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Tuesday, October 4, 2011

10/04/11 No Wonder Crime Is Way Up In Town!!! This Is What Failed Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Is Worried About ....

SOARING CRIME RATES IN GREENWICH, CT !!!!!

According To FBI Statistics Released By The Town Of Greenwich

Despite Having The Highest Paid Police Officers In All Of The State Connecticut The Property Crime Rate
(Per 100,000) Went From 781.2 In 2008 To 828.8 In 2009 And The Larceny / Theft Rate (Per 100,000) Went
From 587.5 In 2008 To 651.4 In 2009.

And Things Are So Bad In 2010 Greenwich Police Chief David Ridberg Has Refused To Release The
Property Crime Statistics For This Year !!!!!!

But Don't Worry Greenwich's $181,000 Police Chief Has A Plan .....

Greenwich Cops Aim To Dissuade Distracted Driving ...
By Anna Helhoski

GREENWICH, Conn. – Distracted driving increases in October as people take to the road en masse to see the leaves in the Northeast change colors. In light of this trend, Greenwich police will be stepping up enforcement to ensure pedestrian safety.

TODAY'S QUOTE:

“October is a busy month with people driving around watching the leaves change colors..."said Sgt. John Slusarz of the traffic section of the police department. “When they’re out doing their Sunday rides, they tend to drift out of their lanes ...".

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10/04/11 The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (10 stories) - FIRST STORY: Fairfield Candidate Winthrop Baum: "Can we aspire to be like Greenwich?"

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Greenwich - News October 4, 2011


Fairfield Candidates Q&A: Winthrop Baum
Fairfield Candidates Q&A: Winthrop Baum (The Daily Fairfield)
To help our readers prepare for Election Day, The Daily Fairfield sent five questions to each of the candidates on the November ballot.

What are the biggest issues facing Fairfield?

In a time of great financial challenges, I believe fiscal policy and fiscal efficiency are the keys to Fairfield’s future. Are we to become another Bridgeport, or can we aspire to be like Greenwich in terms of governance?

Greenwich Cops Aim To Dissuade Distracted Driving (The Daily Greenwich)
Distracted driving increases in October as people take to the road en masse to see the leaves in the Northeast change colors.

Rosanne Cash performs in Greenwich (Connecticut Post)
Rosanne Cash plays a benefit concert for Family Re-Entry in Greenwich, Conn., October 2, 2011.

Greenwich Seeks Titles for Reading Program
Greenwich Seeks Titles for Reading Program (The Daily Greenwich)
Greenwich Reads Together's goal is to engage all residents in exploring a single book.

Greenwich Man Accused of Threatening Family (The Daily Greenwich)
Manuel Gonzalez, 20, of 327 Hamilton Ave., threatened to cut the throat of a family member when she said she was going to call 911, police said.

Greenwich Resident: 'The True Cost of MISA' (The Daily Greenwich)
The following letter was written by Greenwich resident Bill Effros regarding the construction of the Music Instructional Space and Auditorium project, more commonly known as MISA, at Greenwich High School .

Greenwich police blotter: Norwalk woman charged with DWI (News Times)
Police responded to Steamboat Road Sunday evening on the report of a possibly intoxicated woman who was involved in a motor vehicle accident.

Work of one of America's premier printmakers on view at the Bruce (Norwalk Citizen News)
The Bruce Museum in Greenwich will present a new exhibition, "The Prints of Martin Lewis: From the Collection of Dorrance Kelly ," from this week through Feb.

Safety, Fares, Service Quality Among Mounting Metro-North Concerns (Patch)
Safety issues , fare hikes, and service quality on Connecticut's Metro-North rail have become hot issues for the MTA and the Connecticut Rail Commuter Council within the past three months.

Greenwich Local Business

Some Good News for Greenwich Job-Hunters (Patch)
Any job-hunter can tell you that neither "help wanted" ads nor resumes involve much paper these days.


10/04/11 The Greenwich First Selectman Report

News Reports About Greenwich First Selectman Peter Tesei
Tesei, Blankley headline debate Wednesday night, Theis & Marzullo ...
Immediately following, at 7:45, will be a debate between the candidates for first selectman, Peter Tesei (Republican incumbent) and John Blankley (Democrat). ...
greenwich-post.com/.../98848-tesei-blankley-headline-debate-...


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10/04/11 The Countdown Continues At Greenwich CT.com

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Things 213: Swirling Soon in Greenwich – Pinkberry comes to town soon!

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:32 PM PDT

Watch out! Greenwich Avenue is soon to be the next home for the world’s BEST frozen yogurt! Our town is home to some of the best gelato and now the best frozen yogurt as well. In addition to lovely homes, good schools, tasty restaurants and fabulous shopping we are now home to even more...

Things 212: Greenwich Girls’ Night Out this Thursday, October 6th!

Posted: 03 Oct 2011 05:08 PM PDT

Life in Greenwich for the fashion lady is amazing. In addition to an avenue of A list store, we are also home to fabulous events making Greenwich the place to be for all lovely ladies. Our very own Saks Fifth Avenue, at 205 Greenwich Ave. will host “Girls Night Out” this Thursday from 6 ...

10/04/11 I *Heart* Boobies! and more from Greenwich Patch



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October 4, 2011

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October 4, 2011

I *Heart* Boobies!

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Are you a breast man—or woman? Either way, you should be.

Some Good News for Greenwich Job-Hunters

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Camillo Endorses Incumbent Greenwich Town Clerk

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Greenwich Scores and Standings: Oct 4

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Your interactive, daily digest for all Greenwich scores, schedules and standings — and a place for you to add information and images for all youth sports

CMTs: 'The Children's Mental Torture Test'

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The day in comments from Patch readers.


Greenwich Struggles to Meet NCLB Requirements

Sue Rogers | Sep 23, 2011 | 37 Comments

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Board of Education officials discuss how to improve student achievement.


October 4, 2011

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Writing a Novel this November? I am...

Gabi Coatsworth

If you're writing a 50,000 word novel in one month, you need caffeine!


October 4, 2011

School Awards

Greenwich King Students Named as 2011 AP Scholars

Kathleen O'Rourke | Oct 3, 2011

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Twenty members of the class of 2011 and six members of the class of 2012 have been named AP Scholars at various levels of …

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Things to Do

October 4, 2011

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Rembrandt and His Circle: Dutch Drawings from the Collection of Maida and George Abrams

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Over five decades, George and Maida Abrams assembled the finest private collection of Dutch drawings in the world. The collection …

10/04/11 Greenwich Cops Aim To Dissuade Distracted Driving And More In The The Daily Greenwich

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Greenwich Cops Aim To Dissuade Distracted Driving
by Anna Helhoski | 10/04/11

GREENWICH, Conn. – Distracted driving increases in October as people take to the road en masse to see the leaves in the Northeast ...

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Greenwich Seeks Titles for Reading Program
by Anna Helhoski | 10/03/11

GREENWICH, Conn. – Greenwich Library is exploring titles for the 2012 Greenwich Reads Together campaign and wants public ...

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Morning Joe Hosts To Lead Book Talk
by Susan Capparelle, Ladies Who Launch | 10/04/11

Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, co-hosts of MSNBC's popular weekday morning program "Morning Joe," will headline a book ...

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Letter Supports Ponns Cohen for School Board
by Nancy Lucht, Greenwich resident | 10/03/11

GREENWICH, Conn. – The following is a letter from Greenwich resident Nancy Lucht in support of Board of Education member ...

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Greenwich Resident: "The True Cost of MISA"
by Bill Effros, Greenwich resident | 10/03/11
GREENWICH, Conn. - The following letter was written by Greenwich resident Bill Effros regarding the construction of the Music ... READ MORE

10/04/11 A Special Weekly Teaching From Rabbi Mitch - Kol Nidre


Weekly Teaching
By Rabbi Mitchell M. Hurvitz

rabbimitch@templesholom.com

Urgent: Time Correction

Kol Nidre Services: 6:00pm

Friday, October 7th

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Please note that the time printed on the Kol Nidre tickets is incorrect. Kol Nidre services will take place on Friday evening at 6:00pm.

On behalf of the clergy, professional staff, and lay leadership of Temple Sholom, we would like to wish you a sweet, healthy, prosperous and blessed 5772.

A complete list of High Holiday services is available by visiting www.templesholom.com, or click here for more information.


Rabbi's Special Weekly Teaching:

"Why is Kol Nidre at 6 PM this year?"

October 5th, 2011

By now, many of you have received the email alerting you to the misprinted time on our Kol Nidre tickets, and you also hopefully know by now that the time of our service has been changed, this year, to 6:00pm. (If you haven't received the email, never fear: you will shortly receive both a phone call and a postcard about the time change as well!) From discussions about when dinner should take place to simply questioning why we have changed it from our usual time, the misprint on the Temple Sholom Kol Nidre tickets has generated an interesting conversation amongst the members of our congregation: "Why is Kol Nidre at 6 PM this year?"

Kol Nidre is the dramatic beginning to our Yom Kippur observance; and as a ritual, it takes place before the evening service itself. We will take all of our Torahs out of the Aron Kodesh, and while our entire congregational family stands, Cantor Fradkin will chant the Jewish Aramaic legal formula of Kol Nidre, convening the Divine Court of Judgement in our presence and that of our loved ones, our sacred Torahs, and the Holy One. According to Jewish law (halacha), Kol Nidre should be pronounced before the sun sets and the Yom Tov candles are lit. Because the holiday this year begins early October, candle lighting is at 6:10pm. Thus, we are following the sacred commandment to gather to observe the ritual of Kol Nidre before the candles are lit.

The interpretation of Kol Nidre is that we want God to recognize our sinful state of existence, and pray that He will please have compassion upon us. Within our recitation of Kol Nidre we declare our promise to live better lives in this New Year, but we also ask God to forgive us our shortcomings, as we also know to forgive our loved ones their shortcomings.

In this spirit of compassion and understanding, we ask you to please forgive the misprinted time on our Temple Sholom Kol Nidre tickets.

I look forward to seeing everyone at 6:00pm this Friday night.

Gemar Chatimah Tovah; may we and our loved ones merit a good closing seal in the Book of Life for a year of Happiness, Health and Peace!!

-Rabbi Mitch


Temple Sholom
300 E. Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830
203-869-7191