11/09/09 Greenwich Resident Ned Lamont's Big Bucks Makes Jodi Rell Run Away

The Greenwich Time Missed This News Flash......

Conn. governor decides not to seek another term

HARTFORD, Conn. (AP)

Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell says she will not seek re-election next year.

She made the announcement in a news conference Monday at the statehouse in Hartford.

Rell has been governor since 2004, when John Rowland resigned in a corruption probe. In 2006 voters made her the first Republican woman elected to the post.

State budget problems have driven her job approval.

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Democrat Ned Lamont Exploring A Run For Governor In 2010

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Five Hours Later The Greenwich Time Runs A CT Post Story

Rell bombshell: She won't run again

By Ken Dixon

CT POST STAFF WRITER

Posted: 11/09/2009 08:51:04 PM EST

HARTFORD ­ tearful Gov. M. Jodi Rell abruptly announced Monday she will not run for re-election, bringing to an end a 25-year political career that saw her rise from an obscure small-town politician to a figure credited with restoring faith in a scandal-scarred office.

In a stunning announcement during a hastily called news conference in her office, Rell said.....

.....her predecessor and former running mate John G. Rowland, resigned under the shadow of an impeachment investigation in July 2004. He eventually pleaded guilty to federal corruption charges.

Rell served 10 years in the state House of Representatives, representing her hometown of Brookfield, before becoming Rowland's running mate in 1994. For nine-and-a-half years, she ......

....."I met today with our budget chief and our sales-tax revenue continues to decline," Rell said during a brief question-and-answer period in her Capitol office after her announcement. "That's why I need to focus, right now, my attention on getting our budget in balance and dealing with the Legislature." Rell said that she's sure Republicans can hold the Governor's Residence after she retires. Right after her news conference, Lt. Gov. Michael Fedele, of Stamford, told reporters in the hall outside Rell's office that he expects to be a candidate and anticipates Rell's support.

"This is something that we've all been expecting," Fedele said.....

.....On the Democratic side, James A. Amann of Milford, former speaker of the House, is the only officially announced candidate for the party's gubernatorial nomination. But several Democrats have filed exploratory committees: Stamford Mayor Dannel P. Malloy; Secretary of the State Susan Bysiewicz; Ridgefield First Selectman Rudolph P. Marconi; state Sen. Gary LeBeau of East Hartford; and Ned Lamont, who won the 2006 Democratic primary against U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman.

On the Republican side, House Minority Leader Lawrence F. Cafero Jr., R-Norwalk, is exploring a candidacy.....

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11/09/09 The Greenwich Briefing

MTV is reality for Colonial
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Stephanie Seymoura s Full Disclosure
James Wolcott
... back in 1995, when they tied the knot in Paris and then settled into a comfortable life that included homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, the Hamptons, and Palm Beach. She was 26, he 48. "He's strong, intelligent, sensitive, and very masculine," she ...

Investor Group to Partner with Management to Transition TASC Inc. into an Independent Company
Earth Times
GREENWICH, Conn. and NEW YORK /PRNewswire/ -- An investor group led by General Atlantic LLC and affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.

People & Places
Connecticut Post
Chip Skowron to its board of directors. Skowron, a Greenwich resident, is a managing director at Morgan Stanley.

Rejection massively reduces IQ
New Scientist Tech
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11/09/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Treasurys Edge Up Before Auction Wall Street Journal William O'Donnell, head of US government bond strategy at RBS Securities Inc. in Greenwich, Conn., said the three-year note auction "should not be a problem ... See all stories on this topic

Greenwich High's SAT scores jump, while test-taking rate tumbles Greenwich Time By Colin Gustafson Scores reached five-year highs for Greenwich High School students on the latest sitting of a crucial college-entrance exam, ...

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11/09/09 PRESS RELEASE: Rob Mathes Christmas Concert Tickets On Sale - Concerts Dec 18, 19 & 20

The 16th annual Rob Mathes Christmas Concert Friday, December 18, 8 pm Saturday, December 19, 8 pm Sunday, December 20, 3 pm Presented at The Performing Arts Center, Purchase College PepsiCo Theatre · 735 Anderson Hill Road, Purchase, NY Tickets: $40 & $55 The Performing Arts Center Box Office: 914-251-6200 The Music Source: 203-698-0444 Concert Benefits The Max Scotti Fund and Making Headway Foundation - Dedicated to the care, comfort and cure of children with brain and spinal cord tumors

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11/09/09 PRESS RELEASE: Just Books' Author Events - Nov 11 Jene Luciani, Nov 18 Gail Rentsch, Nov 21 Marina Neary

Upcoming Events · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · JUST BOOKS' UPCOMING EVENTS Holiday Shopping is Just Around the Corner - Stock Up for Your Favorite Reader with These Terrific Author-Signed Books! Event Cancelled - Check Back for a New Date LISTEN TO WGCH-AM 5:00 P.M., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, FOR INTERVIEW WITH JENE LUCIANI - THE BRA BOOK _____________________________________________________ Author Talk & Book Signing WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 7:00 PM GAIL RENTSCH SMART WOMEN DON'T RETIRE Westport Public Libary Arnold Bernhard Plaza 20 Jessup Road, Westport, CT Contact: dcella@westportlibrary.org The Westport Public Library, The Transition Network and Just Books are pleased to welcome Gail Rentsch with Smart Women Don't Retire - They Break Free: From Working Full-Time to Living Full-Time (Grand Central; $24.99), at 6:30 p.m., Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at the Westport Public Library, 20 Jessup Road, Westport, Conn. Call 203-291-4840 or visit == or This book is for the amazing female pioneers who shattered the glass ceiling --- a practical and inspiring guide to figuring out what's next. Boomer women have been trailblazers throughout their professional lives. Now that their careers are losing their edge and children leave the nest, these women are ready to do for retirement what they did for the working world. The first book from The Transition Network focuses on the unique needs of women as they explore new possibilities and redesign the old model of retirement. Gail Rentsch is a founding member of The Transition Network. In 2000, she recalls being among some 20 other women gathered to help build an organization where women could share their concerns and aspirations as they moved from their primary careers to something else. Gail retired from her primary career in 2004, after 24 years as founder and president of a successful, New York City-based public relations agency with clients that included book publishers, authors, non-profit institutions and corporations. Gail is also the co-author of The Whole Horse Catalog, first published by Simon & Schuster in 1977. That book has gone through three revisions, multiple printings and remains in print today. It is Gail's hope that this new book will last nearly as long. _____________________________________________________ Author Book Signing SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM MARINA NEARY WYNFIELD'S KINGDOM Just Books 28 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich, CT Free and Open to the Public Just Books is pleased to welcome Marina Julia Neary, an award-winning historical essayist, multilingual arts & entertainment journalist, published poet, playwright, actress, dancer and choreographer, as she introduces her first novel Wynfield's Kingdom (Fireship Press, $29.95). Welcome to 1830s Bermondsey, London's most notorious slum, a land of gang wars, freak shows and boxing matches. Dr. Grant, a disgraced physician, adopts Wynfield, a ten-year old thief savagely battered by the gang leader for insubordination. The boy grows up to be a slender, idealistic opium addict who worships Victor Hugo. By day he steals and resells guns from a weapons factory. By night he amuses filthy crowds with his adolescent girlfriend, a fragile witch with wolfish eyes. Their tragicomic idyll ends when Wynfield falls under the spell of an elusive benefactress and leaves his bohemian, semi-criminal circle to follow her to Westminster. There, in the company of blue-blooded outcasts, he learns the secret of his origin and the role he is destined to play in the history of England. Invoking the ghosts of English anarchists, Guy Fawkes and Oliver Cromwell, Wynfield enters the world's biggest tavern - the Parliament, where he meets the most ruthless boy gang in the world - the British aristocracy. Using the mixture of chemicals, satire and horror, Wynfield stages an unforgettable performance and subdues the ruling class - if only for one day. _______________________________________________________ LISTEN TO WGCH-AM 1490 EACH WEDNESDAY AT 5 PM To Hear Just Books' Owner Marion Holmes Talk About the Newest Bestsellers & Author Events on DARBY AND FRIENDS November 11 will feature Jene Luciani with The Bra Book December 9 will feature Patricia Lee with The Wrapping Scarf Revolution AWARD WINNING JUST BOOKS VOTED BEST INDEPENDENT BOOK STORE IN FAIRFIELD COUNTY!! Just Books would like to THANK the community for its continued support. 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11/09/09 Reminder: Blake Sturcke's Birthday (November 10 )

Blake Sturcke's Birthday begins November 10 Born in 1971