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Friday, August 29, 2008

08/29/08 Greenwich News From Around The World


THE RAW GREENWICH


OVERNIGHT


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Greenwich Time
A regulation that allows only residents to park during the daytime on Idlewild Manor has been made permanent, despite complaints from a renter on the block about the rule's impact on family members and guests visiting her.

Water Bottler Wins Approval For Pipeline In Mich.
WWUP-TV Cadillac
... Environmental Quality said Thursday that Nestle Waters North America's proposal meets permitting requirements. The Greenwich, Conn., company is part of Switzerland's Nestle SA. Regulators earlier decided the project isn't likely to harm surface or ...
reenwich ime
Fifty years ago, the Greenwich Council, Boy Scouts of America, signed a deed of ownership on 75 acres of backcountry forestland where it soon created a lake for campers to swim, canoe and fish in every summer.
Greenwich Post
The new school year might have launched yesterday, but Greenwich’s public school teachers were raring and ready to go much earlier.
Greenwich Time
Thanks to donors, the blood shortage in Connecticut is no longer at the critical level it reached last month. The Red Cross, however, is still urging residents to keep donating.
West Nile Infected Insects Found Locally
Greenwich Citizen
By PATRICIA McCORMACK Mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Greenwich and 19 other Connecticut towns are "beginning to concern me," ...
Greenwich Post
The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program notified Greenwich health officials yesterday that pools of mosquitoes trapped in Greenwich in the beginning of August have tested positive for West Nile Virus(WNV).

Gold gains for a third day
The Sydney Morning Herald
... foundation revealed in the details of the report,'' said Michael Darda, the chief economist at MKM Partners LP in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``With the G7 economies now slowing sharply, which threatens US exports, and stressed credit markets colliding ...
The Greenwich Post
Alan Golder, accused of being the infamous “Dinnertime Bandit,” was convicted on four counts Aug. 20 for allegedly breaking into several Greenwich homes in the late 1990s and stealing valuable jewelry.

The Closer: European agencies catching on
NY Daily News
... , Germany , is looking for a major New York City rollout over the next two years. With offices in Southampton , Greenwich, Conn. , Scarsdale, West Hartford , Providence, Cape Cod and Naples , Fla. , we're surprised it took them this long to get ...
Greenwich Post
Commuters waiting for the next train on the Fairfield station platform on a sunny Tuesday morning were approached by a tall man wearing a blue dress shirt, a tie and a smile.

The Bittersweet Legacy of a Rich Man's Looted Art
Forward
... collection is recounted in "Reclaimed," an exhibition catalog by Peter C. Sutton, director of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn. The exhibition at the museum near the home of Goudstikker's heir, daughter-in-law Marei von Saher, runs through ...
Greenwch Post
60 Minutes is not just the longest prime time program in television history. It is also regarded as the pre-eminent news magazine on the air today and has been home to some of television’s most famous journalists such as Mike Wallace, Don Hewitt, Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and Christiane Amanpour.

St. Regis Sponsors Major Polo Tournament
Hotels
... Island and the St. Regis International Cup at Cowdray, St. Regis is participating in polo in Palm Beach, Florida, Greenwich, Connecticut and Bridgehampton, New York throughout 2008. St. Regis has partnered with longstanding polo-supporter and luxury ...
Greenwich Post
The modular classrooms have been declared safe and clean after mold was cleaned out during the summer, but some parents remain skeptical.
At a special parents meeting Tuesday evening, one day before school began, close to 50 Hamilton Avenue parents were assured by Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and Bob Brown, director of industrial hygiene for Hygenix, that the classrooms are safe. Mr. Brown and Ty Tregellas of Turner Construction detailed how the classrooms were cleaned and what steps were taken to not only get rid of existing mold, but prevent it from recurring.

'Dinnertime Bandit' Convicted; Those Responsible Exult ( No Relish Here ) Greenwich Citizen
He called himself the "best second-story man in the business," but Alan Golder, dubbed the "Dinnertime Bandit" for allegedly robbing or attempting to rob more than 20 well-to-do Greenwich homeowners of their ...

Founder to Leave Eagle Hill in '09
Greenwich Citizen
... in Hardwick, Mass., and ran the summer camp for learning disabled children in the early '70s when a group of Greenwich parents invited him to start an Eagle School in Greenwich. "A number of Greenwich kids with learning disabilities came to the camp ...

Women's Well of Love Overflows in Tanzania
Greenwich Citizen
Old Greenwich resident Susan Rohrer
is the co-founder of Children of Tanzania. Last month she visited the village of Meali in the East African country to assess needs and get a first-hand account of the ...

Himes campaigns at Saugatuck station
Westport Minuteman
... in the air, everyone seemed happy enough to shake the hand of the candidate. Himes, 42, an ex-Wall Streeter from Greenwich, is running on the Democratic ticket against Christopher Shays, the 11-term Republican. Himes recently easily defeated Lee ...

St. Regis Hotels and Resorts Honors the Regal History of Polo with...
Hotels
... Island and the St. Regis International Cup at Cowdray, St. Regis is participating in polo in Palm Beach, Florida, Greenwich, Connecticut and Bridgehampton, New York throughout 2008. St. Regis has partnered with longstanding polo-supporter and luxury ...

Race for the 4th - the last Republican standing
Minuteman
... Shays' $1.7 million. Both men will be well-financed for the upcoming battle. On Aug. 12, Himes handily beat fellow Greenwich resident Lee Whitnum in the Democratic primary. After that victory, Himes was quoted saying, ""We're all breathing a sigh of ...

State authorizes Nestle to steal more of your property
MichiganLiberal
... previously have determined the project isn't likely to adversely affect surface or groundwater resources. Greenwich, Conn.-based Nestle plans to withdraw 150 gallons per minute from an aquifer in the county 70 miles north of Grand Rapids. That is, ...

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Announces the Acquisition of the...
Earth Times
GREENWICH, Conn. - Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. announced today that it has purchased the Veteran ' s Plaza Shopping Center in New Milford, Connecticut for $10.3 million.

Editors
Flying
... Mac has been based in Kansas City and Grand Haven, Michigan, before returning to the main office, then in Greenwich, Connecticut, to become editor in chief in 1990. Mac has logged more than 10,000 hours flying virtually every current ...

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find yourself ...
The Brattleboro Reformer
... the price of one. "A Perfect Ganesh" is the funny and deeply moving story of two middle aged suburban women from Greenwich, Conn., traveling without their husbands for the first time, whose encounter with India shakes them and transforms the way ...

He Makes Human Life More Human
Alexandria Gazette-Packet
... University (where he was a Chaplain). Other stops included serving as chaplain at Ohio State, and as pastor in Greenwich, Connecticut and The American Church in London, England. While in London, Pera preached the first American Thanksgiving Day ...

Valet parking balloons in White Plains
The Journal News
... parking has become a big plus for the business district. "It's a great convenience," said William Struthers of Greenwich, Conn., who paid $5 to have his Lexus parked in the City Center garage while he and his wife dined at Legal Sea Foods on a ...

Adopt a dog (or cat) at annual family event
Journal News
... annual Puttin' On the Dog show and festival Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Conn. The fundraiser for the organization, which runs a shelter in Armonk, will include dogs and cats available for ...

New adoption group to launch in the fall
Journal News
... share in the adoption experience. The group is being sponsored by Adoption Connection at Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, Conn. It will meet Oct. 20, Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. There will be an introductory session for parents only ...

Works of art, not just vehicles
The Gazette
... the memory of its lines into his brain. Twenty-five years later, Pray, by then a successful car dealer in tony Greenwich, Conn., bought the Delahaye from the estate of the first and only owner, an American who rescued the car after Paris fell to the ...

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