10/06/11 Inside this week's Greenwich Post

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. Read More | Comment | Share

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