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Storm Alert
Useful storm related information www.news12.com has updated weather related information Listen to www.scangreenwich.com for emergency information if you still have power or have a laptop running on battery power. Town of Greenwich Emergency Management Operations Telephone: (203) 622-2222 To report a power outage: (800)286-2000 CL&P outage map: http://www.cl-p.com/outage/outagemap.aspx?sec=fb
URGENT Hurricane Irene Information Update
Message From the Town of Greenwich: This is likely to be a major storm event. The Western Greenwich Civic Center has been identified as a sheltering station effective 10:00 a.m. Saturday, August 27. The latest forecast predicts that Irene could make landfall in Connecticut in the Stamford area as a Category 1 hurricane around 5:00 [...]
Cooling Centers Open Due to Power Outages
IMPORTANT MESSAGE FROM THE GREENWICH RED CROSS Due to power outages in Western Greenwich today, the Greenwich Red Cross and the Town of Greenwich will be opening a cooling center at the Western Greenwich Civic center this afternoon. In addition, CL&P will be opening a Cooling Center at the Greenwich Hyatt at 1800 E. Putnam [...]
Griffith E. Harris Golf Course 2011 Season Opening
The Griffith E. Harris Golf Course, “The Griff”, opens for play on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. For the remainder of March and April, opening times are 8:00 a.m. weekdays and 7:30 a.m. on weekends. Tee time reservations can be made in advance through the automated tee time system or can be made by calling (203) [...]
The Greenwich Fire Department Seeks Your Help
The Greenwich Fire Department is seeking Volunteer Firefighters or Volunteer Fire Police Patrol. The Greenwich Fire Department will provide training, gear, and a pager. No experience needed, except a big heart and a willingness to pitch in. There are positions available for everyone, from interior firefighters to outside support personnel. The Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department, Glenville [...]
Severe Winter Arctic Weather Temperature Alert!
Due to the arctic weather temperatures this week, the Town of Greenwich will be offering the following Warming Station Locations: 1. Greenwich Libraries Sunday , Monday , Tuesday during normal Library hours * Greenwich Library 101 West Putnam Ave. hours Sunday 9:00 – 5:00 Weekday * Byarm Shubert Library Mead Ave. open during normal weekday hours * Cos Cob Library 5 Sinowoy Rd. open during [...]
Happy New Year 2011!
We hope that the coming year will bring you peace, good health, good cheer and much prosperity! Here are no cost to low cost ways of achieving this: FOR PEACE: Foundations of Meditation – A class held at the Center For Integrative Medicine – 35 River Road, Cos Cob. The course provides thorough training in [...]
GHS Teacher – Teacher of the Year on CNN at 1pm
Message from Kim Eves Director of Communications Greenwich Board of Education: “Anthony Mullen, GHS/Arch School teacher and 2009 National Teacher of the Year, will be commenting live on CNN today following the President’s Back to School address at 1:00pm” Contact: Kim Eves 203-625-7415
9/11 Ceremony Tonight at Town Hall
Greenwich Town Hall 101 Field Point Road The September 11 Remembrance Committee candlelight ceremony will take place on the steps of Town Hall. The Greenwich citizens who lost their lives on 9/11 will be honored. The names of the 23 Greenwich residents who were killed that day will be read aloud, along with the tolling [...]
Connecticut Parks Reopen
Seven state parks and campgrounds in southeastern Connecticut that were closed Friday as a precaution while Hurricane Earl approached New England are reopening immediately – well ahead of the original plan to reopen them at 12 p.m. today. At Governor Rell’s direction, state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) crews made thorough assessments of the parks [...]
Disaster Assistance Approved
Governor M. Jodi Rell tonight announced that President Obama – responding within 24 hours of an appeal spearheaded by the Governor – has reversed an earlier decision and approved federal disaster assistance for homeowners, renters and businesses affected by the severe storms that swept through Connecticut in March. “This is wonderful news – and it [...]
