03/13/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Greenwich Time News Links (Updated)

Spelling BEE excites students
STAMFORD -- When 12-year-old Kyra Gardner heard the word "staccato," she said she breathed a sigh of relief. She knew how to spell it.
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Transportation groups urge legislators to embrace congestion pricing
STAMFORD -- State leaders must pass congestion pricing measures to reduce traffic on Interstate 95 and raise repair money for Connecticut's heavily traveled highways, according to several environmentally and transportation-oriented groups endorsing highway tolling in the state.
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Syracuse wins marathon over UConn
NEW YORK -- If the players participating in the classic had the strength to actually look up when the clock struck one, they'd probably think the scoreboard at Madison Square Garden was malfunctioning as it read "Period 8 ....
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Police nab woman accused of fraud
Police, in cooperation with a new state financial crimes task force, arrested a 26-year-old Stamford woman accused of stealing $16,000 from an elderly town resident, officials said.
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Designing Duo: Dressing up the foyer
The space: A welcoming foyer with a gracious staircase. The space is not too deep, with just enough room for something on the wall facing the entrance door, but not big enough for a large round table in the center.
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Paraders Get Their Irish Up Over McDonald ......

Hibernians won't march with McDonald in parade
HARTFORD -- Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, may march in the city's St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday.
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Catholics rally against church bill

HARTFORD -- More than 3,500 Catholics turned a protest on a doomed bill changing how churches are run into a celebration Wednesday, warning the General Assembly to stay out of their churches.

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GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT

BETTY STERNBERG SAYS:

"Things were done at that time relating to that incident,

but that was not on my watch."

Suspended lacrosse coach had prior DWI arrest

By Debra Friedman
STAFF WRITER

Suspended Greenwich High School lacrosse coach Paul Burke was required to sign a "Last Chance Agreement" to keep his athletic position because a 2008 drunken driving arrest was not his first, school officials confirmed Thursday...... In addition to the two DWI charges, Burke served 30 days in Webster Correctional Institute in Cheshire in August 1999 after he was convicted of driving while his license was suspended for DWI, according to state Department of Corrections records ..... According to police, Burke smashed his BMW Z4 into a stone wall on June 15, 2008, on Middlesex Road. He had a blood alcohol content of .29 percent -- more than triple the legal limit -- and was coming from Greenwich at the time of the crash around 2:30 a.m., according to the arrest warrant. He was arrested two months after the accident and charged with DWI
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NO, DUH DEBRA

GREENWICH ROUNDUP TOLD YOU EARLIER IN THE WEEK THAT THE PUBLIC SCHOOL HAD BEEN COVERING UP FOR PAUL BURKE'S SUBSTANCE ABUSE PROBLEM OVER AND OVER

PLEASE SEE:

03/10/09 BREAKING NEWS: You Wont Read This In The Greenwich Time - Alan Capaso Is Involved In Another Greenwich Public School Cover Up

WHY CAN'T ROOKIE GREENWICH TIME REPORTER DEBRA FRIEDMAN AND HER BUDDIES AT THE BOARD OF EDUCATION TELL THE WHOLE TRUTH?

COACH PAUL BURKE NEEDS TO START GOING TO AA

NO ONE IS HELPING HIM OR PROTECTING CHILDREN BY MINIMIZING OR COVERING UP THIS ONGOING PROBLEM

ROOKIE REPORTER DEBRA FRIEDMAN INCOMPLETE GREENWICH TIME SO-CALLED "NEWS STORY" CONTINUES.....

Records from the school's human resources office confirm that Burke had a prior DWI arrest and served time in jail on the suspended license charge, according to Ellen Flanagan, human resources director for Greenwich Public Schools. According to an on-line database, Burke had a prior DWI arrest in 1998. It is not clear where the offense took place...... Burke was hired by the school as a teacher in 1990 and briefly resigned during the 1991-1992 school year. He was rehired the next school year and has been employed as a teacher with the school ever since, Flanagan said......

HEY DEBRA WHAT'S UP WITH THAT 1991 RESIGNATION?

Shouldn't Hearst Newspaper Stories Tell Us Who, What, When, Where And WHY ?

Well This Is Rookie Greenwich Time Reporter Debra Friedman's Second Attempt At Telling The Whole Story.

Yesterday, Her First Story Only Reported About Betty Sternberg's So-Called "Last Chance Agreement That Does Not Affect His Teaching Job If He Gets Arrested Again"

Now Today Rookie Greenwich Time Reporter Debra Friedman Partially Reported On The Previous Arrests, Jail Time And Resignations That Have Been Covered Up For Years.

Maybe, Tomorrow Rookie Reporter Debra Friedman Will File A Third Report And Do What The Late Journalist Paul Harvey Used To Do....

TELL US THE REST OF THE STORY

If Rookie Reporter Friedman Fails To Deliver The Story It Will Once Again Prove That Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Need To Be Replaced By Hearst Newspapers.

School officials told Rookie Reporter Debra Friedman that Coach Paul Burke supposedly immediately notified them of the Darien accident in June of last year and of his arrest last August.

But, school officials did nothing all of last semester or half of this semester, until concerned Greenwich High School parents started getting fed up with GHS Headmaster Alan Capasso's cover ups and started talking to citizen journalists and bloggers in Greenwich.

Then all of a sudden there is an emergency meeting with school officials and lacrosse parents.

Then, after Greenwich Roundup broke the Paul Burke DWI story, Greenwich Public School Superintendent Betty Sternberg suspended Mr. Burke and issued her so-called "Last Chance" statement.

If Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter doesn't get rookie reporter Debra Friedman to tell the rest of the story to the parents and taxpayer of Greenwich, then parents and school officials are going to once again bring the details to Greenwich Roundup.

And Hearst Newspaper President Steven Swarts

is probably going to start saying......

"Why Am I Paying Bruce Hunter All This Freaking Money When Citizen Journalists And Blogger Are Scooping The Greenwich Time Day After Day."

PLEASE SEE:

03/11/09 Breaking News Greenwich Public Schools Superintendent Suspends Drunk Driving Lacrosse Coach Paul Burke

We have repeatedly said all week Greenwich Roundup invites Paul Burke or his attorney to send an email to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com To date Mr. Burke or his attorney have not accepted our offer. Perhaps, they are worried that anything Mr. Burke says might be used against him in court.

Tax Proposed for heating oil
The state legislature is considering a bill that would tax home heating fuels to raise funds for energy conservation.
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Selectmen weigh punishing violators of false alarm law Town wants to collect $116,000 in unpaid fines

Repeat violators of a town ordinance dealing with false smoke and burglar alarms could have a different kind of cause for alarm.
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P.I. keeps tabs on bitter farewells
It takes about two minutes. A company executive approaches your desk with a uniformed security guard.
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Gun bust nets 2
Two truck drivers were arrested late Wednesday night on weapons charges at the Greenwich weigh station on Interstate 95, bolstering an argument of those who oppose a controversial plan to replace the state troopers there with motor vehicle inspectors.
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Hospital copes with economy
Amid all the other concerns created by the slumping economy, one of the last things we would want to worry about is whether our local hospital can continue to provide us with the care we have come to expect.
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Health advocate's position tenuous as budget battles heat up
HARTFORD -- State Healthcare Advocate Kevin Lembo's job is not completely secure, but Democratic lawmakers Thursday indicated Gov.

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