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The Local News You Need to Know COVID UPDATE As of Wednesday, Greenwich Hospital reported they were treating 10 COVID patients in the hospital, one of whom is in the ICU. A year ago this week, Greenwich Hospital was treating 39 COVID patients. The town Health Department is currently tracking 98 active cases, including the 10 in the hospital.

Greenwich Hospital reported two positive tests for the omicron variant Wednesday. Both cases were mild and were identified at the hospital’s testing site on Tuesday, Greenwich Hospital President Diane Kelly said.

Six Local Authors with New Books Await Christmas Shoppers This Saturday at Dogwood Books

NEW BOOKS STORE OPENING TODAY Cozy up with a book from Athena Books, a brand new independent bookstore opening on Friday, December 10th. The bookstore opens for its first day with extended hours from 9:00 am to 7:00 pm.

Athena Books aims to be a gathering place and source of inspiration for Greenwich residents that carries a selection of books for everyone. The new bookstore also plans to host book clubs, author events, lectures, and more.

The name and logo were inspired by Athena, the goddess of wisdom in Greek mythology, and the olive tree, a symbol of Athens, representing peace, friendship, growth and an inviting shelter.

The store will be located at 228 Sound Beach Ave in Old Greenwich. For more information visit the Athena Books website at: https://bookshop. org/shop/athenabooksog Or their instagram page @athenabooksog

Greenwich Land Trust Acquires 8 Acres The Greenwich Land Trust has announced that they have acquired 8 acres of land from the Aquarion Water Company directly off of Cherry Valley Road.

This vital space will serve as a continuous greenway, wildlife corridor, and will enhance public access as it borders the Converse Brook Preserve on the east, totaling 90 acres and making it the Land Trust’s largest preserve.

The Land Trust plans to integrate the new acreage into the trail system already being developed on the Converse Brook Preserve, and will use the land to conserve important habitats.

FEMA Disaster Recovery Center Closing Today The Disaster Recovery Centers located at the Glenville Fire Station, 266 Glenville Rd. will permanently close Friday, Dec. 10 at 6 p.m.

Face-to-face assistance is still available at Harry Bennett Branch of the Ferguson Library, 115 Please turn to page 9

Grace Sandwiches Illustrated by Wajih Chaudhry

Six authors and their new books to be introduced this Saturday, December 11 at Dogwood Books & Gifts in Greenwich.

By Jill S. Woolworth, LMFT

All of us have to communicate dif f icult messages. Rather than avoiding the issue until we escape or explode, we can build a “grace sandwich” with affirmation as bread.

The first slice of bread aff irms the other person.

Start by noting anything that he or she has done that you appreciate. This could be either a character quality or a specif ic action. Such statements calm our nervous systems and draw the listener’s attention. We are all hungry for compliments.

Then add: “What I want to say isn’t easy. I’m concerned you may be upset. And I need your help to get this right.”

A sk i ng for help def use s defensiveness. Once you’ve done that, state the meat of the issue: the hard message.

The second slice of bread aff irms the importance of your relationship, along with

your conf idence that the other person will do the right thing. Even if we doubt that he or she will, the odds of it happening increase between two slices of affirmation.

Blake declared to Olivia: “I was proud to tell my parents about the award you got at work. You deserved it. I’m lucky to have such a smart wife. I have an important request and I need your help. // I doubt you k now how much it bothers me when I find your dishes in the sink.

I feel like your maid. Please put them in the dishwasher. // Our relationship is the most important thing in the world to both of us. I know that you want me to be happy. Thanks for listening.

Excerpted from Greenwich resident, Jill Woolworth's, b o o k , T h e Wa t e r w h e e l , available at Diane’s Books, Dogwood Bookstore, Amazon, and barnesandnoble.com. Jill is a therapist at the Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal.

By Anne W. Semmes This Saturday is Local Authors Day at the Dogwood Books & Gifts store. From 11 to 2 p.m., six local authors will position themselves with their books in the adjoining Parish Hall alongside Dogwood Books. On offer will also be “the best coffee and hot drinks and cookies in the area!”

Following on are introductions of each author and their book covers!

I n t he spi r it of Ch r ist ma s , p r o c e e d s f r o m au t h o r Va l e r i e Stauffer’s “Nativity Scenes from A r ou nd t he World ,” w i l l go to Neighbor to Neighbor and will be on view in a room that has housed some extraordinary creche collections.

Stauffer’s began with a Christmas gift of a German music box from her late husband Jack in 1956. “He apologized that the box, with wooden nativity figures on top was the best he could find. Little did we know then that what seemed at the time to be a simple curio, would be the beginning of a collection that has spanned more than half a century.”

Aut hor Ca r ol Japh a’s b o ok , “Mapping Eden” is a story of a young girl's grief at losing her mother to illness, with a look back into childhood and more. Japha was born in London and grew up in Chicago. As an editor and nonprofit executive, she worked for book publishers, nonprofit research organizations, and foundations. As a writer and artist, she has participated in workshops and residencies at Bennington College, Silvermine School of Art, and Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. A graduate of Barnard College, Carol studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and served in the Peace Corps.

Author Jeff Cooper draws from his own career as a trusts and estates lawyer at a large law firm and a major trust company for debut novel, “After The Fact.” “In those positions,” he shares, “I had the pleasure of serving honest clients and working with loyal colleagues. Writing “After The Fact” allowed me to recreate that world in a version where the clients aren’t all quite so honest and the colleagues

aren’t all quite so loyal. I drop a young lawyer into this minefield and force him to navigate his way through lies and deception. Jack thinks he’s on the path to glory, but he’s really a victim of deceit, a pawn in a game he doesn’t even know he’s playing.”

Author L ouisa Hunting ton Fisher, grew up in the Greenwich backcountry where she roamed the woods and trails, played tennis and soccer, and skied and sailed with family and friends. Summers were in Sorrento, Maine and Long Island.

Now, with a master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling, and experience working with soldiers and their families under the Department of Defense, Fisher maintains a private practice and resides in Dover, New Hampshire. With all her exposure to nature she developed a long lasting interest in taking pictures and in the beauty of nature as well as the wisdom that life offers. So, she has brought these elements together in her biographical journey in her book, “Finding our Way To Each Other.”

Co-authors and father and son, David and Daniel Castelline have shared their alternative perspectives on life from Boomers and Millennials in their whimsical coffee table book, "Listen Up Hipster, Settle Down Geezer!" Their three-year father/ son project showcases how differing generations actually share more in common (not less). Captured through real-life verbatim, and illustrated with poignant satire, this book is the perfect stocking stuffer for the upcoming holiday.

Last but not least is author Ronice Felicia Latta who has transformed a time of loss and personal frustration i nto a n i n spi r i n g c ol le c t ion of devotional writings entitled “The Layover.”

With Latta’s faith-building stories, she shares, “You can recover from your pain and triumph over your obstacles when you feed your faith with biblical truths.”

Dogwood Books & Gifts is located at Christ Church Greenwich, 254 E. Putnam Avenue in Greenwich.

Family Centers New Board Members Family Centers recently announced the appointments of Briana (Bri) Hart, Terry Kaufmann and Abby Ritman to its Board of Trustees. Family Centers is a private, nonprofit organization offering heath, education and human services to children, adults and families in Fairfield County. More than 200 professionals and more than 500 trained volunteers work together to provide a wide range of responsive, innovative programs.

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St. Barnabas Episcopal Church presents The Only Outdoor Pageant In Greenwich St. Barnabas is re-envisioning it’s beloved tradition of the Family Nativity Pageant. This year the church will be hosting an outdoor nativity Pageant with carols and live animals. We know this to be a joyful and memorable experience for our parish, and as the only outdoor pageant in Greenwich, it will prove to be a ‘must see’ event for our town and beyond.

Please Join Us Sunday, December 12 at 4:30 p.m.

Stay Afterward to Enjoy Community, Hot Chocolate, S’mores and More!

Event: Using a Moral Compass to Guide Our Professional Lives Tom Chappell, founder of Tom's of Ma i ne a nd Reu b en Mark, CEO of Colgate-Palmolive (w h i c h e v e n t u a l l y b o u g h t Tom's of Maine) will discuss using a moral compass to guide our professional lives, leading successfully and how to nurture the soul of a cor poration on Sunday, December 12, 11:15 am, Christ Church Parish Hall.

Tom and Kate Chappell moved to Maine in 1968, looking for a healthier lifestyle for their young family, which included natural and unprocessed food. Because t h e y c o u l d n ’t f i n d h e a l t h y personal care products, they started Tom’s of Maine in 1970 with a $5,000 loan from a friend.

While running the company, he tried to encourage respect for the individual, the community, and the environment. He believes that service to others and kindness are not inconsistent with being profitable.

Tom is a lifelong Episcopalian who studied English at Trinity College and got a Masters of Theological Studies at Harvard Div inity School before cofou nd i n g Tom’s of M a i ne , a pioneer in natural personal care products.

In 2006, their company was sold to Colgate-Palmolive, with Gre enw ich re sident Reu b en Mark as CEO. At the time of the sale, Chappell said, “We see Colgate as an excellent fit with our own cultural values. Colgate

has a commitment to product excellence, to global efforts to promote oral health and has a 200-year history of caring for consumers and for giving back to the community.”

R e u b e n i s a g r a du at e o f Trinity College in Hartford, CT, he earned a master’s in theology at Harvard Divinity School. An active Episcopalian, Chappell served on the Advisory Board to the Anglican Observer to the United Nations along with the Rector of Christ Church, the Rev. Marek Zabriskie. Chappell was also a member of the Env i ron menta l Stewa rdsh ip Team of the National Episcopal Church. He is active in several cultural and philanthropic orga n i z at ion s i nclud i ng t he Dean’s Council and the Advisory Council for the Center for the Study in Values in Public Life at Harvard Divinity School. In 2 010, he a nd h is w i fe, K ate, founded Ramblers Way, a wool apparel company. Mr. Chappell has aut hore d severa l b o ok s including The Soul of a Business – Managing Profit for Good and Managing Upside Down.

Reuben has been an inspiring leader of one of the world’s most indelible brands and believes in focus and f inancial discipline.

“You’ll be a far better professional in all respects if your life is balanced.” He also emphasizes common sense and integrity. “It comes down to manifesting an

interest in people.”

With a master’s degree from Harvard Business School and an undergraduate degree from Middlebur y College, Reuben was CEO of Colgate-Palmolive for twenty-five years, the longest serving leader in the history of the company. He joined Colgate in 1963 as a marketing trainee and worked his way up through the ranks, working in Europe, Latin America, Asia, The United States, and Canada. Mr. Mark has been named one of the “Twenty Best All Time CEOs” by Portfolio Magazine and has ser ved as a director of Citigroup, Time Warner, Toys “R” Us, Pearson plc, Cabela’s, and International Can Co. Tom is the author of several books, including The Soul of a Business: Managing Profit for the Common Good.

Tom and Reuben will discuss using a moral compass to guide our professional lives, leading successfully and how to nurture the soul of a corporation.

Tom’s books will be available at the Dogwood Bookstore in Christ Church. This talk is free and open to the public. Coffee and refreshments will be served.

For more infor m at ion you may cantact Christ Church rector, The Rev. Marek Zabriskie at mzabriskie@ chr istchurchg reenwich .org or (203) 869.6600 x 12

He also emphasizes common sense and integrity. “It comes down to manifesting an interest in people."

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A Visit with The Steward of The Home of an American Impressionist

By Anne W. Semmes Not far up Round Hill Road is the former dwelling place of a world famous artist, John Henry Twachtman, who would spend his happiest and most productive decade from 1890-1900 creating his groundbreaking art as an American impressionist painter.

Now in his dwelling place there lives a stewa rd, Joh n Nelson, dedicated to celebrating the life and art of Twachtman.

On this past October 5, the date the Greenwich Historical Society planned the kickoff of its own celebratory exhibit of “The Greenwich Paintings of John Henry Twachtman,” but cancelled due to water damage from Hurricane Ida, John Nelson also marked the anniversary day he became the new owner of that Twachtman dwelling 50 years John Nelson standing under the portico of his and John ago on October 5, 1971. That Henry Twachtman’s former house. Photo by Anne W. Semmes. continued on page 4

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purchase kicked off a love affair with that artist and how he lived his life in that house that is still in progress.

“You’re within a mile or so of downtown Greenwich. And you’re in this wild stream [Horseneck Brook] that was extensively painted by this guy,” tells Nelson. “And the paintings are in every museum, the Chicago Art Museum, the High Museum in Atlanta, the Metropolitan Museum in New York…”

But truth be told buyer Nelson had known nothing of Twachtman. “I had never heard of him,” says Nelson, “but that was 50 years ago before American impressionism got really hot.” What appealed to Nelson had appealed to Twachtman “It was October it was four in the afternoon. The sun was going down. And I saw the balustrade. I saw the portico; I saw all the little dormers.

It was kind of love at f irst sight. I was transfixed, literally,” For some 20 years Nelson has been giving his “cool tours” to, he estimates, scores of people from near and far. “I just see his pictures when I'm outside,” he says and at first he would carry books around until he evolved a better method - stakes holding Lucite framed photos positioned at sites where Twachtman had painted. This year, he tells, the Historical Society stepped up with computer generated images now seen in those Lucite frames.

So, what are some of Nelson’s favorite images? Twachtman’s painting of, “My House” showing the painter’s addition to what was a small farmhouse. “Almost within a week of when he bought the place,” tells Nelson, “He designed and started building the living room. And the two rooms above it to expand the living space, because they're having children.” And Twachtman is writing his friend and architect Stanford White in New York, passing him sketches of his expansion plans of his new house. And Nelson can imagine Twachtman saying, “I attribute that portico to Stanford White, you know, he's into classics now.”

“We often sit under the portico,” he says of his friends, “if it's drizzling and have a drink, looking down the upper terrace.

When I go to heaven, I'll be sitting on that upper terrace, the way it looked in 1895.”

Other favorite images for Nelson are of Horseneck Brook and its waterfalls down behind the house. Nelson points to where Twachtman had built a small studio by the Brook. “If you were a painter, the sunlight is just right there and you’re looking down on the bubbles on top of the water flowing over the rocks…Twachtman got the essence of that Brook, the way he got the essence of trees, and sky and clouds.” There’s that painting of his named “Hemlock Pool” in the snow further up the Brook, and there’s “Waterfall, Blue Brook,” the only painting to be sold to a museum in Twachtman’s lifetime, as he died in 1902, age 49.

An endearing image of Twachtman’s wife and three of their children – they had six - is seen in the painting “On the Terrace.”

Nelson shows where Twachtman’s wife

John Nelson down by Horseneck Brook where John Henry Twachtman often painted and built a studio. Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

John Nelson’s installed copy of John Henry Twachtman’s “Mother and Child” painting in the living room.

Photo by Anne W. Semmes.

Martha was sitting on the garden side of his house. “You know he had chickens. He had a cow for dairy products, an extensive garden, and he had bees,” tells Nelson, “And he had these maple trees which I bet he tapped.”

Nelson has kept those trees and makes maple syrup from them. “I never want to change anything outside that he painted…It’s not just his fame. It’s that I really love it just the way it is.”

Inside the house Nelson has exercised the same stewardship. In the living room he shows what he has done to bring back an image of the painting, “Mother and Child” of Mother Martha and Child Violet now in the collection of Sharon P. and John D. Rockefeller IV. “I had it mounted where it used to be and it’s painted in this light…

She's sitting on the lawn right out there. And this is the time of day but not the season for the “My House” painting. This is 10:30 in the morning in June. Look at the colors in that.

Doesn't that just jump?”

Nelson expresses empathy for the losses Twachtman experienced in that house, with two children dying of scarlet fever. “One at a year and a half - their baby Christian Eric Twachtman in 1891, and their nine year old daughter Marjorie in 1895.” Four years later in 1899 the Twachtmans would leave their Round Hill house, with Martha and children going to Paris with their oldest son Alden studying at the Ecole des Beaux Arts.

“With the Round Hill house rented,” shares Nelson, “Twachtman would be teaching and painting in Gloucester, Massachusetts, and teaching and boarding at the Bush Holley House.”

“His paintings of Gloucester weren't happy,” tells Nelson. “They weren't full of what he had here. I just think of the horse and the cow out there and five, six kids running around, giggling, playing in their boat in the water. And Mrs. Twachtman was a great artist, her pen and ink and her etchings. That's how they met. And she gave it all up. And this isn't an easy house even now, to get on the even keel.”

But it’s that image of Twachtman the plein air painter painting in the sunlight outside his house that Nelson lives with.

“Those were his happiest years,” says Nelson, “when he was outside and he got the outside energy, and the snow scenes he finished off up in the guest room looking down that way. He’s got the whole day ahead of him. Wow, the kids are going to play in the stream and I'm going to be painting.

She's going to be cooking. Someone's coming over. The Art Students League is over there.

Oh boy. It's morning, and from 1890 to 1895 or 1896 it was morning.”

N e x t y e a r, w h e n t h e G r e e n w i c h Historical Society sets the date of their celebratory exhibit, “Life and Art: The G r e enw ich Pa i nt i n g s of Joh n He n r y Twachtman” there will hopefully be an offer of Nelson’s “Tour of Twachtman’s Greenwich Property. He’s likened giving those tours to therapy, “Because I love the property and the paintings so much. And I think that's what people come away with is, boy, Twachtman really loves this. And maybe I'll look into it.”

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By Icy Frantz What’s all this fuss about the home during the holidays?

If you ask me, it is just one more “thing” on my very long to-do list.

I mean, I am grateful that we, in fact, have a home, but transforming it into a magical w i nte r wonde rla nd - w it h no snow in the forecast - or creating a replica of Santa’s North Pole workshop, replete with elves and reindeer - live reindeer - is just too much.

All of the garnishing and tr im m ing a nd deck ing a nd draping sends my jolly self right back to bed. Not to mention the pressure I feel to keep up with our neighbors, who had their trees (an entire orchard) professionally wrapped with strings of lights that twinkle and glow and shine a big bright spotlight on a much increased, already high electric bill (this i s C o n n e c t i c u t , a f t e r a l l).

Bah humbug.

A nd i f cr u m bl i ng l i ke a gingerbread cookie under the pressure to decorate our home isn’t enough, every time I turn on my radio, all I hear is I’ll Be Home for Christmas, There’s No Place Like Home for the Holidays, Coming Home for Christmas.

Then factor in the added expectation this time of year for home cooked feasts - roasted go ose , York sh i r e pudd i ng , chocolate yule log - none of which I have ever attempted, mind you.

All of it makes me want to grab my Santa sack, walk out our wreathless front door, get in my car that is definitely not pimped out with Rudolph’s red shiny nose and skinny brown antlers, and drive far, far away from home.

Breathe.

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A Home for All Being swept up in the glow and spirit of Christmas is more powerful than all of the hours I have logged in church pews, more powerful than the time I have spent on my knees, and more powerful than my scrutinizing of the scripture in the Bible Truth is, I actually love this time of year, even if our home will never be photographed for its creative use of magnolia leaves on our mantles, or the fact that our trees look like they were manhandled by an army of toddlers strung out on candy canes.

And by the way, starting December 1st, I have an exclusive with radio stations that play holiday and Christmas songs 24/7 (especially the ones about coming home), and I don’t count the days still left for shopping, only the ones until our home will be full again.

I adore seeing lights, other people’s efforts - have you driven through Cos Cob at n i g ht o r p a r a d e d dow n Greenwich Avenue? The lights a r e s t u n n i n g . A n d I h a ve come to know and rely on the homes in our neighborhood that are decorated with incredible care and it makes me happy. I even appreciate the orchard; I especially appreciate the orchard.

A nd a l l of the beautif u l decorations, the perfectly lit trees, the homemade treats, the big velvet bows on tightly w rapped g i f ts b eneat h t he branches in our homes, the music and caroling, the incredible attention to so many details and the ex hausting energy and time that everyone I know puts into making the C h r i s t m a s s e a s o n b e yo n d spectacular, not just in this town (although we do it so well), but all over the world, makes me STOP.

Because I don’t really feel the pressure, I try not to feel overwhelmed. What I feel is a renewed sense of faith and absolute conviction. And awe.

A ll of it w ipes away the doubt that can accumulate in my heart the rest of the year.

Being swept up in the glow and spirit of Christmas is more powerful than all of the hours I have logged in church pews, more powerful than the time I have spent on my k nees, and more powerful than my scrutinizing of the scripture in the Bible.

B e c au s e it ju s t do e s n’t make sense to me (the very rational part of me) that come December, every year all over the world, we work ourselves into this frenetic frenzy. We direct our focus on the season, we bedazzle our homes (and even our cars), bring out our finest clothes, our finest china, turn up our ovens to the highest setting, we sing and gather and give and sparkle and celebrate and find our way home to pay tribute to the baby Jesus…

If it wasn’t true.

Just last week, I attended the memorial service of a friend’s father. The service took place in a large cathedral-like structure in midtown Manhattan. Outside, big green wreaths with big red bows hung on the heavy wooden doors, and just inside, young men dressed in dark suits lined the entrance to the s a nc t ua r y, welcom i ng a nd ushering us into our seats. Like many Catholic services, there was a lot of up, down, up, down,

and when it came time for the homily, and we could stay down for a while, the priest offered a few comforting memories and finished with these words: “We are all just trying to get home.”

And there were those words again, not lost on me in the Christmas season.

And although I know the priest in his full religious regalia was referring to a home that is both everlasting and eternal, I didn’t picture the heavens and the pearly gates.

I pictured my community, the place I have called home for over 56 years, in all of its magical Christmas splendor. I thought of the generous time and energy that go into the celebration of Christmas, year after year, neighbor to neighbor, home to home, person to person.

I imagined Christmas Eve and the battle of inclement weather, crowded airports, traffic on 95, and the fear of COVID to get to the threshold of a warm refuge and loving family.

And I considered a manger a long time ago, where a small baby was born on a cold night, and wondered – did he know -t hat h is l i fe wou ld spr i ng eternal a wonderous joy that would permeate the darkest days and provide shelter, a home for all of us, not only in December, but throughout the year?

Icy Frantz, Author of the Icing on the Cake at Icyfrantz. net

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Is My Child Ready for Kindergarten: Routines

By Amy DeNicola-Hickman “I am going out of my mind.

My ch i ld's b ehav ior has just been off the wall lately.” This is a very common statement heard from parents around holiday or vacation time. Teachers and early childhood professionals are asked over and over “What can I do?”

“Is something wrong?”. Almost always the answer is no….they are just out of their normal routine.

Yo u n g c h i l d r e n t h r i ve i n structure; not like an army, but structure where they can predict what is happening next . Changes i n r o ut i n e c a n i mp a c t s l e e p patterns and meal times which can completely throw off small children’s behavior mak ing it difficult for them to communicate why they are hav ing these feelings. Being able to describe emotions and feelings begins at

ages 4-5 years. Tired feels the same as crabby and hungry may feel the same as pain when your tummy hurts. When your child's sleep or meal times are affected by a holiday or vacation behavior is likely to turn up as well. Self regulation is also just beginning to develop in children this age. They are only able to tolerate small… sometimes very small…. levels of frustration and disappointment while still maintaining appropriate behavior independently. They are just beginning to consider social standards and have no problem having these behaviors in public.

When a holiday or vacation occurs children's normal routines are also changed. The school bus does not pick up at 8:00 or there is no swimming at 4:30. Children are creatures of habit; they need to k now what is next and are comforted by the structure of their day. As adults during this time, we may be stressed as we run here and there rushing and changing our schedules to f it things in; parties, relatives, planes, trips to the store, meals out, late nights or early mornings etc. We have already developed our self regulation skills! We know what the schedule will be. Our young children do not and it can turn

their little worlds upside down.

This brings up a perfect setting for behavioral problems to bubble up. There is nothing wrong with the child as we may have set up an environment which fosters behavioral challenges. A very good friend and mentor always asked me “Is it the fish or the water?” In this case, it is definitely the water.

As the adults in this situation we need to pull back and provide our children with their routines.

Start w ith bedtimes and mealtimes. They are essential and will support your child in being healthy throughout the vacation or holiday. It will also allow you as parent or caregiver to then begin to help your child structure the rest of their day.

Some children will be able to make some changes with parents and caregivers talking about the schedule for the day. At breakfast a conversation can happen about what will be next. After breakfast we w i l l _ _ _ _ . T h e n we w i l l have lunch. After lunch we will _ _ _ _ _ _. Then we will have a snack. Etc. Reminders during the day of what comes next go a long way. “Remember after we finish shopping at Target we are getting a snack!” “It is you r favor ite cracker!” Trying to structure more

You can support your child’s behavior through routines even during a holiday or vacation. You just may need to change how you think about the situation.

“It is not the fish but the water.” than one day at a time this way may be way too challenging for this age.

If it is a drastic change in routine like a trip on a plane using a calendar and pictures may be helpful. There are many blank calendars on the internet you can download. Use the calendar to show your child the day you are going to the airport to fly in a plane. Show the days you will be at grandma’s in Texas and then the day you will fly back home on the plane. Then, show the day you will go back to school on this day with our normal routine. Using the calendar as a visual support can be very helpful!

Even using a calendar for

the days on a trip, some children may continue to need their days broken down into shorter periods.

Remember, they are not in their normal routine and everything seems upside down. All of the new places they are seeing are n e w a n d n ove l a n d m ay n o t always be preferred. Attention spans are short (10 minutes or so) and waiting for a turn or a plane/ meal etc. is very hard at this age.

Try to stick to some of your home routines.Have some preferred toys or activities that can be used to simulate their routines on the go.

Before bed we take a bath, read a book and kiss everyone good night. Use a favorite sippy cup at snack and have a quiet time with

some coloring at 3:00.

You can support your child’s behavior through routines even during a holiday or vacation. You just may need to change how you think about the situation. “It is not the fish but the water.”

Amy DeNicola-Hickman is an educator with more than 25 years of experience. She holds a BS in Elementary Education, an MS is Early Childhood Education, an MS in Special Education and has completed an advanced certification in School Administration. She currently serves as the Special Education Preschool Administrator for the Greenwich Public Schools.

Orthopedic & Neurosurgery Specialists Welcomes Orthopedic Surgeons Raj Gala, M.D. and Andrew Pao, M.D. Orthopaedic & Neurosurgery Specialists (ONS), the leading prov ider of mu lti-specia lt y orthopedic and neurosurger y s e r v ic e s i n Con ne c t ic ut a nd Westchester, announced today that Raj Gala, M.D. and Andrew Pao, M.D. have joined the group.

Dr. Gala is an orthopedic surgeon who is fellowship-trained in spine surgery. Dr. Pao is an orthopedic surgeon with fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery. Dr. Gala will see patients in the recently opened ONS of f ice in Wilton, and Dr. Pao w ill see patients in the ONS offices in Stamford, Greenwich and Harrison, NY. “ We a r e v e r y p l e a s e d to h ave t he s e h ig h ly-sk i l le d specialists join our practice. Their exceptiona l credentia ls f rom leading orthopedic institutions, and their specialized training will be great assets to the com mu n ities we ser ve,” said Katie Vadasdi, M.D., Chief Clinical Officer, ONS.

Raj Gala, M.D. Dr. Gala specializes in the su r g ic a l t r e at me nt of spi n a l disorders such as stenosis, disc herniations, spondylolisthesis, spinal deformity, spinal trauma, and tumors. He is experienced with minimally invasive spinal fusion surgery, cervical laminoplasty, minimally invasive lumbar decompression, Vertiflex procedure and other procedures.

He customizes each treatment plan to his patient’s needs, with a focus on non-operative management when possible.

Dr. Gala earned his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his residency training in orthopedic surgery at Yale‐ New Haven Hospital where he was Chief Resident, Orthopedic Su r ger y. D r. G a la c omplete d fellowship training in orthopaedic spine surgery at Emory University in Atlanta.

He is a member of the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS), the Cervical Spine Research Society (CSRS), the Lumbar Spine Research Society (LSRS) and the North American f ra c t u r e m a n a ge m e nt of t he lower extremity; bunions and Spine Society (NASS). forefoot pain; ankle arthroscopy; Andrew Pao, M.D adolescent foot conditions; Dr. Pao’s expertise is focused deformity correction; and foot on treatments for arthritis of and ankle reconstruction/revision the foot and ankle; sports and surgery.

Dr. Pao earned his medical cartilage injuries; trauma and

degree from the University of Virginia School of Medicine and completed his residency training in orthopedic surgery at Atlanta Medical Center. During this time, he s e r ve d a s a s si st a nt te a m physician for the Georgia Tech baseba ll tea m. He completed fellowship training in foot and ankle surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, Texas under the leadership of renowned foot and ankle surgeon Dr. James Brodsky. Dr. Pao holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Engineering from Johns Hopkins University where he graduated with honors.

D r. P a o i s a m e m b e r o f the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and the American Orthopedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS).

His research has been published in multiple orthopedic journals, i n c lud i n g Fo o t a n d A n k l e International and Orthopaedic Clinics of North America.

ONS is an advanced multispecialty orthopedic and neurosurger y practice that has served patients throughout Fairfield and Westchester Counties and the New York metropolitan a r e a fo r m o r e t h a n 2 0 ye a r s .

The 29 0NS fellowship-trained physicians provide expertise in the full spectrum of musculoskeletal conditions and injuries, including sports medicine, joint replacement, minimally invasive orthopedic a n d s pi n e su rger y, a s well a s brain surgery, pain management and rheumatology. ONS operates an ambulator y surger y center; the Stamford ASC, three physical therapy centers , and two MR I centers. Same day appointments for urgent problems are available at all ONS locations. Urgent ortho care is available after hours and on Saturdays in Greenwich on a walkin basis. ONS doctors are in-network with all major insurances. For more information visit www.onsmd.com.

IBO Attorneys Walko & Sisca Recognized as Super Lawyers This is the seventh consecutive year that Stephen Walko has received the Super Law yers award. A thirdgeneration resident of Greenwich, Stephen Walko joined IBO in 2004 and specializes in civil and commercial litigation, including personal injur y matters, real estate, and employment law. Mr. Walko has served as a Public Member of the State Board of Mediation and Arbitration and

was appointed to serve on the Panel of Neutra l A rbitrators.

I n G r e e nw i c h , h e s e r ve d a s C h a i r m a n o f t h e G r e e nw i c h Board of Estimate and Taxation; Chairman of the Representative Town Meeting, Budget Overview Committee; and as a State Representative in the Connecticut General Assembly. Mr. Walko continues to be extremely active in both charitable and governmental affairs in the state of Connecticut

and the Town of Greenwich.

This is the sixth consecutive ye a r t h a t A n d r e a S i s c a h a s received the Rising Stars honor.

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SPORTS

SUPPORT YOUNG ATHLETES AT THESE UPCOMING GAMES BRUNSWICK SCHOOL:

Wed. vs. Choate Rosemary Hall, 3 p.m.

GREENWICH ACADEMY

Alpine Skiing: Up next: Jan. 6 vs. CISL Race (at Mt. Southington), Basketball: 4:40 p.m.

Mon. vs. School of the Holy Child, 4:30 p.m.

Wed. at Sacred Heart Greenwich, 3:45 p.m.

Basketball: Today vs. Masters School, 4 p.m.

Ice Hockey: Tue. at Rye Country Day School, 4:15 p.m.

Tomorrow at Millbrook School, 2:30 p.m.

Wed. vs. Avon Old Farms, 3:30 p.m.

Wed. vs. Frederick Gunn School, 3:30 p.m.

Wed. vs. St. Luke’s School, 4:15 p.m.

GREENWICH HIGH SCHOOL

Swimming & Diving: Tomorrow at Northfield Mount Hermon, 3:30 p.m.

Wed. at Loomis Chaffee School, 3:30 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball: Up next: Dec. 16 at Joel Barlow H.S., 6 p.m.

GREENWICH COUNTRY DAY SCHOOL Girls’ Basketball: Tomorrow vs. Hopkins School, 1 p.m.

Wed. at Greens Farms Academy, 5 p.m.

Ice Hockey: Tomorrow at Westminster School, 5 p.m.

Wed. vs. Portledge School, 4 p.m.

Skiing: Up next: Jan. 6 vs. CISL Meet (at Mt. Southington), 4 p.m.

Squash: Tomorrow at Episcopal Academy, 10 a.m.

Tomorrow at Haverford School, 2 p.m.

Thu. at Rye Country Day School, 5 p.m.

Squash: Up next: Jan. 5 vs. Taft School, 3 p.m.

Boys’ Basketball: Today vs. King School, 4:30 p.m.

Tomorrow vs. Frederick Gunn School, 1 p.m.

Mon. vs. Greens Farms Academy, 4:45 p.m.

Swimming & Diving: Up next: Jan. 8 vs. Phillips Exeter Academy (at Brunswick), 2 p.m.

Boys’ Ice Hockey: Today at Rye Country Day School, 4:45 p.m.

Tue. vs. Forman School, 4 p.m.

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Girls’ Squash: Wed. vs. Greenwich Academy, 4:15 p.m.

Swimming: Tomorrow at Northfield Mount Hermon, 3:30 p.m.

Wed. at Loomis Chaffee School, 3:30 p.m.

Wrestling: Tomorrow vs. Avon Holiday Duals (at Avon Old Farms), 1 p.m.

Tue. at Iona Prep School, 4 p.m.

Basketball: Today at Holy Child, 5 p.m.

Wed. vs. Greenwich Academy, 3:45 p.m.

Squash:

Girls’ Basketball: Up next: Dec. 14 vs. Kolbe Cathedral H.S., 6 p.m.

Boys’ Ice Hockey: Up next: Dec. 13 vs. Daniel Hand H.S., 4:30 p.m.

Girls’ Ice Hockey: Tomorrow at New Canaan, 3:50 p.m.

Wed. vs. Ridgefield-Danbury-Immaculate, 6:45 p.m.

Boys’ and Girls’ Indoor Track Up next: Dec. 18 vs. Stamford, Trumbull, Westhill (at Staples H.S.), 12:30 p.m.

Gymnastics Up next: Dec. 22 at Staples H.S. (at Westport YMCA), 5 p.m.

Boys’ Swimming and Diving: Up next: Dec. 16 at Darien H.S., 3 p.m.

Boys’ Squash: Tue. at Greens Farms Academy, 5 p.m.

Wrestling: Up next: Dec. 15 vs. Fairfield Ludlowe H.S., 5 p.m.

The Co-Captains That Changed the Course of Whitby Volleyball

By Paul Silverfarb The Whitby School volleyball team took a page out of the Vegas Golden Knight’s playbook.

I n t h e i r f i r s t ye a r a s a member of the National Hockey League, the Golden Knights stunned the hockey world by advancing to the Stanley Cup finals, far surpassing anybody’s wildest expectations.

Fast-forward to 2021. Whitby School eig hth-g raders Issy Fottrell and Cara Lehmitz were the ones responsible for starting their volleyball program. In their first year as a program, with head coach Nate Becklo at the helm, the girls from Whitby reached dreams higher than anybody could have hoped for.

Whitby f inished their f irstever season undefeated, going a perfect 5-0.

The Vegas Golden Knights would be proud.

“I am extremely proud,” said Becklo. “Not only did the two captains take the initiative in drumming up interest and creating the f irst volleyball program in the school’s history, the entire team contributed in key moments to help lead us to an undefeated season.”

Going into it with not much practice and then to end the season like this was amazing,” said both Fottrell and Lehmitz.

“It was so fun to see everyone work so hard and want to get better.”

T h e d r e a m o f h av i n g a vol leyb a l l te a m at W h it by star ted in seventh g rade when the two girls, who were seen countless times playing vol leyba l l w it h e ach ot her during recess or whenever outside. After calling on some help and advice from Becklo, who was their physical education teacher, Fottrell and Lehmitz, volleyball was played during PE class.

With momentum on their side, both Lehmitz and Fottrell knew the time was now to get a volleyball program off the ground.

“I think just seeing how our thought became a reality was really amazing to see and then seeing all our other classmates and seventh-graders eager to play and excited to have this team,” said the two girls.

And Becklo was there to lead Whitby as the head coach of this new program.

“The biggest challenge we faced was our lack of experience,” Becklo said. “We had a strong base with our two captains, but the majority of the team had never played the game before. Our first few practices were mainly focused

on learning the rules and the basics of the game. After that, we spent a lot of time on our return and serving game.”

With volleyball being an official sport at Whitby School for the first time in the school’s 63-year history, things were starting to come together as the roster was filled with seventh and eighth graders eager to learn the sport and to improve.

“Many of our team members had little experience playing volleyball, so our expectation for the first year was to come together as a team, hone our skills, and have fun,” said the two co-captains, Lehmitz and Fottrell. “We were nervous the f irst time we stepped on the court, but after our first win, the team's confidence began to grow.”

With the team improving and learning the sport, they took to the court during the

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2021 season for the first time and dominated, f inishing undefeated in their first year as a official team. While winning was certainly a highlight for both Fottrell and L eh m itz , enjoying each other’s company during practice and in games is something that they won’t soon forget.

“Ever yone wanted the same thing: to have fun,” they s a id . “ T h e e nd le s s l au g h s and the ongoing support will be something we remember forever.”

W hen it come s to t hei r play on the court, Becklo said that his squad has improved tremendously on its return game.

“In the beginning of the season during our practices, we couldn’t get a volley going

and the players were hesitant to even go near the serve, let alone attempt to hit it,” the head coach said. “As the days went on, our confidence improved, a nd we s t a r te d pr o duc i n g amazing saves at critical points in the game that allowed us to keep serving. The entire team contributed to critical plays and it’s amazing how far we’ve come in such a short period of time.”

W h i le t here has b e en a plethora of improvement for Whitby School, the head coach said that there’s still room for more improvement.

“We need to make sure we have players coming down the pipeline,” Becklo said. “With Issy and Cara leaving after this year, we’re going to need to make sure we have experienced vo l l e y b a l l p l aye r s c o m i n g

into the middle school with increased exposure to the game.

That will mean more volleyball being introduced and played during PE. Luck ily, I k now someone in that department.”

Wit h b ot h L eh m it z a nd Fottrell leaving Whitby in the spring due to graduation, Becklo said that it will be tough to replace to two founding athletes of the volleyball program.

“They are the heart and soul of the team,” the head coach said. “Not only did they help to create the program, but they were instrumental in helping to teach and guide their teammates. We knew serving would be our strong suit, so the girls really worked hard to help them with this skill set and improve in this area very quickly.”

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8-30g: Bad for Greenwich This past week a five-story, 86-unit development was proposed for the corner of Brookridge Drive and the Post Road in central Greenwich. The property has already been clear cut of trees. We were shocked. The lovely 100-year-old home that currently sits on the 1.7 acre site will be gone. The new 112,350-square-foot structure will have underground parking for 98 cars.

How is a proposal completely out of character for this part of town possible? The developer of this project, and another developer who wants to build a 192-unit project between Church Street and Sherwood Place, have filed them under Connecticut state statute 8-30g.

8-30g encourages development of “af fordable housing” (because of a very narrow and specific state statute which over-rides local control) in communities with less than 10% currently, by allowing developers to disregard many zoning regulations, including building size and setbacks. The caveat is that 30% of the units must be set-aside as “affordable” units by the state definition.

Greenwich has 1,380 such units currently, or 5.3%.

To get to 10%, we would need to add 1,140 units and that would mean building 3,800 additional units overall.

Do you think Greenwich could absorb that additional development?

We are not disputing the need for additional affordable housing in Greenwich. Housing diversity is

Greenwich has 1,380 such units currently, or 5.3%. To get to 10%, we would need to add 1,140 units and that would mean building 3,800 additional units overall. vital to having a vibrant community. We also believe 8-30g, as it currently stands, has the potential to impose great harm to our community. According to the Greenwich Town Website “Allowing developers to build with greatly reduced local control complicates town planning decisions and can impose considerable stress on municipal resources.”

When the remnants of Hurricane Ida came through town this summer devastating f looding occurred throughout neighborhoods. The cause was not just the vast amount of rain that fell quickly, but that the water had nowhere to go. Our infrastructure could not handle the demands of the storm and people’s property was destroyed and lives disrupted. Many have attributed this to not just our aging infrastructure but to the fact that we continue to build impervious surfaces.

The proposed Brookridge Drive development is in a part of town that floods regularly. Building a 112,350 square foot building will only create more impervious surface, overstress the infrastructure, and exasperate the flooding. Add to that the fact that is is very close to Greenwich High School which has traffic congestion every day school is in session. Inserting an additional 100 cars daily will certainly “impose considerable stress on municipal resources.”

What can we do? As far as 8-30g goes not much.

Again, according to the town’s website, “projects cannot be rejected for: incompatibility with our Plan of Conservation and Development, density, traff ic congestion, height, aesthetics, concerns of neighbors or the community or failure to comply with local zoning regulations.”

Fortunately, a proposal was put forward to the RTM and passed to create the Greenwich Affordable Housing Trust Fund. This will create financial incentives for developers who are willing to work with the town to alter their developments so that they conform better with zoning and the integrity of the neighborhoods they are going into.

This is an interesting concept, but there is no guarantee that a developer will take advantage of it. We would certainly encourage them to do so. Just because you can create a development that does not abide by zoning regulations does not mean you should.

We would like to see if our delegation to Hartford can investigate 8-30g to see if there is anything that can be done to modify it. We can see no plausible way to build 3,800 new housing units using 8-30g to increase our affordable housing inventory to 10%. It will crush our infrastructure and the nature of our town.

Hopefully our town and state can balance the need for affordable housing with the need to protect our infrastructure, public safety, quality of life, and the character of our great town.

Junior League of Greenwich Opens Enrollment for PositivelyMe! Program for 3rd Grade Girls

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On Wednesday, December 1st, the Junior League of Greenwich ( J L G) opened en rol l ment for its PositivelyMe! Program for 3rd grade girls. During the 2-day session, girls participate in icebreakers to get to k now one another, and participate in a variety of activities including meditation, drawing, crafts, and special projects. These activities help the girls develop the skills to be conf ident, to make good decisions, to be assertive, and to express themselves - all while meeting new friends and having lots of fun!

T h i s ye a r, t h r e e t wo - d ay sessions are available. Each run Fr iday 5:00pm - 8:30pm a nd Saturday 10am - 3pm. Attendees must attend both Fr iday and Saturday of their session. Sessions will be taking place in person at the Junior League of Greenwich

Headquarters.

“PositivelyMe! is a beloved program at the Junior League of Greenwich. We have served third grade girls in our town with this uplifting, inspiring, self-esteem building program for the past 15 years. It continues to be one of the most popular programs that we offer the Greenwich community, with registration filling to capacity almost immediately each year.

Part of the beauty of PositivelyMe! is that it makes a strong positive impact - not only on our young participants - but also on our JLG volunteers alike. Last year, we successf u l ly tra nsitioned the program to a virtual format which was well-received, but we are thrilled to once again offer a ll sessions in-person at ou r headquarters this winter, with important safety protocols in place” explained Karen Richard,

JLG President.

This year’s sessions will be held: ● January 21-22, 2022 ● February 25-26, 2022 ● March 25-26, 2022 There is no cost to participate, though space is limited and will be assigned on a first come first serve basis, so please register soon.

Please note that participants will be required to show proof of full COVID vaccination or a negative PCR test within 72 hours of the Friday night session. Registrations will be confirmed by email in midJanuary.

Please direct all inquiries to positivelymejlg@gmail.com, including questions about being placed on the waiting list.

For more information and to register, visit www.jlgreenwich. org/positively-me.

The Junior League of

Greenw ich ( JLG) has been bettering the community for over 60 years. It is an organization of women committed to promoting volu nt a r i sm , developi n g t he potential of women and improving t h e c o m mu n it y t h r o u g h t h e effective action and leadership of trained individuals. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable. The Junior League of Greenwich welcomes all women w h o v a lue t he M i s sion . T h e JLG is committed to inclusive environments of diverse individuals, organizations and communities. Women interested i n joi n i ng t he Ju n ior L e ag ue o f G r e e nw i c h a n d m a k i n g a difference in the community can contact the JLG Office at (203) 8691979 or visit the website at www. jlgreenwich.org.

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Training Begins This Week for Greenwich 12U Baseball World Series Run

New England Regional baseba l l cha mpions, t he 1 2U Greenwich All Stars, are gearing up to travel to Branson, Missouri this summer to compete in the Ca l R ipken Majors/ 70 World Series,putting Greenwich back in the World Series for the first time since 2007.The winnersonly tournament will run from August5-13 at the iconic Ballparks of America facility and feature top teams from across the nation and around the globe.

T h e G r e e nw i c h A l l S t a r s represent our community with students from all three Greenwich public middle schools and two local private schools. The core of the 2022 team,playing together under Coach Jef f Mini for the second consecutive year include: Will Conte, Julian Dyson, Gavin Kirsch, Maddox Monterisi, Jake Nat a le , Ja x s on Pe r e z , Ph i l ip Tarantino, Cal Tompkins, Luke Wells and Liam Zeller and recent team addition Lachlan Hill. The team will train intensely beginning this week through July to ensure they are ready to play their best baseball in August.

Sessions will reinforce lessons learned last season while refining skills required for success. Every aspect of the game, pitching, hitting, fielding and base running, will have to be raised a notch to compete on the national stage.

Team updates will be posted on their team blog. In addition to their on-field efforts, the boys and their families will host various fundraising efforts in 2022 to help offset the high costs that come w ith competing in the World Series and ask the community to consider supporting the team with a 100% tax deductible donation t h roug h t he O GRCC: ht t ps: // www.myogrcc.org/join-support/

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“Greenwich played outstanding baseball in the New England Regionals in Dover (NH), winning all f ive of their games while outscoring their opponents 37-10” Coach Jeff Mini proudly recapped, “In the process, they captured the hearts of the local spectators with their slick fielding, timely hitting and spirited play.”

Facing the best teams in New England, they kicked things off with 13-1 and 5-2 victories over two teams from Massachusetts.

Up next was a match against pre-tou r na ment favor ite a nd defending Regional Champions, the Manchester (NH) All Stars.

The Manchester team had played together for 4 years, losing only

5 games over that period, but Greenwich was more than up to the task, securing an 8-3 victory in the final pool play game & winning again, 8-1, in the Regional semifinals. In the championship game, Greenwich overcame an early 3-0 deficit to Fairhaven / Acushnet (MA) by scoring runs in each of the 3rd& 4thinnings to narrow the gap to 3-2, then plating two in the bottom of the 6th to walk off with an exciting and dramatic 4-3 victory & the championship.

T h at p i c t u r e p e r fe c t w i n punched their ticket to the Ca l R ipken Majors/ 70 World Series.“The team is thrilled to be heading to Branson, MO this August to compete for a National Championship,'' Coach Mini said.

“The competition promises to be high but our boys will be prepared. ““The boys have really grown up together, won and lost games together, traveled to other states together” said Amie Perez, Mom to Jaxson Perez #10“their baseball experience has made them team players, built character and taught them to never give up - all while doing something that they are very passionate about.”This experience is a dream come true for the team who will be representing our town at the highest level of the nationally organized Cal Ripken/Babe Ruth baseball program. Win or lose they promise to give their all in Branson and make Greenwich, the state of Connecticut and the New England Region proud.

Front: Jaxson Perez; Middle: Maddox Monterisi, Gavin Kirsch, Alex Becker,Julian Dyson, Jake Natale; Back: Assistant Coach Brian Natale, Assistant Coach Steve Vlahovich, Will Conte, Philip Tarantino, Luke Wells, Liam Zeller, Coach Jeff Mini, Cal Tompkins, Assistant Coach Dave Tompkins.

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We’ve Been Hacked: The Existential Technological Threat Have you been in conversation with someone who seems to be living on a different planet than you are? Their facts don’t seem to line up with reality— and they feel the same way about you.

Sometimes on Facebook someone posts the words, “I’ve been hacked!” In truth, our entire c u lt u r e h a s b e e n h a c ke d by influences we may not be aware of. That is according to voices like Tristan Harris who is the creator of the film The Social Dilemma and the founder of the Center for Humane Technology. Before those projects Harris worked at Google where he became increasingly concerned about a lack of ethical thinking in technology companies.

In 2013 he published a report ent it le d “A Ca l l to M i n i m i z e Distraction & Respect Users’ Attention” in which he outlined the ways Google (and all big tech firms) were harmfully designing programs and platforms to become more add ictive by ex ploiti ng the natural innerworkings (and w e a k n e s s e s) o f t h e h u m a n brain. People were spending less time enjoying actual relational connections in the real world and

spending more time mindlessly scrolling. If the trend continued, Harris argued, society would be damaged on a massive scale.

Recent studies about increased depression and anxiety among Instagram users, teen suicide rates, and other metrics, show that Harris’ concerns have come true.

Ye a rs later, t he wa r n i ngs are even more dire. Extremely powerful tools are being used by news media companies, illwilled hackers, and even foreign governments to bring division and outrage to communities around the world. These tools are things like “troll farms” and “bots.” A troll farm is a large, organized group who participates in online forums with the specific intention of stirring up fights. If you’ve ever gotten into an argument with someone in the comments section under a news article, you may have been sparring with a troll.

Even worse, these groups can use bots to enhance their effect.

A bot is a computer prog ram that simply multiplies something thousands or millions of times

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Vine Rd., Stamford, CT 06905 until further notice.

Survivors can also find their nearest DRC online at fema. gov/drc, or text DRC to 43362.

Disaster survivors can still access disaster information and assistance the following ways: online at DisasterAssistance. gov ; by ca l l i ng 800 - 6213362; (TTY:800-462-7585); or download the FEMA app available for smart phones. The toll-free telephone lines operate f rom 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. ET, seven days a week. If you use a relay service, such as video relay service (VRS), captioned telephone service or others, give FEMA the number for that service. Multilingual operators are available.

For the latest information visit fema.gov/disaster/4629.

Follow the FEM A Region 1 Twitter account at twitter.com/ FEMAregion1.

Commuter Parking Permit Renewals Residents can renew their commuter park ing permits on line on ly th is yea r. The pr o c e s s i s mu lt i-step a nd emails are sent to the permittee each step of the way. Renew your permit online at www. g r e e nw ichc t . gov/57 2 , a nd allow 2 to 3 business days for review. The deadline to pay is the close of the business day on December 31.

BOS Sworn In Last Wednesday, newly elected members of the Greenwich Board of Selectmen were sworn in at a ceremony at Arch Street Teen Center.

The swearing in ceremony marked the beginning of a second term for both First Selectman Fred Camillo and Selectwoman Lauren Rabin.

They were joined by Janet Stone McGuigan who replaced Jill Oberlander.

Town Releases RFP The Town has released an RFP for nonprofits to submit proposals to respond to the public health emergency or its negative economic impacts due to COVID-19.

The R FP will be funded from a portion of the American Rescue Plan funds.

The R FP is available at www.greenwichct.gov/1946/ American-Rescue-Plan. And w i l l b e av a i la ble t h r oug h January 10, 2022.

Greenwich Swim Championship Meet T h e G r e e nw i c h Y WC A once aga i n sp on sor e d t he town wide Greenwich Swim Championship Meet for the 20th year.

The meet featured 48 events held over t wo days on November 26 and 27, and included 210 swimmers from

GHS Athletic Director Retires Gus Lindine, long time Greenwich High School D i r e c tor of At h let ic s , ha s announced his retirement, effective January 1.

A lthough Lindine w ill be retiring, he will assist the athletic department throughout the transition to a new director.

Shellf ish Demonstration Announced There will be a shellfishing demonstration held by the Greenw ich Shellf ish Commission at Tod’s Point this Saturday, December 11 from 10:30 am to 1:30 pm.

The demonstration w ill teach how and where to shellfish for oysters, clams, and mussels. All ages are welcome and should meet in the parking lot opposite Innis A rden Cottage at 10:30 am. Attendees are asked to wear rubber boots, warm clothes, and gloves.

Garden Club Decorates The Garden Club of Old Greenwich gathered last week in Old Greenwich to decorate for the holidays.

The g roup spent their day decorating planters and window boxes with greens, ornaments, bows, and holiday signs.

The Lights have been Lit The holiday lights in Dow ntow n Greenw ich and Cos Cob have officially been lit in an effort by the Greenwich Community Projects Fund.

The lights began to go up on October 1 and were completed

by Thanksgiving. The lights will continue to shine through the first week of February.

St . Cat her i ne’s Players: Annie Auditions The St. Catherine’s Players have announced audition dates for their 2022 production of Annie! Roles are available for ages 9 and above.

Auditions will be held on Tuesday, December 14 and Wednesday, December 15 at the Lucey Parish Hall at St. Catherine of Siena Church.

Yo u t h s h o u l d a r r i v e t o auditions at 6:30 pm, and high school aged students and adults should arrive at 8:00 pm, both with a prepared song and sheet music.

Flinn Gallery Presents New Exhibit The Flinn Gallery presents its new exhibit “Alignments”, an exploration of new abstract work by artists Meghan Brady, Ben Godward, and Erika Ranee.

An opening reception will be held on December 16 from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm, and the exhibit will be on view through January 26, 2022.

across the internet. If you see a Twitter topic trending and gaining lots of attention, it might not be f rom normal human input. It might have been multiplied by bots. When a political candidate’s agenda suddenly look s super popular online, it might be that bots are populating the trend, not actual voters. These troll farms and bots can be used with social media algorithms, which are already desig ned to keep people’s undivided attention, to create outrage factories based on untruths. Adding Artif icial I nte l l i g e n c e (A I ) to t h e m i x amplifies the scope of the problem to unimaginable and unstoppable proportions. We’re talking about radicalization and division on a massive scale, never-before experienced in world history.

L ately have you been in conversation with someone who seems to be living on a different planet than you are? Their facts don’t seem to line up with reality— and they feel the same way about you! This may be the result of AIdriven dissemination of content

55th Annual Messiah Concert The First Congregational Church of Old Greenwich will be hav ing the 55th annual performance of Messiah on Saturday, December 11 at 4:00 pm.

The concert will feature the First Church Festival Chorus, accompa n ie d by t he F i r st Church Chamber Orchestra and soloists.

All are welcome to attend, either in person, or online on the church’s YouTube channel.

Riverside Schools Annual “Holidays for Haiti” Event Riverside School recently held its fourth annual c om mu n it y s e r v ic e eve nt “Holidays for Haiti” where students were matched with over 350 children in need at a local Haitian school.

Sponsorship of each child gave students the ability to connect with Haitian students by sending a decorated card and photo. The money raised in the event was then used for backpacks, school supplies, and a celebration, as well as for Danita’s Children’s Malnutrition and Medical Center. This year, Riverside school raised over $11,000 for the event.

Lamborghini Opens Showroom in Greenwich Lamborghini Greenwich has opened a 3,000 square foot showroom at 300 W. Putnam Av e n u e , c e l e b r a t i n g l a s t Thursday night with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Greenwich Seeks New Vendor for Sailing Program F o l l o w i n g t h e announcement of closure from the Greenwich Community Sailing program a few weeks ago, the town is beginning to

across information platforms that we’re all exposed to. The tools are designed specifically to divide us, and they are working. The effect is that we all fear our ideological rivals without awareness of the far greater threat causing us to have those fears in the first place. Our brains and relationships have been hacked.

You might be thinking, okay Nathan, you’re a pastor, what does this have to do with Christianity?

I’m glad you asked. It has been recently reported that the 15 largest Christian-themed Facebook groups are run by foreign troll farms.

What this means is that Christians who think they are participating in an online community of likeminded people are actually interacting with non-Christians who intend to bring discord by manipulating people’s thinking and actions. Groups that were originally designed to foster connection have been warped to foster discord instead. (This is happening in all kinds of online forums and groups, not just Christian ones.)

When the trolls combine their

efforts with bots to proliferate their messaging across the algorithms to reach incalculable amounts of unsuspecting people, they become exponentially powerful in their destructive force.

What can be done about it? There is some interesting theorizing about whether governments should (or are even capable of) regulating the problem or whether tech companies t h e m s e l ve s c a n t h i n k m o r e ethically about these issues. I am skeptical that the solution will be found in either big government or big tech, and I leave those debates to the experts.

On a much more personal, local scale, there are some things we can do now. 1) Reconnect with friends for in-person conversation.

Online connection has been a real blessing throughout the pandemic, but there’s nothing like being in the room with our friends and family. When we are required to be online, let’s be aware of the possible forces behind the screen, a nd l e t ’s work tow a r d k i nd , reconciling, gracious language

that reverses the trend. 2) Unplug from any online groups where we don’t know the actual people with whom we’re interacting, and never engage in f ights in comments sections. 3) Join or rejoin local churches. In church we experience real relationships with real people in authentic community and we hear from the ultimate source of Truth, God himself, in his inspired words of Scripture. We confess our own sins and seek forgiveness as opposed to merely becoming outraged by the sins of others online. We hear the congregation’s real voices as we sing together.

We experience the Holy Spirit’s presence: Jesus prom ised us that “When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide [us] into all the truth.” (John 16:13). This is a very hopeful promise in a time of algorithmic disinformation and division. The Holy Spirit speaks the Truth and is the only one who can unhack our brains, allow us to find each other again, and heal our world.

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

accept bids for a vendor to take its place in offering summer sailing lessons and boat rentals.

The town is looking for a five-year commitment from a new vendor, with a deadline of 11:00 am on December 14 to submit sealed bids.

holiday performance on Sat., Dec 18 at the Greenwich High School Performing Arts Center at 4 pm.

There will be a traditional candlelight processional and seasonal carols, and well as new holiday arrangements with guest artists.

For tickets, visit www.gcsct.org/

Nov. 17.

Operation Santa 2021 The Cos Cob Fire Police volunteers will once again be hosting Operation Santa this year, a fundraiser to support the patrol after 94 years of service.

Santa and The Grinch will deliver wrapped presents to children on December 11, 12, 18, and 19, with a few deliveries on Christmas morning.

To participate, sign up at ccfpp.org with your desired day and time for Santa to come by.

Christopher Wills Ch r istopher Con nor Wi l ls (known as Connor), 33, died Nov. 30.

Tod’s Point Construction Construction on the Tod’s Point Causeway project resumed on the week of Nove m b e r 2 9. S t a r t i n g December 6, the causeway will be closed Monday through Friday, at which time vehicle traff ic will be permitted up to the main parking lot, and pedestrians and bicyclists will be rerouted to access the back end of Tod’s Point.

In this next phase of construction, reinforcement will be installed to the back of the seawall on the northeast side of the causeway.

Construction will last three to four months, with an anticipated completion in the early spring.

THE HOLIDAYS IN GREENWICH Holiday Stroll The Town of Greenwich will be celebrating its Holiday Stroll on Greenwich Avenue on Thursday, December 9, from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm in order to bolster support for local businesses.

Many stores will be par ticipating in the event, of fering extended hours, refreshments and snacks, store discounts, and in store raffles and drawings.

Greenwich Choral Society’s Holiday Concert T h e G r e e nw i c h C h o r a l Society has announced that it will be holding its annual

Abilis Holiday Centerpiece Workshop The Greenwich Botanical Center and Abilis are partnering to hold a special holiday centerpiece workshop.

The event will take place on Friday, December 17 at 10:00 a.m. at Abilis Gardens and Gifts, and will cost $75 including materials. The deadline to register is December 8, which can be done on the Greenwich Botanical Center’s website.

DEATHS Rick Woolworth Richard Griswold Woolworth Jr., was born on December 29, 1951 and died suddenly on December 6, 2021. A service will be held for him on December 20 at 3pm at Christ Church in Greenwich.

Mary Radcliffe Mary Joanne Radcliffe died on

Gail Dumas Gail Dumas died on Sunday, October 17, 2021 after a five-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

She was 83 years old.

A memorial service will take place TODAY at Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave. on December 10 at 1:00 pm.

Frederick Whelan, Jr. Frederick J. Whelan, Jr., passed away on Nov. 28.

Richard Van Loan Richard “Dick” R. Van Loan, 87, passed away on Nov. 26.

Philip Smith Philip Joseph Smith passed away at home on Nov. 25.

Lisa Rozmus Lisa Diane Rozmus passed away on Nov. 25.

Muriel Morigi Muriel Ruth Duerr passed away on the evening of Nov. 24.

Kirby Graham Kirby Emory Graham passed away on Nov. 22.

Anita Demas Anita Papalexis Demas passed away at age 94.

Michael Seely Michael Wayne Seely (Mike) passed away on Nov. 21.

Carolyn Trachtenburg Carolyn Quinn Trachtenburg passed away on Thurs, Nov. 18.

Chantal Baz Chantal Laurent Baz passed away on the evening of Nov. 11.

Full obituaries can be found on pages 10 & 11.

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OBITUARIES Rick Woolworth

Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave., Greenw ich, CT 06830. A memorial service will take place there on December 10 at 1:00 pm.

Christopher Wills

Richard Griswold Woolworth Jr., Rick, was born on December 29, 1951 and died suddenly on December 6, 2021. A service will be held for him on December 20 at 3pm at Christ Church in Greenwich. A truly remarkable person, Rick's passing has been a shock to the entire Ch r i stopher Con nor W i l l s (k now n a s community. His full obituary will follow online Connor), 33, of West Palm Beach, Fla, died Nov. and in next week's issue.

30 from a long illness. He was born Nov. 2, 1988 in Baltimore, Md, the son of Mary (Sisi) C. Wills and the late Christopher R. Wills. He was graduated from the Gilman School, Baltimore, Maryland, in 2007 and received his Bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 2011.

Connor trained for over ten years at the North Baltimore Aquatic Club (NBAC) and swam four years varsity for both Gilman and Notre Dame.

He held several varsity swimming records at Gilman for fifteen years and was the 86th ranked college recruit by CollegeSwimming.Com. As a high school swimmer, he was ranked in the top 5 of Maryland swimmers for 7 different events and nationally ranked 6th in the 200-meter backstroke. Connor was a four-time, high school All-American and a Maryland state champion in Gail Dumas, a long time resident of each of his four seasons swimming for Gilman.

Greenwich, died on Sunday, October 17, 2021 at While at Notre Dame, Connor qualified for the the home of her son John in Clermont, Fla., after 2008 Olympic Trials in the 200-meter butterfly a five-year battle with Parkinson’s disease. She and was a member of the swim team that won was 83 years old. two Big East Conference Championships. He Gail was k now n to Greenw ichites as a was a four-time Notre Dame Monogram Winner teacher of Boutelle method exercise classes, a and exited the Irish program as the third best Cos Cob librarian, a devoted member of Second performer in the 100-meter backstroke and the Congregational Church, and a muse to her late fifth best performer in the 200-meter backstroke husband, Jerry Dumas, a cartoonist and writer. in school history. Connor was also the first male Her off beat one-liners, swift comebacks, and swimmer from NBAC to qualify for Olympic unique turns of phrase often found their way Trials after Michael Phelps. Before becoming into Jerry’s humor pieces and comic strips (he ill, Connor worked in the financial industry in wrote and drew Sam & Silo, and wrote gags for Greenwich.

Beetle Bailey and Hi & Lois, among other strips).

Connor is survived by his mother and two Gail and Jerry were married for 58 years, until sisters Mary Katherine (Molly) and Grace Wills, his death in 2016. all of West Palm Beach, Florida. He also leaves Gail was born in Yuma, Ariz., on Dec. 15, behind his maternal and paternal grandmothers, 1937 to George and Gladys Edwards Gaskin. She Jean L. Connor of Naples, Florida and Sister spent most of her childhood in Phoenix, where Grace Anne Wills, T.O.R., of Steubenville, Ohio.

George founded Capital Lumber Co. amid the In addition, Connor is survived by several aunts, cotton fields west of the city. One day during uncles and cousins.

Gail’s freshman year at University of Arizona, in A funeral service was held on Dec. 8 at Tucson, she was assigned to greet visitors at the Christ Fellowship Church Chapel in Palm Beach Kappa Alpha Theta sorority house. In walked Gardens. In lieu of flowers, the family requests Jerry, who had driven down from Arizona State, that you consider a donation to The Lovemark near Phoenix, for a date with a sorority elder.

Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated While waiting for his date to descend, Jerry to supporting brain cancer patients and their took rapt notice of Gail: “This girl had large dark families, at thelovemarkfoundation@gmail.com. brown eyes, high cheekbones, and she seemed sensitive and intelligent, and she had f inely structured collarbones.” Jerry wasted no time.

Before his date made her entrance, he had asked Gail out.

They married on June 21, 1958, and set up house above an appliance shop on Greenwich Avenue. The following year they bought a tidy brick Cape on Halsey Drive in Havemeyer Park, and into it were born three sons, David, Timothy and John. In 1968 Gail and Jerry built their dream house on Crown Lane, which in those years seemed a wilderness of apple trees and field grass. Over the decades on Crown Lane they planted vegetable gardens (Jerry’s domain) and flowers in profusion (Gail’s), and led a rich social life full of friends, inspired talk, and laughter.

Frederick J. Whelan, Jr., of Greenwich, and At various phases in her life, Gail loved to Ludlow, Vt., passed away on Nov. 28, in the play the piano, sew clothing from scratch, and comfort of his home, surrounded by his family. teach English to speakers of other languages. Her Frederick was born to Frederick J. Whelan, Sr., love of swimming, reading, crossword puzzling, and Margaret Marshall Whelan on Nov. 8, 1937. cooking (especially Mexican), moon-gazing, and A lifelong resident of Greenwich, Fred was born sipping “a little glass of wine” (usually on the at Greenwich Hospital. Fred was educated at terrace at sunset), carried through all eras, as St. Catherine's Grammar School and Fairfield did her habit of writing letters to friends near Preparatory School. He graduated from the and far. Gail was also an avid donor to almost College of the Holy Cross and the University of any worthy cause that crossed her path, and she Connecticut Law School. Shortly after graduating particularly enjoyed sponsoring foster children. from law school, he joined the Greenwich law Though grateful for her good fortune in life, f irm of Dougherty & Dougherty. In 1969, he the things she treasured most were invariably formed a private law firm, Tierney, Anthony & simple. From a note to a friend, found among Whelan, later Tierney & Whelan, in Greenwich, her papers: “I’ve had so many blessings in the where he practiced law for more than forty-five last few hours… sitting next to you in church… years. In addition, for many years he engaged in picking hydrangeas in the garden… waking up at a real estate practice, doing business as Fourth 2:15 to a bedroom full of moonlight…”

Ward Partners.

In later years, she took great joy in her Fred engaged in a host of civic activities, granddaughter, Emilie, who called her “Mamette” including as a Mem ber of the Greenw ich in the French manner, and who would join her at Chamber of Commerce and a Director of the the kitchen counter (if she was baking something Greenwich Jaycees. He was a recipient of the sweet), at church, and for book-reading sessions Jaycee of the Year Award. Fred was also the on a sunny patch of rug. recipient of several awards, including from the In September 2019, as Gail’s Parkinson’s Amogerone Volunteer Fire Company; The Boys worsened, she went to live with John and his and Girls Club; and he was named "Irishman wife, Sonya, at their tranquil house on the shores of the Year" by the Emerald Society. Fred also of Lake Minnehaha. There she received loving coached Little League baseball and football. Fred professional care from Sandy Nathoo and Savi enjoyed and excelled at racket sports; including Sital, to whom the family is forever grateful. badminton, tennis, and paddle tennis. He and Gail leaves sons David of Woodbury, Timothy his children successfully competed in many of Easton, and John; their spouses, Vinton badminton tournaments and paddle tennis McCabe, Maria Dumas, and Sonya Dumas; tournaments over many years. For many years, granddaughter Emilie of Easton; and several Fred was an annual participant in the Innis nieces and nephews, including Christie Gaskin Arden Parent/Child Tennis and Paddle Tennis Darby, Scott Gaskin, Wendy Gaskin Mulvihill, Tournaments. Fred was a longtime member of and Susan Kiker.

Innis Arden, where he also enjoyed golf for over Donations in Gail’s name can be made to four decades. Like many, Fred found challenges

Gail Dumas

in golf. He said golf can be a long-suffering avocation but every now and then then the thrill of a par; and new playing opportunities at courses in Casa Decampo and Shinnecock Hills, to name a few, kept him coming back. He enjoyed his friends at the Innis Arden roundtable for lunch for years; often telling and retelling old stories and jokes. Fred also enjoyed playing golf at Vineyards Country Club, near his home in Naples, Florida.

For more than 3 decades, Fred enjoyed the time he spent in Vermont, initially skiing and later reading books by the fireplace and enjoying the mountain and lake view from his home. He particularly enjoyed The Hatchery, where he cultivated local friendships as well as the opportunity to socialize with friends from Greenwich, in Vermont as well.

Fred is survived by his children: Catherine Potter McEvoy (Kevin) of Greenwich; Frederick J . W h e l a n , I I I ( M a r y J o) o f G r e e nw i c h ; Christopher Marshall Whelan (Maria Elena) of Sounderstown, Rhode Island, and Andrew Duncan Whelan (Renwick) of Greenwich. In addition, "Pop" is survived by his grandchildren: Sarah, J, Nita, Chase, Catherine, Miranda and Winona. He is survived by his sister, Marsha Virginia Whelan, of Greenwich. He was predeceased by the mother of his children, Sally Johnson Whelan, and is survived by his former wife, Elizabeth Linck, of Green Valley, AZ. Fred had the privilege of many long time and caring friends, including, Jim, Carolyn, Rick, John, Patricia, and Marie, who were unwavering in their interest in him, even when he could no longer socialize outside his home; stopping by and calling regularly. Fred found creative ways to stay connected to family and friends during Covid. He enjoyed his Sunday drive-by visits; distancing from friends in the car; and beers with his golfing friends from Innis Arden, even when he could no longer partake in drink. Fred was touched when his college roommate, Shane McCarthy, Facetimed him to sing him Happy Birthday, on what would be his last birthday, just a few weeks before he passed.

The family would like to extend their thanks and gratitude to Dr. Remi Rosenberg, Cathy Costello, Emanuel Arthur, and Doris Osei-ko Fi, from Visiting Angels, and Marie.

A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Saturday, Dec. 4 at St. Roch Church, Greenwich.

Interment followed at St. Mary's Cemetery, Greenwich. There were no calling hours.

In lieu of flowers, a donation may be made to one's favorite charity.

Richard Van Loan

Frederick Whelan, Jr.

Long-time Connecticut resident Richard “Dick” R. Van Loan, 87, passed away Nov. 26, following a brief illness. Dick was born in Stamford to Floyd and Virginia Van Loan, was raised in Greenwich and spent his final years in Essex. He was the older of two boys, surviving his brother David Van Loan.

Dick attended Brunswick School in Greenw ich and went on to g raduate from Springfield College. After brief stints in the Army National Guard and as a teacher, Dick spent his entire working career as a stockbroker for Kidder Peabody in New York City. He retired as a vice president and the compliance officer from Kidder, then part of UBS, in 1999, thus ending years of commuting on Metro-North… though he held onto his commuter’s tag “Please wake me at Greenwich”.

He married his first wife Mary Jane Kirkwood (deceased) and they had 3 children, Richard Van Loan Jr., Lynn Brainerd, and Robert Van Loan.

They were married for 17 years and lived in Greenwich. During this time both Dick and Mary joined the Boy Scouts of America and were each den leaders to different troops. He also loved the hapless New York Jets and had season tickets to see them play at Shea stadium. Dick delighted in watching the New York Rangers play ice hockey and was thrilled when they won the Stanley Cup in 1994. Dick and Mary were avid entertainers and hosted countless pool parties and an annual backyard field day and party for all the neighborhood families.

After his divorce from Mary, Dick married Joa n-El l is ( Jo dy) H i l l Font a na of Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan. Dick and Jody lived in Greenwich with her three children, from a previous marriage, Umberto (Oscar) Fontana Jr., Christine (Tracy) Dineen, and Pamela Fontana Sconzo. Dick and Jody enjoyed many summers on their sailboats Wolverine and The Decent.

As members of Indian Harbor Yacht Club they often spent Sunday brunches sharing Dark and Stormies and Blacktops with their fellow sailors.

They spent summers sailing and “raftingup” with friends on The Sound and the Virgin Islands. Prior to Dick’s retirement from UBS, Dick and Jody moved to their home in Essex overlooking the Connecticut River. With his move to Essex, Dick added the Hartford Whalers, of which they became season tickets holders, to

the list of teams he followed diligently. At their Essex house “Still on the Hill”, Dick and Jody hosted their family gatherings and entertained the grandchildren through out the years. They and their many Portuguese Water Dogs and Dick’s beloved German Shorthaired Pointers, Slicker and Trig, lived in Essex since 1997.

Dick is survived by his wife Jody of nearly 45 years, 3 children, 3 stepchildren, and 11 grandchildren, all of whom will remember Dick for his easygoing, playful (if slightly mischievous) personality and wonderful sense of humor.

Funeral services will be private. In lieu of f lowers, please consider a donation in the memory of Richard R. Van Loan to The Brunswick School in Greenwich or USA Hockey Foundation.

Lisa Rozmus

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Lisa Diane Rozmus, a lifelong resident of Greenwich on Nov. 25, after a six month battle with Glioblastoma.

Lisa was born in Greenwich on Nov. 8, 1961 to her parents Alice Honcharik and Robert L. Rozmus. She graduated from Greenwich High School and received a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from Nyack College.

Lisa worked as a realtor for many years and most recently worked as a property manager at Plaza Realty.

She is survived by her parents, 2 daughters, Jessica and Jennifer Bilhuber; 2 brothers Robert and Stephen Rozmus, and their wives and 5 nieces and nephews. In addition to making her daughters the center of her life she was extremely generous, compassionate, kind, always the life of the party and had a knack for entertaining and making people feel welcome. She will be sorely missed by her countless friends, too many to mention.

Funeral Mass was Thursday, Dec. 9 at St. Catherine's Church, Riverside.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Pl., Memphis, TN 38105.

Philip Smith Philip Joseph Smith a resident of Greenwich passed away at home on Nov. 25. He was born in Portchester, NY to the late George W. Smith and Josephine T. Koninski. He was 81.

Phil grew up in Greenwich and attended and graduated from Greenwich Public Schools. He then attended ST Francis College in Biddeford, Maine where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree. Phil worked as an Insurance Adjustor for Royal Globe Insurance for over 20 years. He was also in the Army National Guard of Greenwich and a member of the Byram Veterans Association and AARP. Phil is survived by his twin brother Jerry Smith and his wife Barbara of Darien, a niece Lori Palau and her husband Jay of VA and great nephews Robert Smith of Ridgefield and Joseph Palau of VA. He was pre-deceased by one nephew William J. Smith.

Muriel Morigi

Muriel Ruth Duerr was born Dec. 7, 1920 and died at home of old age on the evening of Nov. 24 after being surrounded by her family all day. She was two weeks from her 101st birthday.

Her end came quickly but her spirit was vibrant and rich until then. She spent the previous day baking her signature chocolate chip cookies and playing with her great-granddaughter. While she left her family "flatter than a pancake,' one of Muriel's token expressions, and they are utterly heartbroken, they rejoice knowing this daughter of Christ has been called home to Heaven.

The daug hter of S a ra h McM a nu s a nd Gustave Duerr, Muriel was born in Brooklyn and never quite shook her charming Brooklyn accent, however stately and elegant she became.

Her family relied on young Muriel's assistance running her mother's beauty parlor which helped them get by during the Depression. Muriel had a charitable heart for good causes but never forgot the value of a dollar and a little elbow grease or took for granted the worldly blessings of her life.

Muriel had a cosmopolitan understanding of other cultures and importantly, food. She loved the herring and latkes of her childhood and knew her way around an Italian menu. Exposure to Italian dishes came in handy when she met a

OBITUARIES handsome Italian-American Navy officer just returning from the Second World War. On their first date he declared that she would be the girl he would marry because "she could twirl spaghetti better than he could." She married Paul Lewis Morigi a year later.

Together, Muriel and Paul traveled the world, enjoying museums, excellent meals, a nd re st. Thei r most cher ishe d place to visit was Bordighera, Italy. Paul's business career accelerated while Muriel raised their mischievous and adored children. Paul Steven made them parents a year into their marriage and kept them busy with a great deal of laughter and some trouble. Their devoted daughter Karolyn followed and she was "the good one," but still gave them a run for their money.

In Englewood, NJ where they made their home for many years, Muriel and Paul loved to dance together at the Knickerbocker Club and had an active social and civic life. Muriel was a staple of the Englewood Women's Club, organized bridge fundraisers for the local hospital, was a longtime supporter of the St. Labre Indian Mission in Montana, and a f ive-decade long member of the Daughters of the British Empire. Muriel was a devoted Episcopalian and until her mobility made it impossible, she attended church regularly and sang with gusto into her 90's during the midnight service on Christmas Eve. She was a longtime parishioner and volunteer at St. Paul's Englewood and attended Christ Church Greenwich. Proud of her Scottish ancestry, Muriel instilled a love of afternoon tea in her family. No scones will be consumed with dry eyes for years to come thanks to fond memories enjoying tea with her.

Not It a l ia n hersel f, Mu r iel em b o d ie d the perfect Italian Nonna once she became a grandmother. Her polenta parties were infamous and you always knew what she meant when she shook her hand at you and slowly said, "mannaggia!" with her signature white bun. Never one to shy away from the dramatic, Muriel kept the grandchildren and her whole family laughing with her costumes at Halloween and at Christmas. She kept spirits high with festive seasonal decorations and traditional holiday meals like the flambéed Christmas figgy pudding, insisting on singing every verse of the accompanying song.

Mu r iel was predeceased by Pau l, her husband of 63 years, and her son Paul Steven.

She leaves beh i nd her beloved daug hter Karolyn as well as her loving daughter-inlaw Linda Traci. Mourning her death are also granddaughters Sarah ( Jonathan) and Anna (Jason) as well as grandsons Steven (Chante) and William. Muriel's great-granddaughter Amelia will sorely miss playing with her "GreatNonna." She is also predeceased by two great loves, Zeppo, an Old English Sheepdog, and Aristotle, her parrot.

We would be remiss not to mention Dr. James Brunetti, and nurse Heather Flaherty, who took excellent care of Muriel as she aged.

Finally, her longtime home aide Lillian Zabala was a dear companion of 14 years, and with two caring and affectionate health aides, Nidia and Doris, gave Muriel daily comfort and laughter in her last years.

A visitation took place on Sunday, Dec. 5 at Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home, Greenwich. Muriel's funeral was held at Christ Church Greenwich. Donations in Muriel's name can be made to Christ Church Greenwich.

Kirby Graham

Kirby Emory (née Smith) Graham of Vero Beach, FL and New York, NY, passed away peacefully Nov. 22. She died as she lived, on her terms.

Born in 1932 the only child of the late Irving T. and Florence Bolton Smith, Kirby grew up in Greenwich and Palm Beach, FL. She attended The Ethel Walker School and studied literature and creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College.

After a year in Rome, Kirby owned a couture boutique on Madison Avenue, designing for many celebrities including the late Jack ie Kennedy Onassis. A dedicated patron of the arts, Kirby used her signif icant energy and style to create unforgettable charity benefits for American Dance Machine, Bar Harbor Music Festival and The Acting Company. In Vero Beach, she was a member of the Museum of Art, Riverside Theatre and Opera Guild. Her club aff iliations included the Cosmopolitan Club, Doubles and the Lawrence Beach Club in New York and the Riomar Country Club, The Moorings Yacht & Country Club and the Riomar Bay Yacht Club in Vero Beach. She was a founding member of The City Church in New York and attended St. Augustine's Episcopal Church in Vero Beach. Her life was characterized by her warmth, generosity, and humor. All who knew her loved her, and she loved everyone she knew.

Beloved wife of the late Gordon Graham, she is survived by her treasured children, Jennifer Graham Haskell and her husband Rick of Vail, CO, Gordon Graham, Jr. and his wife Cat of Locust Valley, NY, as well as her stepdaughter Diane Graham of New York, NY. She also leaves behind her cherished grandchildren Olivia Graham of Huntington, NY, Harrison Graham of Locust Valley, NY and Ava Graham-Kandiah of New York, NY. A celebration of Kirby's life is planned for 2022 in Vero Beach, FL and New York, NY. Those interested in attending either celebration please email kirbygrahamtribute@gmail.com for further information.

In lieu of f lowers, kindly consider making a donation in Kirby's name to the Vero Beach Museum of Art vbmuseum.org/product/theannual-fund/ or The Acting Company weblink. donorperfect.com/kirbysgraham or the Bar Harbor Music Festival barharbormusicfestival. org/donate/

Anita Demas A n it a Papa lex is D emas, a Gre enw ich resident for 60 years, passed away at age 94.

She was pre de ce ase d by her b elove d husband John and cherished daughter Anthea.

Anita graduated from NYU with a BA in education and received her MA in American Studies from Fairfield University. She was a teacher at Old Greenwich Elementary School and Eastern Middle School for 20 years. After teaching she became a realtor and at age 80 obtained her broker's license.

Having a lifelong love of the domestic arts, she was an accomplished seamstress and cook.

While multitalented, Anita's priorities in life were family, friends and home.

She is survived by her son Christopher, his wife Anne (Tucson, Arizona), grandchildren Alexander (Miami, Florida) and Elizabeth (NY, NY) and her sister Mary Albanis (Waldwick, NJ).

Donations may be made in her memory to Pathways: 175 Milbank Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830 or online pways.org/donate/

Michael Seely Michael Wayne Seely (Mike) of Dorset, VT passed away in Palm City, FL on Nov. 21 at the age of 76 due to complications associated with a near twenty year battle with cancer.

Mike is survived by his two sons, Lucas and Michael, two grandchildren Ian and Frederick, wife Margaret Mithoefer (Meg), sister Brenda, niece Kelly Reilly (and her family Bryan, Emma, and Colin) and daughters-in-law Alexandra and Allison, respectively. He was predeceased by his father Ernest and mother Amelia.

Mike was born on June 7, 1945 in Portland, Maine to parents Ernest and Amelia Seely. By the age of 12, Mike had lived in five different cities until his parents finally settled in the small rural town of Barre, Vermont. Mike graduated from Spaulding High School where he excelled scholastically. Mike was a recipient of the William Randolph Hearst Award, as well as being a junior representative for the state of Vermont. His academic successes in high school awarded him a scholarship to Dartmouth College. Upon graduating from Dartmouth in 1967, Mike moved to NYC obtaining his MBA from NYU and he worked in financial services.

In 1979, Mike founded and launched Investor Access Corporation, which he built, led, and ultimately sold in 2001. During this time, Mike lived in Greenwich where he could be found playing golf, fishing on the Long Island sound with his two children, and traveling to St. Lucia where he was a long term resident. Upon semi-retirement in 2002, Mike relocated from Greenwich to Dorset, VT to be with his partner Meg and it was there he could be seen reading, playing more golf, and taking up a range of new hobbies. Mike was also an author, penning several books over the course of his life.

As a devoted father, Mike instilled in his children the importance of hard work, creativity, risk taking, honesty, and living a life of purpose.

As a husband, Mike was completely devoted to his wife Meg with whom he enjoyed travel, community building, and learning. As a big brother, Mike was protective, supportive, and loving. As a friend, Mike was relied upon in times of challenge and controversy and was the first to celebrate and cherish other's accomplishments.

Mike was an idealist. He wasn't interested in group think but rather in thinking for oneself.

He believed in the power of the individual to craft a better course for themselves and their community. Never one to shy away from a difficult discussion, Mike was in a constant pursuit of the best perceivable form of the truth and devoted his life to learning. He was passionate about literature, history, and economics. Mike engaged with the world around him with an openness that is best reflected in the broad array of relationships, experiences, and adventures he accumulated over the course of his life. Mike wasn't religious, but rather, very spiritual. Mike didn't conflate feelings with facts, but rather used facts to substantiate his feelings.

He was a ferocious reader always seeking out new insights and perspectives to advance and improve his experience with the world, his family, and his friends. Mike's achievements in life are most visible in the impressions he left on those around him, impressions that are numerous, deep, and lasting. He will be dearly missed.

In lieu of flowers, please donate to the D.O.V.E. Fund - dovefund.org. It is a charity that Mike supported and held close to his heart.

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Carolyn Trachtenburg

Music Director and Conductor David Gilbert.

Mary leaves her sister-in-law, Lenore de Csepel of Riverside, her goddaughter Angela Chambers of Greenwich. Surviving are her son Michael and daughter-in-law, Dena Ryane of Westport, her son Richard and daughter-inlaw Darla Radcliffe of San Francisco, CA, her son Stephen Radcliffe and his husband Chris Rieks of Seattle WA, and her son Andrew of St. John, US Virgin Islands, and six grandchildren: Benjamin, Nicholas, Emily, Chloe, Beck and Henri Radcliffe.

A concert featuring GSO musicians, in a program designed by Mary some years ago, will be held in January. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Greenw ich Sy mphony Orchestra's Endowment Fund will be gratefully received and can be mailed to the Greenwich Symphony at PO Box 35, Greenwich, CT 06836.

Carolyn Quinn Trachtenburg, a lifelong resident of Stamford, passed away after a brief illness on Thursday, Nov. 18. She was 94 years old. Born in Stamford on March 2, 1927, she was the eldest daughter of Philomena and John Vitti.

She was predeceased by her beloved husband of 62 years, Harold, who died in 2013.

Carolyn was a past President of the Woman's Club of Greenwich where she was voted Woman of the Year in 2013. She worked tirelessly, year after year, to organize events, luncheons, fundraisers and soirees at the club. Whether she was going to a luncheon, a doctor's appointment or to the store, Carolyn was famous for being outfitted from head to toe in a fabulous hat and the latest fashions (especially leather). As an avid and accomplished bridge player, she adored her weekly bridge group and played right up until the end of October. She and Harold traveled extensively for over 60 years and visited over 40 countries around the world. Remarkably, Carolyn could remember every restaurant, hotel, and the point-of-interest in every city, town, and remote village that they traveled to. A favorite destination was her father's childhood village of Settefrati, Italy, where they visited many times.

Carolyn's gracious, generous and thoughtful disposition was lavished upon everyone she encountered in her everyday life, and she will be missed by all who were lucky to have known her.

She is survived by her sisters Rose Sette of Old Saybrook, Yolanda Horan of Mt. Pleasant, SC, and her brother Michael Dante (Mary Jane) of Rancho Mirage, CA. She was predeceased by her brother, Anthony Vitti of Newport Beach, CA. Her nieces: Debbie Ferrer (Craig), Mary Sette, and Kristen Pierce ( Justin). Her nephews: Richard Horan (Mary), John Sette (Lisa), and John Vitti (Lauren). Grandnieces: Susannah Ferrer, Katherine O'Hanlon (Daniel), Evelyn Horan, Presley Pierce, and Stella Vitti.

Grandnephews: Matthew Ferrer ( Jessica), Michael Sette, Leonard Sette, Noah Pierce, and Jack Vitti. Great-grandnephews: Terran Ferrer and Riley O'Hanlon.

Burial will be private for immediate family members only. There will be a memorial and celebration of life for Carolyn in the spring of 2022.

In lieu of f lowers, please consider making a memorial donation in Carolyn's name to the Women's Club of Greenwich at 89 Maple Ave., Greenwich, CT 06830.

Chantal Baz Chantal Laurent Baz passed away on the evening of Nov. 11 surrounded by family at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich.

She is survived by her children Daniel Baz and Alexa Baz as well as her sisters Marie-France Bailey and Genevieve Laurent and her brother Michel Laurent. Her brother Pierre Laurent passed away in 2020.

Chantal was born on March 29, 1951 in Mexico to Consuelo del Campo and Gerard Laurent and was the middle born but oldest of the girls. With her courage, adventurousness and little red pajamas she earned the title of "Petit Diable Rouge" (Little Red Devil) by her father. She grew up in France and Mexico and spent time in the US, all contributing to her desire to be a "citizen of the world," as she called it.

Chantal was whip smart, kind, generous, funny, playful and curious. She loved fiercely and was a caregiver at heart- raising two children on her own and watching over her parents in their later years until their deaths. Battling cancer during a pandemic, Chantal found comfort in the love and care of her first born, Daniel. They connected over the beauty of hikes in the forests and laughed together watching "Impractical Jokers". Her daughter, Alexa, will always remember their long talks on the drive from Greenwich to Brooklyn, park visits, and the final days where they lay in bed together.

A survivor of Breast Cancer in 2001, her children are grateful for the last 20 years with their mother but they were hoping for 20 more.

James Daniel Kelly

Mary Radcliffe Mary Joanne Radcliffe, daughter of Alfonz and Elizabeth Weiss de Csepel, died on Nov. 17.

Mary was born in 1927 in Budapest, Hungary.

She immigrated to the United States with her family in 1946 in the aftermath of the Nazi invasion of Hungary. After arriving in New York, Mary elected to attend her beloved Oberlin Conservatory of Music where she graduated w ith a major in piano. She subsequently earned a Master of Music degree from the Manhattan School of Music. She taught piano at the Drew School for Girls in Carmel, NY, the Hoff-Barthelson School in Scarsdale, and subsequently at the National Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, DC. She met her husband, Richard Warner. Radcliffe in 1955 in New York. Richard was then working for the investment management firm of A.W. Jones, the first hedge fund in New York. They were married in 1956 and moved to Riverside in January 1958.

While raising their four boys, Mary started teaching piano in their home. She enjoyed working with a fine class of some 25 students over a period of 25 years. As a member of the Schubert Club of Fairfield County, she enjoyed playing in chamber music ensembles at area nursing homes and senior residences. Mary was a member of the Hungarian Cultural Society of Connecticut; she spoke the language fluently and participated in the organization's benefit events.

In 1971, a friend took Dick and Mary to a concert of the Greenwich Philharmonia, (as the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra was known at the time). They became subscribers, and the following year Mary was asked to serve on the orchestra's Board of Directors. Her first job was to organize and catalogue the orchestra's library of scores and parts, as assistant to Lowell Lacey, pianist, violist and librarian of the orchestra. For four years, she served as president of the Philharmonia Auxiliary (later renamed the Symphony Guild). In 1983 she was elected President of the Greenwich Symphony Orchestra, serving as its Executive Director, and working with a Board of Directors of more than thirty dedicated people who contribute their time and talents and professional expertise to the Greenwich Symphony. It was Mary's joy and privilege to work with and get to know the GSO's excellent professional musicians and former

James Kelly passed away peacefully on November 30, 2021. He was a lifetime Greenwich resident and GHS graduate, class of 1960.

Jimmy (or Uncle Jim, as he was lovingly known) spent his career work ing for Connecticut Natural Gas. After retirement, he thoroughly enjoyed spending his days on the golf course, birdwatching, spending time with the family pets, and grilling a delicious steak with a nice bottle of red in hand while smoking a cigar.

Although he never married, he was an expert at spoiling his three nieces (Kellie Ambrogio, Kristin Coppola and Sharon D’Emidio). He continued the tradition of being the “fun and generous uncle” with his grandnieces and nephew. He is survived by his devoted sister Peggy (Margaret) Rocco and his brother-in-law, Raymond Rocco. Jimmy had a wonderful sense of humor and has left many an inappropriate catch-phrase to the family that will live on for generations to come. Although the past year or so with COVID made it difficult to spend time together, his loved ones find comfort in knowing that he was kept entertained and smiling through his intense and passionate support of the Boston Red Sox and his beloved UCONN Women’s Basketball team (Go Huskies!). In lieu of flowers, the family asks for donations to be made to an animal rescue charity of choice in Jimmy’s honor. A memorial gathering will be held at Coxe & Graziano (located at 134 Hamilton Avenue, Greenwich) on Friday, December 10th from 4-7pm. For more information or to place an online condolence www.coxeandgraziano.com

Send obituaries to Caroll@ GreenwichSentinel.com

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

REAL ESTATE DASHBOARD EDITOR Mark Pruner | Mark@GreenwichStreets.com

REAL ESTATE DASHBOARD CONTRIBUTORS Robert Pulitano | RobertPulitano@bhhsne.com Cesar Rabellino | CesarRabellino@bhhsne.com Pam Toner | PamToner@bhhsne.com Carline Martin | CarlineMartin@bhhsne.com

NEW SALES

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

Original List

1465 Putnam Avenue 320 25 Elm Street 12 47 Lafayette Place 6C 48 High Street A 104 Ritch Avenue 5 19 Ritch Avenue 36 Long Meadow Road 208 Bible Street 128 Valley Drive 7 Wyngate Road 31 Vineyard Lane 14 Meadow Road 41 Lockwood Lane 103 Connecticut Avenue 10 Parsonage Lane 212 Milbank Avenue South 282 Round Hill Road 14 Francine Drive 647 River Road 799 Lake Avenue 108 Park Avenue 48 Winthrop Drive 518 Indian Field Road 34 Baldwin Farms 136 Field Point Circle 100 Field Point Circle

$399,000 $615,000 $635,000 $780,000 $875,000 $1,050,000 $2,199,000 $1,999,900 $1,980,000 $2,195,000 $3,495,000 $2,250,000 $2,995,000 $2,700,000 $3,295,000 $3,350,000 $3,599,000 $3,200,000 $3,750,000 $3,750,000 $4,511,000 $4,695,000 $5,460,000 $6,150,000 $20,000,000 $55,000,000

List Price

Sold Price DOM BR FB Acres SqFt

$399,000 $401,000 $595,000 $582,500 $635,000 $610,000 $780,000 $780,000 $875,000 $870,000 $1,050,000 $1,060,000 $1,899,000 $1,899,000 $1,999,900 $1,925,000 $1,980,000 $2,085,000 $2,195,000 $2,195,000 $2,995,000 $2,300,000 $2,250,000 $2,360,000 $2,695,000 $2,565,000 $2,700,000 $2,700,000 $2,995,000 $2,800,000 $3,350,000 $3,170,000 $3,399,000 $3,250,000 $3,200,000 $3,350,000 $3,750,000 $3,600,000 $3,750,000 $3,700,000 $4,150,000 $3,850,000 $4,695,000 $4,750,000 $5,460,000 $5,460,000 $6,150,000 $6,000,000 $17,500,000 $14,500,000 $55,000,000 $50,000,000

67 196 47 16 72 39 169 190 36 37 91 54 59 0 234 134 455 11 488 21 144 11 0 47 503 201

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

1 1 1 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 5 3 5 4 5 3 3 4 5 4 5 6 7 7 6 9

0 912 0 967 0 766 0.18 2,390 0 2,220 0.09 2,496 0.39 3,600 1.1 3,539 1.03 3,058 1 3,644 2 5,676 0.24 2,565 0.33 3,465 0.08 2,383 3.74 4,933 0.2 2.52 5,412 0.28 3,057 1.13 7,729 1.07 4,817 0.71 5,033 0.36 6,505 2.05 8,627 2.93 10,533 2.36 9,718 2.46

Address

Area

Price

125 Pilgrim Drive 125 Pilgrim Drive 87 Indian Field Road 12 Thistle Lane 6 Upland Drive 42 Brodwood Drive 86 Howard Road 89 River Road #304 89 River Road #305 554 River Road 8 Tomac Avenue 1 Juniper Hill Road 6 Upland Drive 222 Overlook Drive 47 Alpine Road 78 Pecksland Road 78 Pecksland Road

Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Stamford Greenwich Cos Cob Cos Cob Cos Cob Old Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich Greenwich

$895,000 $895,000 $1,250,000 $1,428,000 $1,675,000 $1,725,000 $1,750,000 $2,150,000 $2,375,000 $2,395,000 $2,500,000 $3,495,000 $4,984,894 $4,995,000 $5,999,000 $7,995,000 $7,995,000

Day/Time

Broker

Sat 12-2 PM William Raveis Sun 12-2 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sat 1-2:30 PM Douglas Elliman Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Sotheby's Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Realty Sun 12-2 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Realty Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Realty

NEW LISTINGS

Address

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

20 Church Street B6 3 Putnam Hill 1H 16 Butler Street 26 Ferncliff Road 554 River Road 1 Juniper Hill Road

$295,000 $785,000 $1,450,000 $1,795,000 $2,395,000 $3,495,000

$776 $497 $716 $319 $577 $570

380 1,580 2,024 5,629 4,150 6,135

29 Stanwich Road 14 Bedford Road 47 Alpine Road 62 Brookridge Drive 11 Chateau Ridge

$3,495,000 $4,895,000 $5,999,000 $6,450,000 $6,995,000

$571 $570 $638 $848 $635

6,118 8,593 9,405 7,605 11,008

0

Area

0.17 1.52 0.28 1.65

0 3 4 5 4 5

1 2 2 6 4 9

South Parkway South of Post Road Cos Cob Cos Cob Cos Cob South Parkway

1.24 2.3 2.16 1.5 8.16

7 6 6 6 6

5 7 7 6 6

South Parkway North Parkway South Parkway South Parkway North Parkway

What Will 2022 Bring for Real Estate?

Where are we going in 2022?

By Mark Pruner

Where are we now?

Sales and Listings To know where Greenwich real estate is going, it helps to know where Greenwich real estate is now. As of the first week of December 2021 we have had 950 single family home sales. The question isn’t however, whether we will break 1000 sales, we have already easily exceeded that number. The reason is that that 20 to 25% of our sales are usually off market and this year we are at the upper end of the range. I, and every other agent with a motivated buyer, are constantly asking other agents whether they have or will be getting a new listing.

This year, lots of buyers, have been thanking their agents for “finding them the house, that no one else could find.”

As to public listings sold, we are right now looking at year-end total of 990 sales made on the GM LS, if we have a normal 57 house sales t h i s D e c e m b e r. We m ay, however, break the 1,000 sales mark; It will be close. The demand is there, but what may prevent it is our falling under 200 listings. Right now, we are at 201 house listings on the GMLS. If you take a look across the page at Cesar Rabellino’s list of recent sales and new listings, you’ll see that December is a time for sales and not new listings.

Contracts On the contract side, we presently have 117 contracts which is only a slight drop from the 121 contracts that we had at the beginning of the month. In total, we have 1067 single family homes sold or under contract so far this year.

The big problem with black Swan events, like Covid, is not only do you not expect them to happen, but when they start to die out it's equally uncertain what will follow. We don't know even know whether the increasing positivity rate that we're seeing primarily from the delta variant will continue to g e t wo r s e a s t h e c o l d weather drives people indoors.

If you look at the map of where COVID has gotten worse, it corresponds to where we are seeing our coldest weather.

Our positivity rate bounces around, but it is going up, not down, as we see more cold weather in Connecticut.

Clearly, 2022 is not going to be a repeat of 2021 and certainly not a repeat of 2020.

The pharmaceutical industry is rolling out new vaccines, new treatments and if you haven't picked up a home testing kit, they are becoming regularly in stock at our local pharmacies. Personally, I think easy, early and ubiquitous testing will cut into the spread Covid significantly as people w ill k now much earlier whether they are contagious or not.

The bottom line is, COVID is going to be COV I D and there's not that much we can do about predicting its effect on the housing market. What is quite clear, however, is that The US economy can do very well with large numbers of people working from home and that large numbers of those people working from home will quit if they are required to go back to 9 to 5, five days a week. Given our labor shortages, companies are going to have to bow to workers desires to spend more time at home.

WOOFH As a result, we will continue to see the average house size increase as people need offices and homework a r e a s, so t hey a r e not i n their bedrooms 14 hours a day. Working occasionally or

often from home (“WOOFH”) will mean that where people want to live will change and clearly Greenwich is one of those places that looks better i n a p o s t- Cov id , WO OF H demanding world. With eight and a half million people in New York City and 22 million people in the metro area, we're going to see a continuing demand for the larger homes, big ger ya rds w ith on-site amenities that Greenw ich provides. This bodes very well for the Greenwich real estate market in 2022.

Whither Inventory?

The biggest impediment to 2022 being another record yea r i n Greenw ich is ou r lack of i nventor y. Th is is not a Greenwich problem, but a nationw ide problem as people want more singlefamily homes with yards in the suburbs around major metropolitan areas. ( N . B . We a r e s e e i n g announcements of major uptick in sales and rentals in many inner cities however, these jump in transactions often because they are being compared to the dearth of transactions in 2020, when nothing was going on. When you compare 2021 numbers to 2019 this big jump in sales and rentals often goes away.)

Can our inventory go to zero?

O ne t h i ng t h at won' t happen in 2022 is our inventor y going to zero. I work with my brother Russ here at Compass and he has statistics going back 37 years. The lowest inventory he ever recorded pre-Covid was 290 listings in the last week of 2000. The end of the year is usually when we see our lowest inventory and it’s normally just under 400 listings.

The good thing is that real estate always has new listings being generated by lifecycle changes. People have kids, get married, get divorced, dow nsize, and pass away.

This year in Greenwich much of our inventory has come from people who are upsizing

Sales Year to Date

driven by COVID and WOOFH. For each one of those families that bought a bigger house, most also sold their old house or their landlord re-rented their place for the many firsttime homebuyers. Not many people keep two homes in Greenwich.

What about zero listings at the low end?

It i s p o s s i b l e , f o r o u r listings under $600,000 to go to zero. With our price appreciation, we just don’t see many single-family homes listed under that amount in Greenwich. In 2020, we sold 17 houses under $600K, so far in 2021 we only sold 8 and only have 2 on the market. I expect that next year we will have no houses listed under $600K for many months of the year.

Do we have enough highend inventory?

The greatest surge in sales this year compared to last year is in our $5 to 10 million price bracket. In that price range our sales are up 110% over last year and our inventory is down 35%. Given our very limited availability of waterfront lots, I expect to see a resurgence of new construction in midcountry and backcountry as the demand is there.

Unfortunately, one of the things that's driving sales at

the high end in addition to COVID and WOOFH is the increase in cr ime in New York City. Personal safety is something we all will pay to insure but at the higher levels b ei ng f re e f rom p ersona l da nger is somet h i ng t hat people will spend millions of dollars on. You can expect Mayor Eric Adams to move strongly to lower NYC crime rates in 2022.

Will rising interest rates kill our market?

The Fed is expected to let interest rates rise in the first half of 2022. This is way overdue. The Fed has been inflating the economy at a time when they don't need to do so and it's pushing up the cost of goods for everyone including the cost of Greenwich houses.

Once the stimulus payments are no longer occurring and the Fed is not a r tif icia lly keeping mortgage rates low you can expect some softening in demand.

However, t he Nat iona l Association of Realtors did a study and they found that periods of rising interest rates were also generally periods of rising inf lation encouraging people to buy hard assets. An increase in interest rates may slow the increase in demand but it's unlikely to stop it. In fact, one thing driving our low inventory is our smart money buying houses with very low mortgage rates, before they go up.

Also, many more people now have enough for a dow npay ment, since they been staying home saving money. (When was the last time you paid $400 a ticket for a hot Broadway show?)

Their parents have been doing the same thing and we are in the midst of the greatest wealth transfer ever from the baby boomers and greatest generation to the millennials and Gen Xers.

A r e we l i k e l y t o h ave another 1,000 single family home sales in 2022?

Persona l ly, I t h i n k t hat's unlikely. Are we likely to have a year with sales well above the 600 sales, our dividing line between a good year and a poor year? That I think is likely.

Stay tuned it's going to be an interesting year, and hopefully not as traumatic as this year.

Will there be enough money to buy Greenwich houses?

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100 World Famous Wildlife Photographers Selling Their Prints to Save Nature

By Anne W. Semmes Having a daughter, Melissa Groo, who is a world-traveling, award winning wildlife photographer has brought news of a remarkable women-led effort called Vital Impacts that seeks to raise $1 million dollars for conservation this holiday season

by December 31. The founders chose 100 of “the world's finest photographers renowned for their dedication to the planet,” and willing to contribute their art in a fine-art print sale. Proud I am that my daughter is among them.

She is in company with Dr. Jane Goodall, world’s foremost expert on chimpanzees.

Vita l I mpac ts co-fou nder, photojournalist and filmmaker, Ami Vitale adds, “Dr. Jane Goodall DBE has also contributed signed prints from her time working in Gombe, Tanzania, 60 years ago.

These never-before-seen images include a self-portrait, as well as two other images showing the remarkable lives of chimpanzees that she has been work ing to protect for over 60 years.”

The sale of these photographers’ prints ($275 for a 11 x 16 print and $675 for a 16 x 24 print) will support four grassroots conser vation ca mpa ig ns: Big Life Foundation that protects more than 1.6 million acres of wilderness in the Amboseli-TsavoKilimanjaro ecosystem, the Jane Goodall Institute's Roots and Shoots program that empowers young people to affect positive

“It showed us how important images are to helping people understand the issues at stake and they also create an emotional connection which science often cannot do.” Ami Vitale change in their communities, the Great Plains Conservation’s Project Ranger that supports NGO’s on the front lines in Africa, and Sea Legacy that seeks to catalyze and amplify a movement for healthy and abundant oceans.

Vitale and her co-founding visual journalist Eileen Mignoni had kicked off their photograph print sale in November on the heels of the COP26 summit conference in Glasgow. “We understood the important connection,” says Vitale, “and it was interesting that so many of the participants were involved in the summit in different ways. It showed us how important images are to helping people understand the issues at stake and they also create an emotional connection which science often cannot do.”

The 100 images are diverse and often dramatic, with indeed many displaying an empathetic connection with nature, and all

can be seen at https://vitalimpacts. org/.

A s of this Monday 1,166 prints have sold for $371,000. For introduction, this reporter has chosen six - no easy task – with photographers’ descriptions. I begin with the first being by my daughter, Melissa Groo (top right).

Along with the photographers’ prints on sale in two different sizes, Vital Impacts is also offering Limited Editions images of these photographers’ work printed on Canson Infinity Edition Etching Rag 310 gsm, a 100 percent cotton fine art paper. These prices range from $1,500 and up to $30,000 per print.

For all sales, 60 percent of photographer profits will go to the four conservation organizations and 40 percent goes to the photographers to aid them in continuing their work. And, again, for those interested, they can visit www.vitalimpacts.org

Melissa Groo – “Galapagos Sea Lion” “I was helping lead a photography workshop on a boat with all our clients, visiting some of the islands in the Galapagos. On one island, we encountered a number of sea lions on the beach. I saw this one adult sitting there relaxing, assuming different postures, perhaps stretching. I was kneeling down, maybe 30 feet away. All the wildlife there is ridiculously tame. They can bear you being fairly close.”

Marina Cano – “When you are a king, and you know it. Masai Mara” “Photographed during my August safari in Kenya. It's a privilege to be in Africa and spend time in his kingdom. At that time big areas were burnt, initially meant to renovate the grass but unfortunately some fires were out of control.”

Andy Mann – “Arctic Angel” “On a remote climbing expedition in Greenland, I was approached by a curious polar bear while scouting fjords in a small zodiac boat. The moment lasted only a brief second before the bear dove down and into the icy arctic sea. I hope this image transports people to wild arctic regions and creates an emotional connection with this fragile ecosystem.”

Ami Vitale – “Sudan” “Joseph Wachira comforts Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino left on the planet, moments before he passed away at Ol Pejeta Wildlife Conservancy in northern Kenya, March 19, 2018. Sudan was brought to Kenya from Safari Park Dvur Kralove in the Czech Republic in 2009. He died surrounded by people who loved him and has been an inspirational figure for many across the world. If there is any meaning in his death, it's that Sudan can be our final wake up call. When we see ourselves as part of the landscape and part of nature, then saving nature is really about saving ourselves.”

Dr. Jane Goodall – “Fifi cradles her infant son Faustino” “This is Fifi and her fifth infant Faustino, I think taken in 1990. Fifi was alpha-female then, having taken over that position from her mother after Floa’s death. Fifi was the most prolific of any Gombe female. She gave birth nine times and lost only two of these youngsters in infancy.”

Stephen Wilkes - “Serengeti National Park, Tanzania, Day to Night, 2015.”

Dr. Jane Goodall - “Self Portrait” “I was really excited to see that photo of me looking at the valley at Gombe [in search of chimpanzees]. It was taken in, I think, 1962. I was on my own, very high up in the hill and I thought what a great photo this would make... I had to set up the tripod and fiddle about until I had the tripod and imagined image of me framed just right…I love that photo.”

“I decided I wanted to go to Tanzania, Africa during the migration…To find the perfect location would be difficult. How would I capture the changing of time with wild animals instead of my usual focus on a more human element? This became even more evident when I arrived to learn Tanzania was in the midst of a five-week dry spell, meaning the migration patterns were even more unpredictable than usual. After weeks of scouting, I discovered a massive watering hole which I decided on for the final location of the image. I would remain with my assistants hidden in a crocodile blind 18 feet above the ground for 30 consecutive hours, capturing these incredible species coming together to share this one sacred resource, water.”

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GREENWICH LIBRARIES: greenwichlibrary.org Friday, Dec. 10 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Foundation Directory Online (FDO) Database Demo. Online.

203-622-7924. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 10 & 11 a.m.

Storytime at Cos Cob Library.

203-622-6883. lmatthews@ greenwichlibrary.org 3:45 p.m.

World Music with Anitra.

Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org

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7 p.m.

Friends Friday Films: “ Fiddler: Miracle of Miracles.”

Berkley Theater.

Saturday, Dec. 11 10:30 a.m.

Byram Shubert Library: Cooking Demonstration with Barbara Ohl. Online. 203-5310426.

11 a.m.

Technology Help. Lab Learning Lab. 203-625-6560.

1 p.m.

Cloak and Dagger Book Club: “The Good Detective” by John McMahon. Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-6226883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org Monday, Dec. 13 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Wee Ones Storytime for 1s and 2s. Marx Family Black Box Theater. 203-622-7940. children@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m. & 1 p.m.

Microsoft Excel Training with CT Works. Library parking lot.

203-625-6560. csherman@ greenwichlibrary.org 1 p.m.

Byram Book Club: “Harlem Shuffle” by Colson Whitehead.

Community Room. 203-5310426.

6 p.m.

Fiction Addiction Book Club: “We Ride Upon Sticks” by Quan Barry. Online. 203-6256534. ghayes@greenwichlibrary.org.

Tuesday, Dec. 14 9:15 a.m.

Baby Lapsit Storytime. Children’s Constellation Room. children@greenwichlibrary. org 10:30 a.m.

Spanish Storytime at Cos Cob Library. 203-622-6883.

11 a.m.

Petite Concert. Marx Family Black Box Theater. children@ greenwichlibrary.org 11 a.m.

Indoor Preschool Storytime with Patty Byram Community Room. 203-531-0426.

1 p.m.

SCORE Webinar: The New Must Have Marketing Strategy For 2022. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 1 p.m.

Sit n Stitch Knitting Group Cos Cob Library Cos Cob Community Room. 203-622-6883.

4 p.m.

Book Explorers Book Club: “Ragweed” by Avi. Grades 2-3.

5 p.m.

New Yorker Stories Discussion Group. Online. 203-622-6883.

7 p.m.

Innovation Lab & Family History: Laser Engraved Picture

Frames. Online. 203-622-7979. innovationlab@greenwichlibrary.org Wednesday, Dec. 15 10 a.m.

Tales for 2s and 3s. Marx Family Black Box Theater. children@greenwichlibrary.org 10:30 a.m.

Baby Lapsit. Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-6226883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 3:45 p.m.

Afternoon Story/Craft. Ages 2 1/2 & up. Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-6226883.

4 p.m.

Cooking Demonstration for Children: Cooking Breakfast with Lucia and Grandchildren.

Online. 203-531-0426.

Thursday, Dec. 16 11 a.m.

Fiesta de los Cuentos! Bilingual Storytime. Children’s Constellation Room. children@ greenwichlibrary.org 11:30 a.m.

Qi Gong. Online. 203-531-0426.

3 p.m.

Spotlight on LinkedIn Learning. Online. csheerman@ greenwichlibrary.org 5 p.m.

Tai Chi with Ken Dolan. Online. 203-531-0426.

6 p.m.

Flinn Gallery Opening Night: “Alignments.” Flinn Gallery.

203-622-7947. info@flinngallery.com 7 p.m.

Holiday Celebration in Art with Beth S. Gersh-Nesic Ph.D. Online.

Friday, Dec. 17 9 a.m.

LifeSkills Learning. 203-6256560. csherman@greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m.

Senior Chinese Book Discussion Group. 203-622-7924. ywang@greenwichlibrary.org 10 & 11 a.m.

Storytime at Cos Cob Library.

203-622-6883. lmatthews@ greenwichlibrary.org 3:45 p.m.

World Music with Anitra.

Cos Cob Library Community Room. 203-622-6883. lmatthews@greenwichlibrary.org 7 p.m.

Friends Friday Films: “ Tokyo Godfathers.” Berkley Theater.

Saturday, Dec. 18 9:30 a.m.

Spotlight on LinkedIn Learning. Learning Lab. csherman@ greenwichlibrary.org 10:30 a.m.

Sing-a-Long Music Time with Tom Weber. Marx Family Black Box Theater. children@ greenwichlibrary.org 10:30 a.m.

Stories and Craft with Nicole & Miguel. Online. 203-531-0426.

11 a.m.

Technology Help. Lab Learning Lab. 203-625-6560.

GREENWICH HOSPITAL: greenwichhospital.org/ events 888-305-9253 Monday, Dec. 13 12:30 p.m.

Webinar: Knee Replacement Education.

Tuesday, Dec. 14 1:30 p.m.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group. Online.

Wednesday, Dec. 15 12 p.m.

Understanding Infant & Child Safety. Online.

12 p.m.

Webinar: Winter safety.

NEIGHBOR-TO-NEIGHBOR: ntngreenwich.org Everyday, all day 24/7 Food Drive Collection site at North Greenwich Congregational Church, 606 Riversville Road. The weatherproof bin is located outside of the Parish Hall.

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 pullups, 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. FRIDAY, DEC. 10 11 a.m. - 9 p.m.

“Cool Yule” – a Rock & Roll Holiday Art Exhibition. C. Parker Gallery, 409 Greenwich Ave. Through Sunday, Dec. 12.

Free. 203-661-0205. tiffany@ cparkergallery.com. cparkergallery.com 3:15 p.m.

Creative Arts for 7-8 year-olds.

Greenwich Art Society, 299 Greenwich Ave. greenwichartsociety.org/classes SATURDAY, DEC. 11 10 a.m.

Greenwich Audubon Center’s Winter Birds + Family Bird Count. 613 Riversville Rd. All ages. $15. Register. 203-9301353. ryan.maclean@audubon. org. greenwich.audubon.org/ events 1 p.m.

Science Solvers Mitten Experiments. Bruce Museum. Ages 4 & up. Free with admission.

No reservations required. brucemuseum.org SUNDAY, DEC. 12 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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

1 p.m.

Science Solvers Mitten Exper-

iments. Bruce Museum. Ages 4 & up. Free with admission.

No reservations required. brucemuseum.org 2 p.m.

Festival of Lessons & Carols, followed by a Light Reception.

St. Catherine of Siena Church Lucey Parish Hall, 4 Riverside Ave. Free, donations welcome.

203-637-3661. music.director@ stc-sta.org. stc-sta.org 3 p.m.

Greenwich A Cappella Winter Showcase. Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 E. Putnam Ave. Tickets: $30-$50. greenwichacappella.com MONDAY, DEC. 13 2 p.m.

CT Ceramics Study Circle Lecture: “​White Flowers - Blue Beasts: Blue and White Ceramics From the Islamic World, 9th-17th Centuries” with Deniz Beyazit. Via Zoom. Free.

Register. connecticutceramicscircle@gmail.com. cceramicsc. org TUESDAY, DEC. 14 10 & 11 a.m.

Bruce Beginnings: Animal Tails. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Ages 2 1/2-5. Free with admission. No reservations required. brucemuseum.org 5 p.m.

Alliance Française of Greenwich International Book Club: “Betrothed” by Alessandro Manzoni. Via Zoom. amory777@aol.com 6:30 & 8 p.m.

St. Catherine’s Players “Annie” Auditions. (Youth, 6:30pm; High School & Adults, 8pm).

St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Ave. Also held on Wednesday, Dec. 15. stc-sta. org/community-life/st-catherines-players 7:30 p.m.

College Planning Workshop – for parents of high school students. Online. Free. RSVP. freecollegefinancialaidworkshop.com WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 10:30 a.m.

The Craft of Painting and Your Personal Vision (Adults).

Greenwich Art Society, 299 Greenwich Ave. greenwichartsociety.org/classes 11 a.m.

Retired Men’s Association of Greenwich: Andrew Woelflein: “The Invasion of Russia in 1812.” First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, 1 West Putnam Ave. & on Zoom. Free.

Open to all. greenwichrma.org 4 p.m.

Audubon webinar: An Inside Look: Saving the Saltmarsh Sparrow. Online. act.audubon. org 5 p.m.

Alliance Française of Greenwich: ‘Worldwide Wednesdays’ - join in for lively discussions on French films. Open to all. Donation. Via Zoom.

Please join us as we celebrate the Season. . .

Advent

Advent Mass and Speaker Presentation hosted by Walking with Purpose (open to All) Tuesday, December 7 — 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Mass & Guest Speaker — St. Catherine’s Church & Hall Festival of Lessons and Carols Sunday, December 12 — 2:00 p.m., St. Catherine’s Church Festival Choir and Parish Camerata; Admission is Free

Christmas Eve

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We also stock woodhaven Firewood racks with covers We deliver to Greenwich, Cos Cob, Old Greenwich, Riverside, Byram and surrounding areas in Fairfield County, CT and Westchester Country, NY.

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4:00 p.m. The Family Vigil Mass of Christmas with Pageant St. Agnes Church 5:00 p.m. The Family Vigil Mass of Christmas St. Catherine’s Church 5:00 p.m. The Vigil Mass of Christmas — Lucey Parish Hall 5:00 p.m. The Vigil Mass of Christmas St. Catherine’s Chapel 7:00 p.m. The Candlelight Vigil Mass of Christmas St. Catherine’s Church 10:00 p.m. The Solemn Mass during the Night St. Catherine’s Church

Christmas Day

7:30 a.m. The Christmas Mass at Dawn St. Catherine’s Church

8:30 a.m. The Christmas Morning Mass — St. Agnes Church 9:00 a.m. The Christmas Morning Mass St. Catherine’s Church 10:00 a.m. The Mass of Christmas Day — St. Agnes Church 10:30 a.m. The Mass of Christmas Day St. Catherine’s Church

All Masses at St. Catherine’s Church are also Livestreamed.

Masks advised and requested. Details at www.stc-sta.org.

St. Catherine of Siena • 4 Riverside Ave. • Riverside, CT St. Agnes • 247 Stanwich Rd. • Greenwich, CT

Complete Town Wide Calendar

afgreenwich.org 6:30 & 8 p.m.

St. Catherine’s Players “Annie” Auditions. (Youth, 6:30pm; High School & Adults, 8pm). St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Ave. stc-sta.org/ community-life/st-catherines-players 7 - 9 p.m.

Public Nights at the Bowman Observatory (if skies are clear). On the grounds of the Julian Curtiss School, East Elm Street. Free. GreenwichStars@ Gmail.com. astrogreenwich.org/bowman-link THURSDAY, DEC. 16 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.

“Alignments” exhibition opens. Flinn Gallery, 101 West Putnam Ave., 2nd Floor. Free. 203-622-7947. info@flinngallery.com. flinngallery.com/calendar 1 p.m.

Process Painting: Master Class in Contemporary Issues. Greenwich Art Society, 299 Greenwich Ave. greenwichartsociety.org/classes 2 p.m.

Author Talk with Deborah Goodrich Royce: “Ruby Falls.” Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. 203-3619717. lstevison@waterstonesl.com 7 p.m.

Bruce Experiences: Invading the Sanctum: William Tallmadge and the Santee Normal Training School. RSVP. brucemuseum.org 7 p.m.

Alliance Française of Greenwich: Live Music Program With Pamela Kuhn. afgreenwich.org FRIDAY, DEC. 17 10 a.m.

Alliance Française of Greenwich: ‘Café Franco-Américain’ - Conversation in English and French. RSVP for Zoom link. sbenthal@aol.com 12 - 7 p.m.

St. Lawrence Annual Christmas Party & Raffle. 86 Valley Rd. 203-618-9036. stlawrencesociety.com THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 13 Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich’s Torch Club Holiday Toy Drive - new, unwrapped teddy bears, board games, toys and candy canes. Donations can be dropped off at the Club, 4 Horseneck Ln. bgcg.org THROUGH WEDNESDAY, DEC. 15 Greenwich Holiday Photo Contest - use the Hashtag #TOGcelebrates or email your photo to pnrecs@greenwichct. org for a chance to win a holiday prize package. Entries must be submitted

by Dec. 15 to be eligible for the prize. greenwichct.gov/2021/Town-of-Greenwich-Celebrates THROUGH THURSDAY, DEC. 16 Greenwich Association of Realtors’ Hat, Scarf and Glove Drive, benefitting Neighbor to Neighbor. Dropp off at the GAR office, 40 East Elm St. greenwichrealtors.com THROUGH MONDAY, DEC. 20 Greenwich Recreation is partnering with Neighbor to Neighbor for a food drive. Collection bins will be set up for non-perishable foods at Town Hall, Parks & Recreation Office, Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center, Dorothy Hamill Skating Rink, & Greenwich Point. You can donate online also. amplify.ampyourgood.com/user/ campaigns/3861 THROUGH FEB. 28: 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Greenwich Art Society: Julie Tehrani exhibition. Greenwich Hospital Garden Café, 5 Perryridge Rd. greenwichartsociety.org

WEDNESDAYS: 12 - 2 p.m.

Waste Free Greenwich’s Food Scrap Recycle Program: Drop off scraps at Living Hope Community Church, 38 West End Ave., Old Greenwich. wastefreegreenwich@gmail.com. wastefreegreenwich.org 12:15 p.m.

Greenwich Rotary Club Weekly Lunch Meeting. Greenwich Water Club, 49 River Rd. $68/person. RSVP. sally. parris@cbmoves.com. greenwichrotary.org 6:30 p.m.

NAMI-CAN (Child and Adolescent Network) Online Support Group - for parents and primary caregivers of children & adolescents, under age 21, with behavioral and emotional issues. Free. namisouthwestct.org/online-support THURSDAYS: 8 a.m. & 4 p.m.

Tai Chi Basic Moves. 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. experiencetaichi.org 5 p.m.

Lighthouse, a Program of Kids In Crisis: LGBTQ Youth Group Meeting.

Christ Church Greenwich. Free. No RSVP required. Open to all LGBTQ Youth & allies. 203-661-1911. lighthouse@kidsincrisis.org. kidsincrisis. org/get-help/lighthouse 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. books4everyone.org EVERY SUNDAY: 9 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Safe Roads (Traffic Restricted) Sundays at Tod’s Point, sponsored by Friends of Greenwich Point. Through April 11, 2022. FriendsofGreenwichPoint.org RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE: RedCrossBlood.org Friday, Dec. 10 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd. Sunday, Dec. 12 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd. Monday, Dec. 13 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd. Tuesday, Dec. 14 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd. Wednesday, Dec. 15 Friday, Dec. 17 7 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Greenwich Blood Donation Center, 99 Indian Field Rd. TOWN MEETINGS: greenwichct.gov/calendar Monday, Dec. 13 9:30 a.m.

Energy Management Advisory Committee and Planning and Zoning Team Meeting. Via Zoom.

3 p.m.

Energy Management Advisory Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Cone Room.

7 p.m.

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Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency Meeting. Via Zoom.

8 p.m.

Representative Town Meeting. Central Middle School.

Tuesday, Dec. 14 8:30 a.m.

BET HR Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Meeting Room.

12 p.m.

First Selectman’s Diversity Advisory Committee Meeting. Via Zoom.

1 p.m.

BET Budget Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Meeting Room.

6:45 p.m.

FS Bicycle Task Force Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Cone Room.

Wednesday, Dec. 15 3 p.m.

BET New Member Orientation. Town Hall - Meeting Room.

Thursday, Dec. 16 8:30 a.m.

BET Audit Committee Meeting. Town Hall - Cone Room.

6:30 p.m.

BET Regular Meeting. Town Hall Meeting Room.

Our Neighboring Towns SATURDAY, DEC. 11 10 a.m.

Holiday Happenings at the Zoo: family photos, crafts & activities, magic shows, story times, and festive fare in the Elf Kitchen. Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave, Bridgeport. beardsleyzoo. org 10:45 a.m.

Animal Encounter. The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk, 10 North Water St, Norwalk. 203-852-0700. maritimeaquarium.org SUNDAY, DEC. 12 10 a.m.

Holiday Happenings at the Zoo: family photos, crafts & activities, magic shows, story times, and festive fare in the Elf Kitchen. Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave, Bridgeport. beardsleyzoo. org 3 p.m.

Seasons Readings, with JIB Productions. The Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum, 295 West Ave, Norwalk. $40, LMMM members; $50, non-members, includes tour of the Mansion, performance, and refreshments. lockwoodmathewsmansion.com THURSDAY, DEC. 16 12 p.m.

Ferguson Library: Wellness Series: Staying Healthy During Flu Season.

Harry Bennett Branch. Register. fergusonlibrary.org 6 - 7:30 p.m.

Lawyers in Libraries: meet with a volunteer attorney. Ferguson Library Main Library, 2nd Floor Study Room 1. Book an appointment: 203-351-8221. fergusonlibrary.org SATURDAY, DEC. 18 8 p.m.

Tarzia Foundation 6th Toys for Tots Benefit. The Italian Center, 1620 Newfield Ave, Stamford. ntarz@tarziagroup.com THROUGH THURSDAY, DEC. 30 Oliver’s Pajama Project Drop Off. Front Gate of Beardsley Zoo, 1875 Noble Ave, Bridgeport. beardsleyzoo.org

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Beyond Our Best

What would our lives look like if we lived towards a vision of faith that is beyond our best?

By Edward Horstmann When we tell stories about our lives, whether that includes something that happened six years ago or six hours ago, it’s always fun to have something unusual to sh a r e . T h o s e u n e x p e c te d encounters of life—which may come in the form of a blessing, or an annoyance--capture our attention and make for good storytelling.

When I read the stories about the first Christmas, I meet characters who were taken off guard, baff led, and completely surprised by the intrusion of God into their lives. The Magi, the shepherds, and even King Herod, who supposedly had tight control over his kingdom: all were introduced to the God of surprises.

Once confronted by the unexpected, each of these characters had to figure out for themselves how to make sense of what God was doing through them and with them.

And that was especially true for the two people closest to the heart of the Christmas story, Joseph and Mary. They were called to receive an unexpected child into their care, to raise that baby in a hostile world, and in doing so to place their lives at risk. It’s as if God was saying to them, “Congratulations! You’re parents, and you’re on King Herod’s Most Wanted list!” No sooner were they learning how to change and burp and soothe a baby, when they had to flee everything they knew in order to protect him from that king’s wily ways. The parents had to become saviors of the one born to save.

Although Mary and Joseph were initially rattled by the God of

surprises, they found their footing.

We don’t know exactly how; but it seems they came to believe in God’s belief in them. My guess is that they found within themselves a strength that was already part of their lives and ready to be called upon when most needed.

This Christmas let’s tap into the power of the Christmas story by receiving gifts we’ve already been given. That’s what Joseph did. He found within himself the courage to do the right thing even though it was inconvenient and costly to do so. Joseph didn’t want a blessed thing to do with Mary when he learned that she was pregnant, but he came to his senses. He relinquished his old def inition of goodness (he thought he was doing her a favor by “dismissing her quietly”) to take on a much more compassionate vision of love. “If something’s worth doing,”

writes the Japanese author, Haruki Murakami, “it's worth giving it your best--or in some cases beyond your best.”

What would our lives look like if we lived towards a vision of faith that is beyond our best? Maybe we are already feeling the pull towards a new form of service, a more decisive commitment to care for the creation, or a desire to regard every single person as a child of God. And if we don’t feel pulled in any of those directions, why not go anyway, and find our life purpose one loving action at a time?

The God of surprises awakened in Joseph a courage that was already there and brought forth a conf idence in Mary that has become a model of faith for millions of people over the centuries. Her bold spirit is beautiful and bracing: “My soul magnifies the Lord,” she said. “For he has looked with favor

on the lowliness of his servant.

Surely, from now on all generations will call me blessed.”

What if we could open the gift of each day with that confidence as we embark on a journey in the direction of “beyond our best”? To wake up with the conviction that God loves us and needs us as we fashion together a world drenched in justice and peace. Mary reminds me of another teenager who went beyond her best to live God’s dream of a world where all people are regarded with respect and dignity.

On April 23, 1951, Barbara Rose Johns, at the age of 16, led a student strike for equal education at R. R. Moton High School in Farmville, Virginia. After securing NAACP legal support, the Moton students f iled Dav id v. Prince Edward Cou nt y, t he la rgest a nd on ly student-initiated case consolidated into Brown v. Board of Education

of Topeka, the landmark 1954 U.S. Supreme Court decision declaring “separate but equal” public schools unconstitutional.

Joseph, Ma r y, a nd a l l t he characters in the first Christmas were ble sse d by u nex p e c te d encounters with God, angels, and hope. One way or another they found within themselves the courage to do what needed to be done for God’s sake and the sake of the world. May we feel their courage coursing through our faith as we live one day at a time, beyond our best.

Edward Horstmann is the Senior Pastor of Round Hill Community Church. He and his family live in Greenwich, and he enjoys creating art and playing tennis whenever possible.

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: Wed, 5:15pm, in the Chapel, 38 Gold St, all are welcome. Christmas Pageant: Dec. 12, 9:30am.

St. Catherine of Siena & St. Agnes St. Agnes: 247 Stanwich Rd; St. Catherine: 4 Riverside Ave; 203-637-3661 www.stc-sta.org * All Masses at St. Catherine of Siena Church only are livestreamed.

Masses Starting November 1, 2021: Weekend - Saturday 3:00 – 4:00 PM – Confessions at St. Catherine’s Church; 5:00 PM – Vigil Mass at St. Catherine’s Church; Sunday 7:30 AM – Mass at St. Catherine’s Church, 8:30 AM – Mass at St. Agnes Church, 9:00 AM – Family Mass at St. Catherine’s Church, 10:00 AM – Mass at St. Agnes Church 10:30 AM – Traditional Mass at St. Catherine’s Church, 5:00 PM – Teen Mass at St. Catherine’s Church. MASSES IN OTHER LANGUAGES in St. Catherine’s Chapel: 9:00 AM – Korean Mass - every Sunday 11:00 AM; French Mass - 2nd Sunday of the month; Italian Mass - 3rd Sunday of the month; Spanish Mass - 4th Sunday of the month. Daily/Weekdays: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 7:00 AM – Daily Mass at St. Catherine’s Church; 5:15 PM – Daily Mass at St. Catherine’s Chapel. Wednesdays - Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament 8:30 AM to 4:00 PM in St. Catherine’s Church. Please note: All Masses at St. Catherine of Siena Church are in-person and livestreamed. View our Livestream and recordings HERE: https://events.locallive.tv/worship/stc-sta.

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). Join Music Ministries for choir rehearsals - contact Music Director, Dr. Liya Petrides at music.director@ stc-sta.org with questions. Festival of Lessons & Carols: Dec. 12, 2pm, followed by Light Reception, Lucey Parish Hall, free (donations are appreciated).

St. Catherine’s Players Auditions for ‘Annie’: Dec. 14 & 15, Youth, 6:30pm, High School & Adults, 8pm.

St. Mary Church 178 Greenwich Ave.; 203-869-9393 www.stmarygreenwich.org Public Mass: Sun: 9, 10:30am, 12:15 & 5:15pm.

Sat Vigils: 4 & 7pm (Spanish). Daily: Mon-Fri, 12:05pm (Church doors will open from 10am-3pm).

Confessions (English): Tue: 7-8pm; Sat: 3-3:45pm.

Eucharistic Adoration: 1st Fri of the month: 12:305pm. Giving Tree: through Dec. 15.

St. Michael the Archangel 469 North St.; 203-869-5421 www.stmichaelgreenwich.com Mass: Mon-Fri: 7:30 & 9am. Sat: 9am & 5pm. Sun: 7:30, 8:30, 9:45am, 12 & 5pm. Confession: Sat: 4:154:45pm; Wed: 9:30-11am & 6:30-8pm. Eucharistic Adoration: Wed, 9:30am-8pm. Christmas Caroling at Nathaniel Witherell: Dec. 11. SMWA Christmas Luncheon: Dec. 16.

St. Timothy Chapel

1034 North St.; 203-869-5421 Mass: Sat: 4pm (Vigil Mass). Sun: 11am.

St. Paul Church 84 Sherwood Ave.; 203-531-8741 www.stpaulgreenwich.org Mass: Mon-Thu: 9am; Sat: 4pm (Vigil); Sun: 7:30, 9:30 & 11:30am. Confession: Sat, 3-3:45pm. Mass on Holy Days: Vigil: 5:30pm, 9am & 12:15pm. Visit the website for information regarding the Bereavement Group (twice monthly) and weekly volunteer opportunities at the Don Bosco Kitchen and Food Pantry with the St. Paul Mercy Volunteers. All masses are available via livestream through the website. Bake Sale: Dec. 11 & 12, after all Masses.

Bereavement Group: Dec. 16, 5-6:30pm, in the Parish Hall (meets every other week), contact Dianne Deachan at 914-327-0447 or diannefdf@ yahoo.com with any questions.

St. Roch Church 10 St. Roch Ave; 203-869-4176 www.strochchurch.com Mass: (Reservations and/or for viewing via live streaming): Mon-Fri: 7:30pm; Sat: 5pm; Sun: 7:30am (Concelebrated for Previously Scheduled 9:30am Mass Intentions), 10:30am, 12pm (Spanish).

Mass Intentions: consult the bulletin for time.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church of Christ, Scientist 11 Park Pl; 203-869-1555 christiansciencect.org/greenwich/ Sundays: 10:30am. Sunday School for students up to 20yr, 10:30am. Wed, 7:30, testimonies of healing, in-person but call in for all services: 203-680-9095, code 520520. Reading Room: 333 Greenwich Ave, Mon-Fri, 11-3; some Saturdays. Bibles and children’s books for sale. Dec. 12: “God the Preserver of Man.” COMMUNITY First Church of Round Hill 464 Round Hill Rd; 203-629-3876 www.firstchurchofroundhill.com No in-person service at this time. (If you need to reach Rev. Leo W. Curry, pastor, or any other personnel, call 203-629-3876 and leave a message or email fcroundhill@outlook.com).

Round Hill Community Church 395 Round Hill Rd; 203-869-1091 www.roundhillcommunitychurch.org Weekly Sunday Worship services in the Sanctuary at 10am or online at roundhillcommunitychurch. org anytime. Children’s Worship for grades K-5 is now available; nursery care is not yet being offered.

Please call the church office or visit the website for the most up-to-date information, events, and schedules, which are subject to change based on current local health and safety protocols.

CONGREGATIONAL The First Congregational Church 108 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-1791 www.fccog.org Worship: In-Person & Virtual: Sundays, 10am.

Live-streaming on YouTube and Facebook, and broadcast on WGCH (1490 AM). Connect during the week: Friday: Friday Email Blast (sign up by calling the church office); Church school before worship most Sundays, 9am for preschoolers through grade 6. Online programming available via Zoom. A joyful community diverse in spiritual backgrounds and beliefs. 56th Annual Messiah Concert: December 11, 4pm, in the Meetinghouse.

Christmas Party: Dec. 12, 5pm, Meetinghouse.

North Greenwich Congregational 606 Riversville Rd; 203-869-7763 www.northgreenwichchurch.org Online Worship Service: Sun, 10:30am, via Zoom (email Rev. Halac at Pastor@ northgreenwichchurch.org or call the church).

Second Congregational Church 139 E Putnam Ave; 203-869-9311 www.2cc.org Saturday: Contemporary Evensong Worship, 5pm. Traditional Sunday Service: 8:30 & 10:30am.

Please email Pam@2cc.org & they will save you a seat. Livestream available. Details at 2cc.org.

EPISCOPAL Anglican Church of the Advent 606 Riversville Rd; 203-861-2432 www.churchoftheadvent.org Service: Sun, 9am, Holy Eucharist. Sunday School during academic year.

Christ Church Greenwich 254 E. Putnam Ave; 203-869-6600 www.christchurchgreenwich.org Worship: Sun: Eucharist, 8am (in-person); 10am (in-person & livestream/ondemand); Choral Evensong (in-person & livestream/on-demand), 5pm; Compline, 8pm (livestream/on-demand). Mon-Fri: Morning Prayer, 8am (via Zoom). Tue: Eucharist, 10am (in-person). Thu: Choral Evensong, 6:30pm (in-person & livestream/on-demand). “Something Different” Summer Outdoor Worship: Sundays through August, behind the Tomes-Higgins House (rain location: Parish Hall), bring a chair or blanket.

Sign your children up for the Annual Christmas Nativity Pageant: Rehearsals: speaking parts, 12/11: full cast, 12/18: dress rehearsal, annieyardis79@ gmail.com. Advent Study - Light, Language, and Laughter: a 4-week series exploring the real meaning of Advent: Dec. 12 & 19, Family Room. Cooking with the Saints: Dec. 10, 4pm, Parish Hall Kitchen.

Loaves for Love Christmas Cookies: Dec. 11, 9:3011am, Parish Hall. Do Companies Have Souls and Does Moral Leadership Make a Difference? - Tom Chappell & Reuben Mark: Dec. 12. Art Tour at the MET: Dec. 14, (Car pools will leave the CCG parking lot at 8:45am and return by 2:30pm) St. Barnabas Episcopal Church 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org Sunday Worship: Spoken Eucharist, 8am, Church; Holy Eucharist with music, 10am, Church and Livestream; Family Eucharist, 10am, Parish Hall. (sign up for in-person service: signupgenius.com/ go/4090e4aadac2ea3ff2 -sunday1). Coffee and Morning Prayers Podcast: Mon-Fri. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 200 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-2447 www.stpaulsriverside.org Worship: Sundays: Rite 1, 8am (in-person in the sanctuary & streamed). 1st and 3rd Sunday of every month: 10:15am, in the Sanctuary. 2nd & 4th Sunday of every month: in the Meadow, 10:30am (weather permitting). Sunday School continues in Selleck Hall. Yoga on the Meadow: Fridays, 10am. Ongoing: Neighbor-to-Neighbor Food Drive: Every Thu, 1011:30am, in the parking lot (volunteers needed).

Ongoing: Inspirica Turkey Drive, plindemeyer@ gmail.com or liz.skaleski@stpaulsriverside.com.

Living Well through Advent: Dec. 12 & 19, 9:15am, in the Library.

St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-2262 www.saintsaviours.org In-person Outdoor Service: Sun, 11am. Online Worship Services available on Youtube.

JEWISH Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 www.chabadgreenwich.org Outdoor Services: Shabbat Services: Sat, 9-11:30am, (Children’s Services: 10:15am). Torah Study: Sun, 9:30-11:30am, on Zoom. Weekly Torah Portion: Thu, 10-11am, In-person & on Zoom. Kabbalah Class: Fri, 10-11am, on Zoom. For class Zoom links and full class schedule, visit chabadgreenwich.org/ fall.

Congregation Shir Ami One W. Putnam Ave; 203-274-5376 www.congregationshirami.org All services, programs and celebrations are available online via Zoom.

Greenwich Reform Synagogue 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 www.grs.org Join Rabbi Gerson and Cantor Rubin every Friday, 6pm for Shabbat Services, and once a month for Tot Shabbat, 5:30pm. All in person services are also live streamed on Zoom.

Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-7191 www.templesholom.com Services - In-person and virtual Friday night Shabbat services, 6:30pm & Saturday morning Shabbat services, 10:30am. Musical Shabbat with Mikhal & Ella: Dec. 10, 6:30pm.

LUTHERAN First Lutheran Church 38 Field Point Rd.; 203-869-0032 www.flcgreenwich.org Indoor Service: Sun, 10:30am. Bible Study: Sun, 11:45am.

St. Paul Lutheran Church 286 Delavan Ave.; 203-531-8466 Indoor Service: Sun, 9am. Bible Study: Sun,

10:15am. Wednesday After-School program: Snacks & Crafts, 3-4pm; Bible Stories & Catechesis, 4-5pm; Community Dinner, 5:30pm (all are welcome); Bible Study on Romans (adults), 6:30pm.

METHODIST Diamond Hill United Methodist 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-2395 www.diamondhillumc.com Sunday Worship Services: In-person or online, 10am, followed by a time of Fellowship.

Wednesdays: Virtual Noonday Prayer & Evening Bible Study. (Details at diamondhill.com).

First United Methodist Church 59 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629-9584 www.fumcgreenwich.com Virtual Sunday Worship, 9:30am, via Zoom (203 629 9584). Virtual Daily Gathering: Mon-Fri, 3pm, Zoom. Talking with Your Hands: Mon, 3pm.

Reading this World as a Christian: Tue, 3pm. Back to Rock – music with Mr. Bruce: Tue, 3pm, via Zoom. Reading the Shape of Scripture: Wed, 3pm, via Zoom. Spring Bible Study: Thu, 3pm, via Zoom.

Tea & Talk: Fri 3pm, via Zoom.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099 Worship via teleconference: Sun, 11am and until further notice (Dial-in number: 425-436-6380, Access code: 612220).

NONDENOMINATIONAL Revive Church 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old Greenwich Civic Center) www.myrevive.org Worship Service: Sun, 10am, Holiday Inn 980 Hope St, Stamford. Online Sermons available on Facebook (facebook.com/myrevivechurchgreenwich) and on Youtube. All groups are online. Direct any prayer needs to the prayer chain at 203-536-2686 or revivecfm@gmail.com.

Stanwich Church 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 www.stanwichchurch.org Events marked with an ‘*’ require registration at stanwichchurch.org/events Worship Services: Sundays, 9 & 10:45am (livestreamed). Christmas Eve Services: Dec. 24, 4, 6 & 8pm. New Year’s Eve Blessing: Dec. 31, 3pm. *Men’s Retreat Weekend, Jan 28-30 (Spots limited).

The Albertson Memorial Church 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-4615 www.albertsonchurch.org Sunday Service: 7pm, via Zoom. Virtual Children’s Lyceum (ages 5-14): 3rd Sunday of the month, 1010:40am. Healing Service: 3rd Thursday of the month, 7-7:30pm. (Email Albertsonpcc@gmail. com for registration and Zoom Links). Healing Service: Dec. 16, 7-7:30pm, via Zoom.

Trinity Church 5 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 www.trinitychurch.life In-Person Services: Sun., 9:45am, Hyatt Regency Greenwich, 1800 E Putnam Ave.; 10am, Radisson Hotel, New Rochelle, 1 Radisson Plaza; 11am, The Chapel at NPC, 2011 Post Rd, Darien. Online Service: Sun., 9:45am, youtube.com/c/TrinityChurchLife/ live.

PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-8686 www.fpcg.org Sanctuary Worship: Sun, 10am (Traditional Service); 5pm (Contemporary Service). Online Worship: Sun, 10-11am at fpcg.org/live. Sunday School online, 10:15-11am. The Prayer Room: 2nd Thu of each month, 8-8:30pm, via Zoom. Dec. 11: “Handbell Choir: Fum Fum Fum, Sing We Now of Christmas, Carol of the Bells, Moon in Wintertime”, 4-5; Christmas Concert, 4-5pm.

Grace Church of Greenwich 8 Sound Shore Dr., Suite 280 203-861-7555 www.gracechurchgreenwich.com Worship: Sun, 10am, Woman’s Club of Greenwich, 89 Maple Ave. (Outside. Please bring a mask and a chair or a blanket). All Bible Study studies through zoom (email gracechurchofgreenwich@gmail.com for zoom links). All are welcome.

Living Hope Community Church 38 West End Ave; 203-637-3669 www.LivingHopect.org In-Person & online (LivingHopect.org/livestream) worship: 10am. Coffee & fellowship after the service on the patio, weather permitting. Tree Lighting: Dec. 11, 6-8pm.

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Universal Crossword

Your Horoscope for Next Week SAGITTARIUS 23 Nov-21 Dec If you’ve been feeling under the weather, Mars, planet of ego and energy, in your sign from Monday means you’ll more than make up for it in the weeks ahead. Identify your goal, draw up a plan and go for it. Nothing and no one will stand in your way.

GEMINI 22 May-21 June Should you be worried about a rival’s threats? Yes! With Mars in your opposite sign you must expect to be challenged by those who want to usurp your position. Luckily, you’re not the sort to give up without a struggle. In fact, you’re not the sort to give up at all.

CAPRICORN 22 Dec-20 Jan You may think nothing can go wrong for you now, that fate is on your side. In a way you’re right but with Mars in the most sensitive area of your chart your rivals want nothing better than to cut you down to size.

They’ll only succeed if you get sloppy.

CANCER 22 June-23 July You must set yourself a schedule and stick to it come what may this week. There will be so much to do over the next few days that you need to set priorities and timetables.

If you fail to do so you will very quickly find yourself out of your depth.

AQUARIUS 21 Jan-19 Feb If your spirits are in need of a boost you could get involved in a cause that means something to you personally or politically. Join up with those who share your values and before you know it you’ll be part of a movement with the potential to change the world.

LEO 24 July-23 Aug Mars in the most dynamic area of your chart, heralds the start of a six-week phase when you will aim higher and achieve more than you may currently think possible. It does not matter what you did or didn’t do in the past. All that counts is what you do next.

PISCES 20 Feb-20 March With ambitious Mars in the career angle of your chart it’s likely you’ll soon be moving up in the world. New opportunities will present themselves but the effort must come from you. No one will give you anything but you will be in a position to take.

VIRGO 24 Aug-23 Sept If there’s bad feeling on the home front just now, accept the blame, heal the rift and move on. As Mars crosses the family angle of your chart tomorrow even the closest of loved ones will get touchy if you so much as hint they may be partly at fault.

ARIES 21 March-20 April If you have been thinking of getting away from it all this is the time to do something about it.

With your ruler Mars highlighting travel there can be no more excuses: treat yourself to a vacation. Go somewhere exotic. You might not want to come back.

LIBRA 24 Sept-23 Oct By all means speak your mind this week but try do so in a way that doesn’t antagonise other people.

If you’re a bit blunt in your assessment of what’s right and what’s wrong and who’s to blame it won’t go down well.

Not everyone is as forgiving as you.

TAURUS 21 April-21 May Whether you experience what happens this week as a breath of fresh air or an unwelcome storm depends largely on your financial situation. But either way it’s just what you need to get you moving again and, more importantly, making some cash.

SCORPIO 24 Oct-22 Nov You rather enjoy living on the edge but something will happen this week that makes you wish, just this once, that you were a little more cautious. Don’t worry too much if you find yourself out of pocket. What you lose now you will make up for later.

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48 Baseball great Babe 49 Video call issue 50 Seehorn of “Better Call Saul” 51 Security breach 52 “Let’s chat privately,” on Twitter 53 Dallas hoops pro 54 ___ carte menu 55 Kindergartner’s break

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Find the 7 words to match the 7 clues. The numbers in parentheses represent the number of letters in each solution. Each letter combination can be used only once, but all letter combinations will be necessary to complete the puzzle.

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Wildly Successful: The Snow Goose

Nearly lost to extinction at the turn of the twentieth century, these creatures have made a tremendous comeback.

By Jim Knox

beneath its body, the Snow Goose can navigate the barren ground and shallow waters of the Arctic in summer with great balance and agility. The serrations lining the edge of its bill enable it to readily dig up and cut up roots and tubers, accessible in the Arctic soil. The primary feathers forming its trademark black wingtips are reinforced and can withstand tremendous stresses—a key at tr i bute for bi rds ma k i ng migrations of up to 5,000 miles (about twice the width of the United States) between their ne st i ng g rou nds a nd t hei r winter range.

While smaller family groups typically disperse throughout Connecticut, Snow Geese of all subspecies tend to form massive flocks of up to several hundred thousand birds along

main stopovers of their three continental migration routes.

Putting the term, “safety in numbers” to the test, these huge congregations of birds may attract predators but, through their sheer size, can simultaneously withstand such predation.

As is often the case with n a t u r e ’s c r e a t u r e s , t h e i r adaptabilit y to a humaninfluenced landscape can create challenges. With the birds’ booming populations shifting gears to feed off agricultural lands, the Snow Goose’s feeding habit of uprooting can destroy valuable crops. Our challenge lies in balancing the welfare of a population of superbly adapted creatures with the needs of human populations.

Late fall in New England is a time of spectacular natural

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accompany their parents more than 50 miles from their nest site within just three weeks of hatching!

Another attribute of Snow Goose parental behavior fosters protection for the little ones.

While each pair aggressively guards their nest territory, expecting mothers will roll the eggs of trespassing pairs into their nests and raise the young as their own, thereby ensuring protection for greater numbers of young and aiding the survival of the entire flock.

The form of the Snow Goose is perfectly designed for life on the forbidding tundra. With a length of 27-33 inches and a weight of 4.5-9 pounds, these Arctic waterfowl are compact to conserve vital body heat in an unforgiving environment.

With its legs positioned centrally

change. In the weeks ahead, as you stroll, hike, or kayak the land and waters of coastal Connecticut, keep a sharp eye out for the brilliant white birds amid f locks of Canada Geese.

A rare sight decades ago, the presence of the Snow Goose is both a welcome visit of our neighbors from the far north and sure sign that, with a little help, nature will endure.

Jim Knox serves as the Curator of Education for Connecticut's Beardsley Zoo and as a science adviser for The Bruce Museum. Jim enjoys sharing his passion for wildlife conservation with audiences in Connecticut and beyond.

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remarkable success. Specifically, that success is of a superbly adapted Arctic species with the adaptability to range far south of its northern breeding grounds above the treeline in the vast tundra.

Desig ned by nature to exploit the extremely limited Arctic spring and withstand the ravages of deadly weather, Snow Goose goslings hatch with bodies completely covered with down and their eyes wide open, unlike their more southerly kin.

These tiny subpolar hatchlings can venture out from their nests to walk, feed, swim, and dive within just hours of hatching.

Thei r voracious feed i ng is essential in enabling them to gain more than a quarter pound of vital weight each day. To fuel their rapidly growing bodies, S n ow G o o s e g o s l i n g s c a n

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When the mercury drops and the first flakes fly, they wing in from the far north. A quick glance persuaded me it was a pair of swans. A closer look revealed creatures far more unusual, at least in Fairf ield County. The animals in question grazed on the late fall grass along the edge of the pond.

Due to their unpredictable visits to the Nutmeg State, Snow Geese, Chen caerulescens, are always a memorable sig ht.

With its compact build, snowwhite plumage, black w ing tips, and pink bill and legs, the Snow Goose stands out among its familiar Canada Goose kin, which it frequently accompanies.

Breeding in the Arctic tundra, these birds migrate south in late fall and early winter, foraging for tubers, roots and dried grasses along wetlands, agricultural f ields, and marshes across Canada and much of the United States.

Hunted to near extinction to just a few thousand birds by the early 1900’s, Snow Geese were given full federal protection. Like many species, that protection led to a rebound in numbers.

Aided by the adaptability of the birds, which widened their food choices f rom wetla nd grasses and tubers to include agricultural crops and their roots, the population exploded.

As a result, this North American species is thriving among the west coast, east coast, and midcontinental populations and today approaches 20 million birds!

With two main recognized subspecies, as well as a less common “blue” phase which ex h i bits b e aut i f u l si lver yg ray plumage occur r ing in both, the Snow Goose exhibits variations on a theme of