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08/17/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

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Chief takes Greenwich Police Department through tough times Greenwich Time (Andrew Sullivan/For Greenwich Time) When Police Chief David Ridberg was tapped to become the next leader of the department in 2007, he had to think twice ...

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Group looks to rekindle interest in building new civic center in ... Greenwich Time By Neil Vigdor Numerous ceiling tiles at the Greenwich Civic Center show discoloration from leaks. (Andrew Sullivan/For Greenwich Time) Relegated to the ...

08/17/09 Last couple of concerts of the summer

Here are the last concerts of this summer's season. Thanks for all the
help in getting the info out to the public.

Thanks

(See attached file: Sound Beach Community Band)

And

(See attached file: Bob Button at RSBP

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

August 17, 2009

For additional information contact:
Frank Gabriele, Recreation Supervisor
622-7821

Press Release

THE SOUND BEACH COMMUNITY BAND
TO PERFORM AT BINNEY PARK

The Department of Parks and Recreation announces that the Sound Beach Community Band will be performing on the Showmobile at Binney Park on Sunday, August 30, 2009, from 7:00 pm to 8:30 pm.

The Sound Beach Community Band consists of 40 local musicians that play a number of different popular songs, marches, and show tunes.

Bring a picnic dinner and a blanket, and join us for a wonderful night of music under the stars.
The rain date for this concert is on Monday August 31, 2009.

For more information please call the Department of Parks and Recreation at 622-7830, or visit our website at www.greenwichct.org.

cc: Greenwich Time, Greenwich Post, Greenwich Citizen, Community Answers, WGCH, Recreation Staff

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 17, 2009

For additional information contact:
Frank Gabriele, Recreation Supervisor
622-7821

Press Release

BOB BUTTON ORCHESTRA TO PLAY IN THE
DEPT. OF PARKS AND RECREATION
WEDNESDAY NIGHT CONCERT SERIES

The Department of Parks and Recreation announces that the Bob Button Orchestra will perform in the Wednesday Night Concert Series at Roger Sherman Baldwin Park on August 26, 2009 at the special time of 7 pm to 8:30 pm.

This popular 16-piece orchestra will present a program of big band classics as originally recorded by the famous bands of the Swing Era. Gail Clear is the featured vocalist.

Button and Bows, the talented group of female singers will also appear with the band for this performance.

A portable dance floor will be installed in front of the bandstand for those who would like to dance while listening.

This is the last Parks & Recreation Wednesday Night Concert of the summer season. So don’t miss your last chance to relax, bring the family, a picnic dinner and listen to some wonderful music under the stars.

If it rains the performance will be held the next day on Thursday at the park. For rain information call 618-7650 after 4 pm.

For more information please call the Recreation Office at 622-7830.

cc: Greenwich Time, Greenwich Post, Community Answers, WGCH, Greenwich Citizen, Recreation Staff

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08/17/09 The Himes Times: Health care

August 17, 2009

Friends,

As you have no doubt noticed, health care reform has become THE topic in Washington, in the media, and across the country. And rightly so. The status quo is no longer tenable. It is an economic and moral disaster.

Yes, the rhetoric has been heated, and it has been disheartening to see that around the country efforts have been made to squelch discussion rather than promote it. I am happy to say that in my district when I held an impromptu town hall meeting with some 75 people in Stamford, people were thoughtful, considerate, and generally measured.

This is an immensely complicated topic, and probably the most substantial legislative initiative in which any of us will play a part.

Recently, I published an op-ed in the Connecticut Post, Stamford Advocate, and Greenwich Time detailing my current views on the proposed reforms. I hope you will take a look and let me know what you think.

All the best,

Jim

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08/17/09 The Greenwich Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Greenwich, CT.

• Hot today, hot tomorrow
  posted on August 17, 2009 09:08:41 pm
  ... and both set in 1959, is 92 degrees. At Westchester County Airport, the closest official weather station to Greenwich and Stamford, the record high for August 17 is 93, set in 1997. Sunset today will be at 7:48 p.m. and we'll have about 13 hours and ...
• Mass. rejects settlement offer in Madoff scandal
  posted on August 17, 2009 11:45:13 am
  ... scheme. Galvin spokesman Brian McNiff said Sunday that his agency is not accepting New York-based Fairfield Greenwich Group's offer to fully refund nearly a dozen investors in the state because officials are still trying to identify all the affected ...
• Real Estate Transactions
  posted on August 17, 2009 07:17:10 am
  GREENWICH Countrywide Home Loans sold to Anna Donovan, property at 46 Bowman Drive for $860,000. Patrick J. Conlon sold to Patrick J. Conlon, property at 525 E. Putnam Ave.
• Bronx Stella D'Oro Cookie Factory Closing Down
  posted on August 16, 2009 06:41:58 pm
  ... the National Labor Relations Board had forced the company to take back the workers. But Stella D'Oro's owner, the Greenwich, Connecticut-based private equity firm Brynwood Partners - run by Harvard MBA's Hendrik Hartong, Jr. and his son Hendrik ...
• Blumenthal pleased with D.C. Lyme hearing
  posted on August 17, 2009 03:45:57 am
  People with Lyme : Blumenthal pleased with D.C. Lyme hearing Blumenthal pleased with D.C. Lyme hearing Greenwich Times, Greenwich, CT USA By Lisa Chamoff, Greenwich Times Staff Writer Many insurance companies look to the IDSA's guidelines when deciding whether to fund a patient's treatment for Lyme disease Connecticut's attorney general said he ...
• US consumer morale declines
  posted on August 16, 2009 04:46:03 pm
  ... and they probably won t until the labor market begins to firm, said Michelle Girard, an economist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. Industrial output rose 0.5 percent, beating market expectations for 0.3 percent advance, after a 0.4 percent ...
• Boys, 5 and 14 injured on scooter
  posted on August 16, 2009 12:44:00 pm
  ... Sheriff's Department says the boys' fathers, Gustavo Vasquez, 52, of Port Chester and 40-year old Arturo Juarez of Greenwich, Connecticut allowed them to go off on the moped, resulting in charges of endangering the welfare of a child. Juarez is also ...
• NCC Foundation to host 'Le Bal d'Ecole' Oct 3
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  ... Board of Directors. Steiner, a fellow board member, serves as chair of the Foundation's Scholarship Committee. Greenwich resident Beverly Orthwein is honorary chairman. GE Capital's President and CEO of Media, Communications and Entertainment ...
• City dips toes in IPOs
  posted on August 16, 2009 04:49:53 am
  ... You've given us two IPOs. Someone must be working there," says Kathy Smith, principal at Renaissance Capital of Greenwich, Conn., an independent research and investment management firm that monitors IPO filings and newly public companies. But ...
• Greenwich Approves Sex Offender Restrictions
  posted on August 14, 2009 03:00:00 pm
  GREENWICH, Conn. - Officials in the wealthy Connecticut town of Greenwich have voted to ban sex offenders from schools, parks, playgrounds and public beaches, despite the threat of a lawsuit by civil liberties advocates.
• Sea of love
  posted on August 15, 2009 03:05:41 pm
  ... do any illicit substances." Before her freshman year of college, Nantucket resident Barbara Dale, then living in Greenwich, Conn., was invited by some friends to join them for a weekend music event that included some of her favorite performers. "It ...
• Town Approves Sex Offender Restrictions
  posted on August 15, 2009 01:39:13 pm
  Officials in Greenwich have voted to ban sex offenders from schools, parks, playgrounds and public beaches, despite the threat of a lawsuit by civil liberties advocates.
• U.S. consumer morale sags, industrial output rises
  posted on August 15, 2009 12:42:55 pm
  ... and they probably won't until the labor market begins to firm," said Michelle Girard, an economist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. Separately, industrial output rose 0.5 percent, beating market expectations for 0.3 percent advance, after a 0.4 ...
• Retail sales dip in July; jobless relief filings climb
  posted on August 15, 2009 11:55:42 am
  ... path next year. The consumer is not going to lead the recovery," said Stephen Stanley, an economist at RBS in Greenwich, Conn. The decline in July retail sales was affected by a 2.1 percent drop in sales at gasoline stations. Excluding gasoline, ...
• Retail sales fall, new jobless claims rise
  posted on August 14, 2009 07:00:00 pm
  ... path next year. The consumer is not going to lead the recovery," said Stephen Stanley, an economist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Federal Reserve, in leaving short-term interest rates near zero on Wednesday, said economic activity was ...
• U.S. economy still shaky
  posted on August 15, 2009 04:28:32 am
  ... without the U.S. consumer as last resort," said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Securities in Greenwich, Connecticut. On Wednesday, the U.S. Federal Reserve issued a more upbeat, if guarded, assessment of the U.S. economy. ...

08/17/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Failed MTA Metro-North President Howard Permut That....

This is a point you should follow up. Howard thinks in terms of the
20th Century, not the 21st.

At the last MTA Board meeting I strongly suggested Howard retire. I
will again at the Metro North Committee meeting next month. You can
see me on the MTA Board web Archive of the meeting (July 2009).

A copy of this email is going to Howard. That's his email address.
And a BCC is going to two people, one of whom (I hope) will forward a
copy of this email to the Board and Ms. Williams.

Replace Permut and you go a long way to fixing MN. Howard is in over
his head.

Murray Bodin

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