Data from the newly launched—though notoriously difficult to navigate—Greenwich Crime Data Portal offers fresh insight into local crime trends for May 2026. While the town saw a welcome reprieve with zero residential burglaries reported, the news wasn’t all positive: both car break-ins and DWIs hit recent monthly highs. In total, Greenwich Police responded to 2,971 calls for service in May, with a notable volume of those responses driven by noise and leaf blower complaints. Larceny from Motor...

Sydney Sweeney is a 28-year-old American actress and producer who has rapidly become one of Hollywood's most prominent stars of Gen Z pop culture. If you are wondering why she is making local headlines right now, it’s because she was just spotted around town with her boyfriend—and Greenwich High School alum—Scott Samuel "Scooter" Braun. Rumor has it the Hollywood power couple might have been in town for the ultimate relationship milestone: meeting the parents. The Greenwich Visit Sweeney...

More disturbing details have emerged in the case of Hector Vargas, the 32-year-old Port Chester man initially accused of stalking and minor assault after grabbing a 13-year-old girl on her way to a Greenwich middle school in September 2025. Yesterday, we wrote about his re-arrest after police discovered voyeurism evidence on his cellphone, leaving open the terrifying question: Which local establishment had its privacy so grossly violated? Thanks to an explosive follow-up report from the...

The disturbing case of a man accused of stalking and assaulting a Greenwich middle school student in September 2025 has taken an even darker turn. Hector J. Romero Vargas, 31, of Port Chester, NY—who previously served as a volunteer EMT in Stamford—was re-arrested on May 14, 2026. The new arrest came after a digital forensics team combed through his seized cell phone and uncovered evidence that vastly expands the scope of his alleged crimes. According to police, Romero Vargas now faces: One...

On May 19, 2026, Connecticut’s Public Act 26-42 was signed, granting "absentee ballots for all," officially removing the requirement to provide an excuse to vote by mail. In reality, this changes very little; election officials never verified the truthfulness of those checkbox excuses anyway. State Representative Matt Blumenthal (D) and other legislative proponents spent significant time this session on this bill, stating, "Every voter deserves to cast their ballot freely, fairly, and without...