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Celebrating World Migratory Bird Day

By Anne W. Semmes

S Interim Superintendent of Schools Ralph Mayo has announced the appointment of Jason Goldstein as the Principal of Eastern Middle School, effective i m med iately. Goldstei n has served in the interim role at E M S s i nc e Ju l y 2018. Goldstein began his teaching career in 1995 i n t he Browa rd Cou nt y School System in Florida before joining Greenwich P ubl ic Schools i n 20 0 0 a s a s c ienc e t e a c her at Greenwich High School. For more on Goldstein, go to greenwichsentinel.com S Greenw ich Public Schools Director of Communications, Kimberley Eves, has accepted a position with Greenwich Country Day School as the Director of Strategic Communications, effective July 1. Eves has held the position of Director of Communications for GPS since 2000. For more, go to greenwichsentinel.com S S ele c t demol it ion i s underway on the old New Lebanon School building, according to an update from the New Lebanon School Building Committee. Full demolition is scheduled to take place soon. The new school has received its fourth reimbursement from the state of $3.5 million, totaling $15.7 million to date. A fifth reimbursement of $2.9 million has been requested reque sted for May. For photos of the demolition, go to greenwichsentinel.com S Riverside School hosted its “Run for Life” event for students and staff this week. Each day during P.E. classes and recess, children in all grades ran and walked laps around the school’s large field to raise money for pediatric brain cancer and research at Yale New Haven Children’s Hospital.

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A Scarlet Tanager, one of the many bird people might see during the May 11 bird walk at Audubon Greenwich.

but also raises awareness of t hei r con ser vat ion. Th is year Audubon Greenw ich is excited to partner with Skip the Straw Greenwich to promote

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World Mig rator y Bird Day's 2019 conser vation theme of Preventing Plastic Pollution.

For migratory birds, plastic debr is p ose s a r isk of b ot h

ingestion and entanglement, which can lead to illness, entrapment, and serious injury.

An estimated 80% of seabirds and shorebirds have ingested plastic. Representatives from Skip the Straw will share how we can be the solution to plastic pollution by reducing the amount of single use plastics we use each day and disposing of them correctly.

The 6:30 a.m. bird walk is free of charge and admission for the remainder of activities is $10 per person. For more information and to R SV P contact Ryan MacLean at rmaclean@audubon.org. The Audubon Center is located at 613 Riversville Rd, Greenwich at the cor ner of R iversv ille Road and John Street.

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For the whole market, April was better than March, but still not that good. (April is almost always better than March as we get into the heart of the spring sales market.) Our inventory was up 61 units or 10% to 693 single family home listings at the end of the month and is now 707 listings. On the getting better side, contracts were at 101 at the end of last month, which is down only 13% Year Over Year (YOY) compared to being down 37% YOY at the end of March.

For the full April report, see page A19.

The Greenwich Council, Boy Scouts of America celebrated the f irst All-Girl Troop 7 to Greenwich Scouting as part of the new Scouts BSA program.

The new Troop 7 is chartered

by Diamond Hill United Methodist Church. Troop 10, also chartered by Diamond Hill Methodist Church, will mentor Troop 7 as they begin their journey into the Scouts' BSA program. Troop 7 and Troop 10 will share a joint committee to support the new unit.

Adult leaders are: Scoutmaster - Don Mitchell;

Institution Head - Reverend Carol Bloom; Assistant Scoutmasters - Chip Tucker, Rob Seavey, Stephanie Nedoszytko; Treasurer - Claudia Macora; Troop Committee Chair - Gabe Ochoa; Committee Member - Jennifer Lundgren; and Committee Member - Catherine Parker.

Scouts BSA is a year-round program for youth 11-17 years old The Boy Scouts of America is open to young women as well as young men, all of whom have the chance to earn Scouting’s highest rank, Eagle Scout.

Women Owned Greenwich

Fueling Female Entrepreneurship Through The Power of Networking, Part 1

By Michelle Moskowitz

Local women are banding together to ignite, empower and strengthen one another’s business ventures.

Founded in the summer of 2017 and run by an all-volunteer group of steering

committee members, Woman Owned Greenwich (WOMOG) represents a diverse group of female business owners and entrepreneurs.

To g e t t h e i r t a k e o n h o w Greenw ichites are chang ing the e c onom ic st ate of a f f a i r s lo c a l ly, nationally, and ultimately strengthening the corporate arena for women all ove r t h e world , T h e S e nt i n e l s at down with a few of the committee members including: Cathleen Blood, communications liaison and long-time entrepreneur of companies, such as NEST New Media and Spertias Capital Partners; Jennifer Deinhart, press liaison, an ICF Certified life coach and owner of JOT Coaching; Marie Turkel personal wardrobe stylist and small

complements liaison, and Charlotte J. judged more harshly, must overcome Walker, start-up and funding liaison and more hurdles, and are allowed fewer, if founder of TSF Management Inc. any mistakes. After helping and funding Sentinel: Describe WOMOG and what both men and women to start and grow inspired you (and the other steering their technology-based businesses, I committee members) to create the felt it was my duty to give back to the community and share everything that I organization. could to help other women be successful.

Charlotte Walker: WOMOG is a peer- Cathleen Blood: WOMOG is a place to-peer mentoring organization for where women business owners and women who own or lead organizations leaders can get the help they need - if in Greenwich, or who live in Greenwich they invest in building relationships a n d o w n o r l e a d o r g a n i z a t i o n s to build and grow their businesses and elsewhere. organizations.

For me, the catalyst to join the effort I was inspired to help start WOMOG to build WOMOG, was the experience because of my personal startup failure. and knowledge of just how much harder I founded an early internet startup it is for women versus men to start (KidsEvents.com in 2000), working 80 and grow an organization. The bar is Please turn to page A15 set much higher for women. They are

Greenwich Aligns Against Cancer

Program Seeks to Empower Women, Prevent Misdiagnoses, and Reduce Deaths from Cancer

By Richard Kaufman G r e e n w i c h Ho s p i t a l w i l l launch a new physician education program to help doctors recognize early signs of breast and ovarian cancer and diagnose both diseases sooner.

Kaile Zagger, a Greenwich resident, co-created the MAT Education Program with Dr. Elena Ratner, associate professor of Obstetrics, Gynecolog y & Reproductive Science at the Yale School of Medicine and a clinical leader for the Gynecological Oncology Program at Smilow Cancer Hospital.

Z ag ger lost her mot her, Marilyn Ann Trahan (MAT), to

ovarian cancer 20 years ago. She publicly announced the program last week on the anniversary of her mother's death, at Town Hall, during a ceremony that p r o c l a i m e d M a y 1 a s M AT Education Awareness Day. The program, a f irst of its k i nd, w i l l b e a r igorous c u r r i c u lu m a n d e x a m t h at w ill ar m medica l prov iders w ith critical information to appropriately assess vague signs and symptoms and take rapid next steps to make sure that breast and ovarian cancers are detected at early stages.

Zagger was overcome with emotion as she spoke about her mother, who experienced vague

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S Gov. Ned Lamont issued a statement applaud i ng the Connecticut House of Representatives for giving approval on Tuesday night to two bills that increase gun safety in Connecticut.

The bills are HB 7219, An Ac t C onc e r n i n g G ho s t Guns, and HB 7218, An Act Concerning the Safe Storage of Firearms in the Home and Firearm Safety Programs in Public Schools. The bills will go to the State Senate for consideration before Lamont can sign them.

With springtime bringing warmth and color to Greenwich, one of the most welcome sights is the return of migratory birds.

Across the Globe, bird lovers will celebrate World Migratory Bird Day on May 11, and the Audubon Center in Greenwich will host its annual gathering to welcome our colorful visitor’s home.

Festivities begin with an early morning bird walk at 6:30 a.m. led by senior naturalist Ted Gilman and other Audubon naturalists. May is peak time for spring bird migration, so at tendees w i l l p ossi bly see a large variety of species including Baltimore Orioles, Ruby-Throated Hummingbirds,

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S Greenw ich Public Schools’ 35t h a nnua l D i s t i ng u i s he d Te a c her Aw a r d s w a s h e l d o n Tuesday at Central Middle School. This year’s honorees were Sean Harriman (Greenwich High School); Crystal Kitselman (North Mianus School); Katharine Miserocchi (Parkway School); Megan Ostruzka (GHS); C h r i s A n ne Powers (Cos Cob School); K a r r ie Va le (Pa rk way).

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Scarlet Tanagers and over a dozen species of Warblers.

At 8:30 a.m. attendees will gat her i n Audu b on’s r u st ic Ketay-Asnes Barn for a delicious brea k fast a nd conversation with other bird lovers. Families w it h ch i ld ren a re of fered a Family Bird Walk at 9:15 a.m. to introduce children to the n at ive bi r d s of G r e e nw ich .

Capping off the event at 10 a.m. is an exciting Live Bird of Prey show by Christine's Critters.

Christine Peyreigne, wildlife rehabilitator, will bring several live hawks, owls, falcons and a Bald Eagle and talk about their life histories and importance in our ecosystem.

Wo r l d M i g r a t o r y B i r d Day not on ly celebrates the return of mig rator y birds

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First Selectman Peter Tesei, Dr. Elena Ratner, Kaile Zagger, and President and CEO of Greenwich Hospital Norman Roth.

"The impact was devastating, and symptoms at the age of 38 before 1999 at the age of 46.

"My family was splintered, we never recovered. Her death being diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer two years later. but instead of coming together, left a tremendous void for all She succumbed to the disease in we were torn apart," Zagger said.

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First Bank of Greenwich Community Corner: Helping Abilis Grow

By Richard Kaufman

"It's a ver y sp ecia l, u n iq ue o r g a n i z a t i o n . Wa t c h i n g the opportunities and the partnerships and individuals take on these amazing journeys is very rewarding."

Abilis-run businesses, such as the greenhouse, gift shop, cafe, and even office administration, facility maintenance and landscaping, provide clients with an opportunity to learn valuable skills and explore career options through meaningful employment.

"It's really rewarding to see people get jobs for the first time, or getting their own place to live," Montimurro said, noting that when she first started working a t A b i l i s , t h e r e we r e n i n e residential facilities available to

Since 1951, Abilis has provided services and support, from birth on, for individuals with special needs in Greenwich and the lower Fairfield County area.

Abilis offers early intervention and customized therapies to help individuals achieve important developmental milestones. As people enter adulthood, Abilis also provides a w ide range of life ser v ice programs, such as recreational activities, transition and life skills support, job training, competitive and supported employment and a choice of residential options.

Abilis has experienced substantial growth in recent years w ith the help of A my Montimurro, who has worked with the organization for over 22 years as Director of Residential Ser v ices, Director of Life Services and now President and CEO. "It's amazing [to see the clients. Now there are 37.

Theo Brown has been a client g row th]," said Montimur ro.

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First Bank of Greenwich (FBOG) President & CEO Frank Gaudio; Abilis President & CEO Amy Montimurro; Abilis client Theo Brown; FBOG Vice President and Retail Banking Manager Emily Newcamp and Chief Lending Officer Evan Corsello, at Abilis’ greenhouse.

of Abilis' for several years, and a residential facility. works in the greenhouse located "When I came here I didn't at the Greenwich headquarters. have anybody. I go from that to He was able to get a second having a whole second family and life," Brown said.

Serving as a family to people is something Montimurro cherishes.

"We want to make sure that families know that we're here to take care of their children, and job at Finocchio Brothers in we're going to support them. But, Stamford, where he also lives at many people don't have families.

We're their family. We advocate for them and care for them until the very end," she said.

Montimurro added that she loves seeing the success of those involved with Abilis.

"I like to see them enjoying a meaningful life when they're a part of their community, and they can actively participate in the community where they live," she added. "My measurement of success is when they don't want

to go home anymore. They call Abilis their home."

Because of their standing in the community and their impact on so many people, a relationship with the First Bank of Greenwich made perfect sense.

"I'm very passionate about what they do here, and I believe in what they're doing," said FBOG President and CEO, Frank Gaudio.

Montimurro, who became the President and CEO of Abilis last September, said she's excited to work with FBOG in the future.

"I'm just getting to k now Frank, and he has interesting and wonderful ideas to help the organization," she said. "I look forward to that relationship and partnership."

Gaudio said the bank will host an ar t show, featur ing artwork from Abilis clients, in the summer.

"It's a blessing to have them do the work they do. This is the kind of organization the bank should be involved with," Gaudio added.

Community, YWCA Stand Against Racism

By Richard Kaufman On April 26, members of the community packed inside the Town Hall meeting room for the Greenwich YWCA's 11th annual Stand Against Racism event.

Stand Against Racism is a signature campaign of YWCA USA to build community among those who work for racial justice and to raise awareness about the negative impacts of institutional and structural racism in communities.

Every year, a poster displaying a list of partners/ supporters of the campaign is put on display in Town Hall and at the YWCA of Greenwich. In 2017, roughly 70 names were listed, with 103 in 2018. This year, the number climbed to over 115.

But as support for the campaign has increased, bigotry and hatred has increased as well, said Mary Lee Kiernan, the president and CEO of the YWCA of Greenwich.

"According to the FBI's latest statistics, hate crimes jumped 17 percent in 2017, which is more than three times the rate of increase the prior year," Kiernan said, noting that there is some debate about underreporting. "[Within that percentage], there was a 23 percent increase in religion-based hate crimes, which is the highest increase since 9/11. There was an 18 percent rise in race-based hate crimes, and a 24 percent rise in crimes against Latinos."

Kiernan also pointed to the attack on the Tree Of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, Pa., the Christchurch shootings in New Zealand, and the most recent bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday.

"Why should we call out these events that take place so far away? First and foremost, out of respect

for victims and their families. But secondly, out of our mutual concern that something that hateful might grow and flourish in this community," Kiernan added.

Claudia Connor, president and CEO of the Connecticut Institute for Refugees and Immigrants (CIRI), was the keynote speaker. CIRI's mission is to assist refugees, immigrants and survivors to resolve the many barriers they face to becoming self-sufficient and integrated members of their community. CIRI provides linguistic services, legal support, and economic support by helping clients become workforce ready.

Connor went throug h a brief histor y of immigration policies in the United States.

"From the earliest articulation of immigration policy in the United States, deeply held racist views were incorporated into legal structures, trying to ensure that not all people are created equal, only some people are created equal, and they have the power to determine who else is allowed into our country," said Connor.

In 1790, the first Congress enacted the first naturalization law, which provided citizenship to any "free white person of good, moral character." In 1870, the law was revised to include people of African descent, but it effectively excluded Chinese people and other Asian immigrants from becoming citizens, which ultimately led to the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

In 1942, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed an executive order that ordered mass incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry living on the West coast, most of whom were U.S. citizens or documented immigrants.

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In 1965, an immigration and naturalization act brought some reform, and began to recognize the positive impact of diversity and how the changing demographics along racial ethnic and religious lines were positively impacting the country.

"So where are we now today?" asked Connor.

"Things are not where we'd like them to be, to say the least. The anti-immigrant and anti-refugee sentiment that we have today is at an unparalleled high."

Connor pointed to an executive order from 2017, which is now in its third year, that banned nationals from mostly muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. She also mentioned the Trump Administration's "inhumane zero tolerance policy" at the border that separated families and children who were fleeing domestic and gang violence in Central and South America.

Under George H.W. Bush, Connor said, the U.S. received close to 200,000 refugees. "Last year, we received about 22,000. That is with the unprecedented number of over 25 million refugees in the world today," Connor added.

"Immigration policies implemented today are designed to be exclusionary and have an undeniable, disproportionate impact on immigrants of color.

We're witnessing racism revealed, sadly. It's not new, it's just being revealed within a different way, within an environment that seemingly gives license to people to act hatefully with impunity."

Connor said that in order to address immigration rights, the situation must be addressed as a civil rights and social justice issue. She said that facts must dominate over myths and false narratives.

According to Connor, in 2017, immigrants in Connecticut paid $5.9 billion in taxes and had

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$14.5 billion in spending power. Additionally, 95,177 employees in Connecticut work at immigrant-owned businesses. Immigrants have also prevented a population loss in Fairfield County.

People must be vigilant, Connor said, in pointing out hatred and bigotry wherever it exists.

"We stand in unity, affirming our commitment that we are a welcoming community that embraces our nation's cherished values of inclusion, equality, diversity, respect for human dignity and human rights for all," she said in closing. "We affirm that no one is invisible, and that all members of our communities are respected, protected and cared for, and we come together to say to all of our neighbors that we are many, and you are not alone."

Connor received a standing ovation from those in attendance.

Afterwards, Interim Superintendent of Schools, Ralph Mayo, presented the 2019 YWCA of Greenwich Racial Justice Awards, to Charlie Ciporin, a senior at Brunswick School, and Ludnie Rene, a senior from Sacred Heart Greenwich. Both received $1,000 scholarships.

The awards are given out every year to those who have demonstrated a commitment to encourage people to respect differences, promote equality and eliminate all forms of bigotry, bias and racism.

Ciporin is a part of Brunswick’s Diversity Club and the Gay Straight Alliance, and organized the first-ever Student Diversity Conference in February.

Rene is also an active member of her school’s Diversity Club, and Club Aware. This past year, Rene did her senior project on how natural disasters disproportionately impact poor people and people of color, focusing primarily on Hurricane Katrina.

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Valerie Reyes Update

OCME Releases Finding on Homicide Victim’s Death

By Richard Kaufman Valerie Reyes, the 24-yearold New Rochelle resident who was found inside a suitcase off Glenville Road, in February, died from "homicidal asphyxia," or lack of oxygen, according to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner for Connecticut, which released its findings earlier this week.

Reyes' ex-boyfriend, Javier da Silva, was arrested at his Queens, N.Y., apartment on Feb. 11 and charged with with one federal count of kidnapping resulting in death, which carries a sentence of death or life in prison, according

to the United States Attorney’s Office of the Southern District of New York.

Da Silva was described as being "cooperative" during his interview with police following his arrest, and "admitted to a role in Reyes' death,” Capt. Robert Berry of the Greenwich Police Department said at the time.

Reyes was reported missing to t he New Ro chel le Pol ice Department on Jan. 30 by her family after she didn’t show up for work at an Eastchester, N.Y., Barnes & Noble.

Authorities were led to da Silva after they noticed fraudulent

activity coming from Reyes’ ATM card, which they believe occurred after she was killed.

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nearby and entering the bank vestibule around the time the withdrawal was made, according to the complaint.

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An unnamed person rented the car, according to the complaint, but da Silva was listed as an authorized driver.

An address associated with the account for the rented car was traced to da Silva.

Authorities then looked at surveillance which showed da Silva leaving his residence in Jackson Heights the night before, on or about Jan. 28, at 10:50 p.m., in clothing matching the description of the person from the ATM surveillance footage, according to the complaint.

According to the complaint, da Silva told police that Reyes fell and hit her head after the two were together at her apartment on or about Jan. 29. Da Silva said he then placed packing tape over

her mouth, bound her legs and hands, and put her in a suitcase and drove away. After driving for some time, da Silva said, he “placed the suitcase in a forest.”

The suitcase was found by Greenwich highway workers on the morning of Feb. 5 on Glenville Road near Stillman Lane. The complaint revealed that Reyes had “obvious signs of head trauma, including bruising around the face and a large hematoma to the forehead.”

Da Silva made one appearance in Federal Court in White Plains, N.Y., but has not been formally arraigned yet.

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The Good Is Oft Interred with Their Bones But Not so for This Man

By Patricia W. Chadwick

His name was Gregory Proctor. We met only twice, each time on the occasion of a several-day business meeting in the Washington D.C. law office of K&L Gates where he was the Senior Practice Assistant to a partner at the f irm. In total, the words between us could not have spanned more than 30 minutes.

But that was all it took to appreciate the magnitude of the man. The first meeting left me with a sense of wonderment a nd inspiration; the second brought home the realization that Gregory was more than a mere mortal. Sadly, it was the mortality we all face that has brought me to write about him.

Gregory died suddenly a few weeks ago, the aftermath of a fall, only a few days into his 67th year.

It was March 2015 when I first walked into the lobby of 1601 K Street NW, the Washington DC office of K&L Gates and was greeted by a gentleman. “Good morning, Mrs. Chadwick.” he said with impeccable diction, “I am Gregory Proctor.” He had one hand extended and with the other he made a gesture as though ushering me into his

home. The affect was disarming and, in an instant, the stress from the harrowing cab ride through the construction-ridden Capitol had evaporated.

“Good morning,” I responded, as I shook his hand and tilted my head back in order to meet eye to eye. Gregory stood nearly seven feet tall (or so it seemed to me) and was the picture of elegance – a lithe frame draped in sartorial sophistication, black eyes that glistened like coal and a smile that seemed to come from deep inside him.

A s he g uided me th roug h the lobby, I pondered – who is this gentleman and how does he know my name? It was a logical quandary, because I was among several women attending the board meeting.

Fo r t h e n e x t fe w d ay s , Gregor y was a ubiquitous presence – always ready to fill a request, solve a problem, find a solution. When one of the board members muttered to another in frustration that he had forgotten his reading glasses and wondered how he’d decipher his scribbled notes, it wasn’t long before the conference room door opened and Gregory glided silently to the gentleman’s place at the table and deposited three pairs of “readers”. When he had overheard the board member’s dilemma, he had slipped out to the CVS store.

After the meetings came to an end and Gregory was bidding us good-bye, I couldn’t refrain from asking him a question: “How did you know who I was when I first arrived?”

His response tripped off his tongue, with a combination of whimsy and propriety. “Why, that is my responsibility, is it not?”

The twinkle in his eye created an image in my mind of the

man – Gregory, at the end of a long day in the now nearly empty law office, researching the background, committing to memory the photograph, and finding out a little bit of what made each of us board members tick.

Three years later, when the board members met again at the same office in Washington D.C., I found a spate of time for more conversation with Gregory and that was when he shared, with great pride, that he had been a State Department employee for years before he went to work as a secretary to President Ronald Reagan. I learned, too, that he had been a ballet dancer and continued to be a presence in the world of fashion. And that was when the pieces of the puzzle began to come together – the elegant carriage, the attention to detail, and might I say, the intense research on each of us board members – a “secretary” in the State Department could m e a n a t h ou s a nd d i f fe r e nt things, couldn’t it. Conjuring the image of the prim and proper

Gregory Proctor as a spy was entertaining. It was only more powerfully confirmed when he let on that he knew I worked w it h m idd le scho ol g i rls i n Harlem. That was a bonding moment, and our friendship was cemented.

H o w e v e r, t h e r e w a s a n important part of Gregory’s life that I discovered only when I read the words below that were in the order of service for his funeral on March 21, 2019.

“Gregor y joined Greater Work s Ch r ist ia n Chu r ch i n 2 009… a nd was orda i ned on June 20, 2013. Reverend Proctor served as a dedicated Sunday School teacher, Bible Study teacher and was the longest running leader of the church’s Homeless ministry at the Prince G e o r g e ’s C o u nt y Ho m e l e s s Shelter for Men…..As a cancer survivor, he was dedicated to encouraging persons who had been newly diagnosed and helping to build their faith.”

The news that Gregory was also a man of God came, less as a surprise, and more as an aha moment. It all made sense, and his death reminded me of a stanza in the poem by May Sarton, upon the untimely death of her father, George Sarton, the brilliant professor of the history of science.

And when he died, he died so swift His death was like a final gift.

He went out when the tide was full, Still undiminished, bountiful; The scholar and the gentle soul, The passion and the life were whole.

Letters

Public Safety a Prime Responsibility of RTM

By Louisa H. Stone I have lived in Greenwich over 60 years and I love this t ow n — e ve r y s q u a r e i n c h and mile of it. Next Monday as a member of the RTM, I w i l l v o t e o n n e x t y e a r ’s budget. It ha s a l most $ 50 0 million for our schools, parks, p o l i c e a n d f i r e , h i g hw a y s , libraries, human services, and general government. All town departments and our Board of Estimate and Taxation work hard to make sure that money is well spent.

To improve fire protection, the BET proposes two studies.

One is $75,000 for a town-wide study of fire services. The other is $100,000 to choose a site for a combined fire/GEMS station in northwest Greenwich. The two studies can be done at the same time and should begin promptly.

It h a s lon g b e e n k n ow n that properties in northwest Greenw ich have less f ire protection than in other parts of town. Distances from Glenville, the nearest station, are simply too far. The all-volunteer Round Hill station, built in 1946, is

having major renovation, but its firefighters are not on duty 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

A study of all emergencies in northwest Greenwich in the past f ive years found where they happened and how long response times were. To fill the gap, the Town is considering several properties whose owners would be willing to sell. It must do “due diligence” to choose the best one. Then we can decide to acquire the property, design and the build the station, and staff it.

If we’re lucky, all could be done in four or five years.

In northwest Greenwich, where I live, people come to st udy, play, worsh ip, work , or go to the airport. We RTM members represent the voters, but we a lso must thin k of those who have no voice — the students, patients, and workers.

Public safety is one of our prime responsibilities. I look for ward to over whelming approval of these items to make all of us safer.

Louisa Stone is a member of RTM District 10 and a past chairman of the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Letters

Regarding the May 13 Tolls Forum

By Fred Camillo The the objections of my Greenwich legislative colleagues ac r o s s t he a i sle c r it ic i z i n g the toll forum on May 13 are disappointing. The day for the forum was chosen due to the lack of alternatives in May as a result of our legislative session. The complaint that Rep. Meskers and Sen. Bergstein weren't invited is baffling in that both myself and my GOP colleague here in town have not been invited to any of their forums. To be clear, I did not expect nor demand to be included because it is their right to share their views on issues in any venue they wish. Moreover, the GDTC

had a similar forum with someone as a guest speaker that supported tolls. Again, I have no issue with that at all.

So, when Rep. Devlin and Sen. Martin, two hardworking mem bers of Tra nspor tation Committee leadership team, approached us about doing an informational forum with facts and a perspective not present at the aforementioned GDTC event, I quickly accepted. Rep. Devlin and Sen. Martin have been holding these forums across the state and many residents have found them beneficial. If my colleagues would like to attend our forum, I would be both honored and happy with their presence and

would welcome their questions and challenges. Dialogue makes for better policy and a cordial atmosphere, especially in the increasingly partisan political environment.

While the GOP Prioritize Progress would not be my first choice in dealing with our very real transportation needs, it is, in my opinion, by far the preferable option when compared to the tolling plan, which is a mileage tax, plain and simple. Personally, I believe the Special Transportation Fund lock box, voted on overwhelmingly last November, should be given a chance to work.

Yearly raids on this dedicated revenue fund has put us in this

position.

In my almost 11 years in the Connecticut General Assembly, I have been proud to be part of the best delegation in the State of Connecticut. To that end, I will continue to hold forums, office and coffee hours, and various other community events where perspectives and information are shared. We present. We listen. We learn.

I look for wa rd to seei ng everyone at the May 13 tolls forum, my coffee hour on May 24 at 8 a.m. at the Cos Cobber, and my end of session forum at Greenwich Town Hall on June 12 at 6 p.m.

F re d Ca m illo i s the State Representative for the 151st District.

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Our 2019 Sentinel Award Recipient We are throwing a party and you are invited!

O n Ju l y 1 s t we a r e s a y i n g g o o d b ye a n d congratulations to a successful spring fundraising event season in Greenwich, hello to a week of Independence Day celebrations, and yes to a party honoring our 2019 Sentinel.

The recipient must share the mission of the Greenwich Sentinel, to lift up and bring together our community, to identify and strengthen that which makes us stronger, and to help others when possible.

The person must be someone who demonstrates leadership through their actions as well as those they inspire in others. It is often said that “strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” Our recipient must understand that. They may or may not be at the conclusion of their career. They may yet have much to offer our community or they may have earned this accolade because of a lifetime of work. Most often, a Greenwich Sentinel will tell you they do not deserve such accolades.

Past recipients include the original Sentinel, Chief of Police Jim Heavey, former rector of Christ Church Rev. Lemler, and of course, last year’s recipient, the incomparable Susan Wohlforth.

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ames clearly and selflessly exemplifies these characteristics and for those reasons we have chosen him to be our 2019 “Sentinel.”

This year we will be honoring James McArdle.

We are very excited and hope you are too.

James is the owner of McArdle’s Florist and Garden Center, a fourth-generation family-owned business that has been a mainstay in our community for over 100 years. James, and his family, have a long tradition of supporting charities, organizations, and other local businesses throughout town including: Friends of Autism, Breast Cancer Alliance, Greenwich Land Trust, Boys and Girls Club, Kids In Crisis, Adopt-a-Dog, and the Greenwich Tree Conservancy – just to name a few.

James McArdle clearly and selflessly exemplifies these characteristics and for those reasons we have chosen him to be our 2019 Sentinel.

When we think of a Sentinel, we think of that person standing watch, protecting our community.

A Sentinel can take many forms. James is one of the hardest working people we know, setting an example for his team at McArdle’s and for us all. His smile and energy are infectious, his willingness to talk with and mentor other business owners is both generous and valuable, he is passionate about supporting and improving our community through his support of charities and his church and through his advocacy for our environment. He does not like to draw attention to his own actions and is reluctant to accept praise. As important, James does not participate in disparaging others.

At the Sentinel, we know all of this is true from conversations with many of those that interact with James regularly, from his employees and pastor to his incredible wife, Christine, and many of those whom he has helped in ways both large and small. We too have benefited from James interest in our work. In fact, our very popular email, 5 Things to Do in Greenwich Today, was his idea. We are grateful to have the opportunity to honor James.

We will be celebrating James at our Sentinel Award reception on July 1st – a great kick off to the holiday week and the summer and a wonderful community celebration.

The Sentinel Award reception is always the best way to begin the 4th of July holiday. This year will be no different. It is difficult to explain to those outside of Greenwich why our hometown is so special. Our Sentinels, past, present, and future are a few of the many reasons. The event is an opportunity to celebrate all of the Sentinels we know and cherish, especially James and his family, as well as all of those hard to explain things we each love about Greenwich. It is an opportunity for us to come together as a community, set aside differences, and acknowledge that our diversity is one of the many reasons our community is so unique and special.

You should be there too.

In the meantime, if you happen to run into James, please congratulate him!

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On Faith

On Faith Column

Spring Celebrations in Grit and Grace: The Path Beyond Midlife Two Traditions

At a time when people who are not religiously observant celebrate warmer weather, the earth blooming and longer days – our faith holy days remind us that God is the great provider and deliverer, offering us new and sustaining life.

Rabbi Mitch

Jews celebrate the Festival of Shav uot in the spring w h i c h t a ke s p l a c e s s eve n weeks after Passover. At this festival, Israelites would bring sacrif ices and f irst fruits of their crops to Jerusalem.

The special period in between Passover and Shavuot is called “Counting the Omer”.

A n “o m e r ” i s t h e H e b r e w term for a unit of grain and it was the way sheaves were measured and then brought to the Temple in Jerusalem for a special offering to God. The of fer ings bega n on second day of Passover and continued through the spring harvest; the time of Shavuot; when we recall our receiving God’s Torah at Mount Sinai.

There are different reasons why we still count the omer.

B y c o u nt i n g t h e o m e r we connect ourselves to what Jews

have always done historically, and across the world still do today. Counting the omer is a ritual that has us pay closer at te nt i on to w h at i s m o s t important in our lives. Doing so, connects the holidays of Passover and Shav uot; the time of our liberation from Egyptian bondage until our time of receiving the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Freedom without the anchor of Godly values is merely a life adrift; we need to grasp on to the buoy that is our Torah amdist the Sea; sometimes choppy; that we constantly swim.

Ther e a r e t wo pa r ts to the traditional counting of the Omer. The first is a blessing said each evening. The second is saying out-loud the day, and eventually the week and day of our count: For the first six days, we say, “Today is the first [second…third…etc….] day of the Omer. Later the number of weeks are included like, “Today is nine days, which is one week and two days of the Omer.”

Counting the omer fulfils the challenge that the Psalmist gave us: “Teach us to count our days, that we may obtain a wise heart.” Fulfilling this mitzvah of counting the omer lets us better appreciate the gift that is each day; it truly lets us live with the “present” that is our daily lives.

called, Easter time or Paschal Time. This is the season in the church calendar between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday. This season is one of celebrating the good news, that Christ is Risen. A time of joy, the focus is on Christ rising from the grave and later ascending to heaven.

Pentecost means 50 days.

We observe Pentecost Sunday on June 9th this year. As Jews celebrate receiving the Torah at Sinai, Christians celebrate the outpouring of the Holy Spirit on Jesus’ disciples in Jerusalem (Acts 2). The time between Easter and Pentecost is a preparation for Christ followers to ready their hearts for the Holy Spirit’s presence i n t hei r l ive s . Ch r i s t ia n s throughout the world celebrate Pentecost as the birth of the church.

Counting days, like counting blessings, include remembering the holy events on our calendars so we can l i ve i nto t h e s to r y o f o u r communities of faith. In so doing, we a re a nchored in the Larger Story of God and experience God’s peace and purpose in our lives.

Rev. Heather In the same period of time, that Jews obser ve the “Counting of the omer”, Christians celebrate Eastertide.

That is the period between Easter and Pentecost. It is also

The Center for Faith Development will be hosting four events in June, with Rabbi Dayle Friedman lead-ing the discussion. We invite RHCC m e m b e r s at m i d l i fe a n d beyond to join Rabbi Dayle Friedman for this dialogue on questions that we face about how our life and purpose is growing and changing, the legacy we want to leave, how to prepare for challenges ahead, and what our faith m e a n s t o u s n ow.Tu e s d a y,

June 11, LunchTuesday, June 11, D i n nerWe d ne sday, Ju ne 1 2 , B r e a k f a s t We d n e s d a y, June 12, LunchRabbi Dayle Friedman is dedicated to forging meaning and vibrancy for people beyond midlife. She work s w ith cong regations to help them engage older adults in multi-generational com munit y, of fers spiritual direction to those seeking to f ind their callings in new life chapters, and provides spiritual care to people facing frailty

along with their families. Her website is www.growingolder. net. Her most recent book is Jewish Wis-dom for Growing Older: Finding Your Grit and G r a c e B e y o n d M i d l i f e .We encourage all to come and to register in advance for one of the events listed above. The times and further details will b e a n nou nc e d shor t ly, a nd registration will be available at the Round Hill Community Church website.

Abby VanderBrug Joins Christ Church A b b y Va n d e r B r u g h a s been appointed the Director of Children and Family Ministries at Christ Church Greenwich.

In addition to building a thriving children’s and young families program, Abby will be the Chaplain to Christ Church Nursery School.

Abby grew up in Michigan, attended Hope College (Holland, MI) and majored in International Relations. Before seminar y, A bby worked at a n orga n ic vegetable farm, a yoga studio, and an athletic gear company.

She also spent time traveling in Guatemala, India, and Thailand.

After her call to ministry at the age of 25, she enrolled at Candler School of Theology at Emory University (Atlanta, GA) as a Leadership Candler Scholarship recipient.

D u r i n g s e m i n a r y, A b b y lived and worked in Emory’s undergraduate resident halls as

an “Education Fellow” focusing on creating a positive learning environment in first year dorms.

Abby earned The G. Ray Jordan Award which is presented to the Master of Divinity senior who demonstrates excellence in integrating academic study with constructive leadership and service.

Abby graduated from Candler in 2017 and has since been working at St. Andrew’s Episcopa l Chu rch i n Gra nd Rapids, MI, as their Director of Children and Family Ministries.

In this role, Abby reportedly created a worship space that nur tures the spir itual lives of children and prov ides community for young families.

During her time at Emory, Abby also served on the staff at St. Bartholomew’s in Atlanta, GA for two years. She was ordained to the transitional diaconate in early 2019 and will celebrate her

Obituaries

ordination to the priesthood at Christ Church.

In her free time, A bby volunteers as a coach for Girls on t he Ru n co ach i ng 3 -5t h grade girls about self-respect, and teamwork. She is married to M ichael VanderBr ug and together they enjoy working in their garden, spending time at the beach, cross country skiing, and hik ing. They also enjoy cheering on New England sports teams, as Michael is a native New Englander.

Abby will work to help equip parents to be the chief leaders of spiritual formation in the lives of their children and will work to gather young families in community so that they can get to know one another.

As a full-time priest, Abby w i l l a l s o sh a r e i n p a s tora l care, liturgical leadership, and preaching.

Abby’s start date is Sept. 1.

The Greenwich Sentinel believes that our loved ones and our community should honor the lives of our neighbors, friends, and family. That is why the paper has never charged a fee for obituaries.

We do reserve the right to verify facts, edit for standards, and/or not to publish. Please email Editor@GreenwichSentinel.com with any questions or to submit an obituary.

Anne Becker

Helen Morlot

A nne D. Becker, a long-time resident of Stamford and currently at Edgehill, passed away on May 6, 2019. Born on Dec. 10, 1924, she was 94 at the time of death. Anne was the daughter of John and Tekla Demay.

Anne graduated from Pace University, the Foundation of Religion and Mental Health, and the Realtors Institute. After her last degree, she went on to become the Principal of Anne Becker Realty.

For many years, she was an active member of St. Francis Church. She enjoyed volunteering at Stamford Hospital and was a longtime volunteer with Greenwich Hospital Hospice. Her favorite aff iliations were with the Stamford Woman’s Club and the Stamford Garden Club. She also spent a lot of time in Riverside with her f ive grandchildren.

Anne had a passion for educational and world travel, lifelong learning, and made an adventurous trip around the world with “Semester at Sea.” She had a love for art and enjoyed spending time painting for herself and her grandchildren.

She was predeceased by her husband Carl after 54 years of marriage, her sisters Mary Hnatowich and Mildred Wyskoarko, and brother Peter Demay. Surviving are her son James C. Becker and wife Joyce and daughter Daria Becker Barry and her husband John F. Barry III and five BELOVED grandchildren, John (Jill), Matthew, Morgan, Elizabeth (Charles) and James Barry.

A f uneral ser v ice w ill be celebrated on Sunday, May 12 at 2 p.m. at the historic St. Francis Episcopal Church, 503 Old Long R idge Rd., Stamford, CT. followed by a burial at Long Ridge Union Cemetery on Erskine Road.

June 8, 1927-April 28, 2019 Longtime Greenwich resident Helen Morlot passed away peacefully on Sunday, April 28 surrounded by her family in her home in Norwalk, CT. She was 91 years old.

Helen was a retired food service worker for the Greenwich Board of Education. Helen was born and raised in Glenville, CT and lived the majority of her life in Riverside before moving to Norwalk to live with family.

Helen was predeceased by her husband Edward F. Morlot Sr. and is survived by her three sons Eddie, Robert and Jay, their spouses Anne, Natasha and Debbie and her beloved grandchildren Edward, Todd, Kristopher, Jennifer and Justyn along with her great-granddaughters Lexi, Avery and Maxine.

Helen was laid to rest in a private burial on May 2 at Putnam Cemetery in Greenwich.

Pamela Forcey Pamela Cottier Forcey, 93, died suddenly on Apr i l 26 i n L ou isv i l le, Colo. Mot her of Bly the (Toussaint) and Peter, Pam was an editor, longtime resident of Greenwich, CT and Manhattan, daughter of novelist Anya Seton, and granddaughter of naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton.

A Memorial service was held May 4 at Balfour Independent Living, Louisville, Colo. Donations in memoriam can be made to Vassar College in Poughkeepsie.

Ronald Kaminski

baseball team during his high school baseball days, however his mother insisted that he get a college education. He received his Pharmacy degree from the University of Connecticut where he played 1st base for the UConn baseball team.

Mr. K aminsk i ser ved as director of the Pharmacy Department at Greenwich Hospital for over 40 years. He was passionate about his profession and the hospital he served. He was a dedicated and loving father who empowered his girls to go after their dreams and supported them all the way. A longtime resident of Glenville, CT he was an active volunteer firefighter who fought house fires, saved people from accidents, and fought a raging school fire. Ron was able to build anything with his bare hands whether it be a beautiful rock garden where earlier there had been nothing, to crafting wood into furniture and keepsakes. Ron was known by all for having two green thumbs and his favorite moments were spent in his yard and green house. He loved sailing and spending time with his daughters in the vacation home they built together in the Poconos where they spent time skiing and exploring. He was a world traveler and saw many sights from cruise ships, traveled the country by motor home with his daughters, and sailed many waterways with closest of friends and his wife Janet from Maine to as far south as Martinique on the "Somewhere." He and his wife were members of the Indian Harbor Yacht Club.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in Ron's memory to Katies Krops (katieskrops.com); P.O. Box 1841, Summerville, SC 29484).

Dawn Lundell

Madeleine Walker Madeleine Jeanne Bittel Walker of Greenwich, CT died April 28, 2019. Madeleine (Mady) was born in Berne, Switzerland. After completing her education in Switzerland she moved to New York where she started her 20-year career in publishing. During that time she was active on the editorial staffs of TIME Magazine, TIME-LIFE Books and Reader's Digest Books. She later settled in Greenwich, CT, where she enjoyed a long career in real estate.

Predeceased by her husband of 30 years, Alexander David Walker III, she is survived by her son, Anthony R. Richards and daughter-inlaw Aimee, cherished grandchildren Emily and Dean, her stepchildren Alexander Walker, Hilary Hotchkiss, Lucia Walker and Douglass Walker.

Mady was at various times a member of the Amateur Ski Club of New York, the Green Fingers Garden Club, the Greenwich Women's Exchange and a longtime member of the Belle Haven Club in Greenwich. She enjoyed tennis and skiing, and was an avid world traveler.

A memorial service is being planned for this summer.

Mr. Ronald E. Kaminski, 80, of Summerville, S.C. and formerly Greenwich, CT passed away on May 1, 2019. Mr. Kaminski was born in Hartford, CT, son of Joseph Kaminski and Mary Jasiak Kaminski.

He was predeceased by his brothers, Henry Kaminski and Zigmunt Kaminski, and sister, Eleanor (Lottie) Kaminski Pozniak. He is survived by wife Janet Kaminski, daughters Stacy Stagliano and Kristen McMullen, grandchildren Katie and John Michael Stagliano, his sister Florence K. Langridge of West Hartford, CT, the mother of his children Adele Myder, and numerous nieces and nephews in Connecticut and Massachusetts.

He was a graduate of Hartford Public High School and was approached by a Major League

Dawn Elizabeth Bradford Lundell, 71, of John's Creek, Ga. went to be with the Lord on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 while vacationing in Maui, Hawaii.

She was pre ce de d i n de at h i n 2 0 07 by her beloved husband, Glenn William Lundell.

Dawn was born June 23, 1947 in Greenwich, daughter of the late Charles Searls Bradford and Marjorie (Keeler) Bradford. She was a graduate of Greenwich High School, class of 1965, and Chamberlayne Junior College in Boston, Mass. in 1967. Dawn and Glenn (GHS class of 1963) were married in 1973 at the Second Congregational Church in Greenwich. At that time, Dawn was a medical assistant in the office of the late John P. Murphy, M.D., in Cos Cob. Dawn was the devoted mother of Heather L u n d e l l D o r r a n c e a n d h e r hu s b a n d P au l

of Ch i l l icot he , Oh io. She was t he b elove d grandmother of Caleb William (9), Carissa May (7 ) and Caitlin Elizabeth (5). She was the adored sister of Jeanne Donovan and her husband, William of Southbury, Ruth Vogt and her husband, Roger of Portland, Maine, William Bradford of Woodbury, and Donald Bradford and his wife, Lucia of Stamford. She is survived also by brother-in-law Robert A. Lundell and his wife, Mary of Tuscaloosa, Ala.; nieces Krista-Leigh Donovan and Stacy Barnes; nephews Kyle Vogt, Adam Vogt, Kirk Lundell, and four great-nieces and nephews.

Dawn was an active and vibrant member of John's Creek United Methodist Church where she especially enjoyed her role as a kitchen angel, serving dinner on Wednesday nights.

A Celebration of Life Service was held at JCUMC on Nov. 27, 2018 with Dr. D. B. Shelnutt, Jr. officiating. Dawn will be remembered always for her kind, gracious, generous, beautiful spirit and smile. Contributions may be made in Dawn's memory to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

Lorange Spenningsby Ozzie "Ozzie" Spenningsby passed away May 1, 2019, at the age of 72 from complications due to Alzheimer's.

Ozzie was born Sept. 29, 1946, in Manhattan, N.Y. At the age of 6, he earned a scholarship to the Diller-Quaile School of Music in Manhattan. His love of music and innate creativity served him all his life, especially during his celebrated career as Director of Broadcast Production at two major advertising agencies – and his motto, "Hire better than yourself and be kind," served everyone who worked with him.

Most important, Ozzie was a loving father, husband, and friend. He is survived by his wife Barbara Beatty Spenningsby, his daug hter El i za b et h Spen n i ngsby, daug hter Jen n i fer Spenningsby, granddaughter Sophie Spenningsby, sister Leslye Katz, brother-in-law William Katz, nephews Keith Magni and Jonathan Katz.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Alzheimer's Association. Please visit: www.alz. org/

Katherine Pracilio Katherine Pracilio passed away in May 2019.

Katherine was a resident of Greenwich, CT at the time of passing.

Amy Director Amy L. Herbster Director passed away in May 2019. Amy was a resident of Connecticut at the time of passing.

Margaret Ulasky Margaret Ulasky passed away in May 2019.

Margaret was a resident of Connecticut at the time of passing.

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On Faith Feature

What is Truth and Does It Matter?

By Marek P. Zabriskie

In today’s 24-hour news cycle, Mark Twain’s observation that “a lie can get around the world before the truth can get its pants on” has never been more true.

The great Presbyterian pr e ache r, G e or ge But t r ick , w i s e l y w r o te : “ T h e s e a r c h for truth is the purpose of the journey of life. God safeguards our freedom. God gives the sign but it is up to us to make the journey on up. The journey is always against common sense; practical people condemn it and later live by borrowing its courage. The journey is always blocked both by nature’s barriers and by the Herod’s systems of the world but it leads to life for all who make the journey.”

In John’s Gospel, Jesus says, “I

am the way, and the truth and the life.” (John 14:6) Later, as he stood before his accusers and Pontius Pilate, Jesus said, “For this I was born, and for this I came into the world, to testify to the truth. Everyone who belongs to the truth listens to my voice.” (John 18:37). Pilate asked him, “What is truth?”

Tr uth is ever y th ing. If a person cannot be trusted, if he or she persists in telling lies, those around them are in danger. Being tethered to the truth is vital.

Today, we are witnesses to a war being waged on the truth.

Can there be such a thing as truth anymore? Does it even matter? Or is all that matters: how is the economy? If a person says that climate change does not exist, does that make it so?

More than two out of three adults and more than four out of five teenagers argue that truth is always relative to the individual and the circumstances. While most Americans describe themselves as Christians and say that the Bible is accurate in its teachings, they nevertheless b el ieve t hat t r ut h i s b a s e d on feelings, ex perience and emotion, according to a study by the Barna Group. If so, then the

truth is in grave peril.

Alan Bloom, one of Yale’s most distinguished academicians, published his now famous book The Closin g of the Amer ican Mind in 1987. In it he chronicles A m e r i c a ’s d r i f t t o w a r d s relativism and away from the notion of absolute truth.

Bloom’s book at tack s t he emerg i ng v iew at t he t i me, especially among young people – now in their 50s, that truth is relative. The ancient Jews believed in many truths. The more accounts the better in our quest for truth; hence the reason for four gospels that each retell Jesus’ life with differing details. The Greeks, by contrast, prefer red one, def initive or absolute truth.

As Americans, we possess a Greek mindset. We seek one truth. If several cars collide, each par ticipant or w itness will describe it differently. But someone must determine what actually occurred. What is the truth?

Some people do not think for themselves. They believe whatever their tribe, party, or leader claims to be true. There is little use in engaging them in an honest debate.

This becomes especially

dangerous when lying is weaponized by leaders or when the press is portrayed as “the enemy of the people.”

T h i s i s w a g i n g w a r on t h e Fourth Estate. Isn’t this what governments in Russia, China, Venezuela, and North Korea have done? D o we w ish to emulate them? Discrediting the press which is committed to pursuing the truth paves the way for dictatorships and destroys democracy.

Likewise, transforming what was once k now n as “hard news” into opinionated viewpoints from either the left or the right is not helpful. It is not the truth, and it is not news.

It i s spi n , wh ich fe e d s ou r predetermined biases.

Our country needs to exercise common sense, to return to the center, and support the best ideas and yes, the truth.

As Americans, we want to trust our leaders. Trust, like truth, is crucial. Truth has authority. When the truth is seen, when it is spoken and lived, it has its own authority.

At Christ Church, we have a course called EfM or Education for Ministry. We study the Old a nd New Testa m ent, chu rch h i s t o r y a n d t h e o l o g y ove r

four years. Participants offer critical incidents and are asked to select a biblical story to help interpret their personal stories theologically.

When ref lecting on truth, trust, and the issues of our time, the story that comes to mind is found in II Samuel 12. It tells the story of how the prophet Nathan confronted King David after the king had committed adultery with Bathsheba and had her husband killed in battle.

Nathan tells the king a story a b out a r i c h m a n w h o h a d conf iscated his impoverished neighbor’s only lamb to feed his dinner guests. The king e x p l o d e s i n a n g e r, s ay i n g , “That man should die.” Nathan repl ie s, “ That ma n is you.”

David repents, but it comes too late. His actions bring down his kingdom and cause the ruin of his family.

Henry David Thoreau notes, “It takes two people to speak the truth. One to speak it and one to hear it.” Are we seeking the truth? Do we demand it, or do we settle for something far less?

In his poem The Second Coming, the Irish poet W. B. Yeats wrote, Things fall apart; the center

cannot hold;

Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world, The blood-dimmed tide is Loosed, and everywhere The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

So far, the center is holding.

Good people are acting with i nte g r it y. T hey a r e tel l i ng the truth and are refusing to carry out actions that would undermine the institutions that they serve. They bring years of experience, knowledge, and integrity to ensuring that our laws are followed. The same cannot be said of everyone.

As we bear witness to the war being waged on the truth, perhaps the best thing we can do is refuse to support those whom we k now are not telling the truth. As Thomas Aquinas said, “You do not possess the truth; it is the truth that possesses you.”

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

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

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.

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. May 19: Retirement Party in honor of Fr. Jim McDevitt, 11am Brunch following 10am mass, RSVP by May 10, stagnesinfo@gmail.com or 203-869-5396.

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. Through May 16: A Journey Through Loss to Healing, 1:30-3pm, free, registration is required, call the Parish Partners Ministry at 203-637-3661 ext. 375 (to leave a message) or contact parishpar tners@stcath.org.

May 11-12: Mother’s Day Diaper Drive, at all Masses. May 12: Family Mass Discussion, 9:30am, stcatherinefamilymass@gmail. com. May 16: Support Circle: The “Corner Office Perspective” 6:309pm, mirandadesantis@me.com or 203-461-0974.

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. May 13: Marian Devotion, 7:30pm.

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. May 18: Breakfast Run, All Day.

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

Service: Sun 10:30am. Communion first Sunday of month.

Second Congregational Church 139 E Putnam Ave.; 203-869-9311 www.2cc.org

St. Timothy Chapel 1034 North St.; 203-869-5421

Family-friendly Evensong Service, every Sat 5pm. Sun Serv: 8:30 & 10:30am. May 16: Greenwich Moms Group, 7pm.

Mass: Sat 4pm; Sun: 9:30 & 11am.

EPISCOPAL

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

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@stpaulgreenwich. org or 203-531-8741. Sacrament of Reconciliation Sat 3-3:45pm or by appointment. May 15: Centering Prayer, 7-8:30pm.

St. Roch Church 10 St. Roch Ave.; 203-869-4176 www.strochchurch.com

Mass: Mon, Tue, Frid: 7:30pm; Sat 4pm, Vigil Mass 4pm; Sun: 7:30, 9:30, 11:30am - Social Hour (immediately after 9:30 Mass).

Confession: Sat 3-3:45pm. Prayer Group (Spanish) Fri 8pm.

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE First Church of Christ, Scientist 11 Park Place; 203-869-2503 www.christiansciencect.org/ greenwich

Service and Sunday School 10:30am Wed. Service 7:30pm. Childcare.

COMMUNITY First Church of Round Hill 464 Round Hill Rd.; 203-629-3876 www.firstchurchofroundhill.com

Service: Sundays 10am Holy Communion: first Sun every month.

Round Hill Community Church 395 Round Hill Rd.; 203-869-1091 www.roundhillcommunitychurch. org

Anglican Church of the Advent 606 Riversville Rd.; 203-8612432 www.churchoftheadvent.org

Service: Sun 9am Holy Eucharist.

Sunday School during academic year.

Christ Church Greenwich 254 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-6600 www.christchurchgreenwich.org

Sunday Worship - April 14-May 10: Holy Eucharist, Rite 2, 8am; Holy Eucharist, Rite 2, 9am; Holy Eucharist, Rite 1, 11am; Compline & Commuion, 5pm. Sunday Educational Offerings: Exploration Series, Youth Formation & Church School, 10:10am. Tue: Holy Eucharist, 10am. May 11: Neighbor/USPS Stamp out Hunger Food Drive, 11:30am, 69-6600, ext. 13, jtredinnick@ christchurchgreenwich. org. May 17: Faith on Fire, 7-8:30am; Middle School Youth Gathering, 7-9pm, 203-8696600, ext. 14 or ljohnson@ christchurchgreenwich.org.

St. Barnabas Episcopal Church 954 Lake Ave.; 203-661-5526 www.stbarnabasgreenwich.org

Sun: Holy Eucharist Rite I 8am, Holy Eucharist Rite II, 10am; Worship, Church School & Nursery 10am.

Serve dinner at Pacific House, fourth Tue of the month, 5:30pm.

St. Paul’s Episcopal Church 200 Riverside Ave.; 203-637-2447 www.stpaulsriverside.org

Service: Sun: Holy Eucharist, 8am; Christian Education Formation (Sunday School), 10; Holy Eucharist, 10:15; Coffee Hour, 11:30.

Shir Ami Religious grades K-6, Tues, 4-6pm, B’nai Mitzvah Classes; Shabbat Services two Fridays a month. May 14: Mainstreaming Anti Semitism - with guest speaker Yair Rosenberg, 7:30pm, Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd., $18/pp.

Greenwich Reform Synagogue 92 Orchard St.; 203-629-0018 www.grs.org

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. May 14: JCC Preschool at GRS: Blooming Babies, 9:30-10:30am, six months to two years, $10 per class or $25 for three classes or $50 for all six, RSVP, 203-487-0944 or SGregoire@StamfordJCC.org Temple Sholom 300 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-7191 www.templesholom.com

Service: Fri 6:30pm; Sat 10am; Sun 8:30am. Candle Lighting: Fri night. Shabbat Study: Sat 9am.

Minyan: Sun 8:30am. Lunch ‘n Learn: Tue 12pm. Itsy Bitsy Playgroup: Wed 10:30am. May 10: PJ Shabbat, 5:30pm, free, RSVP, 203-542-7165, alice.schoen@ templesholom; Rock Shabbat with Sheldon Low, 6:30pm. May 11: JNYC Trivia & Tequila, 8pm; Midnight Run to NYC, 8pm.

LUTHERAN First Lutheran Church 38 Field Point Rd.; 203-869-0032 www.flcgreenwich.org

Service: Sun 10:30am followed by coffee and fellowship. Wed: education ages 3.5 & up 2:305:15pm at St. Paul Lutheran.

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

Service: Sun 9am, Bible Study 10:30.

METHODIST Diamond Hill United Methodist 521 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-2395 www.diamondhillumc.com

Worship & Sunday School: 10am.

Travel Choir and Chamber Singers Concert, 4-5:30pm, free.

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

Worship Sun: 11-12:30pm.

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

First United Methodist Church 59 E. Putnam Ave.; 203-629-9584 www.fumcgreenwich.com

Worship: Sun 10am, Greenwich Hyatt Regency, 1800 E. Putnam Ave. May 16: Newcomer Welcome Dinner, 7-9pm.

Bethel African Methodist Episcopal 42 Lake Ave.; 203-661-3099

First Presbyterian Church 1 W. Putnam Ave.; 203-869-8686 www.fpcg.org

Sun 10:30am with childcare.

Service: Sun 11am Bible Study: Wed. 6pm.

NONDENOMINATIONAL Dingletown Community Church 376 Stanwich Rd.; 203-629-5923 www.dingletownchurch.org

Service & Sunday School: Sundays 10:30am followed by coffee hour.

Holy Communion: first Sun of each month. Sunday School 11am.

Revive Church 90 Harding Rd., Old Greenwich (Old Greenwich Civic Center) www.myrevive.org

Service: Sunday 10am. Childcare and children’s ministry available.

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. Through June 9: Prayer & Fasting Together, 7:30pm, prayer chapel, jillymum@me.com. May 10: Student Ministry Small Group, 7-9pm, lance@stanwichchurch. org. May 11: Westmont College

PRESBYTERIAN

Worship Sun: 10am with childcare, Chapel, 5pm (new); Children’s MiniChapel 10:15am. Food for the Table 2nd Thurs 3-5pm; Shelter for the Homeless 2nd Thurs 5:30-7pm.

May 11: Soloist Concert, 6-7pm; Cabaret Night / Soloist Concert, 7pm, edna.navarro@fpcg.org.

Grace Church of Greenwich 8 Sound Shore Dr, Suite 280 203-861-7555 www.gracechurchgreenwich.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 Sun: 10am. Bible study: Mon 7:15-9pm. Women’s Bible Study Tue 9:30-11:30am. Mothers of Preschoolers 1st/3rd Wed of month 9:15-11:45am. Bibles & Bagels Sat 7:30-8:30am. May 10: Kid's Movie Night, 6:30-8pm. May 11: Garden Clean-Up Day, 9am-12pm (bring gloves, shovel, trowel or any tools you find helpful), meet in the Living Hope parking lot, 203-6374672.

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St. Saviour’s Episcopal Church 350 Sound Beach Ave; 203-6372262 www.saintsaviours.org

Service & Church School: Sun 10am (childcare available) followed by Coffee Hour; Summer Meditation Schedule: Thurs, 6:30pm. May 10: RHCC Youth Group - Friday Night Live, 6pm. May 11: RHCC Campus Spring Cleaning - Rain Date, 9am.

Sun: Rite I Eucharistic Service, 8am.

Rite II Eucharistic Service, 10am.

School and childcare offered during 10am service.

CONGREGATIONAL

JEWISH

The First Congregational Church 108 Sound Beach Ave; 203-637-1791 www.fccog.org

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

Regular Worship and Church School: Sun 10am in Meetinghouse.

Caregivers Support Group, 1st Sun 11:15am-12pm. Hats Off Book Discussion Group, Thu 10-11:30am.

May 15: Annual Women’s Fellowship Luncheon, 11:30am1:30pm, $15, tickets must be purchased in advance.

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

Shabbat Prayer, Study and Kiddush, Chassidic Philosophy 8:45am, Sat 9:30am; Torah reading and discussions 10:30am; Youth Services 11am. Women’s Torah Study Group, Wed 9:30am. Mommy & Me: Musical Shabbat Tue & Fri, 9:1510:15am, during summer: 12:30pm.

Through Dec. 22: Mommy & Me Fall Session begins (0-24 months), 9:20am, register.

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FRIDAY, MAY 10, 2019

GHS Rugby Jazzed to Compete in Utah It seems like a tradition in Greenwich. Just like the crocuses bloom on Monument Hill, the foot traffic on Greenwich Avenue increases and the beaches in town get busier, the Greenwich H ig h School r ug by tea m is preparing for competition in the national championships.

“I am so proud of this team because of how our success came from a whole bunch of different positions,” GHS head coach Joe Kelly said. “We have players that were moving from sophomore year to junior year and we weren’t sure if they were ready to fill the spots. But they matured enough to fill those spots in a great way. Players that we never expected to be the first team are playing competitively. We’re seeing a lot of kids maturing into ‘A’ side roles and I couldn’t be happier. I am over the moon.”

On Wednesday, Greenwich High will board the buses early in the morning, head to the airport and fly to Salt Lake City, Utah for competition in the 2019 Boys’ High School Rugby National Championships. The three-day event will take place at the Regional Athletic Complex and kick off on May 16.

“Distance doesn’t make that much of an issue,” Kelly said. “We have one kid that has never flown before, so that’s really exciting for us. A lot of kids also haven’t been away from their families for an extended period of time.”

Competing in the sing leschool division of the national tournament, Greenwich High School will be seeded sixth overall and will open tournament play against third seed Herriman High School out of Herriman, Utah.

“We are going there targeting the first game,” Kelly said. “In recent times, we haven’t made it past the first game. We struggle with that. So our target and all our focus will be on game on.

Jesuit High School, based out

MARY O'CONNOR PHOTO

By Paul R. Silverfarb

The Greenwich High School rugby team trailed Aspetuck 10-0 at the half, but rallied Saturday afternoon in the second half and came away with the decisive victory. of Carmichael, California, is the top-ranked team in the Boys’ High School Rugby National Championships, followed by Penn High School and Herriman.

Gonzaga College High School is ranked fourth in the tourney, with Greenwich’s rival Xavier High School ranked fifth overall.

With the Cards ranked sixth, East High School takes the seventh spot and rounding out the top eight is Kahuku High School, based out of Kahuku, Hawaii.

“There’s not that big of a difference between the top four teams,” Kelly said. “It’s all about the style of rugby they play. We certainly want to play someone from a different place and didn’t want to play Xavier again. As much as we like playing them, we don’t want to play them to start things off. We would love to play them in the finals.”

Greenwich will be tak ing things one game at a time while in Utah, knowing the competition will be tougher than anything they have seen all year. Two years ago, Big Red won two of the three games they played, but in those two victories they both needed overtime to decide the winner.

“Traditionally the games at Nationals are really tight and close game,” Kelly said.” Scores are close, so it’s anybody’s match.

On the first day, we have just not fallen on the correct side of the win. We have been very close, but we haven’t been able to get that win. It’s just the issue of the ball bouncing our way, the strategy of being the correct one and taking advantage of other team’s weaknesses.”

And if Greenwich can get past the first day, Kelly believes that the sky is the limit.

“With our tremendous depth being a big advantage this year, if we can win the first game we can move on and have fresh legs out there on day two,” Kelly said. “That’s the key to winning this tournament. The teams that usually win this tournament are teams that have very deep squads. This is the deepest squad that we have ever had, so we have a much better chance at achieving what we are setting out there to do.”

Fo r K e l l y, t h e f u n p a r t of hav ing a prog ram that consistently qualif ies for the national tournament is that Big Red gets to see the different styles of play that happen all over the country.

“We want to be able to play teams that we have never played before,” Kelly said. “That’s really exciting for the kids and for the coaches. As an organization

that always wants to do better, playing a really strong team that has something you can learn from is something to look forward to.”

But i n order to ke ep t he momentum rolling to the national championship tournament, Big Red had to get p a st a toug h A sp et uck Valley Rugby Club. Aspetuck is the other Connecticut rugby program that will be traveling to Utah for competition in the high school national championships, competing in the club division.

According to their website, AV RC recr u its h ig h school players from any town that doesn’t have a high school rugby program and has athletes from Redding, Easton, Weston, Wilton, Westport, Fairfield, Newtown, Ridgef ield, Bethel, Danbury, Shelton and Monroe.

“It was a wild game,” Kelly

Lady Cards Are on a Roll

JOHN FERRIS ROBBEN PHOTOS

The Greenwich High softball team celebrates a dominant performance on Senior Day at the GHS softball field against Wilton. The Lady Cards went on to blitz the Warriors 12-2 and winning big has been the theme for head coach Mary Beth Fratello and the rest of the team. After falling to Trumbull 1-0 back on April 29, GHS has been on fire.

They started things off by beating Norwalk a day after the Trumbull game 7-5 and have not looked back. On May 1, GHS unloaded on Westhill and were victorious 25-3. After beating Wilton by 10 runs, they came back and destroyed Central 15-1 and then edged out Warde 4-3 in eight innings. The 5-game winning streak has assured Greenwich of a state playoff berth and they are still in hunt for a spot in the FCIAC tourney.

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said. “There were a lot of people in the stands and the excitement was there. The build-up was huge because Aspetuck has built a powerhouse. Because they are in the national tournament, a l l t he clu b player s i n t he neighboring towns want national ex posu re. So a lot of t hem have quit their own teams and joined Aspetuck to create this powerhouse of an organization.”

In a battle of u ndefeated teams heading into the contest, it was Aspetuck that stunned the Cardinal Stadium crowd and built a quick 10-0 lead.

Greenwich settled down and dominated the rest of the way, taking the lead at the break and winning the contest 36-21.

“We started off poorly and made a lot of mistakes,” Kelly said. “They scored a few times to start things off, but we knew we were slightly a better team.

I knew that if we didn’t lose our composure, we should be able to fight back because we were only down by 10 points at half.

At halftime I told them to simply play their patterns and structure.

And we did that.”

Leading the way for the Cards was Ian Foster, who scored two tries. Other GHS athletes picking up tries were Francisco Liguori, Evan Weigold, Santi Thompson and Larry DeLuca.

“The good thing about our team is that we are deep,” Kelly said. “We have 25 ‘A’ players and when you start the season with that many ‘A’ players, you could have injuries and not miss a beat.

Against Aspetuck we had at least 15 ‘A’ players on the field and that made all the difference.”

W h i le ot he r te a m s h ave compla i ne d a b out t he way Aspetuck, based in Newtown, draw from all over the region, Kelly and the Cardinals look at it as a great opportunity to play a top quality team leading up to the national tournament.

“Going into this game there was a little hype because we were both undefeated in the state,” Kelly said. “It was a great opportunity for us not to travel too far to play some great competition. It came down to the moment where if it’s possible that this all-star structured team take on and defeat the mighty Greenwich Cardinals. So there was a lot of hype.”

In addition to picking up the victory against Aspetuck, Kelly said that his team learned how to lift up their level of play against a strong opponent and how to keep composure when trailing.

“For us, it’s rare when we go behind in a game, especially against local teams,” Kelly said.

“When we go on the road and have our annual Xavier game, we know it’s important to keep the score close. When we played at the Gonzaga Tournament, we knew they could get on top of us and it didn’t make the wheel fall off for us. But having a local team playing us evenly and have us trail at half, it gave us some training in that we should keep our heads, stay cool and play our structure.”

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:

BASEBALL Greenwich High 4 vs. Norwalk 8 Greenwich High 14 vs. Wilton 4 Bridgeport Central 4 vs. Greenwich High 5 Greenwich High 10 vs. St. Joseph 7 Fairfield Warde 8 vs. Greenwich High 5 (9) Salisbury 8 vs. Brunswick School 3 Brunswick School 14 vs. King 4 Brunswick School 5 vs. Rye Country Day 2 Poly Prep 10 vs. Brunswick School 0 Hopkins 5 vs. Brunswick School 3 Greens Farms 2 vs. Brunswick School 7 BOYS' VOLLEYBALL Trumbull 3 vs. Greenwich High 1 Greenwich High 0 vs. Darien 3 Fairfield Warde 3 vs. Greenwich High 0 SOFTBALL Greenwich High 25 vs. Westhill 3

Wilton 2 vs. Greenwich 12 Grenwich High 15 vs. Bridgeport Central 1 Greenwich High 4 vs. Fairfield Warde 3 (8)

Masters 0 vs. Brunswick School 7 Brunswick School 5 vs. Taft 2 Rye Country Day 3 vs. Brunswick School 4

BOYS' LACROSSE Brien McMahon 9 vs. Greenwich High 16 Darien 15 vs. Greenwich High 0 Somers (N.Y) 10 vs. Greenwich High 15 Brunswick School 11 vs. Westminster 4 Brunswick School 15 vs. Choate Rosemary Hall 9 Brunswick School 9 vs. Avon Old Farms 8

GIRLS' TENNIS Sacred Heart 6 vs. Greens Farms 1 St. Luke's 2 vs. Sacred Heart 5 Greenwich Academy 9 vs. Taft 0 Greenwich Academy 7 vs. Greens Farms 0 Greenwich Academy 4 vs. Hotchkiss 5 Norwalk 0 vs. Greenwich High 7 Danbury 0 vs. Greenwich High 7 Trinity Catholic 0 vs. Greenwich High 7

GIRLS' LACROSSE Berkshire 4 vs. Sacred Heart 21 Sacred Heart 20 vs. St. Luke's 4 Greens Farms 7 vs. Sacred Heart 18 Greenwich Academy 14 vs. Taft School 4 Greenwich Academy 11 vs. Loomis Chaffee 8 Trumbull 6 vs. Greenwich High 16 Greenwich High 19 vs. Westhill 2 Stamford 4 vs. Greenwich High 17 Greenwich High 8 vs. Darien 21 BOYS' TENNIS Fairfield Warde 0 vs. Greenwich High 7 Danbury 0 vs. Greenwich High 7 Greenwich High 7 vs. Trinity Catholic 0

BOYS' GOLF Greenwich High: 162 at Greenwich Invitational Greenwich High 152 vs. Ridgefield 163 Brunswick School 299 vs. Greenwich High 321 Brunswick School 299 vs. Fairfield Prep 343 Brunswick School 299 vs. St. Luke's 334 GIRLS' GOLF Trumbull 227 vs. Greenwich High 199 Greenwich High 189 vs. Ridgefield 187 Greenwich High 191 vs. Fairfield Ludlowe 182 Greenwich Academy 3 vs. Sacred Heart 2 Riverdale 0 vs. Greenwich Academy 5

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New exhibition, "Summer 8:30 a.m.

Riverside School's 36th annual with the Averys," opens. Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Riverside Run. 90 Hendrie Free for museum members Ave. $20, three-mile run; and visitors with paid $12, Kids Fun Run. Jogging admission. 203-869-0376. strollers are also welcome. info@brucemuseum.org.

RiversideRun2019@gmail. brucemuseum.org com. rivpta.org 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Sacred Heart Greenwich and Random Hacks of Kindness Jr.: ‘Kids Coding for A Cause’, a “hackathon” for social good for boys and girls in fourth to eighth grade. School’s campus, 1177 King St. $18. Registration is required. 203-263-0396. reesegans@gmail.com. rhokjr. org/event/sacred-heartgreenwich-2019 9 a.m.

Tag Sale with Grace 7th annual event, benefiting Kids Helping Kids and Domus.

Christ Church - Parish Hall, 254 E. Putnam Ave. Free. 203273-1480. tagsalewithgrace@ gmail.com. kidshelpingkidsct. org/tag-sale-grace 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS): Emergency Medical Responder(EMR) Class.

GEMS, 1111 East Putnam Ave. Register. (Runs Saturdays through May 11.) greenwichems.org 9 - 11 a.m.

CPR Friends and Family (Infant/Child). Greenwich Hospital’s Medical Education Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. $65. Register. Designed for lay rescuers only. Meets American Heart Association standards. 888-305-9253. greenwichhospital.org/events

10 a.m. - 2 p.m.

Greenwich Police Day. Greenwich Public Safety Complex, 11 Bruce Pl. Free.

203-940-3158. facebook.com/ GreenwichPolice

10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Sing-a-Long Music Time with Tom Weber. Greenwich Library - Rear of Children's Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Toddlers and preschoolers.

Free. 203-622-7940. dsullivan@greenwichlibrary. org 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Family Craft: Make a Ceramic Rose for Mother's Day with Lucia. Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. All ages. 203-5310426

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Christine’s Critters Falconry Show. Cos Cob Library - Front Lawn (weather permitting), 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. 203-6226883. greenwichlibrary.org 3 - 4:15 p.m.

Welcome Spring with Tibetan Bells with Karin Reetz.

Byram Shubert Library Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. Adults. 203-5310426. greenwichlibrary.org/ byramshubert 4 - 5:30 p.m.

Westmont College Travel Choir and Chamber Singers Concert. Stanwich Congregational Church, 202 Taconic Rd. Free. 203-6614420. stanwichchurch.org 6 p.m.

The 32nd Annual Bruce Museum Gala, “An Evening in the Enchanted Garden.”

Greenwich Country Club, 19 Doubling Rd. RSVP. 203-413-6745. bconelias@ brucemuseum.org. brucemuseum.org

6:30 p.m.

11 a.m. - 4 p.m.

“Good Times, Big Hair”- Rock Steven Fox Jewelry event to Music Photography by Mark benefit Kids in Crisis - free Weiss - Opening Reception. C. pizza and gelato plus a chance Parker Gallery, 409 Greenwich to win a Pomellato bracelet.

Ave. Free. 203-661-0205.

Steven Fox Jewelry, 8 Lewis St. tiffany@cparkergallery.com.

Free. bjabick@kidsincrisis.org. cparkergallery.com kidsincrisis.org 6:30 - 11 p.m.

12:30 - 7 p.m.

Greenwich Skate Park is open. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park next to the Arch Street Teen Center.

Beginning April 1, the Park will open Monday to Friday, 3:30 - 7 p.m. and weekends from 12:30 - 7 p.m. Ages six and up. $10, daily pass; $30, monthly membership. Full pads required. 203-496-9876. greenwichct.gov

Alzheimer's Association's 7th Annual Celebrating Hope, Honoree Natalie Morales.

Belle Haven Club, 100 Harbor Dr. alz.org SUNDAY, MAY 12

8:30 a.m.

Old Greenwich-Riverside Community Center’s “Mother’s Day Bike Ride.”

10 a.m.

Old Greenwich Elementary Kokedama Gardening School, 285 Sound Beach Workshop - the Japanese art Ave. - then cycle to Tod’s of growing plants in a moss2 p.m.

Point. $10 for adults and $5 for covered ball of soil wrapped Mother’s Day Tea. Greenwich children 12 and under, $25 for with string or fishing line.

Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. families. Pre-register online.

Greenwich Historical Society, Adult members, $40, member Walk-ins are welcome. (All 47 Strickland Rd. All materials children (3-12yrs.), $10; Adult riders must have their helmets will be provided. Members, non-members, $60, children to participate). 203-637-3659. $25; nonmembers, $35. 203(3-12yrs.), $25. 203-869-9242. office@myogrcc.org. myogrcc.

869-6899. greenwichhistory. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org org org

Seeking Modern Design Consignments Wise financial planning includes getting up-to-date values for your decorative arts. Consignments are currently being accepted for Rago Auction’s upcoming auctions.

To make an appointment for a confidential evaluation, contact Jenny Pitman 917.745.2730 or jenny@ragoarts.com.

Buy. Sell. Appraise.

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RAGO AUCTION AND EVENT CALENDAR Early 20th C. Design Auction | May 18 Modern Design Auction | May 19 Modern Ceramics + Glass Auction | May 19 Unreserved Jewelry Auction | June 7 Fine Jewelry Auction | June 9 Fine Art Appraisal Day, Bruce Museum | June 15

Lino Tagliapietra exceptional Mandara vessel, $20,000–30,000 (May 19) George Nakashima exceptional and massive “Dean’s Desk”, $40,000–50,000 (May 19)

MONDAY, MAY 13

9:15 a.m.

First Selectman’s Advisory Committee for People with Disabilities Meeting.

Greenwich Town Hall - DHS Conference Room, 3rd floor, 5 - 6 p.m.

Social Services, 101 Field Point Bariatric Weight Loss Rd. greenwichct.gov Surgery Seminar. Greenwich Hospital's Hyde Conference 9:30 - 10:30 a.m.

Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Mindful Monday Mornings Yoga: gentle yoga. Greenwich Free. Register. Bring your Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. questions. 888-305-9253.

Members, $25; non-members, greenwichhospital.org/events

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(Bring your own mat.)

203-869-9242. info@ greenwichbotanicalcenter.org

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10 a.m. - 3 p.m.

CT Career Coach: Social Networking & Resume.

Byram Shubert Library, 21 Mead Ave. Free. Register. 203531-0426

OPEN E H O U S

11 a.m.

High Yield Vegetable Gardening with Alan Gorkin. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $35; nonmembers, $45. 203-869-9242. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org

FEATURING

The Greens residents' expressions through art.

Experience our collection of acrylic, watercolor, collage, photography, and mixed media.

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3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

Yoga for Kids with Inger DeGroat. Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-5310426

Enjoy festive small plates and drinks prepared by The Greens chefs in our beautiful garden.

THE GREENS AT GREENWICH 1155 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831

RSVP Call: 203.531.5500 or Email: mscaros@thegreensatgreenwich.com

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12:45 p.m.

St. Lawrence Society (SLS): Annual Charity Golf Tournament at E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course, 451 Stillwater Rd., Stamford; Lunch: 11:30 a.m.; Cocktail hour & Dinner at The Club, 86 Valley Rd., Cos Cob, following tournament. $175 luncheon, golf & dinner; $100, dinner only. RSVP. 203-618-9036. stlawrencesociety.com/events 3 p.m.

Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET) Law Committee Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall - Law Deparment Conference Room, 1st floor, 101 Field Point Rd. 3 - 5 p.m.

Avoiding Scams, Frauds, and Cybersecurity for Individuals.

Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203622-7914. trainingcenter@ greenwichlibrary.org

5:30 p.m.

Art Show and Open House featuring The Greens residents' expressions through art. The Greens at Greenwich, 1155 King St. Free and open to the community. RSVP required.

203-531-5500. mscaros@ thegreensatgreenwich.com. thegreensatgreenwich.com

5:30 - 7 p.m.

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

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

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

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

Diabetes Support Group: “New Diabetes Medications.”

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

888-305-9253 7 p.m.

Representative Town Meeting.

Central Middle School, 9 Indian Rock Ln. 7 p.m.

Book Discussion: 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist' and 'Exit West' by Mohsin Hamid, faciliated by Laurie Heiss of Greenwich Pen Women. Perrot Memorial Library, 90 Sound Beach Ave. Free. 203-637-3870. perrotlibrary.org 7 p.m.

AuthorsLive: 'A Business

Sector Unmoored', featuring Roger McNamee, who will be interviewed by Alan Murray, President and CEO of Fortune. Greenwich Library - Meeting Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register.

203-622-7957. nklein@ greenwichlibrary.org 7 - 8:30 p.m.

Informational Tolls Forum, with State Reps. Livvy Floren (R-149), Fred Camillo (R-151); Presenters - Transportation Ranking Members State Rep. Laura Devlin (R-134), State Sen. Henri Martin (R31). Greenwich Town Hall - Meeting Room, 101 Field Point Rd. TUESDAY, MAY 14 8:30 - 10 a.m.

OPEB Trust Board Meeting.

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

JCC Preschool: Blooming Babies - children explore, play, and socialize. Greenwich Reform Synagogue, 92 Orchard St. Ages 6 months to 2 years. $10 per class, $25 for three classes, $50 for six. Tuesdays through June 18. RSVP. 203-487-0944.

SGregoire@StamfordJCC.org 9:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Greenwich Newcomers Club: May Coffee Morning.

Greenwich Exchange for Women’s Work, 28 Sherwood Pl. Register. All are welcome.

Greenwichnewcomersclub.org 10 - 11:30 a.m.

Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET) Investment Advisory Committee Meeting.

Greenwich Town Hall - Mazza Room, 1st floor, 101 Field Point Rd. 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. lmatthews@ greenwichlibrary.org 1:30 - 3 p.m.

Parkinson’s Support Group: Learn and Share: Urinary

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Incontinence, Symptoms and Treatment with Dr. James Rosoff, urologist. Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. Free. 203-8634444. greenwichhospital.org/ events

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required. 203-869-0376. info@brucemuseum.org

3 - 5 p.m.

Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET) HR Committee Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall - Cone Room, 2nd floor, 101 Field Point Rd.

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

3:30 - 8:30 p.m.

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

Reserve a time. 203-629-5744. info@archstreet.org

6:30 - 10 p.m.

Greenwich Emergency Medical Service (GEMS): Winter 2019 EMR-EMT Bridge Class. GEMS, 1111 East Putnam Ave. Register. (Runs Tuesdays and Thursdays, 6:30 - 10 p.m., through May 18.) greenwichems.org

4:30 - 5:30 p.m.

Gamify The Web: Javascript, HTML and CSS - Grades 7-9. Greenwich Library - Training Center, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free.

Register. (Prerequisites: Previous experience with Scratch and/or previous coding experience). 203622-7918. emorrissey@ greenwichlibrary.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.) 203-5321259

5 p.m.

Board of Estimate & Taxation (BET) Budget Committee Meeting. Greenwich Town Hall - Cone Room, 2nd floor, 101 Field Point Rd. 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Greenwich Education Group (GEG) 10th annual Private Day & Boarding School Fair.

Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Rd. Free. greenwichedgroup.com

7:30 p.m.

UJA-JCC Greenwich and ADL Connecticut: From Pittsburgh to Poway: What’s happening in America?

- Mainstreaming of Antisemitism. YWCA, 259 E. Putnam Ave. RSVP. ujajcc. org WEDNESDAY, MAY 15

6 p.m.

Armayla Kicks Off Spring Trunk Show, featuring a live fashion presentation and music by DJ April Larken.

Maison D’Alexandre, 33 Lewis St. armayla.com

7 - 8:30 a.m.

Early Morning Bird Walk at Fairchild Wildflower Garden.

Audubon Greenwich's Fairchild Garden Preserve.

Free, no RSVP is required.

Binoculars available. All levels of experience welcome.

(Every Wednesday). 203-9301353. tgilman@audubon. org. greenwich.audubon.org/ events

6:30 p.m.

Science Lecture: Predator Turned Prey: The Controversial Trade in Sharks and Shark Fin Products.

Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Dr. Free for members and students with ID; $15 for non-members. Reservations

9:15 - 11:45 a.m.

“NAMI Basics” - a course for parents and other caregivers of children and adolescents under 17 who live with mental health challenges (Wednesdays through May 29). First Congregational Church, 108 Sound Beach

Ave. Free. 203- 536-9486. maryaduty@gmail.com. namisouthwestct.org/namibasics

Serious Illness Support Group. Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. 203-8634628

9:45 a.m. & 12:45 p.m.

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

Ppolitebridge@optimum.net. greenwichymca.org

3:15 - 4:15 p.m.

R.E.A.D. to a Dog - children can read aloud to these furry friends while building confidence and literary fluency. Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-5310426

11 a.m.

Retired Men's Association of Greenwich: Dr. Cynthia MacKay: "Age-Related Macular Degeneration, The largest Cause of Blindness for Seniors." First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. Free and open to the community. info@greenwichrma.org. greenwichrma.org 11 - 11:30 a.m.

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

Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Free. (Every Wednesday). 203-869-6899. greenwichhistory.org

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. 888357-2409 7 p.m.

Dr. David Hudson, research scientist at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk: "Long Island Sound and Beyond; Ecosystem and Resilience."

Greenwich Boat & Yacht Club, 9 Grass Island Rd. Free.

GreenwichSquadron@gmail. com 7 - 8 p.m.

Flinn Gallery Series: Art Investments and the Auction House. Pre-lecture reception: 5:30 - 6:45 p.m.Flinn Gallery at Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free.

Register. 203-622-7947. flinngallery.com

Wednesday. 203-629-5744. info@archstreet.org

7 - 8:15 p.m.

Anchor Health Initiative: Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Support Group. YWCA Greenwich, 259 East Putnam Ave. Open to all ages. Safe, private and free. (1st and 3rd Wednesdays of the month). 203-869-6501. ywcagreenwich.org

THURSDAY, MAY 16

7 - 8:30 p.m.

Greenwich Toastmasters Meeting - Leadership & Public Speaking. Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Rd. Open to the public. (1st, 3rd & 5th Wednesday of each month.) 203-502-7552. toastmasters.org 7 - 9 p.m.

Bowman Observatory Public Nights (1st and 3rd Wednesday of every month, if skies are clear).

On the grounds of Julian Curtiss School, 180 E. Elm St. Free. 203-413-6762.

GreenwichStars@gmail.com. astrogreenwich.org 7:30 p.m.

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

Grades 7th-12th. Free. Every

7 a.m. - 7 p.m.

Greenwich Botanical Center (GBC): Hidden Gardens of Beacon Hill Tour. Beacon Hill, Boston, Mass. Members: $130; non-members: $150. Rain or shine. 203-869-9242. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org 10:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Chair Yoga. Cos Cob Library - Community Room. Free.

Adults. 203-622-6883 1 p.m.

Greenwich Library Oral History Celebrates Grace Notes. Greenwich Library.

Free. 203-622-7945, 203629-3366. ohistory@ greenwichlibrary.org. halmel@aol.com 1 - 2:15 p.m.

Family Caregiver Support Group - for adults who care for a family member with Alzheimer’s disease or other types of dementia. Center for Healthy Aging at Greenwich Hospital, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free. Register. 888-305-9253. greenwichhospital.org/events CONTINUED PAGE 12

11:30 a.m.

St. Paul's Day School Playground Dedication to Toni Natale. 200 Riverside Ave. Alumni of St. Paul's Day School, and their parents, and other members of the community are welcome.

Rain date: May 16. Free. 203637-3503 1 p.m.

Prints at Auction & Consignment Date - Lunch: 12:30 p.m., followed by Presentation by Robin SR Starr. The Greenwich Arts Council - Meeting Room, 2nd floor, 299 Greenwich Ave. $25, GAC members; $30 non-members (includes lunch and lecture).

Register. 203-862-6752. greenwichartscouncil.org 2:30 - 3:30 p.m.

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Alliance Francais Film Showing: 'Violette'. Cos Cob Library - Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free. Adults.

203-625-6585 2 - 3:30 p.m.

Gentle Yoga and Tea. Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Rd. Members, $25; nonmembers, $35.All ages and experience levels.

(Bring your own yoga mat and props). Every Thursday, through June 27. 203-8696899. greenwichhistory.org 3:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Open Studio Time at Andrew's Studio - learn

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recording, mixing and production. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. Free. Grades 7th-12th. Every Tuesday and Thursday.

Reserve a time. 203-629-5744. info@archstreet.org 4 - 5:15 p.m.

Summer Flowers in the Garden with Mary Jo. Byram Shubert Library Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. 203-531-0426

5:30 - 7:30 p.m.

The Greens Annual Art Show & Open House. The Greens At Greenwich, 1155 King St. Free and open to the community. RSVP. mscaros@ thegreensatgreenwich.com.

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6 - 7 p.m.

Lecture: David Wilson from Overdevest Nurseries: "The Best of the World's Top Roses." McArdle's Florist and Garden Center, 48 Arch St. $15. Register. 203-6615600. caitlin@mcardles.com. mcardles.com 6:30 - 7 p.m.

Board of Education Meeting - Business. Hamilton Avenue School, 184 Hamilton Ave. greenwichschools.org 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.

Dementia Information Session, led by Lori Contadino of the Greenwich Commission on Aging.

Nathaniel Witherell, 70 Parsonage Rd. Free and open to all. Reservations are required. 203-618-4227. sneff@friendsofwitherell.org 6:30 - 8 p.m.

Mental Health Support Group - for families of individuals affected by severe mental illness, facilitated by the National Alliance for the Mentally Ill. Greenwich Hospital's Mianus Conference Room, 5 Perryridge Rd. Free.

203-428-6864 7 - 7:55 p.m.

Family Music Program: "The Upbeats". Byram Shubert Library - Community Room, 21 Mead Ave. Free. All ages.

203-531-0426 7 - 8:30 p.m.

AuthorsLive@Cos Cob Library: 'Odyssey Uncharted'

by Flemming Heilmann. Cos Cob Library - Community Room, 5 Sinawoy Rd. Free and open to all. Adults. 203622-6883 7 - 9:30 p.m.

The 12th Annual BackCountry Jazz Benefit Concert, cocktails: 6:30 p.m.

Burning Tree Country Club, 120 Perkins Rd. 203-561-3111. jeanette@backcountryjazz. org. backcountryjazz.org 7 - 10 p.m.

“Oy Vegas” Casino Night, to support Jewish Family Services of Greenwich.

Temple Sholom, 300 East Putnam Ave. RSVP. 203-6221881. jfsgreenwich.org 7:30 p.m.

NAMI Southwest CT: "Mental Health During the College Years" - a panel discussion. Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Rd. Free. 203-400-6264. namisouthwestct@gmail. com. namisouthwestct.org FRIDAY, MAY 17 10 - 11 a.m.

Greenwich Newcomers Club: Kids At Play.

Western Greenwich Civic Center - Playground, 449 Pemberwick Rd. Register. greenwichnewcomersclub. org 6:30 p.m.

Family Night Pasta Bar Buffet. St. Lawrence Society (SLS), 86 Valley Rd. SLS members, $12; guests: adults, $15; children, $8. 203-6189036

7 p.m.

Divine Sleep Yoga Nidra with Helena Svedin. Greenwich Botanical Center, 130 Bible St. Members, $30; non-members, $40 (Advanced registration required). 203-869-9242. greenwichbotanicalcenter. org 7 - 11:30 p.m.

"Under the Stars" - benefiting Pediatric and Women’s Health at Greenwich Hospital. Riverside Yacht Club, 102 Club Rd. 203-863-3865. events@ greenwichhospital.org. giving.greenhosp.org/uts2019 8:30 p.m.

St. Lawrence Society (SLS) Live Music Night in The Pub: Cover Story. The Pub in The Club, 86 Valley Rd. No cover.

203-618-9036 SATURDAY, MAY 18 7 - 8:30 a.m.

Spring Migration Bird Walk.

Audubon Greenwich. 613 Riversville Rd. (Meet in the Audubon Greenwich Parking Lot.) Free, no RSVP is required. Binoculars available. All levels of experience welcome. (Every Saturday). 203-930-1353. tgilman@audubon.org. greenwich.audubon.org/ events 9:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.

The Greenwich Farmers Market opening day. Arch Street Parking Lot, 100 Arch St. (Every Saturday through December, weather permitting). 203-380-0580. gfm-ct@optimum.net. greenwichfarmersmarketct. com 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The Bruce Museum’s 34th Annual Outdoor Crafts Festival. 1 Museum Dr. Free to Museum members; $10 for non-members.

Also, Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. 203-869-0376. info@brucemuseum.org. brucemuseum.org 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Audubon Greenwich 2019 Spring Native Plant Sale.

Audubon Center, 613 Riversville Rd. Also, Sunday, May 19, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

203-869-5272. greenwich. audubon.org/events 10:30 - 11:15 a.m.

Sing-a-Long Music Time with Tom Weber. Greenwich Library - Rear of Children's Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Toddlers and preschoolers.

Free. 203-622-7940. dsullivan@greenwichlibrary. org 11 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Science Saturday - all types of hands-on science

experiments. Ages 5-8.

Greenwich Library Children's Constellation Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Arrive at least 10 minutes earlier. Free. Register.

203-622-7940. dsullivan@ greenwichlibrary.org 12:30 - 7 p.m.

Greenwich Skate Park is open. Roger Sherman Baldwin Park next to the Arch Street Teen Center.

Beginning April 1, the Park will open Monday to Friday, 3:30 - 7 p.m. and weekends from 12:30 - 7 p.m. Ages six and up. $10, daily pass; $30, monthly membership. Full pads required. 203-496-9876. greenwichct.gov 1 p.m.

Whitby School Audubon Certified Schoolyard Habitat - ribbon cutting ceremony.

Whitby School, 969 Lake Ave. 203-869-8464 1 p.m.

AuthorsLive: 'The Night Diary' by Veera Hiranandani.

Greenwich Library - Meeting Room, 101 West Putnam Ave. Free. Register. 203625-6536. sschugmann@ greenwichlibrary.org 5 - 8 p.m.

New Lebanon Elementary School Annual Spaghetti Dinner, including many raffle prizes. Gymnasium, 25 Mead Ave. 203-531-9139

Fedorko Foundation and the “Emily’s Chimes” Restoration Project at Tod’s Point. Arch Street Teen Center, 100 Arch St. $250. info@emsway.org. emsway.org/good-chimes 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.

Soirees by Moonlight @ The Greenwich Arts Council: The New Yorkers - Eiko Kano, violinist & Karen Hakobyan, pianist. 299 Greenwich Ave. $40-$75. 203-862-6752. greenwichartscouncil.org SUNDAY, MAY 19 7 a.m.

Breast Cancer Alliance (BCA) annual 5K Run/ Walk for Hope. Richards, 359 Greenwich Ave. $40 for adults, $30 for students ages 8-18; free for children seven and under; and $25 for the “Walk or Run Where You Live.” 203-861-0014. info@ breastcanceralliance.org. breastcanceralliance.org/ events 9 a.m. - 12 p.m.

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6:30 - 10 p.m.

GEMS: Winter 2019 Emergency Medical Responder - EMT Bridge Class. Greenwich Emergency Medical Service, 1111 E Putnam Ave. Also, Saturday, March 30, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.

Register. (Minimum age to enroll is 16 years old, with parental consent). 203-6377505. greenwichems.org

BASEBALL Today vs. Danbury H.S., 4:30 p.m.

Mon. at Trinity Catholic H.S., 4:15 p.m.

SOFTBALL Today at Danbury H.S., 4:30 p.m.

Mon. vs. Trinity Catholic H.S., 4:30 p.m.

BOYS' LACROSSE Tomorrow vs. Iona Prep (N.Y.), 12 p.m.

Tue. at Chaminade School (N.Y.), 5:15 p.m.

GIRLS' LACROSSE 7 - 11 p.m.

Tomorrow at New Canaan H.S., 12 p.m.

"Good Chimes" event Tue. vs. St. Joseph H.S., 4:30 p.m. benefiting the Emily Catherine BOYS' GOLF Mon. at New Canaan H.S., 3:30 p.m.

Tue. vs. St. Joseph, Trumbull (at Tashua Knolls G.C.), 3:15 p.m.

Wed. vs. Staples (at The Griff), 3:30 p.m.

GIRLS' GOLF Mon. at Staples H.S., 3:30 p.m.

Tue. vs. Danbury (at The Griff), 3:45 p.m.

BOYS' TENNIS Wed. vs. FCIAC Tournament Quarterfinals (at TBA), 4 p.m.

GIRLS' TENNIS CREW Wed. vs. FCIAC Tournament Quarterfinals Up next: May 17 at Stotesbury Cup, (at (at TBA), 4 p.m.

Schuylkill River), TBA BOYS' VOLLEYBALL GOLF Today vs. Stamford H.S., 4:30 p.m.

Mon. vs. Pippy O'Connor Independent School Mon. at Danbury H.S., 4 p.m.

Tournament (at Wyantenuck C.C.), TBA Wed. at Stamford H.S., 4 p.m.

LACROSSE BOYS' TRACK & FIELD Tomorrow vs. Hotchkiss School, 3 p.m.

Tomorrow vs. Greater Hartford Invitational (at Mon. vs. John Jay H.S., 4:30 p.m.

East Hartford H.S.), 9 a.m.

TENNIS Tue. at Staples H.S., 4 p.m.

Mon. vs. FAA Tournament (at Greens Farms GIRLS' TRACK & FIELD Academy, 2:30 p.m.

Tomorrow vs. Greater Hartford Invitational (at Tue. vs. FAA Tournament (at Greens Farms East Hartford H.S.), 9 a.m.

Academy, 2:30 p.m.

Mon. vs. Staples H.S., 4 p.m.

TRACK & FIELD BOYS' RUGBY Tomorrow vs. Berkshire School, Canterbury Thu. Sun. vs.

High School Rugby Single School School, Cheshire Academy (at Berkshire National Championships (at Salt Lake City, School), 2:30 p.m.

Utah), TBD WATER POLO GIRLS' WATER POLO Up next: May 18 vs. NEPSAC Championships (at Today vs.

Cardinal Tournament (at GHS Phillips Exeter Academy), TBA Pool), 4 p.m.

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BASEBALL Mon. vs. FAA Quarterfinals, TBA Wed. vs. FAA Semifinals, TBA CREW Tomorrow vs. Kent Invitational (at Lake Waramaug State Park), TBA GOLF Mon. at Taft School, 4 p.m.

Tue. vs. Fordham Prep, 3:30 p.m.

Wed. vs. Challenge Cup (at Silo Ridge Field Club), 3 p.m.

LACROSSE Today vs. Salisbury School, 7 p.m.

Mon. vs. Trinity-Pawling, 4 p.m.

Wed. vs. Darien H.S., 7 p.m.

SAILING Tue. vs. Silver Cup (at Indian Harbor Y.C.), 3:30 p.m.

Wed. vs. Gold Cup (at Indian Harbor Y.C.), 3:30 p.m.

TENNIS Tomorrow vs. Brunswick Alumni, 10 a.m.

Mon. vs. FAA Tournament, TBA Tue. vs. FAA Tournament, TBA

SACRED HEART GOLF Tomorrow vs. Choate, Hotchkiss (at Wallingford C.C.), 2 p.m.

Mon. vs. Pippy O'Connor Independent School Tournament (at Wyantenuck C.C.), TBA LACROSSE Tomorrow at Taft School, 2 p.m.

Mon. vs. FAA Tourney, TBD Wed. vs. FAA Semifinals, TBD ROWING Tomorrow at Kent Invitational, 1 p.m.

TENNIS Mon. vs. FAA Tournament (at Greens Farms Academy, 2:30 p.m.

Tue. vs. FAA Tournament (at Greens Farms Academy, 2:30 p.m.

TRACK & FIELD Today at John Jay Relays, 4:30 p.m.

WATER POLO Today vs. Hopkins School (at Staples), 5 p.m.

Tomorrow at Loomis Chaffee, 2:30 p.m.

Tomorrow vs. Williston Northampton School (at Loomis), 3:45 p.m.

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Activists, Legislators Discuss Opioid Epidemic Over the past several years, the opioid epidemic has exploded around the country, touching every corner of the United States.

The Town of Greenwich isn't immune to the scourge of add ic t ion , ac c or d i n g to Greenwich Police Capt. Robert Berry.

"It's a crisis here in town," he said. "In 2017/2018, we had three individuals pass away from this addiction." That number could have been worse, Berry acknowledged, if not for Narcan, which reverses the symptoms of an overdose. GPD officers carry doses of Narcan in their vehicles.

Berry was a part of a panel discussion featuring several activists and legislators, at the Second Congregational Church on April 26 which discussed the opioid epidemic and what needs to be done to help those in need.

Also on the panel was U.S. Rep. Jim Himes (D-4th District); U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal; Lt. Gov. of Connecticut, Susan Bysiewicz; State Reps. Livvy Floren (R-149); Steve Meskers (D150); Fred Camillo (R-151); Sean Scanlon (D-98), who is from the

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who loved and knew her. Cancer doesn't just impact the patient, it traumatizes the family, creates financial devastation, depletes communities and leaves scars that are unable to be healed."

Accord i ng to Gre enwic h Hospital, 300,000 new cases of breast and ovarian cancer were diagnosed in the United States last year, and of those, 55,000 women died. Ovarian cancer is particularly difficult to recognize in its early stages, so the rate of death is the highest among all female reproductive cancers.

"Studies show that women with ovarian cancer have the disease for 2 4 months, and they've seen 4-6 physicians [over that time]. Symptoms are vague.

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Guilford, Conn., area.

Gar y Mendell, CEO and fou nder of Shat ter pro of, a nonprofit organization that is dedicated to ending addiction and raising awareness, was also on the panel, as well as Greenwich r e sident a nd Sh at ter pr o of ambassador, Dita Bhargava. Both Mendell and Bhargava lost their sons to addiction in recent years.

On the national level, numbers associated with the opioid epidemic are shocking.

Thousands of Americans die per year as a result of addiction, H i me s p oi nte d out , wh ich equates to roughly the number of soldiers killed in the Vietnam War in its entirety.

"The big picture is about as grim as it can be. It demands a whole of society response," Himes said. "It's affecting every tier of our society. It's a scourge that hits everyone."

Blumenthal spoke about the importance of getting rid of old, unused and unwanted medication. He also said that arresting people won't solve the problem.

Blumenthal praised the Greenwich delegation and the bipartisanship that has been there and they are just enough for us to ignore and prioritize something more interesting," Zagger added, noting that when women seek medical help for symptoms, they're often told that everything is fine.

"The burden should not be with the woman to manage or think about signs and symptoms, yet we spend an incredible about of time and energy focused on this. It's not working and it must change," Zagger said.

Ratner developed the curriculum with her colleagues at Smilow Cancer Hospital and said that it will "be an example for other hospitals and other health systems."

She praised Greenwich's support for the program, which has several partners, such as the Breast Cancer Alliance, the YWCA and the UJA JCC. "The future is prevention," Ratner remarked. "I'm not only going to cure cancer or find it

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hour weeks to become profitable, then failing after 12 years, in part because I neglected to develop a network and brain trust that I could go to help our company pivot and adapt during times of economic stress and tech innovation.

I had my head in the sand. Five years after my failure, there still wasn’t a group in town that could have helped me through the hurdles and challenges that KidsEvents.com faced. That had to change!

Marie Turkel: I realized that I knew so many women who owned their own venture who lived within just a few blocks of me. I thought it would be great for us all to collaborate and support each other starting from the point of helping each other f irst and then looking to build our businesses second. The local women I know have such strong networks. If I wanted to get the word out about anything, I could tell a friend here in Riverside and watch how the word spread throughout all of Greenwich. We have such great connections with each other in this town.

demonstrated in fighting the opioid battle. He hopes it can carry over to the federal level.

"My hope is the federal government w ill play an even greater role. The money coming into Connecticut has doubled this past year to $67 million for programs [to help with addiction]. That's pissant compared to what's necessary," he said. " We ' r e f o r t u n a t e i n Connecticut to have a bipartisan commitment in this effort. It doesn't exist in Washington

D.C. That is really a searing ind ictment of ou r politica l system," he added.

Bhargava noted that opioids are the biggest killer for those under the age of 55, and that addiction is estimated to cost the U.S. roughly $700 billion a year due to healthcare bills, criminal justice costs and loss of productivity.

"At the height of the AIDS crisis in 1995, about 41,000 people died due to HIV. Thirty billion dollars a year has been put toward the HIV crisis since 1995,"

Bhargava said. "The government has only put $5 billion towards this crisis."

Bhargava highlighted three bills which Connecticut legislators are hoping to pass.

H o u s e B i l l 1 0 5 7 wo u l d require hig her education institutions to carry opioid antidotes like Narcan so it can be available to students and employees. The bill would also look to establish communitybased treatment centers that are accessible to everyone.

House Bill 7125 would ensure that insurance companies cover addiction treatment the same way they would cover any other disease.

"Too many people are denied coverage or coverage is delayed.

That literally could mean the difference between life and death," Bhargava said.

Ho u s e B i l l 7 3 9 5 wo u l d scale up initiatives to provide treatment to inmates who suffer from opioid addiction disease, preceding and post-release.

Future bills would likely center around education and helping to steer young children away from self-medication and ultimately addiction.

early, we're going to find it before it even happens so you never have to hear those words: you have cancer."

F i r s t S e l e c t m a n , Pe t e r Tesei, spoke about his personal experience as a 10-year-old boy when he found out his mother was diag nosed w ith breast cancer. While she survived, his aunt sadly did not. Tesei's wife was also diagnosed with the disease, he said.

"What you're doing is saving lives, but really saving the future for those women a nd thei r families," Tesei said to Zagger and Ratner. "I've seen first hand what happens when a parent doesn't sur v ive and how it indelibly changes the future for those children. I cannot thank you enough, and I think this is one of the most powerful things I've seen developed in my time in public life. I'm encouraged, and I feel inspiration and hope for the women of today."

President and CEO of Greenwich Hospital, Norman Roth, said he didn't think twice about sponsoring the program when Zagger and Ratner approached him.

"They didn't even get the words out and I said yes," he said. "This is such an important endeavor in ter ms of our mission, our responsibility and our commitment to community health."

Diane Powis, a Greenwich resident and ovarian cancer patient, spoke firsthand about her journey over the past several years.

Powis said that as a person of Eastern European Ashkenazi Jewish descent and with a family history of breast cancer, her mother and aunts died of the disease, she was aware that she was a high risk for developing breast cancer as well.

As a result, Powis reported being "hyper-vigilant" about

scheduling mammograms and checkups, and determined to detect and obliterate what she assumed was her genetic fate: breast cancer.

Ovarian cancer, however, wasn't something she considered. In 2012, at 44, a growing list of health issues began to trouble her. She said that she "bou nced a rou nd" different doctors who couldn't f ind any serious medical problems. After awakening from what she thought was going to be a colonoscopy, her doctor informed her the procedure could not be done because her colon was obstructed by a large cancerous mass.

Powis was diagnosed in 2013 with stage 3 ovarian cancer, which had likely originated in her fallopian tubes, and spread across her abdominal cavity.

"When I was f inally diagnosed in 2013, my prognosis was at best, f ive years. I'm

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Gary Mendell, CEO and Founder of Shatterproof and U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal at opioid panel discussion.

least once a month, sometimes twice. But they are merely a starting point. We have “member connects” where members connect for the first time, learn about a topic, then set up oneon-one meetings after that f irst connection.

We co-sponsor two business events each year with Greenwich Library, and we call these our Signature Events as they are an opportunity for us to engage with the wider Greenwich community. Also, our member-led roundtables are very popular; members on their own, or in collaboration, share their expertise with other members. What is so great about our events is that they are member led and member hosted, e.g. at Zaniac, the YWCA, River House and in our members’ homes and offices.

Some highlights include: “What’s the Right Board for your Business or Nonprofit and How to Build it,” “Authority Building for Solopreneurs,” and “Financing 101 - Credit, Collateral, and Cashflow.”

Sentinel: Tell us about WOMOG’s motto’s “Give to Get,” and “Share what you know.

Take what you need.”

Marie Turkel: Any person who feels comfortable “giving first” has a particular confidence. They aren’t afraid to be open and to share knowledge, support and resources. They are confident that no matter how much they give, they won’t be S e n t i n e l : W h a t a r e t h e m e m b e r s h i p giving it away. Good things come back around. requirements and key benefits?

Cathleen Blood: A group focused on relationship Cathleen Blood: Members must have a strong building vs. transactions is not for everyone. It’s relationship to Greenwich and must be women a special kind of person who is willing to invest business owners or women leaders of a local in and empower other women. That said, women nonprofit, live in Greenwich or have a physical also need to learn not to give too much, and draw business based in town. the line, and recognize “takers.”

The primary benef its are the deep relationships members can build and nurture, Charlotte Walker: There is nothing more entrepreneurial learning from fellow members, a power f u l tha n peer-to-peer lea r n ing a nd digital platform to help members easily connect mentorship. But, it’s not easy to harness. That’s and find each other. WOMOG is something of an what we’re trying to do here at WOMOG. Our experiment in community-based networking, members must be conf ident enough, which and what differentiates us from other groups business owners and leaders generally are, to is our focus on Greenwich. We’re seeing strong share without fear. We provide the environment relationships develop because we have the to do that. opportunity to connect not just through work, Sentinel: How many women businesses are but at school pick up, where we volunteer, there in Greenwich and what is the yearly and at the dump! And let’s be honest, working trajectory for growth? women, especially entrepreneurs and leaders, Cathleen Blood: That is a hard question to don’t often have time to get on I-95 to drive to answer because so many of the woman owned Stamford or Norwalk for a business event. We business in town are not registered with the are time challenged. We have families and other state. We found that only ⅓ of our members own responsibilities that are important to us. As an officially registered business in CT. Sometimes member Heidi Matonis once said to me, ‘Being that is because they are registered in Delaware part of Woman Owned Greenwich is easy.’ or another taxed advantaged location, but more Charlotte Walker: We have an extraordinary talent pool here in Greenwich and WOMOG takes every advantage of it. Imagine all the resources and talent in Greenwich coming together to help you solve your business/organization problems?

It’s powerful. Our members make themselves available for one another.

often it is because they are testing the water, or a DBA. There are currently 380 registered women owned business in Greenwich. If you do the math, that means we have a potential pool of 900+ members. Not including all the nonprofit leaders!

Charlotte Walker: We see no reason why Sentinel: How often are group events held WOMOG could not grow to 300 or 400 members and can you share a few of your signature over the next 5 years. events or highlights over the past year or so?

Please see next week's issue for Part 2 of our Cathleen Blood: We generally have an event at Q&A!

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Both Mendell and Bhargava urged those in attendance to contact their local legislators and voice support for the bills.

"This is not something we have to live with," said Mendell, who left a career in business and started Shatterproof following the death of his son to an overdose. "We need these three bills passed. They will save countless lives."

Mendell said that Sh at te r pr o of h a s r e c e nt ly p a r t ner e d w it h t he g lob a l management consulting firm, McKinsey and Company, to build out a strategic plan that will be actionable, short, medium and long-term, which will cover all three stigmas of addiction: social, self and structural.

"We can do for this disease what we've done for HIV/AIDS, what we've done for marriage equality, what we've done for breast cancer, what we've done for domestic equality," Mendell said. "I can't look you in the eye and say we can end this [epidemic] with what we know.

But I can absolutely look every one of you in the eye and say that we can cut this by two-thirds with what we know today." acutely aware that I'm only still alive today because of recent adv a nc e s i n g y ne c olo g ic a l oncology, as well as the amazing work of countless health professionals," Powis said.

Pow is added that she wonders how her life would be different today if the MAT Program had existed in the years leading up to her diagnosis. " G r e e nw ich Ho spit a l i s leading the way to do everything it can to make sure that my story of multiple misses and consequently late stage diagnosis, will never, ever need to be retold by any other woman in our community," Powis said.

The program will officially get under way at Greenwich Hospital on June 1, and training for all personnel is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, the end of ovarian cancer and breast cancer awareness month.

Zagger said the team will launch a website this summer.

Thomas Parrino Named Diplomate of The American College of Family Trial Lawyers Attorney Thomas Parrino of PARRINO|SHATTUCK, PC has been named a Diplomate of The American College of Family Trial Lawyers.

The American College of Family Trial Lawyers is a select group of 100 of the top family trial lawyers from across the United States. The American College was formed in 1993 to bring together some of the best trial lawyers in America practicing sophisticated and complex family law and matrimonial matters both domestically and abroad ranging from dissolution of marriage (divorce), paternity, palimony, child abduction and domestic torts. Diplomates, all members of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, are chosen based upon their recognized litigation skills and courtroom abilities.

The American College has achieved national recognition through its diplomates handling well-publicized cases and cutting-edge issues of local and national importance. Diplomates are also involved in the uppermost level of continuing education through the presentation of CLE programs, acting as guest speakers, participating in hands-on interactive sessions, as well as participating in the free-flow exchange of ideas and innovative conceptions amongst its members.

Parrino has been practicing family law for nearly 30 years, handling some of the most intricate and high-asset family law litigation in Connecticut. Considered a top attorney in his field, Parrino is a dynamic negotiator and litigator. He was previously recognized as “Lawyer of the Year” by Best Lawyers.

Parrino is a Fellow and Past President of the Connecticut Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers. He chairs the chapter’s Rules Committee (O’Brien), Sunbury Committee, and Arbitration Committee; serves on the Amicus Committee; and served on the Examining Committee. He recently served as a delegate to the National Board of Governors of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, in which he previously served as chair of the National Admissions Committee and as a member of the National Test Subcommittee. Additionally, Parrino is a Fellow of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.

Parrino|Shattuck, PC, located at 285 Riverside Avenue in Westport, represents individuals throughout Connecticut in a wide range of family law matters, including divorce, alimony, client support, property division, child custody, and relocation. It is also experienced in a number of specialty areas that are incorporated into these core practice groups. For additional information on Parrino|Shattuck, PC, please visit www.parrinoshattuck.com or call (203) 557-9755.

Following the London Philharmonic Orchestra’s debut concert in Stamford on April 16th in honor of Lloyd Hull, the American Friends of the London Philharmonic Orchestra would like to thank Victoria Robey OBE, Chairman of the Orchestra. All are thankful for her generosity and for the support of the individuals listed below. Their contributions will benefit the Orchestra and the Greenwich-based Young Artists Philharmonic.

Connecticut Gala Committee Bea Crumbine & Jill Dyal Co-Chairmen Rodica Brune Mandy DeFilippo Rachel Franco Nick Gutfreund Mary Hull Steve Magnuson Natalie Pray Victoria Robey OBE Lisa & Scot Weicker Headline Sponsor L Catterton Concertmaster Supporters The Greenwich Sentinel Villa Maria Principal Supporters Rodica Brune & Constantine Popescu of Atelier Stringed Instruments First Bank of Greenwich Symphony Patrons Jill & Gordon Dyal Robert Hull Concerto Patrons In honor of Bea Crumbine Linda & Tim O'Neill Natalie Pray Overture Patrons Scott & Icy Frantz Rebecca Jasperson Peter Malkin Alice Melly Jane & Bill Nickerson Anju & Radhika Patel Candace Procaccini Jay Shaw Ronald & Davidde Strackbein

Supporters Caroline Adkins Patricia Alling Francia Alvarez & Bruce Socket Patricia Aser Shari Aser & Bill James Maria Baciu Jennifer Bakker Michael & Jenny Baldock Donna & Preston Baldwin Peter & Elizabeth Barhydt Kenneth G. Bartels C. Elizabeth Behnke Tom & Kelly Broadhurst Jennifer & Michael Brown Elly Bruynes Nancy Burke Mr John A. Cain Nancy & Dominic Casserley Melinda Chen Linus Cooke Michelle C. Crimins Bruce P. Croaning & Barbara L. Fenton Bea Crumbine Megan Davis Rainer & Hilary Dayton Busch The DeFilippo family: Mandy DeFilippo & Daniel Epstein Dr Joseph DeFilippo & Nancy DeFilippo Ms Julie DiRaimondo Nancy Duffy Mr & Mrs Daniel Dunson Jane Finn Honorable Livvy R. Floren Christopher & Rachel Franco Janie Gestal Paul & Lauren Ghaffari Elizabeth M. Grant Mrs John Gutfreund Nick Gutfreund & Mary Duncan Owen Gutfreund Ruth Heagney Claire W. Henriques Jeanne Host Mr Oliver T. Kane & Ms Susan S. Huang Cissie Ix Patricia B. Jacobs Martin & Mary Jacobson Mr & Mrs Bon Jasperson Michael Julian

Gail & Victor Khosla Arthur E. Landi & Mairead O’Sullivan Leslie Lee Bernice Lukas Kanako Maclennan Kunal Maini & Melinda Chen Peter & Isabel Malkin The Hon. David Martin, Mayor of Stamford Alice P. Melly JoAnn Messina Sandy & Randy Motland Barbara Netter Melissa & Oliver Nisenson Susan Nova Hooker & Helen O'Malley Miki Onda Adriana & Bob Phillips David & Kathleen Renton Mr & Mrs F. Richards Ford III Gregory Robbins Carolyn Sarsen Mr & Mrs George W. Schiele Naomi Schiff Myers Deb & Jay Shaw Darwin Shen Linda Sigler Prof. Arnold & Connie Stancell Claudia Silver & Maria Stich Mr & Mrs Keith E. Silver Suzanne Simpson Edward Smith Mrs John E. Stauffer Louisa Stone Leslie Tarkington Gail & Sam Telerico Anne Tornillo Lisa & Scot Weicker Nancy Wilcox Noriko Yokoi Advertisers Betteridge/Rolex Findlay International Realm AM Wadia Associates SBW Events Group With thanks to Earth Elements Russell Jones Mike Moran Marcia Selden

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By Richard Kaufman O n A p r i l 2 7, ove r 5 0 p e ople gat here d i n f ront of Tow n H a l l a s 2 8 -ye a r - o l d , Granit Balidemaj, announced his candidacy for Selectman for t he tow n of Gre enw ich.

Included in the crowd was First Selectman, Peter Tesei; former First Selectman and current honorary co-chair of Michael M a son's F i rst S ele c t ma n campaign, Jim Lash; and State Rep. Livvy Floren (R-149).

B a l ide m aj i s a f i r s tgeneration American and the son of Albanian immigrants. He grew up working at his family's restaurant, Alba's Ristorante, in nearby Port Chester, N.Y. A Greenwich resident for eig ht ye a rs now, Ba l idemaj joined the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting as a member of District 10 at the age of 25 in 2015. Over his two years on the RTM, he was a part of the transportation committee and the community development block grant program.

I n 2 0 1 7, B a l i d e m a j w a s elected to the Republican Town

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Committee, and was chosen as a delegate for the Republican Convention for Greenwich's 10th District. Balidemaj is currently a Business Development Manager for Southern Glazer’s Wine and Spirits.

Balidemaj was introduced by former Hill House Board President, Sam Telerico, who has known the Balidemaj family for many years through their restaurant. Telerico highlighted the many years of Republican leadership in Greenwich, and said it's important for the town to carry on that tradition.

"There are changes taking place here in the tow n of Greenwich, as attested to in the last election, and they're not necessarily good changes," Telerico told the crowd. "We lost several very important seats the Republicans have held for many years. The party needs to recharge itself, to supplement with young talent, new pursuits and new strength, with most of it com ing f rom youth f u l, courageous participants."

Te l e r i c o h a rk e n e d b a c k t o w h e n Te s e i b e c a m e t h e youngest member of the RTM at the age of 18.

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Balidemaj Announces for Selectman’s Office

Granit Balidemaj, who joined the Representative Town Meeting at the age of 25 in 2015, announced his candidacy for Selectman.

" To day, ou r tow n ne e d s more in the pattern of the Peter Teseis of yesterday," Telerico added.

Balidemaj took to the podium as howling winds began to swirl in front of Town Hall.

"As someone told me earlier, 'There's a new wind blowing at Town Hall,'" Balidemaj said.

Balidemaj noted that his experience in the hospitality

industry has prepared him to take on the current political landscape.

"I n bot h i ndust r ies, you must be able to ser ve, treat people with respect, be humble and operate in a high stress environment," he said. "I am running for Selectman because I believe I have the necessary skills to ensure that our town continues to thrive and be an optimal place to live, work, build a family and to retire."

If elected, Balidemaj wants to focus on continuing educational excellence in the classroom, and making sure the town practices responsible capital management and good debt policies. He also wants to invest in technology "for a more efficient and effective town to lead an evolving world."

Ba lidemaj, a nd h is w ife, Te u t a , a r e e x p e c t i n g t h e i r first child in a few weeks. He remarked that the prospect of becoming a father has changed the way he thinks about the community he lives in.

"I ref use to b e pa r t of a generation that is willing to put our town and our children into long term debt, via bad policies

proposed by our opponents, and I refuse to stand by and allow our future generations to be in a worse position than their parents and their grandparents," he said. "I want our children to grow together in a town that is u n ited, work ing together towards building a better and thriving future."

Balidemaj ack nowledged t h e R e p u b l i c a n s w h o h ave come b efor e h i m t hat have helped shape Greenwich into what it is today.

"When I am elected, I promise you one thing: no one will work harder, no one will be more dedicated, and no one will put in more time than I will for this great town of ours," he added.

Balidemaj reached out to Tesei for advice and guidance leading up to his of f icial campaign announcement. Tesei w ill not seek re-election as Greenwich's chief elected official in November.

"I see a great deal of energy and enthusiasm with a purpose [in Granit]. I think it's a testament to the Republican Party that we have someone of Granit's interest, youth and enthusiasm to step for ward

to serve the town," Tesei said following Balidemaj's speech.

"I'm really excited to see him a n nou nc e , a nd I 'm lo ok i n g forward to seeing his candidacy blossom over the next several weeks as we go towards the endorsement and the ultimate election."

Current Selectman, John Toner, will not seek re-election in November. As of press time on We d ne sday, D emo c rat ic Selectman, Sandy Litvack, has not announced what his future plans are.

Balidemaj will compete with fellow Republicans Dan Quigley and Greenw ich High School rugby coach Joe Kelly who have also announced as candidates for Selectman.

State Rep. Fred Camillo (R151) and Board of Estimate and Taxation member, Michael Mason, are Republican candidates for First Selectman. No Democrats have announced yet.

T h e R e p u b l i c a n To w n Committee will endorse candidates in July. Those who are not endorsed may seek a position on the November ballot by forcing a primary in August.

Quigley Announces Run for Selectman A Great Past, A Better Future

By Dan Quigley I’m g ratef ul to call Greenwich home. I was raised here, educated in the public school system, and have built my strongest friendships here.

My wife and I were married at St. Mar y’s Church on the Avenue, and now our five-yearold son calls Greenwich home, too.

A s Wa r r e n B u f f e t o n c e rightly said, “If you’re born in The United States, you’ve won the lottery in life,” and, by extension, growing up in G r e e nw i c h i s l i ke w i n n i n g the Powerball. We all benef it from our g reat public and Independent schools, topnotch services, low property taxes, safe environment and an extremely diverse community of people. We have also been fortunate to have our Town’s affairs responsibly managed by our Board of Selectmen, volu nteer RT M (on wh ich I proudly serve) and its various committees who collaborate to ensure our Town is among the best run in the country.

Ef fective management of our Town’s affairs has always been something we could rely on, but I fear that we are facing a s e r ie s of ch a l le n ge s t h at could cause lasting damage to ou r com mu n it y. Some of these challenges are courtesy of Hartford, some are rooted at the local level and some are part of broader national economic a n d d e m o g r ap h i c i s s u e s . I love challenges. I loved them throughout my career in the financial services industry, and for the last three years I’ve had to apply my problem-solving skills to the many challenges of being an at home parent.

The issues facing our community will require thoughtful and creative solutions by our elected local officials, and it is with this in mind that I have decided run as a Republican candidate for Selectman.

Here are some of these cha llenges and how can we address them most effectively.

How do we maintain Gr e e nwi c h’s stat u s a s a n attractive place to raise a family and run a business

Knights of Columbus Golf Outing T he G r e enw ich K n ig ht s of Columbus announces that its 2019 Golf Outing will take place on Monday, May 20, at the Griffith Harris Golf Course, 1300 King St. T he eve nt w i l l b e g i n at 12 p.m. with registration and lunch. Participants will start playing at 1, and dinner a nd ra f f le w i l l fol low. T he cost is $175 per player a nd

sponsorships start as low as $50. There will be prizes for closest to the pin and longest d r i ve . A l l f u n d s r a i s e d g o towards college scholarships for qualified students.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , c o nt a c t 914 - 4 9 7- 6 0 9 2 , o r bzand77@gmail.com, or visit k nightsofg reenw ich.com / events/golf

GTC Treasured Tree Program Calling all Greenw ich residents: The Greenwich Tree Conservancy (GTC) wants to know if you have a ‘treasured tree’ on your property. GTC is launching the Treasured Tree Program to raise awareness of special trees on private lands in our community, to create respect for unique trees, to e nc ou ra ge for e t hou g ht for any removal of nameplated trees, and to inspire future nominations.

The characteristics of such a tree would be one or more of the following: it is loved for many reasons; its magnificent size; its age; its pedigree species; its unique shape; its

Spring f lowers or Fall foliage; its special history; or a special memory or story.

Nomination forms will be available at the GTC website: g reenw ichtreeconser vancy. com, as well as a list of frequently asked questions.

Three tree expert judges will come to your home to evaluate the nominated tree. The selected tree will have a 5” x 7” nameplate mounted around its base. The winner will also be awarded a framed photograph of the Nameplate Installation Ceremony at a reception in the Fall, and their treasured tree will be enrolled in the GTC’s roster of Treasured Trees.

while the State government pushes for higher taxes on wealthier CT towns and reg ressive ta xes like tolls in its attempt to “raise r e v e n u e s ” a f t e r ye a r s o f mismanagement?

We must pursue a steady Mill Rate because if we capitulate on this issue our Town’s much envied position as a low tax environment will be significantly weakened and its lure tarnished. We also need to be very focused on practicing fiscal discipline when it comes t o o u r To w n b u d g e t s a n d capital expenditures, especially considering the fiscal problems facing our State.

What role does our l o c a l g ov e r n m e nt pl a y in revitalizing Greenwich Avenue in the mid st of new and unprecedented challenges facing brick and mortar businesses (especially from online retailers)? How can we partner up with Gre enwic h lan dlord s an d sm all bu sin e s s own ers to solve this growing problem?

When will our Town officials

take a swing at solving th e ever-g rowin g parkin g problems that plague our commercial centers, particularly on Greenwich Avenue?

We s h o u l d e n g a g e i n a dialogue with local retail proper t y ow ners w ith the goal of filling the empty retail spaces in our downtown. We n e e d to b e a f r i e n d to o u r business community and the retail property owners in our com mercia l centers to help them overcome an increasingly challenging operating env i r on ment . Add it iona l ly, commissioning a town-wide pa rk i ng a nd tra nspor tation study with the goal of identifying strategic solutions to add much ne e de d pu bl ic parking spaces and make more public transportation available in our commercial retail centers would be a capital investment worth making.

The overcrowding of the Emergency Room at Greenwich Hospital has been a growing problem since the closing of the Port Chester Hospital. This

issue is overbu rden i ng ou r hospital staff and increasing wait times for our residents, yet it has been left unaddressed.

I would pursue innovative solutions to solve this problem, including opening a dialogue w it h ou r neig h b ors i n Por t Chester to explore what can be done to assist them in offering medical services to their community and reducing the stream of non-emergency visits to our hospital ER. Can our local government effectively balance our “needs” and “wants” in the B oard of Ed’s upc omin g $1Billion Capital Plan, especially in lieu of looming fiscal pressures on our finances from Hartford?

We ALL want our schools to be safe, secure and, for lack of a better term, state of the art. But, often times there is a disconnect between what we want as a community and what we need. There are a lot of good things about the BOE’s Capital Plan, but there are also some costly projects that are more on the “want” side than the “need” side. Tough decisions on these

issues will have to be made, and it is imperative to our fiscal well being that we examine each item carefully.

T h e s e a r e j u s t a fe w o f the major issues that our community will be facing in the next few years. In order to navigate our way through these challenging times ahead, your elected off icials will have to work together to find solutions that will help our community e m e r g e s t r o n g e r, s m a r t e r and better equipped to move forward into the future.

As a Republican member of t he B o a r d of S ele c t men , I w ill work w ith the nonpartisan RTM, my Democratic f r iends, fellow Repu blica ns and our citizens to deliver the best possible results for our community.

I ’v e s e e n u p c l o s e a s a young boy, a teenager, a college graduate and now as a husband and father what a great place Greenw ich is. Our f uture is f illed with opportunity, let’s work together to maximize it.

I’ve always wanted to give back to my community, and now is a great time to do just that.

Neighbor 2 Neighbor SLS to Host Charity Food Drive Golf Tournament Neighbor to Neighbor will partner with the National Association of Letter Carriers for its 27th annual “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive. More than 10,000 food agencies across the country participate in this massive national campaign.

The “Stamp Out Hunger” food drive is a staple for Greenwich’s local food pantry. To date, more than 200,000 pounds of food have been donated to help restock pantry shelves at Neighbor to Neighbor. Donated items will be used to combat the decline in local donations, which happens during the summer months.

Greenw ich residents are encouraged to look out for yellow shopping bags in their mailbox the week of May 6. The bags, provided by Kings Food Markets, are ideal for filling with nonperishable, non-expired food items suitable for donation such as canned soup, canned tuna, dried noodles, rice, and dried

fruits.

On Saturday, May 11, during their regular routes, local letter carriers will collect the bags and deliver them to Neighbor to Neighbor where volunteers will help unload postal trucks, sort items, and stock food pantry shelves.

This year Neig hbor to Neig h b or ha s adde d a new online giving option for people who would like to donate fresh produce.

Those who wish to donate online can pay for fruits and vegetables via a secure donation portal. Items include sweet potatoes, bananas, and apples. Once the items are paid for, delivery will be made to Neighbor’s food pantry, and the fresh items will be given out immediately to clients in need of healthy food options.

Online donations can be made at ntngreenwich.org

Mother’s Day Ride

Ce l e b r ate Mo t h e r ’s D ay and National Bike Safety Month on Sunday, May 12, at the Old Greenwich-Riverside Community Center’s (OGRCC) “Mother’s Day Bike Ride.”

The event starts and finishes at Old Greenwich Elementary School, 285 Sound Beach Ave. Several local bike shops will be on hand at registration to check out bikes, perform safety

i nspec t ions, check hel mets and show people how to best be safe on the roads. Arrive anytime between 8:30 to 11 a.m. for a bike safety check. Enjoy c omp l i m e nt a r y b a ge l s a nd coffee from Upper Crust Bagels, then begin your journey to cycle Tod’s Point safely. The group bike ride w ill k ick of f at 10 a.m. All riders must have their helmets to participate.

The 2019 St. L aw rence Society’s 29th Annual Charity G ol f Tou r n a me nt w i l l t a ke place Monday, May 13, at the E. Gaynor Brennan Golf Course, 451 Stillwater Ave., Stamford.

The event will begin with an 11:30 a.m. lunch, followed by 18 holes of golf with a shotgun start scramble format beginning at 12:45 p.m. Cocktails, antipasti, dinner and awards will follow at The Club at St Lawrence Society, 86 Valley Rd., Cos Cob. “It is always a great day of golf, regardless of your skill level. Since we are one of the earliest tournaments of the year, it is a great warm up for the season...” said Tod Laudonia, SLS Club President. “…In this, our 29th year, proceeds will once

again be donated to our local charities, including GADC River House, Parks and Recreation Scholarship Program and Kids in Crisis. We greatly appreciate our sponsors and return players and encourage and invite new members and non-members alike to support these valuable community organizations and to join in on the fun!”

A limited number of foursome openings are still available. Pricing includes the luncheon, cart, golf, prizes, cocktail hour and dinner at only $175 per person. (Dinner only: $100). For tickets, sponsorships and advertising, contact Tod Laudonia at 203-618-9036, or online at stlawrencesociety.com and click on Events.

Riverside School to Host Annual Riverside Run Riverside School is hosting t h e 3 6 t h a n nu a l R i ve r s i d e R u n o n S a t u r d a y, M a y 1 1 , commencing at 8:30 a.m.

The Riverside Run includes the main run, as well as a series of “Fun Runs” for children in K i nderga r ten t h roug h f i f t h grade. The Fun Runs take place in the front of Riverside School.

A ll participating children receive ribbons, and the top

three winners of the runs will take home a medal.

Races begin at 8:30 a.m. for the three-mile run and 9:30 for the Kids Fun Run. Online registration is available at riv pta.org. The registration fee for the threemile run is $20 and the K i d s F u n R u n i s $ 1 2 . Fo r more information, email RiversideRun2019@gmail.com

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Data Compiled by Cesar Rabellino (203) 249-9866

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Address

Area

33 Meadowcroft Lane RENT Greenwich 31 Lockwood Road RENT Riverside 1465 E Putnam Avenue 307 Old Greenwich 148 Putnam Park Park 148 Greenwich 12 Kent Place Cos Cob 80 N Sound Beach Avenue Riverside 13 Hickory Drive Greenwich 31 Mallard Drive Greenwich 31 Mallard Drive Greenwich 500 River Road 17 Cos Cob 36 Almira Drive B Greenwich 24 Hickory Drive Greenwich 56 Byram Shore Road Greenwich 115 Dingletown Road Greenwich 30 Spruce Street Riverside 22 Linwood Avenue Riverside 120 Hendrie Avenue Riverside 60 Lockwood Lane Riverside 207 Valley Road Cos Cob 31 Lockwood Road Riverside 8 Hunter Street Old Greenwich 34 Circle Drive Greenwich 21 Hendrie Drive Old Greenwich 26 Twin Lakes Lane Riverside 15 Anderson Road Greenwich 32 Park Avenue Old Greenwich 237 Lake Avenue Greenwich 33Restriction Meadowcroft Lane Greenwich Water 5.65 x 10.qxp_Layout 1 3/28/19

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Day/Time

$8,900.00 Sat 1-3 PM $10,500.00 Sat 2-4 PM $410,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $495,000.00 Sun 2-4 PM $869,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $938,900.00 Sun 1-4 PM $950,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM $1,150,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $1,150,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM $1,199,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $1,295,000.00 Sat 12-1:30 PM $1,325,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $1,395,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $1,595,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $1,650,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $1,700,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $1,795,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $1,845,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $2,150,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $2,199,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $2,295,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $2,579,000.00 Sat 2:30-4:30 PM $2,650,000.00 Sun 1-3 PM $2,695,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $2,790,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $2,795,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM $2,799,000.00 Sat 2-4 PM $4,475,000.00 Sat 1-3 PM 10:11 AM Page 1

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List Price

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AC

BR FB

1465 Putnam Ave. 307 20 Church Street A46 7 Whiffletree Way 7 11 Rockland Place 12 Kent Place 16 Weaver Street 21 Marshall Street 48 Spring Street UNIT 11 73 Weaver Street 1 514 Valley Road 19 Field Road 30 Almira Drive 7 Lawn Lane 36 Almira Drive B 66 Valleywood Road 59 Le Grande Avenue 15 51 Forest Avenue 95 14 Hilton Heath 30 Bote Road 153 Lake Avenue 325 Riversville Road 43 Stonehedge Drive 115 Dingletown Road 556 Stanwich Road 123 Lockwood Road 2 Glen Court 165 Lake Avenue 183 Maple Avenue 23 Chapel Lane 32 Highmeadow Road 106 Patterson Avenue 14 Hearthstone Drive 1 Lismore Lane 16 John Street 122 Cedar Cliff Road 425 Taconic Road 2 Zaccheus Mead Lane 8 Juniper Hill Road 33 Khakum Wood Road 3 Meadow Wood Drive 125 Pecksland Road 429 Taconic Road

$410,000 $519,000 $675,000 $715,000 $869,000 $895,000 $980,000 $999,999 $1,020,000 $1,125,000 $1,175,000 $1,175,000 $1,295,000 $1,295,000 $1,299,000 $1,299,000 $1,299,900 $1,350,000 $1,395,000 $1,395,000 $1,400,000 $1,400,000 $1,595,000 $1,749,000 $1,895,000 $2,195,000 $2,395,000 $2,475,000 $2,595,000 $2,795,000 $3,000,000 $3,095,000 $3,150,000 $3,895,000 $3,995,000 $3,999,500 $4,000,000 $4,275,000 $4,650,000 $4,995,000 $8,800,000 $14,750,000

$535 $500 $480 $564 $592 $524 $555 $503 $291 $484 $488 $399 $665 $392 $665 $523 $450 $410 $474

767 1,038 1,405 1,268 1,468 1,709 1,766 1,987 3,507 2,323 2,410 2,947 1,948 3,300 1,954 2,482 2,886 3,296 2,944

$403 $274 $376 $440 $668 $646 $605 $660 $448 $729 $821 $553 $585 $712 $1,303 $303 $586 $581 $715 $710 $606

3,470 5,113 4,244 3,974 2,838 3,400 3,958 3,750 5,795 3,832 3,654 5,600 5,385 5,468 3,066 13,199 6,830 7,363 6,507 7,035 14,532 -

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

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

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

Original List

List Price

17 Richland Road 25 Hollow Wood Lane 2 Concord Street 347 Riversville Road 33 Putnam Avenue UNIT 1E 10 Ponderosa Drive 46 Tomac Avenue 32 Mimosa Drive 9A Benders Drive 130 Hendrie Avenue 257 Milbank Avenue 88 Meadow Road 3 Khakum Wood Road 80 Howard Road 3 Quintard Avenue

$675,000 $675,000 $650,000 $795,000 $880,000 $1,350,000 $1,495,000 $1,750,000 $2,395,000 $2,275,000 $2,950,000 $2,795,000 $4,600,000 $5,300,000 $5,350,000

$599,000 $649,000 $650,000 $795,000 $880,000 $1,350,000 $1,495,000 $1,750,000 $1,899,000 $2,275,000 $2,950,000 $2,795,000 $4,495,000 $5,300,000 $5,350,000

Sold Price DOM BR FB Acres

$589,000 $628,000 $650,000 $790,000 $880,000 $1,275,000 $1,422,500 $1,690,000 $1,800,000 $1,950,000 $2,491,200 $2,600,000 $4,375,000 $4,700,000 $5,350,000

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April 2019 Market Report

By Mark Pruner

This month is time for some slanted reporting, as it’s only fair to balance some of the Greenwich bashing reporting.

In April, we had 34 sales that totaled $102,340,772. Based on a population of 62,000 people this works out to an amazing $1,650 sales for every man, woman, and child in Greenwich in just one month.

Our average sales price in April was $3,010,023. This is up a huge 25.6% from our average sales price for all of 2018, which was $2,396,448. In 2018 the median price (the price where half of the sales were above and half were below) was an enviable $1,765,000. In April of 2019, our median sales price was up even more to $2,302,000. This is a 30.4% increase in the median sales price in only 4 months.

We also had three sales over $5 million in April. The highest sales price was 33 John Street selling for $14,875,000. This property was purchased in July of 2010 for $2,875,00. The sales price represents a 517% increase in the value of the property in less than 9 years of ownership. It also shows that value of the land purchased was only 19% of the ultimate sales price, much less than the rule

of thumb of land price being a third of the sales price for new development; thus, illustrating the amazing bargains to be had in backcountry land purchases.

Of the other two sales, 24 Windrose Way sold for $9,400,000 in a private sale. It is usually a sign of a hot market when properties are being sold even before they can be listed. The other sale over $5 million was 35 Winding Lane, which sold for $6,850,000.

The previous purchase price less than 3 years ago was $6,000,000, for an increase of 14.2% in only 35 months.

Our 34 sales in April are up 36% from the 25 sales that we had in March of this year. May sales are expected to continue to climb with over 100 contracts waiting to close now.

The market segment from $2 – 3 million dollars is doing particularly

well with 25 sales so far this year, 11 of which were in April for an increase of 3 sales over April 2018.

In addition, we have an amazing 32 contracts pending in that price range, up 10 from last year.

on the GMLS it would be the second highest sale ever. The $48 million sale of the former Victor Borge estate, is even more impressive when you know that the purchase price was $17.5

T

his month is time for some slanted reporting, as it’s only fair to balance some of the Greenwich bashing reporting. In April, we had 34 sales that totaled $102,340,772.

Looking at 2019 to date in the ultra-high end (over $10 million), we have the same sales as last year, but one sale this year wasn’t reported on the GMLS. In February, 110 Field Point Circle sold for $48 million in a private sale. Were this reported

million in 2009 in the heart of the recession and goes to show that buying when everyone else is selling and then waiting can be an excellent strategy. Taking a great property and making it even better can also lead to excellent returns. This is one of the premier properties in the U.S. and the buyer agreed.

So that’s the slanted version and everything I wrote above is completely accurate, but it actually makes me a little queasy to write it, because it’s not truly a fair representation of today’s market.

For the whole market, April was better than March, but still not that good. (April is almost always better than March as we get into the heart of the spring sales market).

Our inventory was up 61 units or 10% to 693 single family home listings at the end of the month and is now 707 listings.

Our sales YTD are 108 or

down 29% from last year. On the getting better side, there are 101 contracts waiting to close, which is down 13% from last year but better when compared to contracts being down 37% from last year at the end of March.

Our supply of homes on the market is still high, estimated to last 26 months at the present sales rate, which is up 10 months from the end of April 2018.

When you factor in the contracts outstanding, we are looking at 18.2 months of supply, still higher than last year, but better.

As to changes in the average and median prices, we are seeing a greater drop in sales from $600,000 to $2 million. So, when sales are down below our average price, the average goes up and sometimes, as in April, both the average and median go up a lot. Unfortunately, the sales above $3 million are also down, just not as much as in the lower price ranges. The one exception to this is the $6.5 – 10 million price range where we had 2 sales this April compared to none in April 2018. For the year, however, we have 3 sales in this high-end category, the same as last year.

Overall, it’s still a buyer’s market and things are headed in the right direction, at least for the month of April, I think we all just wish they’d get there a lot faster.

Mark Pruner is the editor of the Real Estate pages and a regular columnist in the Greenwich Sentinel.

He is also an award-winning agent with Berkshire Hathaway. He can be reached at 203-969-7900 and mark@bhhsne.com.

Students Win Praise for Science Project Choosing the right sunscreen this summer should be a lot easier, thanks to three students from Greenwich Catholic School.

Eighth graders Emily Cook, Catherine May and Carmelia Zuniga were honored during a school-wide assembly last week for their science fair project, called "Factor Fiction: A Sunny Project," which studied the effectiveness of different SPF levels to find the optimal SPF level for sun protection.

The project won the school's science fair project, and took second place for a middle school team at the Connecticut Science & Engineering Fair, in March.

“Our students have a tradition of excelling at the CT State Science and Engineering Fair, and I’m thrilled that their efforts received such a well-deserved recognition," said GCS Upper School science teacher, Carol Ann Lutz in a release from the school.

Most recently, the students had the chance to reach a wider

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From left, Abby Baram from Altice; Greenwich Catholic School Principal Patrice Kopas; eighth-graders Carmelia Zuniga, Emily Cook, Catherine May; GCS Upper School science teacher Carol Ann Lutz.

audience when they were chosen as winners of the CBS Sunday Morning Science Lab program, sponsored by Altice USA. They appeared on the show to demonstrate their project and were awarded a $500 prize.

During the assembly, Altice

gave the trio and the school a check for $2,000, which will be put towards upgrading the equipment in the school’s science lab.

"At Altice, we believe it's important to give back to the communities we serve and make

Crafts Festival The Bruce Museum’s 34th Annual Outdoor Crafts Festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, May 18 and 19, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day. More than 60 juried exhibitors will share their talents and crafts in wood, wearable and decorative fiber, metalwork, leather, paper arts, glass, ceramics, jewelry, and more at th is nationa lly

recognized event held on the grounds of the Bruce Museum.

Hands-on craft activities for all ages are available at no add itiona l cha rge i n t he Museum’s Education Workshop, and the Museum’s galleries will be open.

General admission is $10, f ree to Museum members and children under than f ive

years old, and includes entry to the Museum galleries. The Festival is held rain or shine, and all works are available for purchase.

Fo r m o r e i n f o r m a t i o n , contact 203-869-0376 or info@ b r uc e mu s e u m .or g , or v i sit brucemuseum.org/site/events_ detail/festivals

a positive difference. We sponsor the contest with CBS to support STEM (Science Technology Engineering Mathematics) skill development, one of our company's key pillars," said Abby Baram, Community Affairs Specialist for Altice, at the

On Saturday, May 18, the Emily Catherine Fedorko Foundation will host “Good Chimes,” an evening to benefit the foundation and the "Emily’s Chimes” restoration project at Tod's Point. The event will take place at Arch Street Teen Center from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available online: emsway.org/good-chimes The event will support the organizations pledge to the Greenwich Point Conservancy to help fund the restoration of the Chimes Tower at Tod’s Point, built in 1901 as part of the historic Chimes Building.

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"We all did research at first, and we all came up with the idea that we should do a project on sunscreen because, since summer is coming up, it's important for people to get the right sunscreen so they don't get burned," May said after the assembly.

Cook said she hoped the school would modernize the science lab and get new equipment. Zuniga recalled that she was excited when she found out the project would be recognized by CBS. "I was really excited," Zuniga said. "I like that we could combine both engineering and life science and we could use them to do one experiment that could help people."

Zuniga added that she will take her findings and put them to practice.

"I can buy SPF 55 [which is cheaper] instead of 100 and it would protect my skin the same from UV rays," she said. "The project was really fun, and we all worked well together."

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assembly.

GCS principal, Patrice Kopas, spoke to the students about the importance of science and the school's science fair.

"People notice science, and science is what drives a lot of what we live in and the world," Kopas said. "All of this work that you're doing is very meaningful, and there are people in the world who are paying attention to this.

There's no better example than what happened with Kate, Emily and Carmelia."

Cook, May and Zuniga placed 30 beads, which change color when exposed to ultraviolet rays, underneath a cardboard box lid.

They cut a square hole on top of the lid, and taped a plastic sheet over it, which acted as human skin. They spread a quarter of a teaspoon of each sunscreen, varying in SPF, to the sheet.

A box, outfitted with a UV flashlight, was placed on top of the sunscreen and left for 30 minutes.

The girls then analyzed their results and recorded the changes in bead color, and found that SPF

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