02/27/09 Northbound Greenwich Weigh Station Truck Stop Yields Weapons, Hollywood Florida Man Arrested

Greenwich (WTNH) - A Florida truck driver was arrested in Connecticut at the Greenwich weigh station after being found with a 40-caliber handgun and a knife with a blade over seven inches.

The State Police Truck Squad began inspecting the vehicle at the northbound Greenwich weigh station Friday morning, when Jeraldo Muniz, 40, of Hollywood, Fla. told officers he was in possession of the weapons.

Muniz was taken to State Police Troop G headquarters in Bridgeport, where he was charged with two counts of Carrying a Weapon in a Motor Vehicle and Carrying a Handgun without a Permit. He is being held on $15,000 bond.

Full Story: www.wtnh.com

Related Story:

CT.gov - State Police Truck Squad Makes Weapons Arrest

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02/27/09:GREENWICH PUBLIC SCHOOLS MEETING BRIEF: 2/26/09 Board of Education Meeting

MEETING BRIEF:

February 26, 2009 BOARD OF EDUCATION MEETING:
(Meeting Materials are available on the GPS Web Site - Go to District
Calendar: http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=86 - Click on the the
date of the meeting)

SUPERINTENDENT'S REPORT:

Dr. Betty J. Sternberg, Superintendent of
Schools, reported on the:

Hiring of Two Principals, introducing Trish McGuire as the Principal for
Julian Curtiss School and Angela Schmidt as the Principal for North Mianus
School. (News Archives: http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=75)

Opening of Hamilton Avenue School, acknowledging and applauding Tony Byrne
and the school and District staff that worked so hard to accomplish the
move and the opening of the new school. She noted that there was still
much work to be done/provided by the Building Committee/Contractor in
order to acquire a permanent Certificate of Occupancy.
(http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=5910)

Secondary Schools Review, citing the development of the Vision of a GPS
Graduate and the numerous Discussion Forums that have taken place over the
last two months. (SSRC: http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=6289)

Science Curriculum Review/Panel Discussion, highlighting the engaging
panel discussion with regional scientists on Science Education in the 21st
Century with the community. (PreK-12 Science Review:
http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=31 )

Data Driven Decision-Making focus, citing training in holistic
accountability for Cabinet, administrators and teacher representatives
from each school. Each school has a Data Team in place and the District
Data Team is forming and will be in place next month.

Greenwich Alliance for Education, meeting to plan for aligning resources
and priorities (http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=93)

SCHOOL WELCOME:

Western Middle School - WMS Jazz Band led by Karen
Anderson performed.

Dr. Stacey Gross, WMS Principal presented results of a
very successful SEL (Social-Emotional Learning) initiative aimed at
reducing the number of detentions and suspensions using data to identify
needs and develop targeted strategies for improvement.

UPDATE ON SUPERINTENDENT SEARCH:

The Superintendent Search Firm
representatives presented an overview of the Leadership Profile developed
after extensive interviews, focus groups and community forums were
conducted in late December/January. The report is available on the GPS web
site at: http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=6367 .

Chairman of the Board's Search Committee, Steven Anderson reviewed the timeline: The Board
will interview candidates in March with the objective of announcing the
Superintendent prior to an expected start date of July 1, 2009.

UPDATE ON 2009-10 OPERATING BUDGET:

Board Chairman Nancy Weissler reported
on the BET Budget Committee's decision to reduce the 2009-10 BOE Operating
Budget by $1million due to the financial situation the Town is facing.
This results in a proposed BOE budget of just under $126 million. The
Board is considering a number of areas (detail attached) to address the $1
million in reductions. These areas under consideration were developed with
and/or generated from administrators throughout the District. The full BET
will hold a Public Hearing on the 2009-10 Budget on March 17 and will take
action on March 19. The proposed budget will then go to the RTM for
approval in May. The Board of Education will continue to deliberate the
possible areas for reductions at their April 2nd work session and will
vote on the specific changes to the Budget in May, after the RTM vote. To
follow the Budget Development Process go to:
http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=4658

ACTION:

Revised 2009-10 Capital Budget - Approved 8-0

CURRICULUM REVIEW:

PreK-12 World Languages (WL), Step I - Director of Curriculum, Instruction
& Professional Learning Chris Winters introduced Step I of the WL
Curriculum Review and Dr. Myriam (Mimi) Met, recently retired from the
National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland. A
nationally and internationally acclaimed educator and consultant in the
field, Dr. Met spent three days in the District visiting K-12 World
Language classrooms, meeting with teachers and administrators, and
reviewing curriculum documents. She praised the District for having an
exemplary staff and program, and offered suggestions to consider for
continuous improvement. Program Coordinators Kristi Lawson and Marcia
Schenker are leading this two-year curriculum review.

MONITORING REPORTS*:

E-050 Human Resources - Director of Human Resources Ellen Flanagan
presented. Report will be discussed further at March 12 BOE Work Session.

L-020 Professional Personnel Practices - Ellen Flanagan presented, next
step: action on March 26 Consent Agenda

L-002 Contracts & Agreements - Ellen Flanagan presented, next step: action
on March 26 Consent Agenda.

E-080 Public Involvement in Schools - Kim Eves presented, next step:
action on March 26 Consent Agenda.

E-051 District Administrative Operations - Assistant Superintendent for
Operations Susan Wallerstein presented. Report will be discussed further
at March 12 BOE Work Session.

*A Monitoring Report is an annual report summarizing the District's
compliance with a given Board Policy. Reference the GPS Web Site:
http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=89 for Policies, Procedures
and Monitoring Reports.

ACTION ITEMS:

SIT Professional Learning Sessions 2009 - Deputy Superintendent Kathy
Greider proposed, after consultation with Principals, two early release
days in June 2009 for students, in order to provide professional
development time for staff to focus on Strategic Improvement Team (SIT)
planning for the 2009-10 school year. The decision has been deferred until
the March 26 meeting at which time there will be more information on
number of snow days/last day of school for this year both of which could
impact this proposal.

Tuition/Rental Rates - Approved 2009-10 Tuition, Summer School, Preschool,
and Rental Rates, 8-0

Monthly Financial & Staffing Report - Approved 8-0

Transfers $10,000 and Above - Approved 8-0

BOARD CONSENT AGENDA:

Policy Revision E-003: Approved 8-0
Monitoring Report E-002 Whole Student Development: Approved 8-0
BOE Meeting Minutes (12/18/08, 1/8/09, 1/22/09, 2/5/09): Approved
w/Revisions 8-0

BOE 2008-09 AGENDA PLAN:

Reviewed and added discussions on Monitoring Reports E-050 and E-051 in
the March Work Session and on the 2009-10 Budget in the April 2 Work
Session.

NEXT BOE MEETING:

The next Board of Education meeting is a Work Session on March 12, 2009 at
the Havemeyer Building, 7:00PM

Board meeting agendas are available on the GPS Web Calendar approximately
5 working days prior to the meeting. Meeting materials can be downloaded
from the web site, as available, generally 3-4 days prior to the meeting.

Go to the GPS Web Calendar at:
http://www.greenwichschools.org/page.cfm?p=86 and click on the meeting
date.

Kim Eves
Director of Communications
Greenwich Board of Education
290 Greenwich Avenue
Greenwich, CT 06830

http://www.greenwichschools.org/

Phone: 203-625-7415
e mail: kim_eves@greenwich.k12.ct.us
Fax: 203-869-8003

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02/27/09 This Just In .....

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Poky Police Late Yet Again on Ponzis, Thieves Bloomberg - USA Here we go again. The latest burst of regulatory rigor in response to a horse that’s already left the barn comes in the case of Poky Police versus WG Trading Investors LP of Greenwich, Connecticut, and Westridge Capital Management Inc. of Santa Barbara, California. Since Feb. 12, the National Futures Association, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Justice Department have all swept in with charges that range from securities fraud to conspiracy to wire fraud against the two firms and the money managers who are principals at both entities: Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh. The two men were arrested Feb. 25 and released on bonds of $7 million apiece. Reached by telephone, their lawyers declined to comment on allegations that their clients misappropriated $554 million from investors over the past 13 years. Greenwood and Walsh were high-life money managers who didn’t shy from public view. (If you think you’ve read this story before, it’s because you have.) They may not have sponsored cricket They may not have sponsored cricket teams like R. Allen Stanford, but together they had a minority interest in the New York Islanders hockey team in the 1990s. Neither was chairman of a stock market, like Nasdaq’s Bernie Madoff, but Greenwood is supervisor of the town of North Salem, New York, and Walsh is president of the Sands Point Golf Club on New York’s Long Island. Glossy Clippings The golf club’s Web page crows that Walsh has “a skill set that will ensure the Club is prepared to meet future challenges, remains financially sound and is true to the character established by its Founding Members.” You couldn’t make this stuff up. Greenwood over the years has been the subject of write-ups in the New York Times, the glossy Bedford Magazine and the Web page of the North Salem Bridle Trails Association, which gushed over Greenwood’s farm, “They call it Grand Central Farm and grand it is.” Bedford fussed over Greenwood’s collection of Steiff teddy bears. “Noah had nothing on us,” Greenwood told the magazine in an article that ran last year, comparing his menagerie to the biblical ark loaded with animals. “At last count, we’ve given shelter to more than 1,350 Steiff toys, and there’s no way our collecting days are over.” Ah, but his money-management days might be. While Greenwood and Walsh were hiding in plain sight, regulators say they also were collecting hundreds of millions ($667 million, to be exact) from investors and then writing checks to themselves -- a total of $293 million to Greenwood and $261 million to Walsh. Disappearing Act You’ll be shocked to know that after the NFA showed up to begin auditing the books at the Greenwich office starting Feb. 5, Greenwood and Walsh made themselves very scarce. They even played little games with their regulator. As described in the NFA’s Feb. 12 “notice of member responsibility,” Greenwood told NFA officials during a phone conversation that he’d get back to them about where some missing money was; e-mailed them to say he’d be in the Greenwich office on Feb. 10; and then had an assistant tell the regulators that he was at a meeting in New York City when they showed up that day. Maybe, though, none of that should be a surprise, because regulators already knew that Westridge wasn’t too keen on having financial cops look at their books. In 1989, a business conduct committee of the NFA issued a complaint against the firm alleging that it had broken the rules “by failing to cooperate with NFA in an NFA audit.” Other allegations included “failing to provide customers with a disclosure document.” Denying the Allegations There are all sorts of violations that financial regulators can allege against firms, but if it isn’t a big, fat, waving red flag when a firm doesn’t want to cooperate with an audit, I don’t know what is In the end, though, Westridge filed an answer in which it denied the allegations, then settled the case for a paltry $5,000 fine and an agreement to get in line with CFTC rules in its disclosure documents. No one at Westridge let that little problem get in the way when it filled out its most recent investment adviser application with the SEC. In a document dated Jan. 29, 2009, Westridge had to answer the question, “Has any self-regulatory organization or commodities exchange ever found you or any advisory affiliate to have been involved in a violation of its rules?” Westridge checked the box that said “No.” Nor did Westridge flag the fact that Walsh, Greenwood & Co., the broker-dealer that Walsh and Greenwood ran from 1979 to 1992, had come into the SEC’s crosshairs in 1987, when the agency said that the firm had failed to maintain minimum net capital requirements; was using customer securities as collateral for bank loans; and was not keeping accurate records. The firm consented to a censure and said it would “comply with undertakings to prevent recurrence of similar violations.’ So many red flags. So few regulators who know how to spot them. What About The Poky Reporters And Editors At That The Green Kitty Litter Liner Totally Missed The Story And Still Have Failed To Report On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme Arrests.... 2/13/09 PRESS RELEASE: Emergency Action Taken Against Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood & Stephen Walsh- Questions About "Hundreds Of Millions Dollars" 02/21/09 National Futures Association Suspends Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh 02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Busted By The FBI ......More On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Failing To Cover 02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Also Wasted Money On The New York Islanders 02/25/09 Where Is Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter? The Greenwich Fraud Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Not Covering Just Hit $1.3 Billion 02/25/09 Didn't Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Or Hearst Newspaper Business Editor Jim Zebora Get The Department Of Justice Press Release 02/25/09 Wall Street Journal: Bearly Legal? Investment Managers Charged with Fraud Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter And Hearst Newspaper Fairfield County Editor Jim Zebora Are Still In His Self Induced Comas, As 456 Newspapers Cover The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme Story For Them !!!! If You Want To Know Whats Going On In Greenwich You Have To Read The Out Of Town Newspapers Maybe, The Incompetent Hearst Newspaper Editors Will Get The Billion Dollar Greenwich Ponzi Scheme Story Up On The Web Later Today Or Tomorrow But The Greenwich Time Always Misses The Big Ponzi Scheme Stories That Has A Greenwich Connection. If You Search The Greenwich Time Web Site For Walter Noel Of Fairfield Greenwich You Get This Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter And Hearst Newspaper Fairfield County Editor Jim Zebora Are Walking Around The Green Kitty Litter Liner Offices Saying, "Who The Heck Is Bernard Madoff And What Does He Have To Do With Greenwich?"

Greenwich cafe gets visit from feminist icon Greenwich Time ... poet and feminist icon Erica Jong offered herself up to Aphrodite Thursday, during a poetry reading and book signing at Arcadia Cafe in Old Greenwich. ...

Chiropractor pleads not guilty in punching death Stamford Advocate William Lindemann, 47, of 12 Wyckham Hill Lane, Greenwich, and 425 Dockside Drive, Unit 406, Naples, Fla., was released after posting $1 million bond. ...

Greenwich seniors celebrate staying put Greenwich Time By Colleen Flaherty Marylin Chou, right, one of the founders of At Home Greenwich, greets her friend, Bea Emery, during a party at the Second Congregational ...

Mexico's Peso Falls to Record Low on Pared Interest-Rate Bets Bloomberg ... billion to defend the peso," Flavia Cattan-Naslausky, a currency strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut, wrote in a report today. ...

US workers on jobless benefits at record high Reuters India - Mumbai,India The economy is going to continue to contract, probably at least until the middle of the year," said Stephen Stanley, chief economist at RBS Greenwich capital.......

Darien Times Wave brains Greenwich: Girls Wave Hockey wins "from the neck up" 1 ... Darien Times - Darien,CT,USA She who popped the winning goal up stairs at the end of a lone effort, racing the puck in from center to put the tight game away 1-0 over top-seed Greenwich ...

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02/27/09 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed - Bloggers Who Are From, Work In Or Used To Live In Greenwich

The Latest From Claudette Rothman, AKA,Greenwich Diva

Former NPR correspondent David Malakoff arrested for child pornography - David Malakoff, former science editor and on air correspondent for National Public Radio, was arrested in D.C. last Tuesday for possession of child porn...
Greenwich Time: Local Sports - RSS Feed
Warde wins FCIAC girls basketball title - FAIRFIELD -- The Stamford girls basketball team is probably relieved that they're playing in the Class LL state tournament, not the Class L division......

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox
Yankees start off hot in Spring Training! - YANKEES 5, RAYS 1 at Tampa, Fla. Thursday, Feb. 26 Rays at the plate: Ben Zobrist logged the Rays' first hit of the afternoon with a fourth-inning single, ...

For What It's Worth By Riverside Blogger Chris Fountain
Good bye, RBS - Royal Bank of Scotland reports largest corporate loss in British history, plans to give British taxpayers parting gift of $466 billion of now-worthless ...

Today's Greenwich Time Most Emailed Web Article - RSS Feed
New turf rules test safety - Before the town could install any new artificial turf athletic fields it would be required to determine if the synthetic surfaces pose any health risks, un...

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
No wonder we are still porkers here in CT - Here in Connecticut our trusty leader Attorney General Richard Blumenthal is looking out for us porkers. The AG nailed Beverage Partnership Worldwide...

Today's Greenwich Time Letters To The Editor
Letters from Readers - Staff cuts questionable - Homemaker program slated for too big a cut To the editor: During recent days, your lead headlines have read "Cuts in homemakers service eyed" and "Homemaker...

The Blonde Excuse
Coming Home - Brent and I are almost home from our road trip out to Illinois! Full update on the way... and I promise it's worth the wait. -Lauren...

Greenwich Geek David S. Isenberg's musings at isen.blog
F2C at TechDirt - From the "Now I owe Masnick big-time" Department: Mike Masnick, at TechDirt, has written up F2C: Freedom to Connect in glowing terms. He says, . . .

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Great Chefs: March 6th - COMMUNITY CHANNEL Greenwich, CT 203-863-3860 Events World renowned television chef Lidia Bastianich will be honored at the 24th annual Great Chefs ...

EDDIE "Greenwich Native" ROSS
Check out Vogue! - If you haven't had a chance to check out the March issue of Vogue yet, I'm thrilled to announce that we have 3 items (!) from our new store featured in a ...

Rock Star Diary
This and That - Here's a picture of my Dad, Dallas, in a real Hawaiian shirt that I got for him in Kauai. I know my Uncle Stud (Dad's bro) is seething with jealousy. Dallas ...

Today's Greenwich Time Most Viewed Web Article - RSS Feed
Real Estate Transactions 2.27 - DARIEN (Transactions recorded through Jan. 23 Anthony T. Vanech sold to Jean E. Carelli and James A. Graziosa, property at 22 Herman Ave for $1,030,000.....

Frank Trotta's Page At Our Greenwich
Presidential Math - On Tuesday, before a joint session of Congress, President Obama made a “George H. W. Bush: Read My Lips, No New Taxes”-type statement when he said “if your...

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Friday Night Film Series - Friday Film Series Friends of Greenwich Library Greenwich Library Cole Auditorium February 27, 2009 8:00pm-10:00pm SONG OF SUMMER (1968-British) Directed ...

Greenwich Resident Jerry Dumas Writes And Draws The Comic Strip Sam And Silo, And Is A Greenwich Time Columnist
Updike had special ability to illustrate - Over the years I've met a fair share of poets and writers -- Laurie Lee, Robert Lowell, Norman Mailer, Richard Yates, Brian Moore, Barbara Tuchman, among ...

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The wind of the Spirit - The various motions of the air remain a mystery to all but the infinite Jehovah. My brethren, the like mystery is observed in the work of the Spirit of ...

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Cops: Chiropractor punched elderly man, left scene - A chiropractor charged in the fatal assault of an elderly Connecticut man threw one punch that knocked the victim down, then left the scene as the man lay ...

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FCIAC hockey playoffs begin
Stamford Advocate, CT
By Bob Greeney
Greenwich's fourth-seeded Cardinals will host fifth-seeded Stamford in today's showdown at Dorothy Hamill Rink. The other three first-round games will be Saturday at the home rinks of the three highest-seeded teams. ...

SAC Capital to lay off staffers
Norwalk Advocate
Started in 1992 by Greenwich resident Cohen, SAC also operates Sigma Capital Management LLC in New York and is affiliated with SAC Global Investors LLP, an independent investment manager in London. A spokesman for the hedge fund firm, which had as much ...

Card cagers control their own FCIAC playoff fate
Greenwich Citizen
Will Greenwich High be in? The Cardinals fate as of presstime was one of the simpler matters: a win Wednesday against hapless Warde, which was 2-15 in the conference, would put Greenwich in the tournament for the second straight season. ...

Shellfishermen opposed higher tax, new fee
Stamford Advocate
Ed Stilwagon, whose Atlantic Clam Farms Inc. harvests beds off Greenwich, said the state is placing an unfair burden on shellfishermen during tough economic times. "This is not a rich man's business," he said. And Backer said it will be hard for ...

Witnesses to McMahon shooting told police a student pulled trigger
Stamford Advocate
... and asked for anonymity because the officer does not have clearance to speak about the incident, said the student was a suspect soon after the shooting that followed Monday night's McMahon boy's basketball game against Greenwich High School. ...

Blood drive award
Greenwich Time
Joan Irish, CEO of the Greenwich chapter of the American Red Cross, honored the Greenwich Fire Department recently as the leading emergency service group at the Battle of the Badges Blood Drive in December. This special drive celebrated our emergency ...

Greenwich seniors celebrate staying put
Greenwich Time
By Colleen Flaherty
Marylin Chou, right, one of the founders of At Home Greenwich, greets her friend, Bea Emery, during a party at the Second Congregational Church Thursday. Bob Luckey/Staff Photo A one-way ticket to parts south isn't for every retiree ...

Chiropractor pleads not guilty in punching death
Stamford Advocate
William Lindemann, 47, of 12 Wyckham Hill Lane, Greenwich, and 425 Dockside Drive, Unit 406, Naples, Fla., was released after posting $1 million bond. The manslaughter charge was added after 79-year-old Herbert Davison of Stamford died Sunday of a head ...

02/26/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Citizen News Links

Stimulus package weighed and found wanting
By Patricia McCormack

President Obama's stimulus package will not correct recession contagion rattling jobs, toxic home mortgages and 169 town and city governments in Connecticut, 65 folks attending a Greenwich Chamber of Commerce luncheon were told ...

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Shots fired after Monday's basketball game
Although the Greenwich High School boys basketball team blew the doors of Brien McMahon High School Monday night, winning 62-39, there was still some nerve-racking moments after the game, as shots were fired outside of the high school in Norwalk. ...

Parks & Recreation Happenings
Registration has begun for the indoor field hockey clinics at the Bendheim Western Greenwich Civic Center, which starts March 7. The classes will meet every Saturday in March and April 4. Session one will meet from 9 to 10 am for children eight and ...

Cards veto 4-game skid against Sens
There was plenty of excitement on and off the court for the Greenwich High School boys basketball team when it traveled to Norwalk for a game against Brien McMahon High School. On Monday night, the Cardinals ended their four-game losing streak, ...

Crumbine will not seek re-election
When asked about the work he was most proud of, Mr. Crumbine pointed to what he had accomplished with setting up the Selectman’s Nominations Advisory Committee (SNAC) and the Greenwich/Westchester Task Force. “The job could not be more varied,”

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02/26/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Time News Links

Teaching slots escape more cuts
Having agreed earlier this week to trim an additional $1 million out of next year's education budget, school officials on Thursday revealed exactly how they will try to achieve those cutbacks.

Greenwich seniors celebrate staying put
A one-way ticket to parts south isn't for every retiree, particularly the 130 who have elected to stay -- and join --At Home in Greenwich.

New turf rules force test for health risks
Before the town could install any new artificial turf athletic fields it would be required to determine if the synthetic surfaces pose any health risks, under a controversial new ordinance being weighed by the Board of Selectmen.

Chiropractor pleads not guilty in punching death
STAMFORD -- A chiropractor charged with killing an elderly man in a downtown parking lot with one punch pleaded not guilty to assault and first-degree manslaughter at his arraignment Thursday in state Superior Court.

Officers learn how to investigate domestic violence incidents
Police officers who investigate domestic violence crimes need a sympathetic ear to support victims, but a stern voice to deter abusers from striking again, according to those who have handled cases before.

Greenwich cafe gets visit from feminist icon
Writer, poet and feminist icon Erica Jong offered herself up to Aphrodite Thursday, during a poetry reading and book signing at Arcadia Cafe in Old Greenwich.

Lawmakers hear from opponents, supporters of gas pricing bill
HARTFORD -- For five hours Thursday, legislators grilled gasoline distributors who attacked a bill that would require them to sell fuel at an equal price to all retailers, thereby ending the controversial practice of zone pricing.

N.Y. Amsterdam News publisher emeritus dies
NEW YORK -- Wilbert A. Tatum, retired publisher of the New York Amsterdam News, the Harlem-based newspaper that has covered the city's black community for a century, has died during a trip to Croatia, the newspaper said Thursday.

State sifts projects to provide jobs with stimulus funds
HARTFORD -- A group of Connecticut agency heads, lawmakers, and municipal leaders has begun sifting through thousands of projects to pick the ones that will receive federal economic stimulus funding.

Lawmakers want Calhoun reprimanded
HARTFORD -- The leaders of the Connecticut General Assembly's higher education committee want UConn coach Jim Calhoun reprimanded for his tirade at a freelance journalist who questioned his .....

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02/26/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Time Sports News

Scholastic Schedule
TodayBoys Ice HockeyFCIAC PlayoffsStamford at Greenwich, 5:15 p.m. (Hamill)Girls BasketballFairchester Playoff FinalSaturdayGirls Ice HockeyFCIAC ChampionshipAt Terry Connors Ice rink......

SHS girls left their hearts on floor in loss to Warde
FAIRFIELD -- They left nothing behind.The Stamford High School girls basketball team weren't perfect but the Black Knights gave undefeated Fairfield Warde High School all it could handle before falling, 56-42, to the Mustangs in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Championship Game late Thursday night at the Fairfield Ludlowe gymnasium.

FCIAC hockey playoffs begin
The 2009 Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference Boys Hockey Tournament will begin today when the referee drops the puck at the Dorothy Hamill Rink center ice in Greenwich at 5:15 p.m.....

Greenwich swimming nipped by Fairfield Prep
FAIRFIELD -- A spirited comeback came up six points short Wednesday as the Greenwich High School boys swimming team dropped a 96-90 nailbiter to rival Fairfield Prep at the Fairfield University pool.

Greenwich girls ice hockey falls to Darien in FCIAC semfinals
DARIEN -- Unlike Greenwich High School, playing in the FCIAC semifinals Wednesday night was a new experience for the Darien girls hockey team.

UConn wins No. 800 for Calhoun
MILWAUKEE -- UConn is still on top in the Big East and perhaps in the nation. Its coach is also nearing the apex.

Greenwich High School boys basketball team wins big, clinches No. 6 seed in FCIACs
Prior to Wednesday night's regular-season finale, the Greenwich High School boys basketball team honored its four seniors and their families.

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02/25/09 Greenwich Scam Artists Spend Sacramento Retirees Money On Thousand-Dollar Teddy Bears!!!!!

More On The Multi-Million Dollar Greenwich Ponzi Scheme That The Clueless Greenwich Time Fails To Cover .....


Wall Street scam may cost Sacramento County pension system $52 million
Sacramento Bee

....The Sacramento County Employees Retirement System, or SCERS, had invested $90 million with the men and their companies in June, said Richard Stensrud, SCERS' chief executive officer.


The recession had "whittled down" that investment to about $57 million when SCERS officials first learned there might be a problem, he said.

The National Futures Association, a regulatory group, suspended Greenwood and Walsh earlier this month following an audit that allegedly uncovered fraud, court documents say.

Learning of that audit, pension officials tried to track down their money and managed to retrieve about $5 million, Stensrud said. Another $52 million is still in limbo.

The feds have frozen the companies' assets, according to a spokesman with the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

"I'd be surprised if we get none of it back," Stensrud said. "How much we will be able to recover remains to be seen.".......


.......According to court documents, Greenwood and Walsh are suspected of using millions of dollars in misappropriated funds to buy rare books, horses, $80,000 teddy bears and a $3 million home for Walsh's ex-wife. Since 1996, the men fraudulently solicited $1.3 billion through their companies, the documents allege......

The Two Greenwich Fraudsters

Also Stole From Iowa Retireees Hard Earned Pensions:

2 investment managers linked to frozen IPERS assets are arrested
DesMoinesRegister.com

Court documents identified Greenwood and Walsh as owners of WG Trading Co. LP of Greenwich, Conn., and Westridge Capital Management Inc., based in ...

Arrested brokers had IPERS money

UI The Daily Iowan

Two Arrested In IPERS Money Management Scheme

WHO-TV

2 arrests in NY securities fraud case linked to IPERS

WOI

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2/13/09 PRESS RELEASE: Emergency Action Taken Against Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood & Stephen Walsh- Questions About "Hundreds Of Millions Dollars"

02/21/09 National Futures Association Suspends Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh

02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Busted By The FBI ......More On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Failing To Cover

02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Also Wasted Money On The New York Islanders

02/25/09 Where Is Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter? The Greenwich Fraud Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Not Covering Just Hit $1.3 Billion

02/25/09 Didn't Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Or Hearst Newspaper Business Editor Jim Zebora Get The Department Of Justice Press Release

02/25/09 Wall Street Journal: Bearly Legal? Investment Managers Charged with Fraud

When Is Hearst Newspapers Going To Wake Up Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter, Who Is A Sleep At The Switch ?

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02/25/09 Selectman Peter Crumbine Sees The Writing On The Wall And Gets Out While The Getting Is Good

A Downcast Peter Crumbine and his wife, Bea, listen Wednesday at Town Hall as Republican leaders give a staged salute to the five-term selectman for his service to the town. Crumbine announced that he will not seek re-election. (Neil Vigdor/Greenwich Time photo)

Here Is The Real Story Behind The Picture .....

Rival Town Political Parties Start To Deploy Their Chess Pieces, With Political Power The Prize In November.

Top Political Insiders Are Making Backroom Moves In A Struggle To See Who Will Dominate The Political Landscape Of Greenwich

Some In Greenwich Had Said Only God Could Unseat The Senior Member Of The Board of Selectmen, But Republican Party Leaders Want And Need New Blood In The Upcoming Town Election

The five-term Republican Selectman Who Had Previously Included Four-Year Stints On Both The Representative Town Meeting And The Board Of Estimate And Taxation Was Simply Viewed As Being Too Closely Tied To The Towns Failure To Having An Emergency Rainy Day Fund.

Many Greenwich Political Observers Say That The Departing Crumbine, Who Had Served With Four Different First Selectmen, Made The Wise Choice To Jump Before He Was Pushed Aside.

Now Here Is The Republican Town Committee Approved Story Brought To You By The Greenwich Time.....

Greenwich selectman won't seek new term

Crumbine stepping down after five terms

By Neil Vigdor

Staff Writer

...."It has been a great run," Crumbine said. "(This) job could not be more varied. One day you are reading Dr. Seuss to third-graders, the next you are answering irate citizens about the location of a stop sign or about allowing nonresidents on the ferries. You get to know what is really going on at Town Hall and you get to know people -- lots of them.".....

....In August 2001, Crumbine, in his capacity as acting first selectman for the absent Prince, declared a "Powerball emergency" and got permission from state officials to suspend sales of the lottery tickets in town when fortune-seekers overwhelmed the area as the jackpot swelled to $280 million......

....Although he is calling it quits at the end of the year, Crumbine said he plans to remain visible at Town Hall and aid in the nominations process for municipal boards and commissions.

"Finally, to paraphrase Gen. Douglas MacArthur, old selectmen never die or even fade away. They just hang around," Crumbine said.

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QUOTE: "We have a serious, serious revenue problem," says Michael Mason, The Board Of Estimate and Taxation's Budget Committee Chairman

BET panel OKs budget plan -Greenwich Time

Proposal includes 3.55 percent property tax boost

By Neil Vigdor

Staff Writer

Four hours into its second day of deliberations, the Board of Estimate and Taxation's Budget Committee closed an estimated $8.4 million fiscal gap Wednesday, the final step toward recommending a $341.6 million town spending plan for 2009-10.

The panel's four members unanimously recommended the budget proposal to the full BET, which will hold a public hearing on the plan on March 17 before its own deliberations on March 19.
A last-minute giveback of $1 million from the Board of Education .....

....Budget officials also earmarked $1 million for drainage and stormwater management projects, as well as $1.7 million for the ongoing construction of a new downtown public safety facility.
Notable omissions from the proposed budget include a $750,000 roof replacement project at the Greenwich Civic Center in Old Greenwich and $175,000 to design a new King Street fire station.....

....The town took an initial step toward closing the budget gap earlier this month when it laid off 20 full-time and 19 part-time employees from its 1,020-person non-school work force.....

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02/26/09 This Just In......

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

WABC weatherman Bill Evans joins morning crew at WGCH in Greenwich New York Daily News By Richard Huff Evans, who was recently phased out of WPLJ's morning show after budget cuts, recently began doing weather forecasts for WGCH-AM in Greenwich ...

Slain Greenwich Developer's Widow Won't Get Insurance Money Hartford Courant By DAVE ALTIMARI The widow of slain Greenwich real estate developer Andrew Kissel has lost her bid to get an insurance company to pay off on a $15 million ...

Greenwich Academy basketball loses at RCDS in FAA semfinals Greenwich Time By Tony Pinciaro RYE, NY -- Greenwich Academy opened the second half of its Fairchester Athletic Association basketball semifinal with a flourish. ...

Greenwich girls ice hockey falls to Darien in FCIAC semfinals Stamford Advocate By David Fierro Greenwich High School's Melanie Lee ......

Greenwich swimming nipped by Fairfield Prep Stamford Advocate By Rob Kelley FAIRFIELD -- A spirited comeback came up six points short Wednesday as the Greenwich High School boys swimming team dropped a 96-90 nailbiter ...

Win in final relay gives Fairfield Prep victory over Greenwich ... Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT Fairfield Prep won 10 out of the 12 events, but the depth of Greenwich kept the meet close to the end. "It was a big win for us," said Prep coach Bruce ...

Greenwich Academy hockey shuts out Gunnery Greenwich Time The Greenwich Academy hockey team put an end to its five-game losing streak Wednesday, defeating Gunnery 1-0 on the road. "This is the most rewarding win of ...

Greenwich nonprofit group links seniors Greenwich Time Rebecca Lippel, manager of the Greenwich-based Family Centers' Friendly Connections senior outreach program, spoke to some 20 members of the Rotary Club of ... Is This The Shape Of Things To Come ? Will The Connecticut Post Now Be The Paper Of Record For Greenwich ????? Strange But True: You Can't Read This Breaking Greenwich New Story In Hearst Newspaper's Greenwich Time, But You Can Read This Breaking Greenwich News Story In Hearst Newspaper's Connecticut Post.....

Greenwich firm principals charged in fraud Connecticut Post - Bridgeport,CT By Peter Urban The managing partners of Greenwich-based WG Trading Co. were arrested Wednesday by FBI agents on conspiracy, securities fraud and wire fraud ... More On The Story That The Green Kitty Litter Liner Totally Missed .... 2/13/09 PRESS RELEASE: Emergency Action Taken Against Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood & Stephen Walsh- Questions About "Hundreds Of Millions Dollars" 02/21/09 National Futures Association Suspends Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh 02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Busted By The FBI ......More On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Failing To Cover 02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Also Wasted Money On The New York Islanders 02/25/09 Where Is Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter? The Greenwich Fraud Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Not Covering Just Hit $1.3 Billion 02/25/09 Didn't Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Or Hearst Newspaper Business Editor Jim Zebora Get The Department Of Justice Press Release 02/25/09 Wall Street Journal: Bearly Legal? Investment Managers Charged with Fraud Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is Still In His Self Induced Coma !!!!

High-end merchants concerned about Greenwich Avenue security Greenwich Time By Debra Friedman Terry Betteridge, owner of Betteridge Jewelers on Greenwich Avenue, feels the Avenue is less safe without a traffic officer at the Lewis ... ...Freeing up two officers cuts back on overtime and allows for extra day patrols on the Avenue and in Byram, Ridberg said. That's great news for some residents, like Michael Bocchino, president of the Byram Neighborhood Association. Bocchino said it was "ludicrous" to keep stationary traffic officers on the Avenue, instead of allowing the department to provide extra patrols. "Greenwich is not the same place. Things have changed and we have to change with it," said Bocchino..... Comment: Didn't Terry Betteridge Use To Hire A Greenwich Police Officer To Sit In His Store? Betteridge Jewelers Is Only A Couple Of Blocks From The Greenwich Police Palace. Terry Betteridge Is Whining, As If, His Store Was In A High Crime Area Like The Byram. Apparently, The Byram, Cos Cob, Riverside And Old Greenwich Sections Of Town Are Not Secure Since There Is Not Any Police Officers On Those Street Corners. The Betteridge Store Was Burglarized From The Street A Few Years Ago. They Cut A Hole In The Glass In Front Of The Store And Stuck Their Hand In And Took Jewelry. This Was All Done In Plain View Of The Traffic Cop!!!! Greenwich Needs Aggressive Neighborhood Crime Patrols, Not Greenwich Avenue Crossing Guards

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02/25/09 Who Said Leona Was All Bad. Expired Greenwich Residents Money Will Go To Help Dogs And Others

Leona Helmsley died at age 87 of heart failure on August 20, 2007 at her home in Greenwich, Connecticut.

NY Court: Helmsley Fortune Goes to More Than Dogs

NEW YORK (AP)

Real estate baroness Leona Helmsley's multibillion-dollar fortune can go to more than just the dogs.

In a ruling announced Wednesday, a Manhattan judge said trustees managing Helmsley's estate can distribute her funds to a broad range of charities.

Helmlsey died in August 2007 [WCBS 880].

She left instructions in one of the documents relating to her charitable trust that money be donated to help care for dogs, as well as other charities.

Manhattan Surrogate Court Judge Troy Webber ruled that trustees of the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust have sole discretion for which charities should get the Helmsley fortune.

Trust spokesman Howard Rubenstein says the trustees will announce the first grants from the foundation next month.

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