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Club Match at Greenwich Polo - Greenwich Polo Club Club Match Sunday, September 6, 2009 The grounds open at 1pm and the match begin at 3pm. Arrive early and tailgate. Pack a picnic lunch...

Ask the Doctor: Medical Health Articles
Alcoholic Beverages Fight Erectile Dysfunction - The position of alcohol in human society has always been unpredictable. In the era of prohibition, alcohol was considered the "devil in liquid form" and no...

For What It's Worth By Riverside Blogger Chris Fountain
This is your legislature on drugs - Connecticut has long boasted the dumbest legislature among the fifty states, but this picture from the Hartford Courant says more than 1,000 words. These a...

The Latest From Claudette Rothman, AKA,Greenwich Diva
Alain ‘Spider-Man’ Robert, scaled Malaysia’s iconic 88-story Petronas Twin Towers - From Mail Online Perhaps it was a protest against yesterday’s announcement that the Disney corporation had bought the rights to his image. Or maybe it was ...

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Uh-oh: Truck gets stuck under bridge in Old Greenwich - Metropolitan Transit Authority and Greenwich police responded this morning around 9 a.m. to help free a truck that wedged under the railroad bridge on Soun...

Lincoln's Log - Hearst Newspaper VP Lincoln Millstein
THIS JUST IN! VIDEO OF TRUCK STUCK UNDER OG RR OVERPASS -

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
Students, Job Hunters, Marketers - Skip taking advice, do experience - America has gone advice-crazy. Lots of folks have been getting rich and well-known recommending X, Y, and Z to students, job hunters, marketers. Yet, none of...

Greenwich Student, Blogger And Receptionist krystle's Collection of things *not to forget*
This Day In History - Sep 1 1923 A 7.9 magnitude earthquake strikes the cities of Tokyo and Yokohama at noon. Almost 142,000 people are killed by falling building or in the resu...

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Cummings & Lockwood marks 100th birthday - The U.S. judiciary has seen many changes in the past century, but in its 100 years the Stamford-based law firm of Cummings & Lockwood LLC has kept pace...

The Daily Spurgeon
May he find laborers for His service! - We find the most eminent of God’s servants frequently magnifying their office as preachers of the gospel. Whitfield was wont to call his pulpit his thron...

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Overflow crowd greets Himes at forum - Hartford Courant - *Overflow crowd greets Himes at forum* *Hartford Courant* AP *GREENWICH, Conn*. - US Rep. Jim Himes faced a divided crowd that filled Greenwich Town Hall f...

Former Greenwich Resident Rosie O'Donnell"s RBlog
AskRo - Melanie writes: Hey Ro, OMG. Brooke Elliot is amazing. Drop Dead Diva is my new favorite show. A must watch! i agree [...]

Greenwich Time: Local Sports - RSS Feed
Fair. County Sportspersons of Year announced - STAMFORD -- The Fairfield County Sports Commission was created with the mission of bringing the history and tradition of Fairfield County sports to life fo...

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Himes pitches federal bond programs - As he kicked off an effort Wednesday to publicize the availability of millions of dollars in federal bond programs for the region, U.S. Rep.

Today's Greenwich Time Editorial
Parents, students bracing for flu season - Just in time for back to school, health experts are predicting an aggressive return of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu. In the best of times, classrooms and ...

Exit 55 By Rob "WGCH" Adams - The Sports Voice Of Greenwich
On the Air with Sean Kilkelly - Join Sean Kilkelly tonight at 6:00 on his eponymous show via Blog Talk Radio. Sean's guest will be... well...me. We'll no doubt talk a lot of baseball, a...

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Does Connecticut's Estate Tax Drive Away The Rich? Debate's Not Over - Harry Gray was all Hartford. The former United Technologies chief was one of the greatest philanthropists in modern Hartford history, giving away more than...

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Does Connecticut's Estate Tax Drive Away The Rich? Debate's Not Over - Harry Gray was all Hartford. The former United Technologies chief was one of the greatest philanthropists in modern Hartford history, giving away more than...

EDDIE "Greenwich Native" ROSS
...and around the room! - From the look of it, leaves falling from walnut trees—the first of the season, my grandfather used to say—change is upon us. But before the garden slips away...

Publicani By Dr. Zak Maymin Of Greenwich
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Greenwich Gossip By "The Scribe Of Greenwich" Bill Clark
Oops! There Goes Another Greenwich Ave Store - No one is singing "High Hopes" on Greenwich Avenue these days. Just the opposite, in fact. The general mood ranges from lowered expectations to downright ...

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Regal Castle - Generally, only members of royal families can afford castles. Well, how about an affordable "castle" in a very regal section of Milford? The colonial house...

Today's Greenwich Time Letters To The Editor
We will be living memorials - We will be living memorials To the editor: Within the Jewish tradition the Talmud records that the "righteous are even greater in death than in life ..

Ex-Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bernie Yudain
For many, fruits of labor never stop growing - That time flies is an old verity. So is the fact that it speeds up as old age encroaches. A barely tolerable August succeeded an evanescent July and now, r...

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The Greenwich Chapter Urges Residents To Be Red Cross Ready - American Red Cross Greenwich, CT 203-869-8444 General Interest With the projected path of Tropical Storm Danny heading towards New England, impacting th...

Cos Cob Blogger Iggy Makarevich At High Strangeness
Common Sense 2009: Larry Flynt's Call To Action - Fine fellow Larry Flynt says it well here and has an excellent call to action - if only we the people would take heed and actually do it. Sadly, most America...

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09/01/09 The Greenwich Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Greenwich, CT.

• Himes faces health care discord at town hall meeting
  posted on September 01, 2009 05:11:52 pm
  Jacqueline Walsh speaks with Congressman Jim Himes about the health care reform at the town hall meeting at the Greenwich Town Hall.
• How-to video lifts Vineyard Vines
  posted on September 01, 2009 04:34:00 pm
  ... specialty and department stores worldwide. It also has free-standing stores in nine locations, including Westport; Greenwich; Boston; Nantucket, Mass.; Memphis, Tenn.; Key Largo, Fla.; and Washington, D.C. The Internet is an effective marketing tool ...
• Study: Cities slash services amid economic slump
  posted on September 01, 2009 03:33:26 pm
  ... services. The $750,000, for example, could pay for a new fire engine or the salaries of 21 firefighters. In pricey Greenwich, Conn., signs of a troubled economy ...
• Coxswain aspires to inspire
  posted on September 01, 2009 01:22:42 pm
  ... Edsell was teamed with Eric McDaniel of Weeki Wachee, whose left side was affected by a stroke; Andrew Johnson of Greenwich, Conn., who only perceives light; Emma Preuschl of Indianapolis, who has limited use of her left arm; and Jen Klapper of ...
• Connecticut Public Broadcasting Network
  posted on September 01, 2009 12:58:46 pm
  Bartlett Bartlett . The Clare Gallery . Franciscan Center Greenwich Choral Society Auditions The Greenwich Choral Society, celebrating over 80 years of excellence in choral music, is holding open auditions on September 1, 8 and 9 starting at 6 PM, as well as September 12 starting at 10 AM.
• Boeing's Albaugh Succeeds Carson at Helm of Delay-Plagued 787 Dreamliner
  posted on September 01, 2009 11:50:00 am
  ... I dona t think ita s a reflection of Carsona s leadership,a Peter Arment , an analyst with Broadpoint AmTech in Greenwich, Connecticut, said in an interview. a oeMany things were set in stone regardless of who was running Boeing Commercial Airplanes ...
• Area stocks
  posted on September 01, 2009 10:10:35 am
  ... in the area and is designed to reflect the impact of the world and national economy on this region. Blyth, a Greenwich-based maker of candles, home fragrance products and Sterno, fell $1.81 to close at $45.50. Transwitch, a Shelton-based maker of .....
• Chatting With Cesar Ramirez of Brooklyn Fare About Art, Food His Big Idea for a Tiny Restaurant
  posted on September 01, 2009 05:44:45 am
  ... Manhattan or go above 14th Street. But a lot of our customers are coming from far away -- even Long Island and Greenwich, Connecticut. I would say 70 percent of our customers are from outside Brooklyn. Where do you get your inspiration? I go to a ...
• Delightful days in store for region
  posted on September 01, 2009 02:56:17 am
  ... High tides today will occur at 9:04 a.m. and 9:22 p.m. in Bridgeport, and at 9:08 and 9:26 p.m in Stanford and Greenwich. Danbury is tied with Meriden this morning for the state's lowest temperature, at 53 degrees. The morning low in Bridgeport was ...
• Secca(R) Therapy - An Effective and Minimally Invasive Option for...
  posted on August 31, 2009 11:45:21 pm
  ... Mederi therapies are outpatient, minimally invasive, and promote rapid recovery. Mederi Therapeutics is located in Greenwich, Connecticut. Contact: Sheila Doyle Manager of Communications and Marketing 203 930 9980 SOURCE Mederi Therapeutics Inc.
• Online Bookstore, Literary Matters, Launched
  posted on August 31, 2009 11:29:55 pm
  ... book groups to opening an online bookstore. But that's exactly the career path that Esther Bushell, a teacher in Greenwich, Conn., for 40 years, has taken. By the time she stopped teaching in 2005, she had turned running book groups into a full time ...
• Begin With Civility Among Lawmakers
  posted on August 31, 2009 04:17:47 pm
  I agree with U.S. Rep. Chris Murphy that the shouting at these town meetings is unacceptable.
• Palmyra hires firm to focus on cleanup
  posted on August 31, 2009 03:10:29 pm
  ... Mayor John Gural said. Sadat Associates, which was selected by the borough's redeveloper, National RE/Sources of Greenwich, Conn., and approved by the Borough Council last week, will take over the day-to-day operations related to the cleanup from ...
• TSX gases up as summer supply in doubt
  posted on May 18, 2007 03:00:00 pm
  ... rate hike by the end of this year" after the inflation number, said Alan Ruskin, head of currency strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Conn. "The economy is healthy. The Canadian dollar probably has more room to gain."
• Margolies, 25 years later: Still no killer, but cops are hopeful
  posted on August 31, 2009 01:09:29 pm
  ... was stabbed, strangled and suffocated, according to an autopsy report. In the 25 years since, investigators from Greenwich, and later the cold case squad led by the Office of the Chief State's Attorney, have had varying momentum, once coming close ..

08/31/09 Reader Submitted Comments

Maybe Greenwich Students Should Act "Asian - y"

So That Test Scores Would Skyrocket

Greenwich Roundup Reader Writes.....

HERE'S NEWS FLASH!!!

If Hispanic students study more they will do better in school!! You can spend all the money in the world on a kid, if his/her family doesn't push study time and the kid doesn't study your wasting your time.....but like those kids were quoted saying in NYC "Hey why looking to act white"?

Gary

COMMENT:

Dear Gary,

Your comments are derived from a somewhat racist perspective.

It appears that you are confusing cultural identity with academic ability.

Gary would you say that," White Kids Who Act Black Or Like Hardcore Rap Music Are Bringing Down Greenwich High School's Test Scores?

Maybe our new Greenwich Public School Superintendent should mandate that all Greenwich Students K - 12 Should recieve one hour of instruction in how to act Asian, since Asian students score so well on tests at all grade levels.

Gary, do you really think that Hispanic parents are not telling their children to study and do good in school?

Just last week I say a young boy helping a lady take out scores of trash bags at an office building on Field Point Road, and I wondered if he was going to have to help his family put food on the table once school starts.

The problem in Greenwich is that well off and highly advantaged students often get as much as or more school resources than those children who are disadvantaged through no fault of their own.

The true shame of this town is how we treat the weakest, poorest and youngest members of Greenwich Society.

It is sinful how Multi-millionaires and Billionaires can sit in back Country and Waterfront masions and turn a blind eye to the inocent children of Western Greenwich.

What have Greenwich Billionaires like Paul Tudor Jones and Fddie Lampert done for the poor and disadvantaged children of their community?

Jesus Christ said it best ...

"I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of God."

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08/30/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Nancy Weissler And The Rest Of The School Board Get Busted By The Greenwich Time

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08/31/09 RECESSION BUSTER: Save 75 cents - Read Tuseday's Greenwich Time On Monday Night for Free !!!

Glenville opens its doors for a tour

By Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson

Purely by the numbers, the newly rebuilt Glenville School isn't that different from the recently razed schoolhouse it replaces. Measuring 56,000 square feet, or roughly the size of a football field, the new, single-story schoolhouse is about the same size, in the same footprint, as the old building......

.....The tour was attended by several dozen parents, town lawmakers and school officials, including schools Superintendent Sidney Freund, First Selectman Peter Tesei, Finance Board Chairman Steven Walko......

......The new school, built for more than $24 million, is expected to be ready for occupancy by the end of September, paving the way for students to start class there as early as the end of November ......

.....Glenville mother Donna Curtis was more impressed with another feature: Each of the school's 20 new classrooms all measure roughly the same size -- a welcome change from the hodgepodge of different-sized instructional spaces at the old school, she said......

.....If the rest of the project goes according to plan, the building could be completed both under budget and slightly ahead of schedule, said Frank Mazza, chairman of the school's building committee. Roughly $180,000, out of an initial $2 million, remain uncommitted in the project's contingency fund for unforeseen expenses, Mazza said.......

COMMENT:

Get Ready To Kiss That $180,000 Goodbye.

Frank Mazza will be back for more money.

Glenville students will not be in their new building by Thanksgiving.

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MTA developing new poll to cover all of its transit services
New Haven line Metro-North Railroad passengers won't see annual customer satisfaction questionnaires at stations this fall, as the Metropolitan Transit Authority moves towards using a region-wide

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Norwalk man busted in fraud scheme

A Norwalk man who developed a scheme used to deposit stolen checks into a fraudulent account was busted by the newly formed Connecticut Financial Crimes Task Force on Friday, police said.

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A child's garden of voices
May 11: Took Susan to the park this morning. We climbed onto picnic tables, then jumped off. Even as a 2-year-old, Susan's a good little athlete. A robin sitting on a blackened fireplace let us

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Time's running out for proving residency for school

With the clock counting down to the start of school Wednesday, parents of incoming ninth-graders at Greenwich High School have one day left to reverify their status as town residents before classes start.

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Lawmakers on verge of passing budget

HARTFORD -- Connecticut lawmakers were on the verge of finally passing a new state budget late Monday, a full two months after the start of the new fiscal year.

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08/31/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Himes holds town hall on health care WTNH Greenwich (WTNH) - Congressman Jim Himes (D-4th district) will be holding a town hall meeting in Greenwich tonight on the contentious topic of health care ...

How Arthur Levitt Helped Ruin US Economy Black Star News The crimes which Levitt helped cover up in his capacity as Chairman of the American Stock Exchange and later as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have helped destroyed the financial power of America. When America is relegated to “developing world” status because of the ruinous greed of the Wall Street elite, China and other countries shall erect a statue of people like Arthur Levitt thanking him for protecting his friends at the expense of America. There are many financial scandals that should have been exposed long ago. Perhaps some of the financial meltdown would have been prevented. Let’s go through a few examples. The mainstream press, The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal, have refused to examine the connection between Cohmad and Fairfield Greenwich and the American Stock Exchange (AMEX). This has been done to protect Arthur Levitt. The destruction of the American way of life and its inherent values of fair play and compassion for the poor mean nothing to the press barons that own The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. ...

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08/31/09 Final casting call for Greenwich Has Got Talent

I would appreciate your printing this in your Datebook section, Auditions,
etc. We would also appreciate any further mention you can provide to us.

Thank you very much.

Jeff Weber
Executive Vice-President
Business TalkRadio NetworkR
Lifestyle TalkRadio NetworkR
P.O. Box 4826
Greenwich, CT 06831
(203)323-7300
FAX: (203)323-7302
Jweber@businesstalkradio.net
Jweber@lifestyletalkradio.com

Greenwich Has Got Talent: Variety Show 2009 will be having its final casting call this Thursday, September 3 at Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library.

It is open to adults and kids (8-16 years of age). Artistic Director/Producer is
Maria Kelly Stevens. Those auditioning should bring their own music and/or
CD's. This event is sponsored by The Greenwich Chamber of Commerce and is
their major fundraiser. A portion of the proceeds will fund a scholarship to
a GHS student majoring in business in college. The show will take place on
October 16 and 17, 2009.

For further information email
mksproductions1@yahoo.com

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08/31/09Greenwich Real Estate Report: Fools Still Paying $100 A Square Foot In Greenwich

Hedgies Still Paying Record Rents In Greenwich DealBreaker.Com Despite the sputtering economic recovery, some Greenwich-based hedge funds continue to pay over $100 per square foot for space at the best location in town, ...

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08/31/09 BREAKING NEWS: Greenwich Senior Service phone line discontinued

Press release- September 1^st 2009- Please publish as soon as possible, Thank you.

Greenwich Senior Service phone line discontinued

The Greenwich Senior Services, a dedicated phone line for seniors which was housed and hosted by Community Answers is being disconnected effective immediately. Callers may continue to call Community Answers @ 203-622-7979 to get information on services available to seniors in town. The phone lines are answered by volunteers Monday through Friday from 9-3. After office hours and on weekends the phone lines will be answered by the staff of the Greenwich library. Community Answers, Inc. is a unique service that goes above and beyond a simple information and referral service giving out phone numbers. Here is an example of a call we recently answered:

“An elderly woman called asking if we knew where she could purchase this oil that helped with arthritis. She said she couldn’t remember the name but that it sounded like a dog breed and that it was used for joints on large animals such as horses. It turned out it is called “Bigeoil” and it is pronounced “beagle oil”.

Community Answers has been providing answers to people for 37 years. We are located in the Main Greenwich Library and we can be reached M-F from 9 -3 @ 203-622-7979 or our services can be accessed through the website www.communityanswers.org

Regards,

Chitra Shanbhogue

Executive Director

(203) 622-7916- Phone

(203) 622-7984- Fax

cshanbhogue@greenwichlibrary.org

http://www.communityanswers.org/

08/31/09 When Greenwich Roundup Types The Greenwich Time And The Greenwich Police Department Listen

First Greenwich Roundup Posted This......

08/23/09 The Greenwich Police Department And The Greenwich Time Have Spent Another Year Ignoring A Murdered Little Greenwich Boy

Nothing Has Been Done For 25 Years:

Matthew Margolies - Greenwich's Other Unsolved Murder ......

Then The Greenwich Time Publishes This ......

Margolies, 25 years later: Still no killer, but cops are hopeful

Police say investigation is still active and the case can be solved

Twenty-five years after Pemberwick teenager Matthew Margolies went missing and was later found slain near his home, the killer remains at large. Despite all the time that has gone by, officials remain hopeful newly developed evidence will help crack the case.

"It is an active investigation and there have been some things worked on very recently," said Chief State's Attorney Kevin Kane, who took over supervising the state's cold case squad little more than three years ago.

"I think the case can be solved. I don't want to get anyone's hopes up that these new developments will lead to it being solved," he said......

......In 2006, investigators informed the Margolies family that a request for a grand jury to indict a former Port Chester, N.Y., policeman had failed.

Police had begun focusing on the retired police officer, Roger Bates, who had been convicted of child molestation in Texas. During Bates' sentencing, a childhood friend of Matthew Margolies testified that Bates had molested him too, in 1984, and that Bates had taken the two boys fishing on one occasion that year, according to Shelley Hallman, the Dallas assistant district attorney who prosecuted Bates. .....

.....Soon after, Sgt. Timothy Duff, who had been handling the investigation, retired and Sgt. Mark Zuccerella took over. Zuccerella said he felt many hurdles faced in the past had to do with bad information.

"The investigation has been hindered in many ways primarily by people intentionally misleading us or withholding information......

....."We are excited that these past obstacles we had to deal with can be overcome and we have already produced evidence we didn't have in the past," Zuccerella said.

Zuccerella said police have narrowed the number of suspects, but neither he nor Kane would comment on whether any previous suspects, such as Bates, had been cleared in the case.

It took 25 years for Greenwich police to solve another long-time cold case, the murder of Martha Moxley, who was beaten to death with a golf club in the backyard of her Belle Haven home.....

.......Zuccerella said he and two other Greenwich detectives are in regular contact with the family.

"We are in contact with the family quite often," said Zuccerella. "A lot of things, however, we are holding close to our chests."........

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08/31/09 Frank Mazza Was Pissing On Glenville Parents Legs And Telling Them It Was Raining When He Said Their School Could Open As Soon As March 2009

Last Year Frank Mazza Was Bragging That He Was So Far Ahead Of Schedule That The Glenville School Could Be Finished In March Of This Year.

Mazza Even Boasted That Glenville School Could Be Finished Before Hamilton Avenue School, Because He Had A Brand Spanking New Building Contractor To Work With.

Frank Mazza Even Boasted Than Glenville Students Would Be In Their New Classrooms This September.

He Just Didn't Tell Glenville Parents That The New Classrooms Would Be In The Mold Plagued Hamilton Avenue School Modulars.

Glenville gets under one roof

By Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson

It may not be ideal, but Glenville School parents say the temporary modular facility at Western Middle School where their children begin class this Wednesday will at least reunite students and staff under one roof.....

......Since mid-August 2008 crews have been reconstructing Glenville's old building on Riversville Road, which was demolished after being cited for a lack of natural light, problems with the heating and cooling systems and a leaky roof.

The rebuilt school is expected to be ready for occupancy by the end of September, paving the way for students to start class there after holiday recess ends in January 2010.....

.....But concerns linger about the health conditions at the modulars facility for some Hamilton Avenue parents.

Last week, a group of parents filed a lawsuit against the town claiming the school board failed to address persistent moisture- and mold-related problems at the modulars. That school's students were dispersed to six different schools in spring 2008 following the discovery of mold in the modular units. Because of long-term exposure to mold, students have developed a number of health issues such as lasting cases of strep throat, ear and sinus infections, and neurological symptoms......

......a consultant later said that only low, non-hazardous levels of mold remained.

The district has tested inside the modulars every three months, as well as doing repair work after a major rain storm or snow fall, a school official said. The district will continue to follow those procedures while Glenville students are housed at the modular facility......

....."I'm sure they (crews) have been doing a good job of checking to make sure the modulars are dry and keeping it safe," said Donna Curtis, the school's PTA president.......
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Comment:

What Makes Donna So Sure?

The Great Record That Greenwich Public Schools Have Had At The Hamilton School Modulars?

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08/30/09 RECESSION BUSTER: Save Seventy Five Cents - Read Monday's Greenwich Time On Sunday Night For Free

Charlene Abdal is retiring after 34 years with the town. She has served as an executive assistant to 11 first selectmen. (Keelin Daly/Greenwich Time Staff Photographer)

Charlene Abdal, 'the fourth selectman,' calls it a career
Not once did her name appear on the ballot.

Yet through multiple regime changes, controversies and changes to the face of Greenwich, Charlene Abdal, the executive assistant to the first selectman, has never abdicated her power and influence on the affairs of the town, say those who know her best.

Abdal, 57, who has served as an aide to 11 first selectmen over 34 years, will call it a career on Monday......

.....A lifelong town resident who grew up at Armstrong Court in Chickahominy, Abdal started out as a clerk for Lewis in the first selectman's office. She was later promoted to administrative secretary, executive secretary and finally executive assistant to the first selectman.

Abdal rattled off the list of bosses she has worked under during her career -- Rupert Vernon, Ruth Sims, Rebecca Breed, Roger Pearson, John Margenot Jr., Ragland, Lolly Prince, Richard Bergstresser, Jim Lash and Tesei......

......"Part of the reason I've been here so long is I've been so neutral," Abdal said, who's served under eight Republicans and three Democrats.

For nearly 29 of her 34 years in the first selectman's office, Abdal has worked alongside Paula Belmont, an administrative assistant.

"She's like family," Belmont said of Abdal. "She's taught me everything. It won't be the same.".....

.....An open house will be held at the office for Abdal from about 10 a.m. to noon on Monday, her last day on the job.

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Marzullo kicks off campaign

Joined by upward of 100 button-wearing supporters and Democratic top brass, town native Drew Marzullo kicked off his campaign for selectman Sunday by touting his experience as an emergency responder.....

....While the Democrat's bid could be an uphill battle in a Republican-leaning town like Greenwich, Himes said he believed a victory was still well within reach for his party's ticket.

"We've always fought against the odds. We've always fought the current and operated in the headwind as Democrats in Greenwich," said Himes. "If we make a commitment today that we're going to work hard for these two, they will win. They will win."

Blumenthal hailed Marzullo's work as an emergency responder, saying his ability to work under pressure was on display recently when the candidate responded to an accident scene in which the attorney general's college-age son sustained minor injuries on his bike after hitting a car.

"He is first of all a professional, a consummate professional, in an area where people literally save lives," Blumenthal.....

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Lobster population decline prompts stricter protections

STAMFORD -- Gus Bertolf Jr. and his father returned to their Cos Cob dock last week with about $200 worth of conch, their new cash crop in the continued aftermath of a lobster die-off that began in the late 1990s, they said.

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State DOT considers selling Route 7 property
Want to buy a home along a never-built expressway? The state Department of Transportation has outlined to the governor the benefits of selling off 14 residences purchased years ago by the state for the expansion of the old Route 7 connecting Norwalk and Danbury.

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Return of swine flu: What's ahead for Americans?
WASHINGTON -- The alarm sounded with two sneezy children in California in April. Just five months later, the never-before-seen swine flu has become the world's dominant strain of influenza, and it's

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Parents pass on prep schools

Concerns about the recession have led more public school families to put off enrolling in private school this year, contributing to a surge in enrollment a town schools, district officials said.

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As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth
NEW YORK -- Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the Internet.

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Calif. wildfire heads north, threatens thousands

LOS ANGELES -- Wildfire threatened 12,000 suburban homes and rained ash on cars as far away as downtown Los Angeles on Sunday, spreading in all directions in hot, dry

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Japanese election upends long-ruling party
TOKYO -- Japan's opposition swept to a historic victory in elections Sunday, crushing the ruling conservative party that has run the country for most of the postwar era and assuming the daunting

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08/30/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Nancy Weissler And The Rest Of The School Board Get Busted By The Greenwich Time

Himes to hold three health care forums Connecticut Post Jim Himes, D-Greenwich, will hold before Congress reconvenes next month. Wednesday's forum has been moved twice, at least in part because of the large crowd ...

Does Connecticut's Estate Tax Drive Away The Rich? Debate's Not Over Hartford Courant She never moved to a lower-tax state and instead spent some of her final days in Greenwich, where she signed her will. Other residents in Greenwich would be ... The Greenwich Time Starts To Report The Truth About Greenwich Public School Test Scores

When Greenwich Roundup Types The Greenwich Time Listens.....

First Greenwich Roundup Posted This.....

08/27/09 Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Wont Tell You The Truth, But Greenwich Roundup Will.....

Principal Damaris Rau was shown the door and is now headed to an undisclosed position at an undisclosed Connecticut School district, because .....

Hamilton Avenue School was once again the lowest scorer among the 11 elementary schools in Greenwich

Here Is More Evidence That Western Greenwich Is Getting Screwed Over By The Greenwich Board Of Education .....

Western Middle School was the lowest scorer of all of the town's three middle schoolsThe achievement gap between disadvantaged students of Western Greenwich and their wealthier peers continues to grow.

The wide gulf between white and Hispanic high schoolers grew wider between 2008 and 2009.

The percentage of white students reaching goal jumped from 83 percent to 87 percent, while the percentage of Hispanics at that level declined from 54 percent to 47 percent.

The United States Department Of Justice has inquired about Hamilton Avenue School and they are going to be back if the Greenwich Board Of Education continue to refuse to fix the failing schools in Western Greenwich.

Meanwhile, Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Is Putting On His Rose Colored Sunglasses And Cheerfully Reporting.....

Greenwich students' test scores on the rise

Then The Greenwich Time Changed It's Tune And The Greenwich Time Editors Published This .....

Excellence the only lesson plan for Greenwich

Greenwich Time

....But while the start of the school year is about a bright outlook, it's important to see with clear eyes.

Greenwich schools are still not where they need to be. Results of last spring's Connecticut Academic Performance Test are a good illustration. While 10th graders who took the test made strong progress, particularly in reading and science, overall results shouldn't be acceptable to anyone in a town like this one.

For example, even with a 10-point jump, only 71.4 percent of 10th graders reached the goal level in reading. On a report card that's a C-. ...

....Same goes for results on the Connecticut Mastery Tests, which students in grades three through eight took in the spring...... But this is not a B- town. Nor should it be a town in which only 73.1 percent of our elementary schoolers reach the goal in science.....

.....Yes, people have pride in this town. But if it's not continually earned and re-earned, it's merely hubris, and that's the way to failure. Across the board, excellence is the only standard a town like Greenwich should accept, in all things, but particularly its schools......

Now Hearst Newspaper Vice President Lincoln Millstein Blogs This.....

The real numbers behind the Greenwich test results - (or what the school board does not what you to know) By Lincoln Millstein An excellent editorial in the Greenwich Time today has me thinking about schools at the dawning of the 2009-10 school year. Click here for article Dunno about you, but I am embarrassed to be a resident of the wealthiest town in the state that has a school district ranked No. 41 (out of 195) according to the latest statewide standardized tests. NUMBER 41! While that’s an improvement over last year when we came in at 44, other Fairfield County towns are racking up much better performance. Westport is No. 1. Nearby Fairfield - with more students (9494) - is ranked 26. Six out of the 11 elementary schools in Greenwich fell in a ranking of their peer group - Riverside (No. 19 down by 2), Dundee (44 down 14), Old Greenwich (59 down 43), North Street (101 down 39), Parkway (114 down 38), Julian Curtiss (138 down 89)..... Same story among the middle schools - nothing to brag about. Eastern held its No. 10 position. But there was a time in the first part of this decade when Eastern came in consistently the No. 1 middle school in the state year after year. Central is 54 - down 27....... ....Last but not least, my favorite topic, Greenwich High School, the misbegotten stepchild of the Greenwich political machine. GHS in my opinion is the single most visible and important public institution in Greenwich. It is either the beacon by which we measure our commitment to our children and community, or a blot symbolizing a wayward culture and broken system. Lately, it’s been the latter - especially under the current school board. Wouldn’t it be nice for a change if we could brag about GHS’s accomplishments other than its football scores - like its academic standing. Last year, GHS ranked 26 in the state in its test scores...... .....12.7 percent of the GHS population is of hispanic origin and therefore greatly impacts the reading and writing of English in standardized testing...... .....Farmington High School came in ranked No. 7. Farmington HS has a subsidized lunch ratio of 4.6 percent, 4.6 percent African Americans and 3.1 hispanics. But the real kick in the teeth: Hall High School in West Hartford, with a 11.4 percent subsidized lunch population, 10.6 percent African American population (GHS has 3.2) and 11.2 percent hispanic, came in at No. 22, beating out GHS by four places. A school with equally daunting statistics, if not more daunting, has no business besting Greenwich. The motto in Greenwich for its public schools? Good enough..... ....There is a silver lining: The miserable performance by the schools has exposed the school board in a public light like never before. In short Weissler et al, you’ve been busted. And we’re not going away until we see real improvement Lincoln's Log - http://blog.ctnews.com/lincolnmillstein/

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08/30/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Out Of Town Democratic Bloggers Can't Face The Fact That Lincoln Is Right And Democratic Leaders Are WRONG !!!!!

The Dish: A-Rod, Kate Hudson pal out in Greenwich Greenwich Time Television host, author and Greenwich resident Joan Lunden will once again serve as Mistress of Ceremonies. The evening's honorees are Bill and Tani Austin ...

Greenwich Town Democrats And Their Out Of Town Bloging Slim Machine Can't Accept The Fact That Lincoln Millstein Has Been Editoralizing For True Reform On The Greenwich Public School Board. While Millstein Has Been Promoting True Democratic Choice In School Board Elections. These Out Of Town Bloggers Have Lobbing For The Continuation Of The Good Ole Boy Network That Is Destroying Our Public Schools .

Town Democrats And Their Out Of Town Bloggers Don't Want To Give Parents And Taxpayers A Real Contested School Board Election....

My Left Nutmeg:: Right-Wing Hearst Executive Still Sliming ... By thomashooker The front page of his blog only says, "Lincoln Millstein offers his unique views and insights on Greenwich and its community". No mention on the front page that he's a senior executive, senior, in fact to everyone working at Greenwich ... My Left Nutmeg - Front Page - http://www.myleftnutmeg.com/

08/29/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: The Greenwich Time Editors Start To Get Real About Test Scores

When Greenwich Roundup Types The Greenwich Time Listens..... First Greenwich Roundup Posted This..... 08/27/09 Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Wont Tell You The Truth, But Greenwich Roundup Will..... Principal Damaris Rau was shown the door and is now headed to an undisclosed position at an undisclosed Connecticut School district, because ..... Hamilton Avenue School was once again the lowest scorer among the 11 elementary schools in Greenwich Here Is More Evidence That Western Greenwich Is Getting Screwed Over By The Greenwich Board Of Education ..... Western Middle School was the lowest scorer of all of the town's three middle schools The achievement gap between disadvantaged students of Western Greenwich and their wealthier peers continues to grow. The wide gulf between white and Hispanic high schoolers grew wider between 2008 and 2009. The percentage of white students reaching goal jumped from 83 percent to 87 percent, while the percentage of Hispanics at that level declined from 54 percent to 47 percent. The United States Department Of Justice has inquired about Hamilton Avenue School and they are going to be back if the Greenwich Board Of Education continue to refuse to fix the failing schools in Western Greenwich. Meanwhile, Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin "BOE Brown Nose" Gustafson Is Putting On His Rose Colored Sunglasses And Cheerfully Reporting..... Greenwich students' test scores on the rise Now The Greenwich Time Is Changing It's Tune And The Greenwich Time Editors Are Publishing This Today..... Excellence the only lesson plan for Greenwich Greenwich Time ....But while the start of the school year is about a bright outlook, it's important to see with clear eyes. Greenwich schools are still not where they need to be. Results of last spring's Connecticut Academic Performance Test are a good illustration. While 10th graders who took the test made strong progress, particularly in reading and science, overall results shouldn't be acceptable to anyone in a town like this one. For example, even with a 10-point jump, only 71.4 percent of 10th graders reached the goal level in reading. On a report card that's a C-. ... ....Same goes for results on the Connecticut Mastery Tests, which students in grades three through eight took in the spring...... But this is not a B- town. Nor should it be a town in which only 73.1 percent of our elementary schoolers reach the goal in science..... .....Yes, people have pride in this town. But if it's not continually earned and re-earned, it's merely hubris, and that's the way to failure. Across the board, excellence is the only standard a town like Greenwich should accept, in all things, but particularly its schools...... The Raw Greenwich News Feed Continues.....

'Dee' retires after 51 years as Greenwich employee Greenwich Time Currently the longest-tenured municipal employee with 51 years of service to the citizens of Greenwich, the past 29 as assistant town clerk, the woman known ...

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08/28/09 Greenwich Diva News:Patti Butler performing at Londel’s in NYC September 20

Patti Butler performing at Londel's in NYC September 20 Posted in August 29th, 2009 by Claudette Rothman in Events Ms. Patti Butler singing at Dr. Audry Miller and Dr. Brion Gross' wedding If you are in the NY City area on September 20, stop by Londels restaurant at 2620 Frederick Douglas Blvd to hear Ms. Patti Butler sing with a jazz quartet. I had the pleasure of hearing Ms. Butler's beautiful voice and she is a great singer. Date: Saturday September, 20 Time: 8:00, 9:00 and 10:00 p.m. Location: Londel's Restaurant 2620 Frederick Douglas Blvd Between 139th and 140th street http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t0II7a8T2mI (Patti Singing impromptu at Londel's) For more information on the event and Londel's go to: http://www.londelsrestaurant.com/home.htm Claudette Lewis-Rothman 203-536-3607 Coming soon.... "Greenwich Secrets," The Novel. A story about sex and murder in Greenwich, Connecticut. What life is really like behind closed gates in this "tony" town.

08/28/09 The Raw Greenwich Business News Feed: This Just In......

Atlas of Greenwich expands manufacturing base Westfair Online Atlas Holdings of Greenwich has acquired producer of engineered wood products and building systems, Trus Joist Commercial. Trus Joist Commercial was a ...

08/28/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: This Just In ......

Flood control in Greenwich Greenwich Time By Anthony M. Macleod Greenwich has a problem: too much flooding and too few dollars for flood control. The solution requires public support to fund a ...

08/28/09 MEDIA ALERT FOR GREENWICH PRESS: An Invite to Opening Day for Staff

Hi all,

You are invited to the Greenwich Public Schools' Annual Convocation (First
Day of School for Staff Address)
Monday, August 31, 2009
Greenwich High School Student Center (great photo op of all GPS staff in
one place - only time this happens each year!)
10 Hillside Road
Greenwich, CT
Speakers begin at 8:30 AM
Agenda attached.

Hope you can make it!
Kim

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

www.greenwichschools.org

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