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By Neil Vigdor
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer
The Boy Scouts withdrew their request yesterday to be allowed back inside classrooms at Greenwich Public Schools for recruiting, saying they would work within limitations set by educators to avoid disruption.
The turn of events came after meeting of Scout leaders, education officials and PTA officers hastily called by First Selectman Peter Tesei to douse the flames of controversy created by the youth organiza tion's banishment from classrooms, school assemblies and lunch periods...
...Sternberg and Tesei, who serves on the board of the Greenwich Council and is the town's chief elected official, have been engaged in a public war of words over the policy. Tesei said he called the meeting to try to broker a compromise. "I think it's important that there be a direct dialogue," Tesei said. "I also want to lower the tension and focus on what the issue at hand is."...
...Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler said that while administrators are responsible for determining access, she planned to discuss the issue with her colleagues on the board.
Open houses and parent conferences have been mentioned as possible venues for recruiting presentations. The parties who met yesterday plan to hold more meetings before the start of the traditional recruitment period for the Scouts, which runs from September through December...
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The Local Rag Starts to Clean Up Its Act
As faithful readers of this column know, the Local Rag, aka Yellowwich Time, has had a pretty poor history of truth-telling and fact-reporting in recent decades. The reason was not far to seek: it was locally owned, locally run, and well versed in the mythology that Greenwich is Disneyland East, where nothing nasty or dishonest or untoward ever occurs. And if it does, the theory went, their readers certainly didn't want to know about it....
GOP lawmakers struggle for budget debate
Connecticut Post
... spent an hour honoring longtime lawmakers who are planning to retire, including Sen. William H. Nickerson, R-Greenwich, and Rep. Christel H. Truglia, D-Stamford. "You know what? We have very important people in that chamber that we wanted to say ... Don't Say Ommmmmmm......Say Amennnnnnnn...
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Fairfield Ludlowe shows effort in loss to Wilton
Connecticut Post
... they lost to the lacrosse perennial that had coach Chris Parisi at least a little optimistic. "We were pounded by Greenwich (14-0). We were pounded by Darien (16-2)," Parisi said. "I think we had our character tested. I really have no explanation ...
The high risks of low interest rates
MSN Money
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US dollar falls on Fannie Mae loss
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New York Daily News
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Sprint May Get $5 Billion for Nextel After $36 Billion Acquisition in 2005
Bloomberg
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The Unspeakable Betty Sternberg Strikes Again
Probably no Town employee is as wildly unpopular as the unspeakable Betty Sternberg, who continues to make new enemies at every turn. Now she has managed to p*ss off the Boy Scouts - the organization, the kids, and the parents. What will she pick on next, one wonders? Motherhood? Apple pie? When, oh when, dear reader, will the Board of Ed finally get the message and fire her, as they should have done many months and many millions of wasted dollars ago?
Shift Control Media Wins Webby Award and People's Voice Award for Coca-Cola Games
Business Wire
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Hello, Cupcake book
WLS-TV Chicago
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NJ Biz
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Commissioner of public works resigns
Breaking News
Joking that he had the urge to “Go West, old man,” town Department of Public Works (DPW) Commissioner Lloyd Hubbs has resigned and will return to California.
Mr. Hubbs, 62, was hired in the winter of 2005 after years working in San Diego, Calif. He had six months remaining on his three-year contract and said it was time for a change. His last day at work will be May 27, and he will be succeeded, for now, by Deputy Public Works Commissioner Amy Siebert....
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| UBS AG officials would not specify how many jobs will be cut at the company's U.S. investment banking headquarters in Stamford after announcing yesterday that UBS expects to trim 5,500 jobs globally through mid-2009.
Full Story The Boy Scouts withdrew their request yesterday to be allowed back inside classrooms at Greenwich Public Schools for recruiting, saying they would work within limitations set by educators to avoid disruption.
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