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Special Camp Section Inside

By Richard Kaufman

S The New Lebanon School Building Committee released its March update earlier this week. Punchlist work will be scheduled after school hours or on Saturdays. Fencing will begin in late March around the old building in preparation for demolition. The project has received its fourth reimbursement from the state of $3.5 mi l lion, tota l ling $15.7 million to date. For photos of t he new school, go to greenwichsentinel.com S The Board of Estimate and Taxation Budget Committee l a s t we e k vot e d t o recommend the 20192020 budget of $443.4 million for the BET to consider. Included in the budget is funding for work on t hree major capital projects: a new proposed northwest fire station, ne w mu n ic ip a l ic e rink and new Eastern Greenw ich Civ ic C enter. A publ ic hearing on the budget will be held on March 26. The full BET votes on March 28. The RTM will have the final say on the budget in May. S The Board of Selectmen unanimously approved the Harbor M a n a g e m e n t Commission’s 20192020 budget last week. The budget will remain at $59,250. S Fre e i nc ome -t a x preparation assistance w ill be available in Greenwich until tax day. Volunteers will lend a helping hand from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., in the Hay ton Room on t he t h i rd f loor of Tow n Ha l l on Wednesdays and Thursdays until April 11. Residents can also get help with their tax forms from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., on Saturdays at Greenwich Library. No appoint ments are necessary for the library, but those who want to go to Town Ha l l shou ld ema i l g r e e nw i c ht a x a i d @ g m a i l .c om or s top by du r i ng hou rs of operation. S Greenwich Police Department Det. Daniel Buc c i w a s re c ent ly named as the Officer of the Month for January. G PD C h i e f , J a m e s He a v e y, pr e s e nt e d Bucci with the award for his investigation i n t o s e v e r a l AT M burglaries. Through his work, Bucci was able to solve several GPD cases, and also helped other state law enforcement agencies solve their open cases. S GPD officer, Justin Quagliani, was recently honored for a s si s t i ng a wom a n who was unconscious. Quagliani responded to a residence on Jan. 25 where the woman was located, and performed cardiopulmonar y re su s c it at ion u nt i l paramedics arrived a nd took over. The woman was taken to the hospital and has been recovering.

Sunset over Moose Pond in Denmark, Maine after another full day at Wyonegonic Camp, the first all-girls’ camp in the nation. Summer may seem far away right now but warmer days will be here before you know it. Our Special Camp Section this week includes four articles from experts in the field. "Singing around the campfire and eating s’mores under a star-lit night sky. The smell of the burning wood weaves in the fabric of campers' clothing. It is almost surreal, compared to the everyday life they live during the school year. At that very moment, the pressures from school don’t exist. For many, this is the fuel they need to get them through long winter months."

March Night Sky

hese next several evenings – March 10, 11 and 12, 2019 – highlight the waxing crescent moon sweeping to the south of the red planet Mars. As seen from North America, the moon will have already swept to the south of Mars by the

time that the two become visible at nightfall March 11. But no matter where you live worldwide, look first for the moon and that nearby red “star” will be the red planet Mars. Jupiter greets early risers a ll mont h long. Look low in the southeast

an hour before sunrise. If you have an unobstructed view, you'll be able to see Saturn and Venus as well, a bit lower in the sky. March marks the 40th anniversary of the Voyager 1 spacecraf t's f lyby of Jupiter, in 1979. Voyager gave us our first detailed,

close-up look at the giant planet and its moons. March ushers in spring on the 20th, with the Spring Equinox, when day and night are of equal length. From now until t he b eg i n n i ng of fa l l daytime will be longer than nighttime, as the Sun travels a longer, higher arc across the sky each day, reaching a peak at the start of summer. You can catch up with NASA at nasa.gov.

Tony Jones at Round Hill Community Church March 17

ut hor of Did G od K i l l Jesus? Searching for Love in History’s Most Famous Execution, Tony will take us on an intriguing biblical and historical journey revealing just how the message of love was subverted and how it can be restored. A reception and book signing will follow the lecture. Here is a preview of some of Tony’s thinking: Why Jesus Died Good Friday is the day that Christians “celebrate”—actually, commemorate—Jesus’ crucifixion. For t he la st severa l yea rs, i n my little corner of Christianity, there’s been lots of talk about the atonement—that is, about what exact ly happened, cosmica l ly speaking, when Jesus died. In fact, the nature of the atonement has

become the bête noire of emergent Christians and the cause célèbre of the resurgent Reformers. Plea se note, I bel ieve t hat Jesus of Na za ret h was a rea l, historic human being who lived from approximately 6-4 BC to approximately AD 26-29. I firmly believe, in unity with the Council of Chalcedon, that Jesus of Nazareth was both fully human and fully divine. This belief is key to anyone’s understanding of the crucifixion. If Jesus was a little less than fully both, then his death means something different than what I think it means. One key to my understanding of the crucifixion is the beginning of Jesus’ ministry. At about the age of 30, Jesus arrives at the Jordan River and is baptized by his cousin, John. He then retreats into the

wilderness where, after a 40-day fast, he’s tempted. Really tempted. What I mean is, the result of Jesus’ interaction with “the tempter” was not foreordained. Nor did Jesus know that he was divine in such a way that he wouldn’t cave in to the temptations before him. Had Jesus been cognizant of his divinity, he would not have been truly tempted. Another key to my understanding of the end of Jesus’ life is what he did with the three previous years of his life. It seems to me that he did just a few things: 1) He t au g ht a b out t he Kingdom of God; 2) He performed miracles; 3) He developed a following that included 12 close followers a nd, by t he end, hu ndreds of

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Changes to Parking Regulations By Richard Kaufman

n Monday afternoon during a special Boa rd of Select men meeting, several changes in parking regulations were made to two Housing Authority of the Town of Greenwich (HATG) properties. In at tenda nce was tow n of Greenw ich Bu si ne s s O p er at ions Super v isor, Roderick Dioqu i no, H ATG Deputy Director, Terry Mardula, and Greenwich Pol ice Depa r t ment D e put y C h ie f, M a rk Marino, who now oversees Greenw ich 's Department of Parking Services. In June of 2013 and September of 2018, the Boa rd of Select men approved HATG proper ties to become pa r t of t he tow n's R e s i d e nt i a l P a r k i n g

Permit Program. A f ter eva luat ion by t he Depa r t ment of Parking Services, several a mend ments to t he adopted town ordinance were proposed. O n M o n d a y, t h e boa rd una nimously approved changes related to McKinney Terrace I & II and Quarry Knoll I & II. The Selectmen approved handicapped pa rk ing for Qua rr y K nol l, as posted a nd marked: two spaces in the vicinity of Building 1-8; three spaces near B u i ld i n g 8 6 - 87; t wo spaces near Community Building; and two spaces near Building 48. The ha ndicapped parking was already in place but not defined in the town ordinance. Thirty minute timed parking was also approved for Qua r r y K nol l i n t he v ici nit y

of t he Communit y Building, Monday through Sunday, seven days a week, as posted and marked. Both Mckinney Te r r a c e a n d Q u a r r y Knoll are now designated a s H ATG prop er t ie s with Residential Permit Parking at all times in the town ordinance. " F r o m o u r perspective, these approva ls are ver y important for us because the people who live there and pay rent should have the first ability to park where they live. That's the main point of this parking policy," Mardula said. Dioquino, Ma rino and Mardula will have to come back to the Board of Selec t men to seek other changes related to HATG properties. In addition, changes to Chapel Lane, La ke Drive and Stuart

Drive were approved. Resident ia l Per m it Park ing was changed to Parking Prohibited. Residents were notified of the possible changes beforehand at the request of Select ma n Sa ndy Litvack: Chapel Lane: North side , f rom R iver side Avenue to dead end, a distance of 0.28 mile, no parking is allowed between the hours 11 a.m., and 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. L a k e D r i ve : B o t h sides of street, no pa rk ing is a l lowed bet ween t he hours of 7 a . m ., a nd 10 a . m ., Monday through Friday. Stuart Drive: Both sides north of Wendle Place intersection e x t e nd i n g nor t he rl y t o H ave m e y e r L a n e , no parking is allowed between the hours of 9 a.m., and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

A tree takes down a power line during Monday’s snowstorm. (Matt Bracchitta photo)

unxsutawney Phil might have been on to something. Following the snow that pelted the region earlier this week, it appears as if winter might be retreating soon. According to Jacob Meisel, founder of swctweather.com and Bespoke Weather Services, a weather forecasting service for energy brokers and traders, spring-like weather could arrive on time this year. "There are maybe one or two more systems left, but with the next week-and-a-half looking clear and getting harder and harder to get more winter weather, I'd say that we're basically out of the woods. This past week was really the most activity that we'll get," Meisel said. For Greenw ich DPW Super i ntendent of Highways, Joseph Roberto, last weekend was very busy for the town. “The first [storm] was not a big issue for the town. Temperatures were favorable and cleanup went well. Sunday into Monday was of greater sig n i f ic a nce, acc u mu lat ions a nd plu ng i ng temperatures,” Roberto said. After cold temperatures descended upon the area this week, temperatures are forecast to reach into the upper 40's and into the 50's early next week. Another cold front could possibly move through the following week. Greenwich remains prepared to handle any winter threat. The town began this winter with full barns of approximately 12,000 tons of salt, and currently has about 6,000 tons on hand. “ T he tow n pre p a re s a nd c on sid er s t he possibility of snow until late April, although we hope it stops long before that,” Roberto added. Overall, Meisel believes temperatures will be seasonal through the end of March, unlike last year when there was a winter storm threat seemingly every other week. "I'm not really seeing anything here to make me think that there's going to be a repeat of last winter where we had all that activity late in March into early April," he said. Greenwich is on track to accumulate below average snowfall this winter with slightly above average temperatures. The storms that we did experience mostly featured wintry mixes. Meisel said this was caused by the storm track this year and the inability to trap cold air in the region. From January to February, Meisel said, there was a stubborn ridge across the east that allowed warmer air to ride up the coast. Storms that were moving along that track had more warm air to work with and weren't able to pull down colder air that's conducive to heavy accumulation. Also, downstream across the Atlantic, an "upper level block" was never able to establish, which slows down atmospheric flow and traps cold air across the northeast. As a result, every cold shot that hit the area was gone within a few days, rather than staying for a couple of weeks. When a storm moved in, it pushed out the cold air and brought in warm air, which produced wintry mix precipitation. Cold air would follow on the backend, resulting in flash freezes of standing water. Going forward, Meisel believes April and May will be biased towards the warm side overall. "The east is looking like it will have a slight warm bias as we move t hrough t he spring. There are some cold risks near the tail end of March, maybe into early April, but a rather rapid transition into spring-like weather for April seems more likely at this point," Meisel said. "Nothing like last April where the cold seemed to linger all the way into early May."

As clocks spring ahead this weekend, residents can begin to dream about warmer days ahead.

SPORTS

FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

GHS Swim/Dive Golden at FCIACs By Paul R. Silverfarb

lthough the Greenwich H i g h S c ho ol b oy s’ swimming and diving team lost their regular season finale, they rebounded in a big way by taking home the FCIAC championship last Thursday night. “ It w a s r e a l l y n i c e t o r e s p ond i n a c ompl e t e l y different way with a really f i n e F C I AC t r i a l s a n d championship finals,” GHS head coach Terry Lowe said. “They really stepped it up and said that we have to take control again. It started off winning that medley relay and we knew that was our best chance at a win all night. Then using high-quality depth and determination the rest of the way, we were able to do really well.” Gre enw ich, wh ich ha s won it s 12t h consec ut ive conference crown, finished the FCIAC championship meet with 429 points. New Canaan took the silver with 372 points. In third was Ridgefield, the

lone team to beat GHS during the regular season, with 328 points. Darien took fourth overall with 249 points and Staples rounded out the top five with 219 points. “I t hi n k t his tea m has realized, all along, that they have to per form as a rea l solid team in order to have a championship,” Lowe said. “In ever y event, t hey ca n point to someone else who has a chance to win. Yet they know they are a team. They are deeper and more solid of a team than mostly any other team in the state. They realize they can do it together and not separately. They showed it during FCIACs.” In the meet, held at the Greenwich High School pool, Big Red had some fantastic performances. While the lone gold medal for the Cardinals came in the 200-yard medley relay event, the first event of the evening, Greenwich’s solid depth was too much t o ove rc ome . “ We m i g ht not have had a winner in an individual event, but we had

Members of the Greenwich High School boys' swim team admire the FCIAC championship trophy they just earned during Thursday night's event at the GHS pool. (John Ferris Robben photo) really top quality swims that put us in the top 10 over and over again,” Lowe said. “We knew that was going to be the essence of our team this year. They really did a great job, and I am so proud of them.” Big Red ’s per forma nce

The Greenwich High School boys' swim team takes to the GHS pool during the FCIAC championship meet last week. (John Ferris Robben photo)

in the 200-yard medley relay was lights out. The foursome of Ju s t i n Ja c o b, T hom a s Lewis, Stephan Todorovic and Nicolas De La Sierra was able to pull away from Ridgefield and touch the wall first with a time of 1:35.47. Ridgefield was second with a time of 1:36.86. A s h i n i n g e x a mple of G r e e n w i c h ’s d e p t h w a s on display in the 100-yard freestyle. Leading the way for Big Red was Charlie Clark, as he picked up third place overall, touching the wall with a time of 47.72 seconds. Right behind him was Nicholas Malchow, as he finished fourth on the evening with a time of 47.79. The third top five swimmer for Greenw ich was De La Sierra, as his time of 48.45 was good enough for fifth place.

In total, Big Red scooped up 45 points between those three sw immers. Adding to t he total was Mark Merson, as he finished ninth overall with a time of 49.45. Another event in which Greenwich capitalized with some big time points was the 50-yard freestyle event, as Malchow took home the silver medal, touching the wall with a time of 21.53 seconds. Not to be outdone was teammate Nicolas De la Sierra, who netted fourth place in the event with a time of 22.01. Teammate Merson kept the good times rolling for Big Red, as his time of 22.25 was good enough for sixth place overall. In the longest event of the day, the 500-yard freestyle, Greenwich flexed its muscles onc e a ga i n, p ost i ng fou r

s w i m mer s i n t he top 10. Leading the charge was Alex Plavoukos, as he took home t he bron z e a nd a t i me of 4:46.06. Two places away was teammate Thomas Cass, as he finished fifth with a time of 4:47.37. The Cards had back-toback finishers to round out the top 10, as James Pascale ended the night ninth overall with a time of 4:51.59 and teammate Nicholas Todorvic was 10th with a time of 4:52.16. Another third place f inisher was Lewis, as the junior competed in the 100yard breaststroke and touched the wall with a time of 59.18. Lewis also competed in the 200-yard individual medley, posting a time of 1:56.77 that was good enough for fourth place overall in the event. Ryan Jee wasn’t to be denied as well in the event, as his time of 1:59.32 placed him sixth on the night. Stephan Todorovic also competed in the 200-yard IM and finished ninth overall with a time of 1:56.97 and rounding out the top 10 was t e a m m at e Joh n Je e , w ho netted a time of 1:59.82. Another event where GHS placed multiple swimmers in the top 10 was in the 100-yard butterf ly. Pascale paced Big Red, as his time of 52.64 was good enough for fifth overall. Stephan Todorovic ended the night ninth with a time of 51.79 and his teammate Jacob placed 10th overall with a time of 53.81. Other individual

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Big Red Falls to Xavier in CIAC Div. II Opener By Paul R. Silverfarb

lthough the Greenwich H i g h S c ho ol b oy s’ basketball team was able to erase a double-digit lead in the second half and had several opportunities to regain the lead, they were unable to break through against Xavier High School Tuesday night. In the opening round of the CIAC Division II tournament at the GHS gymnasium, the Cardinals weren’t able to get a friendly roll during several shots at taking the lead down the stretch and fell to the Falcons 56-48. “I do think we came out and pounded the ball into Oliver [Milledge] early on,” Greenwich head coach Chris Lovermi said. “They adjusted a nd t heir defense k ind of collapsed on him. We really didn’t make enough outside shot s to k i nd of open up their defense. We felt like, in a way, we were falling into Xavier’s trap. They were kind of putting us to sleep so to speak. The kids fought, but they could get over the hump. Give Xavier credit. They made some big shots when they needed to.” For Big Red, Milledge led the team with 18 points. Chris Genaro added 14 points and k nocked down two threepointers. Not to be outdone was Chris Mark, who finished with seven points.

“I had a lot of fun, and I’m sure everybody else on this team had a lot of fun and we are really starting to develop, not only as individuals but as a program,” Milledge said. “I think we are heading in the right direction. We are turning things around, and I think these underclassmen are really going to make a statement next year.” For Xavier, the duo of KJ Grisham and Stephen Kohs paced the squad with 18 points each. Marcus Williams added si x points in t he w inning effort. “We played wel l,” sa id Xavier head coach Michael Kohs. “At times we struggled this year offensively, and I thought tonight that it was o u r b e s t o f fe n s i v e g a m e through the season in terms of consistency from start to finish. We got off to a great star t. We k new t hey were going to pound the ball to Milledge, so we did a lot of work i n t he pa st week i n defending him. I thought we did a decent job. While we did an excellent job defensively, the key was to get our offensive execution.” Early on it was Greenwich taking the early lead. A layup i n t he pa i nt by Mi l ledge, followed by a Genaro threepointer from the top of the key and an offensive rebound and putback gave the Cards a quick 7-2 lead. However the duo of

Stephen Kohs and Grisham got going. They scored 10 of the team’s first 12 points and helped knot the score at 18-18 to start the second quarter. Although the Falcons built a seven-point lead midway through the second quarter and extended it to a 12-point lead with 4:18 to play in the third, Greenwich didn’t back down. Mi l ledge got t he ba l l rolling with a layup in the paint. After Xavier answered w it h a n A nd rew Brow n jumper, Big Red went back to work. Luis Mercado went 1-for-2 from the free throw line and Milledge grabbed an offensive rebound and scored on the putback. With the score 40-31, Dan Arnold gained possession of the ball off a Genaro steal and netted the layup. Genaro called his own number on his next steal and connected on the layup to cut the deficit to 40-35. With 1:15 to play in the third, Milledge was fouled going for the layup and connected on the shot. He also connected on the free throw and just like that Xavier’s 12-point lead was only two, 40-38. Although Xavier’s Kohs stopped the bleeding with a three-pointer to close out the quarter, Genaro and Mark hit back-to-back running layups in the paint to trim the deficit to 43-42 with 5:09 to play.

“Everybody kind of upped t he intensit y,” said Gav in Muir. “We knew our season w a s on t he l i ne a nd ju s t went on full-court press. We started diving on loose balls and really getting after it. But unfortunately we were unable to come up with the win.” With the loss, Greenwich ended its season 12-9 overall. “It’s tough to lose your last game, but ever y team loses their last game except t he eventua l champion in your division,” Lovermi said. “I could not be more proud of this group of kids. I could not be more proud of our seniors. To come off a season like we did last year, with so much uncertainty, and for this group to pull it together and go through a lot of adversity t h roug hout t he sea son is amazing. To actually get a home game in the CIAC state tournament, I could not be more proud of this group.” A n d i t ’s t h a t s t a t e tournament game played on Hi l lside Road t hat mea nt so much to t he tea m a nd coaching staff. After a season where Big Red didn’t have a home game until midway through the season due to a pipe burst in the Performance Arts Center and a team that was plagued with injuries, Gre enw ic h w a s hover i ng around the .500 mark. However, pulling it together in the end by winning its final

Greenwich High School’s Max Steinman drives the paint and looks to connect on the layup during Tuesday’s game against Xavier High School. (Paul Silverfarb photo) three games, finishing with 12 wins and hosting a home playoff game for the first time in five seasons was a solid accomplishment. “ It ’s a g r e a t f e e l i n g ,” Lovermi said. “A home game in the state tournament really signifies all the hard work

we have done t hroughout the year. To be honest, in the middle of the season we were kind of wondering if we were going to get eight wins to get to the state tournament. And to get 12 and get state game is a great feeling.”

HIGH S CHOO L S CO RE BOARD

elow are results from the previous few games for athletic teams from Greenwich High, Brunswick, Sacred Heart and Greenwich Academy. The home team is on the right and the team that was victorious is highlighted in bold:

SWIMMING Greenwich: 1st Place at FCIAC Finals Brunswick: 2nd Place at New England D-1 Finals GA: 1st Place at New England D-1 Finals Sacred Heart: 10th Place at New England D-1 Finals

CHEERLEADING

BOYS' INDOOR TRACK Greenwich High: 4x200-meter relay team (Lance Large, Chris Wint, Hunter Clark and Zane Robinson-Nye): 2nd at New England Indoor Finals (1:29.85) GIRLS' INDOOR TRACK Greenwich High: Zoe Harris 8th in 1,600-meter run at New England Finals (5:09.80)

Greenwich High: 4th Place in Co-Ed Division at CIAC State Championships (175.40) GYMNASTICS Greenwich High: 1st Place at CIAC Class L Championships (137.950)

Mari Noble 2nd in 3,200-meter run at New England Finals (10:55.26) Caroline Webb 10th in 3,200-meter run at New England Finals (11:13.41) BOYS' BASKETBALL Xavier 56 vs. Greenwich High 48 BOYS' ICE HOCKEY Greenwich 1 vs. Ridgefield 8 Greenwich 1 vs. New Canaan 2 (OT) GIRLS' ICE HOCKEY Greenwich 1 vs. Darien 2 Notre Dame-Fairfield 2 vs. Greenwich 5

THE GREENWICH SENTINEL, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

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Cards Strong at New Englands By Paul R. Silverfarb

he G re e nw ic h H i g h School boys’ and girls’ track teams battled the best in New Englands Saturday afternoon and came up with three top 10 performances. During the New England High School Indoor Track and Field Championships yesterday afternoon, held at Boston’s Reggie Lewis Track Center, Big Red entered the boys’ 4x200meter relay competition as a

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sw i mmers fa red wel l at FCIACs. In t he 20 0 -ya rd freestyle, Andres Ruh took

top six team in Connecticut, while the trio of Mari Noble, Zoe Harris and Caroline Webb a ll were top long-distance runners. The foursome of seniors Lance Large and Chris Wint, and sophomores Hunter Clark and Zane Robinson-Nye took to the track at New Englands a nd e ac h f i n i she d w it h a personal best during their part of the relay. Overall they finished the meet second place with a time of 1:29.85. Fellow Connecticut

school Bloomf ield High School, the same squad that upended Greenwich by mere millimeters during the CIAC State Open finals, came out on top at New Englands, posting a time of 1:29.58. Not to be outdone wa s Noble . C omp e t i ng i n t he longest event of the afternoon, the 3,200-meter run, Noble crossed the finish line second overall and posted a time of 10:55.26. She just inched out Maine’s Kate Tugman, who took home third overall with a

time of 10:55.54. A lso compet i ng i n t he event was Noble’s teammate Webb, who ended the event 10th overall and edged out Avon’s Rhiannon Richmond. Webb’s time was clocked in at 11:13.41 while Richmond was a hair behind, netting a time of 11:13.44. The Greenwich High School 4×200-meter relay team, along with Big Red’s Harris also had head coach Jeff Klein, poses for a photo with the silver medals from a s t a n d out p e r for m a nc e . Competing in the 1,600-meter the New England Indoor Track and Field Finals. (contributed photo) run, the GHS athlete was able to upend fellow FCIAC foe take home eighth overall and ninth and grabbed a time of Tess Pisanelli of Ridgefield and a time of 5:09.80. Pisanelli was 5:12.73.

home seventh overall with a time of 1:46.35. “They were outstanding,” Lowe said. “Malchow did a really good job improving from last year. Niki De La Sierra was in agony with back problems but came through

with excellent performances and scored high in both the 50- and 100-yard freestyles, as well as in the relay. Stephan Todorovic, after a miserable t r ia l s , c a me back w it h a really outstanding finals and put him right back in the leadership position. The entire team just did a great job.” Big Red’s two other relays were also strong at FCIACs. In t he 20 0-yard freest yle relay, the team of Merson, Malchow, Clark and De La Sierra edged out Ridgefield by

mere inches and finished with the silver and a time of 1:27.37. Ridgefield’s team touched the wall with a time of 1:27.72. Also taking second was the 400-yard freestyle relay. With the meet clinched for Big Red, t he foursome of Malchow, Merson, Stephan Todorovic and Clark still raced with a purpose and ended the FCIAC finals with a time of 3:13.07. B a c k o n Tu e s d a y, Greenwich competed in the FCIAC diving finals and Big

GHS Gymnasts Golden at L's, Cheer 4th at State Finals

he G re e nw ic h H i g h S c ho ol g y m n a s t ic s a nd cheerleading teams both took to the mats at the state level and both excelled. The GHS gymnastics teams defended its class L crown by upending several tough squads, including FCIAC rivals Fairfield Ludlowe, and coming away with the division title. Big Red took home a top score of 137.950, while the Falcons placed second with a score of 136.800. On Wednesday, Greenwich traveled to New Milford for competition in the state open championships. Results were unavailable at press time. Not to be outdone was the GHS cheerleading team. Competing in t he co-ed div ision of t he CIAC state championship, Greenwich finished fourth overall with a score of 175.40. They just missed out on fourth place, as Daniel Hand High School finished with a score of 177.00. While the fourth place out of 17 teams competing was solid, Greenwich was the only school, other than Enfield High School, in the championships to net zero deductions.

Red picked up 26 points, as two divers finished top 10. Joel Satir ended the diving finals sixth overall, posting a score of 409.60. Te a m m a t e M i c h a e l McNulty took home ninth place overall and a score of 358.55. With the victor y at FCIACs under their belts, the Cardinals await the CIAC cla ss L L cha mpionsh ips , w h ic h ge t s u nd er w ay i n two weeks at the Southern Connecticut State University

pool. “We are hoping that this is the tip of the iceberg,” Lowe said. “We are getting a little more rested and a little more prepared for the state championship season. We had a grueling training trip we had in February and we are just beginning to feel stronger and stronger every day in the water. We need to get through this taper in nice fashion and get everybody as confident as possible.”

Brunswick's Ostrye Named National Coach of the Year

runsw ick w rest ling coach Tim Ostrye was honored as the National Coach of the Year on Sunday at t he 2019 Nat iona l Prep Wrestling Championships, held at Lehigh University. Now in his 33rd season at the helm, Ostrye's team posted an 18-1 record in dual matches and won the FAA team title for the 22nd time in a row. Additionally, the squad took first place at the WNEISWAs for the si xth-straight year Brunswick School head coach Tim Ostrye poses with the Coach and finished fifth at the New of the Year trophy and his coaching staff during the National England Championships. Tournament. (photo courtesy of the Brunswick athletic department)

The Br u ins sent f ive wrestlers to the Prep Nationals this year. The team finished 21st out of 122 teams, while producing two All-Americans (Chris Perr y 126-lb., Luca Errico 138-lb.) at the 84th meet ing of t he top prep wrestlers in the country. Both Perry and Errico finished in fifth-place overall in their respective weight classes. A week earlier, Ostr ye was tabbed by the NEPSAC coaches as the Coach of the Year.

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

EDITORIAL

Road Rage and Community

here is a theme to this week’s paper. We did not plan it or even realize until the other day, it just happened. The theme is “community.” Not in the sense of “we live in the best community in the world,” but more the fact that community is the basis of many of the things that happen in our town – good and bad. In this week’s paper there is an article about road rage. You may not think that road rage has a lot to do with community, but it does. In fact, according to the article by Anne White, there is a direct correlation between the increase in road rage to the dissolution of community. As the sense of community weakens, anger and angst seep in to fill the cracks and voids that emerge. The article and studies behind it are fascinating, and we hope you will explore the issue as we have. However, simply identifying an issue does nothing to solve it. What can we do to temper down the increasing road rage on our streets?

Road rage is a form of anger and we already have too much anger in our community. Take a moment to listen to someone whose opinion different than yours. Don’t discredit them but thank them for being willing to share. This is not so much a driving issue as it is a community issue. People in our town are angry. We seem to have crossed some imaginary line where can now disregard another person’s opinion out of hand, ignore what others are saying, tailgate the car in front of us, and talk over anyone we wish. When did all of that become acceptable? When did a difference of opinion become wrong? Diversity in all things is good, and our town is no exception. We welcome that diversity because it brings vibrancy, creating a tapestry of differing faith traditions, histories, political beliefs and values. But with diversity you must have respect. That does not mean you must agree on everything, but you should have enough respect for yourself and others to accept when others disagree with you. Debate is healthy and important. Increasingly this is not the case. Trying to impose one opinion on everyone is wrong. We may not like what another person stands for, but we should still respect the difference in opinion. When was the last time you heard someone say, “I respectfully disagree”, especially about something political? More than likely when someone disagrees with someone else, they castigate the opposing opinion in silence, if in silence at all. If it be on social media, a plethora of opinions will join in, often outright bullying the opposing view. The road rage we witness on our street is quickly becoming an extension of this anger and lack of respect. In this week’s paper, we also have a special section on Summer Camps and Programs. This is a great resource for those of us with young children. The options run the gamut from weeklong day camps to sleep away camps for the whole summer. These too are about community. When you participate in a summer camp you are participating in a new community, with rules and expectations of appropriate behavior. We can recall fondly our first summer away at camp in Maine when the first day we had an all camp meeting to talk about respect and community. It was great. We met people from all over the world and from different backgrounds. We all managed to co-exist for the summer. The way a community should. Our hope is that as you’re driving around town you will become a little more tolerant of those who are not driving as you would like. Give them a little extra space and take a little extra time yourself. Road rage is a form of anger and we already have too much anger in our community. Take a moment to listen to someone whose opinion different than yours. Don’t discredit them but thank them for being willing to share. It’s the little steps that we take that can help dampen down the angst. It often starts with just smile and letting a car go in front of you. Let’s see if we can quiet some of the car horns over the next week.

Tod's Point earlier this week. (John Ferris Robben photo)

REMEMBER: THIS WEEKEND: Daylight Saving Time, or "daylight savings time" as it commonly is known, returns at 2 a.m. Sunday. You'll need to set your clocks ahead an hour before you go to bed Saturday or when you wake on Sunday. The practice of Daylight Saving Time, roughly a century old in the U.S., is intended to make better use of the day's light by shifting an hour of daylight from the morning to the evening. The days will continue to get longer until the summer solstice occurs on June 21, when we'll have just over 15 hours of daylight. And drive with extra caution after the time change. Believe it or not, more accidents happen after daylight savings switches.

And the Oscar Goes To

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By Icy Frantz

o one would know it, but I am a huge fan of the Osc a rs. No one wou ld k now it b e c au s e I a m usually in bed by 10 p.m. and I always generally fail to stay up past the Best Supporting Actor category. Nevertheless, every year, about a week before the awards, I try to cram in the films nominated for Best Picture and am usually at about 75% by Sunday night. And then, Monday morning after the Oscars, I, along with many others, Google “Who Won?” while sipping cof fee, happily rested from a good night’s sleep. Throughout the day, I listen to the newsworthy accepta nce speeches, I check out the fashion hits and misses, and I play over and over again the best live-performed songs of the night. For t he Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, it’s a big night and, for the winners and nom i nees, it is n ig ht of pu bl ic c e le br at ion . I have a lways fou nd it par ticu larly odd and invasive t he way t he cameras zoom in on the losing nominees, catching them at the precise moment t hat t he one winner is announced, and I wonder what it would feel like to not hear your name

and have your immediate emot iona l response be br o a d c a s t a r ou nd t h e world. For the winners, the award is an opportunity to lift up and recognize work well done. And, I would argue that, although very few of us will stand on that stage to accept the award, or even attend the sparkly night, we all have our own Oscar moments throughout the year and throughout our life. Some of my favorite Oscar moments are personal, and what they lack in fanfare, they make up in value. Last week, I was dropping our strongwilled daughter at school. She had woken up on the w rong side of t he bed, and I had called for a time out. We drove to school in silence, each determined, each miserable but neither one of us willing to call a truce. As we neared the ent r a nc e a nd I pu l le d closer to t he curb, she g r ipp e d he r b a c k p a c k ready to jolt out, and just before she slammed the door, she looked back at me and whispered, almost imperceptibly, “Love you.” I responded, “Love you, too,” and off she went. I was neither begowned nor be-jeweled; in fact, I was be-bath-robed, and t hank f u lly we had no one looking on. The morning had been steep with tension and, like the final announcement of an Academy Award winner, her two words had broken the standoff, and I drove home feeling like she had just presented me with the Oscar. Parenting can be hard. We work at it and work at it and sometimes we get

it right and sometimes we do not . We s e a rc h for the perfect words to say to our toddler, to our teenager, to our adult. We guide, we push and we pray for their safety and for their happiness. And we gather up those little moments when love makes its presence known loud and clear. We hold onto the highs, and love like we would hold onto the gold statue, gripping it with all our might. I am at a stage in life when many of my friends have become empty nesters and t hey are wrestling with what to do with their newly allotted f r e e t i m e . M a ny h ave started businesses or have returned to work outside of the home or have delved head first into learning something new, something they have always dreamed of doing. There is the risk of rejection but, perhaps e v e n g r e a t e r, t h e r e i s t he risk of not f inding somet hing mea ning f u l in which to pour t heir hearts. We head out into unchartered territory and sometimes we learn that a l l of t hose earlier life lessons have prepared us well for what lies ahead a nd we create, a nd we fill, and we learn to love this new beginning and we succeed even if that success is in itty bitty steps and that determination is deserving of an Oscar. Recently, I ran into a friend at Green and Tonic. I w a s goi ng a b out my order, head down, unaware of the other customers, with my thoughts in some far-off place. I heard, “Hi Icy,” and I looked up to a vaguely familiar

face with bright eyes and a rosy complexion from the cool air. “It’s Susan,” she said. Her hair was shorter, much shorter than I had recalled, very cute but different. Our children had attended elementary school together many years ago. “ H i S u s a n .” I s a i d , embarrassed by my lapse in recognition, but having recalled that our children had attended elementary s c ho ol t o ge t he r m a ny years ago. Susa n told me t hat it was her first day back working out after months of treatment for cancer. I hadn’t heard. I was struck by her vitality. She had been knocked down, she had endured, she had grit and she was celebrating something many of us take for granted. Her attitude and her power made such an impression on me and, if I had had a gold statue in my pocket, I would have been honored to present it. A nd t he Osca r goes to….You have 45 seconds i n f ront of 3 0 m i l l ion viewers. The camera zooms i n a nd you g r a c e f u l ly make your way onto the stage, dressed in a gown made up of four million beads. You humbly accept. The gold statue represents so much: success, victory, hard work, grit or simply a small step in the right d i r e c t i o n . Yo u t h a n k those who helped you get there. You take a minute to inspire and say never give up because there is an Oscar waiting for you, too. And with that, the music comes on, the mic is turned off and your time is up.

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From Page 1 others. The importance of 1) and 3) are pretty obvious to Jesus’ mission. The significance of the miracles, however, is sometimes misunderstood. They were not significations of Jesus’ divinity (as evidenced by the other magicians and sorcerers on t he scene in Jesus’ day). Instead, they were little in-breakings of the new age that Jesus, as the Messiah, was inaugurating. Especially in the healing m i r a c l e s , Je s u s t ou c h e d t he people who had been condemned as “unclean,” and thus unworthy of Temple worship—a woman with an issue of blood, blind men, lepers, paraplegics, a crazed

demon iac—a nd clea nsed them. He upset the order of things by bringing the people who had been marginalized— now you ca n i nclude ta x collectors and whores—by the dominant religion of his time and place and making them “right” with God again. So when Jesus’ three years of traveling, teaching, and miracles ends in Jerusalem, on a Roman cross, his death culminates the life that he lived. His execution amidst common t hieves is his ultimate act of solidarity with every human being who has experienced godlessness and god-forsakenness. In other words, every human being. On that very day, a few of t he hu m a n w it ne s s e s understood this at an intuitive level, most notably the Roman soldier who, from the foot of the cross, said (probably

under his breath), “Surely this man is the son of God.” And since that time, billions of human beings have found solace and victory in the fact that God, ...made himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as a human being, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to death— even death on a cross! Some people today may find it compelling that some Great Cosmic Transaction took place on that day 1,990 years ago, that God’s wrath burned against his son instead of against me. I find that version of atonement theory neither intellectually compel ling, spiritua l ly compelling, nor in keeping with the biblical narrative.

Instead, Jesus’ death offers life because in Christianity, and in Christianity alone, the God and Creator of the universe deigned to become human, to be tempted, to reach out to those who had b e en de -hu m a n i z e d a nd restore their humanity, and ultimately to die in solidarity with every one of us. Yes, he was a sacrifice. Yes, he was “sinless.” But thank God, Jesus was totally human. The hope he offers is that by dying on that cross the eternal Trinity became forever bound to my humanity. The God of the universe identified w it h me , a nd I have t he opportunity to identify with him. Today, and every day, I hang with him on that cross.

By Drew Williams

I recently came across a statistic that 80% of drivers admitted to hav ing some t y pe of road rage during the course of a year. This i ncluded behav iors such as block ing drivers f rom changing lanes, purposefully running drivers off the road, and even using weapons to cause harm to a person or vehicle. Furthermore, 50% of drivers admitted to resorting to rude gestures, shouting and aggressive driving in reaction to another driver doing that to them (which I guess could mean that 50% of us started it!). The most aggressive drivers in the U.S. traverse the streets and highways of Miami, Florida. To this “claim to fame” the City of Miami re sponded a mbig uou sly, “Miami has a very diverse, dense population, including a large community of senior cit izens who have a ver y different driving style from younger drivers.” Rounding out the list of top five cities are New York City, Boston, Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. At the other end of the spectrum is the city with the most courteous drivers: Portland, Maine. I was curious about what distinguished the good people of Portland from the fray, but, alas, my hopes were dashed. The Washington Post covered a news story that

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Our Problem with Anger Jesus is talking about the unrighteous anger of pride, vanity, hatred, malice and revenge. These are the things that matter to God when He said, “You shall not kill…” The deeper question is: What is the true state of your heart? How do you react to things that happen? Do you find yourself flaring up into a raging temper when a person ha s done something to you? Do you feel anger against a person who has done nothing against you? And what do you do with that anger? Jesus didn’t just limit it to feeling angry. Again, his message was: “But I say to you that ever yone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” The word “fool” used here comes from Aramaic word “Raca” and means “empty.” Empty-headed, block-head or b onehe ad wou ld g ive us the modern idiom. It is also possible that Jesus was referencing the Greek word for “ fool ” t hat ex presses contempt for someone’s heart or character. The point is that there is more than one way to kill someone! Anger and insults are ugly symptoms of a desire to get rid of someone who stands in our way. We may not have literally killed someone, but it is not so unusual that we “murder” one another in our hearts and minds. We can cold-bloodedly kill someone’s reputation. We can snuff out somebody’s conf idence by unk ind criticism. We can conduct a kind of character assassination by deliberately looking for fau lt. We k now t hat it is

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went viral surrounding some “diner rage” at Portland’s now infamous Marcy’s Diner. It appears that the Diner’s owner threw food containers at a father whose two-yearold daughter was behaving as we all know hungry twoyea rs old s c a n, w it h t he commentary, “Either she goes or you go!”. So, what are we to do with all of this anger? Jesus famously said the following as part of a teaching referred to as the Sermon on the Mount: “But I say to you that everyone who is angry with his brother will be liable to judgment; whoever insults his brother will be liable to the council; and whoever says, ‘You fool!’ will be liable to the hell of fire.” (Matthew 5:22). How reasonable does this sound? How doable is that? Does my inability to “keep calm and carry on” bar me from the abundant life that Jesus is offering? What Jesus is inviting us all into is a life in abundance that is actually more profound, much more posit ive a nd deeply personal. What Jesus was doing was exposing a very superficial understanding of God’s commandments. Jesus had prefaced his “But I say to you…” with “You have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not murder; and whoever murders will be liable to judgment.” (Matthew 5:21). The deeper application of the prohibition not to kill is much more profound. There is, if you like, a curve that leads to murder. Of course, we shou ld not murder (I believe we can all agree here) but God is equally interested in everything that appears on that curve before it gets to causing physical death. Within the Sermon on the Mount

possible for our flesh to get out of bed on a Monday morning and carry on while inside our spirit can be broken by the angry words and actions of another. The evidence is all around us. The w riter Norman Vincent Peal described such an instance: “Once walking through the twisted little streets of Kowloon in Hong Kong, I came upon a tattoo studio. In the window were d isplayed sa mples of t he tat toos avai lable. On t he chest or arms you could have tattooed an anchor or flag or mermaid or whatever. But what struck me with force were three words that could be tattooed on one's flesh: ‘Born to lose.’ I entered the shop in astonishment and pointing to those words, asked the Chinese tattoo artist, ‘Does anyone really have that terrible phrase, “Born to lose”, tattooed on their body?’ He replied, ‘Yes, sometimes.’ ‘But,’ I said, ‘I just can't believe that anyone in his right mind would do that.’ The Chinese man simply tapped his forehead and said in broken English, ‘Before tattoo on body, tattoo on mind.’ Words have the power to break our spirit and kill our sense of worth.” So, is it enough t hat I simply try as hard as I can to refrain from anger? Do I grip the wheel of my car on Greenwich Avenue and think happy thoughts? And if Jesus himself got angry from time to time, then how on earth am I expected to suppress my true feelings? Next week I want to attempt to respond to these questions and open up the beautifully positive nature of Jesus’ teaching and the grace in it all that is deeply personal.

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Grief and Hope for Methodists

By Carol Bloom

t is a difficult time if you count yourself among the people called Methodist. If you missed the headlines last week, a special called session of General Conference (the highest legislative body of the denomination) was held and delegates voted to strengthen prohibitions against the ordination of LGBTQ+ clergy and same-sex marriage and define penalties for clergy and congregations who violate them. We have long recognized that, as a denomination, we are not of one mind on these issues. The hope was that we could find a way forward together, acknowledging our differences but agreeing to love one another and work together. Sadly, that was not the case. I watched the proceedings via livestream and it was heartbreaking in many ways. There was very little evidence of the church I love. We are all hurting – there were no winners in the action taken – and we are hurting publicly. According to the Rev. Dr. Mark Holland, Executive Director of mainstreamumc.com, the whole world watched as our church “spilled rather than shattered. It spilled like a giant box of Legos” all over the General Conference floor and onto the front pages of every major newspaper. It was very difficult for me, as a lifelong Methodist and as a pastor, to do anything other than grieve as I watched the pain of my LGBTQ+ siblings in Christ who were told that they were not valued and loved. I am

still bouncing around in the stages of grief. What has helped me is the outpouring of concern and support I have received from clergy colleagues here in Greenwich. We have a strong and active Fellowship of Clergy and I have felt their prayers, love, and support. But I am a pastor and cannot simply process my own grief. The congregation of Diamond Hill United Methodist Church is grieving as well. The decisions that were made at General Conference are in direct conflict with Diamond Hill’s position as a member of the Reconciling Ministries Network, an organization that works for full inclusion within the denomination. Not least among my concerns was what I was going to say to the congregation on Sunday morning. Where was the Good News in all of this? Could there be a message of hope? The answers came through prayer and studying the readings for the week. Sunday was Transfiguration Sunday. The scriptures tell us that Jesus took three of his disciples – Peter, James, and John – and went to the top of the mountain. While they were there, Jesus was transfigured into an image of blinding white and he was joined by Moses and Elijah. The disciples witnessed this, and the ever-eager Peter suggested that they build three shrines for Jesus, Moses, and Elijah. They were then enveloped in a cloud and heard the voice of God telling them that Jesus was the Son, the Chosen One, and that they should listen to him. What a powerful, uplifting text! But how does it relate to what the UMC in general and Diamond Hill in particular are facing?

The Transfiguration happened to Jesus, but it affected the three disciples. Jesus’ form did not remain a blinding white; Moses and Elijah did not remain. When they came down from the mountain, the world had not changed. But they had. They were not transfigured but transformed. They could not unsee what they had seen, and it changed them; they could not look at the world in quite the same way. The same must be true for us. We must be transformed by what we have seen and heard. We must be renewed and reenergized to share the love of God through Jesus Christ with the community. So, what’s next for the denomination and for Diamond Hill? For the denomination, the answer is we don’t know yet. The legislation must be reviewed by the Judicial Council (the Supreme Court of the denomination) to determine (UMC) constitutionality. That will not happen until the end of April. There is talk of churches walking away; of planting a new denomination; of vowing to stay and fight. It is too soon to know how everything will play out. What I do know is this: Diamond Hill UMC remains an open, welcoming, and safe space for everyone - regardless of gender identity, sexual preference, ethnicity, age, ability, or economic status. That has not changed and will not change. The people of Diamond Hill UMC remain a people of love, a people of service to the community, a people called Methodist. Rev. Carol Bloom is the pastor of Diamond Hill United Methodist Church in Cos Cob.

THE GREENWICH SENTINEL, FRIDAY, MARCH 8, 2019

Obituaries William Shaw

William Theodore Shaw of Greenwich, CT, died Jan. 24, 2019. Ted wa s bor n i n Toledo, O h i o , o n N o v. 7, 19 3 4 , t o Wanda and W. Theodore Shaw. He attended Scarsdale High School in Scarsdale, N.Y. and g r adu ate d f rom Ne w Tr ier High School in Winnetka, Ill. In 1956, he graduated from Denison University, where he was a member of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity and Editor of the college humor magazine for several years. In 1962, he married Alexandran Mapes of Suffern, N.Y. In 1972, they moved from New York City to Greenwich, C T. For 41 ye a r s he w a s a copywriter in the advertising agency business in New York C it y. Fi r s t , w it h O g i l v y & Mat her, t hen McC a f f re y & McCa l l, where he was a n Executive Vice President and Co-Creat ive Director a nd member of t he Boa rd. He retired from Grey Advertising as a VP/Creative Supervisor. The Shaws joined t he B e l le H ave n C lu b i n 19 7 7, where Ted was involved with several committees. In 1994, h e c o - f o u n d e d t h e C l u b 's news magazine Tidings and continued as co-editor for the next 25 years. Ted was an avid photographer, painter and dog lover. He is survived by Alexandra Shaw, h is w i fe of 56 yea rs , d aug hters Ad r ien ne Mapes Shaw of Greenwich, CT, Hilary Shaw Hou ldin of New York City, twin grandchildren John and Mary Louise Houldin of Wa sh i ng ton, C T, h is sister M a rc i a C o d l i n g a nd n ie c e Carolyn Martel of Loudonville, N.Y. The family wishes to extend their appreciation to Dr. Sunil Rana for his extraordinary care. A Celebration of Ted's Life will be held at The Belle Haven Club on Saturday, March 9 at 3:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Adopt-A-Dog of Greenwich, P.O. Box 11135, Greenwich, CT, 06831.

Richard Keegan

R ichard J. Keegan, 94 o f We s t f o r d , f o r m e r l y o f Greenwich and New Haven, CT, died on Feb. 14, 2019 in his residence at the Bridges at Epoch in Westford, Mass. Dick was born in New Haven, CT, on May 10, 1924, the son of the late Richard J. and Catherine (Shea) Keegan. A WWII veteran, he served in General Patton's 3rd Army in the European theater and was awarded the Purple Heart. Fol low ing his honorable discha rge, he returned to Cornell University on the GI Bill where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega, the President of the Interfraternity Council and long-time class President. Following his graduation in 1949, Dick worked in sales for Procter and Gamble briefly before mov ing to New York City where he began a forty year career in the advertising i ndu st r y i nclud i ng joi n i ng Young and Rubicam in 1960 managing Johnson and Johnson and Procter and Gamble a c c ou nt s . I n 19 71, h e w a s appointed senior vice president/ account director at Needham, Harper and Steers where in 1973 he was elected to the board of directors. In 1976, he joined Doyle Dane Bernbach as group Senior Vice President. Dick a nd his w i fe Joa n moved to North Maple Avenue in Greenwich in 1953 where they brought up their children and resided until 2008. Dick provided advertising services for Pray Motors of Greenwich,

t hen k now n a s Bla ncha rdPray Automobi le C or p i n 1962 introducing the new VW convertible bug among other campaigns. In 1988, upon his informal retirement, he opened Kee Associates, an advertising consulting firm in Greenwich. In 2008, he and his wife Joan moved to Wallingford, CT. As long-time a lumni supporter and volunteer for Cornell, Dick was honored to be a lifetime member of the University Council, a member of the Cornell University Tower C lu b a nd b e s t owe d by t he University with the Frank H.T. R hodes E xempla r y A lu m n i Service Award in 2000. D ic k 's ma ny i ntere s t s i ncluded sk i i ng at Mag ic Mou nt a i n i n L ondonder r y, Vt. where he was a member of the Outing Club and golfing at Stanwich Country Club in Greenwich CT. R ichard was predeceased by his wife of 64 years, Joan Noden Keegan, who died in 2017. He leaves a son, Stephen J. Keegan and his wife Anna of Lunenburg, Mass.; a daughter, Janet C. Bray of Murray, NE; two grandchildren, William R. Keegan of New York City and Samuel P. Keegan of Boston. A funeral Mass for Dick and his wife Joan will be celebrated on Saturday, March 9 at 11 a.m. in St. Boniface Church, 817 Massachusetts Ave., Lunenburg, Mass. In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to the Irene and Morris B. Kesslers Schola rs Prog ra m for Fi rst Generation Students at Cornell University, Office of Alumni Affairs and Development 130 E. Seneca Street, Suite 400, Ithaca, NY 14850.

Lynne Hone

Ly nne Hone, of Old Gre enw ic h, C T (fond ly nicknamed “Wolfie”) passed aw ay on M a rc h 4 , 2 019. Lynne was born and raised in Greenwich, CT where she lived her entire life. Her mother was the late Helen B. Walsh and her step-father was John J. Walsh of Cos Cob. Af ter graduating from Sout hern Connecticut State College Lynne was a French and Spanish language teacher in Monroe and Greenwich public schools. She left teaching to join Xerox Latin American Group as a translator and while working for Xerox returned to college to earn a Masters in Education from Fairfield University. Lynne pursued a second Masters in Marriage & Family Therapy at the University of Bridgeport and she worked for various social service agencies until launching her own full-time practice in Old Greenwich and Norwalk, CT. Lynne dedicated herself to cou ns el i ng a nd g u id i ng individuals, couples, families, and groups. Lynne retired from private practice a few years ago and became fully engaged in her hobbies and personal interests. She enjoyed being a volunteer with Adopt-a-Dog of Greenwich a n d d e l i g ht e d i n a t a k i n g variety of social, political, and cultural classes at UCONN in Stamford. She loved traveling which included study abroad in Spain and France, exploring It a ly, c r u i si ng Eu rop e a nd A l a s k a , I s l a nd hoppi n g i n Hawaii, visiting California, and spending time on Block Island. Lynne and Mike owned a log cabin in Copake, N.Y., where they spent many happy years discovering the lake and the upstate region. Lynne was a keen photographer and her home office included scenes from her travels, photos of her family, friends, and pets. She recently

participated in the Greenwich Library’s Oral History Project. Ly n ne love d t o d a nc e a nd listen to g reat music, delve into a good mystery, take in a popular movie, and simply be out and about walking the neighborhood, Binney Park and Tod’s Point. What fun Lynne had “shooting the breeze” and catching up with her family and her countless friends, many of them childhood pals. Above all, Lynne loved to laugh, which she did frequently. She is survived by her high school sweetheart and husband of 50 years, Michael J. Hone; her sisters, Sharon Lehman (John), and Janis Walsh Broadhurst (D ou g ); h e r br o t h e r, Jo h n Wa l s h , M i k e ’s f a m i l y : L e e Chubb (Russell), Robert Hone (Bunny), Timothy Hone, and Jimmy Hone (Maureen); nieces and nephews; Tracy Farricker (D a r r y l), Fr a n k Fa r r ic k er, (Suzanne), and Lisa Farricker, and multiple grand nieces and ne phe w s . Ly n ne c her i s he d h e r m a ny f r i e n d s h ip s a n d belonging to the original band of “Boss Chicks” - friends since elementary school. A private service will be held for family. In lieu of f lowers a donation in Lynne’s honor may be made to Adopt-a-Dog of Greenwich, PO Box 11135, Greenwich CT 06831.

Donald Macintyre

Donald Macintyre passed away peacefully the morning of Friday, Feb. 28 at 2 a.m. “Don” as he was k now n by family and friends, was born Aug. 25, 1932 in Port Chester, N.Y. and grew up in both Port Chester and Greenw ich. He was a 20-year Veteran of the Mi lita r y Police Div ision of t he New York A ir Nat iona l Gua rd s’ 105t h Tac t ic a l A i r Support Group at White Plains/ Westchester County Airport, b e fo r e t h e Un i t s ’ m ove t o Stewart Air Base in Newburgh, N.Y. when it was transitioned into the 105th Airlift Wing. In his professional career, Don worked in t he construction industry as Licensed Electrician for a period of 38 years before retiring in 1992 , a nd was a loyal and devoted International Brot herhood of Elect rica l Workers (I.B.E .W.) member of Local #3, previously known a s L o c a l #5 01. D u r i n g h i s retirement years, he loved to be outdoors and could always be found outside tending to the yard, polishing his car, or simply enjoying the company of his family, or listening to his recordings of the likes of B e n n y G o o d m a n , To m m y Dorsey, and Glen Miller, and on occasion was known pump up the volume to the shrill of the Bagpipes; a nod the his Scottish Heritage. He w a s pre - de c e a s e d by his parents; Eleanor Pelham (Leibrock), and James Macint y re, and a grandson, Matthew James Macintyre. He is survived by his loving wife of 64 years, Dorothy (Maffucci), a half-brother James Macintyre, Jr. of North Carolina, a son, Robert and his wife Marie, and a Grandson, Steven. Private services were held on Saturday, March 2 at Coxe & Gra zia no Fu nera l Home, followed by interment at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Greenwich.

Jessie McFadden

Je s sie McFa d d e n ( Je s sie Kennedy McCreadie) passed away on March 3, 2019 at home in Greenwich, CT after battle with cancer. Born Jan. 22, 1933 i n D u mba r ton S cot la nd to Agnes McArthur McCreadie and James McCreadie. She attended Dumbarton High School in Scotland and w o r k e d f o r m a ny y e a r s a t

Whitman & Ransom Law Office in Greenwich. She was active member of Daughters of Scotia/ L ady Mackenzie L odge #68 for 64 years. She enjoyed life, friends, travels and summers at Island Beach. The family thanks Dr. Lee and staff at Bendheim Cancer Center in Greenwich for taking wonderful care of Jessie. She is sur v ived by son A n d r e w, d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w Barbara, grandchildren Ben and Max and a sister Isa of Scotland. S he w a s pre d e c e a s e d by her husband Bernard "Winks" McFadden and a sister, Nancy of Scotland. Funeral Mass was Thursday, March 7 in St. Mary Church, followed by interment in St. Mary Cemetery. In lieu of f lowers, consider donations in her name to St. Mary Church, 178 Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830.

Margaret Adame

M a r g a r e t H ay e s Ad a m e passed away at home in Greenw ich, C T on Feb. 28, 2019 after a battle with breast cancer. She was 79. Born Aug. 9, 1939 in Queens, N.Y. to Ruth Hayes (nee Signer) and Francis X. Hayes, she graduated from Queens College. After joining Bloomingdales and becoming a cosmet ic s buyer, she wa s recruited by Saks' Fifth Avenue and rose to become Senior Vice President, General Merchandise Ma na ger, overseei ng se ven divisions. In 1994 she became P re sident a nd CEO of T he Fashion Group International, a non-profit organization for professionals in the fashion and design-related industries, founded in part by luminaries such as Edith Head, Elizabeth A rden, Helena Rubi nstei n, and Eleanor Roosevelt. She has been the recipient of numerous hu ma nita ria n a nd business leadersh ip honors awa rded by The American Cancer Society, The American Jewish Committee, the City of Hope, Queens College, The Samuel Wa x m a n C a n c e r C e n t e r, T he Ch i ld ren's Hospit a l at Montefiore, and the prestigious La Medaillè de la Ville de Paris, among others. Margaret also served on a number of corporate and non-profit boards including Internationa l Flavors & Fragrances, The Movado Group Inc., LIM Fashion Education Foundation, and The Mosholu Preservation Corporation. An avid traveler and lover of history and art, she was admired for her steadfast determination, her straight-talking ability to get to the point, and above all, her generosity of spirit. She is sur v ived by her daughter Alexandra Adame, and her stepdaughter Elizabeth Adame, and her grandchildren Quincy, Casey, and Febee. She was predeceased by her husband of 42 years, Omar Adame. The family is very grateful to Dr. Lee, and also the GeriCare staff who took such good care of her. Visitation was Monday, March 4 at Coxe & Graziano Funeral Home. A funeral mass was held Tuesday, March 5 at St. Catherine of Siena church in Riverside. Donations in her honor may be made to T he Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.

Shorts, Michael Shorts, Jr., and the children of her son Allen (who predeceased her), Shantell Jo h n s on , R o s h e u n S h o r t s , A sh le y Shor t s , a nd Evely n Shorts, as well as her siblings, Er mel i ne, Ma rga ret , Isa ac , Jessie, and Dorothy, all natives of New Orleans, La. Evelean worked most of her adult life as a nurse's aide and as a housekeeper and nanny to the Barnett family, and later the Holton family in New Orleans, and again later for the Holton family, after she relocated to Greenwich following Hurricane Katrina in 2005. She was a kind and loving woman. Wonderful with children, she was beloved by the families and patients she cared for, a nd a devout Christian. A funeral service was held Wednesday, March 6 at 11:30 a.m. at Leo P. Gallagher Funeral Home at 31 Arch St. Burial will follow at the Long Ridge Union Cemetery, 159 Erskine Road in Stamford, CT. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to the Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, 96 Cummings Point Road Stamford, CT 06902 or at acgtfoundation.org

Diana Gerli

In loving memory of Diana Susan Gerli (DiDi), 68, who passed away on Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2019 in Old Greenwich, CT. DiDi, daughter of the late Jean and John E. Gerli, was born in Greenwich, CT on May 26, 1950. She at tended Greenw ich schools throughout her elementar y and middle school years, graduating from Greenwich High School in 1967. DiDi loved her garden, cooking, bird-watching, the ocean and spending time with family and friends. D i D i i s su r v ive d by her brother John E. Gerli, Jr., (Jay) of Sharon, CT, sister Eleanor Gerli (Ellie) of Old Greenwich, brother Alexander Gerli (Sandy) of Wendell, N.C., and sister Margaret Whittelsey (Lynne) of Sun Valley, In. She adored all of her nieces and nephews, John E. Gerli III (Johnny), Margaret Fillingham (Marnie), Linda Bilowz, Bennett Gerli, Brooks Gerl i, A lexa nder Gerl i a nd Carrington Gerli. She was very proud of all of her great-nieces and nephews, Jack, Meg and Patricia Gerli, Hugh and Zoe Fillingham, Will and Brooke Bilowz and Tate Gerli. And adored her goddaughter Sarah R ipengo a nd her daug hters Kaitlyn, Brooke and Peyton. Funeral arrangements will be private.

Alfred Werben

A l f r e d G e r a r d We r b e n , 86, of Greenwich, CT, died on Feb. 27, 2019. After graduating f rom Ma nhat ta n Col lege, he s er ve d i n t he US Nav y. In 1958, he joined Young & Rubicam advertising as a Traffic Coordinator and two years later became a Copywriter. Al saw service as a Creative Executive with Y&R in Germany, Mexico and Venezuela, retiring in 1998. He is survived by his wife Ju d it h W i g ht We r b e n , h i s daughter Diana Mosher, and his grandsons Eric and Glen Mosher. There was a Requiem Mass Evelean Shorts on Saturday, March 2 at St. Eve le a n Joh n s on S hor t s Paul's Church, Greenwich. passed away peacefully on Feb. Diane Larson 26, 2019, at Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, CT. The cause of Visitation and service were her death was cancer. March 2 at Leo P. Gallagher & M s . Shor t s w a s b or n on Son Funeral Home, Greenwich. March 13, 1945, in Waterproof, In lieu of f lowers, donations La., and was the daughter of can be made to Woman's Club Dorothy Mae Webb Johnson of Greenwich, 89 Maple Ave., a nd Je s sie Joh n s on . She i s Greenwich CT 06830. survived by her son, Michael, his children, Michael Vernon

On Faith Column

By Rev. Dr. Ed Horstmann

hen author Stephen King was si x yea rs old , he sha red a shor t stor y that he’d written with his mother. He loved the look on her face as she read it, apparent ly charmed by his creation. But, when she asked him if he had used someone else’s ideas to tell the tale, he admitted to borrowing heavily from material in his comic book collection. A lt hou g h s h e s howe d s om e d i s a p p oi nt m e nt

at t h is ad m ission, she turned the occasion into a teachable moment: “Write one of your own, Stevie,” she said. “I bet you could do better. Write one of your own.” I n a b o ok he w rote on the craft of writing, Stephen King singled out those words as a decisive moment in his w riting career. He said that his mother’s encouragement gave him “an immense feeling of possibility. . . as if I had been ushered into a vast building filled w it h closed doors a nd had been given leave to open any I liked. There were more doors than one person could ever open in a lifetime, I thought (and still think).” Stephen King has remarked in interviews t hat he has no interest

What If?

i n orga n i z ed rel ig ion, but t his is a stor y t hat organized religion would do well to hear. Do the sermons we preach, and the decisions we make, and the programs we offer usher our congregations into “an immense feeling of possibility?” I wonder about that. Jesus told his fol lowers t hat “greater things shall you do than I have done.” Given that the people hearing those words saw Jesus heal the sick and raise the dead, it seems fair to say that Jesus was setting the bar high. But what if we took Je su s at h i s word a nd allowed ourselves to bask in the possibilities of that promise? What if we took him at his word when he said, “You are the light of the world”? Walter Brueggemann,

a Biblical scholar whose books have brought the Bible a l ive for se ver a l generations of readers, o n c e s a i d , “ We d o well to consider t he impossibilities of which God is capable.” When I prepare sermons from week to week, I am consistently brought into contact with stories that stretch my imagination to respect the capacities of God. Again and again, t he Biblica l na rrat ives introduce me to women, men, and children who aligned themselves with the wildest dreams of God for the whole fragile world. Their lives were not tuned to su r v iva l, but to t he heartbeat of their creator, whose call to them was to be free, faithful, and compassionate activists for the power of love.

T h a n k G o d for t he people, and encounters w it h nature, a nd t he mysterious touch of the Spirit by which we are ushered i nto i m mense feelings of possibility. At such moment s, we a re called to shed those habits or ways of looking at the world that diminish our God-given capacity for love and creativity and c o m p a s s i o n . We f i n d ourselves welcomed into a world of wonder, where we are allowed to imagine how our gifts might be channeled to ma ke the common good as good as it can get. The forty days of this y e a r ’s L e n t e n s e a s o n wou ld b e a go od t i me to expand our sense of what is possible because of the God who is alive and at large in our world.

Maybe a simple question like “What if?” could be a catalyst to set our faith in motion. What if we not only read the Greenwich Sentinel for information about ou r com mu nit y, but held in prayer some of the people featured in its stories? What if we brought to God an area of our personal lives in need of tenderness and re-imagination? What if we made a change in our spending habits in order to channel more support to a cause worthy of our faith in God? How might such ex plorat ions become a playground for faith, a way to imagine doors opening into new worlds of hope and love? What if? Ed Horstmann is the Senior Pastor at Round Hill Community Church.

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

Service: Sun 9 & 11am; Wed 7pm - Family Life Night. Spanish: Thur & Sat 7:30pm; Sun 4pm. Sunday School, 10:30-11:15am. Service - Stamford campus, Sun 10am, Palace Theatre, 61 Atlantic St. Every Wed, from Jan. 10-March 28: The Alpha Course, 7-8:30pm. Connie's Circle - Every Sat, 10am-1pm. March 8-10: I Am Chosen Youth Retreat, Grades 6-12. March 8: Men's Prayer, 8-10pm. March 9: Ladies' Prayer, 10-11:30am. BAPTIST First Baptist Church 10 Northfield St.; 203-869-7988 www.firstbaptistgreenwich.com

Sun: Service 11am, School 10am. Wed: Bible Study 7:30pm. Greenwich Baptist Church 10 Indian Rock Ln; 203-869-2807 www.greenwichbaptist.org

Sun: Prayer in chapel 9:15-9:30am; Bible Study, 9:30am; Worship 11am. Wed: Prayer & Bible Study 7-8:15pm. Every first Sat. of the month: Men’s Bible Study and Breakfast, 8-9:30am. CATHOLIC Sacred Heart Church 95 Henry St.; 203-531-8730

Mass: Mon-Fri 7am, Sat 4 & 5:30pm, Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am Confessions: Sat 3:30 & 5pm. St. Agnes Church Greenwich 247 Stanwich Rd.; 203-869-5396 www.stagnesrc.org

Mass: Mon 9am, Sat 4pm (Winter only), Sun: 8:30 & 10am. St. Catherine of Siena Church 4 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-3661 www.stcath.org

Mass: Mon-Fri: 7am and 5:15pm, Sat 7am, Sun 7:30, 9, 10:30am and 5pm; Vigil: Sat 5pm; Holy Day 7am, 12:10 and 5:15pm (Vigil). Confessions Sat 3pm. Meditation Group Thu 7pm. Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, First Fri of month. Next Bible Study session begins - “Pilgrim People”, Mondays: 7:30-9pm & Tuesdays: 1011:30am, $30 materials fee. March 8, 9, 10: St. Catherine's Players presents Footloose, the Musical. March 9 & 14: Walking with Purpose Connect Coffees: Reaching Your Child’s Heart - a women’s Catholic Bible study, wwpstcathct@gmail.com, stcath.org/ walking-with-purpose. March 15: Potluck Dinner, 6-8:30pm, RSVP by March 14, psloane@optonline.net St. Mary Church 178 Greenwich Ave.; 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. Stations of the Cross, Fridays of Lent, 7pm. St. Michael the Archangel 469 North St.; 203-869-5421 www.stmichaelgreenwich.com

Mass: Mon-Fri: 7:45am, 9am; Sat 9am, Vigil Mass 5pm; Sun: 7, 9, 10:30am, 12, 5pm. Bible Study: Thu 7pm. St. Timothy Chapel 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421 Mass: Sat 4pm; Sun: 9:30 & 11am.

St. Paul Church 84 Sherwood Ave. | 203-531-8741 www.stpaulgreenwich.org

Chassidic Philosophy 8:45am, Sat 203-629-9584 9:30am; Torah reading and discussions www.fumcgreenwich.com 10:30am; Youth Services 11am. Women’s Sun 10:30am with childcare. Torah Study Group, Wed 9:30am. Mommy & Me: Musical Shabbat Tue Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099 & Fri, 9:15-10:15am, during summer: North Greenwich Congregational 12:30pm. Through Dec. 22: Mommy & Service: Sun 11am Bible Study: Wed. 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-869-7763 Me Fall Session begins (0-24 months), 6pm. www.northgreenwichchurch.org 9:20am, register. Thursdays through NONDENOMINATIONAL Service: Sun 10:30am. Communion first March 28: Parenting Club for Women, Sunday of month. Dingletown Community Church 9:30am, RSVP. March 17: Chabad Girl 376 Stanwich Rd.; Scouts, 11:45am, girls ages 5-13, RSVP, Second Congregational Church 203-629-5923 maryashie@chabadgreenwich.org. 139 E Putnam Ave.; www.dingletownchurch.org 203-869-9311 Congregation Shir Ami www.2cc.org Service & Sunday School: Sundays One W. Putnam Ave; 10:30am followed by coffee hour. Holy 203-274-5376 Sat: Family-friendly Evensong Service Communion: first Sun of each month. www.congregationshirami.org 5pm. Sun Serv: 8:30 & 10:30am. Children’s Choir Rehearsal each Shir Ami Religious grades K-6, Tues, Sunday School 11am. Wednesday starting at 4:15pm. March 4-6pm, B’nai Mitzvah Classes; Shabbat Revive Church 14: Greenwich Moms’ Group, 7pm. 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old Services two Fridays a month. March Greenwich Civic Center) 8: Friday Shabbat with Cantor Ellen EPISCOPAL www.myrevive.org Dreskin, 7:30-9:30pm. Anglican Church of the Advent Service: Sunday 10am. Childcare and Greenwich Reform Synagogue 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-861-2432 children’s ministry available. 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 www.churchoftheadvent.org Sun 10am in Meetinghouse. Caregivers Support Group, 1st Sun 11:15am-12pm. Hats Off Book Discussion Group, Thu 1011:30am. March 10: Sunday Afternoons Live #4: The Off Sounders, 4-5pm, $25.

Mass: Vigil Sat: 4pm; Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am; Mon to Thurs 9am. Holy Day schedule: Vigil: 5:30pm Holy Day: 9am and 12:15pm. First Friday Mass & Benediction 9am. St. Paul Volunteers in Action, Fri mornings, office@ Service: Sun 9am Holy Eucharist. Sunday stpaulgreenwich.org or 203-531-8741. School during academic year. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat 3-3:45pm Christ Church Greenwich or by appointment. March 16: St. Patrick 254 E. Putnam Ave.; meets St. Joseph at St. Paul Parish 203-869-6600 Dinner, 5-8pm, 203-531-8741, office@ www.christchurchgreenwich.org stpaulgreenwich.org. Sun: Holy Eucharist, Rite II, 8 and 9:15am; St. Roch Church Holy Eucharist, Rite I, 11am; Compline & 10 St. Roch Ave.; 203-869-4176 Communion, 5pm. Sunday Educational www.strochchurch.com Offerings: Exploration Series, Youth Mass: Mon, Tue, Frid: 7:30pm; Sat Formation & Church School, 10:10am. Tue: 4pm, Vigil Mass 4pm; Sun: 7:30, 9:30, Holy Eucharist, 10am. March 8: Middle 11:30am - Social Hour (immediately after School Youth Gathering, 7-9pm, 9:30 Mass). Confession: Sat 3-3:45pm. 203-869-6600, ext. 14, ljohnson@ Prayer Group (Spanish) Fri 8pm. christchurchgreenwich.org. March 9: Documentary: Dramatic Escape, CHRISTIAN SCIENCE 4-6pm, 203-869-6600, akryzak@ First Church of Christ, Scientist christchurchgreenwich.org. March 11 Park Place; 203-869-2503 15: Faith on Fire, 7-8:30am. March 16: www.christiansciencect.org/ Courage & Faith presents Peter Enns, greenwich 7-9:30pm, free and open to the public, Service and Sunday School 10:30am RSVP, info@courageandfaith.org. Wed. Service 7:30pm. Childcare. St. Barnabas Episcopal Church COMMUNITY 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org First Church of Round Hill 464 Round Hill Rd.; Sun: Holy Eucharist Rite I 8am, Holy 203-629-3876 Eucharist Rite II, 10am; Worship, Church www.firstchurchofroundhill.com School & Nursery 10am. Serve dinner at Service: Sundays 10am Holy Communion: Pacific House, fourth Tue of the month, 5:30pm. first Sun every month. St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Round Hill Community Church 200 Riverside Ave.; 395 Round Hill Rd.; 203-637-2447 203-869-1091 www.stpaulsriverside.org www.roundhillcommunitychurch.org Service & Church School: Sun 10am Service: Sun: Holy Eucharist, 8am; (childcare available) followed by Coffee Christian Education Formation (Sunday Hour; Summer Meditation Schedule: School), 10; Holy Eucharist, 10:15; Coffee Thurs, 6:30pm. March 8: RHCC Youth Hour, 11:30. Group - Friday Night Live, 6-9pm, St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church church@roundhillcommunitychurch. 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-2262 org. March 13: Women's Bible Study, www.saintsaviours.org 7:30pm. March 16: Tony Jones, Author Sun: Rite I Eucharistic Service, 8am. Rite and Theologian, 10am; Tony Jones: II Eucharistic Service, 10am. School and "Did God Kill Jesus?", 7pm. childcare offered during 10am service. CONGREGATIONAL JEWISH The First Congregational Church Chabad Lubavitch of Greenwich 108 Sound Beach Ave; 75 Mason St.; 203-629-9059 203-637-1791 www.chabadgreenwich.org www.fccog.org Shabbat Prayer, Study and Kiddush, Regular Worship and Church School:

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Shabbat services, Fri 7pm. Adult Jewish Learning, Sun 10am. Religious school, Sun 9-11:30am. Introduction to Judaism, Tue 7pm. Through Dec. 21: ‘Baby & Me’ program, 11am-12pm. Pajama and Book Drive - all ages, from infants to teens, bring them to Sunday School, Hebrew Tutoring, or Shabbat Services. March 10: Preschool Open House, 9:30-11am, RSVP; Torah Study, 1011:30am.

Stanwich Church 202 Taconic Rd.; 203-661-4420 www.stanwichchurch.org

Sunday: Greenwich Campus, 9 & 10:45am, 202 Taconic Rd; Stamford Campus, 6pm, 579 Pacific St, Stamford. Sept. 9 - June 2, 9 and 10:45am, Greenwich campus; 6pm, Stamford. March 8: Student Ministry Small Group, 7-9pm. March 9: Pacific House - Service Opportunity (Shift Work), 126:30pm..

Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-7191 www.templesholom.com

The Albertson Memorial Church 293 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-4615 www.albertsonchurch.org

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran 286 Delavan Ave.; 203-531-8466

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

Worship Sun: 11-12:30pm. Service: Fri 6:30pm; Sat 10am; Sun Trinity Church 8:30am. Candle Lighting: Fri night. 1 River Rd.; 203-618-0808 Shabbat Study: Sat 9am. Minyan: Sun www.trinitychurch.life 8:30am. Lunch ‘n Learn: Tue 12pm. Itsy Bitsy Playgroup: Wed 10:30am. March 8: Worship: Sun 9:15 & 11am, Greenwich PJ Shabbat, 5:30pm, RSVP, 203-542- Hyatt Regency, 1800 E. Putnam Ave. 7165, alice.schoen@templesholom. PRESBYTERIAN com; Shalom Shabbat, 5:30pm. March First Presbyterian Church 11: Social Action: Inspirica Women's 1 W. Putnam Ave.; Shelter, 5:30pm; Game Night, hosted 203-869-8686 www.fpcg.org by Sisterhood, 7pm. Worship Sun: 10am with childcare, LUTHERAN Chapel, 5pm (new); Children’s MiniFirst Lutheran Church Chapel 10:15am. Food for the Table 2nd 38 Field Point Rd.; Thurs 3-5pm; Shelter for the Homeless 203-869-0032 2nd Thurs 5:30-7pm. March 13: www.flcgreenwich.org Wednesday Night Theology Class with Service: Sun 10:30am followed by coffee Rev. Miller, 7:30-9pm, 203-869-8686. and fellowship. Wed: education ages 3.5 March 14: Parent Devotional Group with Rev. Sean Miller, 9:15-10:30am. & up 2:30-5:15pm at St. Paul Lutheran.

Service: Sun 9am, Bible Study 10:30. METHODIST Diamond Hill United Methodist 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-2395 www.diamondhillumc.com

Worship Sun: 8:45 & 10:45am at 89 Maple Ave.; childcare provided. Living Hope Community Church 38 West End Ave; 203-637-3669 www.LivingHopeCT.org

Worship & Sunday School: 10am. March Worship Sun: 10am. Bible study: Mon 13: Lenten Cluster Service, Soup & 7:15-9pm. Women’s Bible Study Tue 9:30Bread, 6:30pm; Worship, 7:30pm. 11:30am. Mothers of Preschoolers 1st/3rd First United Methodist Church Wed of month 9:15-11:45am. Bibles & 59 E. Putnam Ave.; Bagels Sat 7:30-8:30am.

From Page 4 SUNDAY, MARCH 10 8:30 - 11 a.m. St. Lawrence Society (SLS): Spring Ahead Breakfast Buffet. The Club, 86 Valley Rd. Free for SLS Members; $12, adults; $8, children. 203-618-9036. trish@ stlawrencesociety.com. stlawrencesociety.com/ events 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. ICC Greenwich: Children's classes - Hindi, Dance Coding and Chess. Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich, 4 Horseneck Ln. First class: $175; second class: $100; third class: $50. Class sizes are limited. info@iccgreenwich.org. iccgreenwich.org 9:30 - 11 a.m. The JCC Preschool at Greenwich Reform

Synagogue (GRS) Open House - for children aged 2-5. GRS, 92 Orchard St. RSVP. If you can't make it, call the office to schedule a private tour. 203-629-0018. jotform.com/StamfordJCC/ GRS 11 a.m. AP Chemistry Workshop - get the help you need for your Chemistry AP exam. C2 Education, 141 West Putnam Ave. Free. 203-6221680. Greenwich@c2educate. com. c2educate.com 11:30 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. Family Gallery Tour interactive, discussion-based tour of the Museum's current exhibitions. Ages 6-10. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Free with admission; no registration required. 203-869-0376. info@ brucemuseum.org 12 - 1:30 p.m. Children's Storytime: 'A lways Anjali' with Actor/ Author Sheetal Sheth. Boys and Girls Club of

Greenwich, 4 Horseneck Ln. Free and open to the public. Register. info@iccgreenwich. org. iccgreenwich.org 12 - 6 p.m. Greenwich Skate Park is open. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park next to the Arch Street Teen Center. Through March 30, the park will be opened on weekends only from 12 to 6 p.m. Ages six and up. $10, daily pass; $30, monthly membership. Full pads required. 203-4969876 1 - 2 p.m. AA Meeting - "Brunch Bunch Group." Greenwich Hospital - Behind Cafeteria, 5 Perryridge Rd. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-863-3000 1 - 3 p.m. Art Adventures: Sculpture Sketching - craft fun and creative works of art inspired by the Museum’s collections and exhibitions. Ages 4 and up. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Free with

admission; no registration is required. 203-869-0376. info@brucemuseum.org 2 p.m. Free Basketball Clinic benefiting Kids in Crisis, presented by Corbin's Crusaders Day Camp. $5 raffle to win a Lebron James Jersey. Bendheim Western Civic Center, 449 Pemberwick Rd. To reserve a spot, email your child's name and age to: hoops@ corbinscrusaders.com or text to: 203-632-9763 2 p.m. St. Catherine’s Players’ ‘Footloose The Musical!’ - last performance. St. Catherine of Siena Lucey Parish Hall, 4 Riverside Ave. $21 in advance; $25 at the door. 203-637-3661, ext. 327. stcatherinesplayers@gmail. com 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. 203-637-2447 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 MONDAY, MARCH 11 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

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9:30 - 10:30 a.m. Mindful Monday Mornings Yoga: gentle yoga. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $25; nonmembers, $30, per class, or $400 for all classes. Walk-ins welcome. (Bring your own mat.) 203-869-9242. Info@ GreenwichBotanicalCenter. org. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org

March Coffee Morning. Christ Church Bookstore, 254 East Putnam Ave. All are welcome. Sign up. greenwichnewcomersclub. org

Lewis St. Register. $450, $25 registration fee. (Every Tuesday through March 26) 203-661-2927. saintclairstationers.com/ classes-2

10:30 - 11 a.m. Spanish Storytime - music and songs, stories and movement. Cos Cob Library - Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. Children. 203-622-6883

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

11 - 11:45 a.m. & 1 - 1:45 p.m. Bruce Beginnings - explore the Museum through picture books and hands-on activities. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Ages 2 ½-5. Free with admission, but space is limited. See the Visitor Services desk on arrival. 203-869-0376. info@ brucemuseum.org 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. OPEB Trust Board Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall Mazza Room, 1st flr., 101 Field Point Rd. 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Preschool Story Time & Craft with Allison. Byram Shubert Library Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-531-0426 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Drop-in Computer Lab - get assistance with email, online forms, social media, creating documents and more from Library Staff. Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. 203-622-7914. trainingcenter@ greenwichlibrary.org 12 - 1:30 p.m. FS Diversity Advisory Committee Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall - Parks & Recreation Conference Room, 2nd flr., 101 Field Point Rd. 1 - 3 p.m. Sit n Stitch - join local knitters as they work on individual projects or projects for the community. Cos Cob Library, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. All levels are welcome. 203-622-6883

12:30 - 3 p.m. iPhoneography: Advanced iPhone Photography. Greenwich Library Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203-6227914. trainingcenter@ greenwichlibrary.org

1:30 - 3 p.m. Parkinson’s Support Group: Naturopathic Medicine: Improving Health and Quality of Life with Vaughn Bowman, ND, naturopathic physician. Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. Free. 203-8634444

1 p.m. Lecture: Dr. Scott Kramer, gastroenterologist: “Colon Cancer and Your GI Health.” Greenwich Hospital’s Hyde Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888-305-9253. greenwichhospital.org/ events

2:30 - 3:30 p.m. New: Serious Illness Support Group - conversations and connections are facilitated by Giesele Castronova, a palliative care social worker. Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd. (Weekly, through March 26). Free. 203-863-4628

3:15 - 4:15 p.m. Children's Program: Vanilla Swirl, the clown, performs stories and magic followed by twisting balloons. Byram Shubert Library Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-531-0426

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. Free. Every Tuesday and Thursday. Reserve a time. 203-6295744. info@archstreet.org

4:30 - 5:30 p.m. New: Python Programmers Lounge Workshop for Grades 6-11. Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. Also, Monday, March 18 and Wednesdays, March 13 and 20. 203622-7918. emorrissey@ greenwichlibrary.org 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 6:30 - 7:30 p.m. Diabetes Support Group: Nancy Ryan, RD: “Food Label Lingo: Cracking the Code for Better Food Choices.” 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, MARCH 12 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. Greenwich Newcomers Club:

4 - 5 p.m. Story Crafts - stories, songs and a fun craft designed for 3, 4, and 5 year-olds with a parent/caregiver. Children's Constellation Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. 203-622-7940. dsullivan@ greenwichlibrary.org 5:30 - 7 p.m. Cancelled - Shellfish Commission Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall Evaristo Conference Room, 3rd flr., 101 Field Point Rd. 6 - 8 p.m. Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal: Grief Recovery Support Group. 3 River Rd., Cos Cob. Register. $200. 203340-9816. hopeandrenewal. org 6 - 8 p.m. CPR Friends and Family (Infant/Child). Greenwich Hospital’s Medical Education Roomg, 5 Perryridge Rd. $65. Register. Designed for lay rescuers only. Meets American Heart Association standards. 888-305-9253 6 - 8 p.m. Copperplate Calligraphy classes with Karen Gorst. Saint Clair Stationers, 25

6:30 - 8 p.m. Greenwich Tree Conservancy: The Hidden Life of Trees - meet Author and Forester Peter Wohlleben. Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave. Advance registration required. Free. treeconserv@optonline.net 6:30 - 10 p.m. GEMS: Winter 2019 Emergency Medical Responder - EMT Bridge Class. Greenwich Emergency Medical Service, 1111 E Putnam Ave. Also, Thursday, March 14, 6:30 - 10 p.m. Register. (Minimum age to enroll is 16 years old, with parental consent). 203-6377505. greenwichems.org 6:45 p.m. The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group - Relaxed Bridge. YMCA of Greenwich, 50 E. Putnam Ave. From Advanced Beginners to Intermediate. $10, members; $12, nonmembers. Register. (Every Tuesday) 203-525-8032. Ppolitebridge@optimum. net. greenwichymca.org 7 - 8:30 p.m. Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal: Boundaries Group - having healthy relationships. (Every Tuesday through April 9). Trinity Ministry Center, 5 River Rd. Register. $250. (Scholarship available). 203-340-9816. susangestal@gmail.com. hopeandrenewal.org 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.) 203532-1259. greenwichct.gov WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13 9:30 a.m. Explore Whitby's program at a Wednesday @ Whitby event. Whitby School, 969 Lake Ave. Free. 203-302-3900. admissions@whitbyschool. org. whitbyschool.org/ wednesday 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Career Coach: Microsoft Office PowerPoint. Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203-625-6508. trainingcenter@ greenwichlibrary.org. greenwichlibrary.org 11 a.m. Retired Men's Association of Greenwich: Sylvia Reiss: "The Stone Walls of Connecticut." First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. Free and open to the community. info@greenwichrma.org. greenwichrma.org 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. Better Breathers Club: Dr. Alissa Greenberg: “Updates on Treatment for COPD, Pulmonary Fibrosis and Emphysema.” Greenwich Hospital’s Pemberwick Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888-305-9253 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Google Business Tools: Grow Your Business Online. Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203-625-6533. mmartin@ greenwichlibrary.org 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m. Greenwich Newcomers Club: Book Discussion Group - 'The Underground Railroad' by Colsen Whitehead. Register. greenwichnewcomersclub. org 2:45 p.m.

Arguimbau Art Gallery Moves to Riverside

rguimbau Art Gallery announces t h a t o n A pr i l 2 t hey w ill be mov ing to a n e w l o c a t i on i n t h e hea r t of R iverside a nd O l d G r e e nw i c h . Pe t e r and K im Arg uimbau will be ta k ing over the unique historic ga l ler y space at the“Boatyard,” 35 0 R i v e r s i d e Av e . i n R iverside. Bu i lt c1850, t his boutique boat yard has, over the years, been the headquarters of Ben L o c k wo o d ’s oy s t e r i n g

The Perfectly Polite Bridge Group - Beginner Bridge. $40, members; $48, non-members - four sessions. YMCA of Greenwich, 50 E. Putnam Ave. Register. 203-525-8032. Ppolitebridge@optimum.net 4 - 5 p.m. Stroke Education and Support Group: “Updates on Acute Ischemic Stroke Management.” Greenwich Hospital’s Noble Conference Center, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888-305-9253

business, ser ved as a blacksmith shop, and since 1935 was the home as “Ole’s Boatyard.” The Boat yard was recent ly f u l ly restored by Chris and Rachel Franco. “We are thrilled t hat t he Boat ya rd w i l l be a showcase for Peter A r g u i mb au’s f a bu lou s ma ri ne a r t. W hen we were re-imagining The Boatyard a top priority was to continue its tradition of offering f ine marine a r t , a nd it do e sn’t ge t

better than Arguimbau’s beautiful paintings,” said Franco. Peter Arg uimbau i s a r e s i d e nt a r t i s t o f Greenwich who specializes in classic marine paintings and vistas. His oil paintings are well known for their luminist quality of light. For more information, contact 203-274-6176 or 203-570-6683, email Kim@ A rg u i mbau A r t .com or visit ArguimbauArt.com

6 - 7:30 p.m. Lecture: Dr. Marc Kowalsky, orthopedic surgeon: “Why is Orthopedic Surgery Safer Than Ever?” Greenwich Hospital’s Noble Conference Center, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888-305-9253 6 - 7:30 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. 888-357-2409

6:30 - 8 p.m. Fishway Workshop for Volunteers - Town of Greenwich looking for Mianus River Fish Ladder Volunteers. Town Hall, Gisborne Room, 3rd flr., 101 Field Point Rd. Free. Preregistration is required. 203-622-6461. sarah. coccaro@greenwichct.org

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. 203-2537632. dunn.christopheralan@gmail.com. afgreenwich.org

7 - 10 p.m. Regular Meeting Historic District Commission. Greenwich Town Hall - Mazza Room, 1st flr., 101 Field Point Rd. 7:30 p.m. Greenwich Grind Teen Coffee House featuring Open Studio time. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. Free. Grades 7th-12th.

Everyone Is Invited To A

Public information meeting State Project No. 56-319

BRIDGE NO. 03514 INTERSTATE 684 NORTHBOUND OVER BYRAM RIVER TOWN OF GREENWICH to be Held

Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at the Western Greenwich Civic Center 449 Pemberwick Road Greenwich, Connecticut (Inclement Weather Date: April 3, 2019)

Open Forum for Individual Discussions with DOT Officials will begin at 6:30 p.m. Formal Presentation at 7:00 p.m. A Public Information Meeting regarding the same project will also be held in New York at the Hergenhan Recreation Center, 40 Maple Avenue, Armonk, NY 10504 on March 20, 2019 at 6:00 p.m. with an inclement weather date of March 26, 2019. Residents, commuters, business owners, and other interested individuals are encouraged to take advantage of this opportunity to learn about and discuss the proposed project. PLEASE JOIN US ON Wednesday, March 27, 2019 The meeting facility is ADA accessible. Language assistance may be requested by contacting the Department’s Language Assistance Call Line at (860) 594-2109. Requests should be made at least 5 business days prior to the meeting. Persons with hearing and/or speech disabilities may dial 711 for Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS) and must instruct the operator to contact (860) 594-2243. Language assistance is provided at no cost to the public and efforts will be made to respond to a timely request for assistance.

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Free. Every Wednesday. 203629-5744. info@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. 203-8633417 THURSDAY, MARCH 14 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 9:45 - 10:45 a.m. Bruce Beginnings - explore the Museum through picture books and hands-on activities. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Ages 10-24 months and their caregivers. Free with admission, but space is limited. See the Visitor Services desk on arrival. 203-869-0376. info@brucemuseum.org. brucemuseum.org 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. Greenwich Center for Hope & Renewal: Grief Recovery Support Group. 237 Taconic Rd. Register. $200. 203-3409816. hopeandrenewal.org

11:30 a.m. Al-Anon Family Group Meeting: Thursday Noon AFG. St. Catherine of Siena Church - Room 101, school building, 4 Riverside Ave. 203-637-3661 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m. Qi Gong: mindful movement and breathing. Cos Cob Library - Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. 203-6226883 12 - 1 p.m. AA Meeting - "Getting It Together Group." Christ Church - Parish House Loft, 254 E. Putnam Ave. This meeting is open and anyone may attend. 203-869-6600 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. 203-863-4375 1 - 2:30 p.m. Lifetime of Looking: Art from Near and Far - for adults with memory loss and their caregivers. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Registration required. 203-413-6741. kholko@brucemuseum.org

Real Estate Column

What’s Going on with Greenwich Real Estate? By Mark Pruner

ebruar y is a short mont h, only 28 days, or 10% shorter than January. February is a lso traditiona lly t he slowest mont h for sales, as older inventory overhangs the market and mos t ne wer i nventor y i s wa it i ng for wa r mer we a t h e r. I n a d d i t i o n , Februar y is k now n for having bad, discouraging w i n t e r w e a t h e r, t h a t doesn’t make you want to spring out of bed and tour houses. Now hav ing said a l l that, over the last 10 years we still have managed to average 31 houses sales in February, but in February 2019 we only had 20 sales. This is down 43% from last February’s 35 sales. If you read my January report, this drop in sales is somewhat expected as our contracts at the end of this January were down, but I never expected a sales drop of this much. January 2019 was nearly the same as 2018, and we regularly see sa les and contracts seesaw from one month to the next. We need the big kid to come sit on the seesaw to get the seesaw moving up. For

February, sales were down 43%, contracts are down 39% and inventory is up for most price ranges. At the moment, it is a buyer’s market. Now it’s not a l l bad news in sa les; our sick child for 2018 appears to have recovered as sales from $1 – 1.5 million are up in February 2019. The $1 – 1. 5 m i l l ion pr ice category also has had an inventory drop with 10 fewer listings than last year. The result is that months of supply in the $1 – 1.5 million price range dropped from 16 months of supply last February to 10 months of supply this February. The other goodne w s c at e gor y i s over $10 m i l l ion w he re we h a d t wo s a le s , one i n backcountry and one on t he w ater f ront i n Old Greenwich, both for $11 m i l l i o n d o l l a r s . ( We also have another ultrah ig h-end hou se u nder contract.) Like our other br ig ht spot , i nventor y is also down to only 24 options for the very wellheeled. Combine more sales and lower inventory a nd we a re look i ng at a remarkable 2 years of supply, down from over 9 years of supply not that long ago. The market just below that, from $5 -10 million, continues to be a difficult ma rket , a nd it is even more so for the first two months of this year with month of supply literally off the chart (well at least

off the chart if the chart tops out at 4 ye a r s of supply). The large sales drop is worrisome, but what i s re a l ly wor r i s ome i s contracts. Contracts tell you where the market is now, not 1 – 3 months ago as sales do. In contracts, we a re dow n i n e ver y category from $600,000 to $10 million. In total, we have 35 fewer contracts at this point this year than we had last year. March is also likely to see a sale decline also. Ye a r- t o - d a t e , s a l e s are only down 28% and

contracts are down 39%, both over a broad price ranges. You have to ask y ou r s e l f w h at ’s goi n g on. The government s hutdow n i s over, t he C h i n a t r a d e sit u at ion lo ok s l i k e it ’s ge t t i ng bet ter, u nemploy ment continues low, the stock market is up and interest rates are down from their recent peeks. W hatever it is has to af fect houses over a broad set of price ranges. One thing it could be is the extraordinary Sturm und Drang coming out of Ha r t ford. R ight

n ow, we h ave bi l l s t o i mpose a conveya nce tax on buyers, to create a statewide property tax, to place tol ls on ever y major, a nd e ven s ome minor, state highways, to broaden the sales tax to lots of businesses and professions that haven’t p a id s a le s t a x b e fore , and to offload part of the teacher pension problem to the town which will have to ra ise proper t y ta xes to pay for t his imposition. Now, all of t hese bi l ls won’t pa ss, but t h e y a l l r a i s e t h e uncertainty level and that

tends to freeze buyers. For buyers who are willing to roll the dice, now is good time to negotiate a dea l, a nd for sel lers now is a good time to be particularly flexible. But the crystal ball is foggy; we’ve got just one bad mont h a nd t hi ngs could turn quickly. The murkiness of the situation gives the advantage to the bold buyer. Mark i s an awardwinning agent with Berkshire Hathaway. He can be reached at 203-9697900 and mark@bhhsne. com.

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NEW SOLDS 2/27 to 3/6/2019 by Cesar Rabellino Address

Original List

List Price

9 River Road 408 322 Lyon Farm Drive 322 9 Fairfield Avenue 26 Hassake Road 326 Palmer Hill Road 44 Orchard Drive 12 Pintail Lane 106 Lockwood Road 18 Lake Drive

$435,000.00 $750,000.00 $1,125,000.00 $1,095,000.00 $1,995,000.00 $2,675,000.00 $2,795,000.00 $3,498,000.00 $4,890,000.00

$435,000.00 $750,000.00 $1,039,000.00 $1,095,000.00 $1,795,000.00 $2,495,000.00 $2,795,000.00 $3,199,000.00 $4,299,000.00

12 Indian Drive

Sold Price DOM BR FB Acres

$407,000.00 $775,000.00 $951,660.00 $1,117,500.00 $1,700,000.00 $2,335,000.00 $2,644,000.00 $3,000,000.00 $3,900,000.00

SqFt

86 124 127 34 331 283 268 220 360

1 4 3 3 5 4 5 6 6

1 3 2 2 3 3 4 5 6

0 0 0.12 0.18 0.58 0.28 0.27 0.33 0.51

3,664 4,400 5,975 8,100

0.7

7,270

$13,500,000.00 $13,500,000.00 $11,000,000.00

1,069 1,992 1,626 2,478

NEW LISTINGS 2/27 to 3/6/2019 by Cesar Rabellino Address

List Price

Price/SqFt

SqFt

2 Homestead Lane 206 37 Sheephill Road 7 7 River Road 303 30 Windy Knolls B 11 Cross Lane 51 Forest Avenue 92 38 Crawford Terrace 115 River Road 7 12 Relay Place 56 Byram Shore Road 17 Taylor Drive 46 Tomac Avenue 9 Ferris Drive 45 William Street B 120 Hillcrest Park Road 2 Spruce Street 40 Crescent Road 9 Wilmot Lane 27 Alden Road 17 Winterset Road 12 Dorchester Lane 646 Riversville Road 464 Cognewaugh Road 197 Stanwich Road 404 Sound Beach Avenue 15 Dingletown Road 59 East Elm Street - Front 59 Elm Street - Back 7 Wallasy Way 27 Meadow Road 8 Carpenters Brook Road 46 Will Merry Lane 30 Park Avenue 196 Shore Road 25 Druid Lane 28 Oak Street 15 Sherwood Farm Lane 19 Andrews Road 3 Wynn Lane 62-68 Sound View Drive Ph West 67 Glenville Road 49 Hunting Ridge Road 33 Baldwin Farms South 6 Lockwood Drive 29 Crescent Road 1 Tower Lane 40 Elm Street 6D 1 Martin Dale 421 Stanwich Road 133 Parsonage Road 344 Shore Road 91 Indian Head Road

$350,000 $629,000 $646,000 $699,000 $749,000 $935,000 $949,000 $950,000 $975,000 $1,395,000 $1,450,000 $1,495,000 $1,549,000 $1,595,000 $1,665,000 $1,679,000 $1,690,000 $1,695,000 $1,699,000 $2,050,000 $2,095,000 $2,150,000 $2,195,000 $2,195,000 $2,250,000 $2,295,000 $2,349,000 $2,395,000 $2,549,000 $2,595,000 $2,690,000 $2,695,000 $2,795,000 $3,100,000 $3,195,000 $3,295,000 $3,295,000 $3,299,000 $3,445,000

$490 $425 $695 $360 $465 $583 $505 $560 $739 $466 $566 $664 $737 $475 $517 $640 $529 $565 $478 $401 $616 $415 $380 $507 $662 $654 $738 $752 $642 $619 $399 $689 $621 $870 $568 $443 $567 $737 $554

714 1,480 930 1,944 1,610 1,603 1,880 1,696 2,991 2,561 2,252 2,102 3,358 3,220 2,624 3,193 3,000 3,557 5,115 3,400 5,176 5,776 4,327 3,397 3,508 3,184 3,184 3,969 4,189 6,750 3,912 4,500 3,564 5,629 7,438 5,811 4,474 6,215

0 0 0 0 0.16 0 0.29 0 0.2 0.71 0.18 0.31 0.19 0.28 0.28 0.3 0.39 0.27 0.88 2.14 0.25 5 2 1.33 0.33 2

$3,495,000

$1,534

$3,550,000 $3,750,000 $3,776,000 $3,895,000 $3,895,000 $3,925,000 $4,250,000 $4,795,000 $4,950,000 $5,195,000 $12,250,000 $12,500,000

$631 $684 $476 $751 $465 $644 $1,881 $478 $630 $1,346 $1,990

BR FB

Area

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

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

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

2,278

0.43 3

South of Post Road

5,626 5,479 7,931 5,189 8,385 6,093 2,260 10,350 8,244 9,100 6,282

1.64 5.56 2.4 0.44 0.42 0.33 0 0.46 2.3 1.52 0.75 5.2

5 3 6 7 7 6 3 6 7 9 5 5

Glenville North Parkway South Parkway Old Greenwich Riverside Old Greenwich South of Post Road South Parkway South Parkway South Parkway South of Post Road Riverside

0.17 0.28 0.28 2 2.81 0.22 0.32 0.29 0.69 1.06 1.07 2.25

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

35 Forest Avenue 1 Lia Fail Way 141 Milbank Avenue 15 Reynwood Manor 51 Forest Avenue #72 50 Lockwood Avenue 333 Palmer Hill Road #2F 148 Putnam Park Park #148 50 Laddins Rock Road 41 Sound Beach Avenue 10 Ridge Road 56 Byram Shore Road 46 Tomac Avenue 64 N Hawthorne Street 83 Winthrop Drive 5 Shady Brook Lane 14 Hoover Road 40 Crescent Road 5 Neighborly Way 9 Wilmot Lane 108 Pecksland Road 12 Dorchester Lane 19 Crescent Road 464 Cognewaugh Road 66 Gregory Road 39 Bedford Road 27 Meadow Road 34 Circle Drive 58 Indian Head Road 30 Park Avenue 900 Lake Avenue 28 Baldwin Farms Road North 15 Anderson Road 607 Riversville Road 4 Laurel Lane Spur 73 Sawmill Lane 95 Indian Head Road 25 Dublin Hill Drive 40 W Elm Street #6D 675 North Street 10 West Crossway 78&80 Cedar Cliff Road 25 Tomac Avenue 37 Sheephill Road #7 111 Lockwood Road 15 Shady Lane 35 Orchard Place 29 Crescent Road 360 Cognewaugh Road 37 Fairway Lane 14 Rockview Drive 43 Almira Drive 73 Weaver Street #15 5 Lockwood Drive 18 Grimes Road 95 Stanwich Road 16 Boulder Brook Road 50 Lockwood Avenue

Area

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

Price

Day/Time

Broker

$1,450,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,595,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $3,695,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $8,995,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $575,000.00 Sat 11-1:30 PM William Raveis $3,995,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM William Raveis $565,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $575,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $795,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis $925,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,180,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $1,395,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,495,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $1,495,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $1,499,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Merritt Associates $1,650,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,689,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,690,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway $1,695,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway $1,695,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $1,998,427.00 Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway $2,095,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $2,095,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $2,195,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis $2,245,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $2,395,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $2,595,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $2,695,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis $2,795,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $2,795,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $2,850,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $2,875,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $2,890,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $2,895,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway $2,925,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $3,449,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis $3,495,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Berkshire Hathaway $4,250,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $4,250,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $4,350,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Sotheby's $5,235,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM William Raveis $9,750,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM Coldwell Banker $5,200,000.00 Sun 1-3:30 PM Berkshire Hathaway $629,000.00 Sun 1-4 PM Coldwell Banker $1,950,000.00 Sun 1-4 PM Coldwell Banker $1,999,999.00 Sun 1-4 PM Coldwell Banker $2,249,000.00 Sun 1-4 PM William Raveis $3,895,000.00 Sun 1-4 PM Coldwell Banker $1,149,000.00 Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Coldwell Banker $1,275,000.00 Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Coldwell Banker $1,885,000.00 Sun 1:30-3:30 PM Coldwell Banker $1,195,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis $1,445,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis $1,595,000.00 Sun 1-4 pm Ogilvy $2,450,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM Berkshire Hathaway $2,495,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM William Raveis $4,495,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM Coldwell Banker $3,995,000.00 Sun 3-5 PM William Raveis

5 Lockwood Drive

ONDERFUL four bedroom colonial on quiet lane south of the village with customized modern open floor plan. Super large living room with gas fireplace opens to Kitchen with marble topped island, Dining and Family Room with wood burning fireplace and sliders to the level yard, blue stone terrace with stone sitting wall, and sound system, all of which is entirely enclosed by a brand new fence. Upstairs is a luxuriously large Master Bedroom with Marble Bath and two double bedrooms and one single bedroom with hall bath. Freshly painted and move-in condition. Walk or bike to school, village, train, beach, restaurants, library and all the delights the village has to offer. Old Greenwich and Eastern Middle Schools. All Public Utilities. This house has everything for today's buyer.

2018 Market Leader

Greatest Growth in Home Sales of 5 Largest Firms*

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598 NORTH STREET | Greenwich 6 Bedrooms | 6.3 Baths | 9,553 Sq. Ft. MLS# 104806

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