Archive for August, 2008
See You In September
We are taking some R&R – will be back in September. In the meantime, we welcome your thoughts and suggestions, contact us at admin@greenwichblog.com
Wednesday, August 13
7:30-11:00AM Badminton League YMCA – 50 E. Putnam Ave. 2:30-3:30PM Immunization Clinic & Free Blood Pressure Screening Town Hall – 101 Field Point Road 6:00PM Dead Squirrel Runners Greenwich High School Track 7:30-9:00PM Wednesday Night Concert Roger Sherman Baldwin Park call 622-7830 for more info 8:00PM Democratic Town Meeting Executive Board Town Hall – Gisborne [...]
Morning Walk
Pomerance Park – Montgomery Pinetum Park Almost 100 varieties of conifers planted by Colonel Robert Montgomery are spread throughout this 62+ acre park. Pinetum Park also has hiking trails, a garden center and library, an ice skating pond and a picnic area. Meander through the adjacent Caldwell Wildlife Sanctuary, maintained by the Greenwich Audobon Society.
Tuesday, August 12
9:00AM The Nurse is In – blood pressure testing and health questions Greenwich Hospital Cafeteria Atrium 12:15-1:15PM Concert Series: Folksinger, songwriter Kevin Briody Greenwich Commons, Greenwich Avenue across from Senior Center 7:00-9:00PM Public Night at Bowman Observatory Julian Curtiss Elementary School 7:30 PM Greenwich Soccer Association Town Hall – Gisborne Room, 1st Floor 7:30 PM [...]
Le Gourmet Store Opens
What a nice surprise to see a new French gourmet shop open on the corner of Elm and Mason Street, 41 Elm Street to be precise, where the former gift store, Tallow’s End was located. The gourmet shop is next door to Le Wine Shop, a wine store that has partnered with Jean-Louis of Jean-Louis [...]
Monday, August 11
Monday, August 11 1:00-4:00pm A nurse will take blood pressure and answer health questions. Greenwich Library, Health Information Center. 2:30-3:30pm Free Blood Pressure Screening. Town Hall. 3rd floor 7:00 PM Planning and Zoning Commission. Town Hall. Cone Room, 2nd Floor 6:30 P.M. Picnic. Family Movie Nights: Greenwich Dept. of Parks & Recreation. 7:00 P.M. Children’s [...]
Jazz on The Sound
A Dixieland Jazz band will play on the 4pm Island Beach ferry and continue on the island and then play again on the return trip aboard the 4:30pm ferry. Bring a picnic dinner, blanket and enjoy jazz at the beach!
Calf Island Tour
As weather predictions aren’t always right, today started out beautifully as we caught the 10:00am ferry to the once a year Calf Island Tour. We were greeted by Edward Henry, a noted artist of wildlife paintings, Rick Potvin with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Jean-Francois of the Calf Island Conservancy. Calf Island [...]
Weekend Suggestions
If our local weatherman’s prediction of bad weather proves right and you miss the two-mile swim at Island Beach, there is a fantastic exhibition currently at the Bruce Museum: Phenomenal Weather is a family-friendly exhibition that showcases the astounding variety of weather events that take place around the globe and explores the subject through interactive displays, objects [...]
Grand Re-Opening of A & P Fresh
Don’t miss the A & P Fresh Grand Re-Opening Sale from Friday, August 8-14. The renovations were well worth the wait. It looks well…….Fresh. Take a virtual tour here – We especially like the Dansani Water 24 Pack on sale for $3.49 – thats less than 14 cents per bottle – what’s the catch you [...]
