomes-Higgins ive. House Churches: Sun, 9:45am, time.

House (rain location: Parish Hall), Indoor Service: Sun, 9am. Bible Study: Fairfield County, CT & Westchester bring a chair or blanket. Volunteers Sun, 10:15am. Wednesday After- County, NY. Alpha (online): Tue, 7:30CHRISTIAN SCIENCE needed for Domus’ Work & Learn School program: Snacks & Crafts, 8:45pm. Receive Private Zoom Prayer: First Church of Christ, Scientist Program in Stamford. Newcomer 3-4pm; Bible Stories & Catechesis, Sundays, 11-11:30am.

11 Park Pl; 203-869-2503 Class: Aug. 29, 11am12pm, on Zoom, 4-5pm; Community Dinner, 5:30pm www.christiansciencect.org/ PRESBYTERIAN 203-869-6600 x 28, cmcfadden@ (all are welcome); Bible Study on greenwich Romans (adults), 6:30pm. christchurchgreenwich.org. Women’s First Presbyterian Church Sunday and Wednesday services via retreat at Camp Washington: ‘The 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-8686 METHODIST live tele-conference: 203-680-9095, Healing Art of Storytelling’, www.fpcg.org Diamond Hill United Methodist code is 520520*.

Nov. 5-6, $175, cmcfadden@ 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-2395 Sanctuary Worship: Sun, 10am christchurchgreenwich.org.

COMMUNITY (Traditional Service); 5pm www.diamondhillumc.com St. Barnabas Episcopal Church (Contemporary Service), register.

First Church of Round Hill Sunday Worship Services: In-person 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 Online Worship: Sun, 10-11am at fpcg.

464 Round Hill Rd; or online, 10am, followed by a time www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org org/live. Sunday School online, 10:15203-629-3876 of Fellowship. Wednesdays: Virtual www.firstchurchofroundhill.com Sunday Worship: Spoken Eucharist, Noonday Prayer & Evening Bible 11am. The Prayer Room: Tue, 11am & Thu, 8pm. First Presbyterian’s No in-person service at this time. (If 8am, Church; Holy Eucharist Study. (Details at diamondhill.com).

Summer on the Sound: through you need to reach Rev. Leo W. Curry, with music, 10am, Church and First United Methodist Church Aug 29, 8:30am service (weather Family Eucharist, pastor, or any other personnel, call Livestream; 59 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629-9584 permitting), Tod’s Point in the Seaside 203-629-3876 and leave a message or 10am, Parish Hall. (sign up for inwww.fumcgreenwich.com Garden (no reservations, permits, or person service: signupgenius.com/ email fcroundhill@outlook.com). go/4090e4aadac2ea3ff2 -sunday1). Virtual Sunday Worship, 9:30am, via passes needed). Last Beach Service: Round Hill Community Church Coffee and Morning Prayers Podcast: Zoom (203 629 9584). Virtual Daily Aug. 29, 8:30am.

395 Round Hill Rd; 203-869-1091 Mon-Fri..

Gathering: Mon-Fri, 3pm, Zoom.

Grace Church of Greenwich www.roundhillcommunitychurch.

Talking with Your Hands: Mon, 3pm.

8 Sound Shore Dr, Suite 280 St. Paul’s Episcopal Church org Reading this World as a Christian: 203-861-7555 200 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-2447 Tue, 3pm. Back to Rock – music www.gracechurchgreenwich.com Worship, Children’s Ministries and www.stpaulsriverside.org with Mr. Bruce: Tue, 3pm, via Zoom.

Youth Fellowship: Sun. 10-10:30am, in Worship: Sun, 10am, Woman’s the Church, registration is required. Worship: Sundays: Rite 1, 8am (in- Reading the Shape of Scripture: Wed, Club of Greenwich, 89 Maple Ave. Weekly service also available person in the sanctuary & streamed). 3pm, via Zoom. Spring Bible Study: (Outside. Please bring a mask and online. Thrive: biweekly high school 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month: Thu, 3pm, via Zoom. Tea & Talk: Fri a chair or a blanket). All Bible gathering, Wed, 6pm. Foundations: 10:15am, in the Sanctuary. 2nd 3pm, via Zoom.

Study studies through zoom (email biweekly middle school gathering, & 4th Sunday of every month: in Bethel African Methodist gracechurchofgreenwich@gmail.com Fri, 6pm. November Bible Study: the Meadow, 10:30am (weather Episcopal for zoom links). All are welcome.

Stories of Advent, Mondays at 11 am, permitting). Sunday School continues 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099 Living Hope Community Church registration required. Worship with in Selleck Hall. Yoga on the Meadow: Worship via teleconference: Sun, Fridays, 10am.

Ongoing: Neighbor-to38 West End Ave; 203-637-3669 Communion: Aug. 29, 10am.

Neighbor Food Drive: Every Thu, 10- 11am and until further notice (Dial-in www.LivingHopeCT.org CONGREGATIONAL number: 425-436-6380, Access code: 11:30am, in the parking lot.

In-Person & online (LivingHopect.

612220).

The First Congregational Church St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church org/livestream) worship: 10am.

108 Sound Beach Ave; NONDENOMINATIONAL 350 Sound Beach Ave; Coffee & fellowship after the service 203-637-1791 203-637-2262 on the patio, weather permitting.

Revive Church www.fccog.org www.saintsaviours.org Sunday School kick-off: Sept. 12, all 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich are invited. Alpha class-interactive Worship: In-Person & Virtual: In-person Outdoor Service: Sun, 11am.

(Old Greenwich Civic Center) online sessions to explore the big Sundays, 10am. Live-streaming Online Worship Services available on www.myrevive.org questions of life: Mon, 7pm beginning on YouTube and Facebook, and Youtube.

Worship Service: Sun, 10am, Sept. 13, register at livinghopect.org/ broadcast on WGCH (1490 AM).

Holiday Inn 980 Hope St, Stamford.

JEWISH resources/alpha.

Connect during the week: Friday: Online Sermons available Friday Email Blast (sign up by calling Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich on Facebook (facebook.com/ the church office); Church school 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 myrevivechurchgreenwich) and on before worship most Sundays, 9am www.chabadgreenwich.org Youtube. All groups are online. Direct

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OBITUARIES Patrick J. Begley

Patrick Joseph Begley, age 84, of Cos Cob, beloved husband of 55 years to Mary McWeeney Begley, passed away peacefully Tuesday, August 17, 2021 with his family at his side. Born in Tuam, County Galway, Ireland, one of 18 children of the late Peter and Delia Melody Begley, he came to the United States in May 1962. Pat retired from the Connecticut Natural Gas Corporation, Greenw ich Div ision i n 2 000. He was a parishioner of St. Agnes Church in Greenwich, a member of the Pioneers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, St. Mary's Center in New Haven, the Gaelic American Club in Fairfield, the Irish American Community Center of East Haven and was a 3rd Degree member of the Knights of Columbus, Orinoco Council #39. Survivors in addition to his loving wife, Mary include 11 brothers and sisters, Christine McEniry (Timothy), Thomas Begley, Delia Purtill (Patrick), Margaret Ashworth (Brian), Martin Begley, Agnes Cruise( Sean), Timothy Begley (Frances), Patricia Cassidy ( Jerry), John Begley (Yvonne), Walter Begley (Marian) and Jerry Begley; and several nieces and nephews in the United States, Ireland and England. He was predeceased by 6 brothers and sisters, Nora Hemick, Michael Begley, Francis Begley, James Begley, Ann Fogarty and Elizabeth Doyle. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday, Aug ust 21, 2021 at 11:00 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Avenue, Riverside. Interment will follow in St. Thomas Aquinas Cemetery in Fairfield. Friends may call Friday from 4-8 p.m. in the Spear-Miller Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road, Fairfield. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.

Robert Silvaggi

Mr. Robert Guido Silvaggi, 74, passed away on Friday, August 20, 2021 at the Levine Dickson Hospice House – Southminster in Charlotte, NC. Mr. Silvaggi was born in Yonkers, NY, and was the son of the late Alfred G. Silvaggi and the late Marie Mancuso Silvaggi. Mr. Silvaggi obtained his B.S. degree in Education in 1970 at University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL and his M. S. degree in Education in 1974 at Iona College in New Rochelle, NY. He worked 35 years with the Greenwich Board of Education, Greenwich, CT as an American History teacher as well as the first Webmaster of the Greenwich Public Schools. Mr. Silvaggi coached football, baseball, softball, wrestling and golf for both boys and girls. He was the head of the social studies department, Chairman of the Eastern Middle School Technology Committee, and the Greenwich Public Schools Technology Committee. He also was the First Selectman from 2008-2010 in Brookfield, CT. He was a member of Hopewell Presbyterian Church in Rock Hill, SC. A memor ia l ser v ice for M r. Si lvag g i was held at 4pm, Thursday, August 26 at the Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1571 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, SC 29730.

Mr. Silvag g i is sur v ived by his w ife, R e b e c c a D e a l S i l v a g g i ; h i s t wo s o n s , Christopher R. Silvaggi and his wife Kimberly, of Castle Rock, CO and Nicholas R. Silvaggi and his wife Jessica, of Cedarburg, WI; and his five grandchildren: Ashley, Christopher, Caroline, Celia, and Joseph.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in Silvaggis' name to Hopewell Presbyterian Church, 1571 S. Anderson Road, Rock Hill, SC 29732 or the Levine Dickson Hospice HouseSouthminster, 8919 Park Road, Charlotte, NC 28210.

Angelo Zaccagnino

A ngelo Joseph Zaccagnino, age 85 of Greenacres, FL died peacefully on August 19, 2021 under the care of Trustbridge Hospice. He was born July 23, 1936 to Carmella (Vaccaro) and Angelo Zaccagnino in Port Chester, NY. Zacc made his living as a master plumber and had businesses in Greenwich, CT and Port Chester, NY. He loved to fish and was so proud to make the cover of Bass Magazine with his 12 lb. catch. He also loved cooking, dining out and trips to Las Vegas. He was a kind, caring man who would go out of his way to help a friend or stranger. He was predeceased by five brothers, Pat, Bill, John, Sal, Anthony and two sisters, Donato and Beatrice.

He is survived by his loving wife Judith of Greenacres, Florida and a sister, Anna Rappoccio also of Greenacres.

Angelo is also survived by five children, A a r o n ( B a r b r a) Z a c c a g n i n o , A n d r e w Zaccagnino, Rebecca (John) Pridgen, Philip Zaccagnino and Liz Hall. Nine grandchildren and two great grandchildren and his little guy, Yogi.

Because of Covid concerns, there will be no visitation.

I would like to than k the Staf f of Trustbridge Hospice especially Chaplain Joe for his kindness and support.

A Memor ia l Mass was held Monday, August 23 at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church, 345 S Military Trail, West Palm Beach, FL 33415.

In lieu of flowers memorial contributions should be made to the charity of choice.

Tomasina Chiappini Tomasina Chiappini, age 82, of Greenwich, CT passed away peacefully on August 10 at Greenwich Hospital after a long battle with Parkinson’s Disease.

She was pre-deceased by A lfredo Chiappini her loving husband of 29 years.

She is survived by her children Michael ( Joanne ) Chiappini, Maria Hryckowian, and Rocco ( Susan ) Chiappini; her grandchildren Ariana, Emily, Cecilia, Elizabeth, Alfredo, and Nicholas Chiappini, Julia and Lisa Hryckowian and her siblings John and Dominic Marciano and Maria Cimaglia. Tomasina was born in Roccasecca, Italy to Giuseppina DiNota and Gaetano Marciano.

At an early age she found comfort in her Catholic faith which she carried in her heart all the days of her life. She came to America with her parents and siblings in 1962. On April 4, 1964 she married the love of her life, Alfredo Chiappini. She was a devoted wife and loving and generous mother, mother-inlaw, nana, sister, sister-in-law, cousin, aunt, and friend. She loved to cook, garden, knit, needlepoint and sew. She loved to spend time with her family and to do puzzles with her grandchildren. She was an active member of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish in Scarsdale, NY where she was a member of the Veronica’s Guild and a Eucharistic minister at St. Paul’s Parish in Greenwich.

Tomasina’s family thanks all who have supported them in these last weeks and for the outpouring of love they have received.

Visitation was held at Castiglione Funeral Home, on Sunday, August 15. A Funeral mass was offered at St. Paul’s Church, Greenwich on Monday, August 16. Burial followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, 10 W. Stevens Ave, Hawthorne, NY.

Donna King Donna Daly King, 82, of Greenwich, passed away on August 4. She is survived by her husband Edward King; two sons, Christopher and Bryan; and three grandchildren, Casey, Daly, and Eve.

Marcel Dekker Marcel Dek ker, age 90, of Greenwich passed away peacef ully at his home surrounded by his loving family on August 7. Marcel was born on February 12, 1931, in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, to the late Rosetta and Maurits Dekker. The family, his parents, and two older siblings, the late Elizabeth Dekker Wijnberg and late Andrew Dekker, immigrated to the United States in 1938 by ship to escape the Nazi German invasion into Holland. The family arrived in New York City and settled in Riverdale, the Bronx, NY.

In the US, Marcel attended public school and graduated high school from the Woodstock Country School (Woodstock, VT) in 1949. After a short stint at the University of Vermont, Marcel enlisted and served in the US Air Force for two terms from 1950-1955. After an honorable discharge, Marcel attended New York University on the GI Bill and received his bachelor's degree in 1958. Marcel joined his father's publishing company, Interscience Publishing Inc. In 1962, Interscience merged with John Wiley & Sons. After a year working for the combined company, Marcel branched off and founded his own publishing company, Marcel Dekker, Inc. which specialized in scientific, technical, and medical books and journals. Marcel served as the company's President from its inception to 1997, and then as the company's Chairman of the Board.

Marcel Dekker, Inc. was sold in 2004 to Taylor & Francis plc.

Marcel was the beloved husband for 54 years to Harriett Gromb Dekker. Together they raised their three children, Russell Dekker, David Dekker, and Jacqueline Dekker Selkin. Marcel was a devoted and proud family man who enjoyed playing and learning new skills alongside his family and friends.

He was an enthusiastic sportsman, traveler, and musician. He enjoyed playing competitive tennis and golf. He skied with passion and was a skilled bridge player. Marcel was excited to travel the world with his wife, children, and grandchildren. He loved the challenge of playing classical compositions on the piano, although never to his satisfaction. Marcel will be remembered and cherished by his family as a caring, enthusiastic, and thoughtful father, father-in-law, grandfather, and husband.

Marcel is survived by his wife, Harriett Gromb Dekker of Greenwich, CT; son, Russell Dek ker and his wife, Deborah and their children, Nina and Gregory; son, David Dekker and his wife, Jennifer and their children, Hannah, Zachary and Sophie; daughter, Jacqueline Selkin and her husband, Alan and their children, Benjamin, Lauren, Jason and Olivia.

A private family service and burial will be held at Mount Eden Cemetery. A celebration of Marcel's life will be held sometime in the near future. In lieu of f lowers, donations may be made in Marcel's name to Greenwich Hospital, GH Office of Development, 35 River Road, Cos Cob, CT 06807.

Rosaria Capozza

Rosaria (Rose) Capozza, beloved to all w ho k new her, peacef ully fell asleep in death on August 17, 2021, surrounded by her family. Rose was 77 years old and resided in Greenwich, CT. She had bravely battled a severe illness for the past several years.

Born on September 11, 1943, in Morra De Sanctis, Italy, Rose was the 4th child of 5 born to Giuseppe and Giuseppina Bonastia. In 1960, Rose married Gerardo (Gerry) Capozza. Soon after, the two courageously made the trip to the United States in order to make a new life together. Once there, Rose went on to become mother to four much loved children. Not only was Rose a hardworking housewife and mother, but for many decades she worked full time keeping house and cooking for multiple families who depended on Rose and her incredible work ethic and culinary skills. After brief ly living in Tarrytown, NY, Rose and Gerry settled in Greenwich, CT. Rose helped her husband build an extremely successful landscaping and refuse business. Rose went on to advise and help countless friends and families from Italy get established and start their new life in the U.S. In 2012, Rose tragically lost her husband Gerry. But, she bravely continued to navigate life alone with her family's support. Extremely important to Rose was her faith. She was a member of the West-Stamford, CT Congregation of Jehovah's Witnesses. Rose devoted herself to sharing the wonderful promises found in God's word the Bible with everyone she met.

She is pre- de ce ase d by her brot her Francesco Bonastia and sister Maria Gialanela. Rose is survived by her brother Nicola Bonastia, brother Frank Bonastia and his wife Mary Anne. Her children are Alfredo Capozza and his wife Aixa Capozza, son Rocco Capozza, daughter Elsa (Lisa) Capozza Perri and her husband David Perri Jr, and son Gerry Capozza, Jr. and his wife Jessica Capozza. Her beloved grandchildren are Christina Capozza, Br iana Rose Per r i, Francesca Capozza, Nicholas Capozza, and Sophia Capozza, and many nieces and nephews. In addition to a large family, she is survived by countless

friends and many who adopted her as their second mother, calling her Mama Rose.

Her warmth, her smile, and her sincerity always made you feel at home. Rose was known by all for her incredible strength, her gardening, her traditional Italian cooking and was unsurpassed when it came to the hospitality and love she showed to others. It is an understatement to say that Rose will be missed.

Calling hours were Wednesday, August 25 at Coxe and Graziano Funeral Home in Greenwich. A virtual memorial service will be held via Zoom at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, August 28. Link to the Zoom memorial service will be shared with family and friends a few days prior. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to: donate.jw.org/ui/E/donate-home. html#/donate

Thomas Gospodinoff

(8/13/1953-8/17/2021) It is with great sadness the family of Thomas (Tom) Gospodinoff announce his passing at Stamford Hospital following a courageous battle with cancer. He was the most kind and gentle-hearted man who cared deeply and enriched the lives of so many. He was a most devoted and loving husband to Brigitte; father to daughter Carissa (Bob); son Nikolas (Kathryn); grandfather to Max and Niko; brother to four sisters, Bunny, Mary, Nancy and Carol and friend to everyone he met. He was predeceased by his parents, Din and Kathleen Gospodinoff.

Tom was a life-long resident of Greenwich.

He had a wonderful childhood growing up with dozens of cousins and several friends who gathered together for birthdays, holidays and any-time occasions. Hav ing lots of freedom and rarely supervised, they loved to build forts in the backyard woods, creating teams (girls against boys), swimming in a neighbor's pool and always chowing down on the scrumptious food that the loving adults would prepare. Even as adults, the tradition of family parties continued with many barbecues and the very popular pig roasts.

Tom graduated from Greenwich High School in 1972, and SUNY Farmingdale in 1976, majoring in horticulture. He worked from the age of 12 until present as President of Greenwich Landscape, Inc. started together by his father and Grandfather in 1946. He carried on the legacy by continuing the family landscape business and was loved and respected by his employees and long-time customers.

He was passionate in restoring his father's 1942 Army jeep and more recently, with the restoration of a military Dodge M37. He was often seen riding through town in the jeep with the top down, delighting friends and family with rides and engaging in friendly chats at the beach with passersby.

Tom's impact will forever be felt by his family and friends who dearly love him and who will miss him terribly.

The family wish to thank Dr. Lo and the outstanding staff at Stamford Hospital, most especially the sixth floor Nurses and staff.

A Celebration of Life Memorial Service will be held from 1-5 on Saturday, August 28 at the Castiglione Funeral Home, 544 Old Post Rd. No. 3, Greenwich.

Thomas "Carl" Peck Thomas "Carl" Peck passed away unexpectedly in Greenwich on Thursday, August 12th, with his wife, Diane, of 55 years by his side.

Carl was born on December 26, 1940, in Mount Kisco, NY, the son of Willis K. and Marie (Wade) Peck. Carl was predeceased by his older brother Bill and sister-in-law Helen.

He will be greatly missed by his younger sisters Linda Peck Boardman, Patricia Peck and many nieces, nephews, and extended family.

Carl graduated from John Jay High School in Katonah, NY in 1958 and went on to serve proudly in the U.S. Navy. During his service he worked as an electrician on several different ships, including his beloved Great Sitkin.

He thoroughly enjoyed his time of service and eagerly awaited yearly reunions with friends and shipmates. After his discharge from the Navy, Carl came home to Vista, NY and worked as an electrician throughout Westchester County, NY. On April 23, 1966, Carl married the love of his life, Diane Hroziencik, and moved to Greenwich, CT. Carl was the very proud father to their son Tim (and wife Kelly) of

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OBITUARIES Old Greenwich, and daughter, Karen (and husband Scott) Brady of Morris, CT. Perhaps his most treasured role was that of "Pop Pop" to his seven grandchildren: Matthew, Riley and Samantha Brady and Tim Jr., Elizabeth, Davies and Emma Peck. He spent years fixing swing sets, building legos and playing with matchbox cars.

Carl began work ing for the Tow n of Greenwich as an electrician in the Sewer Department. He embraced every opportunity to broaden his personal and professional education, eventually rising to the position of Electrical Inspector and then Deputy Building Official for the Town - a position he held until his retirement. His coworkers from the building department became his "work family", and he valued and maintained their friendships throughout his retirement. For many years Carl was an active member of the District 8 Building Officials and looked forward to their monthly meetings.

Diane and Carl traveled extensively in their retirement years, visiting all 50 states, much of Canada, and several Caribbean islands. They particularly enjoyed discovering as many National Parks as possible in their travels. No matter where Diane told Carl to drive, he followed her directions and brought them to safe arrival on many wonderful adventures. They were never happier than when they were together.

Carl's other great love was volunteering as a f iref ighter. Following in his father's footsteps, he started off in the Vista Fire Department, rising to the rank of Assistant Chief. Upon moving to Greenwich, he joined the Glenville Volunteer Fire Department, where he served tirelessly for almost 50 years as a firefighter and later as Treasurer. He was also a board member of the Greenwich Volunteer Firemen's Association. Carl was actively involved with the American Legion Post 29, where he served as Secretary and spearheaded the Legion's annual efforts to commemorate the fallen veterans by placing flags at local cemeteries each Memorial Day. Carl was a patriotic New England Yankee with a devout belief in the democratic process and the right to vote. He volunteered for many years as an active member of the Greenwich RTC and other town organizations.

Carl was a brilliant, humble man of few words, but you could never find a kinder, gentler soul. He was a true gentleman with a sparkle in his eye and a joyous sense of humor to enlighten any difficult moment or spark a wave of laughter. He was blessed with many friends throughout his life. He loved his family, he loved his country, he loved his town and he lived a life of service. He will be truly missed.

A wake was held Tuesday evening, August 17th at Castiglione's Funeral Home, 544 Old Post Rd #3, Greenwich.

There was a memorial service, also at the funeral home with burial immediately following at Putnam Cemetery, Greenwich.

around the world.

Pat was a longtime member of the Knights of Columbus, The Byram Veterans Association and The Ancient Order of Hibernians and was a parishioner of Sacred Heart Church in Byram.

Pat will be greatly missed by all who were blessed to have known him.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Tuesday, August 17 at Sacred Heart Church, Byram. Entombment followed at Putnam Cemetery.

Robert Harmonay, Sr.

Robert Harmonay, Sr., age 61, of Monroe, CT passed away on August 12 at St. Vincent's Medical Center in Bridgeport, CT after a short illness.

Robert was born in March 1960 in Bron x v i l le , N Y. He g raduate d f rom St. Mary's High School in Greenwich, CT and was a talented stone mason who owned and operated Valley Field Masonry for many years.

Robert enjoyed fishing, time with family and his favorite football team, the New York Jets.

Robert is survived by his three children, Robert Harmonay, Jr., Smith Harmonay and Rachel Harmonay and his granddaughter Pey ton Elizabeth Harmonay. He is also survived by his 4 brothers, Richard, Kenneth, Kevin and James Harmonay. He was preceded in death by his parents Richard and Marilyn and his sister Kathleen Harmonay.

Rob er t's fa m i ly re ceive d f r iends on Tuesday, August 17 with a service immediately following at Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, Stamford. Following the visitation, a Catholic burial service was held at St. Mary's Cemetery in Greenwich.

companies in the Country. In 1997, The Dime Savings Bank acquired North American Mortgage.

Throughout his business and professional career John served on the boards of multiple public and private f inancial ser v ices companies including, Fidelity Financial Inc., Ames Financial Corporation and Lender Processing Services.

He w a s ac t ively i nvolve d i n B oston College, where from 1990 to 2000 he served as a Trustee and on its Finance and Audit Committees. He was a founding member of The Boston College Wall Street Council, lent his support to the music department and headed the Parents Council with his wife Cecilia from 1989 to 1993. He was an avid Boston College supporter and friend and remained an Associate Trustee until this year.

John's love of Boston College and the close friends he made there was always something he cherished.

Joh n love d h is fa m i ly a b ove a l l a nd especially his wife Cecilia of 57 years. They shared an incredible marriage full of love and devotion. John was unwavering in his support of their two sons in all of their personal and professional endeavors. More recently, John beamed with pride over the success of his three wonderful granddaughters who he cherished and adored.

John lived a life of faith, love, gratitude and humility. He will be remembered for his professional successes, but above all, he will be remembered as a loving husband, father and grandfather.

Calling Hours were at Leo P. Gallagher and Son Funeral Home, Greenwich, Thursday, August 12. A Mass of Christian Burial was held at St Michael the Archangel Roman Catholic Church, Greenwich, on Friday, August 13.

John Mendenhall

John Farrell

Lois Kelly

Patrick McGovern

Patrick J. McGovern, a longtime Byram resident, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, the 13 of August. He was born on April 2, 1931 in Glangevlin, County Cavan, Ireland. Pat was one of 14 children born to Edward Charles and Roseanne McGovern, and is survived by his sisters Ann, Helen, Kate and Agnes as well as his beloved brother John, of Stamford. He was predeceased by his sisters Peggy Dean, Marie McCormick and Brigid McManus and brothers Terrance, Eamon, Tommy, Phil and Charles. His dozens of nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews will always remember the wit, wisdom and generosity of their beloved Uncle Pat. Pat immigrated to the US in 1953 and served in the US Army in Europe before settling in Byram where he began a long career as a meat cutter with Finast supermarkets and The Food Mart in both Cos Cob and Old Greenwich. In his retirement, Pat was a f ixture at Byram Park where he served as a gatekeeper for many years.

Himself and his brother Phil and cousin Noel were instrumental in the establishment of the Greenwich St. Patrick's Day parade as the annual event that it has become.

Well known as dapper, witty, generous and easy-going, Pat was a rabid Yankees fan who never missed a game or a chance to discuss the current team's prospects or lack thereof.

He possessed an encyclopedic knowledge of Irish history as well as that of the extended McGovern clan both here in the US and

Born December 7, 1934, in Beijing, China, she was the daughter of Dr. Claude E. Forkner and Marion Dubois Forkner. At the time of her birth her father was professor of medicine at Peking Union Medical Center. The family lived in Beijing from 1932-1937.

Her grandparents, Helen Sturges DuBois and Arthur DuBois had built a house on Mead Point in Greenwich in 1903, where they, their children and grandchildren summered for over fifty years. After her grandparents passed, Mrs. Greene built her own house on a portion of the Mead Point property.

Sh e g r e w up i n Ne w York Cit y a n d attended the Nightingale-Bamford School and Miss Hewitt’s. She graduated from Dana Hall School in 1953 and Rhode Island School of Design in 1957. She taught art at the The Shady Hill School, Cambridge, Massachusetts and at The Greenwich Country Day School.

A resident of Greenwich, CT for over 55 years, Mrs. Greene was an accomplished a r tist. Her pa intings were ex h ibited at Greenwich Library, Bruce Museum, Gallery 3, the Greenwich Cinema and other local venues.

Lucy had multiple interests including tennis (she had an admirable serve), playing golf with her husband Tom, studying nutrition, international cooking and travel. She enjoyed abstract painting, dancing and gardening.

Lucy devoted time to her family and drew pleasure from bringing extended family together.

She is survived by her four children, Abigail Kamen, Hillary McAtee, and Peter Spizzirri, all of Greenwich and Andy Spizzirri of Fairf ield; three stepchildren, Elizabeth Nowakowski of Seattle, Washington, Thomas A. Greene, Jr. of Fairfield, Connecticut and Virginia Greene of Carpinteria, California, and nine grandchildren, Haley McAtee, Jackson McAtee, Melody McAtee, Alexander Kamen, Liza Kamen, Nicholas Spizzirri, Eliot Spizzirri, and Alexandra Spizzirri all of Greenwich and Lucas Spizzirri of Fairfield.

She was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Thomas A. Greene, her brother, Claude E. Forkner Jr. and her sister Helen Haskell.

A memorial service is being planned.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Food for the Hungry.

Lois Kelly, of Greenwich, passed August 13, at age 72. She was born November 2, 1948 to George & Jenny Genise.

Lois worked for many years in the Town Clerk’s Office in Greenwich.

She is survived by her husband, Richard Kelly, sons, Richard Jr, Steven and Shawn (Maria), granddaughters, Kayla & Gia, and brother George Genise.

The family wishes to express their thanks to the staff of Dr. Mayus & Dr. Walsh.

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John F. MacDonald John F. MacDonald, 75, a former resident of Glenville and graduate of St. Mary HS passed away at Danbury Hospital August 11th.

Funeral services were held at Green Funeral home Danbury.

Lucy Greene

Lucy Forkner Greene, a longtime resident of Greenw ich, CT, died Aug ust 7 at her assisted living facility in Darien, CT. She was 86. She died of natural causes in her sleep the family said.

John F. Farrell, Jr. of Greenwich, CT died peacefully at home on Sunday, August 8, at the age of 83 after a long battle with Parkinson's Disease. His devoted wife, Cecilia Farrell of 57 years was at his side until the end. John is survived by his two sons, John F Farrell III and James Farrell and his wife MaryAnne, and their 3 daughters, Katherine, Megan and MaryGrace.

John was born on October 4, 1937 in Flushing, NY and was the oldest of 5 children.

After graduating from Stuyvesant High School in 1953 at the age of 16 he was awarded a full scholarship to New York University where he went on to complete two bachelors and two masters degrees in law and engineering from 1957 to 1965. He was admitted to the Washington, DC Bar Association in 1962, the New York Bar in 1963 and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 2nd circuit in 1966.

John was an accomplished fencer and a member of the N.Y.U Varsity Fencing Team from 1954-1957. Outside of school he was a member of the New York Athletic Club and Captain of their U.S. Olympic Fencing Squad that traveled to Poland for the World Fencing Championships in 1963. He was also a member of the Board of Directors of the Amateur Fencers League of America.

After practicing corporate and tax law for 6 years he began his investment banking career at Merrill Lynch and then moved to Oppenheimer & Co. where he was a partner from 1974 to 1983; primarily involved in private equity transactions. From 1984 to 1987, John headed a private equity group where he was involved with the acquisition and sale of companies in various industries including apparel, food services, outdoor furniture, mining and manufacturing. In 1985, he purchased a small California based mortgage company from Wells Fargo Bank, which had 22 offices and produced $800 million of residential mortgages. John rebranded the company as North American Mortgage and remained Chairman and CEO for 13 years.

During this time, he oversaw its nationwide expansion to 150 offices and completion of public offerings through Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley. At its peak, North American Mortgage originated $18.6 billion in mortgages and was one of the three top mor tgage

Longtime Greenwich resident John Ryan Mendenhall died peacefully in his sleep at the age of 93 on August 4. For the last 20 years of his life, he had stoically suffered the symptoms of Parkinson's Disease.

John was born in Des Moines, Iowa on January 17, 1928. He served in the army during the occupation of Japan after WWII. Following his military service, he attended the University of Notre Dame on the G.I Bill, graduating in 1950.

In 1953, he married Joan Schaefer just af ter his g raduation from Har vard Law School. Both were defining events in his life.

While he valued his lifetime of professional par tnerships, it was his 68 year lov ing partnership with his devoted wife Joan that he treasured most. Joan and John met on a train heading back from college for a break, introduced by a mutual friend from their home town of Sioux City, Iowa.

In Cleveland, John began his career with Arthur Andersen & Co. where he ultimately led the f irm-wide tax division of Chicago based accounting f irm. In 1970 he joined Washington law firm Williams & Connolly as a Partner to develop their tax practice. He moved to Greenwich in 1977 to join Union Pacific Corp as VP General Tax Counsel until his retirement in 1993.

His professional activities were numerous including leadership roles with the Business Roundtable, US Chamber of Commerce, American Bar, and National Tax Committee.

Highlights of his external roles including work on the Cook County Hospital Governing Commission and as an adjunct professor at GWU Law School.

In more recent years, John joined Joan in local volunteerism as one of the many residents in support of Greenwich Hospital.

He belonged to the Belle Haven Club in Connecticut, Harvard Club in New York, Chevy Chase Club in Maryland, and Quechee Club in Vermont. In retirement, he appreciated friendships forged and jokes told (for his future retelling) at the Horseneck Club and his First Friday Group.

Family members visiting John would never leave without a book or two that he had "just finished." His selections were mostly non-f iction and geared toward economic policy. Often dense with statistics, a book's information would later be spoken during a friendly argument at a Mendenhall dinner party. Joan once quipped "Who can refute him?" when asked by a guest "is that true?" about a statistic John had cited.

An only child, John was blessed with six children - Tom (Sue) of Vista, CA, Jim (Meg) of Burlington, CT, Jane (Mark Mastrianni) of Westport, CT, Julie (Ken Greto) of Greenwich,

OBITUARIES CT, Bob (Karla) of Fairf ield, CT, Jennifer (Hans Richter) of Encinitas, CA - along with 15 grandchildren and 9 great-grandsons.

John reveled in the role of family patriarch, following the example of his beloved Iowa grandfather, J.J. Ryan.

John valued his many friendships and maintained ties for a lifetime. It gives his family great peace to know he is now "working the room" and getting acquainted again with so many good friends and family who have predeceased him.

John's family extends thanks to Peter Tomaj and Rosie Valdes for their caregiving of the past 2 years particularly. The funeral mass was held at St. Mary's Church on Greenwich Ave. If so inclined, in lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions be made in John's memory to: Covenant House, 550 10th Ave, New York, NY 10018 and St. Mary's Church in Greenwich or St. Mar y's Church, 178 Greenwich Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830.

Richard Kontos

School in New York City. Rick went on to have a long career as a church organist and choir director throughout the New York and greater Fairfield County Catholic dioceses, including spending nearly 30 years at Saint John’s RC Church in Darien. Most recently, he was music director and organist at Green Farms Congregational Church in Westport.

In addition to his church positions, Rick re g u la rly p er for me d concer ts at ma ny prestigious churches throughout the region, i nclud i ng , St. Pat r ick ’s Cat he d ra l, The Cathedral Church of St. John the Divine, Trinity Church at Wall Street, and St. Thomas Episcopal Church Fifth Avenue. He was also a consultant to churches in the region and leaves behind a legacy of organ installations, organ consultations, and many friends in the industry.

A memorial mass will be held at Saint Paul’s RC Church, 84 Sherwood Avenue, Greenwich on Saturday, September 25 at 11 am.

Donations may be made in Rick’s memory to Greens Farms Church, 71 Hillandale Road, Westport, CT, 06880.

Lawrence Goodman

Richard Kontos died on Aug. 15, 2021 at the age of 73 after a lifelong illness.

Richard was born on April 22,1948 to Joseph and Elizabeth Kontos of Br yam, the family then moved to Glenville where Richard spent most of his life. He attended St. Mary's H.S. class of 1966, the University of Connecticut receiving a degree in English; Journalism, and Fordham University, receiving his Masters Degree in Social Work.

Richard was a kind, gentle person who found the good in people. He was always ready to help those in need, day or night, even when he couldn't help himself getting through some very difficult times. He received far less than he deserved from life, and we believe he is now at peace and free of the pain he endured, surrounded by the family and friends who left before him. He will be missed by all who knew him.

He is survived by his daughter Rebecca and husband Brett Baird, grandsons Hunter and Tyler, sister Susan and husband Bill Keating, brothers Joe and wife Susan, Tom and wife Kathy, and nieces, nephews and grand nieces, nephews Kelly Ann, Lisa, Tom, Ashley, Erin, Hannah, Tim, Cash and Pearl, and predeceased by his niece Jane.

A Visitation was held at Castig lione Funeral Home in Greenwich on Thursday August 19th.

The family would like to thank Greenwich Woods for the care and compassion they gave Richard this past year.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to The Greenwich Library.

Frederick Tripodi

Lawrence Baron Goodman died on August 4 in Greenwich, aged 94. He is survived by his wife, Sachiko Terai Goodman, his daughter Shuli Goodman (wife Karen Jandorf, son Dakota, grandsons Davin and Sidney), Frank Goodman (wife Nancy Langston), Emily Goodman (son Samuel Canf ield, daughter Sophie Canf ield), and stepdaughter Teru Bower Clavel (sons James and Charles, daughter Victoria).

Larr y was born in New York City on November 10, 1926 to Arthur Hirsch Goodman and Jeannette Baron Goodman. Early years were in Woodmere, Long Island, where he attended the Woodmere Academy. He went on to The Hotchkiss School and Dartmouth College's V-12 naval officer training program.

Larry ran track at Dartmouth in addition to cofounding the aviation club. He also continued to cultivate his life-long love of skiing and the outdoors. He graduated as a civilian in 1947 with a commission as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserve. He joined his father in a family business dedicated to hosiery manufacture and retail distribution. He spent his entire career in associated businesses.

Using his natural gifts as an engineer, he built a complex organization, The Ormond Shops, a retailer of women's clothing He served as chairman of The Ormond Shops until his retirement in 1995. Larry shared with his first wife, Claire Garber Goodman, an abiding interest in understanding the great diversity of the human experience. Due to that shared passion, he served as chairman of the Center for American Archeology. Cancer claimed Claire in 1979. In honor of her legacy, Larry endowed the Claire Garber Goodman Fund for anthropological research at Dartmouth College. A home in Jamaica, VT f igured prominently in the early days of Larry's family life with Claire, Shuli, Frank and Emily.

Through experience in Vermont, Larry shared with his family his love of skiing, the outdoors and the beauty of northern New England.

Larry often described himself as "twice blessed." After Claire's passing, the latter part of Larry's family life was shared with Sachiko and Teru in their beautiful home in the Belle Haven neighborhood of Greenwich. Sachiko was a loving and supportive partner who created a comforting refuge that had been for Larry an enduring source of peace and a happy home for their many beloved Boston Terriers. Larry was proud to have been a generous supporter of a range of charitable institutions including Dartmouth College, the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, environmental organizations in Alta, Utah and such Jewish causes as the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel.

As befits a twice-blessed man, burial urns will rest with both Claire in Jamaica, VT and Sachiko in Osaka, Japan.

John Goulemas

F r e de r ick A . ( R ick) Tr ip o d i p a s s e d away Friday, July 30, 2021 after a brief but courageous battle with Kidney Cancer.

Born in Greenwich on August 2, 1949 to Carmelo and Josephine Bologna Tripodi, he is survived by his loving partner Matthew Brien, his sisters, Anita Walton, her husband Bill Walton and their children, Josh and Alex Walton; and Janet Tripodi Gray, and her husband Zeb Gray. Other survivors include his aunts, Marie B. D’Elia and Tilda B. Fico, his uncle, Dr. Ralph Bologna, and his wife Sheila Bologna; his cousins, Joy D’Elia, her husband Tommy Bledsoe, and their children; Sandra Fico Charni, her husband Andrew, and their children; John Bologna, his wife Patty, and their children; Justin Bologna, his wife Lisa, and their children; Kenneth Bologna, his wife Deidre, and their daughter; and countless friends and colleagues.

A graduate of Saint Mary’s High School in Greenwich, class of 1967, he received his Bachelor degree in 1971 and Masters degree in 1976 in organ performance from The Juilliard

and Carteret Prep. After graduating, he served in the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Hanau, Germany with the 169th ADA Regiment during the Korean War. Upon his honorable discharge, he moved back to Greenwich and became a small business owner and police officer where he enjoyed "walking the beat" in Old Greenwich for fifteen of his twenty-five years of service. In 1958, he married Barbara Kaldus and they raised a daughter, Jacqueline, and a son, Jason and lived in Bruce Park for most of his life.

John had a passion for sports, having been selected "All State" and captained t he 19 4 7 St ate Cha mpion Gr e enw ich High School football team. He enjoyed a variety of racket sports and softball. He was frequently spotted riding his bike and jogging around town. He was a beloved stalwart of the Greenwich community and so well known that a letter from a former army pal found its way to him via U.S. mail addressed only to "John the Greek " Greenwich.

John is survived by his wife Barbara, daughter Jacqueline Simmons, son-in-law John Simmons, grandson John Simmons of Woodstock, GA, and son Jason Goulemas, daug hte r-i n-law L i s a G ou le m a s a nd granddaughter Catherine Goulemas, of Cape Neddick, ME. There will be a celebration of John's life at a future date.

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and a JD from Ohio State University Law School. He practiced law with Reid and Priest in NYC for his entire career. He retired as a partner and took on the role of legal consultant for US Tobacco. Fluent in Spanish, Bill traveled all over South America to meet with clients. Bill was predeceased by his beloved wife of 65 years, Mary Sue in August of 2020.

Bill is survived by his three children and their families, Nancy Saltsman Carver (John), Ellen Saltsman, and Tom Saltsman (Candace). Six grandchildren, Jack and Caroline Carver, Sam and Kathryn Brous, Sarah Saltsman and Julia Martin (Tyler) and two great-grandsons, Carson and Owen Martin. The family has fond memories of him from the annual family reunion beach trips and holiday get togethers. He was a loving, supportive, and generous father, grandfather, and great-grandfather.

The family is forever grateful for the care and kindness of Maria Andrea Garrote, Corazon Mabini and Linda Swanson LCSW. In lieu of f lowers, the family is asking that donations be made in memory of William Saltsman to Abilis. Abilis is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in Greenwich that provides vital services and support for over 800 individuals of all ages and abilities with special needs and their families in Fairfield County, CT. Donations can be made online at abilis. us/ or by check/mail to: Jennifer Flatow, Director of Development Abilis, Inc., 50 Glenville Street, Greenwich, CT 06831.

The family is planning a memorial service to celebrate the lives of Bill and Mary Sue on Saturday, October 23 at 2 p.m., Christ Church Greenwich Memorial Garden with a reception to follow.

Lawrence Wolfel

Bea Butler passed away peacefully, at home, surrounded by her loving family on July 23. She was the cherished wife of Jim Butler, devoted mother of Jenny Butler (John Del Prete), Jim Butler (Kerri Butler), Neil Butler (Anne Fillmore), and loving grandmother to Jimmy, Jonathan, Betty and Rhodes Butler.

Bea was born in Greenwich on February 10, 1942, to Helen and Theodore Havelka.

Bea was preceded in death by her older brother, Phil Havelka, and younger brother, Hank Havelka. She graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1959, and then from Grace New Haven School of Nursing in 1962.

Shortly thereafter, Bea was commissioned by the Navy and assigned to the Navy Hospital in Bremerton, Wash. This is where she met Jim, her husband for nearly 56 years.

Bea was a fun-loving, independent, adventuresome, and down-to-earth woman.

She valued her family and friends. Bea loved finding a good bargain and enjoyed spending time with friends and family at garage sales and thrift shops. She also enjoyed traveling, hiking, fishing, crabbing, camping, kayaking and gardening. After learning how to swim at the age of 40, Bea became a passionate lap swimmer. Bea was very proud of the fact that she never had a traffic ticket. She will be dearly missed.

In lieu of f lowers, please consider a donation to The Foundation For Peripheral Neuropathy at foundationforpn.org.

William Saltsman

Lawrence Carl Wolfel, 57, of Greenwich, passed away unexpectedly on July 20. He attended Greenwich schools and the Florida Air Academy. Larry was an avid motorcycle enthusiast and road racer, including a race on the British Isle of Man with his team, Desert Dog. He loved working on all things mechanical, "wrenching" as he called it.

Larry proudly owned and restored Jerry Rushing's famed moonshine runner and Dukes of Hazzard inspired 1958 Chrysler 300D "Traveller." His sense of humor and compassion made him many friends.

Larry could make you laugh without even speaking and loved sharing his numerous stories.

Larry was predeceased by his parents Kenneth G. Wolfel Sr. and Vera (Wolken) Wolfel of Greenwich, and his beloved Wolfie, his wolf dog companion. He leaves behind his brothers Kenneth G. Wolfel Jr. of St. Simons Island GA, Rodney Wolfel, his wife Tamatha of Wethersfield, CT, niece Sarah Wolfel of Boston, MA, nephew Christopher Wolfel, his wife Anna and grandnephew Henry, of Falmouth ME, nephew/godson Alexander Wolfel of Southbridge M A, nephew,Tyler Harrison of Wethersfield, CT and many cousins, aunts and uncles.

A memorial service to celebrate Larry's l i fe was held Sat u rday, Aug ust 14 at North Greenwich Congregational Church, Greenwich. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Wolf Conservation Center, 27 Buck Run Rd., S. Salem, NY 10590 or nywolf. org Obituaries in the Greenwich Sentinel are free of charge. To submit an obituary please email Caroll@GreenwichSentinel. com.

On Aug ust 2 , John G oulemas, lov ing husband and father of two children, passed away at age 92. John was born on November 21, 1928 in Stamford, to Xenophon ( John) and Mary Goulemas. He attended Greenwich High School, Eastern Militar y Academy

William Howard Saltsman (Bill) beloved father, grandfather, and great-grandfather died peacefully at his home on Tuesday, July 20. Born on June 7, 1926 in Canton, Ohio, he had just celebrated his 95th birthday.

Bill enlisted in the Navy at the age of 18 and was honorably discharged on July 3, 1946. He received a BS in Business Administration from Kent State University

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Astrology for Week of Aug 29, 2021 VIRGO 24 Aug-23 Sept If you’re in need of ready cash you’ll think up new ways to to get it this week. With Mercury, planet of the mind, highlighting finances from Monday you won’t be short of money making ideas. Hopefully, they will be accompanied by some common sense!

PISCES 20 Feb-20 March At times you just want to be left alone with your thoughts – like now. Don’t worry that family and friends will think you’re being antisocial – if they don’t know your ways by now they never will. Be true to yourself – it is the most important thing you can do.

LIBRA 24 Sept-23 Oct Something that’s been out of focus will become crystal clear this week, thanks to intelligent Mercury entering your sign. You’ll no longer be worried that your long-term plans are on the wrong track – and even if you are, you’ll change direction swiftly and easily.

ARIES 21 March-20 April As eloquent Mercury changes signs this week it will be easy to put your thoughts into words. You may offend those whose minds are locked in a single direction but that’s not your concern. Your job is to awake those ready to hear a new message.

SCORPIO 24 Oct-22 Nov As soon as you get over one upset or upheaval it seems as if another one comes along. What occurs this week may appear to be more bad news but in the fullness of time you’ll see that all your clouds have silver linings. When? Sooner than you think.

TAURUS 21 April-21 May No matter how much others probe into your private affairs this week you mustn’t let them know what you’re up to. The planets warn that any personal information you let slip will be used against so don’t be swayed by promises of confidentiality.

SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov-21 Dec Be prepared to oppose the status quo. Too often you put up with situations not of your making but from tomorrow you’ll be more willing to question accepted wisdom. Ask the kind of awkward questions that make you unpopular but get things done.

GEMINI 22 May-21 June As Mercury, planet of the mind, joins Venus, planet of the heart, in the most creative area of your chart any doubts you have about what you’re doing will vanish. With anything now possible if you make an effort, fate will provide the success you crave.

CAPRICORN 22 Dec-20 Jan No more keeping a low profile. From this week you must stand where you can be seen and speak up for what you believe. The more others try to shout you down, the more you’ll know you’ve touched a raw nerve and the more encouraged you’ll be to go on.

CANCER 22 June-23 July You know you should be spending more time with your family so make this the week you give them your undivided attention. Mercury’s change of signs will help you to say the right things and smooth over cracks that have recently started to appear.

AQUARIUS 21 Jan-19 Feb If you feel in need of a change, this is the time to make plans.

With Mercury focussing on changes of direction, priorities, attitudes and beliefs, you can reinvent yourself any way you choose. Just be sure to think long term before up-ending your life.

LEO 24 July-23 Aug You have become a bit too predictable of late and need to do something to remind certain people that you’re not to be taken for granted.

But don’t go over the top and do something totally outrageous. That could prove badly counterproductive.

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23 Hasbro game with voice commands 24 Number of capitals Bolivia has 27 Approximately 28 Reporter’s retinue (6 to 9) 30 Positive or negative particles 31 “Common Sense” author Thomas 32 Develop a plot?

36 Offers bait to 37 Texas’ Battle of the ___ 38 Money plant?

40 Not be yourself (3 to 5) 43 Gala who inspired a surrealist

47 Visualize 48 “Home ___” (film about a failed burglary) 49 Exorcist’s target 50 Lambs’ fathers 51 “Very neat!”

52 Colby, for one (8 to 11) 57 Disney’s “Little Mermaid” 58 Painter Francisco 59 “Yeah, sure!”

60 Drive back 61 Not gross, financially 62 Covers, as a highway DOWN 1 “Because ___!” (parental justification) 2 “Good heavens!”

3 Earthlike planets 4 Moon landing program 5 Narrow cut 6 Day after Sun. 7 “Friends” and “Modern Family” 8 Program that finds homes for cats and dogs 9 Medic 10 Suffix with “Gator” 11 Drivers’ grp.?

12 What half the letters of “twenty” spell

15 Square, usually, for a crossword grid 18 ___ through the nose 19 Middle Eastern ruler 23 Prohibition 24 “Journey” for your ego 25 Came and ___ 26 Is under obligation 28 Liberal arts college in 1-Across 29 Surveillance device, briefly 30 Boast heard at the roulette table 32 Drains of strength 33 Pointer to an answer 34 Really, really dislike 35 Brooding rock subgenre

36 Mine explosive’s letters 38 Large, imposing house 39 Word before “cream” or “crystal” 41 Comedian King 42 Menu reassurance 43 Good liar’s skill 44 One-celled organism 45 Slacker?

46 Features along a coast 49 Play-___ 51 “Go away!”

52 All’s fair in love and this 53 Anger 54 Taste of a beverage 55 Average grade 56 12/31: Abbr.

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ACROSS 1. (K) Natural insect trappers 5. (K) “___ pretty unusual” 8. (K) Orange road obstacle 12. Sensation before a migraine 13. (K) You and me, singing our hearts out 14. Comply with direct orders 15. (K) Some medicine distributors 17. “The ___ the merrier” 18. Letters for someone in the red 19. (K) Research place 20. (K) Birds enjoy them 21. “Watch it, you!”

23. Sounds uttered in amazement 25. (K) Just shy of shut tight 27. Big Norway city

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48. (K) Meat-andpotatoes dish 50. (K) Full-grown dudes 51. Picture cards?

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Wildly Successful: The Tapanuli Orangutan its quality as well as quantity.

Likewise, given the proverbial t h i m ble of k nowledge we have amassed on these newly discovered great apes, who k nows what we w i l l uncover of their behavioral and physical aspects through rigorous field work among the trees in their rainforest home?

Though I work with wildlife both under human care and in the wild, what astounds me is the discovery of a great ape well into the 21st century. With an astonishing 20,000 new species discovered each year, I fully expect new species of insects, scorpions, crabs, birds, frogs, and lizards to receive scientific description. Even mammals are not unexpected. Mice, bats, marsupial possums, and small monkeys turn up each year. Yet, the idea that a 200-pound ape has been living on our planet for our entire existence and has just blipped on our radar in the past few years staggers me.

I t h i n k t h a t ’s w h a t i s most signif icant about this discovery. On the surface, it’s just another species—a new mammal. Yet, in a sense, it is far more. The Tapanuli orang reminds us not just about the pace and scope of discovery in our planet’s rainforests, on its mountain slopes, and beneath its waves each year.

It emphatically proves that we have so much to discover about our world and its nearly unimaginable biodiversity.

It also stokes the incentive of p ote nt ia l d i s c ove r y to usher in a new golden age of exploration. In addition to the great ape, discoveries of the last few years include a great cat and a great whale!

The most signif icant discoveries are those which spawn others in their wake.

With the Tapanuli Orangutan, arboreal lifestyle to evade the we have just such a discovery. predations of the Sumatran Let’s explore together and see Tiger, which though capable of what we uncover. climbing, is not as adept in the Ji m Kn ox s e r ve s a s th e trees as the great apes.

C u r ator of Education for The timing it seems, is Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo both fortuitous and critical a n d a s a S c i e n c e Ad v i s e r for t h e ora n g s . W it h t h e for The Bruce Museum . Jim discover y of th is sing le enjoys sharing his passion for known population of just 800 the study of wildlife with all animals, comes the imperative to protect their limited habitat, audiences.

"Differing significantly enough from the Bornean and Sumatran Orangutan species, the Tapanuli Orangutan was declared a distinct species by virtue of its genetics."

By Jim Knox

“Hey, what do you think about the new orangutan?” my friend asked.

K n ow i n g h i s s e n s e o f humor, I cocked my head and smiled, waiting for the punchline.

“Go ahead...” I encouraged him to finish the joke.

The roa r of t he c rowd under the Friday night lig hts pu lled us f rom our conversation to focus on the game.

“Seriously. What do you think?” he asked earnestly, after the next set of downs. “ I h ave n’t h e a r d ,” I responded in surprise.

Now it was his time to smile.

“You’re not kidding...” he replied.

“Nope. Tell me. I haven’t r e a d a ny t h i n g a b o u t i t ,” ref lecting on an especially busy week gone in a flash.

It was the fall of 2017. Our boys were good friends and teammates, so our friendship had g row n as well, our conversations ongoing, wideranging, and always fun.

Now confident neither was pulling each other’s leg, he began. I listened and learned of an amazing discovery.

Though initially described a s u n iq ue a s fa r b ack a s 1939 when a population of the animals was discovered in Northern Sumatra, it wasn’t u nti l the resu lt of a phylogenetic study was published in 2017 that the Tapanuli Orangutan had a new identity and a new name.

While the name is new, the story of this great ape, and the tale behind its lineage, goes back far longer than the twentieth century. Tracing its origins back nearly 3.5 million years ago when it diverged from its closest relative, the Sumatran Orang utan, the Tapanuli orang set off down a path shaped by a living planet.

Episodic sea level rises, which

flooded land bridges between Borneo and Sumatra, further isolated the apes, and the massive Lake Toba volcanic eruption 75,000 years ago, all but cut off the apes for good. This isolation drove specialization.

D i f fer i ng sig n i f ic a nt ly enough from the Bornean and Sumatran Orangutan species, the Tapanuli Orangutan was

declared a distinct species by virtue of its genetics. This d i f ference is se en by t he naked eye in terms of certain anatomical features such as smaller heads, wider faces, and longer upper canines than their cousins. Behaviorally, these animals differ markedly from their relatives as well. A sing le aspect of their nascent study of fers

tantalizing glimpses into the hidden world of this primate.

A f ter thousa nds of hou rs of meticulous observations by f ield biolog i st s , t he s e great apes have never been ob s e r ve d on t he g r ou nd , leading scientists to conclude they are purely, or virtually arboreal! This in turn has led to theorizing that they have adapted to an entirely

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