If You Want To Know What's Going On In Greenwich You Have To Read The Out Of Town Newspapers......Republican senators join line for pay cuts
Waterbury Republican American
L. Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich, quietly inquired in December about forgoing his $30403-a-year salary as a ranking committee member. ...
Waterbury Republican American
L. Scott Frantz, R-Greenwich, quietly inquired in December about forgoing his $30403-a-year salary as a ranking committee member. ...
Several Rell bills voted down
Danbury News Times
Livvy R. Floren, R-Greenwich, said. "It will do nothing but cut out the bloat." Spallone noted that the state's landmark legislation that created the ...
Danbury News Times
Livvy R. Floren, R-Greenwich, said. "It will do nothing but cut out the bloat." Spallone noted that the state's landmark legislation that created the ...
Rob Wong, Erik Kremheller and Spiker Hayden joined the Greenwich High School boys tennis team as freshmen in 2006 and promptly helped power ...
Business People
Stamford Advocate
Vicki Craver of Greenwich is a former vice president of the fixed-income division at Goldman Sachs. She joined the Fairfield County Community Foundation in ...
Stamford Advocate
Vicki Craver of Greenwich is a former vice president of the fixed-income division at Goldman Sachs. She joined the Fairfield County Community Foundation in ...
Wiltonian aims to spread word about joys of adoption
Wilton Bulletin
Wilton Bulletin
When Wiltonian Donna Conway adopted her daughter, Lelah, 8, “it was like a window opened up.” Lelah, born in Shanxi, China, “has brought so much to me: Irish dancing, the life of a girl, an awareness of the joy children have in growing up,” Ms. Conway said.
Inspired by her own experience as an adoptive parent, Ms. Conway became active in the National Council for Adoption (NCFA), and was recently named a member of the Board of Directors. Ms. Conway is one of 16 members of the national board, and the only representative from the Northeast.......
....Eventually she met her husband Jonathan, a Greenwich native who works for the Royal Bank of Scotland in Greenwich, and the couple moved to Wilton. ...
$70M allocated for new commuter buses
Norwalk Advocate
... the Stamford Urban Transitway, $1.9 million for road paving in Norwalk, $1.3 million for road paving in Greenwich and $975000 for road paving in Darien.
Obama pick favors international law.....
Norwalk Advocate
... the Stamford Urban Transitway, $1.9 million for road paving in Norwalk, $1.3 million for road paving in Greenwich and $975000 for road paving in Darien.
Obama pick favors international law.....
Obama's Harold Koh, Promoter of Sharia?????
Another Day, Another Scary Nomination
Town Hall
...New York lawyer Steven Stein said that Koh, in addressing the Yale Club of Greenwich in 2007, claimed that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why sharia law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States."
It turns out that on March 21, 2007, Carol Iannone, on Phi Beta Cons blog, published a letter from Stein to Dean Koh about his Yale Club remarks. Stein wrote, in part, "In your discussion of 'global law' I recall at least one favorable reference to 'Sharia', among other foreign laws that could, in an appropriate instance (according to you) govern a controversy in a federal or state court in the US."
Whether or not Koh ever responded to Stein's letter, Stein's representations of Koh's remarks are certainly consistent with Koh's writings that I reviewed.....
Town Hall
...New York lawyer Steven Stein said that Koh, in addressing the Yale Club of Greenwich in 2007, claimed that "in an appropriate case, he didn't see any reason why sharia law would not be applied to govern a case in the United States."
It turns out that on March 21, 2007, Carol Iannone, on Phi Beta Cons blog, published a letter from Stein to Dean Koh about his Yale Club remarks. Stein wrote, in part, "In your discussion of 'global law' I recall at least one favorable reference to 'Sharia', among other foreign laws that could, in an appropriate instance (according to you) govern a controversy in a federal or state court in the US."
Whether or not Koh ever responded to Stein's letter, Stein's representations of Koh's remarks are certainly consistent with Koh's writings that I reviewed.....
Community almanac
Stamford Advocate
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS Greenwich-Stamford affiliate meets 7:30 to 9 pm on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Tully Health Center ...
Stamford Advocate
NATIONAL ALLIANCE ON MENTAL ILLNESS Greenwich-Stamford affiliate meets 7:30 to 9 pm on the first and third Wednesday of the month at the Tully Health Center ...
Kids gym to open new Stamford shopping center
Norwalk Advocate
Other kids' recreation and sports facilities in the region include Kids U and My Gym in Stamford, Tumble Bugs in Greenwich and Norwalk, Gymboree in Danbury, ...
Norwalk Advocate
Other kids' recreation and sports facilities in the region include Kids U and My Gym in Stamford, Tumble Bugs in Greenwich and Norwalk, Gymboree in Danbury, ...
April Book clubs
Stamford Times
Thursday, April 2: Jr. Book Club, 4:30 p.m. Book discussion for students in grades 3-5. Enjoy snacks as we discuss a favorite children's book. Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Children's Room desk. For more information, call 622-7940. Meeting Room, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Stamford Times
Thursday, April 2: Jr. Book Club, 4:30 p.m. Book discussion for students in grades 3-5. Enjoy snacks as we discuss a favorite children's book. Register and pick up a copy of the book at the Children's Room desk. For more information, call 622-7940. Meeting Room, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Tuesday, April 14: Friends Selective Eye Book Discussion with Susan Boyar 1 p.m. The group will discuss "Moral Disorder" by Margaret Atwood. For more information, call the Friends Office at 622-7938. Meeting Room, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Wednesdays, April 15 to May 27: Bob Smith Shakespeare Series: Henry IV - Part 1, 7 p.m. Partake of Bob Smith's wonderful weekly Shakespeare Series; this time "Henry IV, Part 1." Free and open to all. Copies of the play will be provided. For more information, call Matthew Sgritta at 622-7972. Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Tuesday, April 21: Foreign Affairs Book Club, 7 p.m. The Foreign Affairs Book Club book for April is H.S. Dent's "The Great Depression Ahead." Free and open to all. For more information, call Yang Wang at 622-7924. Meeting Room, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Thursday, April 23: Middle School Book Club, 4:30 p.m. Book discussion group for teens and pre-teens in grades 6-8. Stop by the Children's Desk to register and pick up a copy of the book. For more information, call Teen Services Librarian Margaret Walsh at 622-7915. Meeting Room, Greenwich Library, 101 West Putnam Ave., Greenwich.
Hedge Funds Blur Lines with Private Eye
Markets Media News
Greenwich, Conn.-based AQR has been courting the retail market, in January launching its first mutual fund, the Diversified Arbitrage Fund. ...
Markets Media News
Greenwich, Conn.-based AQR has been courting the retail market, in January launching its first mutual fund, the Diversified Arbitrage Fund. ...
Pencil It In
The Hour
Just Books' Kids Board meets from 4-4:45 pm where children ages 5-18 can review new books at Just Books, 28 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich. Drop ins welcome. ...
The Hour
Just Books' Kids Board meets from 4-4:45 pm where children ages 5-18 can review new books at Just Books, 28 Arcadia Road, Old Greenwich. Drop ins welcome. ...
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