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Thursday, March 26, 2009

03/26/09 The Raw Overnight Greenwich News Feed

Sent from above: St. Paul congregants help homebound with food
Greenwich Post
Eighty-seven-year-old Ann Jambriska of Greenwich gets a hot meal every Monday afternoon
, and she doesn’t have to cook a thing. The homebound congregant of ...

Young voices are heard in C-SPAN studentcam competition
Buffalo News

The $3000 first prize (high school) went to “Requiem for the Honeybee,” by Charles Greene and Eliza mcnitt of Greenwich High School in Connecticut, ...

For suburban commuters, MTA fare hikes hurt over and over
Lower Hudson Journal news
Since the increases don't affect Connecticut, fares from Larchmont, Mamaroneck, Harrison and Rye would be capped at the fares from Greenwich, Metro-North ...

Greenwich Post

District officials say Hamilton Avenue School is not facing the same old problems in its new building despite the discovery of mold there.....

....“Based on my observations, the air test results and the information that has been provided to me, it is my opinion that the steps taken have effectively eliminated any microbial hazards,” Mr. Brown said in the letter.....

....Former school PTA President Laura DiBella, an outspoken critic of the district’s past performance during the mold issues plaguing the modulars, said that while she wished parents were informed earlier about the concerns, she was pleased with how the district responded here. Ms. DiBella said she questions why neither the contractor nor the town building inspectors noticed the problem with the pipe when it first occurred and correct it then.

Men's Lacrosse: Highly touted recruit at home on turf
Princeton University The Daily Princetonian

And though he played in Greenwich, Conn. — not exactly a hotbed of high school football talent — colleges came calling. Highly competitive football programs ...

Playing the race card—Part I
CU Columbia Spectator

“I am the daughter of African immigrants,” said a classmate of mine, “and I’m going to exploit that for all it’s worth.”.....

.....It worked—she got in. Friends of mine grumbled that she didn’t deserve it, and they might have been right. She maintained tacitly that she’d done nothing wrong—she definitely hadn’t. With college admissions being what it is, who could blame her?.....

.....What’s “diversity”? To the New York Times op-ed board it means running a Bob Herbert column twice a week. Herbert grew up in Montclair, a community in New Jersey a half-hour from Midtown. His family owned several upholstery stores, and was well-off, “middle-class” in the same way that a hedge-fund manager from Greenwich and a lawyer from Chappaqua would be middle-class. ...

Nestle invests $15.6 million in Sweet Leaf Tea
Austin American-Statesman
Last year, the company received $18 million in capital from Catteron Partners, a Greenwich, Conn., investment firm. Nestle is the biggest bottled water ...

AIG resignation hits close to home
Greenwich Time
By Susan Tuz

REDDING -- Former Greenwich resident Jake DeSantis' resignation from a job with AIG Financial Products unit Wednesday came as no surprise to ...

Trinity players still in NCAA tourney
Norwalk Advocate

Julie Ireland (Greenwich Academy) had a goal as Middlebury (20-4-4) beat Wisconsin River Falls 3-2 to finish third in the NCAA Division III tourney. ...

Belgian court rules Golder extradition illegal
Stamford Advocate

Golder was arrested by Belgian authorities in December 2006 after Greenwich detectives spent nearly a decade tracking him down in connection with burglaries ...

AIG and the Big Takeover: Matt Taibbi on “How Wall Street Insiders ...
Democracy Now

They have one that’s in Greenwich, Connecticut, and one that’s in London. I’m assuming most of these employees are Americans. But, you know, the key thing ...

Local Attorney To Lead Youth Into Wilderness
The Brooklyn Daily Eagle
... 5:30 - 8:30 p.m. Items up for auction include a round of golf at the renown Baltusrol Golf Club, a sailing trip in Greenwich, Conn., and a week's stay at a cabin in Alaska. Hon. Lewis J. Douglass, a retired Brooklyn Supreme Court justice, will be ...

Yale credits a new attitude
Connecticut Post

By Chris Elsberry

Yale's Sean Backman of Greenwich celebrates his team's 5-0 win over Cornell in the ECAC tournament championship hockey game in Albany, NY, ...

Town resident caught up in blackmail scam
Greenwich Post

A Greenwich man using an adult Web site to meet women found himself the target of a blackmail scheme, according to Greenwich police. ...

Brush fire at GHS extinguished
Greenwich Time

A small brush fire broke out in a wooded area at Greenwich High School property Wednesday afternoon, fire officials said. Firefighters responded to Hillside ...

Finding the time to regenerate
Norwalk Advocate
Even in high school at Greenwich Academy
(especially in high school at GA), many peers already knew that their one goal throughout college would be to ...

Community almanac
Stamford Advocate

THE NURSE IS IN From 9 am to 1 pm at Eastern Greenwich Civic Center, 90 Harding Road. A registered nurse is available to take blood pressure and health ...

Himes hears seniors’ anger about economy
Greenwich Post

Jim Himes (D-4th) stopped in to speak with constituents at the Greenwich Senior Center Monday morning. After delivering a brief overview of his first few ...

Rams Remain Unbeaten with Win over Purchase
Farmingdale Rams

... Harrison Grinnell (Greenwich, CT/Greenwich) 8-4, improving to 4-0 on the season as a 1st doubles team for Farmingdale State. ...

Orders from factories up in February
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader
RBS Greenwich Capital analyst David Ader agreed
. “Durable goods was firmer than expected but with the caveats of downward revisions and the bounce ...

Populism and paranoia
Beliefnet.com
In any case, the reason the wealthy took up residence in mansions of westchester county, NY and greenwich, ct is because they wanted to escape the public ...

Mold Found in Hamilton Avenue School
WSTC-AM Norwalk
Greenwich school officials say mold was discovered in the newly-reopened Hamilton Avenue school building Tuesday.


GREENWICH, CT—Landmark Capital Corp., an investment bank that does equity raises for early and mid-stage companies, plans to open a ...

EPL stock being removed from NYSE
KATC-TV Lafayette
.... In January after a major investor _ Wexford Capital LLC, based in Greenwich, Conn. _ called for a shake-up, including the firing of all top management, a sharp reduction in costs, debt restructuring and a ...

Cancer gene therapy talk next week
Greenwich Post

This lecture is free and open to the public, and is sponsored by the Sisterhood of Temple Sholom and Greenwich Hadassah.

Casino Companies: Tropicana owner, creditors agree on plan to emerge from bankruptcy
Las Vegas Review Journal
... downturn and the tight credit markets. A group led by billionaire financier Carl Icahn and Silver Point Finance, a Greenwich, Conn.-based hedge fund, has expressed interest in buying the New Jersey property. The Icahn group has agreed to assume a ...

Edward J. Bowden Jr.
WisInfo
... he was a helicopter instructor. Survivors: wife, Marilyn Jo Bowden of Savannah; two daughters, Deborah Schmidt of Greenwich, CT and Marilyn Bowden of Chicago, IL: two sons, Edward Bowden III of Larson, WI and Al Bowden of Lexington, SC; seven ...

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