Carol Rogers, shellfish co-ordinator, is delighted with the new shellfish boat,
which has a GPS system.
(Helen Neafsey/Greenwich Time photo)
SHELLFISH COMMISSION DOESN'T THINK IT SHOULD BE ACCOUNTABLE TO THE PUBLIC
By Meredith Blake
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:02:48 AM EST
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:02:48 AM EST
After storms last year, town Shellfish Coordinator Carol Rogers headed out into Long Island Sound in an aging boat to take samples of the water and shellfish to determine bacteria levels.
Marine Patrol would escort Rogers because her town-owned boat, built in the 1970s, was unsteady in rough waters.
But now the town Shellfish Commission has a new boat, just in time for recreational shellfishing beds to open this season.
The commission purchased a Parker Pilothouse boat two months ago, which has an enclosed area at the helm that will protect Rogers as well as keep her warm in the winter and out of the direct sunlight in the summer.
"This is a big improvement," she said.
It also has a second steering wheel on deck so she can guide the 23-foot boat while she quickly gets the samples she needs.
The commission has been planning on buying a new boat for more than two years.
"We really needed it," said Sue Baker, a member of the commission, "Determining the water quality is one of the most important things that the commission does."......
.....The shellfish beds reopened on Nov. 1, after closing for the summer. They open this time of year because there are less boats in the water and it is safer and cleaner, according to Roger Bowgen, chairman of the Shellfish Commission .......
.....Bowgen declined to say how much the boat cost, but said it was paid for with funds raised by the Shellfish Commission. Three recent but used 23-foot Parker Pilothouse boats on sale on the Internet were listed at prices around $40,000.
COMMENT:
What's Up With All The Secrecy With The Town Shellfish Commission?
Why Doesn't Roger Bowgen, chairman of the Shellfish Commission Want To Tell Greenwich Residents How Much His New Boat Cost?
Is Bowgen Hiding Something?
Maybe The Complacent Greenwich Media Should File A Freedom Of Information Request That Would Force Bowgen To Release The Cost And Details Of His Boat Purchase To The Public.
By Debra Friedman
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:01:42 AM EST
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:01:42 AM EST
Kathy Danneberg often thinks about the Greenwich farmhouse in which her grandmother and her six siblings grew up. Those memories led her to reconnect with her roots Friday and see the house, at 1 Salem St. in Cos Cob, that is now used as a shelter for the nonprofit organization Kids in Crisis.
"Back then there were seven children in this house; now it's gone back to children," said Danneberg, who said she was happy to learn that her grandmother's former home was being used for such a great cause.
"My grandmother was the light of my life, and she would be thrilled to know that this house is helping families," said Danneberg, of Berkeley Heights, N.J. "It is the epitome of her."
Danneberg's recent 60th birthday inspired her to research her family's roots. That research carried her back to the house she had not visited in more than 30 years - a house she believes her great-grandfather James Maher lived in.
Danneberg discovered that the old farmhouse, which the Greenwich Historical Society dates back to at least the 18th century, had been transported in 1978 from its original location on the property that contains Greenwich High School, 10 Hillside Road, to its current location on Salem Street.
According to Sarah Duffy-Edwards, marketing drector for Kids in Crisis, the house was moved by the Driskill family with the intention of using it as a funeral home, but was donated to the Kids in Crisis organization in 1993.
Previously, the organization was on Prospect Street, where it began in 1978.
"It is now used to house abused, neglected and children otherwise affected by family situations," said Duffy-Edwards.
Kids in Crisis houses up to 20 children each day from infants up to age 17. Duffy-Edwards said children come from all over Fairfield County, and that there have been many Greenwich children coming through their doors in the organization's 30-year history.....
"It is now used to house abused, neglected and children otherwise affected by family situations," said Duffy-Edwards.
Kids in Crisis houses up to 20 children each day from infants up to age 17. Duffy-Edwards said children come from all over Fairfield County, and that there have been many Greenwich children coming through their doors in the organization's 30-year history.....
By Peter Healy
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 02:32:10 AM EST
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 02:32:10 AM EST
STAMFORD - UBS AG has placed up for sublease 112,000 square feet of office space it leases at the Purdue Pharma headquarters in downtown Stamford.
But the Swiss banking giant, which sustained huge losses in the credit crisis and mortgage meltdown, was reticent to discuss whether personnel moves at its Stamford investment bank caused that action.
Spokesman Kris Kagel said Friday that UBS will not say how many people worked there, when they left or whether they were laid off or transferred to other offices.
"I can confirm that UBS has several blocks of space on the market in Stamford and New York City, and we will adjust to market opportunities (to sublet them) as they develop," Kagel said.
By Colleen Flaherty
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:03:58 AM EST
Article Launched: 11/08/2008 08:03:58 AM EST
If the cosmetics industry is recession-proof - remember mogul Leonard Lauder's coinage of the "lipstick effect" after Sept. 11, 2001, when Estee Lauder lipstick sales surged against a slumping overall economy - the construction business is the canary in the economic coal mine. For economists, a drop in applications for residential building permits can indicate a recession.
So how are permit applications faring in Greenwich?
So how are permit applications faring in Greenwich?
"From general activity that we see, building permits do seem to be down slightly," said Chief Building Inspector William Marr. In fact, building permits could decline by 50 percent by the end of the year.
In the fiscal year 2006-07 ending in June 30, Greenwich issued 168 new residential building permits. In 2007-08, the number fell to 167. Since July 1 of this year, just 26 applications for such permits have been filed, setting the town on the path to issuing about 78 by June 30, 2009.
Dr. Khawaja Mamun, assistant professor of business economics at Sacred Heart University in Fairfield, isn't surprised. During a recession, he said, consumption and investment - two major components of the gross domestic product - decline.
"If consumption is down, people are not investing in their houses," he said. Additionally, big-ticket items like appliances, cars and - biggest of all - houses, said Mamun, are the first things consumers sacrifice in a pinch.
Marr said he thinks consumers have felt that pinch just recently, as the number of finished.....
.....Zaven Tachdjian, president of Stone and Powers Inc., 34 West Putnam Ave., said that while his custom home firm is trucking along fine for now, he fears the coming consequences of the current economic climate.
"We'll still be running full-steam ahead for probably another year," he said, adding that he's had to turn people away due to an overpacked schedule. "But there's always like 18 months to 24 months of lag between when somebody thinks about building something and when we get the job. What's going to happen a year from now, that's the question we keep asking ourselves."
By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer
While local Democrats were celebrating victories by Jim Himes and Barack Obama deep into the night Tuesday, U. S. Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., was driving back to Washington, D.C., with his wife, Betsi, and daughter, Jeramy.
By Beth Cooney
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 11/07/2008 01:00:00 AM EST
Article Launched: 11/07/2008 01:00:00 AM EST
The Pirri brothers, Piero and Luigi, deal with roots every day. Usually, the kind that need a little touch-up.
When it came to their new hair care line, Pirri Elements, however, the celebrity hair stylists returned to their own roots. Natural ones.
Their new line of shampoos, conditioners and styling products is based on herbs and fruits found in their native Calabria, Italy. The star of the line is the clean essence of bergamot, a citrus fruit that is indigenous to the region where they spent Sundays stomping wine grapes before soccer matches.
"We were always outdoors; our father made us work the land," says Piero Pirri. "It drove us crazy because we wanted to go play soccer, but it also gave us a great appreciation for what was around us."
The brothers - who have been cutting hair since they were teenagers in Italy - say the line is a tribute to their heritage and belief that hair care should be more natural. "Everyone tends to do a little too much to their hair," says Piero.
Next week they will unveil the line - which they have already been sharing with a clientele that includes Greenwich's Regis Philbin - at their Pirri International salons on Greenwich Avenue and in Eastchester, N.Y.
"The inspiration for what we've done comes completely from the Mediterranean," says Piero, a Stamford resident. "Our philosophy is if the land makes it, it is good."
The brothers were persuaded by a grandfather infatuated with America to emigrate when they were....
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