Last year the sky was falling. We were told the Greenwich public schools are underfunded - even though Greenwich spends the most per pupil ($28,000) of any school in the state. It was a year ago, that Superintendent Toni Jones requested another large +5.4% increase ($12 million) to the school budget, well above the finance board's (BET) non-binding guideline of 2.96%. To achieve a compromised 3.5% increase ($8 million), the schools responded with painful cuts, including a last-minute...

CT Senators Murphy (D) and Blumenthal (D) voted against the deal reached on Sunday to reopen the federal government. The deal promised a vote on health care subsidies within weeks of the opening. Murphy accused Donald Trump of "hurting people in order to enrich himself, destroy our democracy, and stay in power forever." Blumenthal claimed, "I am unwilling to accept a vague promise for a vote at an indefinite time on an indeterminate bill." The government shut down, the longest in history,...

It began with CT Governor Lamont's good idea of providing multi-use recreational trails along Connecticut's rail paths and canal routes. The State committed $9 million for 50 trail programs including a grant to design a Greenwich-Stamford Multi-Use Trail. Instead of running along rail paths, the 10-foot wide multi-use trail under study here has gone off the rails. It runs through narrow streets in Old Greenwich in hopes of connecting Old Greenwich's Binney Park to Stamford's Boccuzzi Park....

Good news: Governor Ned Lamont announced that full November food stamp benefits (SNAP, EBT) have been restored in Connecticut. You can celebrate and carry on, but can you? The bad news : He achieved this by authorizing the use of Connecticut taxpayer money to cover the federal government’s shortfall. No promises were made to add oversight and combat fraud. With 42 million Americans now on food stamps, the program’s massive growth and lack of accountability should alarm every taxpayer. ...

The Greenwich Police Department just posted their police blotter for the month of October 2025. They received 3,544 calls for service during the month. The number of stolen vehicles jumped and car break-ins and residential burglaries continue on pace. There were 201 motor vehicle collisions, the most all year. Vehicle thefts There were eight vehicle thefts: Four in central Greenwich (on Putnam Ave near Whole Foods, on Railroad Ave near the Lexus dealer, on Greenwich Ave near GingerMan, and...