01/06/10 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Afternoon Edition

Greenwich News Reports:

Blumenthal: 5 Things You Might Want To Know Hartford Courant By JON LENDER The Hartford Courant Richard Blumenthal, 63, of Greenwich, is in his unprecedented fifth term as state attorney general, a post he has held ...

Greenwich police blotter Greenwich Time A 17-year-old Greenwich boy was arrested and charged Dec. 29 with possession of cannabis, interfering with an officer and second-degree forgery. ...

Focusing On Dating Violence Hartford Courant Three high school students from Greenwich, Stamford and Norwalk, all of whom are involved in the Center for Youth Leadership, recommended that schools train ...

Skyscraper envy? No way, Empire State Building owner says Greenwich Time By Neil Vigdor, Staff Writer Peter Malkin wouldn't trade the view from the Empire State Building, of which the ...

WishList expands despite tough economy Westport-News Over time, as two more stores opened in Darien and Greenwich, WishList became the go-to place in lower Fairfield County to purchase clothing for young ...

Police seek pendant owners Greenwich Time "The articles were brought to the attention of the Greenwich Police Department following a suspicious pawn transaction,". ...

Natural Gas Futures Gain Most in a Week, Top $6 on Cold Weather BusinessWeek ... materially oversupplied to more manageable inventory levels," said Tom Orr, director of research at Weeden & Co., a brokerage in Greenwich, Connecticut. ...

Parks and Recreation collects Christmas trees Greenwich Post Greenwich Point, 6 am until sunset — first parking lot across from the Nature Center. • Holly Hill Recycling Center, 7 am to 3 pm weekdays and 7 to noon on ...

Election commission questions McMahon's campaign Stamford Times In a letter sent on Christmas Eve day to the treasurer of the Greenwich Republican's campaign committee, an FEC analyst asked that the candidate's ...

Greenwich In The Blogoshere:

Gosh, maybe Greenwich Time isn't dead after all « For What It's Worth By christopherfountain Just a few weeks after making the smart move of hiring Riverside's Bob Horton as a weekly columnist, GT has added Teri Buhl to its staff. ... For What It's Worth - http://christopherfountain.com/

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Republican Caucuces Tonight. – Our Greenwich By franktrotta Our Greenwich - http://ourgreenwich.com/

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Greenwich Republicans clamor for estate tax relief - StamfordAdvocate M. Jodi Rell vetoed a pair of bills Monday seeking to delay tax relief for heirs of estates over $2 million, currying favor with some of the same ...

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12/03/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed: Afternoon Edition

Greenwich High reaches new record on AP exam performance Greenwich Time By Colin Gustafson Greenwich High School made its strongest showing ever on Advanced Placement exams this year, producing the highest number of students in ...

Residents struggle in aftermath of Old Greenwich condo fire Greenwich Time Twenty families were processed by Greenwich Red Cross officials at the nearby Greenwich Civic Center on Harding Road, and about 30 residents were put up at ...

Police offer $15000 reward in Old Greenwich gas station armed robbery Greenwich Time 21 armed robbery and shooting at the Mobil on the Run gas station in Old Greenwich. The suspect has been at large since the incident, in which a 37-year-old ...

Tom Foley To Run For Governor WFSB GREENWICH, Conn. -- A former ambassador to Ireland and Greenwich resident has announced his plans to run for governor. Tom Foley was running in the Senate ...

Decorations can be a fire hazard Weston Forum That is why Rick Isaacson, executive vice president of Servpro Industries, Inc. of Greenwich and Stamford, is offering helpful tips to local residents. ...

Bridgeport Banner: Staples bests Greenwich in Thanksgiving Day ... By Thomas Henry By ROB SULLIVAN Bullwinkle once said to Rocket J. Squirrel, "Wanna see me pull a rabbit out of my hat?" Bullwinkle has nothing on Staples football coach Marce Petroccio, whose Wrecker squad has pulled off back-to-back stunning last ... Bridgeport Banner - http://bridgeportbanner.typepad.com/bridgeport/

Wetlands agency asking RTM to extend ordinance – Greenwich Time ... By Christopher Zurcher The town's Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency recently issued its first $1000 fine to a landscape company under an ordinance approved by the Representative Town ... CT Environmental Headlines - http://environmentalheadlines.com/ct/

Maserati-driving muni employee? - Greenwich Real Time - Greenwich Time By Neil Vigdor December 3, 2009 at 1:37 pm by Neil Vigdor. A Maserati sighting is normally no big shakes in Greenwich. But when the Maserati is driven by a town employee, as this one appears to be, that's another story. ... Greenwich Real Time - http://blog.greenwichtime.com/realtime/

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Oysterman's kid makes it big: Greenwich Time columnist! ... Greenwich Time has hired my friend Bob Horton to write a weekly column on town issues, and it's about time. I adore Bernie Yudain and enjoy his tales of ...

Tommy Hilfiger sells Greenwich estate Tommy Hilfiger has sold his Greenwich home for $20 million fashion designer ... Sotheby's International Realty says the 20000-square-foot Greenwich mansion ...

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11/26/09 MEDIA ALERT: Bob Horton Is The Newest Greenwich Time Columnist

The Greenwich Time's new local columnist, Bob Horton.

Horton is a Greenwich native who grew up in Riverside and now lives near Binney Park in Old Greenwich. Bob is returning to his journalistic roots. He started many years ago as City Hall reporter for the Torrington Register in northwest Connecticut and then moved to Washington, D.C. to write for States News Service. While in Washington he covered stories for papers in Connecticut and Alaska, and wrote a weekly political column that ran in several Connecticut papers.

Horton moved back to Greenwich in the late '80s. His family has generations-deep Greenwich history. His great-grandfather was an oyster fisherman on Long Island Sound and his grandfather was the town's tax assessor for many years. Both of his children graduated from the Greenwich public school system, and his wife Robin is a graphic designer and author of urbangardensweb.com, a blog that explores gardening and design in small spaces.

Needing to make a real living, Bob gave up journalism and pursued a career in marketing. He worked many years for Burson-Marsteller, a public relations agency, and was recently head of brand marketing for Merrill Lynch. He now works in commercial real estate in New York City.

Horton's column is scheduled to run Fridays in Greenwich Time.

Here Is Mr Horton's First Column:

BOB HORTON: Where's the uproar over test scores?

In the most recent state standardized test scores, the Greenwich school district placed 40th out of 164, about as close to the middle as to the top. The middle is not a comfortable place for anyone, particularly anyone in Greenwich.

Standardized tests are just one yardstick of a school's performance, and arguably not the best one. After all, we want our schools to produce students who think independently and have had a chance to explore a wide variety of intellectual pursuits -- things not easily measured by standardized testing.

Another way of evaluating schools is through their budget and staffing priorities. Where do they spend money? What are they doing to prepare students to compete against, not just other Americans, but workers across the globe?

So putting aside the decline in test scores, let's compare two programs, both of which have received considerable recognition in recent years: Greenwich High School's football teams and the school orchestras.

I'm a big fan of GHS football -- the Cardinals have won numerous conference and league titles and are multiple winners of the state championship. If the team found itself with a so-so record, you can bet there would be changes made. Thankfully, that's not likely to happen anytime soon, judging from the resources put into the program.

The 46 boys on the varsity football team have a head coach and seven assistant coaches, according to Greenwich Cardinals' Web site. The JV team has two coaches .....

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