Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich and members of the Town of Greece Youth Board would like to remind high school seniors that applications are now being accepted for the Jerry J. Helfer Youth Engagement Scholarship. Jerry Helfer was a man of exceptional character and virtue who always exhibited kindness to anyone he encountered. Throughout his life, Jerry dedicated his time and talents to making our community a better place. One of Jerry’s first positons in public service was being a member of the Greece Youth Board. Additionally, Jerry served as Town Councilman from 1998 until 2009 and as Deputy Supervisor from January 2014 until his untimely passing in July of the same year.
“Jerry was an upstanding citizen, co-worker, and friend” said Supervisor Reilich. “It is an honor for me to announce this scholarship in memory of Jerry. His respect for public service and his love for learning are the foundations of this scholarship. Jerry loved his community and we want to be able to engage our youth to enable their participation in local government and community service. I encourage all seniors in high school to apply for this scholarship and continue on Jerry’s lifelong legacy of public service and learning”.
The Jerry J. Helfer Youth Engagement Scholarship provides the Greece community with the opportunity to recognize a student that regularly upholds exemplary moral values, devotes time and energy into helping serve the Greece community, and consistently displays outstanding leadership skills.
Scholarship applications can be found on the Town of Greece website: https://greeceny.gov/departments/parksandrecreation/jerry-j-helfer-youth-engagement-scholarship. The scholarship deadline is Friday, May 27, 2022.
For more information, please contact the Greece Youth Board at 723-2934 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich and members of the Town of Greece Youth Board have announced that applications are now being accepted for the Jerry J. Helfer Youth Engagement Scholarship. Jerry Helfer was a man of exceptional character and virtue who always exhibited kindness to anyone he encountered. Throughout his life, Jerry dedicated his time and talents to making our community a better place. One of Jerry’s first positons in public service was being a member of the Greece Youth Board. Additionally, Jerry served as Town Councilman from 1998 until 2009 and as Deputy Supervisor from January 2014 until his untimely passing in July of the same year.
“Jerry was an upstanding citizen, co-worker, and friend” said Supervisor Reilich. “It is an honor for me to announce this scholarship in memory of Jerry. His respect for public service and his love for learning are the foundations of this scholarship. Jerry loved his community and we want to be able to engage our youth to enable their participation in local government and community service. I encourage all seniors in high school to apply for this scholarship and continue on Jerry’s lifelong legacy of public service and learning”.
The Jerry J. Helfer Youth Engagement Scholarship provides the Greece community with the opportunity to recognize a student that regularly upholds exemplary moral values, devotes time and energy into helping serve the Greece community, and consistently displays outstanding leadership skills.
Scholarship applications can be found on the Town of Greece website: https://greeceny.gov/departments/parksandrecreation/jerry-j-helfer-youth-engagement-scholarship. The scholarship deadline is Friday, May 27, 2022.
For more information, please contact the Greece Youth Board at 723-2934 or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..
Supervisor Bill Reilich, along with Town of Greece Receiver of Taxes Andrew Conlon and Greece Town Board Members Mike Barry, Bill Murphy, Mike Bloomer, and Diana Christodaro announce free Spring Shredding Event for Greece residents.
This free Shredding Event will be held Wednesday, May 18th, 2022 from 1:00pm – 4:00pm at the Greece Town Hall Campus. Services will be provided by Shred-Text. For more information about the company, please call 247-5250 or visit their website at www.shredtext.com. For information about the Town of Greece Shredding Event, please call 225-2000.
“I am excited to join our Greece Receiver of Taxes and Greece Town Council Members in scheduling another free shredding event for our residents” said Supervisor Reilich. “I, our Greece Council Members, and our Receiver of Taxes will all be on hand to assist residents with unloading their vehicles throughout the duration of the event. We ask that each participant limit the number of boxes they bring to the shredding event to 5 boxes. All documents will be shredded confidentially and on site”.
Supervisor Bill Reilich is pleased to announce that the Town of Greece was named a 2021 Tree City USA by the Arbor Day Foundation in honor of its commitment to effective urban forest management.
The Town of Greece achieved Tree City USA recognition by meeting the program’s four requirements which include establishing a tree board, creating a tree-care ordinance, having an annual community forestry budget, and observing Arbor Day with a proclamation.
“Tree City USA communities benefit from the positive effects that an urban tree canopy has year after year,” said Dan Lambe, Chief Executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “The trees being planted and cared for by Greece ensure that generations to come will enjoy a better quality of life. Additionally, participation in this program helps cultivate a sense of stewardship and pride for the trees the community plants and cares for”.
“Preserving our town’s natural beauty is a very important mission. I am honored that the Arbor Day Foundation has granted our Town with this distinguished title. It is a testament to our community’s commitment in conserving our forestry and protecting the natural beauty of our town” said Supervisor Reilich. “The presence of trees in our urban and suburban centers is vital to the public infrastructure of our town and helps to provide an abundant of environmental, social and economic benefits”.
The Arbor Day Foundation is a multi-community non-for-profit conservation and educational organization with the task to inspire people to plant, nurture, and respect trees. For more information on various initiates by the Arbor Day Foundation, please visit arborday.org.
Attached, please find the official correspondence sent to Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich from Arbor Day Foundation Chief Executive Dan Lambe congratulating the Town of Greece on earning recognition as a 2021 Tree City USA.
Supervisor Reilich is thrilled to join the Greece Town Board members, Town employees, and every resident in the Town of Greece in celebrating our great Town’s 200th year bicentennial anniversary!
On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, all Greece Town Employees proudly wore shirts displaying the 200th Year Anniversary logo in recognition of our great town’s birthday. As photos of employee shirts began to circulate, residents started messaging the town asking if the shirts were available to purchase.
“When the community reaches out with questions, ideas, and suggestions, I listen” said Supervisor Reilich. “Today, I am excited to announce that 200th Year Anniversary t-shirts will soon be made available for the public to purchase. 100% of the proceeds collected from the sale of the t-shirts will be put towards relief efforts in Ukraine”.
Once the shipment has arrived, we will inform the public of the process to secure a t-shirt. The cost will be $12/shirt and can be ordered via credit card online through: http://bit.ly/greece200anniversaryshirt This link will go live at noon tomorrow, Friday, March 25, 2022. Those who prefer to pay in cash or check can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to coordinate a pickup time. T-shirts will be available for pickup at the Greece Town Hall Supervisor’s Office, 2nd Floor – 1 Vince Tofany Boulevard, Greece, New York, 14612. Again, 100% of the proceeds will benefit relief efforts in Ukraine. There will be an option via cash or check to donate more to the relief effort in addition to the $12 cost of the t-shirt if you so choose.
The charitable organization the Town of Greece has chosen to support is the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund through Global Giving. The mission of this fund is to support Ukrainians in need with a focus on the most vulnerable. All donations to the fund will support humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled. Donations will help provide shelter, food, and clean water for refugees; health and psychosocial support; and access to education and economic assistance. To learn more about this organization, please visit their website: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/
Supervisor Reilich is thrilled to join the Greece Town Board members, Town employees, and every resident in the Town of Greece in celebrating our great Town’s 200th year bicentennial anniversary!
On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, all Greece Town Employees proudly wore shirts displaying the 200th Year Anniversary logo in recognition of our great town’s birthday. As photos of employee shirts began to circulate, residents started messaging the town asking if the shirts were available to purchase.
“When the community reaches out with questions, ideas, and suggestions, I listen” said Supervisor Reilich. “Today, I am excited to announce that 200th Year Anniversary t-shirts will soon be made available for the public to purchase. 100% of the proceeds collected from the sale of the t-shirts will be put towards relief efforts in Ukraine”.
Once the shipment has arrived, we will inform the public of the process to secure a t-shirt. The cost will be $12/shirt and can be ordered via credit card online through: http://bit.ly/greece200anniversaryshirt This link will go live at noon tomorrow, Friday, March 25, 2022. Those who prefer to pay in cash or check can email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to coordinate a pickup time. T-shirts will be available for pickup at the Greece Town Hall Supervisor’s Office, 2nd Floor – 1 Vince Tofany Boulevard, Greece, New York, 14612. Again, 100% of the proceeds will benefit relief efforts in Ukraine. There will be an option via cash or check to donate more to the relief effort in addition to the $12 cost of the t-shirt if you so choose.
The charitable organization the Town of Greece has chosen to support is the Ukraine Crisis Relief Fund through Global Giving. The mission of this fund is to support Ukrainians in need with a focus on the most vulnerable. All donations to the fund will support humanitarian assistance in impacted communities in Ukraine and surrounding regions where Ukrainian refugees have fled. Donations will help provide shelter, food, and clean water for refugees; health and psychosocial support; and access to education and economic assistance. To learn more about this organization, please visit their website: https://www.globalgiving.org/projects/ukraine-crisis-relief-fund/
Please note that the flags on the Greece Town Hall Campus will be flown at half-staff through sunset on Sunday, March 27th, 2022 in honor of Madeleine Korbel Albright. Her decorated political career included serving as a staffer for Senator Edmund Muskie followed by the National Security Council under President Carter. And then to the United Nations where she served as United States Ambassador, and ultimately, made history as our first woman Secretary of State. Our thoughts and prayers join those throughout the country as we mourn the loss of former Secretary of State Madeleine Korbel Albright.
Supervisor Reilich is thrilled to join the Greece Town Board members, Town employees, and every resident in the Town of Greece in celebrating our great Town’s Bicentennial Anniversary! The Town is celebrating this significant milestone with a variety of events and services for residents that commemorate our two hundred year history and progress as a town and community. March 22, 2022 marks the two-hundred-year anniversary of the Town of Greece. Originally called Northampton, the town was named after the country of Greece, which was fighting a war of independence from Turkish rule. We look forward to celebrating Greece's rich history as one of the largest municipalities in New York State.
One of the many celebratory services we released is the Town of Greece’s Bicentennial Historic Resources Survey. The survey is an online, living archive of maps, images, information and historical narratives documenting Greece’s heritage in an accessible format that is easy to navigate for people of all ages. The survey is maintained by the Town Historian and utilized to share the highlights of our history that have contributed to Greece being the great town and community it is today. The survey link can be found here: https://storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/7a414722fef745efb0fddfad4af0bdf3
We also published a commemorative 2022 calendar in celebration of the Town’s 200 year anniversary, complete with photographs submitted by the community. We received many submissions of historical photographs that depict the long and rich history of the Town of Greece. Thank you to those who took the time to submit photographs! Photographs were organized in a calendar format and offer a window into the past and a view of the treasured elements of our narrative, as told and seen by the residents who lived it. The collection of photographs serves to both memorialize and honor that story and may our tale continue to be celebrated by our residents long into the future. Calendars were available to residents in late 2021 thru early 2022.
As we entered 2021 last year, Supervisor Bill Reilich invited Greece Town residents to submit original renderings for the official logo to be used on all official literature, documentation and social media relating to the Town’s plan to celebrate this historic event. We want to again thank every person who created and submitted a logo idea, and congratulations again to Sarah Pearlman Ventura for her design being chosen to be the featured logo!
March 25, 2021 marked the Country of Greece’s 200th year of independence. In honor of this significant anniversary on Thursday, March 25th, 2021, the Town of Greece exhibited a special display in the service mall area of Greece Town Hall. The national flag of Greece that was presented by Mr. Quick during the Deputy Minister of Greece’s visit in 2016 was flown on the Greece Town Hall Campus and at dusk, the night sky was lit blue as we stood in celebration alongside much of the world, which also joined in this historic recognition. In addition, we prepared a proclamation that was sent to the Prime Minister on behalf of all of the residents of the Town of Greece.
Throughout the year, you will see all Town of Greece official vehicles sporting the 200th year anniversary logo! From DPW equipment, electric vehicles, Parks Department trucks, and Greece Police Department cars and SUV’s, all are proudly displaying the bicentennial logo in recognition of our Town’s milestone birthday.
Finally, we launched a 200-year anniversary time capsule! Greece residents were encouraged to submit suggestions of items to be included in the time capsule that will be enjoyed by future residents! Later this spring we will be placing a fifty year time capsule on the Town Hall campus! It will include artifacts recommended by our residents in response to the survey given last fall. There were so many great suggestions! Stay tuned for a date announcing the placement and sealing of the time capsule.
“Keep on the lookout for additional events and services this year that will highlight this momentous occasion!” said Supervisor Reilich. “Later this month, we will be announcing a very popular national act that will be joining us for our concert series at this year’s Old Fashioned 4th of July Celebration. Events this year will have a little something for everyone!”
Supervisor Reilich is thrilled to join the Greece Town Board members, Town employees, and every resident in the Town of Greece in celebrating our great Town’s 200th year bicentennial anniversary! The Town is celebrating this significant milestone with a variety of events and services for residents that commemorate our two hundred year history and progress as a town and community. March 22, 2022 marks the two-hundred-year anniversary of the Town of Greece. Originally called Northampton, the town was named after the country of Greece, which was fighting a war of independence from Turkish rule. We look forward to celebrating Greece's rich history as one of the largest municipalities in New York State.
As we entered 2021 last year, Supervisor Bill Reilich invited Greece Town residents to submit original renderings for the official logo to be used on all official literature, documentation and social media relating to the Town’s plan to celebrate this historic event. We want to again thank every person who created and submitted a logo idea, and congratulations again to Sarah Pearlman Ventura for her design being chosen to be the featured logo!
“Throughout the year, you will see all Town of Greece official vehicles sporting the 200th year anniversary logo!” said Supervisor Reilich. “From DPW equipment, electric vehicles, Parks Department trucks, and Greece Police Department cars and SUV’s, all are proudly displaying the 200th year anniversary logo in recognition of our Town’s milestone birthday. Keep on the lookout for additional events and services this year that will highlight this momentous occasion!”
Greece Town Supervisor Bill Reilich was joined by Greece Town Council Members Mike Barry, Bill Murphy, Mike Bloomer, and Diana Christodaro for a proclamation ceremony during the Town Board Meeting on Thursday, February 17, 2022.
Phil Tomasso and his wife, Stephanie, purchased Something Delicious Bake Shop in the beginning of 2020. Stephanie was running a bake shop business from their home and they were looking to expand their space. After moving into the space, Stephanie and Phil began receiving casting calls because the previous owner had participated in Food Network competition shows. Eventually, they received an email from Guy Fieri’s Chance of a Lifetime to participate in a Guy Fieri-hosted reality show in which contestants compete for the chance to open a Chicken Guy Franchise. Phil won 2nd place in the competition, which resulted in receiving a $40k franchising fee to open a Chicken Guy restaurant.
“Congratulations, Phil, on your amazing accomplishment!” said Supervisor Reilich. “We hope you can realize the dream of opening a Chicken Guy restaurant here in the Town of Greece!”