All the facts of the arrest point to the letter "B." A suspect named Bryan Gerard Briggs of the Bronx has a full beard and an eye for Backcountry Greenwich. With no official mugshot released by authorities, we asked AI to create one. Around 10:15 a.m. on Thursday, October 15, a Backcountry resident reported an unfamiliar bearded man attempting to enter a fenced single-family home. Confronted by the homeowner, the suspect fled south down King Street on foot. Greenwich Police intercepted Briggs...

Greenwich Public Schools enrollment figures disappointed again this fall. At the October 22 Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Dr. Toni Jones presented the October 2026 Enrollment Report, painting a sobering picture of continued contraction across district classrooms. The Disappointing Numbers Total K–12 enrollment (excluding Pre-K) dropped to 7,848 students, down 2.5% from last year’s 8,049 and falling well short of the district's 8,000-student projection. Looking ahead, district...

On Thursday, October 22, a debate was held between eight-year Democratic incumbent Governor Ned Lamont and young Republican challenger Senator Ryan Fazio. You may know them—they are both from Greenwich. You can hear first hand from Thursday night's debate It was a stark contrast over accountability and reality. Governor Ned Lamont defended the status quo by highlighting balanced budgets, stable bond ratings, and middle-class tax cuts—blaming Washington policies for inflation, gas prices, and...

Optimum is heading into corporate restructuring under a mountain of debt. Frontier has emerged from bankruptcy, now absorbed into Verizon. Meanwhile, door-to-door sales reps continue knocking across Greenwich promising 1-gigabit, 2-gigabit, and 5-gigabit speeds. Yet for all the high-tech sales pitches, Greenwich households share a familiar routine: a moderate thunderstorm rolls through, a branch snaps from a red oak, and our digital connection goes dark for three days. We live in one of the...