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Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT

Police & Fire
Man Drives Car Off Greenwich Roadway Into Coastal Rocks Man Drives Car Off Greenwich Roadway Into Coastal Rocks
Man Drives Car Off Greenwich Roadway Into Coastal Rocks First responders rescued an elderly driver in Fairfield County after he drove off the end of a roadway and landed on the rocks keeping him from driving into Long Island Sound. According to Assistant Chief Mark Zuccerella of the Greenwich Police, the incident occurred around 10 a.m. on Sunday, April 14, when the man drove off the end of Steamboat Road. "Due to low tide, no water rescue was needed," Zuccerella said. The driver sustained an ankle injury and was transported to Stamford Hospital.  Greenwich Police did not identify the driver.  The investigation into why the sub…

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by Kathy Reakes
Obituaries
Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home
Founder Of Caldor Dies At Fairfield County Home Fairfield County entrepreneur, philanthropist, and founder of the Caldor department store chain, Carl Bennett, has died at the age of 101. Bennett died at his home in Greenwich on Thursday, Dec. 23. The Caldor empire came to be while working with his late wife, Dorothy Bennett, who together turned an $8,000 military salary savings into a chain of discount department stores that spanned from the 1950s to the mid-1980s when he sold his 120 store business to Associated Dry Goods. Raised above his father's grocery store located in Greenwich, on Steamboat Road, Bennett Grocers, with his two sis…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor
Seawall Collapses Sending Forklift, Its Operator Into Greenwich Harbor No one was injured, but it caused quite a stir when a seawall collapsed sending a forklift, and its operator, into Greenwich Harbor. The incident took place around 8:10 a.m., Thursday, Oct. 10, when local police, fire, and EMS were dispatched to a construction site at 702 Steamboat Road, on a report that a seawall had given way taking a forklift along with it, said Greenwich Police The forklift operator was shaken up, and wet, after being helped out of the water by co-workers, but escaped serious injury, said Greenwich Police Lt. John Slusarz. Part of the seawall located at the rear of the…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Drove Drunk With Skateboarder Hanging Onto Vehicle In Greenwich, Police Say 21-Year-Old Drove Drunk With Skateboarder Hanging Onto Vehicle In Greenwich, Police Say
21-Year-Old Drove Drunk With Skateboarder Hanging Onto Vehicle In Greenwich, Police Say A 21-year-old is facing charges after police say he drove drunk in Greenwich with a skateboarder hanging onto the vehicle. Greenwich Police say they observed a motorist traveling on Steamboat Road with another individual riding a skateboard while hanging onto the side of the vehicle on Friday, July 5 around 9:20 p.m. Officers conducted a traffic stop and allegedly detected an odor of alcohol coming from the driver, identified as Michael Palmgren, 21, of Greenwich. Palmgren was subsequently asked to participate in a series of field sobriety tests, which police say he did not pass. Palmgren…

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by Valerie Musson
Police & Fire
Truck Slams Into Train Overpass In Fairfield County Truck Slams Into Train Overpass In Fairfield County
Truck Slams Into Train Overpass In Fairfield County For the second time this summer, a tractor-trailer has hit the top of a railroad overpass in Fairfield County. The latest incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday in Greenwich at the Steamboat Road railroad overpass, said Greenwich Police. The truck's roof was torn off but managed to make it out from under the bridge.  The same overpass was hit on June 29 when another truck almost tore its roof off passing under the bridge. Greenwich police said the bridge has been struck repeatedly over the years due to the driver's not reading the height signs. Local officials have been working to …

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by Kathy Reakes
Lifestyle
Expect Delays: Greenwich Town Party To Impact I-95 Traffic, Local Roads Expect Delays: Greenwich Town Party To Impact I-95 Traffic, Local Roads
Expect Delays: Greenwich Town Party To Impact I-95 Traffic, Local Roads Greenwich police are alerting residents and partygoers to expect traffic delays and road closures during the annual Greenwich Town Party on Saturday. The event, which draws more than 8,000 visitors, takes place at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch St., and features a day full of fun events for kids, family-friendly music and lots of great food.  It's meant to bring together the town's residents to help usher in summer and to get to know each other.  A huge draw this year is a concert performance by Eric Clapton. Police said that I-95, Exit 3 off-ramps will be closed from 9 to 11 p.m. A…

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by Kathy Reakes