The 2025 town-wide revaluation of Greenwich real estate is underway. Since the last revaluation in 2021, residential property valuations have risen about 31% to $53.7 billion and that should make you happy, assuming you already live here. This higher valuation should make you happy, assuming you already live here, because it means there is larger base of property values to absorb town operating expenses. However, if you live in a "hot" Greenwich neighborhood, such as Centra

Last week, the Greenwich school board heard a presentation about options to renovate or rebuild the GHS pool. The pool feasibility study was presented here. For $8 million you get a renovated pool and 1-2 year relocation during the process. For $60 million you get a brand new Olympic sized pool and eight new relocated tennis courts. The pool was constructed in 1968 and is significantly out of compliance with current codes. Compliance issues include diving height clearanc

A public meeting of the finance board (BET) chaired by Harry Fisher and First Selectman Camillo was held last week to obtain input from residents on capital projects. Many comments were made about improving the process for tracking the estimated $1.6 billion backlog of capital projects including making multi-year projections, prioritizing projects, and tracking cost estimates. Here is the recording of the meeting. There were numerous school related requests, including a sec

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

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

The election of the 230-member legislative body (Representative Town Meeting - RTM) has produced some surprising results in the party balance in Greenwich. The Republicans lost significant ground this election, the Democrats pulled ahead, and the big winners were those who do not want to affiliate with any major party. The results by party affiliation for each of the 12 Greenwich Districts can be found here . Greenwich is one a few towns in Connecticut that does not reveal

The Democrat Party pulled off stunning victories in the elections across the region last night. The new mayor of New York City, 34-year old Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani, won by a large margin. He promises lots of handouts that will be paid for by the wealthy. The Democratic wave also swept across Connecticut, where the party celebrated numerous high-profile flips and holds. Democrats won top-of-ballot seats in key towns like New Britain and Norwich, and wealthy subur

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 cu

A debate was held last Thursday Oct 9 (replay here ) between the six Republicans and six Democrats (listed here ), running for the powerful Greenwich Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET). Most of the debate time was spent on which party is best at getting along and which party was to blame for the school bus schedule fiasco. But the elephant in the room was not really addressed. In her campaign to win your vote, Karen Fassuliotis who is running as an Independent candidate f

Greenwich has begun its state-mandated town-wide revaluation which will establish the October 1, 2025 Grand List property values. Assessment notices will be mailed to property owners in November 2025. You can informally appeal the results with the Assessors' Office through mid-January 2026. Formal appeals must be filed between Feb 1 and Feb 20. The Town of Greenwich's adopted budget of approximately $516 million, represented a +3.93% increase for the current fiscal year.

In a preliminary decision on Friday October 10, the Connecticut Freedom of Information Commission ruled that the Democrat members of the...

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The Republican primary voting starts next week, with 12 candidates vying for six slots on the town finance board (BET). The letters to...

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Greenwich elections are scheduled for November 4, 2025 and the parties have officially announced their slates. Key races will include...

The judge in the case of the Town of Greenwich/Fred Camillo vs the Greenwich Board of Ed (BOE) last week denied the BOE motion to dismiss....

Just when you thought the contentious school budget discussion was over, it's back. At their June 12 meeting, the school board (BOE)...

Last Monday, the Greenwich Representative Town Meeting (RTM) passed a non-binding resolution (SOMR) criticizing the Town Finance Board...