This week in Greenwich: the East Coast Open final closes the polo season, the last ferry to Island Beach, and 32 names read at Cos Cob Park

Three things end this weekend, and they all end on Sunday. The East Coast Open final at Greenwich Polo Club closes the season. The Jamie McClean Band plays the last of the Friends of Greenwich Point concerts. And the ferry that runs out to Island Beach and Great Captain's makes its final crossing until next June. Before any of that, Friday is the 25th anniversary of September 11, and the town marks it in two places, starting at 8:46 in the morning.

Best for families this week: Museum Movers at the Bruce on Saturday morning, which is a yoga class for ages 3 to 6 and a grownup, and one last ferry ride out to Island Beach before the boat stops for the year.

The last ferry weekend of the season, departing the Arch Street dock at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch Street. Boats run on the hour from 10 AM to 6 PM on Saturday and Sunday to Island Beach and Great Captain's Island, and then that is it until next June. Resident pass holders pay $7 for ages 16 to 64, $6 for ages 5 to 15, and nothing at all if you are 65 or over. Single entry visitors pay $15 for ages 16 to 64 and $10 for ages 5 to 15, plus $10 for parking, with children 4 and under free. Combination park and ferry tickets are sold through the town's WebTrac system. Parking is across Arch Street. Ticketed, all ages, outdoors. Details.

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The Board of Selectmen meets at Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road, Meeting Room 105 on the first floor, 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM, in person and on Zoom. The Flood and Erosion Control Board follows at 3 PM. Free, adults, indoors. Details.

The September 11th Memorial ceremony at Cos Cob Park (Cos Cob), gathering at 8:30 AM with the service beginning at 8:46. First Selectman Fred Camillo gives the welcome, with reflections from former U.S. Congressman Christopher Shays, Captain Mark Turner USN (Ret.) and Karen Fassuliotis. The names of the 32 Greenwich residents killed on September 11 are read aloud, with prayers, musical tributes and the laying of wreaths, and a combined Police, Fire and Emergency Medical Services honor guard presents the flag. The honor guard and bagpipers then lead a procession past the waterside pavilion to the memorial, where flowers are available to place at the base and the labyrinth is open to walk. Bells and cannon salutes mark the morning's timeline, and the honor guard stays posted until 10:28 AM, the minute the South Tower came down, when a final bell and salute close it. Residents Stephanie Dunn Ashley and Wells Noonan organize it through the Greenwich Community Projects Fund. Parking at the park is limited, and TAG is running a free shuttle from the Metro North commuter lots. Free, all ages, outdoors. Details.

The Glenville Volunteer Fire Company holds the second ceremony at the Glenville Firehouse, 266 Glenville Road (Glenville), forming up at 6 PM for a 6:30 start, at the memorial built from World Trade Center steel. Free, all ages, outdoors. Details.

A Greenwich resident has filed a class action against the town and its speed camera vendor, and he wants every dollar back. Stephen Lockton sued the Town of Greenwich and Blue Line Solutions, LLC, a Tennessee company, on September 8 in state court as FST-CV26-6083298-S. The complaint says the town adopted its camera ordinance without the public hearing state law requires, tied the vendor's pay to citation volume, and parked the revenue in the vendor's private accounts rather than a qualified public depository. The program issued more than 12,000 warnings and thousands of citations before it was suspended in April after community opposition, and it collected roughly $1.4 million in about four months. For January and February alone the filing puts $512,920 in fees to the vendor against $1,109.10 due to the town. Attorney Timothy C. Cowan of Hurwitz Sagarin & Slossberg, who filed with David A. Slossberg and Erica O. Nolan, framed it this way: "You have to follow the rules. The government cannot demand that residents follow the law while ignoring procedures governing its own conduct." The suit seeks full restitution of fines, fees and surcharges to the class. Source: Greenwich Free Press.

Glenville has a grocery store again for the first time since 2023. DeCicco and Sons opened at 21 Glenville Road on September 9, its first Connecticut location and the twelfth in a chain the DeCicco family started in 1973 and has otherwise kept in Westchester County. The space had sat empty since Stop and Shop closed in June 2023, and the opening slipped more than once on permitting and a retaining wall. First Selectman Fred Camillo, who said he had "many calls with the DeCicco family throughout this process," put the point simply: "We have always understood the value of having a neighborhood grocery store and Western Greenwich residents needed this after the Stop and Shop location closed." Store hours have not been posted; most DeCicco locations open at 7:30 AM. Source: Patch.

Every Greenwich restaurant health inspection since 2023 is now searchable in one place. A longtime resident built greenwichdining.com, which covers 387 establishments and 1,733 inspections that until now "existed only as 1,833 scanned forms in the Health Department filing system." Half of those inspections found no violations at all and 43 percent of currently open establishments had nothing cited at their most recent visit, while 41 percent turned up at least one violation tied to foodborne illness. The most common citations are worn or unclean food contact surfaces at 248, unlabeled containers at 209, and food held above a safe temperature at 166. Twelve percent of violations were fixed before the inspector left the building. The tagline is "Know Before You Dine," and the builder was careful to credit the source: "I send a big thank you to the Health Dept for all they do." Source: Greenwich Free Press.

Museum Movers at the Bruce Museum, 1 Museum Drive, 11 AM to noon. A yoga class for ages 3 to 6 and the grownup who brought them, using movement, breath and group games to work off whatever the galleries just put in. Free with museum admission, and it runs once a month, so this is the September one. Kids welcome, indoors. Details.

Free Yoga Saturdays at the YMCA of Greenwich, 50 East Putnam Avenue. Any level, and you bring the mat. Free, adults, indoors. Details.

The East Coast Open final at Greenwich Polo Club, 1 Hurlingham Drive, gates at 1 PM and the match at 3, running to about 5. The Open is the club's marquee tournament and its final is also the last Sunday of a season that opened on June 7, so this is the year's closing argument on Hurlingham Drive. Tickets start around $32 for general admission and run past $1,800 at the top of the range. Ticketed, all ages, outdoors. Details.

The Jamie McClean Band closes the Friends of Greenwich Point concert season, 4 PM, under the trees just past the original concession stand at Greenwich Point. It is the fifth and final concert of the 2026 series, which ran from Jumpin' Jams in June through the Reinaldo DeJesus Latin Jazz Experience in August. Free, though regular Greenwich Point admission rules apply. If it rains it moves indoors to Bosco's Bar and Grill, 148 Sound Beach Avenue (Old Greenwich). Free, all ages, outdoors. Details.

The last ferry of the year leaves the Arch Street dock, hourly 10 AM to 6 PM. Ticketed, all ages, outdoors. Details.

The Women's Mentoring Network holds its annual "Celebrating Our Mentors" fundraiser on September 17. Details.

The Jay Medal Soiree is September 19. Details.

The 9th Annual DART to the Finish charity walk is set for Saturday, October 3 at Tod's Point. Details.

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