Red-Headed Greenwich Family Is Forced By Greenwich Time To Search For News At Local Greenwich Blogs !!!!!!!The Greenwich Time Is Still Treating It's Online Readers Like Red Headed Step Children
Today Hearst Newspapers Have Not Given Greenwich Residents Any Links To Columnists, Editorials or Letters To The Editor.
The Online Readers Helped The Greenwich Time Get A Combined Print In And Online Circulation Increase Of 22%, But Greenwich Time Publisher John Dunster Treats These Young Affluent Tech Savvy Readers Like Garbage.
Green Kitty Litter Liner Insiders Say The Greenwich Time Print Edition Suffered Some Losses In The Last ABC Audit.
For Years, Ex-Greenwich Time Editors Like Joe Pisani And Jim Zebora Failed To Embrace The Digital Revolution.
Greenwich Citizen Blogger Chris Fountain Set A New Record Last Week By Getting 16,000 Unique Web Visitors In One Day
The Greenwich Time Sells No Where Near 16,000 Newspapers In One Day, Yet The New Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Is Making The Same Mistake Of Ignoring The Power The Internet.
But The Greenwich Time Reporers Got All Of The News Up Before Midnight......
Greenwich union heads buoyed by Tesei meeting
By Neil Vigdor
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 11:57:33 PM EST
Union leaders emerged from a meeting with First Selectman Peter Tesei on Friday upbeat about their chances of avoiding layoffs of their members by the town as a cost-cutting measure.
"Layoffs are the absolute worst-case avenue. I am optimistic that there's other avenues being looked at, and the first selectman is not looking to take the easy way out," said Roger Taranto, steward of Teamsters Local 456, which represents about 500 tradesmen in parks, public works and several other departments.
Taranto and the heads of the other municipal employee unions spent about two hours discussing the town's budget woes with Tesei, Greenwich's chief elected official.
"We're all in this together right now. It's not anything anybody did or anybody could have seen six months ago. We are where we are," Taranto said.
Tesei echoed Taranto's assessment of the meeting's tenor.
"It was a very productive meeting," Tesei said. "It certainly established a framework for ongoing communication."
On Wednesday, Tesei announced that he could seek to cut as many as 70 jobs from the town's non-school work force of 1,020 employees -- some through layoffs and others by attrition -- to make up for declining revenues.
Public safety, education and employees at the town-owned Nathaniel Witherell nursing home would be spared from the cuts, Tesei has said.
The decision to cut that work force comes down to a choice between reducing operating expenses or raising taxes beyond the customary 2 to 4 percent rate per year that residents have grown accustomed to in Greenwich during the past decade, said Tesei, who is opposed to raising taxes in the current recession.......
Musician makes music out of trash
By Colin Gustafson
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 11:57:32 PM EST
For most, a discarded cardboard box or a broken bottle cork would be little more than household trash, bound for the wastebasket or recycling bin.
Greenwich to celebrate Martin Luther King Day
By Colleen Flaherty
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 11:56:38 PM EST
It's a proud time for Greenwich and the rest of the country, with Martin Luther King Jr. Day on Monday followed this year by the inauguration of the first black president Tuesday.
Town briefs
Greenwich Time Staff
Posted: 01/16/2009 10:39:03 PM EST
PTA seeks donations
The New Lebanon School PTA is seeking donations of new items and gift certificates suitable for prizes, as well as supplies, for the annual spaghetti dinner and silent auction on March 28.
Proceeds from the event pay for school field trips, arts in education, scholarships and other programs. Donating companies will be highlighted in the PTA's list of contributors.
For more information or to make a donation, contact Wendy Figueroa at (914) 510-3561 or wndy_figueroa@yahoo.com.
YWCA presents economic advice
The YWCA of Greenwich will present "How to Navigate through the Economic Storm," with Amy O. Goodfriend, at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Goodfriend, a former partner at Goldman, Sachs & Co. who is currently a self-employed partner at Goodfriend Partners LLC in Greenwich, will speak about the tumultuous market and economy and how to manage personal finances.
The event is free. For more information or to register, visit www.ywcagreenwich.org or call 869-6501, ext. 0.
Church hosts discussion
Dr. Tony Campolo, a nationally known pastor, sociologist, social activist, author and commentator, will discuss "Faith and the Future of the Church" at a brunch from 10 a.m. to noon Jan. 24 at Second Congregational Church, 139 E. Putnam Ave.
Donations will be accepted. Coffee, rolls and pastries will be served.
Founder and president of the Evangelical Association for the Promotion of Education and an associate pastor of the Mount Carmel Baptist Church, Campolo has created and nurtured programs for at-risk children in cities across North America, as well as helped establish schools and universities in several developing countries, according to event organizers.
Brunch reservations should be made by Jan. 23. Child care will be available if requested by Jan. 20.
For more information and reservations, contact Gloria LaDestro at 869-9311, ext. 120, or gloria@2cc.org.
Greenwich residents brave the cold
By Debra Friedman
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 10:37:06 PM EST
Bitter-cold temperatures kept many residents indoors Friday as the area faced the coldest day of the season.
Greenwich Boys basketball qualifies for states with win over Norwalk
By Jesse Quinlan
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 11:55:55 PM EST
A dominant third quarter, some clutch free throws down the stretch and plenty of points in the paint added up to another victory for the Greenwich High School boys basketball team.
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Girls Basketball Boxes
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Firm gets its start in South Norwalk
By Peter Healy Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 07:51:12 PM EST
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Danbury-based Praxair lays off disabled Stamford man
Students take prescription process online
Business Briefs
Madoff fraud's nightmare incenses investor
Just retired Speaker of House hired by successor in Hartford
Amann will advise Donovan in post
By Brian Lockhart
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/16/2009 04:11:48 PM EST
Last Wednesday when retiring House Speaker James Amann, D-Milford, delivered an emotional farewell address to his colleagues, he knew he would soon be back at the capitol in a different capacity.
Amann's successor, Speaker Christopher Donovan, D-Meriden, Friday afternoon announced he had tapped Amann as a senior advisor.
WOW - The Greenwich Time Home Page Is Ahead Of The Time For A Change:
Living & Health
Movie Clock Monday, Jan. 19
BEDFORD, N.Y. Clearview's Bedford Playhouse, Route 22, (914) 234-7300 The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 12:45, 4:30, 8:15 Gran Torino: 1, 4, 7 BETHEL Bethel Cinema, 269 Greenwood Ave.
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