Old Greenwich Merchants Eager to Light up Sound Beach Ave
The Old Greenwich Merchants group is organizing lights for the village of Old Greenwich this holiday season and into 2025. Consider joining the merchants in the neighborhood to brighten up the holidays so the village of Old Greenwich can shine with lights just like on Greenwich Avenue and in Cos Cob.
Efforts are underway to light up Sound Beach Ave from November to February. Costs are being kept low and merchants are supplying the electricity, but community support will be critical. READ MORE
Call to Artists: “Art in the Parking Lot” Will Take Place Sept 24 behind the OG Post Office
Call to Artists: The Old Greenwich Merchants take immense pride in fostering a nurturing environment for artists like you.
Their supportive community recognizes the significance of art and hand made crafts as mediums of expression and enrichment.
By participating in the Art in the Parking Lot, you’ll have the opportunity to share your work with an engaged audience that truly values and appreciates the arts.
This year, the event will take place in the Old Greenwich MTA parking lot behind the Old Greenwich post office. READ MORE
Old Greenwich Sidewalk Sale kicks off with bargains and more
GREENWICH — Shoppers flocked to Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich Thursday for the start of the annual Sidewalk Sale. Presented by the Old Greenwich Merchants Association, the Sidewalk Sale offers bargains from local retailers at more than a dozen participating stores. The bargains continue through Sunday, rain or shine. The event will also feature live entertainment, giveaways, refreshments and more. READ MORE…
Longtime Greenwich volunteer Peter Uhry saluted for community work
GREENWICH — A longtime volunteer who has worked on community improvement projects in Old Greenwich and elsewhere for decades got a big pat on the back from neighborhood residents this week. READ MORE…
Selectmen Approve Road Closure for Annual First Light Event in Old Greenwich
At Thursday’s Board of Selectmen meeting the Old Greenwich Merchants request for a street closure on Dec 3 for the annual First Light celebration was approved. The street will be closed from the rail bridge down to the rotary by Feinsod’s. READ MORE…
Re-branded, renovated Old Greenwich ice cream shop to reopen: Rosie’s Frozen Yogurt becomes Cups N’ Cones
GREENWICH — Take a walk down Sound Beach Avenue, and there’s hardly a vacant storefront along the commercial corridor. A number of new businesses have opened along the avenue — including a butcher’s shop, a book store, a gallery and a personalized fitness business — or had new owners taking over existing retail operations.
Anna Buzik is the latest entrant in the field. She took over the old Rosie’s Frozen Yogurt shop, after the previous owner re-located, last spring. Buzik has now carried out an extensive renovation and re-branding of the frozen-treat shop, and she plans to re-open March 26 as Cups N’ Cones.
Buzik has a career in finance, but changed her priorities and embarked on becoming a small-business entrepreneur.
“After COVID, I realized family is what matters,” she said about re-prioritizing her career plans.
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A Greenwich family shared books during the pandemic. Now they are opening an independent bookstore.
GREENWICH — It’s a whole new chapter for book lovers in Old Greenwich as an independent bookstore prepares to open.
Riverside residents Jennifer Bird and Odysseas Kostas are targeting Dec. 10 for the opening of Athena Books at 228 Sound Beach Ave. — a visible spot next to the Beach House in Old Greenwich’s main business district.
The couple said they were inspired to go into the book-selling business during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have 6- and 8-year-old daughters, and during the pandemic, we would get hundreds of books from the library. We did a ton of reading with the girls, and when we went on little road trips to Airbnbs, one of our favorite activities was going to bookstores,” Bird said. “There were very few things we could do, so we bought the girls books, and that would take up a whole afternoon.”
On one of those trips, Bird said she suggested the idea of opening a bookstore. And what might have been an idle notion that got a quick laugh instead was taken very seriously. READ MORE…
A holiday season tradition, First Light poised to return to Old Greenwich
GREENWICH — Old Greenwich will again celebrate the holidays in lights — both inside and out — after a year of darkness because of the pandemic.
The Board of Selectmen unanimously granted approval Thursday for the return of Old Greenwich’s First Light event on the main stretch of the area’s downtown business district on Sound Beach Avenue. READ MORE…
In photos: Shoppers hit the Sidewalk Sales in Old Greenwich
GREENWICH - Shoppers turned out in big numbers on Thursday as the Old Greenwich Merchants Association welcomed back its annual Sidewalk Sale in the village of Old Greenwich. More than 20 stores participated in the event, offering extreme discounts on merchandise displayed outside along the sidewalks. The opening day on Thursday also offered live entertainment, giveaways and refreshments into the early evening. READ MORE…
New 'Clam Shack' Serves Up New England Favorites In Old Greenwich
GREENWICH, CT — For about five years, Tina Carpenteri and her brother, Frank, have dreamt of opening up a place that serves fried clams and lobster rolls.
"My brother and I have always had a love for seafood," Carpenteri said in an interview with Patch. READ MORE
In Photos: Art in the Park returns to Binney Park in Old Greenwich
GREENWICH — Art in the Park returned to Binney Park in Old Greenwich.
Presented by the Old Greenwich Merchants Association, dozens of local and regional artists of various mediums displayed their work in booths positioned around the pond in picturesque Binney Park on Sunday.
In photos: Sights of Greenwich Memorial Day parade
GREENWICH — The Memorial Day Parade in Old Greenwich, presented by the Sound Beach Volunteer Fire Department, honored those who gave their lives in service to the country and featured a memorial ceremony after the parade. READ MORE
Unmasked Faces Reveal Big Smiles at 2021 Memorial Day Parade in Old Greenwich
After the disappointing cancellation in 2020 due to the pandemic, the Old Greenwich Memorial Day parade returned to sound Beach Avenue on Monday. The well attended parade honored the women and men who gave their lives in service to our country. A ceremony in Binney Park followed the conclusion of the parade. READ MORE
Old Greenwich: A New England Beach Town with Lots to ‘Sea’ and Eat
It’s hard to call anything in Greenwich, one of Connecticut’s best-known towns, a hidden gem, but Old Greenwich is just that. Bordering Stamford on a jagged strip of land jutting into Long Island Sound, the neighborhood has its own small downtown filled with shops and restaurants. A far cry from the glitz and glamour of Greenwich Avenue in downtown Greenwich, the area has a relaxed, New England-beach-town feel, yet is only about an hour’s drive or train ride from Manhattan READ MORE
Merchants in Old Greenwich beg the town: ‘Don’t take any more parking spaces’
GREENWICH — A forum organized to examine the expansion of outdoor dining across Old Greenwich turned into a debate among merchants and residents over the lack of parking in the village. READ MORE
Old Greenwich Merchants to Town: Increase Parking Enforcement
On Monday morning a special Board of Selectmen meeting solicited input from residents and merchants on ways to improve the village Old Greenwich.
There had been talk of extending outdoor dining to the village of Old Greenwich during the pandemic, but merchants responded they did not want to sacrifice parking. READ MORE
With new COVID rules, July 4 fireworks back on. Other events like Greenwich Town Party up in the air.
Town officials could not say the fate of events like the Greenwich Town Party and the Greenwich Wine + Food Festival under the new regulations. But town Director of Parks and Recreation Joe Sicliano said Thursday that plans are underway to have July fireworks in Old Greenwich after the pandemic forced the cancellation of the annual event last year. READ MORE
Drivers should be prepared for detours this summer in Old Greenwich, this is why
GREENWICH — A summer detour is headed for a heavily used road into Old Greenwich as the town moves forward with a bridge replacement project on Sound Beach Avenue. The bridge crosses over Laddins Brook near Binney Park and the Perrot Memorial Library. For many motorists, that part of Sound Beach Avenue is the entry to Old Greenwich. READ MORE
Parade of Appreciation Boosts Old Greenwich Merchants on the Frontline during COVID-19 Pandemic
On Thursday Old Greenwich residents held a parade to thank Old Greenwich merchants. The event started at 3:30pm with a loop starting at St. Saviors. From there, the car caravan moved up Sound Beach Avenue to Arcadia, through the Post Office drive-through behind Kings and the train parking lot, back down Sound Beach to West End Ave, behind the fire station and CVS, and finally to the traffic circle by Old Greenwich School. READ MORE
Block party, sales mark summer start
For many years, Marcos Torno has watched and enjoyed the festivities taking place just beyond his storefront windows each June, when Greenwich merchants, residents and visitors celebrate the start of summer.
"It has become a tradition," Torno said of the Sidewalk Sales and Block Party. READ MORE
Old Greenwich Lights It Up at First Light
It’s a night when the OG merchants and community come together to celebrate the holiday season. Every participating store on Sound Beach Ave had their own way of giving back to the neighborhood they serve. Some did it with cookies, others offered up festive beverages, samples of warm soup, candy canes, music and, of course, nuggets and cones from Garden Catering! READ MORE
First responders, emergency personnel lauded
Even Kris Kringle -- forgoing his sleigh and reindeer and instead riding on the back of a fire truck -- came down to the Sound Beach Fire HouseSaturday evening to thank the many first responders and emergency personnel for their hard work before, during and after Hurricane Sandy. READ MORE
Old Greenwich, Conn.: A Front-Porch Kind of Place
One night last month, Lesley King received a Facebook message that reflected what she considers one of the finest qualities of Old Greenwich: a connected community.
Her new business, Back 40 Mercantile, an upscale general store for the eco-conscious, had opened that day in the small commercial center called “the village.” (Ms. King is an owner with family members.) She had closed up shop only a few hours before. The Facebook message arrived around 9: A man she barely knew wanted her to know that he had spotted a candle still burning in the shop. READ MORE