Kids and parents explore world of bees
Clem and Tala Garcia get a close look at a live, enclosed beehive during Saturday morning's lecture on 'The Art and Science of Beekeeping' by Hanover beekeeper Stuart Woronecki at the Greenwich Library.
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Glenville demolition a go, but new Hamilton Avenue delayed again
Written by Ken Borsuk,Staff Reporter
With the new Hamilton Avenue School almost certain to be delayed past the opening of school on Aug. 27, the Board of Education established back-up plans Tuesday night that not only impact Hamilton Avenue’s students, but also Glenville School’s.
The board unanimously gave the official go-ahead to demolish Glenville School so its long-awaited renovation may begin this summer. But a “drop-dead date” of Aug. 8 was established as the day the board will have to pull the trigger on temporarily dispersing Glenville students throughout the district.
If the school receives its temporary certificate of occupancy (TCO) from the town’s building department by Aug. 8 then Glenville students will go into modular classrooms at Western Middle School for an Aug. 27 start and Hamilton Avenue students will have a delayed opening until Sept. 8, but will open the year in their new building.
However, if the TCO is not set by Aug. 8, then the plan changes......Pool company owner arraigned for boy's death
Written by Ken Borsuk,Staff Reporter
The president of Shoreline Pools was arraigned Monday at Stamford Superior Court after being charged in connection with the accidental drowning of 6-year-old Greenwich resident Zachary Cohn last summer.
David Lionetti, president of the Stamford-based company, has been charged with second degree manslaughter. Authorities have charged that because his company did not install a required safety device that would have turned the pool’s suction valve off after the boy’s arm became trapped in it, Mr. Lionetti is responsible for his death. Mr. Lionetti is expected to appear in court on Aug. 12, and his attorney, Richard Meehan Jr., has said he will plead not guilty at that time......
Wiffle ball kids use Dundee for summer
Written by Sam Cross,Post Correspondent
After closing down the hotly debated Wiffle ball field on Riverside Lane, the town has made arrangements for the children to play at Dundee International School for the remainder of the summer....
Westfield or bust for BR 13s
Written by Paul Silverfarb
Today starts a new chapter for the Greenwich Babe Ruth 13-Year-Old All-Star team, as they now get to say that they are representing the state of Connecticut in this year’s New England Regional tournament
Greenwich, District I champions, took to the field at Unity Park in Trumbull Friday night and beat a feisty Naugatuck team 6-2 to claim the state championship.
Greenwich swimmers flock to Cheshire, Wesleyan for States
Written by Lucy Cobbs, Post Sports Correspondent
More than 40 Greenwich swimmers made a splash this past weekend at the 2008 Long Course Age Group State Championships.
Young swimmers from YWCA Dolphins and YMCA of Greenwich Marlins competed at the Cheshire Community Pool in Cheshire and Wesleyan University in Middletown. Between the two pools, more than 1,000 swimmers from 48 Connecticut teams participated in the meet, which was held Thursday through Sunday.
“In this meet, you’re competing with the best of the best. Everyone’s times are so close,” said Haley Sylvester of the Dolphins.....
Familiar foe ends Greenwich’s World Series run
| Written by George Albano, Post Sports Correspondent Only one team stood between the Greenwich Cal Ripken 12U all-stars and the 2008 New England championship. Not surprisingly, that team was New Canaan, Greenwich’s longtime nemesis. The team that knocked the local Cal Ripken all-stars out of the district and state tournaments was a thorn in Greenwich’s side for the third time in a month. Floor hockey registration under wayRegistration has begun for indoor floor hockey run by the Department of Parks and Recreation and Future Stars. The clinic will begin Aug. 18 and run to Aug. 22 from 4 to 6 p.m. at the Greenwich Civic Center for children in second through fifth grade This instructional clinic will teach the basic fundamentals of floor hockey. Stick work, passing, catching, shooting, basic offensive and defensive skills, and small-sided games will be played.The cost for the six sessions is $200. Space is limited to the first 24 children per session. For more information call Billie Schock at the Greenwich Civic Center 637-4583, or visit Greenwichct.org. Politics at play behind progressive columnist’s firing? Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter Ms. Littman, a children’s book author who had been contributing to the paper since 2001, had been a regular columnist since 2003. Readers of her column said her departure came as a shock. She said she was fired after she wrote a column sharply criticizing congressional candidate and Greenwich resident Lee Whitnum, who is challenging party-supported Jim Himes, a Cos Cob resident, for the Democratic nomination on Aug. 12, for her foreign policy stances and conduct during the campaign. Ms. Whitnum complained to the paper’s editor and soon after Ms. Littman said she found herself fired, despite never missing deadlines, always hitting her word counts and having a loyal following of readers. “The reason they gave me was that I had held a meet-and-greet [which is an introductory event but not a fund-raiser] for Jim Himes last September and by writing this column about Lee Whitnum I had ‘compromised the integrity of the newspaper,’” Ms. Littman told the Post on Tuesday. However, Ms. Littman said, she feels the reason for her dismissal goes beyond this particular column. She said people at the paper knew long before she wrote the column that she had held the event for Mr. Himes and that it reflected her desire to remove her point of view from the paper. She said she is employed not as a reporter but as a columnist and she is open about her progressive views and support of Democrats..... ....Frank Farricker, the Democratic candidate for first selectman last year, said he personally believed that a select few people had convinced Mr. Dunster to fire her “just because they didn’t like what she had to say.” “I have a great deal of respect for the columnists they have at the Time, but she was the lone voice there that spoke with a different line of thinking than the rest of them,” Mr. Farricker told the Post. “To call Sarah out for that isn’t right. I think they’re trying to go in one way of thinking in an effort to keep readers, and that means only one kind of point of view is heard. That’s the point of view of the editor and not the community.” Letter-writing campaigns are under way to get Ms. Littman, who will continue blogging at her site, Saramerica.livejournal.com, her job back, and she said she would consider returning if asked. “I might, just because it’s important to have a different voice at what’s a very right-wing paper,” Ms. Littman said. “I was basically the only progressive voice there.” Most 3-year-olds across the world are just learning to walk. In Greenwich, they play soccer..... Greenwich singer will make New York debut Yearning for summer in Europe, but don’t like that exchange rate this year? Here’s a taste of France, close-by. French-American chanteuse Valérie Ahneman, who lives in Greenwich, has released her debut recording, A la Mode and will make her New York night club debut on Friday, Aug. 8, at The Metropolitan Room, New York City. Her full-length CD is an upbeat mix of contemporary favorites and classic French songs, including “La Vie En Rose,” “What’s Love Got To Do With It,” “Je Cherche Un Homme,” and “Crazy.”.... Christmas in July at Boys and Girls Club Written by Sam Cross, Post Correspondent The campers of Camp Simmons of The Boys and Girls Club received a little holiday cheer last Friday when Santa Claus came to visit the camp in honor of July 25.Santa came riding in with the North Street firefighters. After kids finished talking to Santa and telling him their wish list, the fire department hosed down the campers. The water cooled off the campers, who were hot and tired from a full day of activity. |
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