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One of the best parts of living in New England? The miles of picturesque coastline and the beautiful beach towns and seaside hamlets that dot it. If you’re lucky enough to own a vacation home in one of these spots, then you’ve likely been counting down the days until warmer weather since you closed up your beach house last fall.

Living Greenwich caught up with Barbara Ripp, neighbor and Board member of the Malta House, a home for mothers and pregnant women in need of help. The mission of Malta House: “to promote the dignity of God-given life by providing a nurturing home environment, support services and independent living skills to pregnant and parenting mothers of all faiths and to their babies.”

Barbara will be honored for her work supporting Malta House at its Annual Gala, May 14th at the Woodway Country Club in Darien.

Rides. Foods. Fun. Everyone in Greenwich is familiar with the North Mianus School Pow Wow!

This weekend marked the 70th Anniversary of this annual local rite of spring. Started in 1946, the Pow Wow was originally organized as a springtime celebration to benefit the students. Flash forward 7 decades and the crowds are still arriving en masse to take part in the carnivalesque atmosphere made possible through the selfless work of a sizable army of enthusiastic volunteers.

Have you ever seen a turtle sunning itself on a log and thought to yourself, “Damn, I wish I could tell someone about this?”

Well apparently there is a group that is waiting for your call. It is called the Connecticut Turtle Atlas, and it encourages everyone to report the “location and abundance of any turtles they see from April through November.” The local arm of this group is run by the Bruce Museum Citizen Science initiative, which is now starting its second year.

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Do you love interior design? Does a day spent browsing beautiful art sound like heaven? Do you feel strongly that there's nothing better than spring in New York?

There's something utterly life affirming about the vibrant colors of Spring - and each new day in Greenwich this month is positively awash in the rainbow hues of the season.

From the Cherry Blossoms to the Hellebore - to the Daffodils, Forsythia and Tulips; Living Greenwich photographer Pam Grunow has stopped en route to her appointments, errands and gatherings with the sole intention of capturing these visions of warmer months beginning to emerge.

Living Greenwich catches up with Riverside residents Camilla Gazal and Flavia Naslausky, owners of Zaniac in Greenwich, Westport and the Upper East Side in Manhattan. Zaniac is an after-school enrichment program for K-8 focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). The Greenwich campus is located at 644 West Putnam Avenue.

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Blame it on the popularity of visual media like Pinterest, blogs, and Instagram, our collective mentality of "instant gratification," or the fact that you can now order furniture from almost anywhere in the world online.

There was a fantastic turnout for the 2016 Greenwich Boat Show this last weekend (April 2-3) - as boat connoisseurs from all across New England, New York and even farther away arrived at the Greenwich Water Club in Cos Cob to take in the sights and experience of fishing boats, day cruisers, pontoon boats and luxury vessels.

Just a friendly reminder that we've arrived at that time of year when our friendly and furry companions lose their beach privileges.

Dogs are prohibited from the Greenwich Parks starting Friday, April 1'st until the last day of November, according to the Town of Greenwich Parks Policy.