01/31/10 Glenville Student Wins Fire Prevention Contest

A Glenville School student has been selected as the winner of the Town of
Greenwich Fire Prevention Poster Contest.

Who:
5th Grade Glenville Student, Nozomi Kawai
Teacher facilitating the contest at Glenville for 4th and 5th graders:
Alison Terry

What:
Town of Greenwich Fire Prevention Poster Contest
Glenville student, Nozomi Kawai's poster has been selected as the Town of
Greenwich winner. Nozomi's poster will now be entered into a State-wide
competition and is eligible to be showcased in a State-wide Fire
Prevention Calendar.

Contact for more information:
Glenville School Principal: Marc D'Amico

Attached:
Photograph of Nozomi Kawai with her winning poster and Fire Marshal Rob
Natale

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

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01/31/10 Reader Submitted Comments: Connecticut's politicians

A summary of current CT candidates for U.S. Senate and congressional office/s is written about (see the third article/post down) on cccf.wordpress.com entitled “reverting to Connecticut’s politicians”; written about from the perspective of ‘Viable Life’ versus ‘Late-Term Abortion’ research & analysis.
Thanks Juan O’Callahan
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01/31/10 Forget About The Greenwich Time: You Can Freely Comment About These Greenwich News Stories At Topix

Greenwich News - January 31, 2010

Police and public schools brass top list of town earners - Greenwich Citizen (Greenwich Citizen)
A lieutenant who choreographed the police department's recent move into its new downtown headquarters better than doubled his $94,038 base salary through overtime to earn the distinction as the highest-compensated municipal employee in 2009, according to new figures from the town. Comment

Shays may enter race for governor (Greenwich Citizen)
In the strongest indication yet that he may re-enter politics, former U.S. Rep. Christopher Shays , R-Conn., said Wednesday night that he wants to run for governor this year if the stars align. Comment

Greenwich man flies private plane to Haiti for relief efforts (ctpost)
Greenwich resident Joe Howley has spent hours over the past few days in his Pilatus PC-12, a single-engine passenger and cargo plane, bringing doctors, nurses, engineers and supplies to Haiti..... 1 Comment

School district names interim operations head (newstimes)
The school district on Friday appointed a Greenwich resident as the interim managing director of operations, a position responsible for Greenwich Public Schools ' budget, facilities, transportation, food services and technology.... Comment

Greenwich swimmers pull away from Westhill/Stamford (ctpost)
Westhill-Stamford boys swimming and diving coach Rick Lewis is intimately aware of just how good the dynastic Greenwich Cardinals have been under coach Terry Lowe , having swum for both during his high school career..... ....Westhill-Stamford boys swimming and diving coach Rick Lewis is intimately aware of just how good the dynastic Greenwich Cardinals have been under coach Terry Lowe , having swum for both during his high school career.... Comment

Victim says air of mystery lured her (thejournalnews)
After a series of Matchmaker.com exchanges, she met Solomon Nasser on the roof garden of the posh Peninsula Hotel in midtown Manhattan..... ... met on the Internet - convinced her he was a multimillionaire with homes in Hastings-on-Hudson, the Hamptons and Greenwich, Conn. Still, she didn't find it odd when he asked her to buy him computer equipment, a $3,000 watch and other items ... 1 Comment

David Levien finds success making movies and writing novels - Greenwich Citizen (greenwichcitizen)
For the last 20 years or so, backcountry Greenwich resident David Levien has been realizing his dreams -- making movies and writing novels..... Comment

New Canaan boys hockey nipped by Greenwich (fairfieldcitizenonline)
Since suffering a five-goal loss to New Canaan on Dec. 21, the Greenwich High School boys ice hockey team has waited for a chance to even the score with one its biggest rivals in the FCIAC..... Comment

A matter of minutes (boston)
As Apple Inc. unveiled its long-awaited iPad computer this week, the company also made a move that could change the way Americans pay for cellphone service.... ... are dirt cheap,'' he said. "What's the real advantage?'' But Arlo Gilbert, chief executive of iCall Inc. in Greenwich, Conn., said using the data network for calls is "going to force a tremendous amount of competition in the international calling ... Comment

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