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Convent of the Sacred Heart Celebrates Major Campus Expansion GREENWICH, Conn. -- Convent of the Sacred Heart officially opened a major expansion Wednesday that will see an expanded athletic center and more dining spaces, among other improvements on the Greenwich campus. Sacred Heart Greenwich opened its new 35,000-square-foot athletic center designed for women’s sports at a ribbon-cutting ceremony on the second day of school. Pamela Hayes, Head of School, said it will make a dramatic difference at the Roman Catholic all-girls school. "It's definitely going to change the way we live. Girls have more spaces to play, relax and there are more commun…

by Frank MacEachern

09/10/2015

Police & Fire

Cos Cob Man Who Fell Asleep At Drive-Through Charged With Drunken Driving GREENWICH, Conn. -- Sleep mas. A Cos Cob man fell asleep at the drive-through window at the Taco Bell on East Putnam Avenue in Greenwich early Monday and then attempted to drive away when police arrived on the scene, police said. The Taco Bell manager called police at 12:35 a.m. after a motorist pulled up to the window and appeared to have fallen asleep. The manager told police that the motorist never placed an order and instead was passed out for several minutes in his Honda CRV. The manager said the man "smelled like he was drinking," according to the police report. As officer…

by Frank MacEachern

09/09/2015

Police & Fire

Redding Teen Arrested In Wilton After High-Speed Pursuit By Police WILTON, Conn. -- A 17-year-old from Redding was charged with taking his parents' vehicle without permission and engaging in a high-speed chase with Wilton Police that nearly reached 100 mph early Sunday, police said. The incident began at about 12:30 a.m. Sunday, when an officer stopped on Route 7 at Route 107 saw a vehicle with no lights on turn left onto Route 107, police said. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle, but the motorist sped away eastbound in the wrong lane on Route 107, police said. The car's speed reached 97 mph, according to the in-car video in the police cruiser as…

by Frank MacEachern

09/08/2015

Police & Fire

Stamford Cops: Driver Used Cherry Picker Instead Of Stairs To Get To Car STAMFORD, Conn. -- An impatient person decided to use a construction crew's "scissor lift" to get up to his vehicle parked on the fifth floor of the Bell Street parking garage at about 1:30 a.m. Sunday, Stamford Police said. Sgt. Kelly Connelly said the incident happened around the time that bars closed early Sunday. The individual, who obviously has heavy equipment experience, decided that walking up to the fifth floor of the parking garage was a bit too difficult and instead turned on the machine (also known as a cherry picker), jumped in the bucket and rose to the fifth floor t…

by Frank MacEachern

09/08/2015

Schools

Greenwich High Leak Blamed On Hot Water Storage Tank GREENWICH, Conn. -- Greenwich High School students got an extra long weekend after a water leak was discovered Tuesday in a tank that had been repaired and inspected this summer, a Greenwich Public Schools District said in a press release. The water problem at Greenwich High School was due to a leak in a hot water storage tank in the lower level of the Science Wing below the classrooms. The tank had been repaired and inspected by an outside contractor as recently as August, and the tank had again been checked as recently as Friday, the district said. Water was contained in the utility basem…

by Frank MacEachern

09/08/2015

Schools

Beacon School Shines Its Light From New Home In Stamford STAMFORD, Conn. -- A small school with big ambitions opened the doors at its grand new home in Stamford last week. The Beacon School held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Mayor David Martin and U.S. Rep. Jim Himes in attendance at 111 W. North St., in the historic Hubbard Mansion. It was formerly the home of the Mother of God Academy and is located near the Old Greenwich border. The school is oriented for gifted students who may have lost their way in a larger school setting, said founder Victoria Newman. A former public school teacher who has a daughter in the Greenwich Public School syste…

by Frank MacEachern

09/08/2015

News

Sunny Labor Day In Greenwich Marks Unofficial End Of Summer GREENWICH, Conn. — Hundreds flocked to Greenwich Point on a hot and sunny Labor Daym including twin brothers Ivan and Julian Basurto, 22, and their sister Camille, 24, from Wilton. The siblings' grandparents, Gerard and Paula Munera, live in Cos Cob. They hit the beach after first visiting with their family. "It's the nice day and it's the end of summer, so we decided to come" to the beach, Julian said. "It's the biggest beach around us and it's the nicest," Julian said, adding that he wasn't surprised by the large crowd. He recently graduated from Wesleyan University…

by Frank MacEachern

09/08/2015

Police & Fire

Stamford Man Wielding Machete Charged With Making Death Threats STAMFORD, Conn. -- As a 37-year-old man cowered in fear behind a locked closet door, a drunken man repeatedly slid a machete under the door and threatened to kill him, Stamford police said. Edgar E. Arriaga-Martinez, 21, of 6 Stephen St., was charged with first-degree reckless endangerment, carrying a concealed weapon and second-degree threatening. His bond was set at $10,000 in connection with the incident early Saturday. His court date was set for Sept. 18. Police said the victim went to a residence to visit his cousin, and his cousin's roommate, Arriaga-Martinez, began to argue with him…

by Frank MacEacherb

09/07/2015

Police & Fire

Plumber Seriously Injured By Falling Tree In Old Greenwich GREENWICH, Conn. -- A plumbing contractor from Milford was in serious condition in the hospital after a large tree fell on him Friday afternoon in Old Greenwich, police said. Greenwich firefighters removed the man from underneath the tree, and Greenwich Emergency Medical Service paramedics began offering him aid, police said. The man had been preparing to get into his vehicle when the tree fell on him around 1:15 p.m., police said. Benjamin Street has been closed to traffic, and the Greenwich Tree Department is on the scene to remove the tree.

by Frank MacEachern

09/04/2015

Schools

Norwalk Acts Steps Up To Celebrate Back-To-School Spirit NORWALK, Conn. -- Norwalk's Superintendent Steven Adamowski stepped back into his past as an elementary teacher as he read to a room filled with attentive students during a back-to-school event at the Stepping Stones Museum for Children on Thursday evening. And even the book kept with the spirit of the evening: He read "Curious George's First Day of School." Robert Townes, the museum's community advocacy director, said Stepping Stones hold free admission nights once per month — but none is as popular as the back to school one. "This is our most popular get into free event o…

by Frank MacEachern

09/04/2015

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