Local democracy is under direct threat, not by some abstract national crisis, but by the very officials elected to uphold its principles. Last week, a state court delivered a damning judgment against the Democrat members of the Board of Education (BOE) - Karen Hirsh, Laura Kostin, Sophie Koven, Kathleen Stowe. The ruling concerned an illegal emergency meeting they held in October 2024, in an attempt to bypass protocol and appoint their preferred candidate to a vacant Republican seat. Despite...

Riverside School ranked first in the U.S. News 2026 rankings of the top public elementary schools in Connecticut. The survey included 500 CT elementary schools. Riverside School ranked 1 North Mianus School ranked 7 Int'l School at Dundee ranked 9 North Street School ranked 14 Old Greenwich School ranked 20 Parkway School ranked 41 Glenville School ranked 142 New Lebanon School ranked 151 Julian Curtiss School ranked 170 Cos Cob School ranked 183 Hamilton Avenue School ranked 186 Between the...

You've seen plenty of coverage criticizing the White House for demolishing the East Wing to build a $350 million ballroom. Critics have framed this action as the historical erasure of the "people's house," calling it something akin to "slashing a Rembrandt painting", in the words of Presidential historian Douglas Brinkley. The opposition's rhetoric has been severe. CT Senator Chris Murphy (D) declared on MSNBC, “there’s a lot of history that has taken place in the East Wing, ....It is just...

Thank goodness there are alternatives to our local media. It's election season and the Greenwich Time has conveniently found a way to put its hand on the scales a week before the November 4 elections. The primary tool? As usual, the scare tactics about school budget cuts - the best the Democrats seem to have to offer. The Greenwich Time story on Monday ran with a headline that appears to be straight Democrat talking points: "Greenwich budget guidelines would likely mean cuts to schools. ...

It's a ten-foot-wide multi-use recreational trail that would connect Binney Park in Old Greenwich to John J. Boccuzzi Park in Stamford. The Town of Greenwich in partnership with Stamford will get a grant of $338,000 to cover the design cost with a 20% match provided by Greenwich and Stamford. The cost of the project is expected to be $4 million. The exact route has yet to be determined. There are four potential routes: One via Harding Road, one via Tomac Avenue, one via Shore Road, and the...