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Monday, March 30, 2009

03/30/09 The Raw Greenwich Evening News Feed (Updated)



If You Want To Know What's Going On In Greenwich You Have Got To Read The Out Of Town Newspapers.....



Chronicling the lives of your youngsters
The Hour

The book is available for $28.95 on Covello's Web site, http://www.frittabello.com and at two retailers, Splurge in Greenwich and Twinkletoes in Rye, ...


Stamford man rows Atlantic Ocean
Norwalk Advocate

Chris McNickle, a friend who works with Paul at the financial services consulting firm Greenwich Associates, was in Antigua Sunday to escort him the final ...





‘Momoirs’ probes mother-daughter bond
Norwalk Plus Magazine
The love and pain of the mother-child relationship are illuminated by “Momoirs: The Umbilical Cord Stops Here!”, an original stage production with a performance May 2 (Saturday) at 7 p.m. at the First Congregational Church (108 Sound Beach Ave.) in Old Greenwich to benefit the Stamford Counseling Center.


Lincoln Eschews Government Cheese, Gets Shot
Forbes



Lincoln National Corp. (nyse: LNC - news - people ):The insurance and investment management company has seen its shares dive downward by more than 37%, to $6.46, after it reportedly withdrew its application for funding guarantees from the U.S. government

Andrew Wilkinson is senior market analyst at Greenwich, Conn-based Interactive Brokers. Reach him via e-mail: ibanalyst@interactivebrokers.com .


Rail freight tunnel gathers steam
Stamford Advocate

... Jersey and New York should be prioritized for its promise to move millions of tons of freight off trucks and onto rail cars, said Himes, D-Greenwich. ...



Camuto Group Bullish On New Shoe License
Women's Wear Daily

NEW YORK — Following the announcement last week that Greenwich, Conn.-based Camuto Group signed a multiyear licensing agreement for Kensiegirl ...



Greenwich Dollars not worth the paper they are printed on
Stamford Advocate
By Lisa Chamoff
GREENWICH -- A dollar ain't what it used to be, but now it's certainly worth more than the Greenwich Dollar. The Greenwich Chamber of ...

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....young Kerrin Kinnear (whose name is consistently misspelled by the equally worthless Local Rag, aka Yellowwich Time) won $75 of Greenwich Dollars in an essay contest. When she took them to Wish List on Greenwich Avenue to buy some clothes, she was told by the store manager, Ashley Kane, to suck eggs. Well, maybe not in those exact words, but basically Kerrin's mother, Jill, had to come up with the scratch for the threads......
......The Greenwich Chamber of Commerce's logo is prominently plastered at the top left corner of these rubber checks. But will Mary Ann Morrison, the overpriced "CEO" of the GCC, do anything about it? Probably not. She's too busy trying to find more tacky national chain stores to come and take a bath on Greenwich Avenue, now that she has helped to drive out the local businesses that used to thrive here.
For years your scribe has watched as Morrison has browbeat local businesses into joining her organization. More than one manager has told him that he paid the annual dues only after hearing threats of negative PR from her and her minions.

Frankly, your scribe would love to be bad-mouthed by Mary Ann and her ilk; it would mean he must be doing something right.
Do you remember the Greenwich Sidewalk Sales Days, dear reader? Time was when they were a happy street fest all up and down the Avenue. Then the Chamber of Commerce took over, charging a hefty fee to participate. Fewer stores participated. Some who dared to hold their own sidewalk sales were issued "bills" by Mary Ann for the participation fee.Whether they allowed themselves to be browbeaten into paying these specious assessments, your scribe does not know.
Had he had a storefront on Greenwich Avenue, he would have told Mary Ann to go suck eggs....
......The next time you walk down Greenwich Avenue, dear reader, know that you can thank Mary Ann and the CGG for all the empty storefronts and parking places. If you look hard enough, you will even see the GCC logo on some of the empty windows.
The same logo that is on the worthless checks, by the way.
If your scribe had been so foolish or unlucky ever to have had one of these Greenwich Dollars, and still be carrying it in his wallet, he would be at the courthouse right now filing suit against Mary Ann and the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce. They promoted these fraudulent checks, and their logo is right there in living color......
.....Here is a novel suggestion, dear reader: let us all begin to boycott stores bearing the Chamber of Commerce logo until such time as Mary Ann gives Kerrin Kinnear her money back.....

Thumbs up, thumbs down
Stamford Advocate

This branch of Greenwich Library is a cherished neighborhood institution. And not only is it back, it's beautiful; nearly twice its original size with an ...

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Friday
Following more than two years of construction, the Byram Shubert Library, a branch of Greenwich Library, was issued a temporary certificate of occupancy today and will officially open for business tomorrow, Saturday, March 28, at 9 a.m. ....
COMMENT:

Once Again Failed Hearst Newspaper Managing Editor
Bruce Hunter Has Dropped The Ball.

The Greenwich Time Website Is Always
Getting Scooped By The Greenwich Post.

Let's See How Long It Takes The Green Kitty Liner
To Report That The Long Delayed Byram Shubert Libray
Is Opening In Less Than 18 Hours.
UPDATE:

March, 28th
12:16 AM

The Pokey Greenwich Time Finally Shows Up
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