04/16/08 - Judge Janet C. Hall said she hoped to rule before the town's beach season begins.

Beach case goes to court

Martin B. Cassidy
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

A federal judge today heard attorneys for a Stamford bicyclist and the town make arguments and offer case law about whether the town's higher beach access fees for out-of-towners deprive the general public of their right to free speech at Greenwich Point....

...Kempner, a Stamford shoreline resident, sued the town two years ago after being issued an trespassing infraction in June 2005 for riding into Greenwich Point without paying the beach access fee.

Prosecutors dismissed the case and $95 fine....

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04/08/08 - Greenwich Late Night News Update

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Greenwich beach-access policy goes before federal judge
Boston Globe - United States

GREENWICH, Conn.—Both sides in a Stamford bicyclist's lawsuit challenging Greenwich's beach-access policy have agreed to forgo a trial and allow a federal ...

Rosacea is a skin condition that has its sufferers seeing red.
Stamford Advocate - Stamford,CT

"I've seen people mistake it for acne or think they just blush easily," says Dr. Lynne Haven, a dermatologist affiliated with Greenwich Hospital. ...

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04/05/08 - The Latest From The Greenwich Time

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Student starts his own business lecture series STAMFORD -- Andrew Kostin starts his days at the Academy of Information Technology and Engineering. But by mid-afternoon, he's working for one of world's largest investment banks. Full Story GEMS head appointed to state post A career-long passion to support emergency medical services in town and across the state has propelled the head of the Greenwich Emergency Medical Service into a prestigious state appointment. Full Story Nursing home requests East Hartford-based Marathon Healthcare's decision to file for bankruptcy will not affect patient care at its Norwalk location or six other Connecticut nursing homes, a company spokesman said yesterday. Full Story Judge to decide beach suit A federal judge has agreed to decide a Stamford bicyclist's lawsuit challenging the town's beach access policy with little if any testimony, attorneys said. Full Story State reps approve payments for housing HARTFORD -- A months-long effort to restore property tax subsidies to Stamford, Norwalk, Greenwich and municipalities statewide ended yesterday on a high note. Full Story Modern e-mail and tradition bring Hindu couple together Rishi Jaitly believes in fate, but it was only with the help of a colleague that he found the e-mail address of his future bride. Full Story Museum puts power of weather on display Carolyn Rebbert is the curator of science at the Bruce Museum. For the past six years, she has worked on a variety of exhibitions ranging from gems and minerals to flowers and robotics. Full Story

03/28/08 - Greenwich News Wire

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Even Hedge-Fund Rich Greenwich Not Immune To Housing Slump
Evening Bulletin - Philadelphia,PA
Mr. Ross wasn't able to raise the cash and four days later lenders liquidated his hedge fund, based in Westport, Conn., about 18 miles from Greenwich. ...

Lacrosse Team has Eye-Opening Florida EXPERIENCE
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By Scott Ferrari Tired, sweaty and spent from a day of playing and practicing in the Florida humidity and a mid-morning rainstorm, members from Greenwich ...

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1. Boeing buys Vought venture to stem 787 delays

   Seattle Post-Intelligencer

   ... performer in terms of managing to put those sections together at a fast pace," said Peter Arment, an analyst with Greenwich, Conn.-based American Technology Research. "This is part of the program that Boeing thought their suppliers would be able to ...

   
   

2. Boeing Will Buy Vought's Share in 787 Venture, Seeking to Ensure Supplies

   Bloomberg

   ... in terms of managing to put those sections together at a fast pace,'' said Peter Arment , an analyst with Greenwich, Connecticut-based American Technology Research. ``This is part of the program that Boeing thought their suppliers would be able to ...

   
   

3. Lampert revs up AutoNation stake

   Bizjournals

   ... is not saying. Requests for interviews and comment were declined by both AutoNation (NYSE: AN) and his hedge fund, Greenwich, Conn.-based ESL Investments . Lampert likely has the resources to do whatever he wants. He is listed by Forbes as the ...

   
   

4. Market dips with retail, financial shares

   Earth Times

   ... weekend," especially in financials, said Tim Smalls, head of U.S. stock trading at brokerage firm Execution LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. The Dow Jones industrial average dipped 9.04 points, or 0.08 percent, to 12,293.01. The Standard & ...

   
   

5. Betty Munger, Who Helped Found Library, Dies At Age 91

   The News-Gazette, Lexington, VA

   ... married Robert S. Munger, a family physician, who died in 1988. She was a 1933 graduate of Edgewood High School, Greenwich, Conn. She earned a bachelors degree in Pre-Med from Bennington College in Bennington, Vt., in 1937. The 1937 class was the ...

6. AmBase Reports Full Year Results

   PR Newswire

   GREENWICH, Conn., March 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- AmBase Corporation announced today a net loss of $3,936,000 or $0.09 per share for the full year ended December 31, 2007.

   
   

7. Dallas plant makes water bottles more eco-friendly

   WFAA-TV Dallas

   ... around for a long time," he said. "In the last year it's gotten extremely hot." Nestle Waters North America, the Greenwich, Conn.-based subsidiary of Swiss food giant Nestle SA, makes 98 percent of its plastic bottles, said Catherine Herter, a ...

   
   

8. Man charged in developer's death knew crime details, police say

   Hartford Courant

   One of two men charged this week in the 2006 slaying of a wealthy Greenwich developer was arrested after telling investigators secret details of the crime, a police official said Thursday.

   
   

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   EIN News

   ... in Hollywood Mother's Day weekend. Contact: Elaine Doran The Puppy Hugger(TM) & Hugger Designs LLC 121 North St Greenwich, CT 06830 ph: 203-661-4858 / fax: 203-661-4858 info@thepuppyhugger.com http://www.puppyhugger.com Online version of this news ...

   
   

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    Telegram & Gazette

    ... STAFF WORCESTER - Police say Leonard Trujillo, who has been charged along with his cousin in the 2006 slaying of a Greenwich, Conn., real estate developer, was implicated because of his inside information about the crime. Civilian traffic flaggers ...

    
    

11. 'Inside info' fingers suspect

    Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    City man held in slaying By Scott J. Croteau TELEGRAM & GAZETTE STAFF scroteau@telegram.com WORCESTER- Police say Leonard Trujillo, who has been charged along with his cousin in the 2006 slaying of a Greenwich, ...

    
    

12. Memories hit Glavine hard

    NY Daily News

    ... in Atlanta so he could drive the final 25 miles home last night, the same distance he used to drive from Shea to Greenwich, Conn. "I'll be home, hopefully, by 8 o'clock-ish to tuck the kids in," Glavine said. "That's the reason why I'm still ...

    
    

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03/19/08 - “We respectfully believe that the town’s motion is without merit and ours has merit,” J. Joseph Bainton said. “We’ll let the judge deci

Town seeks to end beach suit

By Ken Borsuk,

Greenwich Post - Staff Reporter

The town is seeking a dismissal of a lawsuit brought against it by two Stamford men who claim the town violated their rights to free speech by not allowing them to get resident beach passes.

Paul Kempner and his co-plaintiff, James Schwartz, sued the town last year, claiming its beach policy violated their rights by denying them the opportunity to apply for and receive the same seasonal beach pass residents can get. In a motion filed March 7 with the United States District Court in Bridgeport, the town, which is being represented by outside counsel Michael Shea, asked the court to grant a summary judgment dismissing the suit because it cannot be shown that anyone suffered any legal injury and there is no evidence of any constitutional rights being violated.

“[Mr. Kempner] cannot prove his damages claim because his damages consist of legal fees he supposedly incurred in dealing with the legal consequences of his refusal to pay the beach entry fee on occasions when he bicycled to the beach,” the motion states.

It adds that Mr. Kempner did not engage in speech on those occasions, and is unable to show he intends to engage in any speech or even visit the beach because he just rides through on his bicycle.

The motion also argues Mr. Kempner’s claim for relief is moot because he is older than 64, and since February 2007, people 65 and older may visit the beach for free, even if they are not residents. Mr. Kempner’s previous claim that the town discriminated against him by charging him for biking through was earlier dismissed on that ground.

“The court should await a case involving proper plaintiffs with genuine free speech claims before embarking on a factual inquiry into whether the town can justify its beach entry fee,” the motion argues.

J. Joseph Bainton, Mr. Kempner’s attorney, said he will be filing a response in opposition to the town’s motion in court tomorrow. He will also file, on behalf of his client, a cross-motion calling for summary judgment and for the judge to rule in his favor on the issue of liability..........

03/13/08 - Greenwich Newswire - Local News From The Greenwich Time

Rotarian Charlie Jensen, left, shakes hands with Stanley Wort of Greenwich, right. Wort spoke to the Greenwich Rotary Club at Polpo restaurant yesterday...
(Bob Luckey Jr./Staff photo)

Former POW says 'will to live' helped him survive experience

Surviving in a Japanese prison camp, overtaken by disease and malnutrition, Stanley Wort thought the only thing keeping him alive was his will to live.

Teachers may still get day care

A proposal for a child-care center for teachers, turned down by town budget officials last month, may have new life as a child-care center for all town employees, according to town officials.

Court asked to dismiss beach lawsuit

With a trial slated for next month, the town has asked a federal court to throw out a Stamford bicyclist's lawsuit, arguing he hasn't shown that Greenwich's beach-access fees for out-of-towners deprived him of his free-speech rights.

Ex-ambassador says focus must remain on Afghanistan, Iraq

A former ambassador to Afghanistan told World Affairs Forum members yesterday that stability could be achieved in Afghanistan and Iraq, but that would mean long-term commitment from the United States.

Blumenthal wonders if he knew Spitzer

While New York Gov. and ex-state Attorney General Eliot Spitzer was announcing his resignation yesterday, Connecticut's top litigator was on Capitol Hill taking on one of his former colleague's favorite targets -- Wall Street.

Committee passes 'blocking the box' bill

A Stamford-led bill that would make "blocking the box" a statewide infraction took a major step toward becoming law yesterday when the state legislature's Judiciary Committee passed it unanimously.

Cheshire victims' family wants three-strikes law

Legislators renewed debate yesterday over a so-called three strikes law after emotional testimony from the sister of the Cheshire doctor whose wife and three daughters were killed during a home invasion in July.

Police seek suspect in bank robbery

A man walked into the TD Banknorth branch on Post Road East yesterday afternoon, handed a teller a plastic bag and demanded cash before strolling away behind a neighboring office building, police said.

Crash kills GHS grad in Alabama

Stephen Catanzaro, a 2006 Greenwich High School graduate, died yesterday when he lost control of his car on an Alabama highway and crashed into a dump truck, police and family said.

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02/28/08 - News Reports From Greenwich Time

Class action status denied in beach lawsuit
By Martin B. Cassidy
Staff Writer

With a trial approaching, a federal judge has granted the town a partial victory by rejecting a Stamford bicyclist's request to add a discrimination claim to his pending lawsuit that Greenwich's beach access fees for out-of-towners are unconstitutional.

In her six-page ruling last week, U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall upheld the town's argument that Paul Kempner, 77, a Stamford shoreline resident, could not pursue a discrimination claim himself because a town policy change giving free access to town beaches to Kempner and others over the age of 65, made his claim moot....

... Last year Hall ruled Kempner could sue the town on his claim the town violated his individual free speech rights, and a trial is expected to begin on that issue on April 15....

... Last week was the third time Hall threw out Kempner's claim that the town beach policy's of charging out-of-towners more than residents was discriminatory, because it unfairly restricted access to town beaches to non-residents.

Kempner declined comment on the ruling yesterday, saying he was unaware the issue had been decided, and calls to his attorneys were not returned.

Michael P. Shea, a Hartford-based attorney for Day-Pitney LLP, who is representing the town in the case declined comment.
Stanwich School presents traffic plan
Stanwich School will encourage car pooling and monitor the traffic around its proposed new campus to lessen congestion on neighborhood roads, but officials will not agree to mandatory busing.

State GOP touts wellness plan
Republicans yesterday proposed paying Connecticut residents to stay healthy, while Democrats rallied in favor of providing paid sick days for part-time workers.

Antares makes its pitch to Manhattan
Antares executives met with real estate brokers in Manhattan on Tuesday night to pitch their projects and Stamford as a desirable, less expensive alternative to Manhattan.

Studio deal for town surprises lawmakers
Speaker of the House James Amann is scrambling to persuade the General Assembly to give Blue Sky Studios Inc. a $25 million tax break to move from White Plains to Greenwich this year.