Girls from Cub Scout Pack 23 plant gardens at Greenwich s Parsonage Cottage
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Cub Scout Pack 23 members, from left, Madeline Yu, Alice Ahn, Gia Kapur, Vanya Kapur, Charlotte DiPreta, Claire Tucker, Anoushka Mittal, Holly Shattuck, Luke Shattuck and Libby Byxbee all took part in beautifying Parsonage Cottage. The Cub Scouts were treated to a barbecue afterward by the Parsonage staff to thank the Scouts for all their work.Contributed / Photo courtesy of Sue Rogers /Show MoreShow Less
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Cub Scout Pack 23 members, from left, Madeline Yu, Alice Ahn, Gia Kapur, Vanya Kapur, Charlotte DiPreta, Claire Tucker, Anoushka Mittal, Holly Shattuck, Luke Shattuck and Libby Byxbee all took part in beautifying Parsonage Cottage. The Cub Scouts were treated to a barbecue afterward by the Parsonage staff to thank the Scouts for all their work.Contributed / Photo courtesy of Sue Rogers /Show MoreShow Less
Greenwich Historical Society presents the rise and decline of Hangroot, a little known Greenwich community
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John Leland, The New York Times Published: 28 Feb 2021 04:50 PM BdST Updated: 28 Feb 2021 04:50 PM BdST
In 2008, Dennis Richmond Jr watched “Roots” with his father, and it changed his life. It was a Sunday, the Richmonds’ day for leafing through family photographs in their apartment in Yonkers, New York, looking at relatives going back about a century. “Roots,” Alex Haley’s semifictional account of his family’s journey from West Africa, posed a challenge: How far back could Richmond trace his own ancestors? ); }
After watching the miniseries’ first DVD, he ran upstairs to ask his mother about the names of her relatives. That evening, Richmond, then a studious 13-year-old, turned on the family computer and found a 1930 US Census entry for his maternal great-grandmother. The listing included the name of her father, Brutus Bowens, born in 1889 in South Carolina.
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Dennis Richmond Jr. dove into his family history at an early age and was fascinated by the ancestors he discovered.Credit.Michelle V. Agins/The New York Times
Feb. 26, 2021
In March 2008, Dennis Richmond Jr. watched “Roots” with his father, and it changed his life. It was a Sunday, the Richmonds’ day for leafing through family photographs in their apartment in Yonkers, N.Y., looking at relatives going back about a century. “Roots,” Alex Haley’s semifictional account of his family’s journey from West Africa, posed a challenge: How far back could young Dennis trace his own ancestors?
In addition to the community drive, they received countless donations from individuals hoping to help.
“Everytime we get to a place like oh no, what are we going to do? , it is almost like five minutes later someone comes in and is like we have gifts for you, said Orfitelli.
The help came from unexpected places.
“One of the people who has been a significant donor for us is actually out of work, said Orfitelli.
Sue Evarts was laid off in the beginning of the pandemic. It has been a tough year, but she says, “If I didn’t do something for someone else it would have been a lot tougher.”
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