| Inside this week's Greenwich Post... The Greenwich Post came out today. Have you seen what's inside? Here are a few of the news items and features in this week's issue. The Post is available on newsstands today and by mail to subscribers.
News:
• How to raise student achievement was among the key issues at a Board of Education candidates forum. Review who said what.
• Greenwich Avenue is covered in pink ribbons for Breast Cancer Awareness Month. See what other events are coming up.
• GHS seniors get a perk back that means no more taking the bus or lifts to school from Mom or Dad.
• The Post continues its Board of Education contest series with a profile on Peter von Braun.
• A compilation of information about the town's waterways is being touted as an invaluable guide for now and in the future. What's up next for waterfront planning?
• Two tax collector candidates spar over the incumbent's record. Review their statements and you decide if this is an issue ... or not.
• Connecticut state firefighters have hailed Senator Camillo's work in strengthening volunteer emergency services.
Opinion:
• Editorial: Think pink as breast cancer awareness month is upon us.
• A Growing up Greenwich columnist takes a look at the pressure students face here from the perspective of a foreign exchange student.
• Inspired by the new Playboy TV show (we hear it's already been canceled), Joe Pisani lets readers in on a wild night he once spent on the town. Don't despair, it's not rated R.
• Market Watch columnist takes a look at some "hot trends".
Sports:
• Look who's taken to the ice in preseason play for the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets: Riverside native Cameron Atkinson.
• Greenwich Cardinals took to the gridiron against the New London Whalers and see why the loser got harpooned.
• When the GHS girls swim team met the Ridgefield Tigers in the pool earlier this week, GHS cruised to victory.
• Taking home the first place trophy in a recent International Junior Golf Tour event was Camilla Vik of Greenwich.
Around Town:
• Meet the Garden Education Center's new director, Vic Tobel.
• On Wednesday, the Historical Society and Betteridge Jewelers are teaming up to host a program on silver and jewelry crafted in the Gilded Age.
• Works by Pulitzer Prize-nominated writer and artist Lauren Redniss are in a new exhibit opening at the Luchsinger Gallery.
• Organ Plus! is the opening concert Friday night in this season's music and arts series at the First Congregational Church.
• Children of the American Revolution students are learning about "comfort homes" for the U.S. military.
• New Lebanon School PTA is having a big tag sale on Oct. 15.
• Check out what's cooking at Brunswick School. Mangia!
• This is the final month of the Old Greenwich Farmers Market season.
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