01/01/13 Byram In Review - A Few Highlights from 2012

LOOKING BACK IN TIME

In February, State Rep. Lile Gibbons, R-150th District, announced she would not seek her seventh two-year term in Hartford during a Feb. 22 Republican Town Committee meeting. The Riverside resident represented the shoreline from Byram to Old Greenwich and part of the downtown.

Happy Connecticut residents were able for the first time to buy alcohol in the state on a Sunday. May 20 marked the first Sunday sale of alcohol permitted in the state. Byram alcohol retailers called it a mixed blessing as they were able to continue selling to residents, but it meant they lost their one free day per week.
A violent storm started a chain of events that led to Byram and 99 per cent of the town losing power Aug. 6. It swept through the town the night before knocking trees down that ultimately saw 60 roads closed.

Hurricane Sandy's fury visited Byram Oct. 29, and resulted in tremendous damage to the town. Dozens of  homes were flooded and thousands lost power. Power outages affected thousands and took days to be resumed during a massive cleanup and restoration work. The storm was one of the worst in decades and caused tremendous power outages and destruction throughout the metro area.

01/01/13 Opinion: Tesei and Theis Need To Listen To Marzullo On Matters Concerning Byram

PHOTO: Democratic Selectman Drew Marzullo

The Republican leadership of Greenwich has pretty much failed on flooding of the Byram River, dedicating public safety funding for targeting drug sales in Byram and planning for the traffic and business needs of Byram.

As usual, Byram and most of the neighboring areas were he Republican leadership of Greenwich. Western Greenwich's very own First Selectman Peter Tesei and Selectman David Theis, both Republicans.

Greenwich's first openly gay selectman, Cos Cob resident Drew Marzullo has been a strong advocate for issues concerning Byram and has earned his $12,640 annually salary.

Democrat Drew Marzullo has also been a strong advocate for funding of a renovation project at the town-owned Nathaniel Witherell nursing home, for which $22.6 million has been budgeted.

Marzullo burst onto the scene in 2009, when he outpolled his running mate, then-Democratic Selectman Lin Lavery, whose challenge of Tesei for the town's top post was unsuccessful.

Since then, he has co-existed in relative harmony with his GOP counterparts Tesei and Theis,