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Wednesday, June 10, 2009

06/10/09 SAVE SEVENTY FIVE CENTS: Read Thursday's HYPER-REGIONAL Greenwich Time Online For Free On Wednesday (Updated)

THE SILENT GREENWICH MINORITY:

You Just Can't Trust The Corporate Owned Fox News Wanna-Be's Of Lower Fairfield County

Hearst Newspaper Editor David McCumber And His Reporters Ignore Greenwich Minority Families:

Almost 15% Of The Members Of Greenwich Society Are Minorities, Yet Not Even 1% Of The Voices Featured On The Pages Of The Greenwich Time Belong To The Minorities Who Reside In Our Town.

A Question For Hearst Newspaper President Steven Swartz:

In a town that chose Obama over McCain.

Why aren't the minority voices of Greenwich Society getting heard and quoted at the Hyper-Regional Greenwich Time?

Why Aren't 15% Of The Greenwich Times Pictures Featuring The Faces Of The Minority Members Of Greenwich Society?

Don't These Minority Members Of Greenwich Society Matter At The Hopelessly Biased Faux News Wanna-Be's Of Lower Fairfield County.

The Greenwich Time Is Not Fair Or Balanced When It's Reporters Refuse To Hear The Minority Voices Of Greenwich Society......

Intervention leads to drop in juvenile cases
HARTFORD -- Early intervention into the lives of troubled children has resulted in a 30 percent decrease in juvenile justice cases over the last four years, according to a new report that credits



Incoming 9th-graders to be required to verify town resident status
Students entering the ninth grade this fall won't have clearance to attend the high school unless their parents reverify their status as town residents over the summer, under a new rule.

Half million NYC flu cases estimated
NEW YORK -- The New York City Health Department says that hundreds of thousands of city residents may have contracted swine flu. Roughly 6.9 percent of the 1,006 residents surveyed by the Health

Note To Hearst Newspaper Web Editor Jonathan Lucas:



"Main Head" Means This Is Whwere You Are Supposed To Insert The Greenwich Time Headline.......

Main Head
Wednesday for Thursday Conn. Play 3 Day: 334 Conn. Play 4 Day: 6260 Conn. Play 3: 880 Conn. Play 4: 9559 Conn. Cash 5: 7,13,19,27,28 N.Y. Mid-Day Daily: 701 N.

Retirement incentives sweet deal
Nearly 5 percent of town employees have signed up for a retirement incentive program, a number officials say is growing by the day as cost-minded decision makers look to cut payroll.

Database: More state lawmakers making financial sacrifices
A growing number of state legislators is taking voluntary pay cuts since state unions made concessions last month to help reduce the state budget deficit.

Camillo joins fight over North Mianus cell phone tower
A state representative said he's joining neighbors in their fight against a planned 80-foot tall cell tower in his district. "It's in an area that is too densely populated.

Top Dem leaders of coup investigated
NEW YORK -- If this week's overthrow of the New York state Senate manages to stick, the person sitting a heartbeat away from Gov. David Paterson is a man battling legal troubles, election violations

Woman's statements to be used in trial for boy's dehydration death
NEW HAVEN -- A Connecticut woman accused of lacing cups with hot sauce and refusing liquids to a toddler because he wet the bed will have her statements to police used against her in her

Boy Scouts honor Malcolm Pray
A well-known businessman whose fundraising enriched the local Boy Scout program by $2 million was honored for his efforts Wednesday. Malcolm Pray, 80, former owner of Pray Automobile in Greenwich .....

Fleeing car plows into Philly crowd, killing 3 children (AP)
A car fleeing a robbery scene and being chased by police Wednesday night jumped a curb and crashed into a crowd, killing three young children in front of their home and gravely injuring a woman, authorities said. "It's a tragedy," police Commissioner Charles Ramsey said

Chimney scam keeps residents on the alert
Marilyn Sharp became suspicious recently when a man called to let her know his company had bought out the contract to clean her Cos Cob home's boiler unit, and urged her to have the work done right


Politics may imperil youth work program
Because of inaction in the state legislature, 1,000 disadvantaged kids in the region might not get access to President Barack Obama's jobs program. As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment


Choose outgoing message wisely
It's June, the month that for more than 25 or 30 years my wife, Gail, and I used to spend at Martha's Vineyard. We haven't been there for six years, but we'll see the island again soon

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06/10/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Wednesday Evening Edition

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Greenwich voters reject sex offender ordinance
Newsday - Long Island,NY
GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) _ Voters in a Connecticut town have rejected a plan to prohibit sex offenders from loitering near schools, parks and playgrounds, ...
Greenwich Aerogroup Completes Acquisition of Banner Aerospace
AMTOnline.com - Beltsville,MD
GREENWICH, CT — Greenwich AeroGroup Inc. announces that it has completed the acquisition of the assets of Banner Aerospace Holding Company Inc. and its ...
Family Centers volunteers honored at Greenwich Volunteer Day ceremony
Stamford Plus Magazine - Stamford,CT
By Family Centers The Volunteer Center of Southwestern Fairfield County recognized seven Family Centers volunteers at the 2009 Greenwich Volunteer Day ...
Greenwich High student wins national electronic music competition
Greenwich Time
By Colin Gustafson Emily Boyle, 17, a senior at Greenwich High School, won first place in a national student music competition with a composition titled ...
See all stories on this topic

The Latest Greenwich Blog Posts:

Mel Gibson slashes the rate of his Greenwich property to $29.75 ...
It seems that it is not just us common folks who are the only ones struggling to deal with the harsh effects of the credit crunch. One of the highest paid stars in Hollywood- Mel Gibson too is experiencing the bitter effects of the ...
Luxurylaunches.com - http://www.luxurylaunches.com/
Another dull day in Greenwich « For What It's Worth
By christopherfountain
Another dull day in Greenwich. Jump to Comments. Nothing of interest today – lots of price reductions – hooray! but no sales, one piddling contract and a bunch of "new" listings that are mostly retreads still priced at a level that ...
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06/10/09 If You Flirt With Rosemarie's Man, Then She Is Going To Send You To Greenwich Hospital

Woman accused of flirting is attacked in bar

Lower Hudson Journal news

PORT CHESTER - A Bronx couple is facing assault charges after a woman accused of flirting with the boyfriend was bashed with a bottle and kicked in the leg on Sunday, police said.

Jaime Javier, 27, and Rosemarie Ramos, 26, were charged in the attack of a 36-year-old Bronx woman at Marty's Bar at 27 Adee St.

Port Chester police Lt. Jim Ladeairous said Ramos accused the victim of flirting with Javier. Ramos is then accused of taking a bottle and hitting the victim across the forehead, opening a 2-inch wound. The victim fell down, and Javier is accused of kicking her lower right leg several times, bruising it, Ladeairous said.

The victim received 15 stitches at Greenwich (Conn.) Hospital.

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06/10/09 Doing The Hustle In Greenwich

Hustled in Bowling
Associated Content

Many years ago, a high school friend of mine, Jimmy and I were bowling at the Pickwick Lanes, Greenwich, CT. Jimmy's mother was my Latin teacher. We bowled about once a month. Neither of us were in a league. Both of us had a 160 average-not great, but not bad for kids who didn't have their own equipment. Both of us had bowled in the 200's a few times, which is hard to do, if you are not in a league and don't have your own equipment.

Jimmy and I also played golf together-both of us could break 100, which is also hard to do.

I noticed someone watching us from behind. After our first game, a guy in his early twenties approached us and asked if we wanted to bowl for money? I said "no," Jimmy said "yes."

Ten dollars was the bet. Jimmy got 10 pins and bowled 175 (165 + 10); he was beaten by a 185 (that included striking out in the 10th frame).

Bowl again? Jimmy agreed. This time, he was given 20 pins. He lost another $10 by a score of 190 (170 + 20) to 202 (including 4 strikes in a row from the 9th and 10th frames). That should have been the red flag that this guy could bowl whatever score he wanted, but Jimmy was stubborn.

Bowl again? Yup. This time, Jimmy was given 30 pins. Jimmy bowled 210 (180 + 30) and lost to a 220 (including 5 strikes in a row from the 8th through 10th frames). After taking $30 from Jimmy that was hard earned by caddying, the guy introduced himself as the nephew of a Hall of Fame bowler. My friend had been hustled. If I hadn't seen it, I would not have believed it.

Lesson: beware of bowlers who offer you pins. Most likely, he averages well over 200 and can easily make up the pins he gives you.

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06/10/09 The Future Of Greenwich News Coverage ?

Websites Battle For Woodstock's Hearts, Minds

Hartford Courant

By Rick Green

.....Out here in the sleepy "Quiet Corner," everyone, it seems, is going online with an opinion, a video or some inside dope about local schools and the referendum today that seeks to oust the board of education.

But this is no friendly chat. It's often anonymous and highly opinionated....

....Much has changed since Woodstockctcafe.com and Woodstocktruth.com began taking each other on.

"I've been here 20 years. There was nothing. Everybody got their information through the local grapevine," said Craig Powers, who in 2008 created Woodstocktruth.com, now the arch-enemy of the older and more popular Woodstockctcafe.com.

Powers jumped in after the remarkable success of Woodstockctcafe.com, a website that has anywhere from 400 to 1,000 "unique visitors" each day — impressive numbers for an all-volunteer, no-advertising website aimed at "all things Woodstock," a town of 8,000.

I stopped by to talk with John Leavitt, who along with his wife Becki, provides the energy behind the impressive Woodstockctcafe.com. A molecular biologist who moved here from Palo Alto, Calif., 13 years ago, Leavitt told me he stumbled into the blogosphere and hasn't looked back.

"When we started this nobody went to the board of education website. Nobody went to the town website," Leavitt told me. "Our website was unique. All of a sudden you could talk back."

"It's hair-raising. Anybody is free to come and attack you. We are talking about our neighbors. It's very polarizing," Leavitt said. The "big payoff," he told me, is "all of a sudden you really understand how things work here."....

....."The cafe has been a tremendous venue for all different viewpoints. This has been such a lesson in how democracy works best. The more information you can get out to people the better decision any board or commission will make."

At Woodstocktruth, Paul is viewed as part of an "empire building crusade." Powers recently wrote that his rivals are a "website commissioned by the BOE ... where dissenters are openly trashed when challenging the propaganda purveyed there under anonymous pen names."

"I back everything I say with documents and video," Powers told me. "Right now the question is who has the high ground on who has the truth in this town?"......

....."There's a phenomenon that's happening. It's in its infancy," said Steve Rosendahl, a board of education member who favors Woodstocktruth.com. The Internet has "given regular people like myself the power that we wouldn't have had five years ago.".......

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06/10/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed; Overnight Update

The Latest Greenwich Sports Report:

Greenwich High doubles team falls in Open
Greenwich Time
By David Fierro NEW HAVEN -- Greenwich High School girls tennis coach Betsy Underhill hasn't seen many doubles teams go from success at the No. ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Posts:

» Inside Mel Gibson's Greenwich, Connecticut mansion. Greenwich Diva...
By Claudette Rothman
Mel Gibson has reportedly dropped the asking price of his Tudor-style mansion in Greenwich, Connecticut, by just under $10million over two years as the credit crunch bites. The soon-to-be-divorced star first put the home on the market in the summer of 2007 for .... Greenwich Diva - http://theoriginalgreenwichdiva.com/
All quiet on the Greenwich front « For What It's Worth
By christopherfountain
Total activity reported today: one sale: $16.5 sold, $25 million ask; 2 contracts : land, marked down from $8.5 to $3.8, Bank owned, $499000; 11 price cuts on single family homes, ...
For What It's Worth - http://christopherfountain.wordpress.com/


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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

06/09/09 Embarrassed Hearst Newspaper Editor David McCumber Refuses To Allow Greenwich Time Staffers To Report On Byram's Two Newest Town Legislators

You Wont Read This In The Greenwich Time:

Clueless Greenwich Time Reporter Niel Vidgor Gets Duped By Sneaky RTM Republican Chairman Robert McKnight.

Niel Vidgor Now Has Egg All Over His Face Because He Did Not Fact Check RTM Chairman Robert McKnights Bogus Statements

Another Stumble For Greenwich Time Editor David McCumber

Greenwich Tongues Were Set A Blaze As Duped Greenwich Time Reporter Neil Vidgor Learns That RTM Republican Chairman Lied To Him.

The Faux News Wanna-Be Of Lower Fairfield County Wont Report That RTM Republican Chairman Robert McKight Lied When He Told Clueless Greenwich Time Reporter Neil Vidgor That He Couldn't He Could Not Fill Vacancies On The Byram RTM.

The Hopelessly Greenwich Time Report Niel Vidgor Said He Spoke To RTM Republican Chairman Robert McKnight At 6:00 Pm Wednesday Night And The Two Hours Later McKnight Went To The Byram District 4 RTM Meeting And Filled Not One But Two Vacancies.

This Now Makes Five Special Election That Republican RTM Chairman Robert McKnight Has Conducted In The Chaotic Byram District In The Last 16 Months.

Virtually All Of The Single Family Homeowners Of Byram Have Been Unaware Of RTM Republican Chairman Robert McKnight's "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" Elections That Have Been Kept On The "Hush Hush", Because Hopelessly Biased Greenwich Time Reporter Consistently Refuses To Cover Them.

The First "Wham Thank You Mam" Special Election That Sneaky RTM Republican Chairman Robert McKnight Conducted Elected Steven Buzzuto To Replace Disgraced Republican Developer Jamie Wabba, Whose Republican Seat Had Been Empty Since March.

The Second "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" Special Election That Sneaky Republican Chairman Robert McKnight Conducted Elected RTM District Three Chairman Robert Tuthill To An A Byram District 4 RTM Seat.

RTM District 3 Chairman Robert Tuthill Resigned, Because He Had Not Lived In The District He Represented For Quite A Long Time.

All Of These Lies And Sneaky "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" Special Elections By Republican Chairman Robert McKnight Is Starting To Make Greenwich Taxpayers Think That The Greenwich Republican Party Machine Has Only A Few Local Heroes And Many Local Zeros.

All Of This Clearly Shows That Truth Is Not The Number One Priority With Hopelessly Biased Greenwich Time Reporter Neil Vidgor And The Faux News Wanna-Be Of Lower Fairfield County.

PLEASE SEE:







MORE INFORMATION ON RTM REPUBLICAN DISTRICT CHAIRMAN ROBERT McKNIGHT

Just What Has Republican RTM ChairmamRobert McKnight Done For Byram Lately?

PLEASE SEE:

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT RTM REPUBLICAN CHAIRMAN MCKNIGHT:

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06/09/09 RECESION BUSTER: Save Seventy Five Cents - Read Wednesday's HYPER-REGIONAL Greenwich Time For Free On Tuseday Night

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Democrats vow to take back NY Senate
ALBANY, N.Y. -- State Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. enjoyed a whirlwind of media attention Tuesday, one day after a parliamentary plot ousted a leader, upended the Senate and put the Bronx Democrat in

Attorney defends mother who left infant in car
GREENWICH -- The attorney for a town woman accused of leaving her baby unattended in a car on Greenwich Avenue Monday said his client would never do anything to harm her child intentionally.


CNBC anchor offers hope
The nation will weather the economic crisis but Americans should expect industries such as financial services -- Fairfield County's bread and butter during the past two decades -- to emerge with

NEW YORK—David Wright and Chipper Jones insist they were just kidding. A day after the Atlanta Braves star said the New York Mets third baseman told him he was frustrated by the spacious dimensions at Citi Field, Wright said his remarks shouldn't be taken literally.

Wesleyan shooting suspect pleads not guilty
MIDDLETOWN -- A man accused of shooting a Wesleyan University student to death last month pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder and two new charges added by state prosecutors.

Police blotter
Allison Reilly, 28, of 69 Harbor Ave., Bridgeport, was charged Friday morning with driving while under the influence. She was released on $250 bond.

Shelton-based Oil Purification Systems has secured $2.5 million in funding from five investors, including $500,000 from Connecticut Innovations, to broaden its range of products, particularly for

BOSTON—Jurors in the kidnapping trial of the man who calls himself Clark Rockefeller have gone home for the day without reaching a verdict.

Business People
Bridgeport resident Christopher Shays, former 4th District representative from 1987 to 2008, has been named to the board of directors at North Highland, an Atlanta-based global management and
The only school in Greenwich to offer an International Baccalaureate curriculum at the middle school level is now making a play to become the first high school in town with an IB program as well.

There are 50 BIC pens loaded with gold ink somewhere around the country, and if you find one, you can win a gold bar courtesy of Shelton-based Bic Corp.

NEW LONDON, Conn.—Coast Guard basketball coach Pete Barry is retiring after 19 seasons and more wins than any other basketball coach at the academy.

Area stocks
Emcor edges up Area stocks climbed Tuesday led by a group that included Stamford-based PrimeEnergy Corp. and Norwalk-based Priceline.com Inc. The Hearst/BloombergSouthwest Connecticut Index was up

Digital TV hits Friday
Come Friday, the technology that introduced the country to The Beatles, let people sit on a bar stool in "Cheers," lifted our spirits with great moments like the Miracle on Ice, or brought us

Man pleads not guilty in Conn. hit-and-run
HARTFORD, Conn.—A Connecticut man has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in a hit-and-run accident that was caught on video and inspired a debate about Hartford residents' morality.

Step increases ease pain of wage freeze
A so-called wage freeze sought by the town from two of its largest unions may never reach the cryogenic state. An unspecified number of members of Laborers' International Union of North America

HARTFORD, Conn.—A Connecticut judge has rejected a bid by Hartford Mayor Eddie Perez to get his alleged bribery case dismissed.

Planning document still has enemies
The town's planning commission chief hailed the adoption Monday night of a new townwide planning document, while an opponent said it was a lost opportunity to make changes.

Jamaica native Mystic Bowie taps into HIS audience's vibeAs a child, Mystic Bowie sang in the church choir of his tribal village of Lacovia and later performed across Cornwall County in western Jamaica. Though he played for many audiences -- villagers,

HARTFORD -- As lawmakers continue to wrestle with crafting a two-year budget, a new analysis is likely to renew debate regarding the state's three-year-old film tax credit program.

Wilbur Peck patrols continue
As the summer months approach, police say they are continuing extra patrols through Wilbur Peck Court after residents asked the Greenwich Housing Authority for added security following increasing

Seniors hit by end of drug discount
John Mical pays about $80 a month for five medications, and the 86-year-old Greenwich resident is worried that a recent change to the state's pharmaceutical assistance program could potentially

Life in the meadow
Stephanie Hanbury-Brown likes it when squirrels, chipmunks and wild turkeys take over her yard. "I like the idea of attracting wildlife," says the Greenwich executive, who turned her yard into a refuge that was certified a wildlife habitat early this year by the National Wildlife Federation.
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06/8/09 A Balanced Budget Needed Now

To The Editor.

A balanced budget offered by House Republicans on the final day of the legislative session was rejected by the Democrats by the use of an arcane parliamentary procedure. The House Republican budget would restore some proposed cuts and preserve all aid to cities and towns -- without raising taxes.

Municipalities throughout Connecticut continue in fiscal limbo, waiting for a budget that will allow them to know how much state aid to expect over the next two fiscal years. The governor and the Republicans asked the Democratic majority to pass a resolution in early May saying all municipalities would at least be flat-funded so they could adopt their own budgets. That was rejected.

Republicans presented their first budget for the next biennium on April 16. The supermajority party used a procedure that disallowed debate on the proposal. Ironically, after several weeks of saying the governor had done nothing to propose a budget reflecting the latest deficit forecasts, the Democratic supermajority voted down its own budget proposal that would raise taxes by $3.3 billion.

Under the Republican budget, no parks would be closed and towns would not be forced to pay more for their resident state troopers. No additional courthouses would be shut and modified grants for tourism and culture would remain.

Features in the Republican budget include:

$350 million of lottery earnings securitized, no Keno gambling.

Transitioning state employee health care from fully insured to self-insured.

Using $28 million in federal stimulus to fund special education.

The modified biennial budget would show a $37 million surplus in each of the two years.

As the state continues without a budget, the deficit increases. The state has done nothing to make systemic cuts in services, employees or departments at a time when tax revenue is decreasing, and if the state does not have a new budget by July 1, it will be forced to fund itself month by month, through temporary budget resolutions. Otherwise, the state runs out of money.

We need leadership during this fiscal crisis. We need to do the people's business today, which means adopting a fiscally sound budget.

Livvy R. Floren

Lile R. Gibbons

Fred Camillo

Greenwich

06/09/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Tuesday Evening Update

The Latest Greenwich News Reports:

Stephanie Seymour Divorce Gets Nastier
Popeater - New York,NY
She proceeded to block the driveway of her Greenwich, Conn. home with her Range Rover. Brant's spokesman, Howard Rubenstein, said Brant, who was in Europe ...
Updated Greenwich home invites financial firms
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Richard Lee A building that started its life in the late 19th century as a grand house on Field Point Road in Greenwich soon will become the home to a ...
Blyth shares fall 9 pct on worry over weak sales
Forbes - NY
Late Monday, the Greenwich, Conn., company said its profit more than doubled to $2.4 million, or 27 cents per share, in the quarter that ended April 30. ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Post:

Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Greenwich Small Bites
By Liz Johnson
I've been hearing a lot about our suburban version of Shake Shack: Burgers, Shakes & Fries in Greenwich, Conn. So the other day, after I invited Alan.
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06/09/09 Room to Read Press release

Thank you so much for putting the press release up about the Room to Read event and so fast!

PLEASE SEE:


06/08/09 PRESS RELEASE: Greenwich Chapter of Room to Read Rallies for Reading


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06/09/09 This Week's Greenwich Calendar: 1,975 Meetups Nearby

Meetup

The weekly Greenwich Meetup Calendar

This Week's Meetups

Meetups near Greenwich. To see all 1,975 Meetups visit the Greenwich page.

Best regards,
The Team at Meetup HQ

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06/09/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed Overnight Edition

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Greenwich girls doubles team reaches Open semfinals
Greenwich Time
The Greenwich High School duo of Leah Tagliarino and Sophie Vos pulled out a thrilling three-setter to reach the semifinals of the State Open tournament ...
Girls lacrosse: Wilton defeats Greenwich, 10-7, advances to state ...
Wilton Bulletin
Greenwich was led by Claire Feeney with three goals and one assist, while Hana Bowers had two goals and one assist. Stephanie Nielson and Samantha Neeson ...
Greenwich football's golf outing a swinging success
Greenwich Time
By Christopher Falvo There is renewed focus for the Greenwich High football team, according to head coach Rich Albonizio, after leading his team through the ..
Cityfile
The Bad News/Good News in Greenwich
Cityfile - New York,NY
The real estate market in hedge fund-heavy Greenwich continues to disappoint: Sales were down nearly 70 percent during the first quarter of 2009 compared ...

The Latest Greenwich Blog Posts:

No 56k: The Greenwich Concours is Decadent and Depraved ...
By BlaRo
No 56k: 2008 Meadowbrook Concours D' Elegance, bartboy9891, General Automotive, 0, August 15th, 2008 8:44 PM. Greenwich (CT) Concours this weekend! Olds442, General Automotive, 1, June 1st, 2006 2:06 AM ...
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Bring A Trailer » Greenwich Concours Lot Find: '50 Dodge 1-Ton
By bringatrailer
This 1950 Dodge 1-Ton pick-up was spotted yesterday in the parking lot at the Greenwich Concours in Connecticut. This is the cool B2B 5-window version with the curved corner glass. The truck is nicely restored in dark green and ...
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06/09/09 ANOTHER BAD IDEA FROM HEARST NEWSPAPERS: Greenwich Time Wants Regional Bloggers Instead Of Local Blogger

Who Is Going To Read This Crap?

Is Greenwich Time Editor David McCumber On Drugs?

The Worst Blogs on the Web Are At The Greenwich Time

Hearst Connecticut Media Group Interactive "Executive Producer" Keith Whamond Is Definately On Some Kind Of Drug If He Thinks Greenwich Residents Are Going To Be Interested In Reading These Boring And Hyper Regional Hearst Newspaper Blogs


Dear Greenwich Time Readers,

To all our readers at the Greenwich Time, welcome to the Connecticut Media Group’s brand-spanking-new blogging platform. We think you’re going to like it.

We’ve got blogs about our favorite restaurants, about parenting in 2009 and about toxic soil in our communities. From high school bands to the New York Yankees, and pumpkins in Hartford, we have our communities covered.

But we’re just getting started.

Here’s the pitch: We think there are tons of stories to be told within Fairfield County — far more than any one newsroom could ever tell. So we’re reaching out to you to help get those stories told.

If you live in Fairfield County, we want our blogs to be the place you go to stay in touch with the world around you. And we can’t do it without you.

We want you to help us. Send me an e-mail below. Let me know your blog idea, a brief sample of your writing style and, most important, what aspect of Fairfield County you’d like to write about — our music, food, sports, health, technology, traffic and commuting, barbecuing, bars, whatever. Together with our first-class journalists, your blog will help get these stories told.

If you’d like the chance to get featured prominently on four Web sites that together average over 9 million page views a month, drop me a line.

We’re looking forward to reading about you.

Keith Whamond

Executive Producer
Hearst Connecticut Media Group Interactiveo:
203-625-4474
203-450-7905
kwhamond@connecticutmediagroup.com

THE GREENWICH TIME'S BLOGS ARE BA BA BA BA BA BORING AND NOT ABOUT GREENWICH .........

Here are the Greenwich Time blogs that depressed - er, uh - impressed us the most with their lameness.

For every real innovative and inspiring Greenwich based blog, there is at least one Hearst Newspaper fake blog that is a dreadful alternative.

This is what happens traditional media outlet trying to to enter the digital age by putting out a new blog and pretending to be citizen journalists..

It is painful to watch clueless Hearst Newspaper media members trying to latch onto this new form of information distribution.

Hearst Newspaper's MSM (MainStream Media) Blogs haven’t been executed very well by Keith Whamond.

Without Further delay here’s some of the worst blogs we've come across that are run by any media outlet or media members…

HEARST NEWSPAPER'S GREENWICH BLOG ROLL........

Ken Dixon's Blog-O-Rama
If You Paid For It, Is It Really Junk Mail?

Political Capitol
Will Governor Rell sign the chronic Lyme disease legislation?

Jonathan Kantrowitz
Latest Zagat Survey Shows Connecticut Diners are Increasingly Price Sensitive

Lights, Camera, Action!
Robert Pattinson is my boyfriend

The Lunch Break Chronicles
WAVE HILL BREADS: A HIDDEN TREASURE ON ROUTE 7

In Sight
DROPPED & CHOPPED

Financial Mines
Attention T-Bill buyers

Tech Talk
Yahoo! introduces new tools, widgets

Health, Safety & the Environment
Safer Walking And Cycling

My Two Cents
Frager announces three NLI

UConn Sports
Husky style

UConn Women Basketball
Delle Donne to Play Basketball Again … At Delaware

Overtime
The Perfect Banquet

The Road to Boyle
Welcome to Connecticut, DeVaghn Millington

Yankee Banter
The Death of Old Yankee Stadium

Tony Abbott's Book World
Having Faith in Words

Metaphysical Musings
Cleansing Negativity

Cost Conscious in Connecticut
A wedding!

Snide Remarks in Sotto Voce
Cell Phones and TVs and Bears, Oh My!

Parenting
What’s in a Word?

These HYPER-REGIONAL Greenwich Time Blogs Are Just Plain Pitiful

The Greenwich Time website is just becoming a vast wasteland of bull crap.

These Greenwich Time blogs are so blatantly unnecessary in the Blogosphere that you wonder why the Hearst Newpaper President Steven Swartz hasn't just shut the whole operation down and call it a day.

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Monday, June 8, 2009

06/08/09 Connecticut's roads rank fifth-worst: These findings are a direct reflection on the iDiOTs who work at the DOT



Hartford Courant

... fees. The implications of these decisions manifest beyond the pocketbook. In 1983, the Mianus Bridge in Greenwich collapsed, killing three people. After that, the state poured billions of dollars into repairing roads and bridges ...

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06/08/09 PRESS RELEASE: Halstead Property Announces New Offices, 160 New Agents in Connecticut




Halstead Property announced that 160 real estate brokers in Fairfield County, Connecticut have joined their firm under a newly formed entity, Halstead Connecticut, LLC. These agents were formerly with Country Living Associates, and the five new offices will be under the banner of Halstead Property Country Living. Halstead Property will now have 215 agents working in six Fairfield County towns and company-wide, a total of 18 offices in three states with more than 900 agents.

“Halstead Property is constantly looking for smart growth opportunities and this is one that fits our needs exactly. We have made a major commitment to the suburban marketplace and look forward to doing a substantial amount of business in the area,” said Diane M. Ramirez, president of Halstead Property.

The five new offices will be located at: Two Sound View Drive in Greenwich; The High Ridge Center at 1099 High Ridge Road in Stamford; 183 Elm Street in New Canaan; 616 Post Road East in Westport; and 21 River Road in Wilton. The Halstead Property Country Living offices will be managed by seasoned real estate agents Sharon Daley Maasdorp, CRB, ASP and John DiCenzo.

“Halstead Property Country Living will offer clients something that was seriously lacking in the suburban community-the opportunity to market properties powerfully and effectively to a wider range of potential buyers. There is a huge amount of buyers and sellers transitioning from the city to the suburbs and it is a natural fit for our two firms to join forces. With the powerful brand name of Halstead and their incredible resources, we will be able to offer both our sellers and buyers a better level of service,” explained Sharon Daley Maasdorp, executive director of Sales, New Canaan of Halstead Property Country Living.

For more information, visit http://www.halstead.com/.

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06/08/09 Hopelessly Biased Reporter Neil Vidor Is Now A Greenwich Time Photographer

PHOTO: Gina Barritt carries her child while being accompanied by a police officer Monday on Greenwich Avenue. (Neil Vigdor/Greenwich Time photo)


By Debra Friedman
staff writer
Posted: 06/08/2009 06:08:00 PM EDT

A Riverside woman was arrested Monday and charged with leaving her 4-week-old baby in a hot car while running an errand at a bank on Greenwich Avenue, police said.

Gina Barrit, of Old Kings Highway, was charged with leaving a child unattended in a vehicle after police, firefighters and Greenwich Emergency Medical Services personnel arrived at about 3 p.m. to find the baby crying inside the locked car. The baby was unharmed.

Lt. Mark Kordick said the front windows of the Lexus were closed and the back windows were only cracked an inch......

....The incident prompted a crowd of onlookers to gather as an ambulance arrived to check the baby's vital signs. As police investigated, Kordick could be heard telling the officers "we're going to lock her up."

Police opted to allow the woman to walk her baby down the block to the station where she was later booked on the misdemeanor charge.

Barrit had not been released as of 6 p.m. Monday because police had not finished processing her, they said.
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06/08/09 Greenwich Real Estate Transactions



GREENWICH

Transactions recorded through April 30

37 Andrews Farm LLC sold to Cahmshssh LLC, property at 36 Andrews Farm Road for $8,325,000.

Webster Bank NA sold to Thomas and Denise Casazzone, property at 136 Cat Rock Road for $1,505,000.

1171 East Putnam Ave T sold to SJA Properties LLC, property at 1171 E. Putnam Ave., Unit 2A, for $525,000.

Agnes V. Pappas sold to Joshua I. and Tamar T J. Blazer, property at 51 Forest Ave., Unit 156, for $602,500.

Marie and Stephanie Pimpinella sold to James E. Issler, property at 194 Hamilton Ave. for $540,800.

Jennifer P. and MatthewR Schiffman sold to Old Greenwich Realty LLC, property at 8 Hillcrest Park Road for $2,415,000.

Gennaro A. Chille and Caroline W. Huntress sold to Colin and Elizabeth McEvoy, property at 10 Kent Place for $576,000.

Lynne M. Wheat sold to Lorraine Slavin, property at 17 Meadowcroft Lane for $5,100,000.

Stacey M. Essaid sold to JA Children LLC, property at 47 Old Greenwich Gables, Unit 47, for $594,500.

JP Morgan Chase Bk sold to Laura Marie

Tartaglia, property at 351 Pemberwick Road, Unit 916, for $298,000.

Erio and Nance K. Marshall sold to Leslie Bakshi, property at 18 Sandy Lane for $1,350,000.

Sam P. and Skaila Bhadha sold to Aurelio Marano, property at 1 Stonehedge Drive S. for $900,000.

B Cort Delany sold to Nance K. Marshall, property at 204 W Lyon Farm Drive, Unit 204, for $855,000.

Mary W. Streitmatter sold to Janice Streitmatte, property at 56 Winthrop Drive for $85,000.

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06/08/09 PRESS RELEASE: Just Books' June 9 Author Events Reminder

Just Books Summer Store Front
Upcoming Events
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JUST BOOKS' UPCOMING EVENTS
Come See Just Books' Terrific Author Line-Up!


Author Visit & Book Signing
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 6:30 PM
AN EVENING WITH FRANK AND
KATHIE LEE GIFFORD
THE GLORY GAME & JUST WHEN I THOUGHT I'D DROPED MY LAST EGG
Kathie Lee Gifford & Frank Gifford
Avon Theatre
272 Bedford Street, Stamford, CT

Carte Blanche - Free / Members-$10 / Nonmembers-$20
Tickets are now on sale at the Avon box office during showtimes, or call 203-661-0321. Wine & Cheese reception - 6:30pm; Program at 7:00pm

The Avon Theatre welcomes iconic NFL player, TV analyst and Hall of Famer Frank Gifford, along with his wife, TV anchor, actress, singer and performer Kathie Lee Gifford, as the two discuss their recent books -- The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever (Harper, $25.95), by Frank Gifford, and Just When I Thought I Dropped My Last Egg: Life and Other Calamaties (Ballantine Books, $22), by Kathie Lee Gifford.

The Glory Game: How the 1958 NFL Championship Changed Football Forever is a definitive account of the epic, sudden-death overtime 1958 NFL game played before a record-setting national television audience. Featuring the funny, emotional and startlingly clear memories of every living Colt and Giant-former rivals now joined in a select brotherhood- The Glory Game recreates the electrifying atmosphere at Yankee Stadium on December 28, 1958: the game-changing plays, fights, injuries and swings in momentum that eventually led to a Colts victory. This fiercely fought game would become a defining moment in all of the players' lives as well as a pivotal event in the history of the NFL.

Just When I Thought I Dropped My Last Egg: Life And Other Calamaties deals head on with issues of motherhood, career, marriage, aging (in front of and away from the cameras), and overcoming adversity-Gifford proves to us all that there is a whole new way to be fertile after 50. After all, it isn't only children that women give birth to-it's also inspired ideas, aspiring ventures and newly discovered interests. Heartfelt and hilarious, Gifford will make you laugh out loud as you reach for the phone to share these charming, quirky, and colorful observations.

All proceeds from this event will benefit the Avon Theatre and D.A.R.T., a charity aiming to cure Niemann-Pick Type C Disease.
For more information about D.A.R.T.


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Author Visit & Book Signing
TUESDAY, JUNE 9, 7:30 PM
ISABEL GILLIES
HAPPENS EVERY DAY:
AN ALL TOO-TRUE STORY

Happens Every Day
A Just Books' Event at Arcadia Cafe
20 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich, CT
Free and Open to the Public


Just Books is pleased to welcome Isabel Gillies, known for her television role as Detective Stabler's wife on Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, and for her cinematic debut in the film Metropolitan. Gillies will introduce and sign copies of her new memoir, Hapens Every Day: An All-Too-True Story (Scribner, $25), which was recently chosen by Starbucks in its book program. Happens Every Day began as a note hastily typed out by Gillies on her BlackBerry during stolen moments at her kids' practices and on the bus. Finding herself typing away furiously on the tiny screen, it was clear to Isabel that she needed to get her story out, about her once wonderful marriage, husband and family, and her raw and urgent account of the events that transpired within her marriage. Gillies graduated from New York University with a BFA in film. She lives in Manhattan with her second husband, her two sons, and her stepdaughter.
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Author Visit Cancelled
Richard Brookhiser for June 13
Check Just Books'
Website for New Date


Just Books regrets that the event with Richard Brookhiser for Saturday, June 13, has been cancelled. Please check Just Books' website for new author visit updates

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AWARD WINNING JUST BOOKS
VOTED BEST INDEPENDENT BOOK STORE IN
FAIRFIELD COUNTY!!


Just Books would like to THANK the community for its continued support. The success of an independent neighborhood bookstore is dependent on its loyal customers.

-- Marion Holmes and the staff at Just Books
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Just Books is Better Than Ever - Mark Your Calendar for These Upcoming Events!

JUNE - FATHERS & SUMMER READING
June 15, 7:00 PM - Just Words with Leslie Gueguen; tuition ($45 per two hour session) - call 203-461-9932 to register; at Just Books
JUNE 23, 7:30 PM - JOAN WICKERSHAM with THE SUICIDE INDEX at Arcadia Café (Book Signing)
JUNE 24, 7:00 PM - WARD JUST with EXILES IN THE GARDEN at Arcadia Café (Book Signing)
JUNE 24, 12 PM -- Greenwich Water Club Book Club - The World Before Her by Deb Weisgall; luncheon $40 (includes book): reservations required by calling 203-661-4033
JUNE 25, 7:00 PM - JO MAEDER with WHEN I MARRIED MY MOTHER at Just Books (Book Signing)
JUNE 27, 10 AM - BECKY ANCES & RYAN WILSON with SWORD OF THE RAMURAI at Just Books (Book Signing, Reading & Interactive Audience Participation Event)

JULY - BEACH BOOKS
JULY 8, 7:30 PM - KATE KELLY with STREET FIGHTERS: THE LAST 72 HOURS OF BEAR STEARNS at Just Books (Book Signing)
JULY 14, 6:00 PM - BILL EVANS with FROZEN FIRE at Arcadia Café (Book Signing)


AUGUST - SCIENCE FICTION ICONS IN OLD GREENWICH
AUGUST 7, 7:00 PM -BRIAN HERBERT AND KEVIN ANDERSON with THE WINDS OF DUNE at Arcadia Café (Book Signing) - NOTE: Event is limited to 100 people; RSVP for this event in advance at 203-637-0707

SEPTEMBER
SEPTEMBER 16, 7:00 PM - LEV GROSSMAN with THE MAGICIANS at Just Books (Book Signing)

OCTOBER
OCTOBER 17, 10:00 AM -- JEANNE MCNANEY with MIRACLE IN SUMATRA at Just Books (Book Signing)


NOVEMBER

NOVEMBER 4, 3:00 PM - JULIE USHER with COOKIE SWAP: CREATIVE TREATS TO SHARE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR at Just Books (Book Signing)
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Just Books is proud to support the community with a renewed and continued focus on customer service. Check out the Just Books' calendar for upcoming events, including book signings, book clubs, youth literacy and writing programs (Just Words @ Just Books on Monday nights). Also stop by anytime and meet the new owner Marion Holmes. Just Books also wants to hear from you, so please send us your favorites, recommendations and wish list! Just Books can special order any book, gift wrap and ship to anywhere in the U.S.

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