Rayaan Baywa, 22, a resident of the Riverside section of Greenwich, made regional news last weekend (June 6–7) when he was arrested by Newark Police outside the Delaney Hall federal immigration detention facility in New Jersey. He was one of six individuals taken into custody and charged with rioting and failure to disperse following an unlawful assembly. According to official reports from the Newark Department of Public Safety, the arrests were made after a group of protesters blocked the...

The Nathaniel Witherell—Greenwich’s town-owned and operated skilled nursing facility—announced this week that it has launched an internal investigation following a viral video showing one of its employees making aggressive, offensive remarks inside a local grocery store. The incident occurred on June 2, 2026, at the customer service desk of the ShopRite supermarket on Hope Street in Stamford. The cell phone footage, captured by shopper Sarina Gupta, shows an argument that quickly escalated...

On Monday morning, June 8, 2026, Central Middle School was thrust into a state of high alert following a "swatting" call. While emergency officials quickly determined the threat was a hoax and presented no actual danger, the incident left parents, teachers, and students deeply shaken. Alarmingly, it was less than a month ago—on May 12—that Central Middle School was previously disrupted by a swatting attack. Most concerning of all? Greenwich wasn’t alone. This was not an isolated incident, but...