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Parents turn out in force to support instructional assistants
Pat Ferris and Chieny Nobunaga helped lead the charge in support of instructional assistants followed by many others, including, Yelena McRae.
Chanting “appreciate don’t denigrate” and “respect not neglect,” Greenwich parents marched Thursday morning in support of the public schools’ instructional assistants, who are at an impasse with the Board of Education in negotiations over a new contract.
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Watch The News 12 Video - Greenwich parents protest school contract negotiation
About 40 Greenwich parents took part in a protest outside the board of education Thursday morning.
The parents say they're upset because school administrators are trying to renegotiate a contract that includes cuts for the school aids who deal with special-needs children.
According to the protestors, the board of education is offering school aids, known as para-professionals, a 50 cent per hour raise. They also say the district wants to double their insurance premiums, as well as cut back their sick days from 15 to five.
The para-professionals weren’t at the protest because they were all in school. However, parents say they play an important role in the education system, not only for the special-needs children, but for the rest of their class as well....
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"All the information that was developed during the police investigation indicates various people brought various types of drugs into the house in question," Ridberg said. "We carried that to what we believed was the logical conclusion but how much criminal liability should be assessed is up to the prosecutor when he signs the warrant."
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Senior Assistant State's Attorney James Bernardi, Needs To Poop Or Get Of The Pot
In 2005 Greenwich Police Chief James Walters Said The Case Had Been Closed Without Making Any Arrests
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Two months after police filed arrest warrant applications in the 2004 fatal overdose of John Bria III, prosecutors have not approved charges in the death of the teenager who overdosed in his Pemberwick home...
..."I'm astounded by the reluctance shown by the State Attorney's Office in this case when the reports are full of information providing probable cause," Seeger said...
...A lawsuit filed by Bria's parent in 2005 is still pending and names Katie Hanscom, Savannah Lamotte, Megan Caron, and Jason Cunningham, four youths who spent time with Bria the night of his death, and Donna Cunningham, who picked up her son the morning after the party.
Attorneys for all five defendants said their clients bear no responsibility for Bria's death.
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PLEASE SEE:
01/04/08 - Greenwich Police Officers Sit On The Post Road Looking For Burned Out Tailights In Hopes Of Making A Drug Arrest
02/03/08 - The Stamford Police Know How To Properly Investigate A Drug Death
02/04/08 - Savannah Lamotte, would tell police about John J. Bria's Death: "Maria and Jason picked me up around 9 p.m. …
02/06/08 - Dr. Ian Rubin's Family Has Complained About The Press, But At Least The Family Got Justice.
02/13/07 - Finally: Greenwich Cops Reopen Bria Drug Death Case
03/24/08 - But, Why Isn't There A "Year Long Investgation" In The John J. Bria Drug Death?
04/01/08 - The Police Blotter - Getting Drugs Out Of Greenwich High School
05/04/07 - Joe Pisani, Editor Of Greenwich Time, Has Been Fired By The Paper's New Owner
THIS HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE 2005:
According to press reports as late as 07/31/05
Bria Family Attorney Steven Seeger said the test results will be provided to police as evidence that one or more of the youths who were with Bria the night before he died provided the drugs and should be arrested on drug charges in connection with Bria's death, Seeger said.
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THE RAW GREENWICH NEWS FEED
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US job market soft, factories weak
... received, which we think stresses corporate profits," said David Ader, head of government bond strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. There was more news of softening inflation pressure in the industrial production report. ...
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CT Film Fest culminates with week of screenings, events
... up against 2,500 similar festivals throughout the world each year. He's also aware that festivals in Stamford and Greenwich in the not-so-distant past have failed. "I didn't think they were differentiating themselves from other ones," he says. Now ...
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Cartoonist Mort Walker Discusses the Long Road Leading to Huge Merged Museum
... skyscraper fell through in 2006 -- the latest in a series of bad-luck events for IMCA. After a 1974-76 stint in Greenwich, Conn., and a 1976-1992 stay in Rye Brook, N.Y., IMCA built a new structure in Boca Raton, Fla. The museum reopened its doors ...
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... Communications, and meanwhile is managing partner of the media consulting firm of Digital Deliverance LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. Two forces have shattered the news media. Technology is the first. Although media technology is undergoing its ...
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Scott Schoeneweis was rushed to a Greenwich, CT hospital yesterday due to abdominal pain.
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Gold Lifts on Soft Economic Data
... ongoing softness, [but] not a "collapse" in activity," writes Michael Darda, Chief Economist at MKM Partners in Greenwich, Conn., in a recent research report. Turning to the precious metals patch, shares of Goldcorp GG and those of Yamana Gold AUY ...
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Neenah Paper divests Pictou pulp mill
... pulp mill in Nova Scotia. Under the deal with Northern Pulp Nova Scotia Corp., a creature of Atlas Holdings LLC of Greenwich, Conn., and Blue Wolf Capital Management LLC of New York, Neenah said Thursday it "expects to pay approximately $15 million ...
Metastorm plans IPO to raise $86 million
... far, 30 IPOs have been priced as of May 14, compared with 89 in the corresponding period last year, according to Greenwich, Conn.-based research firm Renaissance Capital's IPOhome.com. But the IPO market is improving, said Kathleen Smith, a ...
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... On July 6th, they would have celebrated their 67th wedding anniversary; one daughter, Trudy wife of David Selib of Greenwich, CT; a brother, Simon Ozer of Hyannis; two grandchildren, Jonathan Selib and his wife Claire of Washington, DC and Amy wife ...
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... IN A HOSPITAL SCARE Reliever Scott Schoeneweis was taken by ambulance early this morning near his home in Greenwich, Conn., and hospitalized for seven hours after a severe case of the stomach ailment that has been going around the Mets'...
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Big Winners Among New Issues, But Not Many IPOs So Far In '08
... down from last year, they're not down (by the same degree as) the level of issuance," said Kathy Smith, of the Greenwich, Conn.-based firm Renaissance Capital, which watches IPOs. "So it shows there's interest." So far this year, 30 companies have ...
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For Scott Schoeneweis, tough to stomach
Scott Schoeneweis experienced severe abdominal pain at his Greenwich, Conn. , home on Tuesday night, prompting him to spend six hours in the hospital Wednesday morning with what doctors at one point feared was ...
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Mutual Of Omaha To Pay $1.7 Million And Adopt Reforms
... premium, the settlement says. Other pension plan sponsors in Connecticut that were affected are Bank of Austria in Greenwich , New London County Mutual Insurance Co., and AAA Hartford in West Hartford , according to the attorney general's office. ...
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AIG Ex-Chief Greenberg's Presence Will Be Felt at Meeting He Won't Attend
... like they're hurting his child,'' said William Berkley , chairman of W.R. Berkley Corp. , an insurer based in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``AIG was this man's creation. It was his life's work.'' Berkley, whose predecessor , Berkley Dean & Co., was ...
As we celebrate new options for finding geodata...Greenwich Stirs
Everyone remembers Greenwich, the town in Connecticut that went through a FOIA and several lawsuits only to lose its bid refuse sharing GIS data with a consultant.Benign inflation report boosts Wall St
... is not going to be ratcheting up rates any time soon," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners LLC, in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 141.51 points, or 1.11 percent, to 12,973.69. The Standard & ...-
... standout in 14 cities worldwide) would be if they opened a steak house," says Lynn Saathoff, chef/partner of the Greenwich, Connecticut - 'based cb5 Restaurant Group. Ajasteak will get its beef directly from Japan's Kobe region (courtesy of local ...
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"I used to think that they would clean up their act after several adverse decisions, and to some degree they have made progress in making important data-sets widely available in electronic form. Now I sense they will only go through the motions and will not develop a sense of 'trustees of the public's records' until someone loses elections over legal costs or a major decision hits home."
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Restaurant exec is pumping it up
... accessible, flavorful food that is also good for them. A former private equity associate at Wexford Capital in Greenwich, Conn., Mr. Eskin, 27, discovered The Pump while searching for viable business ventures for Wexford. He convinced his employer ...
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Bill Clark At Greenwich Gossip Choses Ed To Replace "The Doll"
EdforRep.com
On a picture-perfect May morning in 2008 a man stood next to a Greenwich Avenue building erected by his grandfather in 1925, and with his proud parents, wife, and daughter beside him, announced his plans to change history.
GREENWICH IN THE BLOGOSHERE
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PRSA, Westchester Fairfield Chapter Board Meeting (Private)
When: Thursday May 15th, 2008 - 06:00 PM
Where: Greenwich Library at Meeting Room PRSA, Westchester Fairfield Chapter Board Meeting (Private)
Greenwich Library | Today's Events - http://www.greenwichlibrary.org
Longford's in Old Greenwich
I was just there and did not see them - how recently did they open?
Chowhound's Latest » Tristate Region - http://www.chowhound.com/boards/20
Art looted by Nazis goes on display in Greenwich
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Jacques Goudstikker was the Netherlands' biggest art dealer in the 1930s, influencing the tastes of collectors and museums while entertaining lavishly in his country home and castle. In 1940, he hastily left it ...
Worthington Daily Globe - Homepage - http://www.dglobe.com/rss/rss.cfm?section=homepage
Greenwich beats Staples 6-1
By Keelin Daly
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Greenwich Time Photos - http://greenwichtimephotos.com
As we celebrate new options for finding geodata...Greenwich Stirs
by Adena Schutzberg
Everyone remembers Greenwich, the town in Connecticut that went through a FOIA and several lawsuits only to lose its bid refuse sharing GIS data with a consultant. Now, even as we all ponder the goings on Google and ESRI and their ...
All Points Blog - http://apb.directionsmag.com/
Tipper Gore in Greenwich
by claudette
Last week Tipper Gore was in Greenwich for the grand opening of the ‘Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams’ furniture store. photos8-010new.JPG. The store actually opened its doors about a month or so ago, but this was my first time in it. ...
Greenwich Diva - http://greenwichdiva.com/
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GREENWICH OPINION PIECES
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Residents should be concerned about bonding
To the editor:
Mark Pruner's opinion piece May 9 regarding town bonding and capital improvement projects should be required reading for all Greenwich residents. It certainly enlightened me as to the big picture on town indebtedness and the potential for large future tax increases...
...I am happy to pay my taxes for such a great place to live, but Mr. Pruner is right in advocating that "non-essential projects continue in the democratic process in which town bodies decide what we can afford each year." Unfortunately, as one of those "little people" who pays taxes (to quote Leona Helmsley, or was it Martha Stewart?), my resources are limited.
George Sherwin
Cos Cob
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Town budget lower than last year
High school project stays but traffic lights are out
Plans to renovate Greenwich High School’s auditorium and music classrooms can move forward in the wake of Monday’s Representative Town Meeting budget vote, but stop signs will have to do the trick along Greenwich Avenue when officers are off duty. Decreasing the town’s general fund by 4.7% from last year’s budget, the RTM voted 162 to 4, with five abstentions, to approve the $356-million budget for 2008-09. Included in that vote was the approval of $22.7 million in general obligation bonds to cover capital appropriations.
Against incumbent Shays, Himes named toughest contender
When Cos Cob resident Jim Himes was officially nominated on Monday as the Democratic candidate in Connecticut’s 4th Congressional District he was given the title as the party’s best chance ever to unseat longtime Republican incumbent Rep. Christopher Shays, according to the recent nonpartisan Cook Political Report that ranks Mr. Shays at the top of its list of “2008 Politically Vulnerable Incumbents.” The report is said to be based on past election results, party registration in the district and current fund-raising totals for both opponents.
Krumeich, Camillo to face off for state rep
Republican Alfred Camillo Jr. will face off with Democrat Edward Krumeich II for the soon-to-be-vacant 151st District seat in the state legislature.
Sound experience: Greenwich residents can explore outdoors
The Shellfish Commission is working on sending a message to Greenwich residents — there are outdoor activities in Greenwich other than shopping on the avenue or participating in organized sports.
Bridge work will close Shore Road
Major construction on the Shore Road Bridge is just a few years away and preliminary work is set to begin later this month, which means Shore Road in Greenwich will have to be temporarily closed.
New Bruce Park playground promises new style of play
With the enthusiastic support of the Board of Selectmen, the Junior League of Greenwich is on its way to the Planning and Zoning Commission with its plan to renovate the Bruce Park playground.
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