| We are throwing a party and you all are invited! As we celebrate our first year in business, we are inaugurating what we hope will be an annual tradition—we are going to have a party and honor a Greenwich resident as our “Sentinel” of the year. Details are still being finalized and invitations will be in the mail shortly for what promises to be a wonderful event in late June.
We have been asked often about our name. Before we could launch the first edition of our community newspaper we had to come up with a name and design our flag—the space at top of the paper on page one. We thought long and hard about the name. We wanted something that would resonate with our mission and the community. After a notebook page of potential ideas and talking with a trusted group of advisors and friends, we all agreed that Greenwich Sentinel was the perfect name for a weekly community newspaper.
What is a sentinel, you may ask. A sentinel is a soldier or guard whose job is to stand and keep watch. The origin of the word is unknown, however it existed as far back as the 16th century in Italy as sentinella. For our purpose, we want to keep watch on what is happening in town and be an honest recorder of the news. We added a wood cut of the light house on Great Captain Island, not just because it is an iconic image of Greenwich, but because it too is sentinel, standing watch over Long Island Sound, guarding mariners against the rocks.
You may be wondering who we will be giving our first Sentinel award to. For the time being, it is a closely kept secret. We want to build momentum for the award and the event. We have established criteria for the award. The recipient must be a Greenwich resident and exemplify the mission of the paper. The person must be someone who demonstrates leadership and seeks to strengthen our community. It is often said that “strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” Our recipient must understand that. They may or may not be at the conclusion of their career. They may have much to offer our community that is yet untapped, or they may have earned this accolade because of a lifetime of achievement for the betterment of Greenwich.
Our honoree is chosen. Please Join Us for a Very Special Event Honoring Police Chief James Heavey at the First Annual Greenwich Sentinel Award Reception on Thursday evening, June 30, 2016 from six until eight at the Indian Harbor Yacht Club 710 Steamboat Road, Greenwich, CT 06830.
For more information regarding this event and to purchase tickets, click on the link below:
https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/sentinel-award-event/
To read the article from the Greenwich Sentinel, click on the link below:
https://www.greenwichsentinel.com/2016/04/22/editorial-a-sentinel-award/ |
