Last week, the Democrat supermajority in control of Connecticut's House and Senate rammed through an omnibus housing bill that puts the State in charge of local zoning. This was done during a special emergency session without bi-partisan vetting or public input. Connecticut is now attracting unwanted national attention for this insane State policy that is one of the most extreme in the nation. The New York Post ran this story written by Betsy McCaughey, former Lt Governor of NY. She said in...

The Leapfrog Group has announced its Fall 2025 safety grades for hospitals around the nation. The grades are based on the hospital's ability to protect patients from medical errors, accidents, injuries and infections. Greenwich Hospital was among 14 hospitals in Connecticut that earned a grade of A. Stamford Health was among 5 hospitals in CT that earned a grade of B. CT ranked 4th in the percentage of A hospitals in the nation after Utah, Virginia and New Jersey. Here is a link to the...

A public meeting of the finance board (BET) chaired by Harry Fisher and First Selectman Camillo was held last week to obtain input from residents on capital projects. Many comments were made about improving the process for tracking the estimated $1.6 billion backlog of capital projects including making multi-year projections, prioritizing projects, and tracking cost estimates. Here is the recording of the meeting. There were numerous school related requests, including a second egress road...

The commercial operations of The Foodshed Network at North Greenwich Congregational Church has been approved preliminarily by Greenwich P&Z with many limitations. The Foodshed Network was founded by local resident, Ali Ghiorse, and is affiliated with Third Sector New England (TSNE) located i n Boston. The goal is to bring locally grown produce from upstate Connecticut farms into Greenwich. The distribution site will be set up for 3 hours from 8am to 11am on Tuesdays with a temporary small...

The town of Greenwich was just awarded a grant of nearly $50,000 from CT-DEEP's Trees for Communities Grant Program to plant trees in the Byram neighborhood of Western Greenwich. The project, entitled Byram Branches, aims to plant trees on both town property and private property in the Byram to increase the urban tree canopy. The Greenwich Department of Environmental Affairs were responsible for obtaining this grant. The program will be administered by the Greenwich Parks & Recreation...