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The Greenwich Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved a road closure request for the event.

GREENWICH, CT — While it is still two months away, Old Greenwich is preparing for its annual First Light celebration - a beloved tradition in town that features the best of the holiday season.

The Board of Selectmen on Thursday approved a road closure request for the event from Richard Fulton of the Old Greenwich Merchants Association.

First Light is held on the first Saturday of December. This year's festivities will take place on Dec. 6 from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.

The road closure will be in place on Sound Beach Avenue and parts of West End Avenue and Arcadia Road from 4 p.m., to allow time to set up, until 9 p.m., so crews can clean up and break down once the event concludes.

There will once again be antique fire trucks from the Cos Cob Volunteer Fire Company giving rides around the village to go along with music, entertainment, carolers and holiday cheer.

Old Greenwich Merchants will also donate a large Christmas tree to the Old Greenwich Fire House from Sam Bridge Nursery.

"This is something that's very, very looked forward to in the Greenwich community," First Selectman Fred Camillo said.

This was the first time the road closure request came before the Board of Selectmen this year. Usually, the board holds two "reads" of an agenda item before holding a vote.

But because the matter wasn't complicated and takes place every year, the selectmen chose to approve the road closure right away.

"This is a beloved tradition in Old Greenwich," said Selectperson Janet Stone McGuigan. "This was part of the McGuigan tradition every December. When my boys were scouts they helped close the road and their troop helped clean up. We wouldn't want to miss it."

Money raised from the Art in the Park event helps to fund First Light.

Old Greenwich Merchants are working with the town again this year to hang holiday lights in mid-November on 24 of the trees on Sound Beach Avenue and Arcadia Road.

Fundraising efforts for the lights are ongoing now. Donations can be made here.

Net proceeds from the event will benefit Swim Across America to fund cancer research.

GREENWICH, CT — The Sip & Shop Girls’ Night Out Boutique will return Wednesday, Nov. 5, at Innis Arden Golf Club in Old Greenwich, offering an evening of shopping to support cancer research through Swim Across America – Fairfield County.

The free event, open to the public, will feature a curated marketplace of local and independent vendors, cocktails for purchase, and an opportunity for attendees to sell unwanted gold or silver jewelry and flatware on-site. Net proceeds will benefit Swim Across America to fund cancer research. Denim is not permitted at the venue.

"The Sip & Shop Girls’ Night Out event is such a fun way to come together as a community while supporting life-changing cancer research close to home," said Nancy Carr, event organizer and event director for Swim Across America – Fairfield County, in a news release. "Cancer touches all of us in some way — and every purchase helps fund promising cell and gene therapy research that can make a real difference. In fact, 100% of all funds contributed by Swim Across America to ACGT go directly to fund cancer research that leads to safer and more effective treatments."

Carr said the vendor lineup is designed to showcase unique products. "I love finding new vendors with products you won’t find everywhere. We have some really unique vendors with some amazing products. I’m so excited to see it all come together and it is for such a good cause," she said.

An updated list of vendors and registration details is available at the Sip & Shop webpage.

Sip & Shop has supported Swim Across America – Fairfield County since its first event in 2016. The organization hosts an annual open-water swim each June on the border of Old Greenwich and Stamford and has donated more than $6 million locally to Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy, which funds cancer gene therapy research.

For more information, contact Nancy Carr at 203-940-2724 or [email protected]. The event can be followed on Instagram at @sipandshopgreenwich.

GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich Library will welcome Captain Scott Kelly, former NASA astronaut and retired U.S. Navy captain, for a keynote address on Wednesday, Nov. 19, at 7 p.m. in the Berkley Theater as part of the Lynne and Richard Pasculano Signature Series.

Registration is required and opens Wednesday, Oct. 29, at greenwichlibrary.org.

Kelly, selected as an astronaut in 1996, is a veteran of four spaceflights. He piloted Space Shuttle Discovery to the Hubble Space Telescope in 1999 and commanded Space Shuttle Endeavour on a mission to the International Space Station in 2007. His long-duration flight experience includes two flights on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft and two commands aboard the International Space Station: a 159-day mission in 2010–2011 and a record-setting 340-day mission in 2015.

During the yearlong "Year in Space" mission, Kelly conducted three spacewalks before returning in March 2016. His mission was chronicled in a TIME documentary series and an Emmy Award-winning PBS special.

Kelly has logged more than 200 million miles in space - more than twice the distance to the sun - and orbited the earth more than 8,300 times. Before NASA, he flew the F-14 Tomcat as a fighter pilot aboard the aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower.

Kelly is the author of the New York Times–bestselling memoir "Endurance: A Year in Space, a Lifetime of Discovery," as well as the photo collection "Infinite Wonder." His most recent book is "Ready for Launch: An Astronaut’s Lessons for Success on Earth."

Copies of his books will be available for sale and signing after the program, provided by Diane’s Books. The event will be recorded.

Kelly’s identical twin brother, Mark Kelly, is also a former NASA astronaut and is the senior U.S. senator from Arizona.

The Lynne and Richard Pasculano Signature Series features nationally recognized speakers for programs that engage the Greenwich community and region.

Upcoming series events include author and historian Walter Isaacson on Thursday, Feb. 19, and wildlife biologist and filmmaker Ronan Donovan on Thursday, April 23.

For more information about library events, visit greenwichlibrary.org.

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