10/17/08 News Links From The Greenwich "We Are Not Talking About Betty" Citizen

What About Betty?????

Last Week The Greenwich "We Love Betty And Not The Kids" Citizen reported that Betty Sternberg poor performance was punished with a salery cap that despite rewarding her with an increase in pay would give her "far less than an optimum salary bonus". Yes Greenwich "We Love Betty And Not The Kids" Citizen was telling us how the board of education punished Betty "The town's highest wage earner" Sternberg with a raise.

But now for two days the Greenwich "We Love Betty And Not The Kids" Citizen Doesn't Want To Report That Betty "The town's highest wage earner" Sternberg will resign in of June of next year. Maybe they are hoping that Betty "The town's highest wage earner" Sternberg will change her mind !!!!!!!

Wall Street Meltdown Blows $4.2M Hole in Town's New Budget

In the wake of the Wall Street meltdown, Greenwich is facing a $4.2-million hole in its tightly laced budget in the new fiscal year that started July I and ends June 30, 2009.

Himes: Shays Out of Touch on Economy, Iraq War

FAIRFIELD - In a meeting last Friday with the Brooks Community Newspapers Editorial Board, Democratic candidate Jim Himes once again took the offensive in his ongoing battle to unseat 21-year incumbent Republican Christopher Shays in the

Awesome Tree Contest: Deadline Near

Greenwich is bursting with beautiful and awesome trees and come Nov. 16 the most beautiful, the most awesome, widest, tallest, even weirdest, and the one with the greatest story will win an award, given by the Greenwich Tree Conservancy.

So Far, Cards on the Money

Thirteen games into the high school girls volleyball season and Greenwich High appears to be exactly where it was a year ago.

Author-Illustrator Tells Little-Known Story of Lincoln: Devoted Father

Rosemary Wells, 65, has dual talents. As author and illustrator she paints her characters into being then gives them voices far younger than her years.

Now Here Is The Hard Hitting Greenwich Citizen And It's Not About The Failed Betty Sternberg Aministration, Mold At The "NEW" 30 Million Dollar The Hamilton Avenue School Or Glenvile School That Exists In Name Only. No It's About Something Much More Inportant.....

Shea Stadium Memories

Let's give Shea Stadium its due. My memories of Yankee Stadium, accumulated during nearly 20 years of sportswriting with daily newspapers in Waterbury and New Haven, appeared in this space a couple of issues back.

Here Are Some More Local Hard Hitting Editorials.....

Wall Street, War and Elections - A Time to Laugh

The Economic Downturn, Obama's Upturn

Protect Yourself

This would almost be funny if wasn't so pitiful.

Hearst Newspapers had the last six days to sumorize what's going on in Greenwich and this was the best they could do?

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