07/20/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed By Robo Blogger

• Low-oxygen 'dead zone' in Sound worse in 2008
  posted on July 20, 2009 02:34:54 pm
  ... pay into the program. In 2008, Stamford earned $939,510 in credits, more than any other municipality in the state. Greenwich, Norwalk, Westport and New Canaan also surpassed their goals, each earning $79,000 to $171,000. However, seven years after ...
• Man survives being hit by train in Old Greenwich
  posted on July 20, 2009 02:34:29 pm
  A man was seriously injured Sunday afternoon at the Old Greenwich rail station when a train passing through the station slammed into his legs as he dangled them from the edge of the platform.
• Natural Gas ETF Falls More Than Fuel on Record Supplies as Shares Sell Out
  posted on July 20, 2009 10:54:58 am
  ... is down and not looking to change any time soon,a said Tom Orr , the director of research for Weeden & Co. LP , a Greenwich, Connecticut, securities brokerage, in a telephone interview. He predicted natural gas, this yeara s worst performing major ...
• Quote of the day--George Rengert John Wasilchick
  posted on July 20, 2009 09:01:19 am
  ... Wasilchick Suburban Burglary: A Tale of Two Suburbs page 33. (2nd ed. 2000)(study of Delaware County, Penn., and Greenwich, Conn.) [This disincentive goes away if the victims have been disarmed. In fact it then becomes beneficial to "visit" when the ...
• Greenwich college counselor offers costly advice
  posted on July 20, 2009 07:10:33 am
  ... process. (New York Times) From New York Times: Shannon Duff, independent college counselor and founder of Greenwich-based Collegiate Compass LLC, charges families "in the range of" $15,000 for assistance with the application process for selective ...
• Things are about to heat up in Hell's Kitchen
  posted on July 20, 2009 12:48:48 am
  ... Tek describes her dish to Chef Ramsay Here are the Season 6 contenders: The ladies: Amanda -- Vancouver, WA Tek -- Greenwich, CT Ariel -- Santa Cruz, CA Lovely -- Chicago, IL Melinda -- Chadds Ford, PA Sabrina -- New Caney, TX Suzanne -- Milwaukee, ...
• Shays says campaign payroll taxes were unpaid
  posted on July 20, 2009 12:36:11 am
  GREENWICH, Conn. - Former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays says payroll taxes owed to the Internal Revenue Service by election workers were allegedly siphoned off in an effort to cover up money being embezzled from his 2008 campaign.
• Man hit by train in Old Greenwich
  posted on July 19, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  OLD GREENWICH, Conn. - A train bound for Grand Central Terminal this afternoon struck a man who was sitting on the edge of the platform at the Old Greenwich train station.
• Bridgeport, Gathering of the Vibes a perfect match
  posted on July 19, 2009 05:33:53 pm
  ... Park. "It's just a beautiful venue with beautiful and kind people to your left and your right," said Hays, 44, a Greenwich native and a lifelong resident of Fairfield County. "It truly is a gathering of positive vibes." path to bridgeport How Hays ...
• Miller, Mumford eye U.S. Junior Amateur
  posted on July 19, 2009 04:51:37 pm
  ... week's Met Junior Championship, reaching the quarterfinals and losing 1-up to eventual champion David Pastore of Greenwich, Conn. "My ball-striking has been really good," said Miller, who finished in third place for the second year in a row at the ...
• Greenwich residents recall Apollo moon landing [Connecticut Post, Bridgeport]
  posted on July 19, 2009 04:36:10 pm
  Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) Jul. 19--Forty years ago Monday, Greenwich residents joined the millions of Americans tuning in to watch an epochal moment unfold live on television: The first landing of a human being on the moon.
• Before College, Costly Advice Just on Getting In
  posted on July 19, 2009 07:18:23 am
  The free fashion show at a Greenwich, Conn., boutique in June was billed as a crash course in dressing for a college admissions interview.
• On the front lines of history: Greenwich residents recall Apollo moon landing
  posted on July 19, 2009 07:08:39 am
  Forty years ago Monday, Greenwich residents joined the millions of Americans tuning in to watch an epochal moment unfold live on television: The first landing of a human being on the moon.
• Met Junior to Pastore
  posted on July 19, 2009 12:42:04 am
  ... four years by defeating Pierce Dever, 5-and-3, at Engineers Country Club in Roslyn Harbor yesterday. Pastore, of Greenwich, Conn., will have his name engraved on the Mandeville Trophy, which goes to the winner of the oldest junior golf tournament in ...
• The Final Score with Matt Levine - Jul. 18 2009, 1:20pm-1:40pm
  posted on January 20, 2009 04:00:00 pm
  ... powerhouses. In college football for -- decades that Brigham young of course the great Ron Amadon right. From Greenwich. Twenty BYU and on the -- coming NFL hall of Famer. So we shall -- have Libyan stinks so you know what I wish Nathan it is a ...
• Pilot program trains new triathletes
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:09:32 pm
  ... .9-mile swim at Playland, 6.2-mile run through Rye and 25-mile bike ride that will take them through Port Chester, Greenwich, North Castle, Harrison and Rye Brook. (2 of 2) "We've got less than three months to go, and it shouldn't be underestimated ...
• Jonathan Taplin
  posted on July 18, 2009 12:26:15 pm
  ... the investment side through 1988, the last year as chair and CEO of Berkey, Inc., a film investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He then formed Trans Pacific Films, an international film development and production company with Japanese ...
• Will Harry Potter continue to enchant the box office?
  posted on July 18, 2009 11:27:56 am
  ... But not everyone is aboard the Hogwarts Express, however. Marketing expert Jack Trout from Trout & Partners in Old Greenwich, Conn., says, "I view 'Potter,' in some respects, as sort of a fading franchise. In other words, I think there's been so ...
• Cannons about ready to explode
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:04:43 am
  ... Other years, a team can be faced with seemingly insurmountable odds yet somehow finds a way to persevere. The 2009 Greenwich Junior American Legion squad, the Cannons, falls into the latter category. In a season wrought with injuries, poor weather ...
• Redbirds take wing
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:04:18 am
  Five years ago, Frank DeNicola had an idea. He wanted to create a softball program in Greenwich that would provide young girls with the opportunity to learn the game, develop their skills and cultivate an interest in softball.