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The Stamford Times - Norwalk,CT
April 12: Cabaret performance by Eartha Kitt to benefit the 2008 Greenwich Music Festival season; 6:30-10 pm; $100 for the cabaret performance only; ...
Here’s email from Meg McAuley Kaicher, VP Communications, Exec. Board at the Garden Education Center of Greenwich:
“GEC Gives the Gift of Spring!
“On Tuesday morning, April 15th at 10:30, horticultural expert Duncan Himmelman shares professional secrets for adding structural beauty to the landscape with flowering shrubs. The Garden Education Center of Greenwich is able to bring this prized lecture at no cost to the community through a generous legacy gift as part of its Mary C. Raymond Lecture Series
“Himmelman, regarded as a masterful designer with a keen eye for color, will impart ways in which bold swathes of color can be integrated sensibly by choosing the correct varieties of late winter and spring flowering shrubs amenable to your particular site conditions. Duncan Himmelman holds a Ph.D. in Ornamental Horticulture from Cornell and has over 20 years experience in practicing and teaching horticulture.
“On Saturday morning, April 19th at 10:30, GEC Director of Horticulture Lisa Beebe Schmidt will lead a fascinating stroll along the recently planted 50th Anniversary Wildflower Trail. Located in the Montgomery Pinetum, Beebe will identify perennials native to our woodland as well as investigate other forest treasures. Dress for the weather and wear comfortable shoes for your extraordinary tour of this rich Greenwich resource.
Tickets are complimentary for GEC members and non-members alike. Reservations are requested and can be made by calling the GEC at 869-9242, Ext. 3, or visiting www.gecgreenwich.org. The Garden Education Center is located at 130 Bible Street in Cos Cob.
Take advantage of this expertise and see your landscape blossom!”
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Hudson Valley Bank Plans Three New Branches in Connecticut
http://www.hudsonvalleybank.com.
Recession fears on the riseGreenwich Business News Report:
Finance managers see dwindling returns on cash investments
FinancialWeek (subscription) - New York,NY
Flight to quality will shrink payoff, cash managers say; few, if any, businesses parking their cash in speculative-grade investments
As if you needed it, here’s more proof that finance managers are rejiggering their forecasts in light of the economic downturn.
When Greenwich Associates asked U.S. companies last spring what they expected to earn on their cash investments in 2008, the average response was nearly 5.0%, according to Greenwich’s Chris McDonnell.
The same respondents now say they’ve cut their 2008 targets to an average 3.7%, Greenwich noted in a report issued yesterday...
It’s not hard to figure why companies are reducing their expectations for returns. Given the credit crisis, seeking out higher returns means betting on riskier investments. That holds little appeal for many corporate money managers and treasurers these days...
Christie's auction included French furniture, reflecting Helmsley's opulent tastes, and dozens of plates and tea cups. The china was stored in a special butler's pantry, according to Preston. A set of 17 Royal Copenhagen ``Flora Danica''-pattern fruit plates decorated with strawberries and apples sold for $15,000.
Helmsley's 1918 Greenwich mansion is for sale through Christie's Great Estates for $125 million. Once the home has sold, Christie's will auction the remaining items.
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Local Police have declined to identify the driver, first saying the case was under investigation and yesterday saying his name would not be made public because he will not be charged. | ||||
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A federal investigation has concluded that U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman's 2006 re-election campaign was to blame for the crash of its Web site the day before Connecticut's heated Aug. 8 Democratic primary.
The FBI office in New Haven found no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash.
Lieberman, who was fighting for his political life against the anti-Iraq war candidate Lamont, implied that joe2006.com was hacked by ....
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...The FBI office in New Haven found no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash...
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... no evidence supporting the Lieberman campaign's allegations that supporters of primary challenger Ned Lamont of Greenwich were to blame for the Web site crash. Lieberman, who was fighting for his political life against the anti-Iraq war candidate ...=========================================
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The attack occurred on East Putnam Avenue on March 12. Police say when the man, who is in his 50s, was shopping at Walgreens he accidentally showed he was carrying a large sum of money.
According to police, two people followed the disabled, partially blind man out of the store and spoke with him in the parking lot. Authorities say the man was assaulted and robbed after he walked about a block from the store.
Surveillance video shows the victim speaking with a man and woman in the parking lot. Greenwich police want to identify these people to see if they have information about the attack.
Anyone with information is asked to call Greenwich police Detective Anthony Fiscella at (203) 622-8021
The Nicherson Clan has greatly benefited from the education and income gaps in Connecticut - daughter Sarah; son, Storm; Senator Nickerson and his wife, Jane.
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Income Gap in Connecticut Is Growing Fastest, Study Finds
New York Times - United States
STAMFORD, Conn. — Marie Wendorff knows better than most about Connecticut’s economic contradictions.
By age 38, Ms. Wendorff had accumulated the trophies of suburban life: a picturesque 3,800-square-foot Colonial house in Wilton, membership in the local country club, a ski house in Windham, N.Y., and a 24-foot boat docked in Long Island Sound. But a messy divorce in 2004 pushed her into bankruptcy.
On the same day in the summer of 2005 that she applied for food stamps, she was invited to attend a friend’s birthday party on a yacht.
“It’s like two different worlds,” said Ms. Wendorff, a mother of three who has struggled to keep her family afloat amid a sea of wealth.
Like Ms. Wendorff, Connecticut is straddling those worlds. According to a new study by two groups based in Washington, the Economic Policy Institute and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, the income gap between the have-lots and the have-nots is widening faster in Connecticut than in any other state....
The study, released on Tuesday, also found that Connecticut is the only state in the nation where the poorest 20 percent of people lost real ground over the last 20 years
...Higher income at the upper end and lower income at the bottom meant that Connecticut’s rich earned 8 times as much on average, as its poor, up from 4.6 times when measured two decades ago. Nationally, the gap was 7.3 times between 2004 and 2006, up from 6 times two decades earlier....
...The authors said that they hoped to use the report to advance policies — like raising income taxes rather than sales taxes or sin taxes, which tend to be regressive — that might reduce income inequality. They also favor indexing the minimum wage to inflation, increasing eligibility for unemployment insurance and expanding the earned-income tax credit to give lower-income families a break on state taxes...
Nancy Kail, who helped found the Greenwich Alliance for Education, a foundation that works to correct some inequities in public schools, said that the growing income gap “translates into other gaps like achievement gaps in school or success gaps.”
“It’s bad news for all of us, and in a town like Greenwich, which is resource-rich, it’s shameful that it exists,” Ms. Kail said. “It’s a community responsibility to do something about it.”
....Kristen Pavlik, 26, was the first in her family to attend college and is now a counselor at a domestic-violence shelter in Norwalk. She moonlights doing clerical work and tutoring. Ms. Pavlik said that living among “the extreme wealth” in Connecticut constantly tests her resolve: She must wait until midmonth, for her second paycheck, to buy groceries, and struggles to have $100 left after rent, utilities, gas and car payments. It helps that her mother, who lives nearby in Waterbury, often provides packages of frozen homemade meals.
“The thing that is stressful is it’s not always easy for me to put things away in my savings,” she said. “God forbid I ever had an emergency.”.....
... State Senator William H. Nickerson, a Greenwich Republican, said that closing the income and education gaps in Connecticut is a critical issue, but he rejected the idea that raising taxes on the wealthy is a solution...
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Reader Submitted Comment - "We Have Displaced Hamilton School Children That Lack School Books And Supplies And A Bunch Of Insensitive Rich Folks Are Paying $2,300 A Person To Go To A Private Reception, While Another Bunch Of Bums Are Shelling Out $1,000 Donations To Get entry To A Later General Reception."
Not A Damn Dime Is Going To Help The Innocent And Displaced Children From Hamilton Avenue School.
McCain seeks money in town
Greenwich Time
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"Senator McCain has strong support in Connecticut and is looking forward to the trip tomorrow and will be back in the state as the general election campaign picks up," Benton said.
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Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Senator John McCain is slated to visit supporters at the Belle Haven Club tonight at a private fundraiser, while labor and anti-war protesters say they will protest his presence from the outskirts of the gated community...
Just Who Are These People Anyway....
...Benton would not say who is hosting tonight's fundraiser, except that they are Greenwich residents.
A large crowd of supporters is expected to attend the event to hear McCain speak, Republican Town Committee Chairman John Raben said....
... Protesters from two groups, the Connecticut AFL-CIO and Connecticut Opposes the War plan, to protest.
McCain's appearance from outside of Belle Haven tomorrow night, group leaders said.
John Olsen, state president for the AFL-CIO of Connecticut, which represents 211,000 unionized Connecticut workers, said members of the union feel that McCain's plan to extend President Bush's tax cuts for upper income Americans will result in less wealthy people bearing an unfair share of the tax burden and hurt an already faltering economy.....
...John Murphy, a member of Connecticut Opposes the War, said the group planned to shuttle protesters late tomorrow afternoon from nearby parking lots closer to Belle Haven to protest what they see as McCain's misguided policies on the war in Iraq.
"We're going to take our message to John McCain that he is not what the people of Connecticut want," Murphy said.
Murphy said if elected McCain will continue to put hundreds of billions of dollars toward the war in Iraq, draining resources Murphy feels would be better used to develop renewable energy and bolster infrastructure, education and health care for Americans.
"American lives are being wasted over in Iraq without any plan in place," Murphy said. "Our dollar is very weak now because of the war and we need to take care of our priorities at home now."....
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Greenwich falls too far behind Darien in FCIAC finals rematch
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
By David Fierro
Only a regular season game between longtime rivals Greenwich High School and Darien can have the feel of a thrill-a-minute FCIAC girls ...
Norwalk developer buys former Advocate building
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT
By Mark Ginocchio
A Norwalk developer confirmed yesterday it entered into an agreement to buy the former Advocate building in Stamford and Greenwich Time ...
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Allure of cachaca spreads to U.S. from Brazil
... a thousand 9-liter cases a year, according to Olie Berlic, who imports Rochinha through Excalibur Enterprise in Greenwich, Connecticut But demand is growing. Imports of all cachacas (pronounced ka-SHA-sas) in the United States are way up in the last ...
I-95 crash in Greenwich slowing traffic in Westchester
Leslie Korngold
PORT CHESTER - An accident on Interstate 95 at Exit 2 in Greenwich, Conn., is slowing northbound traffic back into Westchester.
Lieberman, Dodd See Iraq Update Differently
Sen. Joe Lieberman was true to form Tuesday at a Senate hearing on the progress of the war in Iraq, focusing on gains made in recent months - politically and militarily.
U.S. Economic Growth to Stall Through June as Spending Cools, Survey Shows
... the downgrade. ``Those two things are hitting the consumer hard,'' said Stephen Stanley , chief economist for RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``Demand is deteriorating rapidly.'' Consumer Outlook Consumer spending , which ...
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2's and 3's Story Time
Where: Greenwich Library at Children's Constellation Room Drop-in story time for 2 and 3 year olds with a caregiver. Program includes stories, songs, movement and finger plays. No registration required but space is limited. ...
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Executive Director / Community Centers, Inc. / Greenwich, CT
Greenwich, CT - Opportunity for a licensed senior Social Worker to lead an innovative, multi-faceted and highly respected voluntary, not-for-profit, Social Work Agency. For over 50 years Community Centers, Inc. has maintained a reputation for quality, innovative services, and fiscal stability. The Executive Director will provide strategic and operational leadership.
An LCSW is required as well as some administrative experience. Please e-mail resume in confidence and salary requirements to greenwich@juno.com
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