U.S. News just announced its 2026 middle school rankings. Of 561 public middle schools in Connecticut, Eastern Middle School ranked number 2, behind House of Arts Letters and Science Academy in New Britain. Greenwich has three middle schools: Eastern Middle ranking number 2 (same as last year), Central Middle ranking 31 (same as last year) and Western Middle ranking 41 (a drop from what appears to have been 18th last year). Between the Lines : Eastern can go to the head of the class.

The final day of voting in the municipal elections is Tuesday November 4. Campaigning goes on more than ever now because there is a new two-week period of early voting at Town Hall leading up to game day voting at your polling location tomorrow. The town is littered with so many signs that First Selectman Camillo has instructed the Republican campaign to limit them so as not to obstruct the beauty of Greenwich's public spaces. Not sure this is a good idea because at every corner there are...

Connecticut's largest health system, Yale New Haven Health (YNHH), is facing an urgent and deepening financial crisis, driven by a surge in uncompensated care, rising labor costs, and lagging reimbursements. These financial pressures on hospital operating costs are a uniquely difficult problem in CT. CT hospitals are losing money lagging behind the national average. In a move signaling the severity of the situation and the immediate need for change, the network has initiated a major...