This week in Greenwich: the e-bike ordinance did not get its vote after all, the last Great Lawn night of the summer, and a curator walks you through 250 years of Greenwich clothes

Morning, Greenwich. Last week's edition told you the Board of Selectmen would take up the street takeover and modified e-bike ordinance on August 13. They did not. The second read was postponed, and in the meantime the Police Department has gone the softer route and asked parents to talk to their kids about helmets. More on that below. On lighter ground, the Historical Society has its last Great Lawn concert of the summer Thursday evening, and its senior curator is walking people through the fashion exhibit Saturday.

Best for families this week: Art Adventures: Impressionist Reflections at the Bruce Museum on Sunday, 1 to 3 PM, free with admission and open to ages 4 and up with no registration, and the Great Lawn concert Thursday evening, where nobody minds a blanket and the lawn does the babysitting.

America at 250: A Celebration in Art, on the town's America 250 calendar, showing Thursday through the weekend. The art half of the town's anniversary programming. Free, all ages, indoors. Details.

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Suburban Chaos, Music on the Great Lawn at the Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. Music runs 6:30 to 8 PM, the series' standing hours. This is the last Great Lawn concert on the Society's calendar this year, and Suburban Chaos is a Fairfield County cover band whose repertoire runs from the 1970s forward, which is a polite way of saying you will know every song. Members are free and registration is required, so do not simply turn up. Bring a blanket. All ages, outdoors. Details.

Y through the Ages: Timeline Installation at the YMCA of Greenwich, 50 East Putnam Avenue. A timeline installation on the Y's own history, up as part of the town's America 250 programming. Free, all ages, indoors. Details.

The street takeover and e-bike ordinance did not get its second read on August 13. The Board of Selectmen postponed it. The ordinance, introduced by Greenwich Police Captain Patrick Smyth, targets illegal street takeovers and the operation of dirt bikes, all terrain vehicles, modified e-bikes and mini motorcycles on public property, with Cos Cob, Old Greenwich and Armstrong Court named as the trouble spots. It has not been withdrawn, only delayed. Source: Greenwich Free Press.

While the ordinance waits, the numbers behind it got worse. Nationally, emergency department visits for micromobility crashes went from 37,300 in 2017 to 149,100 in 2024, and deaths from 5 to 135, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. In Connecticut the Crash Data Repository logged 144 e-bike and e-scooter crashes between 2021 and 2025, with 124 injuries and one death, and more than a quarter of them involved riders under 18. Lauren Fabrizi of AAA Northeast put the problem plainly: "Troublingly, many injured e-bike riders are children who lack the skill and experience to ride at high speeds." Greenwich Police are asking parents to have the helmet conversation now rather than after. Source: Greenwich Free Press.

Two six story buildings with 176 units have been filed with Planning and Zoning under the state's affordable housing statute. The application comes in under Connecticut General Statutes 8-30g, which lets a developer set aside local zoning when a share of the units is deed restricted as affordable. Greenwich has spent this summer in and out of court over exactly this, including a judge backing the town's conditions on a Mason Street project and an approval elsewhere that added a grand total of one affordable apartment. Source: Greenwich Free Press.

Curator tour of Fashioning America: 250 Years of Greenwich Style at the Greenwich Historical Society, 47 Strickland Road, Cos Cob. Senior Curator Kathy Craughwell-Varda, who built the exhibition, walks it herself. The show is the third and final one in the Society's series marking America's 250th, drawn largely from its own collection: clothing from the Revolution forward, arranged so a change in the cut of a sleeve lines up with a change in who was wearing it and why. It runs to January 10, 2027, and the gallery is open Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 4 PM, but the curator only does these on select days each month, so reserve ahead. Ticketed, adults, indoors. Details.

Art Adventures: Impressionist Reflections at the Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, 1 to 3 PM in the Cohen Education Wing. Children and families experiment with brushes and paint application to build an impressionist landscape. Ages 4 and up, drop in, no registration. Free with general admission, kids welcome, indoors. Details.

Your Plate Squared: Celebrating America's 250th, on the town's calendar through the weekend. The food side of the anniversary programming, which in Greenwich means it is probably better than it needs to be. Free, all ages. Details.

The Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency meets Monday, August 24 at 7 PM by Zoom. The Board of Health meeting scheduled the same evening has been cancelled. Details.

Stamford Downtown Summer Restaurant Weeks run August 24 through September 7, 29 restaurants, lunch $15 to $20 and dinner $30 to $55. Close enough to be worth the drive, far enough that you will get a table. Details.

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