08/01/08 The Editor That Asked "Is God Dead" Now Has A Definitive Answer

OTTO FUERBRINGER (Time Inc.)

Otto Fuerbringer, 97; led Time during a 'newsy decade'

Boston Globe

By Dennis Hevesi

NEW YORK - Otto Fuerbringer, the hard-driving, conservative-leaning managing editor of Time magazine during the political and social upheavals of the 1960s - a time of change for the magazine, too - died Monday at his retirement home in Fullerton, Calif. He was 97.

His death was confirmed by his son Jonathan.

With political inclinations attuned to those of Time's founder, Henry R. Luce, with whom he had a close working relationship, Mr. Fuerbringer was appointed to the magazine's top editorial position in 1960. The Cuban missile crisis, the Vietnam War, political assassinations, mass protests, and a roiling youth culture were the stuff of headlines and Time magazine cover stories during Mr. Fuerbringer's eight years as managing editor.

His tenure marked a shifting, if not quite a liberalizing, of Time's political positions. From the earliest days of US intervention in Vietnam, Time had supported the war.

A major shift came in 1968, the last year of his editorship, when Mr. Fuerbringer wrote an article that said the war could not be won ...

...Mr. Fuerbringer brought a vibrancy and a degree of controversy to what had long been a rather taut, tartly written publication.

Unlike in most previous issues, Time's lead story on April 8, 1966, had no portrait on the cover, just a bold-red headline on a black background that asked, "Is God Dead?" It was an indication of Mr. Fuerbringer's willingness to examine cultural shifts and previously taboo subjects.

"Is God Dead?" the article began. "It is a question that tantalizes both believers, who perhaps secretly fear that he is, and atheists, who possibly suspect that the answer is no." The article set off a backlash by religious conservatives...

....At Harvard, he was president of the campus newspaper, The Harvard Crimson. After graduating in 1932, he returned to his hometown and got a $14-a-week job at The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, writing a column about Boy Scout news. After 10 years at the paper, he was hired by Time to be a national affairs writer.

He lived in Greenwich, Conn., for more than 45 years. In an interview with Greenwich magazine in 1991, Mr. Fuerbringer summed up his time as managing editor succinctly and with decided understatement: "We were very lucky in the '60s. It was a newsy decade."....

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08/01/08 First And Foremost Houston Is A Man Of God Who Brings His Family To Harvest Time Church Every Sunday He Is In Town

Former NBA player Allan Houston prepares to pass the ball Friday evening during a shoot around with some of the youth from the Boys To Men summit.

Former NBA star Allan Houston in town

Dothan Eagle

By Ken Rogers

Allan Houston isn’t ready to hang up his sneakers — not by a longshot.

The former NBA all-star who had a brief comeback try with the New York Knicks last October, says he’s serious about returning to the court this season.

“I never really saw it being over in my heart,” said Houston, who retired in 2005 after 12 seasons with the Knicks. “I’m getting ready and have been looking at a few teams, getting the word out.”

Houston was in Dothan on Friday to take part in the Boys to Men Summit at Greater Beulah Baptist Church. He spoke to the many children gathered for the summit, and took time Friday night in a shootaround and pizza party with the group at the Dothan Civic Center.

Now 37, Houston spent 15 seasons in the NBA, and was considered one of the top shooting guards in the league. The 6-foot-8 former Tennessee star spent the first three years of his pro career with Detroit, then the next 12 as a standout for the Knicks.

Last October he attempted a comeback with the Knicks, but a week after being signed decided the time and situation wasn’t right for him to return to New York.

“I kind of waited a little too late,” Houston said of last year. “I had a daughter that had just been born (Oct. 4, 2007), and I didn’t want to leave her, and New York probably wasn’t the best fit for me.”

Houston had problems with both of his knees late in his career, but says he’s fine physically now.

“I feel like they’re (knees) 100 percent,” he said.

Since being away from the game, Houston’s top priority has been family time.

He will not take part in tonight’s exhibition basketball games at the Dothan Civic Center because of wanting to get back to his family in Greenwich, Conn., after being away for a week.

“I try to limit the time I’m away as much as possible,” said Houston, who has a wife and four children. “I give them the time they deserve from a husband and a dad.".

Houston says he enjoys trying to be a positive role model with all children he comes in contact with as he did throughout the day in Dothan on Friday.

“That’s my passion,” Houston said. “My dad was so influential to me. I see that my relation with him has made me who I am. My passion is to try and share the principles he taught me."

“I take enjoyment when their ears light up instead of their eyes. When they (children) are focused and are asking questions, I get excited to hear they do want to be leaders....

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08/01/08 Judge John Kavanewsky Jr Would Be A fool To Try And Weaken Connecticut's 2006 shield law.

The Dinner Time Bandit May Go Free, Because David I. Cohen, the State's Attorney, did not properly evaluate the case delivered by the Greenwich Police Department

The States Attorney is making a desperation move to save the poorly investigated case by trying to get an Associated Press reporter to testify against the Dinnertime Bandit in violation of Connecticut's 2006 shield law.

Greenwich Police Department Apparently Has Delivered The Connecticut States Attorney Office A Very Weak Case Against The Dinner Time Bandit.

First there was the bad line up and then the witness could not identify the accused in the court room.

Now the States attorney is telling judge John Kavanewsky Jr that a reporter holds information critical to their case, and that the information can be obtained from no other source.

This sounds like the Connecticut States Attorneys Office is trying to violate the Connecticut's 2006 reporter shield law, because of incomplete or bad police investigative work.

What could possibly be in Associated Press Reporter John Christoffersen's story that could not be can be obtained or verified from another source.

judge John Kavanewsky Jr had better tell the Connecticut States Attorney to have the Greenwich Police Department to hit the bricks and uncover another source.

Otherwise Judge Kavanewsky is going to find his overturned decission in featured in law school text books.

Society demands, wants and needs somebody watching the government that rules over us,

A vigilant press will hep ensure that there is not simply someone at the Greenwich Police Department or at David I. Cohen's office making unilateral decisions.

A free and vigilant press helps protect our civil liberties and our safety.

The overriding public interest is to have a free press that holds governmental, law enforcement and prosecuting agencies accountable to the public, without fear of being prosecuted or being required to give up whistle blowers.

The Conneticut States Attorney is just as stupid as he looks if he believes that be is going to be successful in challenging Connecticut's 2006 shield law over a burglar.

David I Cohn is a moron to think that judge John Kavanewsky Jr will not protect a Free Press and abide by the Constitutions of the State of Connetitcut and the Unitted States Of America.

That is not a conservative or liberal issue — (although) ironically it is a very conservative issue in the sense that we are being true to the principles of our founding fathers and the essence of what makes us a free society.

judge John Kavanewsky Jr job is ensurie that whistle-blowers can blow the whistle.

Newspapering is a mission that predates our country and help give birth to this great nation.

It is essential that we have reporters like John Christoffersen inform an active citizenry without the fear that he our his sources will be maliciously prosecuted by the Conneticut States Attorney's Office.

Weakening Connecticut's 2006 shield law is a greater threat to society than the dinner time bandit will ever be.

Conn. prosecutor seeks subpoena of reporter

WTNH

Stamford (AP) -- A Connecticut judge will decide whether prosecutors can subpoena an Associated Press reporter who conducted a jailhouse interview of the man police accuse of being the "dinnertime bandit."

Prosecutors on Friday asked Stamford Superior Judge John Kavanewsky Jr. to allow them to question AP correspondent John Christoffersen about his interview with Alan Golder in February.

Golder is accused of a series of spectacular burglaries in 1996 and 1997 of several wealthy homes in Greenwich and Darien. He's facing 10 charges in connection with the case, including kidnapping, larceny, and burglary.

Prosecutors say Christoffersen's testimony and notes are critical to their case. The AP is opposing the request. AP attorneys say Christoffersen interviewed Golder about his previous convictions, not his pending charges.

The request is one of the first challenges to Connecticut's 2006 shield law, considered to be one of the strongest in the nation. Before obtaining the subpoena, prosecutors must convince a judge that a reporter holds information critical to their case, that the information can be obtained from no other source, and that there is an overriding public interest.

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Media Law: Connecticut passes reporter shield law

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08/01/08 Woods Tea Company, Robin Hood and the Wealthy One Percent Of The Nation

Keeping the Rich rich, by raising their taxes

Manchester Journal

By Anthony Cupaiuolo

On August 13, Vermont's favorite home grown folk singers the Woods Tea Company will once again be performing in Manchester on the grounds of Hildene, the Lincoln family home. In all likelihood they will sing "Robin Hood," one of their signature songs, with the entire crowd enthusiastically singing along. A mythic heroic figure, Robin Hood has gained fame for "robbing from the rich and giving it to the poor." When liberals advocate higher taxes on the wealthy in order to provide needed services for the less fortunate, they may be accused of a Robin Hood approach to public policy. Given the current state of the American economy, however, it is becoming increasingly clear that unless the wealthy begin to pay more taxes their wealth may be at risk.

I recently received one of those ubiquitous obnoxious e-mails bashing liberals in general and Sen. Obama in particular for wanting to raise taxes on the wealthiest of Americans, those who earn more than $250,000 per year. The writer contended that this was unfair because the wealthy were already bearing a disproportionate share of the tax burden. On its face a true statement in that given a relatively progressive income tax, the more you earn the more you pay. But the writer conveniently omitted that we are at a time when the proportion of the nation's wealth held by the top one percent of Americans is at an all time high, the tax rate on the wealthy is down significantly from what it had been even a few decades ago, and the income of the majority of Americans has not kept pace with inflation.

Now you might expect me to make the logical argument that fairness demands that the rich pay more in taxes in order to redistribute wealth in a more equitable manner. While I believe that this is a strong and compelling moral position, I also think that there is a pragmatic reason to tax the rich more: because it is in their best financial interest, as counter-intuitive as this may seem. Recent history suggests that upper income households increase their incomes whether or not taxes are high or low as long as the economy is humming along. On the other hand the rest of us see incomes rise when the wealthy pay more in taxes and decrease when they pay less.

Concentration of wealth in a small percentage of the population inexorably leads to an economic downturn; it was a major contributor to the Great Depression. Our current recession was delayed because average Americans kept the economy ostensibly strong by spending beyond their means because they borrowed against the equity of their homes. With the bursting of the housing bubble, rising unemployment, and much higher fuel, food, and energy costs, average Americans can no longer bail out the economy.

In the early days of the 1988 presidential campaign I was asked to draft a policy statement on behalf of a major candidate seeking the Democratic Party nomination. Whether the candidate ever saw what I wrote is impossible to know, but I remember well that my paper targeted a three-pronged investment strategy: infrastructure, human resources, and the environment. Accordingly I found it of special interest to read in a recent New York Times article that Mark Zandi, chief economist at Moody's Economy.com concluded in a study earlier this year that increased infrastructure spending and aid to states would generate approximately four times as much economic growth as making the Bush tax cuts permanent, cutting business taxes, or allowing businesses to write off new investments more quickly. Ironically, although Zandi is an advisor to Sen. McCain, McCain sees retaining the Bush tax cuts as a cornerstone of his economic policy.

Another recent New York Times article told the sad tale of couple having to put their Greenwich, Connecticut mansion up for auction beginning at $19 million because their net worth had fallen by half from $100 million to a mere $50 million making it too difficult to maintain their home at the cost of $600,000 per year. In other words the rich also are facing economic hardship. If they want to avoid worse times, such as the fate of some of their Depression counterparts, selling apples and jumping out windows, they would be well-served by paying more taxes now so that the new President and Congress would have the revenue to invest not only in our physical infrastructure for sorely needed bridge and road repairs and improvements, but also in education, technology, renewable energy, and the environment. This is the formula needed to enhance productivity and stimulate the economy, and it will benefit the rich and all the rest of us.

So when you join in singing "Robin Hood" with the Woods Tea Company on August 13, that rousing song written by Burlington first graders, keep in mind that sometimes robbing from the rich is for their own darn good.

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08/01/08 The estate may be purchased in whole or in part, with the mansion and 22 acres available for a minimum reserve price beginning at $15 million

This dog of a property would not sell at 31 Million so it's to be auctioned with a starting price of 15 Million.

Hillcrest Estate, Estate of the Day

Luxist

Another sign of real estate drama, a house up for sealed bid auction in posh Greenwich, Connecticut of all places. The owner, Stanley Cheslock, originally put the market on the home for $31 million in the usual manner but found that the current market was a bit stagnant.

The HIllcrest Estate features 26,000-square-foot mansion designed by Gilles Le Gorrec and built in 2003 as well as two carriage houses and 12-car capacity garage on 30 acres. The home has four master suites, guest suite and a service suite. There is a large kitchen that includes a wood-burning pizza oven, top-of-the-line appliances, separate accessories kitchen and a butler's pantry with walk-in refrigeration. The massive home has not one but two cathedral-ceiling living rooms that both open onto a 2,500-sq. ft. terrace. Other details include a 100-ft. central atrium, rooftop cupola with stunning Long Island Sound views, hand-crafted stained glass windows, iron-clad elevator, seven Rumsford fireplaces, multiple laundries....

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08/01/08 The Fake Rockefeller Has A Greenwich Connection In Doctor Hedi Leistner

ON THE RUN:

Dr. Hedi Leistner (below, at home yesterday), a friend of

Clark Rockefeller (above) , says he would never hurt his daughter.

Jerk Took Big Bucks Instead of Custody

By LORENA MONGELLI in Boston and LUKAS I. ALPERT in NY

New York Post

The mysterious phony Rockefeller who kidnapped his daughter off a Boston street was paid a "significant" amount of money from his ex-wife to disappear - and gave up custody of the girl without a fight, a source familiar with the settlement told The Post yesterday.

The man known as Clark Rockefeller had doted on the little girl, Reigh "Snooks" Storrow Mills Boss, and had always told friends he had battled tooth and nail to keep his daughter in his divorce last year from his wife, Sandra Boss.

"He loved that daughter. That daughter was his life," said the source.

But when time came to fight in court for the 7-year-old girl, Rockefeller meekly ceded custody to his wife - a highly successful management consultant - and took a large cash settlement instead.

"He got a significant sum of money for him to live comfortably for the rest of his life," the source said.

Friends said Rockefeller always seemed to have his own money and had told people that at age 18 he inherited a vast estate when his parents were killed in a car wreck. But the source said Rockefeller, in fact, was broke.

"He is not a Rockefeller. He has zero money. She was his enabler," the source said....

...He told friends that a woman named Mihoko Manabe was his business partner and the trustee of his estate. She declined comment when reached at her office at Moody's Investors Services, where she is a senior credit officer.

Sources said the FBI was interested in talking to Manabe and had also reached out to one of Rockefeller's closest friends and confidantes, Hedi Leistner, a Manhattan pediatrician who has known him for years and whom he often described as his aunt.

"She has fielded all the calls of crisis in Clark's life," said a friend.

Leistner who lives in Greenwich, Conn., would not discuss her relationship with Rockefeller yesterday. She also would not say if she had been in contact with him since the abduction.

"Her father wouldn't hurt her," was all Leistner would say of Snooks.

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08/01/08 Reader Submited Comments: WRONG!!!!!

Greenwich Time Reporter Meredith Blake Has written another one sided cheesy newspaper story.

Dear Greenwich Roundup,

I don't know who gave Ms. Blake the so-called "facts" but "THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT A PROFIT WAS REALIZED".

Granted it has been a number of years due to very poor management but profits were made in the past.

Anonymous

Please see:

Witherell posts first profit

By Meredith Blake
Staff writer

Article Launched: 08/01/2008 01:00:00 AM

For the first time in the institution's 103-year history, the town-owned nursing home Nathaniel Witherell made a profit..

"This is huge," said Bill Kowalewski, executive director of the facility.

For the fiscal year that ended June 30, the home's net revenue of $20.9 million exceeded its operating expenses by more than $47,000, according to figures released by the nursing home. Last year, the Witherell had a $1.16 million deficit.

"We're certainly very pleased to see the positive financial results," said First Selectman Peter Tesei, "It is quite a crowning achievement for the board and staff at the Witherell.".....

....Last year, persistent budget deficits led to a debate over whether to privatize the facility or have it remain town-owned. The latter won out, and the nursing home officials have been working diligently since to make the facility self-sustaining.

"The goal was to become a self-sufficient department and that's what we've become," said Kowalewski.

The results were unveiled earlier this week at the Nathaniel Witherell board meeting.

"When we announced the results, there was a general feeling of pride, accomplishment and achievement," Ormsby said.....

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Comment:

As usuall a Greenwich Time reporter has taken a Town Of Greenwich press release and ran it through the spell checker, before publishing the article.

Why didn't rookie Greenwich Time Reporter Meredith Blake talk to someone who complained about the mismanagement at Nathaniel Witherell.

Only Town Of Greenwich officials are quoted in Ms.Blake's amateurishly written Greenwich Time article.

Meredith Blake needs to start earning her pay by talking to all stake holders at Nathaniel Witherell, otherwise see should resign and let town officials write her articles for free.

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08/01/08 Breaking News - Rosa Packard Is Found Alive And Well In New York State

Missing Greenwich woman found

Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter

BREAKING NEWS Posted 3:09 p.m., Friday, Aug. 1, 2008 A missing Greenwich woman has turned up alive and well in Nanuet, N.Y. Rosa Packard, a retired teacher, had been reported missing by family members on Wednesday after last being seen at about 10 a.m. in the Glenville area. She was found Friday in Nanuet. Police launched an investigation of the woman, who was driving a black Toyota Prius, but the disappearance had not been considered suspicious. Investigations continue. The family confirmed to the Post on Friday that Ms. Packard had been found. Details surrounding why she left the area and ended up in Nanuet are unclear, but family members are on their way to pick her up this afternoon. Officers are expected to speak with her on her return to Connecticut. Full coverage will be available in Thursday’s Greenwich Post newspaper. Update: (3:44pm August 1, 2004) OMG - The Greenwich Citizen has finally put out an all points bulletin for a woman who was found about an hour a go. Greenwich Woman Missing Greenwich Citizen, CT The Greenwich Police Department is requesting the assistance of the community in locating Rosa C. Packard, who was reported missing by her family on July 30 ... Update #2: (5:47pm August 1, 2008) Greenwich Citizen pulls embarrassing article from their website: Thank you for visiting Greenwich Citizen. We are sorry the article that you requested is no longer available. Please search for this article in our archive search. Please see: 08/01/08 Westchester County Police Deploy Heat-Seeking Helicopter In Search Of 73 Year Old Rosa Packard Of Glenville .. 07/31/08 We Have Found A Photo Of The Missing Greenwich Woman. 07/31/08 Police Issue Alert For Rosa Packard The Greenwich Time pulled the Rosa Packard article down from their home page.. ================================================= Please send your comments to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

08/01/08 Reader Submitted Comments: The Latest From Greenwich Diva

ANOTHER CROOKED POLITICIAN IS ABOUT TO GO DOWN!!

by claudette in crooked politicians

BRENDA K. MORRIS

Congratulations to Brenda Morris for indicting another alleged crooked politician. Yesterday my girl Brenda Morris- Principal Federal Prosecutor Integrity division brought down the Senior Senator of Alaska Ted Stevens on charges that he concealed hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of gifts and services from a company in his home state.

How stupid is this Senator??? Here you have a senior Senator, was THIRD in line for Presidency, been in politics longer than I have been alive (and I'm no young chicken), seen a lot of his colleagues go down for making stupid mistakes and yet he got himself caught up in something like this.

According to CNN, the Senator was caught by surprise yesterday by his indictment. Hello, Mr. Senator this investigation has been going on for a year (according to CNN) and the FBI searched your house in July 2007. Why were you surprised Mr. Senator? Is it because you think you are above the law and no one can touch you? Is it because you are the longest serving Republican Senator in history that this somehow gives you immunity? Dude, your friend and CEO of Veco, the company that allegedly gave you that new garage, new first floor and new wrap around deck on the first of second floor of your house in Alaska plead guilty in 2007 for paying out more than $400,000.00 in corrupt payments to officials in Alaska, did you not think he was going to squeal like a rat?!?!

Mr. Senator of all people you should have known better. You were the former chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee; you should have known that it was inappropriate to swap your old ford mustang for a $44,000.00 gas guzzling Range Rover for one of your children without reporting it.

Brenda I will be following this case very carefully on CNN so you go and get the bastard. Oh yeah, make sure you look good for the cameras, because you know if you don't 'THE DIVA' will call you out on it.

BRENDA K. MORRIS IS AN APOLITICAL FEDERAL PRINCIPAL DEPUTY CHIEF OF THE PUBLIC INTEGRITY SECTION OF THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.

Selected as Principal Deputy Chief in 2006, Brenda K. Morris has served the Public Integrity Section with distinction since September 1991. Brenda supervises and conducts nationwide investigations and prosecutions of allegations involving public corruption by federal and state officials which includes money laundering, bribery, perjury, mail/wire/honest services fraud, extortion, tax evasion, destruction of public records, theft of government property and funds, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and witness tampering. In March of 2004, Brenda was appointed to the position of Deputy Chief for Litigation, in the Public Integrity Section, where she supervised 22 prosecutors involved in white-collar criminal investigations and criminal conflict of interest matters. As a Trial Attorney in the Section, Brenda successfully tried cases across the country of federal and state officials on charges of conspiracy, perjury, obstruction of justice, witness tampering, false statements, election fraud, and harboring an illegal alien.

Before joining the Department, Brenda served as an Assistant District Attorney in New York County District Attorney’s Office in New York, NY. During her tenure as an Assistant District Attorney, Brenda prosecuted hundreds of street crimes and successfully tried over 40 cases that ranged from robbery, assault, to kidnapping.

She received a B.S. from the University of Southern California in 1983 and earned a J.D. from Howard University School of Law in 1986. Since 2005, Brenda has served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at the Georgetown Law Center.

ALL POLICTCAL INFORMATION IS MY OPINION AND FACTS WERE OBTAINED FOR THIS PIECE BY THE INTERNET AND CNN.

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08/01/08 Westchester County Police Deploy Heat-Seeking Helicopter In Search For 73 Year Old Rosa Packard Of Glenville

Westchester aids search

but Greenwich woman not found

By Hoa Nguyen

The Journal News - White Plains, NY

August 1, 2008

The Westchester County police helicopter flew above some Connecticut woods last night to assist Greenwich police looking for a 73-year-old woman.

Authorities were searching for Rosa C. Packard of Greenwich, who was reported missing by her family Wednesday. Also used in the search were police dogs near the Glenville section of Greenwich, but Packard was not found, police said.

The search continues," Greenwich police Sgt. Jeffrey Moran said.

The Westchester chopper was used because it is equipped with heat-seeking devices that would help locate people in the woods, authorities said. Greenwich police believed Packard may have been in the area after receiving a phone tip from someone who claimed to have spotted the woman.

"We thought we had some good leads," Sgt. Mark Zuccerella said.

Packard was last seen at 10 a.m. withdrawing money from a bank in the Glenville area, Zuccerella said.

She is described as a 5-foot-6, 200-pound white woman with hazel eyes and white hair. She drives a black, four-door 2005 Toyota Prius with Connecticut license plate 784-WOX.

More Info:

The Westchester County (NY) Police Department Aviation Unit will got a new Bell 407 helicopter three months ago, costing $4.5 million after it is equipped. In addition to assisting emergency workers at accidents, crime scenes and police pursuits, the Westchester County chopper will survey the county's sensitive areas, including the Indian Point nuclear power plants, the Hudson River and the Tappan Zee Bridge.

The new aircraft will be a multi-purpose aircraft capable of rescue, personnel insertion and extraction and firefighting missions. It will also be equipped with microwave downlink capabilities, thermal imaging and night vision equipment, and a Nightsun searchlight. Westchester County's current helicopter is a 1967 model, obtained for free as military surplus.

Comment:

Detective Mark Zuccerella please get Ms. Packard's picture and information to all three Greenwich Newspapers so that they can put the information up on the internet.

Also please get Ms. Packards photo and information up on the Greenwich Police Department's missing person's web page.

Ms. Packard's family is disparate for leads about their loved one.

Comment #2

Perhaps, Greenwich Time Crime Reporter Martin Cassidy should try and reach former Greenwich Time Reporter, Hoa Nguyen, who now works at hnguyen7@lohud.com so that he could get updated on the search for Rosa Packard.

Hoa Nguyen seems to have better law enforcement contacts than Greenwich Time Crime Reporter Martin Cassidy.

Martin if you want Hoa's phone number at the Journal News it is 914-696-8570.

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08/01/08 Greenwich Citizen News Link For Friday

Cori Lantz, with her friend, Dan Maymin, is comforted by a prayer shawl made by knitters at Second Congregational Church. With every stitch, I m told there was a prayer for Cori s recovery, said her mother, Charlene Lantz. (GREENWICH CITIZEN photo / Patricia McCormack)

Love, Prayers, Medical Hope Engulf Injured Cori Lantz

By PATRICIA McCORMACK.

darkest event in the lives of Corinne "Cori" Lantz, 17, and Dan Maymin, 18, took place at 5:54 p.m. on Feb. 21, 2008 around dusk on East Putnam Avenue in front of the CITGO station and across from Dunkin' Donuts.

At the time, Cori was a senior honors student at Greenwich High School. Dan, a GHS 2006 grad, was a second-year student at UConn-Stamford.

The two, heading home after ice-skating, were critically injured when the Jeep driven by Dan was squeezed in a three-car crash that flipped the vehicle and tore off its roof.

Cori and Dan, catapulted onto the street, were badly hurt.

He blacked out. She remembers her back and left arm and hand full of unbearable pain.

"I think the angels peeled back the roof of the Jeep," Cori's mother, Charlene, told the Greenwich Citizen Friday after a three-hour interview with Cori and Dan in the handicapped-accessible apartment in Stamford that the Lantzes moved to when wheelchair-bound Cori came home at the end of June.

The place the single mother lived in Greenwich with her three daughters-Cori, Emily, 22, and Ashley, 25, had stairs. Cori cannot navigate stairs.

"I think if the roof had stayed on, her head would have hit it and that......

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BOE Votes to Delay Ham Ave. Opening to Sept. 8 with Big IfBOE Votes to Delay Ham Ave. Opening to Sept. 8 with Big If

Aug. 8 - one week from today - is the new deadline for the Hamilton Avenue School reconstruction project to receive its official temporary certificate of occupancy.

Soap Box Derby Returns to Greenwich

Ready, set, go! The VivaPop All American Soap Box Derby roars back to Greenwich on Sunday, Sept.

West Nile Found in Town; Residents Use Precaution

If you're feelin' a little punk but not sick enough to see the doctor, perhaps you have a mild case of West Nile (WNV), Doug Serafin, head of the Greenwich Laboratory in Town Hall, said Tuesday.

Young: Forever Greenwich

Steve Young remembers his roots. And, as he gets older, the Pro Football Hall of Famer and former All-State quarterback at Greenwich High finds himself embracing those roots more and more.

All Hail the (State) Champs!
TRUMBULL - Christian Berger wasn't going to let an aching foot hold him back. After fouling a ball off that foot in a fifth-inning at bat, Berger had to convince Manager Joe Rogers that he was good to go.

ESPN's Success Story led by Greenwich Native

ESPN powerhouse George Bodenheimer, a '76 grad of Greenwich High School, wowed a SRO meeting with the Retired Men's Association (RMA) Wednesday at the First United Methodist Church

Weather Forces Change of Pace at Triathlon

The Threads & Treads Greenwich Cup Triathlon which, - as a result of lightning at the start - turned into a duathlon, took place at Tod's Point last Sunday.

Protecting Children Online

Internet advancements seem to be progressing faster and faster, and many over the age of 18 have a hard time keeping up with the latest technologies.

God Spelled Backwards

My initial impression of her was not a particularly flattering one. I thought her head was way too small and her body was way too long.

Letters to the Editor

Town has Mishandled Two School Projects

To the Editor:

How embarrassing for the Town of Greenwich. Here we are in the spotlight again, not down one school building but two. To the members of the Board of Education and our first selectman, do not think we - the parents of Hamilton Avenue and Glenville schools - will accept your continued nonsense. Our children will not be your victims any longer. We will not be dispersed nor will we go into the already deemed unsafe Glenville School building.

Guys, it is time to get your acts together and get our schools done. Stop the games! How many millions of dollars has this incompetence already cost the taxpayers of Greenwich? Every Greenwich resident should be as outraged as I am. The town can install pretty brick crosswalks and demolish Wiffle ball fields, but it can't get its schools done. Something is terribly wrong.

Kerry Dunn, Parent

Hamilton Avenue School

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08/01/08 Greenwich Post News Links For Friday

Sam Cross Greenwich Post photo

Grocery store gets fresh start
Employees and local officials prep for a ribbon cutting at the new A&P Fresh, which is holding its grand opening today. It replaces the Food Emporium, which closed about a month ago for the renovations.

Please also see:

• Birthday kids give back

• Lions Club supports large print collection

• Kids and parents explore world of bees
  

• Police Watch, July 31

The following are July 31’s released arrests:

BURGLARY

Police arrested three Greenwich teens — a 15-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys — on July 23 and charged them with third degree burglary, conspiracy to commit third degree burglary, fourth degree larceny and conspiracy to commit fourth degree larceny. The boys had allegedly broken into a Glenville home on May 14 and stolen electronic equipment. The boys were referred to juvenile court.

ASSAULT

A 59-year-old Greenwich man was arrested July 28 and charged with disorderly conduct, threatening, third degree assault and second degree strangulation. Police responded to a report of a domestic dispute. The man and his wife allegedly had a fight over finances and he began hitting and kicking her. Police said he threatened to kill his wife with a kitchen knife and placed his hand around her neck. The man was being held in lieu of a $50,000 and was due in court July 29.

ASSAULT

A 52-year-old Weston man was arrested July 28 and charged with strangulation, second degree unlawful restraint, third degree assault and disorderly conduct. Police responded to a report at a business that a co-owner’s abusive ex-boyfriend came to the store, grabbed his ex-girlfriend around her throat and choked her, pushing her against the wall and breaking her cell phone. Police said that the man forced the woman into a back storeroom and she was only able to escape by saying she heard customers in the store. The man was released on a $250,000 bond and was due in court July 29.

DISORDERLY

A 25-year-old man and a 22-year-old woman, both from Greenwich, were arrested July 29 and charged with disorderly conduct. Police had been sent to the scene of a physical dispute between girlfriend and boyfriend. Police said the woman reported thatshe and her boyfriend had an argument over a lost key and her boyfriend put her in a headlock. The man said the woman punched him in the mouth. The man was also charged with third degree strangulation. The woman was released on a promise to appear and the man was released on a $500 cash bond. They were both due in court July 30.

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08/01/08 Grenwich Time News Links For Friday

Jessica Vandervoort, left, gets a smile out of her daughter, Franny, as they shop for school clothes at Love in Greenwich.
(Bob Luckey Jr./Greenwich Time photo)

Back-to-school budget: A lesson in economics
By Christina Hennessy Staff Writer Franny Vandervoort is not a fan of the color pink or princess motifs.

Firm: Town at fault for delay

The contractor overseeing the reconstruction of Hamilton Avenue School is firing back at town officials who suggested the firm is largely to blame for delays that have spanned three years.

Tesei plans to review grants
First Selectman Peter Tesei will weigh a list of grant recommendations after criticism about a proposed division of almost $ 1 million in federal community development block grant among local nonprofits.

Jailhouse interview to be issue in Golder trial

Attorneys picked a certified financial analyst Thursday to serve as the fourth juror in the upcoming trial of Alan Golder, the alleged "Dinnertime Bandit," Golder's attorney said.

Witherell posts first profit
For the first time in the institution's 103-year history, the town-owned nursing home Nathaniel Witherell made a profit.

Town: Asbestos worries unfounded

Despite its proximity to a school where asbestos flooring is being removed, town officials said Thursday that they will not move a Wiffle ball field they created there, because the area is safe.

Sinnott relishes role in Olympics

Eddie Sinnott wasn't planning on heading to Beijing this summer, but when USA Swimming called it took the Greenwich native "all of five minutes" to punch his ticket to the Summer Olympics.

Academic material: '80s inspired colors, layers mark back-to-school fashion trends
Students this year will be building their new wardrobes with pieces inspired by the clothing students wore more than 20 years ago.

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07/31/08 We Have Found A Photo Of The Missing Greenwich Woman. Why Isn't Her Picture Up On The Greenwich Police Department Website? (Updated)

WTNH.com, Connecticut News - Missing Greenwich woman

Posted July 31, 2008
6:00 PM

Greenwich (WTNH) -- An elderly Greenwich woman has not been seen since yesterday.

Rosa Packard, 73, was last seen in the Glenville area of town around 10 a.m. Wednesday.

Rosa drives a black Toyota Prius with license plate number 784-WOX. She has white hair, hazel eyes and weighs about 200 pounds.

If you have any information about her whereabouts, please call police at 203-622-8054

Comment:

This 73 year old woman has been missing for two days and it has taken about 32 hours to get her photo up on the internet.

This is a pitifully slow and potentially dangerous response.

Let's all pray for Ms. Packard's speedy and safe return to her loved ones.

Update 8:05 pm:

The Journal News In Westchester Also Has A Photo Up On Thier Website.

Missing Greenwich woman sought

Why isn't her photo up at the Greenwich Time, Greenwich Post and Greenwich Citizen websites?

Is is so stange that you have to go to an out of town website to see a photo of a missing Greenwich woman.

Update #2 1:58 am August 1st:

Ms. Packard still has not been listed on the Greenwich Police Department's official Missing Persons web page.

Photo's of missing persons should immediately go up on on the police department website. Further, police department missing reports should go out to all media not just the mainstream media.

Time is of the essence while trying to locate this 73 year old woman and all media and communication outlets should be utilized.

If the Greenwich Police Department had sent Greenwich Roundup an emailed press release with a photo it would have went been up on the web immediately and on our RSS feed instantaneously.

The Greenwich Time might have a photo in tomorrows news paper. The certainly don't have the picture up on the Greenwich Time web page.

Somehow WTNH in New Haven and the journal News in White Plains got a picture of Ms. Packard and put it up on their website.

Greenwich Police Detective Mark Zuccerella should immediately see that Ms. Packard's photo is put up at the Greenwich Police Department's web site and that all concerned media web sites are sent updates and photos about this missing 73 year old Glenville woman.

Update #3 10:14 am August 1,2008

Has Ms. Packard been located?

Why has the Greenwich Time has removed Rosa Packards story from the home page of their news web site?

Nor is the story of her disappearance 48 hours ago on the local news page of the Greenwich Time website.

These old news items ate still on the Greenwich Times local news page:

California quake jolts Judge Judy

Judge Judy called Tuesday's California earthquake a wake up call. "The Earth shook, the lights shook," she said yesterday over the phone.

And

Judge denies delay in pool case
A state Superior Court judge has rejected a bid to put off a wrongful death suit filed by the parents of a 6-year-old Greenwich boy drowned after getting stuck in a powerful suction drain in his family pool last summer.

If you want to find the story about the disappearance of Rosa Packard you have to use the Greenwich Time search page to find yesterdays news story.

Poor 73 year old Glenville woman has disappeared from both Glenville and the homepage of the Greenwich Time.

One Glenville resident told me they thought the Greenwich Time took down the News story about Ms. Packard, because it was just some kind of hoax or police misunderstanding.

This Glenville resident further speculated that the Greenwich Time did not want to be embarrassed by being the only Greenwich Newspaper to put up an alert about Ms. Packard.

Maybe, this is why the Police Department has not put Ms. Packard's photo and information up on their missing persons web page.

Here at Greenwich Roundup we are going to assume that Ms. Packard is still missing and possibly in need of help until we hear differently.

The Greenwich Citizen and the Greenwich post has not even put so much as press release about Rosa Packard.

Is is stange that you have to go to an out of town website to see a photo of a missing Greenwich woman.

Let's all hope and pray that this elderly Glenville woman is returned home safely.

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