Back to Normal in Greenwich Town Hall

It was business as usual in the Geographic Information Service office at Tuesday, 5 days after the discovery of an envelope containing a white powdery substance caused a large scale response from local, state and federal agencies.

"All of the testing is back and ther were no harmful pathogens," said spokesman Lt Kraig Gray. Gray said "no comment" when asked what the substance was that was found in the envelope left on a counter in the GIS section of the town hall Information Technology Department on the ground floor about 4 p.m., April 26.

Gray said he could not comment about the "open investigation" that's being conducted by local, state and federal agencies.

and brought to Greenwich Hospital after he came into contact with the envelope.

On May 1, Police Chief James Heavey said that he hoped that "clues" found by investigators would lead to an arrest of whomever left the envelope. He also said that Greenwich investigators have been conucting a safety assessment of the town hall to determine whether beefed up security measures should be implemented.

The town hall, located at 101 Field Point Rd., is the backdrop for dozens of municipal and private agency meetings. Unlike other area municipal buildings, Greenwich does not have a central check-in point at the main entrance.

While the IT and GIS offices were closed in the wake of the April 26 incident, employees were able to telecommute and those operations continued uninterrupted. However, the public was unable to access the GIS office which was, until May 1, taped off and inaccessable to the public.