03/03/12 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

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• Art Exhibit Is Slam Dunk for Knick's Nephew _{2012-03-03, 03:01 am}
  New York Knicks Assistant General Manager Allan Houston and his wife Tamara pose with their nephew Asa Jackson, whose debut art show opened at Samuel Owen Gallery in Greenwich on Thursday night.
• No stocks for David Stockman _{2012-03-03, 01:30 am}
  ... financial collapse, "The Triumph of Crony Capitalism," to talk to The Associated Press at his book-lined home in Greenwich, Conn. Typically the private and public sectors would borrow $1.50 or $1.60 each year for every $1 of GDP growth. That was the ...
• Pro Squash Westchester Open Underway in Rye Brook _{2012-03-03, 12:45 am}
  ... playing against the pros, it's a real challenge." In the second match of the evening fellow American and Greenwich, Conn. native Ned Marks rallied to beat English national and Club@800 pro Shadid Khan by a score of 3-2. Khan took the first two ...
• Stockman warns of another crisis _{2012-03-02, 07:30 pm}
  ... financial collapse, The Triumph of Crony Capitalism , to talk to The Associated Press at his book-lined home in Greenwich, Conn. Typically the private and public sectors would borrow $1.50 or $1.60 each year for every $1 of GDP growth. That was the ...
• Boating season launched with a new user-friendly mooring website _{2011-04-13, 03:00 am}
  The team behind the Town's new online mooring website poses near the Marine police station in Greenwich Harbor.
• Greenwich Native Advances in Pro Squash Tournament _{2012-03-03, 12:19 am}
  ... playing against the pros, it's a real challenge." In the second match of the evening fellow American and Greenwich, Conn. native Ned Marks rallied to beat English national and Club@800 pro Shadid Khan by a score of 3-2. Khan took the first two ...
• Greenwich Exhibit Is Slam Dunk for Knick's Nephew _{2012-03-03, 12:18 am}
  New York Knicks Assistant General Manager Allan Houston and his wife Tamara pose with their nephew Asa Jackson, whose debut art show opened at Samuel Owen Gallery in Greenwich on Thursday night.
• Why David Stockman isn't buying _{2012-03-02, 11:41 pm}
  ... the financial collapse, The Triumph of Crony Capitalism, to talk to the Associated Press at his book-lined home in Greenwich, Conn. Typically the private and public sectors would borrow $1.50 or $1.60 each year for every $1 of GDP growth. That was ...
• No Kmart shoppers near new Lampert digs _{2012-03-02, 10:49 pm}
  ... whose net worth is estimated by Forbes at $3 billion, already owns several lavish homes, including an estate in Greenwich, Conn., that overlooks Long Island Sound. This time, he's acquiring an Italian-style mansion on a 2.7-acre spread with a ...
• COMMENTARY No Substitute For 'Grade A' Teachers _{2012-03-02, 10:27 pm}
  ... at higher levels with teachers they perceive care about them. A few years ago, I watched Tony Mullen, a teacher in Greenwich, and his students interact comfortably. One girl at the alternative high school where he taught was an elective mute - she ...
• Wedding present for homeless kids: A playground _{2012-03-02, 09:32 pm}
  ... A new playground will be built by volunteers in June. Photo: Ned Gerard / Connecticut Post Haley Rosengarten, of Greenwich (right), and Jennifer Gallagher, project manager from KaBoom!, measure the dimensions of an empty lot behind the YMCA ...
• New Canaan swimmers take second place at FCIACs _{2012-03-02, 08:15 pm}
  The Greenwich High School boys swimming team has a way of turning the FCIAC Championships into a race for second place.
• Greenwich businessman produces education documentary _{2012-03-02, 07:27 pm}
  In 2010, the Greenwich cable entrepreneur headed up a bipartisan commission of business leaders that came up with recommendations on ways to address Connecticut's achievement gap between white, Asian and well-off students, and their minority and disadvantaged peers.
• House of the Day: David Stockman Is Selling His Greenwich Mansion For $19.75 Million_{2012-03-02, 05:43 pm}
  HOUSE OF THE DAY: A Tuscan Estate On 47 Acres In Napa Valley In On Sale For $29.5 Million HOUSE OF THE DAY: A Tuscan Estate On 47 Acres In Napa Valley In On Sale For $29.5 Million Former Congressman and Reagan budget director David Stockman and his wife have l isted their Greenwich, Conn.
• Q&A: Reagan budget czar Stockman says U.S. is 'stalled, stuck' _{2012-03-02, 03:00 am}
  NEW YORK - He was an architect of one of the biggest tax cuts in U.S. history. He spent much of his career after politics using borrowed money to take over companies. He targeted the riskiest ones that most investors shunned - car-parts makers, textile mills. That is one image of David Stockman, the former White House budget director who, after resigning in protest over deficit spending, made a fortune in corporate buyouts. But spend time with him and you discover this former wunderkind of the
• Whale Play Pirates, Falcons This Weekend _{2012-02-24, 12:00 am}
  ... last week. Jonathan Audy-Marchessault has 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) in the 10 games against the Falcons. Greenwich native and Avon Old Farms graduate Cam Atkinson has nine points against the Whale. The Falcons are in fourth place in the ...
• Municipal Officials Plan Better Response System For Storms _{2012-03-02, 05:02 pm}
  After two disastrous weather events since late summer, state and local officials can now use their experiences to improve existing emergency plans, Brenda Bergeron, a lawyer for the state Division of Emergency Management and Homeland Security, told municipal officials Friday.
• Greenwich Reps. Against Cell Towers Near Schools _{2012-03-02, 04:49 pm}
  Greenwich representative, State Sen. Scott Frantz testifies before the Energy and Technology Committee in support of a bill prohibiting the placement of cell towers near schools and day care centers.
• John McHale, Greenwich Resident and Journalist _{2012-03-02, 04:49 pm}
  GREENWICH, Conn. - John L. McHale, a 25-year Greenwich resident and longtime journalist, died Feb.
• Police Honor Citizen's Academy graduates _{2012-03-02, 04:47 pm}
  Police swarmed the Hyatt Regency last Thursday, Feb. 23, for fun, not work, as the Greenwich Police Department celebrated another graduating class of the Citizens' Police Academy.