A recap of the year in Greenwich gossip and celebrity sightings
Scarsdale, N.Y., native and Daytime Emmy-winning actress Susan Lucci and her husband Helmut Huber celebrated their wedding anniversary at The Homestead Inn-Thomas Henkelmann in Greenwich.
Greenwich native and Oscar-winning actress
sold Beanfield, her historic farmhouse of 30 years in nearby Bedford Hills, N.Y.
Fashion icon
found a buyer after putting his 22-acre estate on John Street in Greenwich up for sale for $47.5 million while he and his wife, Dee, find new digs in Palm Beach, Fla.
New York Yankees Hall of Famer Mariano Rivera and his wife, Clara, put their Rye, N.Y., estate on the market for $3.995 million after building a new home in nearby White Plains, N.Y.
Actor Richard Gere, 70,
and his wife, publicist Alejandra Silva, 37, welcomed their second son together at their home in Pound Ridge, N.Y., in April. Gere also shares a 20-year-old son with his former wife, actress Carey Lowell.
Actor Alec Baldwin, 62, and his wife, 36-year-old fitness instructor of Bedford, N.Y., welcomed her fifth child, a son Eduardo “Edu” Pao Lucas, in September
Film producer ford, son of TV personality Kathie Lee Gifford and the late football great Frank Gifford, married his longtime girlfriend at Gifford’s waterfront home in Riverside over the Labor Day weekend. Kathie Lee Gifford’s daughter, actress Cassidy Gifford, tied the knot with Ben Wierda at his family’s home in Michigan in June.
Actor and comedian Ad
am Sandler was seen picking up food after Yom Kippur at Fred 06825 eatery on Black Rock Turnpike in Fairfield.
NBA all-star player Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz and his family donated $12 million to his alma mater, Greenwich Country Day School. The money will support construction of a new athletic center as well as fund scholarships for lowincome students to have the opportunity to attend the private school. The newly created Mitchell Family Scholarship Fund is the largest in GCDS history. Mitchell also spoke at the Boys & Girls Club of Greenwich this fall.
Greenwich resident Steve Cohen, new owner of the New York Mets, was seen dining at Polpo Restaurant in Greenwich with fellow resident Jeff Wilpon, former COO of the Mets; Brodie
Van Wagenen, former general manager of the Mets; and Omar Minaya, previous general manager of the Mets.
“One Life,” the memoir from Megan Rapinoe, an Olympic gold medalist and two-time Women’s World Cup champion, was released this fall to bookstores. Rapinoe and her partner WNBA’s Seattle Storm star Sue Bird, who recently announced their engagement, reside in Greenwich.
A new Greenwich version of the game of Monopoly, created by Top Trumps USA Inc. and highlighting some of the town’s favorite locations and events, can be found at many stores in town.
Greenwich philanthropists Ray and Barbara Dalio donated $4 million in support of medical care and food for those who cannot afford it during the COVID-19 crisis in Fairfield County.
Husband-and-wife actors Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds, who live in nearby Bedford, N.Y., pledged $1 million to Feeding America and Food Banks Canada during the coronavirus pandemic.
Former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, residents of nearby Chappaqua, N.Y., sent over 400 pizzas to hospitals throughout Westchester County to help feed healthcare workers during the pandemic.
Fashion icon ren of Bedford, N.Y., donated $10 million from his company and the Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation to benefit charitable organizations associated with the coronavirus crisis.