Glenville Volunteer Fire Company President Sandy Kornberg, right, and Susan Wohlforth place a memorial wreath at a memorial made of a piece of World Trade Center steel outside the Glenville fire house as part of a 9/11 remembrance ceremony.

For years, the Glenville Volunteer Fire Company has marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks with a ceremony at its firehouse, which is home to a 9/11 memorial formed by a piece of steel from the World Trade Center.

Rain forced this year’s ceremony indoors last Sunday as the volunteer firefighters joined other Greenwich first responders, town and state officials and members of the community in marking 21 years since the terrorist attacks, which killed 32 people with ties to Greenwich.

“We have been completely and totally devoted to the memory of 9/11,” Glenville Volunteer Fire Company President Sandy Kornberg said. “This is something that is very important to us.”

Nearly 60 people attended the ceremony, including Chief of Police James Heavey, a member of the volunteer fire company. An honor guard also took part in the brief ceremony as tribute was paid to those who died.

Police Capt. Jim Bonney played “Amazing Grace” on the bagpipes as Kornberg and town resident Susan Wohlforth, whose husband, Martin, was killed in the attacks, placed a wreath at the base of the memorial steel beam.

“It’s amazing to see the community turn out for this,” Kornberg said. “We have an amazing turnout every year for our 9/11 ceremony and our Memorial Day parade, even in bad weather.”

The town of Greenwich is installing a new robotic mower that will put the “green” in cutting the grass at Town Hall.

Earlier this month, the town Department of Parks and Recreation began a public/private partnership with Greenow. There will be a ceremony Sept. 21 to cut the ribbon on the initiative, which the town Conservation Commission said will “welcome the new technology in lawn care and set the path for the emission-free future.”

“Although often overlooked, small-motor, gasoline-powered lawn equipment is a significant contributor to climate change. According to the EPA, off-road gasoline-powered equipment, such as lawn mowers and leaf blowers, emit approximately 242 million tons of pollutants annually, degrading air quality,” the commission said.

Greenow’s founder Erik Horn is a native of Norway and said he wanted to bring the kind of smarter, greener lawn technology that is used in Scandinavia.

“We are eagerly exploring ways to improve the sustainability of our land management practices and welcome the addition of robotic lawn mowing as a low-noise, zero emission addition,” said Gregory Kramer, town tree warden.

Unlike a traditional lawn mower, the quieter robotic mower offers environmental benefits because it does not produce direct emissions through gas-powered small engines and instead consumes a low amount of energy. Additionally, it produces fine clippings that blanket the ground, conserving moisture, building soil and feeding microbial communities.

The Sept. 21 event is sponsored by the Parks and Recreation Department and the Conservation Commission as well as Quiet Yards Greenwich, the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, the town Sustainability Committee and the Pollinator Pathway initiative.

Interested in learning more about the importance of food from a cultural, economic and sociological standpoint? The town of Greenwich has a special virtual program planned.

The Foodshed Network and the town Conservation Commission will present “Seasonality: A Celebration of Taste, Place and Connection,” a free webinar on Zoom at 7 p.m. Sept. 21. It is the fourth panel of the Greenwich Food System Forum.

The webinar will feature a chef, an artisan, an artist, a farmer and a food writer, who will explore “what it means to celebrate seasonality as a conduit to taste, place and connection.” Ali Ghiorse, founder of The Foodshed Network, will moderate the discussion.

The participants will be Dawn Spears, director of the Northeast Indigenous Arts Alliance and co-founder of the Narragansett Food Sovereignty Initiative; David Standridge, executive chef at the Shipwright’s Daughter in Mystic; Natalie Love Cruz, an Afro-Latina culinary professional, writer and food justice advocate; and Matthew Rose, lead cheesemonger at the Fairfield-Greenwich Cheese Company.

According to the Conservation Commission, “The discussion will help us understand the ways in which practices such as industrialization, structural racism, and lack of access to fresh, local and affordable foods have dissociated society from experiencing ‘a sense of place’ through food.”

For more information and to register, visit thefoodshednetwork.org/greenwich-food-system-forum.

Sports fans will enjoy the newest exhibit on display at the C. Parker Gallery in downtown Greenwich.

“Ready Player One” opened on Sept. 15 with a reception that included a meet-and-greet with sports card artist Steve Lacy. The exhibit will run through Oct. 6 at the gallery at 409 Greenwich Ave.

The exhibit features Lacy’s presentation of vintage rookie cards of iconic stars from the NBA, NFL and MLB, including Michael Jordan, Lawrence Taylor, Mickey Mantle, Wayne Gretzky and LeBron James. In addition, Gavin Sewell’s game board collages will be shown, which the gallery said will “harken back to classic family nights playing Monopoly and Clue.” Craig Alan’s work depicting Rubik’s Cube and superheroes is also on display.

There is also art from Muhammad Ali, including hand-signed prints and autographed memorabilia.

“Summer is over, but the fun doesn’t have to end,” C. Parker Gallery owner Tiffany Benincasa said. “This engaging exhibit will celebrate the enduring influence of games and sports on our lives through our artists’ playful takes on sports legends, board games and more.”

The gallery will also display a selection of collectibles, including signed jerseys and photographs of NBA legends Kevin Durant, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird.

The gallery is open Tuesdays through Sundays as well by appointment. For more information, visit www.cparkergallery.com.

Ken Borsuk has been a reporter for Greenwich Time since 2015 but has been covering Greenwich news since 2000. He has extensively covered local government including the Board of Selectmen, Board of Estimate Taxation and Representative Town Meeting.