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The Board of Estimate and Taxation, Greenwich’s finance authority, will host a public hearing on the town’s budget Monday.

The public hearing is an opportunity for members of the public to talk directly to BET members about their budget priorities for the 2024-25 fiscal year, which starts July 1.

BET members have been scouring the budget proposals from town departments for months and they will set their recommended spending on Wednesday during Decision Day.

Decision Day will likely last for hours as the 12 members of the BET debate additions and deletions from the proposed budget. The public hearing is the last formal opportunity for people to provide feedback to the BET.

Once the BET sets its budget this week, it will go to the Representative Town Meeting, which has the ability to cut spending from the BET’s budget, but cannot add to it.

The public hearing is on

Monday at 7 p.m. at Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road.

The meeting will be broadcast on Greenwich Community Television on channels 24 (Verizon), 79 (Optimum) as well as the GCTV YouTube Channel.

People may also submit comments to the BET, which will be added to the public record, via a form on the town’s website. These written comments must be submitted before the close of the public hearing.

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Claire Yu, 17, will hold a golf equipment drive this week in an effort to get more girls involved with the sport.

Yu, a Greenwich resident and captain of the golf team at Rye Country Day School, started a nonprofit organization called GirlGolf to get girls from all backgrounds out on the links.

“Golf has traditionally been a male-dominated sport, and it bothered me that so few girls play,” Yu said in a statement. “It disheartened me to think that so many girls never even tried golf, either for cultural or financial reasons. That’s why I founded GirlGolf. I wanted to introduce girls to golf in a fun and unintimidating environment.”

Yu is organizing a free tournament for beginners in May and her hope is to supply the participants with their own clubs, so she’s holding a drive this week to gather new and gently-used clubs for middle school aged girls.

GirlGolf will also pick up donations from people who cannot make it to the drive.

Contact GirlGolf with questions at 203-232-4694 or girlgolfinc@gmail.com. More information about the nonprofit, its upcoming tournament and eligibility is available at www.girlgolf.org.

Central Greenwich

The Greenwich Health Department and Greenwich Emergency Medical Service will host an information session about administering naloxone, commonly known by the brand name

Narcan.

Narcan is a nasal spray medication that rapidly reverses the effects of an opioid overdose.

The training is free, but seating is limited, so people interested in attending need to register beforehand.

The training is on April 2, from 1 to 2 p.m., at Greenwich Town Hall, 101 Field Point Road, in the Mazza Conference Room.

Call 203-622-7836 for questions and registration.

Downtown

The town-owned skate park is now open for the spring.

Skaters and scooters can hit the park on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 4 p.m., weather permitting. The park is also open on Greenwich Public School holidays.

Hours will expand in April. It costs $5 for a day pass and $30 for a month pass. Registration is also open for the spring skateboarding clinic in April and May.

The skate park is at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park, 100 Arch St.

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The Greenwich Historical Society will host a discussion of the history of Connecticut’s public parks and gardens this week with Chris Lawrie, a landscape design and construction consultant from Lyme.

Lawrie will discuss the history of the American park movement, as well as some of Connecticut’s public parks and historic gardens and the people who created them.

The talk is on Wednesday, from 5:30 to 6:45 p.m., at Greenwich Botanical Garden Center, 130 Bible St.

Visit the Greenwich Historical Society website for tickets and additional information.