07/07/08 Greenwich Time News Links For Monday

From left: Nick Roldan, Nick Manifold, Todd Offen and Mariano Aguerre, battle it out on the polo grounds at the Greenwich Polo Club yesterday.
(Helen Neafsey/Staff photo)

Teams square off for polo championship
Sitting along the polo field, Jack Petrucelli, 8, watched his favorite player, internationally ranked Mariano Aguerre, hit the ball.

Neighbors want new water tank hidden

For residents living near Aquarion Water Co.'s treatment facility on DeKraft Road, it is imperative that new landscaping adequately screen an expanded facility proposed for the site.

Residents monitor airplane noise

In the tradition of air raid drills and fallout shelters, a new generation of plane spotters is monitoring the skies above lower Fairfield County.

Dog shelters filling up
When staff of Adopt-A-Dog picked up four Huskies from a West Haven family last week, it filled the shelter to capacity, according to Allyson Halm, president of the Greenwich-based organization.

Greider steps in

Like many teenagers, Kathy Greider wasn't sure what she wanted to do with her life. An average student at New Britain High School who spoke out in class and frustrated teachers with her questions, Greider said it dawned on her as she finished her first year at Central Connecticut State University that she wanted to become a teacher.

Hydrogen cars on the way
The vast majority of motorists would have been forced to call AAA or a tow truck. Most would have spent the morning marooned in the breakdown lane on Interstate 95 or, worse yet, the shoulder of the Merritt Parkway, hazard lights blinking and perspiration soaking their business attiire.

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