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Salvadoran with Prior Greenwich Assault Record Pleads Guilty to Illegal Re-entry
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Central American Migrants Boarding Bus After Being Processed by ICE in El Paso, TX Catch, release, repeat. The story of 29-year-old Tomas Alonso Valencia-Ruiz is a tale about the reality of Connecticut's border and sanctuary policies and their impact on Greenwich. From the Rio Grande to CT His history with federal authorities began in November 2014 when U.S. Border Patrol apprehended the Salvadoran crossing illegally near Rio Grande City, Texas. Released with a summons to appear before an...
Oct 13, 2026
Greenwich has the priciest zip codes in the Northeast
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Connecticut has surpassed Massachusetts and now has the highest number of ultra-expensive zip codes in New England. Here are the top ranked zip codes and the median sale price for each: 06878 Riverside, $2.75 million 06870 Old Greenwich, $2.65 million 06831 Greenwich, $2.535 million 06820 Darien, $2.358 million 06830 Greenwich, $2.218 million 06840 New Canaan, $2.09 million 06853 Norwalk $2.059 million On a nationwide basis, 06878 Riverside ranked #43 , up 10 places from last year, 06870 Old...
Oct 24, 2025
Why so many smoke shops in Byram?
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According to Greenwich Town Planner Patrick LaRow at a recent P&Z hearing, since 2020, smoke shops have proliferated in Greenwich. Much of the proliferation is in response to New York increasing restrictions and sales taxes on tobacco and nicotine related products, particularly ENDS (Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems) and flavored vapes. Since CT does not have laws equal to NY, the west side of Greenwich (Byram, in particular) near the New York border has seen an increase, with shops...
Oct 23, 2025
CT Gov Lamont tells fellow Democrat to apologize for that sign
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At Saturday's "No Kings" rally in Hartford, CT State Senator Saud Anwar, a Democrat from South Windsor, posed holding a sign "Cholesterol, do your job!" The sign with a big burger, french fries and fried chicken, poked at Trump's unhealthy diet with a hopeful hint at Trump's death. Senator Anwar knows the meaning of the sign. He is a medical doctor and chair of the CT legislature's public health committee. Anwar gave the message more publicity by posting it on his Facebook page. Ryan...
Oct 22, 2025

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