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Price of Gold Panel at GIFF

By Richard Kaufman

S The Greenwich Police Depa r tment repor ted that traffic during last weekend’s construction on I-95 at exit 9 went smoothly without incident because people heeded advice to avoid the area. They are encouraging motorists to do the sa me th is weekend. I-95 at exit 9 will be closed again from Ju ne 7th to the 10th.

Traffic will be detoured beg i n n i ng on Route 1 Friday at 6 p.m. and I-95 at 9 p.m.; ending Monday, June 10th at 5 a.m.

S The Tow n held a remembrance ceremony t o c om m e mor a t e t h e 75t h a n n i v e r s a r y of D -Day. T he cer emony featured the Greenwich American Legion P o s t 29, t h e B y r a m Veterans Association, t he Gr eenw ich Pol ice Department Honor Guard, and Greenwich resident William Fullilove, a veteran of the British Royal Navy, who participated in the D -D a y i n v a s i o n . F o r complet e covera ge of this event, visit w w w. greenwichsentinel.com and next week’s issue of the paper.

S Sacred Heart Greenw ich held t hei r Baccalaureate Liturgy and Graduation ceremony on Thursday.

For coverage on t h i s s t o r y, c h e c k greenwichsentinel.com and next week’s issue of the paper.

S If you are registered i n a pa r ty but wa nt to vote in the Sept. 10 primary of a different party, you must make the switch by June 10.

To make a switch go to voterregistration.ct.gov S T h e Ne w L e b a n o n School Building Com m ittee relea sed its June update as demolition continues on the old school building.

Work anticipated for the coming weeks: Last day of School 6/18; baseball f ield reconstr uction w i l l b eg i n l at e Ju ne; bus loop sitework will beg in in late Ju ne; playground equipment PO to be issued. The project has received its fourth reimbursement from the state of $3.5 million, totaling $15.7 million to date. A fifth reimbursement has been revised to the amount of $1.2 m i l lion due i n early June. For photos of the demolition, go to greenwichsentinel.com S The CT House of Reps. moved the offshore wind bill, HB 7156, forward with a vote of 134-10 and the Connecticut State S e n a t e u n a n i m o u s ly approved it 36-0. The bill would require the Department of Energy a nd Env i ron menta l Protection to beg i n sol iciti n g bids f rom renewable offshore wind sources within the next two weeks. It includes pr ot ect ion s for l ab or a s wel l a s m it i gat ion for wildlife and environmental impacts, m a k i n g it on e of t h e strongest offshore wind bills in the nation.

S The CT Senate voted 20 to 16 and the House voted 86-65 to pass a $43 billion biennial budget for the 2020-2021 fiscal year.

For many sports fans, they often only see how their favorite teams or athletes perform on telev ision. But what goes on when the cameras aren't rolling?

What does it take to reach the mou nt a i ntop i n pr ofe s siona l sports?

Several accomplished athletes spoke a bout t he r ich rewa rd of chasing their dreams, and unplanned consequences on their climb to the pinnacle in their respective sports, during a panel discussion titled, “The Price of Gold.” The event was presented b y t h e H o s p i t a l Fo r S p e c i a l Su rger y, in conju nction w ith ESPN, last Saturday, at Greenwich Library, as part of the Greenwich International Film Festival.

The panel consisted of: Mark Teixeira, a Greenwich resident, and former Major League Baseball pl aye r a nd World Ch a mpion w it h t he New York Ya n ke e s; Rebecca Quin, better known as Becky Lynch, a WWE Superstar and pioneer of WWE's women's division revolution; Sue Merz, a Greenwich native and member of the U.S. Women's National Hockey team that won gold in 1998; Dr. Sam Taylor, a Greenwich

The GIFF's fifth year was a great success. Above, young attendees celebrate. Later the GIFF hosted dozens of events including the Price of Gold Panel discussion.

High School alum and specialist in complex knee and shoulder i nj u r i e s w i t h t h e N e w Yo r k Football Giants; and John Hock, an 11-time Emmy Award winning documentarian who has worked with NFL Films and ESPN. Justin Barrasso, a writer for Sports Illustrated, moderated the discussion.

Lynch, who had plenty of fans in the audience, spoke about her struggles breaking into wrestling, and how she was able to become one of WWE's biggest superstars.

Lynch was born in Dublin,

Ireland, and lef t home at the age of 15 to begin training as a wrestler. By the age of 18, she was traveling around the world appearing in shows, but, when her visa expired, she returned home. Lynch began to work in the independent wrestling circuit, with an eye towards being signed by the WWE. However, during one show, she suffered a serious head injury, and reluctantly took her mother's advice to pursue another career.

Lynch then bounced around from being a f light attendant to

practicing martial arts, and even went back to school to become an actress. But wrestling was still calling her name.

W h i le t a k i ng a w r e st l i ng class to prepare for a stunt job on a television show, she was persuaded to go for a tryout with WWE. "Everything felt right again," Lynch said. "I felt that this is what I was meant to do."

Lynch signed with the WWE six years ago, just as women were being given a shot to succeed in the business. Lynch was still

being overlooked, until last year when her character finally broke through and skyrocketed to the top of the industry. She recently won the first-ever women's main event match at Wrestlemania 35.

"A l l of t hos e f r u st rat ion s of b ei ng overlo oke d a nd not getting the ball to run with, just ever y th ing was more f uel. It was throwing logs on a fire that was sparking and sparking and event ua l ly ex plo de d," Ly nch said about her recent success.

"I always say that I run on spite and coffee. The more you can tell me that I can't do it, or the more obstacles that are put in my way, it's one more thing to leap over. It's constantly making me stronger."

Teixeira, a terrific all-around first baseman who played parts of 14 seasons w ith the Texas Rangers, Atlanta Braves, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim and Yankees, talked about moving to first base as a minor leaguer.

Gowing up, he had always played shortstop and third base. " I wa s told I wa sn' t go o d enough at third base," Teixeira said. "I think every great athlete needs to have a chip on their shoulder. Something is driving them, and I would not have been

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Tim Janis to Debut New Musical Special

By Paul Silverfarb Although he has performed all over the world and has picked up quite the following throughout those experiences, Tim Janis hasn’t forgotten where he came from.

The legendary music composer, who grew up and calls Greenwich home, is once again giving back to the community that has supported him throughout is musical journey. As part of the Connecticut Public Television annual pledge drive, on June 9 and 10, Janis will help raise money and will also debut his newest special, Celtic Hearts.

“I always think that a community is like your extended family, so you kind of support one another,” Janis said. “My brother and

I have been traveling all over in my life.

Connecticut and Greenwich will still feel like home to me.”

Celtic Hearts will broadcast on CPTV at 5 p.m. on June 9. A day later the music event will rebroadcast on CPTV at 9:30 p.m.

Janis grew up in Greenwich and still has family in town. Connecticut Public Television was where the talented musician hosted his first PBS special nearly 20 years ago.

That event was taped at Lincoln Center, in New York, with the American Symphony Orchestra. Having grown up outside of New York, Janis said he felt that would be a perfect his family are in Greenwich, and I am so starting point. excited with how connected they are to the Since then, Janis has been involved in five community. I always feel a part of it, although other PBS specials, with a sixth one coming

out June 8.

“It’s great to work with stations across the country, but it’s great to be really debuting it in Connecticut, where it all started for me,” Janis said.

Janis said that his most recent event for the CPTV pledge week is a special one. It’s a concert that was recently taped up in York, Maine, and Janis said that the setting turned out to be absolutely perfect.

“When we did this concert up in Maine, the people there just really loved it,” Janis said. “We shot it outside for part of it and it actually was snowing two days before and we had a sunny day for the concert. The scenery just meshes so well and gives a

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May 2019 Market Report which looks pretty good after 3 This extra inventory and slower you get to treetop level. For the down months. sales from February to April means month of May, it’s the backcountry The corollary of more closings that for the whole market we are up t r e e s t h a t a r e s t i c k i n g u p Many years ago, I took taek wondo classes. When we would spar, my instructor had a Greenwich Single Family Home Sales 2017 to May 2019 tactic where he would feint three quick kicks to my head and pull them back. Each time my arm would go up to block the kick and then come down to be ready for his next move. The fourth time the kick would start out looking just the same, and I again raised my arm to my head to block the kick, but this time he’d go for my now exposed ribs and connect every time. It didn’t matter how many times he did it I’d get kicked in the ribs every time because my instincts told me that fourth kick was also headed for my head.

This is kind of like the May m a rke t . We h ad t h r e e dow n months and the first two-thirds of is fewer contracts waiting to close. 5.7 months of supply to 22.4 months particularly high. Last year we only May looked to be just the same and So, we are down 24 contracts from compared to last year. This is high, had 13 sales in backcountry at the then sales picked up. We closed the last year to 108 contracts this year, but it’s lower than the 25.7 months end of May 2018 with 4 of those month of May with 56 sales and but I’ll take sales over contracts any of supply we had at the beginning 13 backcountry sales in May. This of May. year backcountry sales are up 70% 24 of those sales were in the last 10 day.

On the inventory side we are with 22 sales and 10 of those sales days of the month. Those 56 sales BACKCOUNTRY SALES UP were in May. (I have two listings were 2 more than last year and just still up at record post-recession That the 5,000-foot view, but levels with 738 single family home in backcountry, and they are both one less than our 10-year average.

So, all in all an average month, listings, up 51 listings from last year. the situation is more nuanced as getting a lot of activity.)

By Mark Pruner

A Milbrook Neighborhood Open House Event Sunday, June 9 Open Houses 1 Widgeon Way 12-2 pm Hosted by Kelly Feda and Joe Porricelli of Coldwell Banker. $2,995,000

248 Overlook Drive 1-3 pm Hosted by Joe Barbieri of Sotheby’s Realty. $4,995,000

19 Overlook Drive 1-3 pm Hosted by Amanda Miller of Houlihan Lawrence.

New listing: $1,799,000

252 Overlook Drive 1-3 pm Hosted by Joe Barbieri of Sotheby’s Realty. $5,995,000

143 Overlook Drive 1-4 pm Hosted by Danielle Claroni and Marc Robinson of New England Land Company.

Price reduction: $2,495,000

63 Wildwood Drive 1-4 pm Hosted by Tracey Stetler and Kaye Lewis of Coldwell Banker.

New listing: $1,595,000

15 Anderson Road 2-4 pm Hosted by Elmarita Pearson of Coldwell Banker. $2,690,000

113 Orchard Drive 1-4 pm Hosted by David Ogilvy of David Ogilvy and Associates.

New listing: $2,950,000

9 Cliff Road 1-4 pm Hosted by Jose Cuartas and Margriet McGowan of William Raveis.

New listing: $2,350,000

MAY SALES UP TO AVERAGE When you look at the sales just in May it’s a mostly average month with two areas that stick out. One is the poor sales over $5 million, though inventory is lower there.

The other is the jump in sale in

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9 Cliff Rd 1 Widgeon Way 19 Overlook Dr

20 W Brother Dr

Open House Loop 1 Widgeon Way 12-2pm

20 West Brother Drive 1-3 pm Hosted by Julianne Ward of Berkshire Hathaway New England Properties.

Price reduced: $3,650,000 20 West Brother Drive 1-3 pm Hosted by Julianne Ward of Berkshire Hathaway New England Properties.

Price reduced: $5,695,000

It’s not all rosy for backcountry as half of our inventor y over $5 million is in backcountr y.

Townwide in that price range we had only one sale in the month of May out of 142 listings. June will be better as we have 10 contracts over $5 million waiting to close. The lack of sales in this price category is worrisome as so much of our total volume is in that section, but the legislature is working to increase sales there as you can read below.

Backcountry’s 22 sales do add up to $79 million in sales, second only to the mega-section, South of the Parkway, which has 40 sales totaling $106 million. In third place Old Greenwich has 30 sales, which total $75 million. Old Greenwich’s days on market is 150 days for sold properties versus 258 days for backcountry.

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Parade of Champions Canceled at Last Minute

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By Richard Kaufman In December, First Selectman Peter Tesei announced plans for a "Parade of Champions" to honor 2019-2020 Greenwich High School athletic teams for their accomplishments in June.

On Monday, t he Fi rst S elec t ma n's O f f ice released a statement saying that "it is with extreme disappointment" it was informed by the Greenwich Public Schools Administration that the parade, originally scheduled for Sunday, June 9, was cancelled because "there was not enough support for such an event to honor the accomplishments of our Greenwich students."

T h e p a r a d e ’s r o u t e wo u l d h a ve s t a r t e d on Lafayette Place before it went south down Greenwich Avenue to the Board of Education Headquarters, in the Havemeyer Building, at 290 Greenwich Ave. Tesei said his off ice had looked forward to

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celebrating the accomplishments of several GHS athletic teams.

"But, in recent weeks, it became apparent that this sentiment was not shared by all in the school administration. This is a major disappointment for the Town and the students alike,” Tesei said in the statement.

Town officials had hoped the parade, scheduled in June because of the warm weather, would have additional significance since last October's Homecoming parade was cancelled because of inclement weather.

Kim Eves, Director of Communications for GPS, said in an email Tuesday morning that the parade was not cancelled because of a lack of support by the Administration.

"It was not a lack of support, it was a lack of availability. Too many students and staff had other commitments, including students' final exams and

study schedules," said Eves.

Eves also included a letter that GHS Interim Headmaster, R ick Piotrzkowsk i, and Athletic Director, Gus Lindine, sent to Tesei.

“Greenwich Public Schools and Greenwich High School appreciate the Tow n’s ef forts to recognize the 2018-19 Greenwich High School State Champions with a Parade of Champions. After consulting with the coaches of these five teams (math, girls gymnastics, girls swimming and diving, boys swimming and diving, and football), there is insufficient availability of the student athletes to be able to participate in an event on June 9," the letter said.

"On behalf of our students and the entire Greenwich High School community, we extend our gratitude for the Town’s ongoing support of our athletic and co-curricular programs."

The parade was originally designed to honor

the GHS football team, which captured the Class LL State Championship by defeating the New Canaan Rams on Dec. 8, 2018, and the Greenwich High School Girls Swimming and Diving Team, which won the FCIAC championship, the Class LL state championship, as well as the State Open championship

Author Talk: Rogue Strike The Staff and Friends of Cos Cob Library welcomed author, David Ricciardi, who discussed his new spy thriller, Rogue Strike (A Jake Keller Thriller, Book 2).

In Rogue Strike, Jake Keller finds himself in a familiar position–on the run for his life and desperate to f ind the shadowy f igures behind a global conspiracy.

A keen outdoorsman, David Ricciardi incorporated many personal experiences

into his f irst novel, Warning Light. He’s backpacked through the mountains of the western Un ite d St ate s a nd A la sk a , received extensive training from law-enforcement and US special operations personnel, and once woke up for a 2 AM watch aboard a sailboat only to discover that it was headed the wrong way through the Atlantic sea lanes in heavy weather, with one of the crew suffering from

hypothermia. In addition to being an avid sailor, David is also a certified scuba rescue diver and a former ski instructor.

The event at the Cos Cob Library was f illed with fans anxious to hear about David’s second fast-paced Jake Keller thriller - set in Yemen.

From the book summary: “CI A agent Jake Keller and his partner Curt Roach, are i n Yemen on a n i mpor ta nt

mission. They have been tipped off to a secret meeting of top Al-Qaeda leaders. The plan is to interrupt the meeting with a few unexpected visitors - a pair of Hellfire missles from an orbiting drone...When next seen, the drone is attacking innocent pilgrims in Mecca...The United States government is desperate to disavow this atrocity - and who better to blame than a couple of rogue CIA agents?”

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St. Saviour’s: A True Community Church

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Saviour's Episcopal Church in Old Greenwich has opened its arms to those in the community. As they begin their second century of worship, the church is doing so under the guidance of Rev. Margaret Allred Finnerud.

Twenty years after graduating from Duke University and an international career, Finnerud completed her Master of Divinity i n 2 010. A f ter completi ng a n STM in Anglican theology and history at the General Theological S e m i n a r y i n New York Cit y, she was called by Rev. Edward Pardoe, the Rector of St. Barnabas Church in Greenwich, to be his assistant.

A f te r r e t u r n i n g to No r t h Carolina as the first female Rector of St. Philip's Episcopal Church in Southport, N.C., in 2015, Finnerud came back to Greenwich as a supply priest. She became the Priest-In-Charge of St. Saviour's in February of 2018.

Finnerud said the church, which also houses an interfaith

for the community.

"A lot of people walk here, which is so unusual. You really have this feeling that this is a home away from home. People trust each other readily. It's a very positive atmosphere, because it's youthf ul," Finner ud said.

"We're skewed as a community to families with very young children, since we have a preschool. But on Sundays when we come together as a congregation, we're 18 months to 94 years."

Ser v ing people of all ages is something the church has in common with the First Bank of Greenwich. Finnerud first found out about the FBOG when Tom Steen, a parishioner and former member of the bank's Advisory Board, recommended their services.

First Bank of Greenwich President and CEO Frank Finnerud said she likes the Gaudio; Vice President and Retail Banking Manager, p e r s on a l at te nt ion t he b a n k provides, and the feeling that Emily Newcamp; Rev. Margaret Allred Finnerud; they're both involved in the same Assistant VP, Branch Manager, Janice Stearns. community.

"It's more of a partnership," elementar y school and dance Greenwich, "a very intimate, safe said Finnerud, who is now an school, has a real component place" which has made the church Advisory Board member herself. of joy and hope. She called Old a "wonderful communal refuge" "In churches, one of our biggest RICHARD KAUFMAN

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challenges is money management, I believe in, and the work they because we're typically not made do is amazing. It will coincide up of people who are financially what we do at the ban k . Our

sav v y in that regard. The relationship with a bank becomes more important."

Finnerud touted the bank's courier service as a positive. " We o p e r a t e o n S u n d a y s when other people don't, so we feel we can call upon this bank in emergency situations, which thankfully we've never had and don't hope to have. We'd like to have a person on the other end of the line on a Sunday," she added.

FBOG President and CEO, Frank Gaudio, has tried to become involved with various foundational aspects of the community. He said he's excited to begin his partnership with Finnerud and St. Saviour's.

"What they do here is what

‘congregation’ is from two years old to100. We open our arms up to people in a different way. This will be a way for us to really engage the community here in Old Greenwich," Gaudio remarked.

"Just like Rev. Finnerud grows her congregation here, that's how we grow our group: one by one."

Sunday service at St. Saviour's is held at 10 a.m.

"Don’t miss our casual Beach Chapel this summer. Weather permitting, we will meet on the lawn, Sundays at 5 p.m., so come by after the beach and bring the kids,” Finnerud said.

For more information on the church, the preschool and dance school, go to saintsaviours.org.

YWCA Goes All Out to Celebrate 100 Years in Town The Y WCA Greenwich has gone through several changes in its 100 years in town. The building that has housed the organization has changed, the f itness areas have b e en upg rade d a nd t he programming with the YWCA has greatly expanded. But one thing that is unwavering and unchanged is how the YWCA is in Greenwich for good.

On Saturday night, the community, along with YWCA Greenwich President and CEO Mary Lee Kiernan, celebrated the organization’s 100th year in town with a gala at YWCA. The evening featured dancing, dinner and a live and silent auction that benefitted programs and services at YWCA Greenwich.

Jill Plancher and Sandy Waters were both honored with the inaugural YWCA Greenwich F o u n d e r s Aw a r d f o r t h e i r volunteerism and service to the Greenwich community. Event cochairs were Sabrina Forsythe, Susan Rey nolds Lehman and Terr y Lamantia. Former New York Mets manager and current Sacred Heart University athletic director Bobby Valentine was the auctioneer, while Donna de Varona

Jill Plancher and Sandy Waters pose for a photo with YWCA Greenwich President and CEO Mary Lee Kiernan during Saturday’s gala at the YWCA. Both Plancher and Waters were honored with the inaugural YWCA Greenwich Founders Award for their volunteerism and service to the community. was the emcee for the night.

K iernan said that being around the YWCA and seeing the organization in Greenwich turn 100 years old has been quite the humbling experience. “ We a r e r e f l e c t i n g o n t he women t hat fou nde d t he organization and made it thrive for a century,” Kiernan said. “Those

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women were true visionaries and wanted to establish an or g a n i z at i on t h at wou ld l i f t up other women and girls and families. They wanted to establish an organ ization that wou ld focus on keeping the community inclusive and strong.”

One hundred years ago, fou nde r s of t he Y WC A we nt

out and raised $50,000, which would equal $750,000 in today’s economy. They then purchased one of the old Greenwich Hospital buildings on Millbank Avenue and established the Y WCA of Greenwich.

“The mission resonated with them and they made it happen,” Kiernan said. “And, since then, there has been such a long line of visionary leaders who continued to help this organization succeed and have impact.”

To see a l l the people that came out from Greenwich and surrounding towns to support and celebrate the YWCA Greenwich’s 100th birthday was an amazing sight for Kiernan and her staff.

“It meant that our mission resonates and that our mission is important to the community,” Kiernan said. “All of the supporters were so enthusiastic about being there and so generous on Saturday night, that we can see that what we are trying to accomplish here in the community is a priority for everybody that was celebrating with us.”

And, the gala had a special moment when the husband of past YWCA President Toni Wyman, R a lph Wy m a n , w a s t he r e to represent his wife. Kiernan said

that under Wyman’s watch in the 1970’s, she led the campaign that purchased the building on East Putnam Avenue where the YWCA is currently situated.

“It was g reat to see her husband there with us celebrating the 100 years,” Kiernan said. “He was there blowing out the candles on the birthday cake with us and some former board chairs and it was adorable. He is terrific.”

A nd for K iernan to lead the way at the Y WCA now as its president and CEO is very inspiring and exciting, as she said that there’s a great platform at the facility to launch into the next century and expand their programming.

The Y WCA adopted a new strategic plan nearly a year ago and is starting to execute it now.

“It’s really going to expand our impact on the community,” said Kiernan. “We are planning on moving into sexual assault s e r v ic e s . R ig ht now we ju st prov ide domestic v iolence s e r v ic e s . We’r e goi n g to ge t our pre-school accredited. We have expanded our after-school program already this year and we are expanding our f itness offerings. We are also expanding our racial justice programming

and all of our general community education opportunities.”

With all the programs that the YWCA offers and has expanded over the past several years, it is a challenge for Kiernan to single out what has been the most rewarding part of her job.

“We have an incredible staff,” Kiernan said. “Our swim team got silver status again this year and we are the only silver team in town. We have several swimmers going to Olympic trials. Our fitness director has taken over managing several Babe Ruth baseball teams in town. The huge bright star is the launch of our civil legal clinic last spring, which is basically establishing a law firm within the YWCA. That’s taken off and they have already served 38 victims in that short amount of time. All that is really exciting.”

And, what is in store for the YWCA Greenwich over the next 100 years? Kiernan said it’s all about the continued impact and success with the group’s programs in the community.

“We want to continue to be the vibrant community hub, where people come to learn, to exercise, to have their children be educated and to lift up other members of the community.”

GPD Marine Division Assists in Water Rescue Thanks to swift action by the Greenwich Police Department, a potential tragedy was avoided when a man was rescued from the Long Island Sound, just off of Mamaroneck, N.Y., last weekend.

On the afternoon of Saturday, June 1, off icers Frank DiPietro and Joseph Turscany i, of the Greenwich Police Department’s Mar ine Section, received a mayday call requesting assistance with a vessel in distress and a man overboard in the area of navigation buoy 40.

Upon arrival at the scene, officers observed that rescuers from local municipalities, the United States Coast Guard and good samaritans were attempting

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Celtic Hearts features two of the original Celtic Women members, Máiréad Nesbitt and Lynn Hilary. In addition, YouTube stars The Harp Twins, Camille and

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Merz discussed winning the gold medal in 1998, the first year women's hockey was a full medal sport in the Olympics, in Nagano,

The Greenwich Police Department’s Marine Division assists a rescue operation from Long Island Sound last weekend. (photo courtesy of the Greenwich Police Department)

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to remove a subject from the water who seemed to be actively resisting efforts.

DiPietro and Turscanyi were able to maneuver Police Boat 139, a 39 foot North River Emergency Services Vessel, so they could approach the man from behind.

When they got close enoug h, of f icers were able to pull the man from the water and onto the swim platform. Although the man continued to struggle with officers, he was secured aboard PB 1 39 a nd t ra n sp or te d to a waiting ambulance on shore.

"We are very pleased with our officers' actions. What they did was commendable," said Lt. John Slusarz, a spokesman for the Greenwich Police Department.

The versatility and

maneuverability of Greenwich's police boat allowed the situation to be resolved safely. Prior to the Greenwich officers' arrival, authorities for other agencies were reaching over the sides of their vessels to secure the subject.

"Our police boat 139 has a swim platform on the back, and because it's so maneuverable, they were able to come up behind the subject while the other officers had his attention and were holding on to him. They were able to grab him from behind and get him up on board the boat," Slusarz added.

"We had a lot of boats in close proximity to him, a lot of people in the water. It worked out very, very nicely."

Greenwich is unique in the

fact that it has a Marine Section in the department. Slusarz credited the officers in the section with being well trained and well prepared.

"It's sometimes overlooked.

Greenwich has a vast waterfront, and we have to patrol that and protect that. Our Marine Section is made up of off icers that are really dedicated to protecting the Sound. They're highly trained.

We provide them with the best equipment we can afford, and they're just superb," said Slusarz.

"They make rescues like this.

They have experience in doing it. Having a vessel equipped like PB 139, we're able to get places quickly and lend assistance to other agencies in need that are adjacent to us."

Kennerly Kitt, will be performing.

The Kitt sisters have over 580,000 followers on YouTube and have covered classic songs like Led Zeppelin’s Stairway to Heaven, Iron Maiden’s Fear of the Dark, Guns N Roses’ Sweet Child O’ Mine, Metallica’s Nothing Else Matters, and more. Each one of these songs has well over one million views on YouTube.

Two-time All-Ireland title holder and Irish f lutist Eimear

McGeown, as well as Ella Roberts, the 2018 Australian Celtic Music Awards Female Artist of the Year, will also perform.

“It’s such an incredible group that came together,” Janis said. “It’s all new and original music and has 19 songs. We also showed visuals from six different Celtic regions, so it’s a beautiful musical journey that’s very new and very creative.

If you love Celtic music, it’s perfect.

It has all those beautiful elements.”

To debut this to the Greenwich community and surrounding areas is very meaningful to Janis. Janis said that his history as a musician has been a very grassroots story.

“I’ve been on public television and QVC and done all sorts of things,” Janis said. “I’ve performed all over Connecticut for many years, so to display this show in Connecticut is so rewarding. I know it will reach a lot of people that have known me throughout the years. Hav ing that early

relationship with CPTV where they showed my first PBS special, I am just really grateful for having this relationship, so that way I can bring this to people that have known my music over the years.”

And this certainly won’t be the last time to see Janis perform.

Coming off the success of creating and directing Buttons: A New Musical Film last December, Janis said another movie is currently in the works. In addition, Janis will be back in the tri-state area on Dec. 8

when he once again travels to the iconic Carnegie Hall for his annual Christmas concert.

“It’s such a great place to play as a musician,” Janis said. “The hall sounds amazing. The facilities are amazing. Every bit of the equipment is amazing. It’s like the Cadillac of theaters. And, we make it a very friendly environment. We bring in a lot of young performers and mix them with professionals.

So it has a very family feel to it during that show.”

Japan.

"I've never been on a team like that before or after. Every s i n g l e p e r s o n o n t h at t e a m had a role, and we all had each other's backs. Because we had each other's backs and we had t hat com mon go a l, we wer e unstoppable," she said.

Merz added that during that Olympic run, a few members of the team were distracted, and a team meeting helped bring t h e m t o g e t h e r t ow a r d s t h e goal of winning a medal. "We weren't cohesive yet [before that

meeting]," she said.

But things were dif ferent during the next Olympics, in 2002. The U.S. Women's team had a target on its back, and was the favorite going into the games.

However, it lost in the gold medal round.

"We just didn't have the same kind of gel and cohesion. Only five players were different from the '98 to '02 team. It was a different feel. We were a much better team in '02 than we were in '98, and we just kind of imploded in the Olympics," Merz added.

Just like athletes have to trust their teammates, and wrestlers have to trust their opponents to achieve success, they also need to trust their doctors and physicians.

Dr. Sam Taylor, who played football at Harvard University, said his responsibility is to the player first and foremost, not to the franchise, when determining if a player is healthy to perform o n t h e f i e l d . H e a d d e d t h at professional athletes often have to make decisions and sacrifices when playing with injuries.

" T h e s e s i t u a t i o n s [w i t h players] are not always clear cut.

There's a lot of grey. The decision making for a pro athlete is very different in some regards to a normal human being," he said.

Hock, who has directed and produced seven films for ESPN's E m m y a n d Pe a b o d y Aw a r d winning "30 For 30" series, said the key to any great stor y is struggle.

"As a filmmaker, it's getting into that human being that paid whatever price they had to pay.

There's always a high price to

pay," he said.

During a brief question and answer session with the audience, the panel was asked what's next after you reach the pinnacle of your sport?

"It's one thing to get on top of the mountain; it's a whole other thing to stay there. For me, there's still that chip on my shoulder.

There are more Wrestlemanias to main event, and I haven't had a singles match at Wrestlemania yet... There's still things to do," Lynch said. "I want to be the greatest of all time."

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It’s More Than Just A Bagel

By Icy Frantz Yesterday morning, I found myself pouting over something silly, something that for so many years would have made me ecstatic.

“Let me toast your bagel.”

“I got it, Mom.” My son was heading of f to his first day of work, having just graduated from college a week ago, and I desperately still wanted to be needed. I wanted to work my way into his ever-expanding world and lay claim to part of it, even if it meant simply toasting his bagel.

Somehow, the act of toasting would be physical proof that I still had a job. We had been celebrating his success for a week, and now he was beginning new again, and I felt that familiar pang of being needed just a little less.

When I arrived home from a meeting a month ago, I found a puppy sitting in my mud room, looking up at me with wide eyes, seemingly asking, “Are you my mother?” I had no idea who he was or how he had found his way into our mud room, but I knew immediately, “Yes, in fact, I am.”

My husband had surprised us, and

although my friends all had similar reactions - “How can he do that?!!” I was thrilled. Oh, to be needed and needed I am: at 5 AM to be let out, to clean up poop on the breakfast room rug, to feed, and wash after a trip to the thick, smelly mud of the Long Island Sound.

An important and necessary pa r t of bei ng hu ma n is to be needed. I believe that is what makes parenting such an exhausting but thrilling job. A nd beyond parenting, there is the importance of being needed at work or by an organization or a school or by our aging parents or by our community.

It gives us worth and value and nudges our insecurities aside. “You

I was priv ileged to attend two terrif ic events this week.

The first was a presentation on the f iscal state of our State by representatives of The Yankee Institute, and the second was a performance at the Capitol Theater

by Judy Collins and the Harlem Gospel Choir sponsored by The Nantucket Project.

T h e Ya n k e e I n s t i t u t e presentation was well done, but more than a little sobering. I was already familiar with the serious problems we face as a state – a declining revenue base, the exodus of businesses and ta x payers f leei ng h ig h ta xes and a government seeming ly uninterested in corporate

The orga n i z at ion i s q u ite simple but truly extraordinary.

Inmates raise and train puppies to work as service dogs for wounded veterans. It’s a win, win, win, win for everyone involved. The inmates’ commitment to the puppies provides more dogs to be placed with disabled veterans. The most skilled dogs come out of the prison puppy programs, so the veterans win. The inmate is able to give back to society and learn a valuable skill.

Win. The correctional institutions with the puppy program are calmer and the puppies spend less time in the kennel and are able to be placed more quickly.

I have to b el ieve t hat t he underlying feeling of the inmate being needed by a living creature, a future service dog, is one that is both restorative and healing.

And, as important as it is to be needed, there are also times in life when we, too, are in need. It is so difficult to ask for help. It feels weak and burdensome. And yet, I would argue that asking for help comes from a place of strength, not weakness. Truthfully, we all find ourselves in moments when we

need the help of others, someone to help scratch that itch that is just beyond our reach.

I received a special gift many summers ago when I spent three mont h s i n b e d i n Gr e enw ich Hospital. I wasn’t sick, but pregnant with our twins who were knocking down the door to be let into this world far too early. So, there I lay and was forced to do something that was really difficult. I had to ask for help. I needed someone to wash my hair, care for my then oneyear old son, and bring me mail. I needed help with everything. I have always thought of myself as selfsufficient, independent and capable (AK A a control freak) and my summer in bed was hard. I hated needing so much from so many people. And yet, it was a wonderful lesson. Life is a give and take, we need and we are needed, and both sides of the coin matter.

We live in a time of g reat material wealth in our country and yet, we hear more and more about the increase in mental health disabilities. Our communities and families are plagued with depression, anxiety, addiction

and other negative feelings and disorders. We must be missing the point. I wonder if we created a society that makes it possible for all, no matter age, race or talent, to contribute to the greater good, could we change the trajectory of an individual’s life and in doing so, con ne c t us i n a way t hat would generate a much healthier environment? By guiding others towards oppor tunities where there is need and finding our own personal ways of giving, we might produce a society that is a win, win, win.

So, on my son’s second day at work, I tried a new tact. I noticed that my apple phone no longer asks if I want to update the operating system, but rather it has become automatic. With that in mind, I simply toasted the bagel and, when my son headed out the door to the train, I said “Hey, I toasted you a bagel.”

“Thanks, Mom,” And, just like that I had staked my claim, for now, and then the puppy looked up at me with those endearing eyes, reminding me that I needed to let him out.

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By Dan FitzPatrick

are relevant and important and your life has meaning.”

How ma ny ti mes have we heard about someone who retires after a lifelong career, only to find himself back in the workforce or sick or bored. We hear of the chronically unemployed who slips into a state of complete depression or the newly empty nester who is desperately trying to find new purpose. As human beings, we have a deep thirst to be needed, to be of service and to be useful, and we need to find a way to quench that thirst.

I am always amazed at the little coincidences in life. Just yesterday, I w a s w a it i n g to pick up my daughter at school when I ran into a teacher, someone I had not seen for a while. We got to talking about an article I wrote for a prison blog, my new puppy, her plans to travel to Rwanda this summer and finally, the topic of this current piece. “If you are talking about need, you should really check out the VetDogs Prison Puppy Programs.” She said, and before I returned home, a link to the organization was in my inbox. (Thank you J.D.)

concerns, a bloated bureaucracy, out of control spending and waste, and a seemingly untouchable mu n ic ip a l p e n sion pr oble m .

What I learned was much more shocking: the fix is in for continued dysfunction and fiscal suicide unless we, the taxpaying citizens of Connecticut, do something about it.

I was aware that one of our biggest problems involves contract and pension commitments made to municipal unions over the years; promises made by past politicians that burden current and future taxpayers. Promises and commitments that make claim to ever-increasing percentages of government revenue. That has always worried me. But what I learned shocked and appalled me.

I was not aware that today, in Connecticut, the Speaker of the House is a former union president currently employed as a senior leader of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the largest trade union of public employees in the United States. The brazen arrogance of that conflict of interest astounds me. No wonder no one seems to be able to make progress

solving “the pension problem.”

But even that pales in comparison to the concept of “supersedence.” According to a December 21, 2017 research report by the Office of Legislative Re se a rch of t he Con ne c t ic ut G e n e r a l A s s e m b l y, “ B y l aw, whenever a provision in a state employee collective bargaining ag reement conf licts w ith a state statue or regulation on matters appropriate to collective bargaining, the agreement’s provision prevails once the legislature approves the agreement.”

Ye s , yo u r e a d t h at r i g ht : once a col le c t ive ba rga i n i ng (union) agreement is approved by the legislature, its provisions supersede (cannot be changed by) other provisions of the law, current or in the future! While I am no constitutional expert, that strikes me as an irresponsible and completely unacceptable abdication of the legislature’s author it y a nd responsibilit y, and by extension, a betrayal of the inherent sovereignty of the citizens of Connecticut in favor of a privileged class or segment of the population. I thought we

fought a war or two to prevent just such a situation.

Believe it or not, it used to be worse. I learned that, until just recently, the legislature had a rule or practice, which allowed a union contract to be approved WITHOUT A VOTE. It worked basically as follows: an agreement would be submitted to the legislature for approval. If there was no vote within 30 days of the submission, the contract would be DEEMED APPROVED. This practice, finally ended in the 2017/2018 session by some very courageous leaders, had allowed legislators to avoid being on the record either for or against a particular contract.

S h a m e l e s s . N o wo n d e r o u r state’s unof f icial nick name is Corrupticut.

We elect representatives to make decisions on our behalf and in our best interests. They do this by voting. Implementing an arrangement such as this, through which representatives can avoid t a k i n g r e s p on s i b i l it y for a n action, is the height of hypocrisy, cowardice and betrayal.

Fortunately, this practice has been discontinued and such contracts are now DEEMED REJECTED if not

acted on in 30 days. While this is a step in the right direction, the promises being extracted through methods any reasonable person wou ld feel a re u ndemocratic continue to hamper any chance of our state’s recovery.

The second event was much happier. The Nantucket Project and its related Neighborhood Project focus on and affirm the values of decency and taking responsibility for helping and uplif ting ou r neig h b ors. ( Wou ld t hat ou r government were as true to its founding principles.) Judy Collins sang beautifully and graced us with some of her most famous songs, one of which, Send in the Clowns by Stephen Sondheim, haunted me on my way home. I could not resist adapting it in light of my Yankee Institute learnings: Throw Out the Clowns We were once rich Top of the heap We’re now a mess And in trouble quite deep I blame the clowns The Hartford clowns.

All are at fault Playing a game Promising reform

But staying the same At our expense Feath’ring their nests.

Just when we’d thought there was some chance Fiscal realities would force some change All that we got was a dose of the same What will it take?

Can CT be saved?

Conflicts galore Self-serving goals Solving all problems With taxes and tolls Yet they remain And we let them stay.

Oh, what a farce Our state’s become You’d think that they’d want what we want How naive, my son!

So why keep the clowns?

Throw out the clowns!

Won’t anyone hear?

Is it so hard?

Have we no power?

Can’t it be done even at this late hour?

Let’s throw out the clowns Just vote out the clowns Let’s do it next year!

Yankee Institute Talks State Budget and Tolls

By Karen Fassuliotis When Valerie Stauffer heard that Carol Platt Liebau, President of the Yankee Institute of Public Policy Studies, a non-partisan organization that advocates for free market, limited government policy solutions in Connecticut, would be speaking in Greenwich she signed up to attend.

“I wanted to f ind out more about what is going on in Hartford, especially since taxes and tolls have dominated the news lately,” Ms. Stauffer explained. “Our state legislators are making decisions that will affect everyone in our state and I feel that we all should know how they will impact Greenwich and others who have chosen to live in Connecticut.”

M s. St au f fer s a id she wa s not disappointed. Hosted by the G r e e nw i c h R e pu b l i c a n Tow n Committee (RTC), CT Women United, and the Greenwich Young Republicans, over one-hundred

people gathered at the Knights of Columbus hall to hear to Platt Liebau and Scott Shepard, Yankee Institute of Public Policy Studies Director of Policy and Research, who, in their prepared remarks, highlighted three bills – the $15 minimum wage, the 0.5% payroll tax and tolls. These, and other tax increases, will have significant impact to Connecticut bu si ne s s e s a nd fa m i l ie s , a nd especially those in Fairfield County.

While the $15 minimum wage is believed by some to be a compassionate pay raise, Ms. Platt Liebau explained why the Yankee Institute believes it is anything but compassionate. The unintended consequences of this requirement will likely impact small businesses the most. As explained, businesses may be forced to reduce work hours of certain employees, or worse, decrease their work force, to decrease expenses. Those that do not reduce their work force may be forced to increase the cost of their products, which will be passed to

consumers. A better solution would be to train the workers who are earning minimum wage so that they can then get higher paying jobs.

Ms. Liebau and Mr. Shepard also discussed the state mandated 0. 5 percent pay roll ta x for all employees to fund a paid Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA) benefit of up to nearly $1,000/week for all employees up to a maximum of 12 weeks per year, every year. The FMLA definition of eligible family members for whom employees can take FMLA leave will be changed to now include any blood relative or friend who is “the equivalent of a family member.”

This means that employees would now be able to take paid family leave to take care of not only their immediate family, but for their distant relatives or good friends.

This provision drew and audible gasp from the audience. The payroll ta x only applies to employees earnings up to $132,900, similar to Social Security.

Platt Liebau explained that the law exempts unionized state e mp l oye e s a nd a l l mu n ic ip a l employees from participation in the paid FMLA program, while non-union state employees will have to participate. Additionally, for municipal employees, once a municipal bargaining unit negotiates inclusion into the program, non-u n ion employees for that municipality will automatically be included as well. The program will require significant funding and the Yankee Institute has estimated that if FMLA use by employees rises to 20 percent (which is the percentage of people who currently use vacation time to care for immediate family members), then this payroll tax will have to rise by nearly nine times – from 0.5 percent to nearly 4.5 percent. At 4.5 percent the average Connecticut worker would pay approximately $2,700 per year in state FMLA payroll tax – more than the average payment for state income tax.

The last topic discussed in their formal presentation focused on tolls.

As both Shepard and Platt Liebau explained, tolls are a regressive tax, which will affect the working poor and middle class the most. While tolls were not included as part of the budget package being approved this week, primarily because the majority party did not have the votes to pass the measure, there will likely be a special legislative session to address the issue this summer.

Governor Lamont has made this a cornerstone of his budget. In order to obtain approval from the Federal government, any tolling plan will need to contain congestion pricing.

Congestion pricing, they explained, will affect Fairfield County the most.

The impact, according to Shepard, will be that once again Fairfield County will be paying the most in tolls. Unfortunately, the current budget earmarks funds that were supposed to go into the “lockbox” Transportation Fund to be diverted into the general fund.

Based on this, as well as the past track record of legislators in Hartford, there are no guarantees that funds generated from tolls will be used solely for improvement of transportation infrastructure.

Finally, tolls will likely increase in price and the cost to implement them, both in the construction of the overhead gantries and in collection of fees, will be expensive.

The even i ng ende d w it h a spi r ited q uestion a nd a nswer session. “This was an eye-opening evening,” commented Hilary Gunn, who has been active opponent of tolls. “I knew that legislators were contemplating large tax increases but the extent is mind-boggling. It is very discouraging. We need to let our representatives in Hartford k n ow t h at t h e y n e e d to h e lp revitalize businesses, and not put the tax burden on the middle class and the elderly. Clearly these taxes are not the compassionate policies that the majority party in Hartford claim them to be.”

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

From Diane Kelly, COO of Greenwich Hospital

By Diane Kelly To the Editor: I wou ld l i ke to t a ke a moment to cla r i f y comments made by Mr. Quigley in the May 11 oped: A great past a better future for Greenwich. Like Mr. Quigley, we at Greenwich Hospital care deeply about health care accessibility.

Greenwich Hospital did see an increase in volume when United Hospital closed 14 years ago, at which time we successfully adjusted our staffing to meet the increased demands. In addition we

have made significant investments to the facility including a complete renovation and expansion of our Emergency Department (ED). We added exam rooms for a total of 25 rooms and 27 beds; created a “fast track” area to treat patients with less complex conditions; installed a centrally located nursing station and two smaller working stations for quicker access to patients; expanded the Behavioral Health Unit for patients with mental health issues; created a pediatric waiting room; and made technology upgrades in every exam room as well as added a new CT Scanner and X-ray.

We measure our ef forts against like-sized hospitals to be certain we continue to meet the community need. Our average time from patient arrival until placed in a room is less than 15 minutes and from patient arrival to being seen by a doctor is less than 20 minutes. We rank in the 92nd percentile for wait time to see a doctor compared to like-sized EDs nationwide. We are also proud to say that our patients rank us in the 95th percentile for patient experience.

Most recently we have teamed up with pediatric emergency medicine physicians at Yale New Haven

Children’s Hospital to of fer the region’s most advanced children’s emergency services. We have 24/7 pediatric emergency services and around-theclock pediatric inpatient coverage.

I am both proud and grateful for the dedicated Emergency Room Staff at Greenwich Hospital.

We are continuously striving to improve and I am always willing to meet with members of the community and hope Mr. Quigley will consider meeting with me.

Diane Kelly is the COO of Greenwich Hospital.

In Response to Diane Kelly

By Dan Quigley

It’s reassuring to know that our hospital is addressing some of these issues and that its To the Editor: management is committed to the best possible I want to thank Diane Kelly, COO of Greenwich service of all of its patients.

Hospital for taking the time to write a thoughtful As someone who is seeking public off ice in and detailed response to my concerns about Greenwich, having an open dialogue with local overcrowding at the Greenwich Hospital ED. leaders like Diane Kelly is a great way for me to

become as well informed as I can be. I think that I will definitely reach out to Diane Kelly to learn we are fortunate to benefit from one of the best more about this issue and to discuss my concerns. hospitals around. I still think that working with That’s what finding creative solutions to local issues our neighbors in Port Chester to help them find a is all about. better solution for their community’s needs can only make our hospital work better for the people of Dan Quigley is a Candidate for Selectman Greenwich.

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Civility: The Battle for Truth

By Jim Himes

I n these pola r ized ti mes, it’s time to take a hard look at civility. We need to forget the idea that civility is only about ma n ners. I f ma n ners a re a l l that matter, we’re actually in pretty good shape. Much political lunacy is clothed in politesse and parliamentary grace. And while our President behaves in ways that many of us consider uncivil, it’s also possible to do a lot of damage with soothing tones and refined manners.

But we’re not in good shape: our politics are tribal, our beliefs have become dogma, and compromise has become a dirty word. So, it’s time to demand more of civility.

The word civil comes from the Latin civilitas—pertaining to good and orderly citizenship.

If it is to be meaningful, civility must be understood as the process of t h i n k i ng , debate, and compromise embraced by citizens worthy of democracy.

The challenge is that people have vastly different views on

all sorts of things. I’m regularly amazed by how differently my colleagues from Seattle, rural Alabama, and suburban Phoenix view the world. Heck, people i n Shelton t h i n k d i f fe r e nt ly than people in Westport. We come from different places with different cultures and different values. That’s a challenge, but also a real competitive strength.

As I tell students who visit the Congress, rollick ing a rg u ment produces t he b est ideas. You don't want to live in a country where there is no argument: North Korea, Iran, China. So, the challenge is to make debate constructive rather than destructive; elevating rather than demeaning. That’s where civility, properly understood, is essential.

The key to real civ ility is understanding that no party or person possesses the absolute tr uth on politica l q uestions.

Science may tell us precisely when the sun will rise or how much energy is in a gallon of gas, but it will never settle the big political questions that are steeped in values, ideals, and faith. How big should government be? What should it do? Who should pay for it?

O ut of t h i s one big i s sue comes the practical ones. How much should we regulate firearms?

Who should pay how much for our highways? How much healthcare, education, and retirement security should be guaranteed?

People all over the country have t hei r a nswers to t hose questions, but no one has the

a b s olutely c or r e c t a n s wer s .

That’s one reason why the First Amendment to our Constitution prohibits the government from controlling what you think, say, or publish.

Civility, then, must be based on the notion that how we think is sacred, not what we think. And how we think must be rooted i n t h e h u m i l i t y o f k n ow i n g that truth is elusive. If that is our starting point, civility then demands that we embrace dialog and debate as the process by which we arrive at shared truth, or at least, compromise. It also demands that we be willing to listen to and consider alternative ideas and, sometimes, to change ours.

This is where it gets hard.

Most people think that argument is a n inv itation to inciv i lit y.

Instead of embracing the fight, p e ople shy f r om it—mu s t n’t discuss religion or politics in p ol ite compa ny. A nd a l most ever yone, for reasons that g o b a c k to ou r hu nt i n g a n d gathering days, craves certainty and is suspicious of change.

F o r t u n a t e l y, t h e r e a r e guidelines that can make this easier, which can make us truly civil, and which will improve our democracy.

First, it is the idea that matters, not the person. Nothing quells debate faster than attacking the character, motive, or experience of the person making a point.

Such attacks are not only uncivil, they poison the process of seeking truth and compromise.

Sh out i n g dow n s p e a ke r s o r

challenging someone’s honesty and sincerity are signs of intellectual weak ness, not strength.

Second, active, critical listening is essential. I’ve noticed t h at i n mo s t c onve r s at ion s , p e ople don’t ac t ively l i sten .

Instead, they are busy formulating their own response.

That ’s not l isten i ng. It ’s not really thinking. And it stops the essential act of really considering whether there is merit in what you are hearing.

F i n a l l y, a s i m p o s s i b l e a s it sounds, civilit y demands something counterintuitive: that we celebrate being wrong; the kind of wrong that is born of learning and a willingness to change. We must adjust our ideas in the face of better ones. It’s enormously ha rd to cha nge you r m ind, especially for politicians, who are often accused of flip-flopping.

But growth, learning, and selfimprovement can only happen when our old ideas yield to new and better ideas.

This is not impossible.

The scientif ic method and our court system rely on these principles with success. Why not our politics? We seem to use battle metaphors to describe our politics—keeping the high ground, sticking to your guns.

That’s f ine. But let’s make our politics a battle not to the death, but for the truth.

Ji m Hi m e s i s a Gre e nwic h resident who serves in the United States Congress in the House of Representatives for Connecticut's fourth Congressional District.

100 Years of Women's Suffrage

Reps. Floren, House Republicans Celebrate 100 Years of Women’s Suffrage, Passage of 19th Amendment

State Representative Livvy Floren (R-149) and fellow House Republicans celebrated the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment, which gave women the right to vote in the United States.

“This is a day of celebration and ref lection as we mark 100 years of women suffrage,” said Rep. Floren, a founding member o f t h e B i p a r t i s a n Wo m e n ’s Caucus. “The number of women in public office has grown yearafter-year, and that is because of

the courage and determination of earlier generations who knew that discrimination on the basis of gender was unjust and unconstitutional. Women continue to break barriers every day, and here in Hartford, we have taken further steps to end pay inequality, protect women’s rights, and inspire the next generation to become leaders in every sense of the word.”

The Republican Party p l aye d a l e a d i n g r ol e i n t h e Women’s Suf frage Movement.

In 1878, Senator Aaron Sargent

(R-California) introduced language in Congress that would eventually become the 19th Amendment.

S a r g e n t ’s p r o p o s a l w a s n o t successful in the beginning, but following four decades of rejection by the legislature, the U.S. House of Representative finally passed the resolution on May 21, 1919, followed by the U.S. Senate two weeks later on June 4. It was ratif ied on Aug. 18, 1920 once Tennessee became the 36th state to sign on. Over 70% of the states to ratify the amendment were led by

Republican legislatures. Of those states, twelve had already given women the right to vote before the amendment went into effect.

Republicans were also the first major party to advocate for pay equity – a torch carried by Connecticut House Republicans to this very day.

Today, at the state Capitol, as the 2019 session draws to an end, women on both sides of the political aisle commemorated this historical day by wearing white.

YWCA Domestic Abuse Services Statement Regarding Jennifer Dulos

Along with the Greenwich community, YWCA Greenwich is deeply concerned and saddened by the ongoing developments regarding the disappearance of Jennifer Dulos of New Canaan.

Domestic violence is suspected, and YWCA Greenwich is the only statedesignated provider of domestic abuse services in the community.

From court documents, we know Ms. Dulos was afraid of her estranged husband and was fearful he would retaliate against her for seek ing a divorce. In an aff idavit she claimed, Fotis Dulos had exhibited “irrational, unsafe, bullying, threatening and controlling behavior.”

We know that in 2017 she was denied a request for emergency relief to have full custody of the children but a year later was

granted full custody because the court found Fotis Dulos had lied to the court and had put his children in danger.

“Unfortunately, the burden of proof of abuse is put on the victim,” said Meredith Gold, Director of YWCA Greenwich Domestic Abuse Services, “and often it takes more than one hearing before the court for a victim of abuse to be believed.”

Domestic abuse may present itself differently from case to case, but it always involves a pattern of a bu sive b eh av ior u s e d to establish power and control over a spouse, dating partner or other intimate partner through fear and intimidation, often including the threat of physical violence.

The most dangerous time for a victim of domestic abuse can be when the person leaves the abuser,

which is why safety planning is critical for anyone experiencing domestic abuse. Professionals in the area of domestic violence are trained to help victims think through all the scenarios that can help keep them safe, including providing shelter.

People from all backgrounds, ethnicities, religions, races, socioeconomic status and education levels are impacted by domestic violence equally.

“The case of Jennifer Dulos is a reminder that domestic violence permeates all areas of society,” said Mary Lee Kiernan, President and CEO, YWCA Greenwich. “At YWCA Greenwich Domestic Abuse Services, we respond 24/7, and all services are free to anyone who reaches out to us.”

Domestic violence continues

to be the most reported violent crime and the second most investigated crime in Greenwich.

YWCA Greenwich services include 24/7 hotlines, crisis intervention, group and individual counseling, emergenc y shelter, civ i l a nd cr im ina l cou r t advocac y and more. Education, professional training, community awareness and prevention programs are also critical components of the programs delivered by Y WCA Domestic Abuse Services.

If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic abuse, call the YWCA’s 24/7 hotline at 203-6220003. All calls are confidential.

Law enforcement is asking citizens who may know anything or have surveillance footage to contact the New Canaan Police Department.

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PUBLISHER Beth@GreenwichSentinel.com Elizabeth Barhydt EDITORS Editor@GreenwichSentinel.com Paul Silverfarb, Caroll Melgar, Stapley Russell

Yard Signs It takes just a quick drive around downtown Greenwich to notice the plethora of yards promoting businesses, summer camps and, of course, non-profit events. There are a lot of blue ones at the moment promoting an event in July in another community.

For the most part the signs and their placement run afoul to Greenwich zoning regulations. That means they are illegal.

Let’s break it down a bit. According to zoning regulations commercial signs, ones that advertise a business, are not allowed at any time. So, signs for gyms or cardio classes or new business opening should not be doting our landscape.

Summer camps and programs are a bit of a grey area at times. Often summer camps and programs are affiliated with schools or houses of worship, which would make them permissible, but only to the extent of how long a non-profit can promote an event. Often, they exceed the allowable time frame, become weather beaten and generally take away from the landscape.

So, what is an allowable yard sign? One that promotes a civic (i.e. town sanctioned) or non-profit event, is placed no earlier than 15 days before the event, removed the day after the event and has received

Y

ards signs, often plastic with metal frames, are collected by town employees and disposed of at the transfer station. That takes man-power and is bad for the environment. permission from the First Selectman’s office. There is an application that designates certain town properties where placing a sign is allowable…with permission.

Of course, yard signs are permissible on your own property without needing permission, but only for 15 days and they cannot block the line of site at intersections or be in the town’s right of way. The town will remove them if they see them or if there is a complaint lodged.

Campaign signs? Completely unregulated by the town’s zoning department. Generally, however, the political parties in town have come to an understanding and follow the 15-day prior and one day after removal formula. That is good especially because campaign signs rarely change votes, often distract from important issues, and usually become a point of contention, bordering on obsession, every fall.

So now that we understand what is a permissible yard sign and what is not, why are we seeing all these illegal signs throughout town? Years ago, real estate signs that “advertise” a house for sale were outlawed and our town’s landscape is the better for it. Technically, a homeowner can still put up a sign that says “For Sale” with a phone number and we do occasionally see one or two around town, but signs with names of agencies, photos, agents, etc. are not allowed.

Two years ago, the Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed an ordinance banning the use of plastic bags at retailers. It was a pro-environment effort that, by all accounts, has met with success. Fewer plastic bags in our transfer station and landfills and blowing in parking lots and along the side of the road.

Perhaps the RTM should look anew at the zoning regulation governing yard signs. We are not ones to promote additional government regulations when there already exists specific language dealing with yard signs, but something must be done to alleviate this worsening blight. More often than not, the offending yards signs are collected by town employees and disposed of at the transfer station. That takes manpower and adds to our town's need for employees. The signs are also plastic with metal frames. How is that good for the environment?

Our community values its aesthetics. When you drive up North Street in the spring, it is ablaze with daffodils that one resident, Rene Anselmo, generously donated. Many of our street signs are wooden instead of green metal, again generously donated by Rene Anselmo, who also set up a fund to ensure they could be replaced in perpetuity. Mr. Anselmo understood beauty is important and his efforts are often a source of pride to Greenwich residents to this day because we too want to see our community at its best. Why then do we allow this unnecessary blight by overzealous promoters using illegal yard signs?

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On Faith

Kids Thriving at Vacation Bible Schools From Jenny Byxbee Let the little children come to Me, and don’t stop them, because the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. I assure you: Whoever does not welcome the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.

(Luke 18:16) With so many summer enrichment options out there, why should children participate in Vacation Bible School (VBS) this summer?

Every day at VBS children see and experience moments of laughter, smiles, and exuberant

joy. They discover new friends.

VBS allows many children to make friends for life.

And they are learning, which helps stem "the summer slide."

A n n Rot h, f rom Sta nw ich Church, said attending VBS sets a foundation for children.

"It's all about planting a seed that we hope will bear fruit in the life of the children later in life," she remarked.

Rev. Andre Castillo of the First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich said VBS gives families a unique opportunity to learn about the importance of loving one another, and to build relationships with

a r ou nd t h i ng s t hat a r e most important in life.

"One parent told me her daughter had attended every camp under the sun last summer, and because of the relationships she made here, this was the only one she was begging to sign up for next year," he added.

Jessica Stanciu, from the Second Congregational Church, noted that VBS is a chance for children to develop meaningful friendships and self confidence. The programs also serve as a way to unplug from the about how we live in a multi- learn how to love and support their digital world. faith world. I believe children rely community," Stanciu said.

"At our VBS, we have taken the heavily on these lessons in order to Many congregations in town, opportunity to teach all participants

with a wide range of theological thinking, and faith based practices, are offering unique and special VBS programs this summer.

S t a n w i c h -Tr i n i t y V B S , contact is Ann Roth at ann@ stanwichchurch.org.

First Presbyterian Church of Greenwich, email Rev. Andre Castillo at andre.castillo@fpcg. org.

The VBS Program at Second Congregational Church of Greenwich, email Jessica Stanciu at jessica@2cc.org.

The VBS Program at Round Hill Community Church, contact Jenny Byxbee at jenny@

What Will Your Legacy Be? From Bobbi Eggers Are You Living the Way You Want to be Remembered?

It seems like everyone focuses on leav ing a f inancial legacy.

We’ve spent a lifetime amassing possessions and pass them on to our children. But is that really our legacy? What are the gifts of ourselves that we leave behind?

What will our children tell their children about us? Living your legacy is by design not default and has the power to spur you on to live a mindful, proactive, purposeful, and fully expressed life. You will only make this journey once. What kind of journey will it be?

Focus on taking action around

your values, passion and generative potential which can be a catalyst for positive, enduring change that surpasses your lifetime.

What will be your legacy?

What are the seeds you are planting for the next generation?

How can you channel your passion to create lasting value?

What is your contribution to changing the world?

Whose lives have you touched?

On Thursday, June 13, in the Cole Auditorium of the Greenwich Library, witness a unique, lively talk with Rabbi Mitchell Hurvitz, Senior Rabbi at Temple Sholom, the largest synagogue membership in Greenwich and the Reverend Marek Zabriskie, Rector of Christ

Church Greenwich, one of the largest Episcopal churches in New England. These two powerful speakers will continue a decades long f r iendsh ip b et ween t wo neighboring congregations. Two different perspectives? Or not.

Two men of God, two prominent respected speakers. Please join us for this fantastic opportunity. Ask the questions you have always wanted to ask.

Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz has been the Senior Rabbi of Temple Sholom for the past 18 years. He is the co-founder of The Sholom Center for Interfaith Learning and Fellowship, and is the president of the Greenwich Fellowship of Clergy, a position he has held several times. As one of the prominent

religious leaders in the Greenwich area and beyond, Rabbi Mitch is frequently asked to speak at synagogues and churches, study groups, and other community institutions and universities, and to share his teachings with both local and national publications.

He has also been a member of the Rabbinical Assembly Executive Committee and has served on the Rabbinical Assembly's Financial and Development Committees.

The Reverend Marek Zabriskie recently joined Christ Church Greenwich as Rector. Previously, he served as Rector of St. Thomas Chu r ch, W h itema rsh i n For t Wash i ng ton, PA for 2 4 yea rs and developed a strong spiritual formation ministry for children,

youth, and adults. Prior to his time in PA, Marek served as the Associate Rector of St. James’s in Richmond, VA, and the Assistant to the Rector of St. George’s in Nashville, TN. Originally from Detroit, MI, Marek studied philosophy at Emory University and trained for the priesthood at Yale and Berkeley Divinity Schools. He was ordained in 1990. Marek has published and edited several books, including The Bible Challenge, a popular study guide, with well over a million users worldwide, that helps people read the entire Bible in a year. He created the Center for Biblical Studies to promote The Bible Challenge nationally and globally.

He is also a member of the

Compass Rose Society, which assists the Archbishop of Canterbury, and has preached throughout the United States and overseas.

Thursday, June 13 Refreshments: 6:00 pm Talk: 7:00 pm.

Greenwich Library, Cole Auditorium 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich FREE ADMISSION Questions? Call Maria: 862-6710 Can’t join us? Watch us live!

You can live stream the event on your mobile phone or computer: https://zoom.us/2202002000 Pin code: 2202002000

Obituaries

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Elizabeth Kristoff Elizabeth Vidone Kristoff, a life-long resident of Greenwich, passed away peacefully on May 30. She is survived by her three loving sons, Christopher A. Kristoff (Nancy) of Old Greenwich, Lawrence E. Kristoff (Sharon) of North Carolina, and Paul M. Kristoff (Kelly) of Maryland and six wonderful grandchildren, Michael, Caitlin, Carter, Charles, Andrew and Grace, who brought her great joy. She was predeceased by Lawrence E. Kristoff (2002) and later in life by her companion, Daniel J. Miert (2017).

Betty, as she was known by all, grew up in Greenwich with her two sisters Theresa Elizabeth Evaristo and Marie Ann Belmonte and graduated from Greenwich High School. She remained actively involved through the years with classmates and enjoyed planning reunions and reconnecting with old friends. She had an extensive career as a real estate and probate paralegal and was a long standing volunteer at Greenwich Hospital. She thoroughly enjoyed helping others and her love for family, friends, cooking, and faith will be remembered by all.

Visitation will be on Friday, June 7 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Coxe and Graziano Funeral Home, 134 Hamilton Ave. Memorial Service will be held Saturday, June 8 at 9 a.m. at St. Roch’s Church, 10 Saint Roch Ave. In lieu of f lowers, memorial gifts may be made to the Parsonage Cottage, 88 Parsonage Road, Greenwich, CT 06830, where the staff took such wonderful care of her during her final days.

Vivienne Dombrowski Dorine Vivienne Dombrowski passed away on Friday, May 31, 2019 surrounded by her family.

She was 84 years old. Born on Sept. 7, 1934 in Senghenydd, Wales, to the late Cromwell Polson and Dorine Foxhall Polson, Vivienne ("Viv") grew up in Bognor Regis, England.

She attended Chichester High School for Girls and went on to train in Nursing and Midwifery at Middlesex University in London. Viv met her husband, Stanley Dombrowski, during her time as a nurse in London. She came to the United States upon marrying Stanley in 1959, and they settled in Export, Pa. She practiced nursing for over thirty years, most of which at University of Pittsburgh Medical CenterPresbyterian Hospital. Viv retired from nursing in 1994, and moved to Edgehill in Stamford, CT in 2000. She became an American in 2002, and lived at Edgehill until she passed.

Viv will be remembered for her kind, gentle, and endearing spirit. A voracious reader, Viv devoured books, from Agatha Christie to Shakespeare, and imparted her love of reading to her three children from a young age by reading them stories from her own upbringing in the UK. She was a trained pianist with a deep knowledge of classical music, and particularly loved opera – she knew many of her favorite arias by heart. Viv was always quick to laugh, and was known for her self-deprecatory hu mor. She sh a r e d he r b ou nd le s s love a nd generosity with everyone she met.

Vivienne was predeceased by her husband in 1994. She is survived by her brother, Dr. Alan Polson and his wife, Dr. Anne Polson of Blue Bell, Pa.; her children and their spouses, Dr. Jan Dombrowski and Kathy Knox Dombrowski of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., Nadia Dombrowski and Harry Carrel of Cos Cob, CT, and Stefan Dombrowski and Anke Kramer of Glen Ridge, N.J.; nephew Glyn Polson and his wife, Kathleen Phelps Polson of Boston, Mass.; eight grandchildren, Christina, Aleksander, Lydia, Alina, Pascale, Katya, Natasha, and Sonya; and three

grandnieces, Ayla, Eliza, and Kate.

Calling hours were Monday, June 3 at Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, June 4 at St. Michael the Archangel Church.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to Medecins Sans Frontieres, in honor of Vivienne's decades-long practice as a nurse and commitment to caring for others.

Raymond Holland, Jr. Raymond Charles Holland, Jr., age 60, passed away on May 30, 2019. Born in Manhattan on Oct. 30, 1958 to Raymond Charles, Sr. and Margaret (Peggy) Holland, he grew up in Long Island and Larchmont, N.Y. He attended Fordham Preparatory High School and graduated from Franklin & Marshall College, with an Economics degree in 1981. Ray worked for Merrill Lynch in Kansas City and Louisville and subsequently spent many years as a trader on the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

Ray is survived by his son Raymond Brian and wife Jing Peng of Philadelphia, Pa., and daughter Megan Holland and her husband Sergio Mesa of Brooklyn, N.Y.; loving parents, Raymond and Peggy Holland of Stamford, CT, and his siblings: Maureen Winkenwerder and her husband Rick, of Asheville, N.C.; Ron Holland and his wife Cindy of Rowayton, CT; Glen Holland and his wife Margaret of Hingham, Mass.; Margaret Ettinger and her husband Richard of New Canaan, CT; Patrice Holland of Stamford, CT; Allyson Gill and her husband Brian of New York, N.Y.; Beth Holland of Stamford, CT, and many loving nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Devoted to his family, Ray loved spending time hiking, gardening and enjoying family vacations on the Jersey Shore. He was an avid reader, especially of Stephen King, and had an encyclopedic knowledge of sports, especially baseball. He will be missed and remembered by many.

Friends and family are invited to a viewing on Monday, June 3 from 3 to 5 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. at the Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home, 2900 Summer St., Stamford. A Mass will be held on Tuesday, June 4 at 10 a.m. at St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Ave., R iverside. In lieu of f lowers, memorial contributions may be made in Ray's memory to: Little Sisters of the Poor, Bronx NY.

Anthony Morell, Jr. Anthony Paul Morell Jr., age 65 of Greenwich, CT, died peacefully on May 29, surrounded by his family and friends. Paul was born in Riverside, CT to Anthony Paul and Agnes Reilly Morell and was predeceased by them as well as his younger brother Daniel. He is survived by more than fifty cousins.

A pr oud 2 7-ye a r ve te ra n of UST, I nc . i n Greenwich, Paul served as the Document Services Specialist, audio/visual expert, trained CPR / first responder for the company and was beloved by all employees. Prior to UST, Paul worked with Greenwich ARC from 1976 to 1982. He also volunteered at Abilis in Greenwich from 2010 to 2012. He graduated from St. Colettas School in Hanover, Mass.

Devoted to the town of Greenwich, Paul served as the co-chair of the First Selectman Committee for People with Disabilities for 10 years. Paul also was a highly decorated and dedicated athlete with the Special Olympics for more than 30 years, where you name the activity – swimming, golfing, skating, sailing, kick ball – he did it. He served as the opening torchbearer for the town of Greenwich for many years. His kind and gentle ways led him to serve as a mentor to many of the athletes on the team.

His work culminated in him achieving the status of Assistant Coach and just recently was awarded the title of Coach from the state of Connecticut – a goal he set out to achieve many years ago.

A non-stop volunteer, Paul gave back to his church, his community and even to our town sports, where he regularly attended high school football games as an avid fan. His network of friends was so large that he was often referred to as the unofficial selectman of Greenwich. First Selectman Peter Tesei agreed, referring to Paul as a true advocate and pioneer for people with disabilities.

He will be remembered for his gregarious laugh, his ability to never fail to meet a stranger, his love of Meatloaf Family Night on Thursdays, his non-stop support of his fellow athletes, family and friends and their children's activities, whether it was their band concerts, middle school plays, graduations and more.

Perhaps he will best be remembered by his ability to smile even in the toughest of times, after losing his mother, father and only brother, and no matter the circumstances, his strong belief that life was good and worth living.

Visiting hours took place Sunday, June 2 at Leo P. Gallagher & Son Funeral Home. A funeral service was held Monday, June 3 at St. Mary Church. In lieu of f lowers, please consider a donation to the Greenwich Special Olympics, c/o Richard Ditrio, 21 Grey Rock Drive, Greenwich, CT 06831 or Abilis, 50 Glenville Street, Greenwich, CT 06831.

Joan Nixon Joan H. Nixon of Greenwich, CT passed away peacefully on May 22, 2019. She was 84 years old.

Services were held Monday, June 3 at 11 a.m., at St. Paul Roman Catholic Church in Greenwich. Burial took place at Calvary Cemetery, located in Woodside, N.Y.

Bruce Kiley It is with great sadness that the family of Bruce Edward Kiley announces his passing on Wednesday, May 22, 2019 at the age of 63. Bruce was born in Needham, Mass. to Mark and Helen Kiley (Faughnan) and grew up in Cohasset, Mass. Bruce attained his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Architecture from Yale University, and his MBA from the Tuck School at Dartmouth.

Bruce's f irst job was with General Electric specializing in International Real Estate. After receiving his MBA, He became an Associate with Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc. He later joined GE Capital, as a Managing Director in Real Estate, in Stamford, CT and London, UK. While in England, Bruce met and married Fenella S. Kiley (Bacon); they returned to NYC and Bruce continued to work for GE Capital and then joined Price Waterhouse's NYC Real Estate Group. He later worked at Strategic Value Partners, an international hedge fund based in Greenwich, CT before joining Keystone Realty Capital in Stamford, CT. Bruce was thrilled to be father to twins, Nicholas and Alicia. The family moved to Greenwich, CT and acquired multiple pets including his much beloved English Springer Spaniel, Ollie. In addition to animals, Bruce's other great love was sailing and he joined nearby Indian Harbor Yacht Club. He enjoyed taking the twins and Ollie out on his Boston Whaler each weekend and was a regular presence at IHYC's Wednesday night racing. Bruce was a key member of the Stanwich School Board of Trustees as Treasurer, a position he held for several years.

Bruce is survived by his children, Nick and Alicia Kiley, and by his former wife, Fenella Kiley, as well as his two brothers, Mark and Richard Kiley and

their respective wives Marsha and Lynn Kiley, three nieces and one nephew. Bruce was a proud father right up until his untimely passing. His dog never left his side.

Katrina Parson On April 29, 2019 Katrina Rozendaal Parson passed away from complications due to ALS. Katrina was 82 years old and was accompanied by her children and many loving friends and family on the final leg of her journey.

Katrina was born on Feb. 4, 1937, in Scranton, Pa., the daughter of Dr. Hans Rozendaal and Katherine Scranton. Katrina and her younger brother Jan Rozendaal of Burlington, Vt. and sister Anneka Scranton of San Luis Obispo, Calif. remained close their entire lives. Katrina went to Miss Halls School, and then on to Smith College where she earned a B.A. in History in 1958. She later earned a Master's degree in Organizational Psychology from New York University.

Katrina married Robert Woodman Harris in Sept. 1957. They lived in Greenwich, CT for 25 years. "Trine and Woody" had three children: Wendie Woodman Demuth, Joseph Scranton Harris and Jan William Harris, and there are now seven grandchildren. Katrina was divorced from Mr. Harris and was remarried to Frank Parson in 1985.

They moved from Connecticut to Brooklin, Maine and later Blue Hill, where she lived for the past 30 years. Katrina devoted her professional career to mission-based, non-profit organizations and was a tireless advocate and fundraiser for numerous causes. From 1968-1978, Katrina was President of The Family Center of Greenwich, the Junior League of Greenwich, and Director of Operations for The Mead School for Human Development. From 198085, Katrina was Director of Planning for the United Way of Greenwich, and then became the CEO of the YWCA of Greenwich from 1985-1990.

Trine moved with Frank Parson to Brooklin in 1990. It wasn't long before she became heavily involved in local non-prof its, beginning with Downeast Horizons. She became the President of the board of Blue Hill Hospital and also led their Capital Fund Drive. She was campaign chairwoman for fundraising for the Eastern Maine Medical Center Cancer Center outside Bangor. Katrina was on the board of the George Stevens Academy in Blue Hill for many years and was a devoted and successful fundraiser for the school as well.

When not working for her many non-prof it causes, Katrina enjoyed tennis, sailing, and hiking, and was part of an all-female hiking club that took on over 20 challenging hikes all over the United States and Europe. Trine very much enjoyed her book club and "Thirsty Thursday" women's discussion group in Blue Hill, and was a founder of Colloquy Downeast; a series of thoughtful discussions on topics of general interest. She also helped found the 40/15 tennis center in Blue Hill, and sang for many years with the Bagaduce Chorale in Blue Hill.

Katrina had a keen intellect, sharpened by a top tier education and a lifetime of thoughtful inquiry.

She loved music, the opera and piano, which she played for many years, especially enjoying her lessons from friend and teacher Paul Sullivan in Brooklin. She loved sailing her beloved Concordia Yawl, named "Katrina" by her father Hans. The S/ V Katrina was a fixture on Eggomoggin Reach for many years, and now resides in Rockport, Maine, having been faithfully passed along to her children.

Katrina Rozendaal Parson was an exceptional daughter, sister, wife, mother, and citizen who touched many and will be sorely missed by all.

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On Faith Feature

What is Sacrificed Endures Forever

By Marek P. Zabriskie Some 370,000 soldiers, most of whom had never seen combat before, landed in Normandy about 75 years ago. As their landing craft approached Omaha and Utah Beach, they faced terrifying machine gun fire.

Many were pinned down for hours.

Thousands lost their lives. Many were shot before they even got to shore. Omaha was a disaster. In ten minutes, a company of 200 was reduced to seven who had not been killed or wounded.

To d a y, t h e A m e r i c a n C e m e t e r y at Omaha Beach holds some 10,000 A mer ica n sold iers who d ied i n the invasion. They paid the ultimate price.

Our nation is built on sacrifice. In order for us to experience the freedom and the joys that we cherish today, thousands paid with their lives. As Ronald Regan said, Most of them were boys when they died, and they gave up two lives – the one they were living and the one they would have lived. When they died, they gave up their chance to be husbands and fathers and grandfathers. They gave up their chance to be revered old men. They gave up everything for our country, for us. All we can do is remember.

My w i fe , M i m s , a nd I sp e nt ou r honeymoon in France and visited the Normandy beachheads.

We entered the bunkers and walked in silence through an endless sea of white crosses at the American Cemetery.

We d rove to Pont du Hoc, where American Rangers scaled the cliffs as German soldiers rained down machine gun fire. Inside the bunker a plaque read, “The 225 rangers fought two and one half days before relief. Ninety men survived the mission.” Sacrifice.

This may be the last major anniversary of the D-Day Invasion where the few surviving veterans who fought can visit the hallowed cliffs, walk the beachheads, stand in awe in the cemeteries and pay homage to their fallen comrades who gave their lives for our freedom.

At a ceremony in France marking the fiftieth anniversary of the D-Day Invasion, President Bill Clinton said, “We are the children of your sacrifice.”

American men and women have paid enormous costs from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to the World Wars to Korea, Vietnam and the more recent wars

to the struggle to end slavery, establish civil right and provide dignity for all.

In all of them, people have had to sacrifice, so that those who come after us might live good, decent lives. Our lives and our nation are built on sacrifice.

Nothing is possible without it – families are not possible without the sacrifice of parents caring for their children, changing diapers, driving carpool, helping with homework, feeding and bathing children or the sacrifice of children caring for aging and ailing parents.

Communities are not possible without people sacrificing their time and energy – at Little League, the United Way, Public TV, the symphony, serving meals in soup kitchens, Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts and being involved in local politics. People go out on a limb to make sure that everyone in the community is treated with dignity.

It all takes sacrifice.

Sacrifice is fundamental to the beliefs and practices of most of the world’s great religions. There are ancient stories about ritual slaughter and cultic blood-letting to appease an angry deity, which repel us today. We know God does not call forth that kind of sacrifice.

But far from being outmoded, the concept of sacrifice still speaks to this present age, because the power of a sacrif ice is timeless. Science reveals that all life is dependent on death, and the sur vival of our species and our planet requires human self-limitation and self-denial.

We live in a world of instant gratification and conspicuous consumption, where

sacrifice, and limitation or postponement of self ish pleasures is v iewed as undesirable or downright wrong. Ours is the, “What I want I get generation.” Yet, great nations rise by service and sacrifice.

A survey found that, while 43 percent of persons who never attend church agreed that the “main purpose of life is to fulfill yourself,” only 19 percent of regular churchgoers accepted that proposition.

Sadly, advertising, publicists and populist politicians are editing “sacrifice” out of the script for living our lives.

Many churches, too, have lost their nerve. New churches offer services that are upbeat with relevant messages, not speaking about money and asking little of those who worship. There is hardly a whisper of sacrifice, of the costliness of civilization, community and free society, of the sacrifice on a cross on which the church was built.

Sacr if ice is the basis for joy a nd fulfillment for it is by giving up ourselves for God’s sake that we become whole and holy. That’s what makes love the most profoundly sacrificial and fulfilling human experience, because we lose ourselves in something outside ourselves.

Sacrifice is the love that suffers and the love that saves. It is the wounded healer who heals. The power of sacrifice comes from self-emptying and self-giving. Acts of surrender, self-giving and sacrifice bring us in touch with our deepest selves and the profound holiness of life.

No wonder polls to determine the world’s most admired figures consistently put those who have devoted themselves

selflessly to others near the top of the list – St. Francis of Assisi, Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Nelson Mandela and Desmund Tutu. Their lives defy the me-first culture.

We can all think of examples close to home. I think of Bob, a member of my first church who sacrificed all of his hobbies, friendships, and free time to care for his wife, Peggy, who suffered from Alzheimer’s. Sacrifice and love go hand in hand.

Two and a half weeks into rehearsals for The Sound of Music, Oscar Hammerstein learned that he had stomach cancer. The day before his surgery, he handed Mary Martin a little slip of paper with a lyric that he hoped would be added to the production. It contained these words: A bell is no bell till you ring it, A song is no song until you sing it And love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay, Love isn’t love till you give it away.

We have lost the original sense of “sacrifice,” which is derived from two Latin words, sacer and facere – which mean to make holy, for in every sacrifice we take a common object and move it to the realm of the religious. We consecrate it, make it holy, and it endures forever.

Standing in the bunker atop the cliffs at Pont du Hoc, my wife and I knew that we were on holy ground. We stood in awe and silence, sensing that the sacrifices would endure forever. Perhaps it’s time to reintroduce the word “sacrifice” into our vocabulary and into our lives.

The Rev. Marek P. Zabriskie, is the Rector of Christ Church.

Worship & Events Calendar ASSEMBLIES OF GOD Harvest Time Church 1338 King St., 203-531-7778 www.htchurch.com

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

North Greenwich Congregational 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-869-7763 www.northgreenwichchurch.org

Mass: Mon-Fri: 7:45am, 9am; Sat 9am, Vigil Mass 5pm; Sun: 7, 9, 10:30am, 12, Service: Sun 10:30am. Communion first Sunday of month.

Service: Sun 9 & 11am; Wed 7pm - 5pm. Bible Study: Thu 7pm.

Family Life Night. Spanish: Thur & Sat Second Congregational Church St. Timothy Chapel 7:30pm; Sun 4pm. Sunday School, 139 E Putnam Ave.; 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421 10:30-11:15am. Service - Stamford 203-869-9311 campus, Sun 10am, Palace Theatre, Mass: Sat 4pm; Sun: 9:30 & 11am. www.2cc.org 61 Atlantic St. Every Wed, from Jan. St. Paul Church Family-friendly Evensong Service, every 10-March 28: The Alpha Course, 84 Sherwood Ave. | Sat 5pm. Sun Serv: 8:30 & 10:30am.

7-8:30pm. Connie's Circle - Every Sat, 203-531-8741 June 9: Tent Sunday, 10:30am. June 10am-1pm. June 9: Water Baptisms, www.stpaulgreenwich.org 13: Greenwich Moms’ Group, 7pm.

9 & 11am. June 14, 7-9pm & June Mass: Vigil Sat: 4pm; Sun: 7:30, 9:30, June 24-28: Vacation Bible School.

15, 9am-12:30pm: Messiah's House 11:30am; Mon to Thurs 9am. Holy July 8-12: Performing Arts Camp.

Annual Prophetic Seminar.

Day schedule: Vigil: 5:30pm Holy EPISCOPAL BAPTIST Day: 9am and 12:15pm. First Friday Anglican Church of the Advent Mass & Benediction 9am. St. Paul First Baptist Church 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-861-2432 Volunteers in Action, Fri mornings, 10 Northfield St.; www.churchoftheadvent.org office@stpaulgreenwich.org or 203203-869-7988 531-8741. Sacrament of Reconciliation Service: Sun 9am Holy Eucharist. Sunday www.firstbaptistgreenwich.com Sat 3-3:45pm or by appointment. June School during academic year.

Sun: Service 11am, School 10am. Wed: 7: First Friday Mass & Benediction, Christ Church Greenwich Bible Study 7:30pm.

9-10am 254 E. Putnam Ave.; Greenwich Baptist Church St. Roch Church 203-869-6600 10 Indian Rock Ln; 10 St. Roch Ave.; 203-869-4176 www.christchurchgreenwich.org 203-869-2807 www.strochchurch.com Sunday Worship - May 18-Sept 15: Holy www.greenwichbaptist.org Mass: Mon, Tue, Frid: 7:30pm; Sat Eucharist, Rite 2, 8am; Holy Eucharist, Sun: Prayer in chapel 9:15-9:30am; 4pm, Vigil Mass 4pm; Sun: 7:30, 9:30, Rite 2, 10am; Compline & Commuion, Bible Study, 9:30am; Worship 11am. 11:30am - Social Hour (immediately 5pm. Sunday Educational Offerings: Wed: Prayer & Bible Study 7-8:15pm. after 9:30 Mass). Confession: Sat Exploration Series, Youth Formation Every first Sat. of the month: Men’s Bible 3-3:45pm. Prayer Group (Spanish) Fri & Church School, 10:10am. Tue: Study and Breakfast, 8-9:30am.

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Holy Eucharist, 10am. June 10: Tag CATHOLIC Sale with Grace: Spring Cleaning CHRISTIAN SCIENCE Collection - benefiting Kids Helping Sacred Heart Church First Church of Christ, Scientist Kids and Domus, 12pm, 203-27395 Henry St.; 203-531-8730 11 Park Place; 203-869-2503 1480 or tagsalewithgrace@ www.christiansciencect.org/ Mass: Mon-Fri 7am, Sat 4 & 5:30pm, gmail.com. June 16: Preach on the greenwich Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am Confessions: Beach, 9am, Greenwich Point (In Sat 3:30 & 5pm.

Service and Sunday School 10:30am the event of rain, service will take place in the Church at 10am).

Wed. Service 7:30pm. Childcare.

St. Agnes Church Greenwich 247 Stanwich Rd.; St. Barnabas Episcopal Church COMMUNITY 203-869-5396 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 First Church of Round Hill www.stagnesrc.org www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org 464 Round Hill Rd.; Mass: Mon 9am, Sat 4pm (Winter only), Sun: Holy Eucharist Rite I 8am, Holy 203-629-3876 Sun: 8:30 & 10am.

Eucharist Rite II, 10am; Worship, Church www.firstchurchofroundhill.com St. Catherine of Siena Church Service: Sundays 10am Holy School & Nursery 10am. Serve dinner at Pacific House, fourth Tue of the month, 4 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-3661 Communion: first Sun every month.

5:30pm. June 9: Parish Picnic, 11amwww.stcath.org Round Hill Community Church 1pm.

Mass: Mon-Fri: 7am and 5:15pm, Sat 395 Round Hill Rd.; St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 7am, Sun 7:30, 9, 10:30am and 5pm; 203-869-1091 200 Riverside Ave.; Vigil: Sat 5pm; Holy Day 7am, 12:10 www.roundhillcommunitychurch.

203-637-2447 and 5:15pm (Vigil). Confessions Sat org www.stpaulsriverside.org 3pm. Meditation Group Thu 7pm.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Service & Church School: Sun 10am Service: Sun: Holy Eucharist, 8am; First Fri of month. June 7: Summer (childcare available) followed by Coffee Christian Education Formation (Sunday Kick-Off Potluck Dinner, 6-8:30pm, Hour; Summer Meditation Schedule: School), 10; Holy Eucharist, 10:15; RSVP by June 6. June 8-9: Undie Thurs, 6:30pm. June 8: Small Group Coffee Hour, 11:30.

Sunday - underwear collection Dinner (C3), 6:30pm. June 9: St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church for those in need, all sizes and Annual Church Picnic, 11:30am; The 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637ages, theundiesproject.org. Chamber Players Benefit Cocktail 2262 June 9: Wear Orange Concert: Party, 5pm. June 13: Pen Women www.saintsaviours.org Workshop and Luncheon, 10:30am.

Hilltop Music Collective, free, act. everytown.org/event/wear- June 14: RHCC Youth Group - Friday Sun: Rite I Eucharistic Service, 8am. Rite orange-2019/22783. June 13: Night Live, 6pm; RHCC Women's II Eucharistic Service, 10am. School and New Liturgical Norms - Review Gathering - Wine Talk & Tasting, 6pm. childcare offered during 10am service.

Sessions, 7:30pm, RSVP, rectory@ June: Beach Chapel - casual service CONGREGATIONAL stcath.org. with refreshments afterwards: The First Congregational Church Sundays, 5pm, Memorial Garden & St. Mary Church 108 Sound Beach Ave; Chapel.

178 Greenwich Ave.; 203-637-1791 203-869-9393 www.stmarygreenwich.org

Mass: Mon-Fri 7am & 12:05pm; Sat 8am; Sun 7, 9, 10:30am, 12:15 and 5:15pm Sat Vigils: 4 and 7:30pm (Spanish). Confession: Sat 2:45-3:45.

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Mon 11am-12pm. Walking With Purpose, Tue 9:30am. Choir Rehearsals, Thu: Children 5:30-6pm, Youth 6-7, Adults 7:30-9:15.

St. Michael the Archangel

www.fccog.org

Regular Worship and Church School: Sun 10am in Meetinghouse. Caregivers Support Group, 1st Sun 11:15am-12pm.

Hats Off Book Discussion Group, Thu 1011:30am. June 8: S.O.S. Talk/Support Group for Busy Woman, 3:15-5pm, Lounge. June 9: Confirmation Sunday, 10-11am; Caregivers Support Group, 11:15am-12:15pm, Rick's Room. June 10: Off Sounders Rehearsal, 8-10pm.

Mommy & Me Fall Session begins (0-24 months), 9:20am, register.

Congregation Shir Ami One W. Putnam Ave; 203-274-5376 www.congregationshirami.org

203-869-0032 www.flcgreenwich.org

(202 Taconic Rd.), 9 & 10:45am (June 9-Sept 2, 10am only); Stamford location Service: Sun 10:30am followed by (579 Pacific St.), 6pm. June 9: All coffee and fellowship. Wed: education Church Picnic, 11am-2pm. June 12: ages 3.5 & up 2:30-5:15pm at St. Paul Prayer Gathering in the Southend, 6-7am, 484 Pacific St, Stamford.

Lutheran.

Shir Ami Religious grades K-6, Tues, St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran 4-6pm, B’nai Mitzvah Classes; Shabbat 286 Delavan Ave.; Services two Fridays a month. June 203-531-8466 7: Friday Shabbat with C​ antor Ellen Service: Sun 9am, Bible Study 10:30.

Dreskin, 7:30-9:30pm.

METHODIST Greenwich Reform Synagogue Diamond Hill United Methodist 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 521 E. Putnam Ave.; www.grs.org 203-869-2395 Shabbat services, Fri 7pm. Adult www.diamondhillumc.com Jewish Learning, Sun 10am. Religious school, Sun 9-11:30am. Introduction Worship & Sunday School: 10am. to Judaism, Tue 7pm. Through Dec. First United Methodist Church 21: ‘Baby & Me’ program, 11am-12pm.

59 E. Putnam Ave.; June 9: Torah study with Rabbi 203-629-9584 Gerson: Power, Vulnerability, and www.fumcgreenwich.com anti-Semitism, 10am, board room, all Sun 10:30am with childcare. are welcome. June 11: JCC Preschool at GRS: Blooming Babies, 9:30- Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099 10:30am, six months to two years, $10 per class or $25 for three classes Service: Sun 11am Bible Study: Wed. or $50 for all six, RSVP, 203-487- 6pm.

0944 or SGregoire@StamfordJCC. NONDENOMINATIONAL org Dingletown Community Church Temple Sholom 376 Stanwich Rd.; 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629-5923 203-869-7191 www.dingletownchurch.org www.templesholom.com Service: Fri 6:30pm; Sat 10am; Sun 8:30am. Candle Lighting: Fri night.

Shabbat Study: Sat 9am. Minyan: Sun 8:30am. Lunch ‘n Learn: Tue 12pm. Itsy Bitsy Playgroup: Wed 10:30am. June 7: Trustee Shabbat, 6:30pm. June 10: Game Night, hosted by Sisterhood, 7pm. June 13: Sisterhood Spring Fling, 6pm; 'Are You Living the Way You Want to be Remembered?' with Rabbi Mitch, 6pm.

LUTHERAN First Lutheran Church 38 Field Point Rd.;

The Albertson Memorial Church 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203-6374615 www.albertsonchurch.org

Worship Sun: 11-12:30pm.

Trinity Church 1 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 www.trinitychurch.life

Worship: Sun 10am, Greenwich Hyatt Regency, 1800 E. Putnam Ave. PRESBYTERIAN First Presbyterian Church 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-8686 www.fpcg.org

Worship Sun: 10am with childcare, Chapel, 5pm (new); Children’s MiniChapel 10:15am. Food for the Table 2nd Thurs 3-5pm; Shelter for the Homeless 2nd Thurs 5:30-7pm. June 7: Women's Book Discussion Group, 9:15am, offsite, edna.navarro@fpcg.org.

June 9: Annual Church Picnic: Bruce Park, edna.navarro@fpcg.org Grace Church of Greenwich 8 Sound Shore Dr, Suite 280 203-861-7555 www.gracechurchgreenwich.com

Service & Sunday School: Sundays 10:30am followed by coffee hour. Holy Communion: first Sun of each month.

Worship Sun: 8:45 & 10:45am at 89 Sunday School 11am.

Maple Ave.; childcare provided.

Revive Church Living Hope Community Church 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old 38 West End Ave; Greenwich Civic Center) 203-637-3669 www.myrevive.org www.LivingHopeCT.org Service: Sunday 10am. Childcare and Worship Sun: 10am. Bible study: Mon children’s ministry available.

7:15-9pm. Women’s Bible Study Tue Stanwich Church 9:30-11:30am. Mothers of Preschoolers 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 1st/3rd Wed of month 9:15-11:45am. www.stanwichchurch.org Bibles & Bagels Sat 7:30-8:30am.

Sunday Services: Greenwich location June 8: Men's Bible and Bagels,

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Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 www.chabadgreenwich.org

Shabbat Prayer, Study and Kiddush, Chassidic Philosophy 8:45am, Sat 9:30am; Torah reading and discussions 10:30am; Youth Services 11am.

Women’s Torah Study Group, Wed 9:30am. Mommy & Me: Musical Shabbat Tue & Fri, 9:15-10:15am, during summer: 12:30pm. Through Dec. 22:

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Hospital’s Medical Education Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. $65. Register. Designed for lay rescuers only. Meets American Heart Association standards. 888-305-9253. greenwichhospital.org/ events

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Friends of the Byram Shubert Library Book & Media Sale.

Byram Library, 21 Mead Ave. Free. All ages. Also, Sunday, June 9, 12 - 4 p.m. 203-5310426

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Dr. Fucigna can correct frown lines in about 10 minutes with a few tiny injections of Botox cosmetic.

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See Dr. Fucigna Robert J. Fucigna, M.D. Advanced Ophthalmology.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 7 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Finding Foundation Support for Your Education and FDO Database Demo. Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free.

203-622-7924. ywang@ greenwichlibrary.org 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Grandiflora Garden Tour 2019. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Starting at $75. Also, Saturday, June 8, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter. org. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org 4 p.m.

The International School at Dundee (ISD) presents its debut production of 'The Lion King KIDS'. Learning Commons at ISD, 55 Florence Rd. $5, general admission.

ISDPTA.ORG 5 - 8 p.m.

Friends of the Byram Shubert Library Book & Media Sale.

Byram Shubert, 21 Mead Ave. Free. All ages. Also, Saturday, June 8, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. 203531-0426 6 - 9 p.m.

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich 2019 Alumni Reunion. BGCG, 4 Horseneck Ln. 203-869-3224. info@bgcg. org. bgcg.org 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Greenwich Newcomers Club's 60th Anniversary Celebration.

Flinn Gallery at Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., 2nd floor. $25. Register. greenwichnewcomers.org

9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The Greenwich Farmers Market opening day. Arch Street Parking Lot, 100 Arch St. (Every Saturday through December, weather permitting). 203-380-0580. gfm-ct@optimum.net. greenwichfarmersmarketct. com 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Greenwich Animal Control annual Low-Cost Rabies Vaccine Clinic. 393 North St. One- and three-year vaccines available. $20 per vaccine.

203- 622-8299 10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

The Junior League of Greenwich's 17th annual "Touch A Truck!" Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Rd.. VIP early access at 9:30 a.m. Rain or shine. $15 per person; $50 per family, in advance. 203-869-1979. jlg@ jlgreenwich.org. jlgreenwich. org/touch-a-truck

7 - 7:30 p.m.

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Raffle. 203-8693224. info@bgcg.org. bgcg. org

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Grandiflora Garden Tour 2019. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Starting at $75. 203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter. org. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org

7 - 9:30 p.m.

Friday Night Roller Skating.

Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. $10 admission (includes skate rentals).

All ages. 203-322-4447. greenwichrollerskating@ gmail.com. greenwichrollerskating.webs. com

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Everlasting Succulents in Autumnal Floral Design Class. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $185; non-members, $205.

203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter. org. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Friends Friday Film: I Tonya.

Greenwich Library - Cole Auditorium, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. 203-6227910

10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Workshop: Painting the Essence of the Sea. Greenwich Art Society, Art Studio, 3rd flr., 299 Greenwich Ave. $350.

RSVP. Also, Sunday, June 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. 203-629-1533. essenceofthesea.eventbrite. com

SATURDAY, JUNE 8 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.

2019 Summer Bird Count.

Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Rd. All levels of experience are welcome. Also, Sunday, June 9, 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. 203-930-1353. tgilman@ audubon.org greenwich.audubon.org/ events 9 - 11 a.m.

CPR Friends and Family (Infant/Child). Greenwich

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10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Bruce Museum: Connecticut Open House Day/All Abilities Day. Free admission for all. 1 Museum Dr. 203-413-6742. cflax@brucemuseum.org. brucemuseum.org 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

10th Annual iCreate Exhibition Opening. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. $10 adults, $8 seniors/students; under 5 and members free; free to all on Tuesdays.

203-869-0376. info@ brucemuseum.org 12 - 4 p.m.

Greenwich Historical Society: Connecticut Open House Day. Free admission for all. Tours of Bush-Holley House at 1, 2, and 3 p.m. 47 Strickland Rd. 203-869-6899. greenwichhistory.org 3 - 4:45 p.m.

Art Opening Reception: "Connections" Photographs

by Nikhil Ghodke. Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free.

203-531-0426 3:15 - 5 p.m.

S.O.S. Talk/Support Group for Busy Woman. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Lounge, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-6371791. fccog.org/fccogcalendar

203.869.3984

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5 - 7 p.m.

"Graff/Straction," New Works

by Graffiti artist Epic Uno - closing event. Bendheim Gallery, 2nd floor, 299 Greenwich Ave. On view through June 12. 203-8626750. greenwichartscouncil. org 5:30 p.m.

Abilis " Together We Shine 2019!" - a night to celebrate differences, abilities, needs

and dreams, dinner, dancing and prize raffle. Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, 4 Horseneck Ln. Free and open to all local high school students and recent graduates, ages 14-20. 203531-1880. klair@abilis.us. greenwichunitedway.org SUNDAY, JUNE 9

6 a.m. - 2 p.m.

2019 Summer Bird Count.

Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Rd. All levels of experience are welcome. Also, Sunday, June 9, 6 a.m. - 2 p.m. 203-930-1353. tgilman@ audubon.org greenwich.audubon.org/ events 7 a.m.

Collection: new underwear for men, women and children in need. St. Catherine of Siena Church, 4 Riverside Ave. 203637-3661. psloane@optonline. net. theundiesproject.org 8 a.m.

Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS) Kids Triathlon - ages 6-14.

Greenwich High School, 10 Hillside Rd. Participants are required to be onsite by 7 a.m.

203-637-7505. GEMSKidsTri@ greenwichems.org. gemskidstri.org 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Workshop: Painting the Essence of the Sea. Greenwich Art Society, Art Studio, 3rd flr., 299 Greenwich Ave. $350. RSVP. 203-629-1533. essenceofthesea.eventbrite. com 11 a.m.

Greenwich Riding & Trails Association (GRTA) Annual Horse Show & Elegant Country Luncheon. Milliken Estate, 39 Pierson Dr. $120.

203-661-3062. juliegrta@aol. com. thegrta.org 11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.

Caregivers Support Group.

The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Rick's Room, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791 12 - 4 p.m.

Friends of the Byram Shubert Library Book & Media Sale - Last day. Fill a box with books for $7. Byram Library, 21 Mead Ave. Free. All ages.

203-531-0426 12 - 4 p.m.

Alex Sanzo presents 'The Light of Day' - open air abstract art show. 63 John St., Greenwich.

RSVP. a@alexsanzo.com. alexsanzo.com 1 p.m.

Opening Day at Greenwich Polo Club. Greenwich Polo Club, 1 Hurlingham Dr. Gates open at 1 p.m., match begins at 3. $40 per car. 203-561-1639. info@greenwichpoloclub. com. greenwichpoloclub. com 1 - 3 p.m.

Bruce Explorers: Sharks! - new drop-off program for ages 7 to 16. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Advance registration required. $80. 203-413-6740. mbrown@brucemuseum.org 1 - 5 p.m.

Time and Place: Works on Paper" - Tax-Free Sales Day. Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., 2nd floor. Free. 203-6227947. flinngallery.com 2 - 5 p.m.

The Best of the Angels - last Angel Choir rehearsal and performance of the season.

Greenwich Arts Council, 299 Greenwich Ave. 203-862-6750. info@greenwicharts.org. greenwichartscouncil.org 2 p.m.

Time and Place: Works on Paper" - Artist Talk with Justin Kim and Shona Macdonald. Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., 2nd floor. Free.

203-622-7947. flinngallery. com 2 - 4 p.m.

"Inside Small" - the fourth annual juried small works exhibition - opening reception. Greenwich Botanical Center Gallery, 130 Bible St. On view through June 26. insidesmall.com 3 p.m.

Wear Orange Concert: Hilltop Music Collective,

honoring victims and survivors of gun violence. St. Catherine of Sienna Church (Lower Level), 4 Riverside Ave, Riverside. Free. act. everytown.org/event/wearorange-2019/22783 3 - 5 p.m.

Daniel Mobbs: Journey Through Bel Canto.

Greenwich Library - Cole Auditorium, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register.

203-625-6550. kpetrov@ greenwichlibrary.org 5 p.m.

The Chamber Players Benefit Cocktail Party. Round Hill Community House, 395 Round Hill Rd. 203-637-4725.

MONDAY, JUNE 10 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Mindful Monday Mornings Yoga: gentle yoga. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $25; non-members, $30, per class, or $400 for all classes. Walk-ins welcome.

(Bring your own mat.)

203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter. org. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org 10 a.m.

Registration starts for Summer Classes at the Greenwich Art Society. 3rd floor studio, 299 Greenwich Ave. The summer term starts July 8 and runs through Aug. 29. 203-629-1533.

GreenwichArtSociety.org 12 p.m.

Tag Sale with Grace: Spring Cleaning Collection, benefiting Kids Helping Kids and Domus - donate used books, clothes, household accessories, toys, sports equipment, small furniture (must be able to be moved by one person), tools. Christ Church Parish Hall, 254 E. Putnam Ave. 203-273-1480. tagsalewithgrace@gmail. com. kidshelpingkidsct.org/ tag-sale-grace 12 p.m.

Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich's 16th Annual Golf Tournament. Griffith E. Harris Golf Course, 1300 King St. Raindate, Monday, June 17. 203-869-3224. info@ bgcg.org. bgcg.org 4 - 6 p.m.

Clarinet Lessons. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Music Room, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-6371791 5 - 6 p.m.

Bariatric Weight Loss Surgery Seminar. Greenwich Hospital's Hyde Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. Bring your questions. 888-305-9253 5:30 - 7 p.m.

Class: “Mind, Body, Fertility Yoga.” Prescott House, 38 Volunteer Ln., ground flr. $80 for four classes or $25 drop-in fee per class. Register. Also, Wednesdays, 6 - 7:30 p.m.

888-357-2409 6 - 7 p.m.

Pre- and Post-Bariatric Support Group. Greenwich Hospital's Hyde Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free.

Register. 888-305-9253 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Diabetes Support Group: “Physical Activity and Blood Glucose Control: does it Make a Difference?” Greenwich Hospital's Noble Conference Center, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free.

Register. 888-305-9253 8 p.m.

Representative Town Meeting.

Central Middle School, 9 Indian Rock Ln. greenwichct. gov TUESDAY, JUNE 11 8:30 - 10:30 a.m.

OPEB Trust Board Meeting.

Greenwich Town Hall Mazza Room, 1st floor, 101 Field Point Rd. 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

JCC Preschool: Blooming Babies - children explore, play, and socialize. Greenwich Reform Synagogue, 92 Orchard St. Ages 6 months to 2 years. $10 per class.

Tuesdays through June 18. RSVP. 203-487-0944.

SGregoire@StamfordJCC.org

1 p.m.

Greenwich Department of Health: Emergency Preparedness Discussion for Seniors. Greenwich Senior Center, 299 Greenwich Ave. Free. 201-622-7857. dfraszka@ greenwichct.org 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group: Adult CPR, Heimlich demonstration with Laurie Pensiero, AEMT. Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. Free. 203-8634444. greenwichhospital.org/ events 3 - 4 p.m.

How To: Networking.

Greenwich Library - Meeting Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203-625-6533. mmartin@greenwichlibrary. org 3 - 7 p.m.

Arkis Flute Lessons. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Choir Room, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-6371791 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Open Studio Time at Andrew's Studio - learn recording, mixing and production. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. Free. Grades 7th-12th. Every Tuesday and Thursday.

Reserve a time. 203-629-5744. info@archstreet.org 6 - 7 p.m.

Education: Robert Stark, MD, cardiologist: “High Blood Pressure and Your Lifestyle.”

Greenwich Hospital’s Noble Conference Center, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register.

888-305-9253 6:30 p.m.

Acacia Lodge No. 85 meeting and dinner - Stated Communication and Fellowcraft Degree. Putnam Cottage - Tavern Room, 243 East Putnam Ave. Public is welcome to attend dinner.

(2nd and 4th Tuesday of each month). acacia85@gmail.com 7 - 9 p.m.

Department of Parks and Recreation: Drop-in games of Volleyball for men and women. Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Rd. All are welcome. $4 per day drop in fee. (Every Tuesday.) 203-5321259 WEDNESDAY, JUNE 12 7:30 a.m.

Abilis 1st Annual Sound Therapy Golf Scramble, benefiting Abilis’ Sound Therapy program. Griffith E. Harris Golf Club, 1300 King St. $175. abilis.us/golf 8 - 9 a.m.

Tai Chi lessons. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Auditorium, 108 Sound Beach Ave. Drop-ins welcome. 203-637-1791 9:45 a.m. & 12:45 p.m.

The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group - Relaxed Duplicate Bridge: Brief “Play of Hand” Discussion, 9:45 a.m. - 12 p.m.; Duplicate Bridge, 12:45 - 2:15 p.m. YMCA of Greenwich, 50 E. Putnam Ave. $10, members; $12, nonmembers. Register. (Every Wednesday). 203-525-8032.

Ppolitebridge@optimum.net. greenwichymca.org 11 a.m.

Retired Men's Association of Greenwich: Granville Burgess: “Shoeless Joe Jackson, the Black Sox Scandal, and Life in a South Carolina Mill Village."

First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. Free and open to the community. info@greenwichrma.org. greenwichrma.org 11 - 11:30 a.m.

Storytime - Deborah Kupper will lead kids on explorations of historical events and figures through storytelling, songs, and movement. Ages 2 to 5.

Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Free. (Every Wednesday). 203-869-6899. greenwichhistory.org 2:30 - 6 p.m.

Old Greenwich Farmer's Market. Living Hope Community Church of Old Greenwich, 38 West End Ave. Rain or shine.

(Every Wednesday, 2:30 - 6

Yoga on the Lawn - Art & Yoga. The Brant Foundation Art Study Center, 941 North St. $10; free for students with valid ID and children under 18. All experience levels. 203-869-0611. brantfoundation.org 6:30 p.m.

Talk: Leaving Your Legacy, by Rabbi and Rector. Greenwich Library - Cole Auditorium, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free.

203-862-6710. Maria.higbie@ greenwichct.org. greenwichct. gov/190/commission-on-aging

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7 p.m.

Byram Neighborhood Association Meeting: elect executive board. St. Pauls Church, 286 Delavan Ave. (please use rear entrance on William Street). Free. 203-5311820. samarpana@juno.com. byramneighbors.org

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Summer Reading Kick-Off: 'A Universe of Stories' with a Space Laser Show. Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-531-0426 4 - 5 p.m.

Education: “Blood Pressure Medications and Trends: A Pharmacist’s Perspective.”

Greenwich Hospital’s Pemberwick Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888305-9253 5 - 6:15 p.m.

YOGA - H. Hale Class. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Daniels Center, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791 6 p.m.

Alliance Française of Greenwich: Apéro Amis - practice French over a glass of wine.

Bistro Versaille, 339 Greenwich Ave. (2nd Wednesday of every month). All are welcome.

Free + cost of beverage. 203-253-7632. dunn. christopheralan@gmail.com. afgreenwich.org 7 p.m.

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra with Helena Svedin.

Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $30; non-members, $40. Advanced registration required. 203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter.org 7:30 p.m.

Greenwich Grind Teen Coffee House featuring Open Studio time. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. Free. Grades 7th-12th.

Free. Every Wednesday. 203-629-5744. info@ archstreet.org. archstreet.org 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

Perinatal Bereavement Support Group - for families who have suffered a perinatal loss through miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death. Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. 203-863-3417 7:30 - 10 p.m.

Public Hearing of the Eastern Greenwich Civic Center Committee. Greenwich Town Hall Meeting Room, 101 Field Point Rd. THURSDAY, JUNE 13 9 - 10 a.m.

Tai Chi lessons. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Auditorium, 108 Sound Beach Ave. Drop-ins welcome. 203-637-1791

10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Coffee with the Archivist. Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Members, $5; nonmembers, $10. 203-869-6899. greenwichhistory.org 10:30 a.m.

Pen Women Workshop and Luncheon.

Round Hill Community Churc, Parlor and/ or Front Patio, 395 Round Hill Rd. church@ roundhillcommunitychurch.org 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Qi Gong - mindful movement and breathing.

Cos Cob Library - Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. Adults. 203-622-6883

7 p.m.

Wine & Cheese Moonlit Walk.

Audubon Greenwich, 613 Riversville Rd. Ages 21 & up. $5 members, $8 non-members.

RSVP is required. 203-9301349. eschaffer@audubon. org. greenwich.audubon.org/ events/wine-cheese-moonlitwalk-1 7 - 8 p.m.

Barbara Paul Robinson: "Art, History and Landscape Lecture." Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Light refreshments, 6:30. Members, $15; nonmembers, $25. 203-8696899

1 - 2:15 p.m.

Women’s Spousal Support Group - for women who provide care for a chronically ill spouse.

Center for Healthy Aging at Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 203863-4375

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Learn Electronics with Arduino.

Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. 203-622-7922. ksoboleva@ greenwichlibrary.org

2 - 3:30 p.m.

Gentle Yoga and Tea. Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Members, $25; nonmembers, $35. All ages and experience levels. (Bring your own yoga mat and props).

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7:30 - 9 p.m.

Zen Group. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Daniels Center, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791 FRIDAY, JUNE 14

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Open Studio Time at Andrew's Studio - learn recording, mixing and production. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. Free. Grades 7th12th. Every Tuesday and Thursday. Reserve a time. 203-629-5744. info@archstreet.org

10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Greenwich Board of Selectmen Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall - Meeting Room, 1st floor, 101 Field Point Rd. 203-622-7702

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Father’s Day Show & Reception - Oils by Peter Layne Arguimbau. Arguimbau Art at The Boatyard, 350 Riverside Ave. Free.

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Panel: “Nutrition and Weight Management for Everyday Living.” Greenwich Hospital's Noble Conference Center, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free.

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Workshop: Succulent Gardens - learn how to arrange and plant these plants to create a tabletop planted design that lasts. McArdle's Florist and Garden Center, 48 Arch St. $80.

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Private garden self-guided tour - Sleepy Cat Farm (Parking only at 744 Lake Ave.) benefiting the Garden Conservancy. Begin at Camp Simmons, 744 Lake Ave. $10 per garden; children 12 and under free. No reservations required; rain or shine. 888-8422442. opendays@gardenconservancy.org. gardenconservancy.org/open-days 10:30 a.m.

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Data Compiled by Rob Pulitano [203] 561-8092

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NEW SALES

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

Original List

List Price

Sold Price DOM BR FB Acres

SqFt

40 Ettl Lane 22 72 Riverside Lane 608 Lyon Farm Drive 608

$879,000 $899,000 $995,000

$859,500 $875,000 $929,000

$840,000 $850,000 $880,000

810 98 393

2 3 3

3 1 2

0 0.29 60

2,368 1,036 1,904

54 Valley Road A 147 Lockwood Road 71 Ridgeview Avenue 369 North Street 145 Shore Road 138 Lockwood Road 19 End Court 27 Patterson Avenue 5 Parsonage Road 26 Glen Avon Drive 20 Partridge Hollow Road 70 Midwood Road

$1,295,000 $1,395,000 $1,995,000 $2,325,000 $2,250,000 $3,050,000 $3,795,000 $3,500,000 $3,875,000 $3,599,000 $5,850,000 $6,795,000

$1,295,000 $1,395,000 $1,995,000 $2,250,000 $2,250,000 $2,850,000 $3,295,000 $3,500,000 $3,595,000 $3,599,000 $4,850,000 $5,995,000

$1,230,000 $1,260,000 $1,900,000 $2,050,000 $2,205,000 $2,515,000 $2,900,000 $3,500,000 $3,505,000 $3,570,000 $4,125,000 $5,500,000

30 426 43 111 28 253 729 0 202 6 400 687

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

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

0.3 0.25 2.17 1.24 0.28 0.31 0.27 0.64 1 0.84 5.79 2.32

3,471 3,165 5,496 4,293 4,031 5,332 5,490 4,613 5,363 5,371 5,731 8,294

NEW LISTINGS

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

List Price

5 Putnam Hill 1D 3 Putnam Hill 2 K 1465 Putnam Avenue 421 44 Putnam Park 31 Putnam Park 31 55 Prospect Street 5 Green Lane A 53 Long Meadow Road 4 Comly Avenue 11 Fado Lane 172 Field Point Road 6 34 Dandy Drive 2 Farley Street 1 Mansion Place 115 Riverside Avenue 71 Angus Road 19 Overlook Drive 23 Stoney Ridge Lane 17 Steeple Chase 56 Sherwood Avenue 30 Heusted Drive 51 Brookridge Drive 91 Winthrop Drive 49 Morningside Drive 9 Cliff Road 192 Bible Street 523 North Street 18 Baldwin Farms S 62 Sterling Road 78 Burning Tree Road 44 Porchuck Road 16 Normandy Lane 11 Brynwood Lane 969 North Street 28 Turner Drive 14 Baldwin Farms S 17 Windabout Drive 27 Khakum Wood Road 18 Lower Cross Road 35 Byram Shore Road 16 Doubling Road

$330,000 $355,000 $379,000 $459,000 $469,000 $595,000 $669,000 $799,000 $910,000 $995,000 $1,050,000 $1,085,000 $1,295,000 $1,395,000 $1,695,000 $1,750,000 $1,799,000 $1,950,000 $1,975,000 $1,995,000 $1,998,000 $2,150,000 $2,175,000 $2,349,000 $2,350,000 $2,395,000 $2,595,000 $2,899,000 $2,950,000 $3,200,000 $3,775,000 $4,195,000 $5,395,000 $5,795,000 $6,780,000 $6,800,000 $8,395,000 $8,795,000 $8,900,000 $8,995,000 $9,700,000

Price/SqFt

SqFt

AC

$360 $495

985 765

10 0

$503 $514 $330 $561 $376 $543 $459 $577 $488 $419 $576 $491 $512 $582 $395 $498 $940 $623 $610 $634 $623 $455 $303 $525 $295 $455 $670 $769 $647 $504 $787 $567 $719 $1,093 $856 $1,265 $890

933 1,157 2,027 1,423 2,422 1,834 2,288 1,881 2,655 3,327 2,944 3,563 3,517 3,352 4,998 4,009 2,126 3,450 3,567 3,706 3,773 5,269 8,570 5,526 10,008 7,031 5,634 5,456 8,338 11,500 8,617 12,000 11,672 8,044 10,396 7,111 10,904

13 0.1 0 0.29 0.27 0.31 0 0.51 0.24 1.01 0.52 1.12 0.36 0.31 2.11 2 0.17 1.76 0.34 0.47 0.51 1.12 2.47 2.26 4.12 2.15 4.23 1 3 4.43 1.34 2.5 2.8 2.48 10.27 1.04 2.93

BR

FB

Area

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

1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 3 2 3 3 2 3 3 4 4 3 3 4 3 3 4 4 6 4 6 4 6 4 6 9 9 9 7 6 9 5 8

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

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Address

Area

Price

55 Oval Avenue 43 Almira Drive 11 Lake Drive 14 Byram Dock Street 40 W Elm Street #6D 1525 E Putnam Avenue #301 14 Harold Avenue #2 1465 E Putnam Avenue #517 5 Green Lane #A 30 Windy Knolls #B 12 Greenwich Hills Drive #12 130 N Water Street 1 Scott Lane 60 Valley Road #B 60 Valley Road #B 14 Dandy Drive 41 Sound Beach Avenue 26 W Church Street #A 55 Oval Avenue 4 Comly Avenue 3 Connecticut Avenue 14 Indian Pass 10 Ridge Road 360 Cognewaugh Road 360 Cognewaugh Road 500 River Road #17 43 Almira Drive 31 Mallard Drive 43 S Stonehedge Drive 30 Almira Drive 625 W Lyon Farm Drive #625 15 Mansion Place 4 Banksville Road 2 Farley Street 36 Almira Drive #B 1 Mansion Place 73 Weaver Street #15 4 Shelter Drive 63 Wildwood Drive 108 Pecksland Road 67 Stonehedge Drive South 20 Mohawk Lane 25 Weston Hill Road 14 Rockview Drive 14 Kernan Place 556 Stanwich Road 1 White Birch Lane 19 Overlook Drive 12 Innis Lane 20 Martin Dale 10 Schubert Lane 6 Old Mill Road 6 Old Mill Road 1361 King Street 7 Grey Rock Drive 7 Grey Rock Drive 3 Bote Road 233 Milbank Avenue 3 1 Ford Lane 59 East Elm Street Front 49 Lockwood Lane 45 Overlook Drive 49 Rockwood Lane 21 Hendrie Drive 34 Circle Drive 143 Overlook Drive 169 E Elm Street 15 Anderson Road 17 Heronvue Road 5 Ledge Road 1 Widgeon Way 39 Hearthstone Drive 282 Taconic Road 23 Maher Avenue 22 Mimosa Drive 40 W Elm Street #3D/E 6 Raymond Street 52 Ridgeview Avenue 55 Park Avenue 75 Buckfield Lane 20 W Brother Drive 41 Overlook Drive 174 Shore Road 40 Jones Park Drive 40 W Elm Street #6D 16 Boulder Brook Road 248 Overlook Drive 20 W Brother Drive 105 Parsonage Road 38 Birch Lane 252 Overlook Drive 15 Reynwood Manor 35 Byram Shore Road

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

$4,250.00 $6,000.00 $8,500.00 $8,500.00 $13,500.00 $319,000.00 $422,500.00 $520,000.00 $669,000.00 $679,000.00 $720,000.00 $739,000.00 $745,000.00 $750,000.00 $750,000.00 $825,000.00 $839,500.00 $860,000.00 $899,000.00 $910,000.00 $935,000.00 $975,000.00 $1,050,000.00 $1,095,000.00 $1,095,000.00 $1,125,000.00 $1,145,000.00 $1,150,000.00 $1,160,000.00 $1,175,000.00 $1,195,000.00 $1,250,000.00 $1,295,000.00 $1,295,000.00 $1,295,000.00 $1,395,000.00 $1,395,000.00 $1,477,000.00 $1,595,000.00 $1,650,000.00 $1,650,000.00 $1,695,000.00 $1,695,000.00 $1,700,000.00 $1,700,000.00 $1,749,000.00 $1,795,000.00 $1,799,000.00 $1,875,000.00 $1,895,000.00 $1,900,000.00 $1,950,000.00 $1,950,000.00 $1,995,000.00 $1,999,000.00 $1,999,000.00 $2,095,000.00 $2,095,000.00 $2,248,000.00 $2,349,000.00 $2,395,000.00 $2,399,000.00 $2,495,000.00 $2,550,000.00 $2,579,000.00 $2,595,000.00 $2,600,000.00 $2,690,000.00 $2,750,000.00 $2,850,000.00 $2,995,000.00 $3,095,000.00 $3,150,000.00 $3,295,000.00 $3,375,000.00 $3,395,000.00 $3,495,000.00 $3,495,000.00 $3,495,000.00 $3,499,000.00 $3,650,000.00 $3,700,000.00 $3,700,000.00 $3,995,000.00 $4,250,000.00 $4,495,000.00 $4,995,000.00 $5,695,000.00 $5,995,000.00 $5,995,000.00 $5,995,000.00 $8,995,000.00 $8,995,000.00

Day/Time

Broker

Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-4 PM William Raveis Sun 12-2 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 12-2 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 12-2 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sat 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sat 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-4 PM The Higgins Group Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 12-2 PM New England Land Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Coldwell Banker Sat 12:30-2:30 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-4 PM William Raveis Sun 1-4 PM Sotheby's Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis Sun 12-3 PM William Raveis Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis Sun 1-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 12-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 12-4 PM New England Land Sat 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 2-4 PM Sotheby's Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-4 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sat 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 12-3 PM William Raveis Sun 12-3 PM William Raveis Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis Sat 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sat 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 1-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 2-4 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 2-4 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 1-3 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis Sun 1-4 PM New England Land Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker Sat 10:30-12:30 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 12-2 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 12-2 PM Centric Property Group Sun 12-2 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 12-2 PM Sotheby's Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 3-5 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 12-2 PM Houlihan Lawrence Sun 12-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 3-5 PM Berkshire Hathaway Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's Sun 3-5 PM Coldwell Banker Sun 3-5 PM Sotheby's

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PRUNER From Page 1

the $2 – 3 million range where we are up 10 sales over last year 42 sales YTD. When you map these sales compared to last year, the 2019 increase in sales are mostly in the southeast in Old Greenwich, Riverside and Cos Cob. This price segment also has the highest increase in inventory, up 18 listings from last year to 165 listings. This segment has the most inventory and the most sales and it equates to 19.6 months of supply, which is not great, but is still down from 21.0 months of supply last year and this includes our poor February to April sales.

If you annualized the May $2 - 3 million sales, you come up with a pretty good 10.3 months of supply.

Our $1 – 2 million price range actually has more listings at 176, but this is traditionally broken down in to two segments above and below $1.5 million. It’s a good thing, because this year, as we often see, the $1.5 million price is

a break point for demand changes.

Below that price range we are looking at less than a year of supply, particularly when you add in contracts, which show where the market is going. Above that price range you have more than a year’s supply and above $4 million you are looking at more than 2 years supply.

THE NEW HIGHER CONVEYANCE TAX Our legislature is doing what they can to encourage sales above $2.5 million for the next two years.

They increased the conveyance tax for sales over $2.5 million by 1% to 2.25% starting on July 1, 2020. The last time the conveyance tax was raised was in July 2011. That month the conveyance tax was increased by only 0.25% all price ranges. The result was that, the prior month, June 2011, was our biggest sales month ever with 114 sales when we normally have 83 sales.

A n u n iq ue , a nd p o s si bly unconstitutional, feature of this new tax is that after 2023, the tax is refunded if you don’t move out of the state. That kind of burden on interstate commerce will have

a tough time getting past the U.S. Constitution’s commerce clause.

This tax is aimed squarely a t t h e G o l d C o a s t t ow n s o f

Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan and Westport, and also Fairfield which has been quietly putting in a fair number of sales over $2

million to join the “golden” four. Of these towns, Greenwich has the majority of $2.5 million plus sales with 196 sales last year. In the rest

of the state, there were less than two dozen sales over $2.5 million in 2018.

This tax won’t raise a lot of money in the just passed $43 billion budget. Last year we had 196 sales that sold for $2.5 million or higher. These sales totaled $870 million, when you subtract the $2.5 million base and apply the additional 1 percent you get an additional $3.87 million of conveyance tax from Greenwich.

So why would the legislature pass a tax that will only raise a tiny fraction of a percent of the $43 billion needed for the budget? It all goes back to Hartford tradeoffs.

Senator Looney and others wanted to raise the capital gains tax, the top income tax bracket and other changes that would impact lots of Greenwich residents every year and not just when they sold their house. This would have had much more impact on the housing ma rket, s o g iven t he choice between a higher conveyance tax and higher income and capital gains tax, I’ll take the conveyance tax. What I can tell you is that June 2020 will be a really good month for high end sales.

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Holly Beneville Piano Recital.

The First Congregational Church of Greenwich Auditorium, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791. fccog.org/ fccogcalendar

7:30 - 8:30 p.m.

AA Meeting - "Greenwich Friday Night Group." Christ Church - Parish House Loft, 254 E. Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend.

203-869-6600

6 p.m.

The Banksville Community House, Inc. (BCH) Spring Fling.

BCH, 12 Banksville Ave. $20.

Must be 21 to attend. 203-8322177. bchinfo@optonline.net. thebch.org

Sunday

AA MEETINGS Monday

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6:30 - 7:30 a.m.

AA Meeting - "Greenwich Morning Men's Group."

Greenwich Baptist Church, 10 Indian Rock Ln. This meeting is open and anyone may attend.

203-869-2807. ct-aa.org/ meetings Thursday 6:30 - 7:30 a.m.

AA Meeting - "Greenwich Morning Men's Group."

Greenwich Baptist Church, 10 Indian Rock Ln. This meeting is open and anyone may attend.

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12 - 1 p.m.

2019 AA Meeting - "Getting It Together Group." Christ Church - Parish House Loft, 254 E. Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend.

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AA Meeting - "12 & 12 Group."

Christ Church - Parish House Loft, 254 E. Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-869-6600 Friday 12 p.m.

AA Meeting - "AA Friday."

Diamond Hill United Methodist Church, 521 East Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-869-

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AA Meeting - "Brunch Bunch Group." Greenwich Hospital Behind Cafeteria, 5 Perryridge Rd. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-8633000 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.

AA Meeting - "Sunday Afternoon Group." St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 200 Riverside Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-6372447 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.

AA Meeting - "12 &12 Group."

Christ Church - Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend.

203-869-6600 AL-ANON MEETINGS Greenwich Thursday 11:30 a.m.

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Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Thursday Night AFG. Greenwich Hospital's Watson Pavilion; cafeteria's meeting room, 5 Perryridge Rd. 203-8633000 Saturday 9:30 - 10 a.m.

Al-Anon Newcomers. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Lounge, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Al-Anon Meeting. The First Congregational Church of Greenwich - Lounge, 108 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-1791 4 p.m.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Saturday Old Greenwich Men's Group AFG. Saint Saviour's Church - social room on lower level, 350 Sound Beach Ave. 203-637-2262 Stamford Wednesday 12 p.m.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Stamford Noon Hope For Today. First Congregational Church, 1 Walton Pl., Stamford.

203-323-0200 8 p.m.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: 4th Step Blueprint for Progress AFG. Unitarian Universalist Society Church, 20 Forest St., Stamford. 203-3480708 Saturday 10 a.m.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Saturday AM AFG. The Church of Saint Cecilia, 1180 Newfield Ave., Stamford.

203-322-1562 Sunday 10 a.m.

Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Sunday Morning 12 And 12 AFG. Tully Health Center, 32 Strawberry Hill Ct., Stamford. 203-276-2000 Rye, N.Y. Monday 7:30p.m.

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Around Town

Bedford Playhouse Hilltop Music Performs Celebrates Woodstock ‘Wear Orange’

It’s the 50th anniversary of Woodstock and Bedford Playhouse is hosting an evening of flower power, food and drink – and a lineup of live bands celebrating both the music of the 60’s and new music inspired by the counterculture, on Saturday, June 2 2 . A tricked-out V W bus-turned-photo booth planted at the entrance will set the tone for an evening complete with a psychedelic dance party. Guests are encouraged to dress the part – platforms, tie dyes and embroidery welcome – and take a trip back to 1969 in Bedford.

Live music on the big stage and throughout the evening will feature cover bands Not Dead Yet, Guilty Pleasure and Paul Green Rock Academy.

The Woodstock Party is Bedford Playhouse’s first substantial fundraiser after a successful and vibrant first year of operations – and also their biggest party of the year.

B e d for d Playhou s e is lo c ate d at 6 3 3 Old Po s t R d ., B e d for d N.Y. T icke t s av a i la ble at Bedfordplayhouse.org

The Hilltop Music Collective will be performing in a free “Wear Orange” chamber music concert on Sunday, June 9 at 3 p.m. to mark National Gun Violence Awareness Day. Orange, the def ining color of the gun violence prevention movement, is the color Hadiya Pendleton’s friends wore in her

honor after she was shot and killed in Chicago at age 15. After her death, her friends asked others to stand up, speak out, and wear orange to raise awareness about gun violence.

Survivor and advocate, Tara Donnelly Gottlieb, will be speaking.

The event will take place at St. Catherine of Sienna Church (Lower

Level), 4 Riverside Ave. Book sale

by Christ Church Bookstore. Doors open at 2:30 p.m.

The concert is hosted by the Gr e enw ich Chapter of Mom s D e m a n d A c t i o n a n d Y WC A Domestic Violence Services.

For more information, visit act.everytown.org/event/wearorange-2019/22783/

Students Invited to Junior League to Host ‘Together We Shine’ Event ‘Touch A Truck!’

The Junior League of Greenwich will hold the 17th annual "Touch A Truck!" on Sunday, June 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Greenwich Town Hall (101 Field Point Rd.), rain or shine. New this year is VIP early access at 9:30 a.m.

This year the Junior League welcomes back powerful trucks from Greenwich’s Department of Public Works as well as firetrucks, including antique firetrucks, police cars and motorcycles, a nd a m bu la nc e s . I n add it ion , t he r e w i l l b e construction equipment and a wide array of kids’ activities, live musical performances by Jay and Ray and a variety of food trucks.

The Greenwich Junior United Way (GJrUW) – in at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich, 4 Horseneck G eneral Admission is $50 per family and partnership with the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich Ln. Registration is free and open to all local high $15 per person, in advance. Sponsorship and and the Greenwich YWCA – will host the second school students and recent graduates, ages 14 to 20.

To reserve tickets, visit greenwichunitedway. underwriting opportunities are also available. annual “Together We Shine” red carpet celebration P r o c e e d s f r o m t h e e v e n t w i l l b e n e f i t t h e for Abilis. The “Roaring Twenties” themed event org. For more information, contact 203-531-1880 or com mu n it y projects of t he Ju n ior L eag ue of will take place on Saturday, June 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m., klair@abilis.us Greenwich including PositivelyMe!, BAM! (Boys Achieving More), Done In A Day and Money Sense, a new financial literacy project for teens debuting in 2019.

Ticket pr ice s w i l l b e h ig her at t he do or.

Advance tickets and underwriting opportunities Join Audubon naturalists out to count birds in during the two- refreshments. can be found on the Junior League of Greenwich in the field for the annual survey day count period: 6 a.m. - 5 p.m.

All levels of experience are website at jlgreenwich.org/touch-a-truck of breeding bird populations. on Saturday, June 8 and 6 a.m. - welcome. For those interested Audubon Center in Greenwich 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 9. i n p a r t ic ip at i n g at Audu b on will be coordinating teams At 2 p.m. on Sunday, June 9, Greenwich or joining another o f b i r d e r s to c o u nt b i r d s i n all teams will gather on the Hawk count team, contact Ted Gilman Greenwich, Stamford, and parts Watch Lawn at Audubon Center at tgilman@audubon.org or of Westchester. Each team will in Greenwich, 613 R iversville 203-930-1353. The event is free. be assigned a territory of habitat Rd., to compile results and enjoy

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Emergency Preparedness Discussion for Seniors

What to do in preparation for an emergency is something seniors of the community will learn about at a free talk hosted by the Senior Center on Tuesday, June 11 at 1 p.m. David Fraszka, the Greenw ich Depar tment o f H e a l t h’s P u b l i c H e a l t h Emergency Preparedness Coordinator w ill have an

interactive discussion w ith seniors on how they need to prepare for an emergency event.

Discussion toppings will include the importance of certain phone numbers, extra medications, pet supplies, emergency food supplies, communication with neighbors and family and an evacuation plan, should it

be necessary to leave home.

Emergency planning materials will be provided and all seniors attending will be given free f lashlight and a medication holder.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , contact Dav id Fraszka at 201-622-7857 or by email at dfraszka@greenwichct.org

Animal Rabies Vaccine Clinic Greenwich Animal Control w i l l hold its a n nua l L owCost Rabies Vaccine Clinic on Saturday, June 8 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Shelley Skopit, DVM of Park Animal Hospital will administer one- and three-year vaccines.

Th ree-yea r vacci nes re q u i re written proof of prior vaccination.

The cost is $20 per vaccine, per pet. Greenwich Animal Control is located at 393 North St. For more information, contact 203- 6228299.

Wednesday, June 12, at the Griffith E. Harris Golf Club in Greenwich.

The golf event begins at 7:30 a.m. with a shot-gun start at 8:30 a.m. and includes a continental breakfast, lunch, open bar and prizes. Funds raised at the golf

The Greenwich Art Society presents artist and instructor Karen Blackwood for a two-day workshop titled “Painting the Essence of the Sea,” on Saturday and Sunday, June 8 and 9, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The workshop will focus on what is essential in seascape painting and painting in general. Basic art principles will be demonstrated and discussed as well.

The cost of the workshop is $350.

RSVP by calling 203-629-1533. The Greenwich Art Society is located at 299 Greenwich Ave. Online tickets are available at essenceofthesea. eventbrite.com

Newcomers Celebrates 60th

Join the Greenwich Newcomers Club on Friday, June 7 from 6:30 to 8:30 for an evening of Art and Prosecco to celebrate t he Clu b's 60 t h A n n iversa r y with a special reception at the Flinn Gallery (located on the 2nd f loor of the Greenwich Public

Library, 101 West Putnam Ave.).

Attendees will view the current exhibit, “Time and Place: Works o n P ap e r ” a n d e nj oy d r i n k s and hors d'oeuvres. Cost is $25 p er p er s on . To joi n t he clu b and register for this event go to greenwichnewcomers.org.

The Greenwich Newcomers Club is a nonprofit club that has b e e n we lc om i n g n ewc om e r s to Greenw ich for 60 years.

But you don't have to be new to join. All are welcome.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t greenwichnewcomers.org

Kicking Cancer Youth Soccer

Abilis Golf Scramble Abilis, a non-prof it organization that prov ides services and supports for more than 700 individuals with special needs and their families, will hold it s f i r st a n nua l “S ou nd Therapy Golf Scramble” event on

Seascape Painting Workshop

event will help to support Abilis’ Sound Therapy program. The tax deductible tickets are $175. To sign up for golf, sponsor a tee sign and/or become a sponsor, please visit abilis.us/golf

The Linda W Daniel Foundation (LWDF) will hold the fifth annual Kicking Cancer youth soccer camp, on Saturday, June 15 from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at Cos Cob Park, 22 Sound Shore Dr. The camp is for children aged three to 12. Check-in opens at 9. A $40

donation includes a shirt.

Kicking Cancer is a nonprofit camp dedicated to teaching ch i ld ren t he ga me of soccer, the benefits of being active and educating parents on ways to help prevent cancer. Proceeds from registration and any funds raised

will be donated to Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

Register in advance at lindawdanielfoundation. org/kicking-cancer. For more information, contact 614-354-5301 or lindawdanielfoundation@ gmail.com

All Abilities at the Bruce The Bruce Museum will host its first-ever “All Abilities Day” on Saturday, June 8. Taking place from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., this special occasion for local families is a collaboration between the Museum and six students from the Greenwich Public School District’s Community Connections program. The students, thanks to a grant from Abilis, have been working at the Bruce since January,

putting together an action-packed schedule of fun, family-friendly activities, including performances of “My Mother the Astronaut” by the Traveling Lantern Theater Company, hands-on explorations of art and science throughout the Museum, and more.

June 8 is also Connecticut Open House Day, with free admission for all. Plus, the annual iCreate exhibition of high school student

art opens to the public. This annual juried competition is in its 10th consecutive year and features 53 works of fine art selected from more than 650 submissions, collected from 30 high schools in the region.

For more information about All Abilities Day, please contact Corinne Flax at cflax@brucemuseum.org or 203-413-6742.

yourCOMMUNITYcalendar ONGOING Register now for Summer Robotics Workshops on June 25 & 26: Ozobot Robotics, 2 - 3 p.m., for kids entering grades 1 & 2; EV3 Mindstorm Robotics, 3:30 - 5 p.m., for kids entering grades 3, 4 & 5. Perrot Memorial Library, 90 Sound Beach Ave. Registration by lottery, limit of 14 per session. 203-637-1066. perrotlibrary.org Old Greenwich-Riverside Community Center (OGRCC) Registration for the winter season - offering youth and adult programs. Programs include indoor recreational soccer, dance, drama, art, fitness and more. 203-637-3659. office@ myogrcc.org. myogrcc.org Volunteer Transcribers. The Greenwich Historical Society is seeking volunteers to join a team of volunteer transcribers working from home to use voice dictation to digitize handwritten Town records. This will reveal much new information about early Town meetings, land records before the American Revolution and wills, deeds, and genealogy that have never been accessed before. CT1640@gmail.com

The Greenwich Historical Society is looking for a volunteer to manage their 'This Place Matters Photo Contest', a town-wide celebration of what makes Greenwich special. The volunteer will accept digital photos via email, organize them, correspond with the photographers, create a spreadsheet of entries and check the quality of the submissions. The contest runs early May-early July. 203-869-6899. shealy@ greenwichhistory.org THROUGH JUNE 12 “Graff/Straction" - From Graffiti to Abstract, exhibition of graffiti artist Epic Uno. Bendheim Gallery, 299 Greenwich Ave. 203-862-6750. greenwichartscouncil.org THROUGH JUNE 20 "Time and Place: Works on Paper" exhibit. Flinn Gallery, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Avenue, 2nd floor. Free. 203-622-7947. flinngallery. com THROUGH JUNE 26

"Inside Small" - the fourth annual juried small works exhibition - opening reception. Greenwich Botanical Center Gallery, 130 Bible St. On view through

June 26. insidesmall.com

OUR NEIGHBORS FRIDAY, JUNE 7 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

First Fridays Live Music ~ Robin Kern + Jon Reitzes and Frank Iorio. Bedford Playhouse, 633 Old Post Rd., Bedford, N.Y. No tickets required. 914-234-6704. bedfordplayhouse.org SATURDAY, JUNE 8 6 - 8 p.m.

Concurrent Solo Exhibitions by Artists-inResidence Christine Fashion and Nikki Lau - Opening Reception. Clay Art Center, 40 Beech St., Port Chester, N.Y. 914-937-2047. clayartcenter.org

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THURSDAY, JUNE 13 7 p.m.

GHS Seniors Music Recital by Lui Luangkhot & Joe Konno. Music Conservatory of Westchester, 216 Central Ave., White Plains, N.Y. Free. 914-761-3900. frontdesk@musiced.org 8 p.m.

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SPORTS

FRIDAY, JUNE 7, 2019

By Paul R. Silverfarb The Greenwich High School boys’ golf tea m was at a crossroads in its season. After getting soundly beaten in both the Brunswick Invitational and its host event, the Greenwich Invitational, the Cardinals could have taken the easy way out. They could have just succumbed to the pressure of trying to win back-to-back county and state titles and play out the remainder of the season.

But that’s just not Big Red’s style. They have worked way too hard to let that happen. So while the Cards bent during the regular season, they didn’t break . Instead, they came together and gave Jeff Santilli one of his most memorable runs in his two decades as head coach of the team.

“I had to remind them that it’s a process from the beginning of the season to the end and that I was hoping we would get to the point in our games where we were playing our best at the end,” Santilli said. “And that’s exactly what happened. We got to the last couple weeks of the season, worked on a couple of things, and we started peaking at the right time. From the Holohan tour nament until the Division I championships, we had some of the best performances from our top five guys that I have seen in my 20 years coaching here.”

After taking the top five spots at the annual Hap Holahan Tournament, Greenwich came back and took care of business at the FCIAC championships in convincing fashion. Then on Monday, Big Red battled the best the State of Connecticut has to offer and came away with the Division I championship.

“I am extremely proud of the team,” said senior Jackson Fretty. “I think we focused when it really counted, and we were able to show how good we are. I definitely think that the Brunswick and Greenwich invitationals could have made us get down on ourselves and start to doubt who we were.

But, luckily, we were able to take it another way and use

those invitationals as motivation and a wake-up call that things aren’t going to be handed to us.

We really needed to put in some good work and get what we wanted when it mattered the most.”

I n late Ma rch a nd ea rly April, the Cardinals made the trip to Sterling Farms and the conditions could not have been worse. The course was wet, the golfers were soaked because of the rain, the chilly 40 degrees was far f rom ideal golf ing weather and the balls felt like rocks when hitting off the tee.

For senior Ben Ropiak, it was great to see that all the hard work Greenwich put into the season paid off.

It just validates the hard work,” Ropiak said. “You just a sk you r s el f why a r e you doing this and then you realize that it all builds to something.

Hopefully, at the end of the road you win, and we have been lucky enough to do just that. Last year, winning a state championship for the f irst time was just exciting. This one is just as satisfying. It’s a validation of everything.”

Com i n g of f t he F C I AC championships, Greenwich traveled to Timberlin Golf Club for competition in the Division I State Championship and didn’t take its foot off the gas. Finishing with a combined score of 301, Big Red beat Darien for the third time this season, as the Blue Wave took second with a score of 311. Simsbury was third, with a total of 316, and New Canaan netted fourth with a score of 317.

Xavier rounded out the top five with a tally of 319.

“We went out there knowing what we had to do, which is just play our best golf possible,” Santilli said. “At the end, we just shake each other’s hand and be happy and that’s exactly what we did. In those conditions, to hit a 301 was an outstanding score. We didn’t start off too we l l a n d we r e n’t l o o k i n g great, but I spoke to each kid individually and told them to be patient because it was going to be a high scoring day for everyone.”

Fretty took the top score on

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GHS Wasn't to be Denied at FCIACs, D-I Championships

The Greenwich High School senior trio of Jackson Fretty, Billy Nail and Ben Ropiak pose for a photo with the CIAC Division I state championship trophy after Monday's match at Timberlin Golf Club. the team, finishing a 2-over par 74.

“I couldn’t have imagined a better way to end it. We played incredibly well at the Holahan and that was great to see,” Fretty said. “We were awesome at FCIACs and played really well as a team. We were well prepared for that course and were able to execute there really well. And States was mentally tough because of the conditions, but I think we really proved that we can not only execute but also really hang in there mentally.”

Not to be outdone was the duo of senior Ben Ropiak and Tyler Donnellan, as they were both one shot away from Fretty, and each posted a 3-over par 75.

Fellow senior Billy Nail made a plethora of stellar shots and finished fourth on the team with a 5-over par 77.

“It’s incredibly special for Jackson, Ben and I to cap off our four-year career with an FCIAC and State title,” Nail said. “I owe a lot of my development as a player to Coach Santilli. He’s the best coach in the state, and it’s not even close. His postseason track record, in particular, winning 10 out of 20 FCIACs is unmatched throughout the state. He’s been instrumental in helping us develop not only as players but as young men as well.”

Santilli said that he thought his team could take the Division I championship, but he knew it was going to be extremely difficult to beat Darien three

times and conquer the tough conditions.

“I really think it has to do with the experience of just being there already and having a title under their belts,” Santilli said.

“The pressure was off. There was pressure to defend, but we played really well. We definitely peaked at the right time.”

A few days earlier, Greenwich was lights out during the FCIAC cha mpion sh ip held at t he Fairchild Wheeler Black Course and defended its title in grand fashion. Big Red took home the FCIAC crown with a total of 292, eight shots better than Darien High School. Ridgefield was a distant third by shooting a 308

and New Canaan took fourth with a total of 313.

To read more on the Greenwich High School boys' golf team and hear from Santilli and other members of the team, check out today's Greenwichsentinel. com and click on sports.

GHS Rebounders Club Announces Basketball Summer Camp The Greenwich High School Rebounders Club, in conjunction with Greenwich High’s basketball coaches and captains, are hosting a three-day basketball camp June 19 through 21 at Greenwich’s Central Middle School that is open to current second through eighth grade students in Greenwich.

For the three days at Central, the camp runs from 4:30 to 7 p.m. and the fee is $250, which includes a team T-shirt.

Youth players will receive instruction from Greenwich’s varsity coaches, head coach Chris Lovermi and assistant coach Matt Brust. Brust is a St. John’s basketball alum who played on the Chicago Bulls alongside Michael Jordan in the late 1980’s.

Players will improve their fundamental skills while having fun with their friends. Coaches will provide team and individual instruction, plus give players drills they can use on their own. They will help players learn to play with

confidence and high energy.

According to Lovermi, the camp is a great opportunity for players in Greenwich to improve their games while learning about how developing a positive attitude dramatically improves results.

“My staff and I can’t wait to get to know some of the players coming through the Greenwich basketball youth programs,” said Lovermi.

“We’re going to have some fun, show the kids ways to improve their games, and demonstrate how attitude and commitment can drive you to be your best.”

All proceeds from the camp support the Greenwich High School boys’ basketball program. Early registration recommended due to group size limitations. To receive more information and register for the camp, please contact The Greenwich Rebounders Club at greenwichhsbasketball@gmail.com.

Last Thursday, the Greenwich Polo Club kicked off its 2019 season with a lively draw party for the Shreve, Crump and Low Cup, held at the sponsors’ hallmark store on Greenwich Avenue.

This event, which had a big turnout of people, despite heavy rainstorms that evening, featured some of high-goal polo’s noteworthy names who are part of the Shreve, Crump and Low entry roster, including Nic Roldan, Sebastian Merlos and Christopher Brant, son of Greenwich Polo Club founder

and business tycoon Peter Brant, among others.

This tournament, which kicked off Wednesday, with the first public match of the season to be held at the Greenwich Polo Club, on Sunday, June 9, features six total teams, two of who are based out of Greenwich, the esteemed White Birch brigade and Alteris, and four other contingents, Gardenvale, Reelay, Island House and Hawk Hill.

“It’s going to be great to play in this tournament,” said Shane Finemore, an Australian native and member of the Gardenvale team. “This is a wonderful polo club, and this is a major

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tournament, and I’m looking forward to getting out there.”

Segundo Merlos, the esteemed Argentinian three goaler and member of Hawk Hill who played on Huntsman last year, the 2018 Shreve, Crump and Low championship victors, agreed.

“This is going to be a challenging and very competitive tournament, and I’m excited to get out there and play,” said Merlos, 19, whose father, Sebastian Merlos, is a world-renowned nine goaler and whose grandfather, Cacho, is a legendary player who clinched the coveted Argentinian Triple Crown. “I enjoy playing at [the Greenwich Polo Club]. It’s one of the main [high-goal] places and the players and people there are great.”

Nic Roldan, of Wellington, Fla., the esteemed eight goaler who was number-three player for the 2016 East Coast Open Championship team, Team Audi, is also geared up for this annual showdown.

“We’ve got a great team, and I’m really looking forward to playing [at the Greenwich Polo Club] again,” said Roldan.

“I’m happy to be back here in Greenwich. Just like the [Greenwich Polo Club], this town and its community of people are so incredible and full of energy.”

Roldan also spoke about the terrific camaraderie among the players of the Alteris team. “ We have a g reat camaraderie,” said Roldan. “I think the big thing for us is that we all love getting out there and playing. That’s everything.”

According to Leslie Shantz of the Greenwich Polo Club, t he power f u l a nd positive camaraderie among the players seems to affect the overall mood and environment of this famous town destination.

“The [Greenwich Polo Club] is a unique and special place that is welcoming to everybody,” said Shantz. “You can come up here, relax and enjoy a picnic while watching [worldclass] polo and at the end of the match, everyone in the crowd can mingle with the players.

Everyone is so approachable.”

According to Shantz, it’s all about the enjoyment factor.

“It’s all about people coming up here so they can enjoy

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Greenwich Polo Season Kicks Off With Lively Draw Party

Eight-goaler polo player Nic Rolan, from Wellington, Fla., attends the Greenwich Polo Draw Party at Shreve, Crump and Low last weekend. The season gets underway on Sunday, June 9 at the Greenwich Polo Club. the sport and enjoy the day,” the [Greenwich Polo Club] such said Shantz. “It’s great to see a special place.” everyone having a good time, and I think that’s what makes

Wildly Successful: Atlantic Salmon

By Jim Knox

M

y work as a zoologist enables me to view our wild world through a window of treasured experience. Whether studying Alaskan Brown bears, tracking Black rhinos or diving with Great White sharks, my work has taken me far beyond Fairfield County to explore the wilds of the Alaskan tundra, experience the beauty of the African savanna and ply the waters of the Indian Ocean.

Closer to home, I’ve worked shoulder to shoulder with colleagues from Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo and wildlife biologists from The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection to reintroduce more than one million Atlantic salmon to their ancestral waters in New England.

Each spring, soon after snow melt, we converge on the small headwater streams of major coastal rivers. With neoprene waders to guard against the chill of the water and five-gallon buckets to transport the fry, or newly-hatched salmon, we brace the current searching for ideal young salmon habitat.

We identify fast, steady flowing stretches of stream devoid of ambush points for large ravenous trout as well as beds of cobble—bigger than a fist and no bigger than a football—to ensure cover for the little fish. With a slight dip of the bucket upstream, to imprint the fry to the unique chemical signature of their new home stream waters, we pour dozens into the swift current.

Following instinct which has assured their survival for millions of years, they immediately dive for tiny crevices within the cobble of the streambeds. Deftly angling against the current, carefully weaving among slick, moss-cloaked boulders, we work as a team to reintroduce 5,000 to 30,000 fish a day. With as few as one to two fish per thousand surviving to return as spawning adults, every bucket, every pour, and every fish counts. The odds against them are steep. Seeing these fish once again swim in native waters where they had been extirpated--regionally extinct--for more than 200 years, and knowing that we played a small role in making that happen, makes those odds seem a bit less formidable.

A short hike from the Appalachian Trail flows a jewel of a stream. From frigid natal springs along the spine of the Berkshire Mountains, the silver waters of Sandy Brook braid down boulder-strewn slopes before coursing through the Farmington River Valley en-route to the Atlantic. Sandy Brook remains one of the few streams in New England where an angler can score the coveted Grand Slam: the catch and release of a Brook trout, Brown trout, Rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon—all in the same day.

While the Grand Slam is elusive, it is attainable.

The key is the salmon. With a spear-like head, deeply-forked sculling tail and laterally compressed body forged by torrents, the Atlantic salmon is a sleek bullet masquerading as a fish. To have one on the end of your line is to fleetingly tether nature’s beauty and power. To hold one in your hand is to grasp lightning’s flash. The day my son caught and released his first salmon on Sandy Brook—the very same stream I had stocked since before his birth—was a special one. His eager smile preceded the words. “Hey dad! Is this a salmon?” “It sure is!” I confirmed. I thought it wasn’t possible but his smile grew to reveal even more teeth.

For an instant, that 8-inch fish linked ocean, stream, father and son. With a flick of tail and spark of mail, the little salmon launched skyward before splashing back in the current, resuming its journey to the sea.

He has caught others since that May morning but none will ever conjure up the euphoria of his first salmon. For me, that moment will endure just as the timeless creature which inspired it.

Salmon are true survivors—the embodiment of perseverance in the face of adversity. Subjected to nature’s seemingly cruel version of an obstacle course, their first two years of life are spent in streams and rivers, contending with death daily.

Flooding washes them into trout pools where they are quickly devoured, Great Blue herons spear them in the shallows and North American River otters outmaneuver and immobilize them—snipping off their tails for a leisurely kill. If that weren’t enough, fellow salmon cannibalize their brethren while Giant Water bugs impale them with rapier beaks, paralyzing them with digesting toxin to drink their liquefied remains. The young salmon smolts which survive the onslaught, migrate out to an impatient and ravenous sea: Double Crested cormorants hunt them in the estuaries, Harbor seals pick up the chase in coastal waters and 20 foot-long Greenland sharks swallow them whole in the depths off the western coast of Greenland. Uncertain ocean conditions induce havoc with these finely-tuned creatures: trillions of gallons of glacial meltwater may obscure chemical directional cues while water temperature variations brought on by climate instability threaten to diminish the abundance of prey species.

Despite these obstacles, many salmon endure

the two year journey in the North Atlantic to reap the benefits of a life of risk. Feasting on krill and smaller fish, the young salmon receive a massive boost of protein and energy, growing phenomenally in size, speed and strength. Their enhanced streamlined bodies attain a silvery coat of scales along their 30 inch-long, ten pound frame in preparation for their return to life in freshwater. Following their hypersensitive sense of smell, they pick up the faint yet unique chemical signature of their native stream among myriad swirling eddies of scent-laced currents from thousands of miles at sea. Swimming toward the progressively concentrated plume of scent, they inexorably track to the mouths of their home rivers.

It is here that Gray seals rejoin Harbor seals, closing ranks to pursue their speedy quarry. Once past this predatory vanguard, surviving salmon swim upstream to confront vigilant American Black bears and inventive human anglers.

Yet all of these predators tell only part of the story. Such obstacles are an immutable component of the salmon’s life. The salmon’s strategy is to engage the obstacles head on. Like the salmon, we too can directly confront life’s obstacles, enabling us to fight smarter, not necessarily harder. The distinction is that the salmon will engage—converting the obstacle to a paper wall or simply a hurdle. Often times, the fish can use its powers to blast through the obstacle like a paper wall. Yet this is only the first option. By progressing slightly left or right, the salmon takes the fight to the threat via a glancing rush. When that fails—because it sometimes does—the salmon may literally vault high over the threat to land further upstream in a resting pool, reorienting its ascent, conserving vital energy for the next assault. Here is where the drive of the salmon is truly tested and proven. This remarkable fish will execute its assault upstream time and again, repeating the effort, often strategizing an alternate route dictated by head-on conditions.

When we are inevitably confronted by analogous human obstacles such as health challenges, financial bottlenecks or energy depletion, we have an opportunity to apply the salmon’s strategy and gain from its example. Timing their upstream assault to coincide with the flood and drought conditions of each river, salmon have learned to recognize the windows of opportunity and leap the moment they open.

In our lives, as in a salmon’s life, the right path is often the most difficult to follow. When was the last time a path of least resistance led you to a place you truly wished to go? By recognizing and channeling natural cycles to advance, salmon progress. For example, rainfall makes the upstream passage navigable yet too much makes it nearly impassable.

Salmon gauge resistance to their effort and tailor their assault accordingly. Salmon recognize the channels and cycles in their world by virtue of instinct. You have the benefit of knowledge. Schools, clubs, training, classes, shared life experience serve as the channels through which we can “swim” to success. Economic and growth cycles in turn trigger further hiring and opportunity cycles for those who alert themselves to emergent possibilities.

For the Pacific salmon (Chinook, Coho, Chum, Pink and Sockeye), ascending their native stream from the ocean is more than a mere journey. Their ascent marks their monumental effort to spawn as well as their demise.

If these Pacific fish are impressive, it is the Atlantic salmon which is truly legendary among its phenomenal brethren. For reasons that still elude us, they have been known to spawn and return to sea. It is here that they achieve a Lazarus Effect—restoring ravaged bodies, recharging depleted energy and refocusing their efforts toward the next assault on the forces opposing them. Our personal journeys can beat us up—tattering our fins, yet we must temporarily forgo essential resources in accomplishing our goals with single-minded drive. One of the essential components toward such accomplishment is identifying and employing our own Lazarus Effect to restore, recharge and refocus us. It might be time with a dear friend, revisiting a place of significance in your life, or simply unplugging in nature. Whatever delivers healing and focus will serve as your personal Lazarus Effect. This is essential in order for us to muster and fully employ our strengths. You must identify it and utilize it to replenish what you deplete for the vital return passage.

Some processes are purely quantitative and require a willful plunge into waters ahead. If you know that your daily training regimen involves a five mile run, you psych yourself up and you hit the road.

Other pursuits are more qualitative in nature and often require a bit more than industry alone.

In Atlantic salmon, we have a proven model, enabling us to recognize the existence of obstacles in our path as a mere impediment to our ultimate and successful destination, powering through those

which yield, flanking or vaulting over those which do not. By adopting the mission-focused strategy of the salmon, we overcome the onslaught of threats to our needs and to our dreams.

Jim Knox spends time in Greenwich with students in partnership with schools, the Bruce Museum, and other local partners educating about wild animals and the importance of conservation.

He is the Curator of Education for Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo; a graduate of Cornell University where he studied Animal Science, Applied Economics

and Business Management; a guest lecturer for the University of Connecticut; a conservationist who has studied Black rhinos, lions and Great White sharks in Africa; an adventurer who has conducted field research on Alaskan Brown Bears; the former host of PBS television’s Wildzoofari; a writer who has written for PBS television and The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; a wildlife expert who has appeared on: The Today Show, The CBS Early Show and Fox News and has been featured in The New York Times; who also happens to be an incredibly kind person.

FINE ART + OUTSIDER ART APPRAISAL EVENT

What’s it worth? Come to The Bruce Museum for a Fine Art + Outsider Art appraisal and consignment day. Find out the value of your paintings, prints, sculputures, photographs and outsider art.

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When & Where: Saturday, June 15, 10am–4pm The Bruce Museum 1 Museum Drive, Greenwich, CT 06830 Contact: To make an appointment for a complimentary appraisal, contact Jenny Pitman, 917.745.2730 or jenny@ragoarts.com Buy. Sell. Appraise.

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