04/18/08 - The Greenwich Roundup For Friday

Featured Greenwich News Reports:

Greenwich native to sing for pope
Greenwich Time

By Barbara A. Heins

Greenwich native Kelly Levesque has performed for all sorts of audiences in her singing career. The biggest audience she'll face will be ...

Out with the old: Storied mansions fall in Greenwich
Journal Record (subscription) - Oklahoma City,OK

by The Wall Street Journal

GREENWICH, Conn. (WSJ) – Col. Raynal Bolling, an architect of American air power in World War I, died of a German bullet in 1918. ...

The NY Tax Proposal: Pushing More Hedgies to Greenwich?
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY

But New York already has some of the highest tax rates in the country for private-sector businesses–one reason many hedge funds call Greenwich and other ...

Russian Billionaire Valery Kogan Outrages Greenwich, CT With ...
Huffington Post - New York,NY

Greenwich, CT is in an uproar over a mysterious Russian billionaire's proposal to buy an $18M home, tear it down, and build what would be the biggest home ...

Fed no-show at Greenwich meeting fuels fight against FAA
Greenwich Post

Christopher Shays of District 4, which includes Greenwich. He said he supports it 100%. "We need to deal with this on all fronts. ...

Our Towns Hints of Fear in the Land of Mansions
New York Times - United States

By PETER APPLEBOME

Chris Fountain, a Greenwich real estate agent, in front of a house he helped to sell. First listed at $11.5 million, it finally went for ...

Cuts may trim pay for Greenwich teachers' aides
Greenwich Post

Educational assistants in Greenwich have declared an impasse in their contract negotiations with the Board of Education, which could affect the level of ...

Featured Greenwich Blog Posts

Fairfield Greenwich Group hires Graystone co-founder

David Horn joins the New York-based fund manager as chief global strategist.
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Protesters greet McCain during Greenwich visit

He hangs around with the hedge fund people here but he wont meet with the people who cant afford to live in Greenwich and have to live in the Bronx and cant afford to pay for the gas to drive here. ...
Michael Moore - This Just In - http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/latestnews/

The Raw Greenwich News And Business Feed

1. US carriers seek cash options

   Jane's Information Group

   ... of jet fuel they would be in big trouble right now," says Jeffrey Craine, managing director of Skyworks Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. It is testament to their abilities that the US carriers have been able to restructure operations and deal with ...
   

2. Hoop is Cool, But Golf Fits Me to a Tee

   Greenwich Citizen

   The following is the first in a new weekly feature of student-athlete diaries written by rotating high school athletes for the Greenwich Citizen.
   

3. GTC Has Kids on the Run-

   Greenwich Citizen

   ... volleyball, football and soccer camps. So if running is your game, why not learn how from a young age? Enter the Greenwich Track Club (GTC). In its second season, GTC has introduced track training for children in grades 2-8. After two years, the GTC ...
   

4. A Baby Daughter: Boundless Opportunities Await

   Greenwich Citizen

   ... Maybe even the roadmaps. But, as with all of them, it'll be her car to drive.
   
   

5. Identity Systems to be acquired by Informatica

   WebWire

   Nokia and Informatica have signed an agreement for Informatica to acquire Identity Systems, headquartered in Greenwich, CT.

6. Connecticut man killed in Westchester crash

   Mid-Hudson News

   ... all three lanes to the opposite side and struck a concrete wall, where it came to rest. Milo was transported to Greenwich, CT Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The cause of the accident is still under investigation....

7. Protestors Criticize Sturgell's No-Show At Connecticut Meeting

   Aero-News Network

   ... those communities weren't as charitable. Sturgell was invited to be a guest at Monday night's meeting in Greenwich. It was in no way an FAA public hearing. Still, the Greenwich Post reports the perceived snub further inflamed area lawmakers ...

8. Stone Point Capital: Philip V. Moyles, Jr. Becomes a Senior Advisor to Stone Point Capital

   Market Wire

   ... I am very excited to be working with them." Stone Point Capital LLC is a global private equity firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Stone Point Capital, the manager of the Trident Funds, has raised more than $10 billion in committed capital to make ...

9. Osetra opens in SoNo

   Thehour.com

   ... the City" list. Nevins opened Osetra with his brother, Douglas, and father, Bruce. His father owns Wine Wise in Greenwich and Grand Harvest Wines in Manhattan. Doug also specializes in wines. The Nevins are from Ridgefield. "He's more of the ...

10. Unemployment hits 4-year high

    The Boston Globe

    ... job losses, but not a big collapse in the economy," said Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners in Greenwich, Conn. The Conference Board's gauge increased 0.1 percent, as forecast, after falling 0.3 percent in February, the New York-based ...

More News Links From The Greenwich Citizen:

Shays Faults Bush on Energy Dependence, Troop Levels

Showing he's not "joined at the hip" to President George W. Bush, as his Democratic opponent for Congress, Jim Himes, claims, U.
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Communities Rally, Lay Out Fight Against FAA Rerouting Plan

Energized citizenry and elected officials gathered in Greenwich's Town Hall Monday night were palpable in their spoken witness to challenge the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) plan to reroute and increase air traffic - which would, they say, negatively affect their quality of life.
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Tesei, Fox Draw Record Crowd

First Selectman Peter Tesei and Town Planner Diane Fox reached celebrity status last Friday when a record-setting crowd attended a Chamber of Commerce luncheon to hear them speak.
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Award-winning Book Instills Inspiration, Awe; Invites Conversation

Mountain climber and former U.S. Army medic Greg Mortenson may not have reached his goal in 1993 to scale K2, the world's second-highest summit located in Pakistan's isolated Karakoram mountain range.
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Give Voice to the Voiceless -Editorial It's been said that if the walls of our homes could talk they would tell the story of our lives. Consider trees the walls of our community. Oh, if trees could talk, the stories they would tell. The oak may speak of the sweet young couple that had their first kiss in secret under its foliage, or the fun that neighborhood children had playing on a tire swing strung from one of its limbs. The pine, with its numerous low-lying branches, would recall those climbing adventures that left hands with a sweet-smelling stickiness. And the maple, planted when your child was born, grew to be a part of the family, with its own special place in the yard. Naturally, the trees would also fondly recall the generations of birds, raccoons, squirrels and other animals that have called them home. "Everyone has a tree story," said Denise Savageau, director of conservation for the Town of Greenwich.... Continue » MORE EDITORIALS HEADLINES FROM THE GREENWICH CITIZEN For Product Recalls, March was Scary Letters to the Editor Instructional Assistants Key GHS Component To the Editor: Instructional assistants at Greenwich High School are absolutely vital to the high quality of education that the Greenwich system delivers.... Continue » Truth Decay - Columnists What is truth? - John 18:38 I'd be lying if I told you I had an answer to Pontius Pilate's poignant question of Jesus. Continue » MORE COLUMNISTS HEADLINES FROM THE GEENWICH CITIZEN Remembering William F. Buckley Our Need to Belong

More News Links From The Greenwich Post

New fines in town not considered garbage

People traveling through Greenwich to make the Holly Hill Resource Recovery Facility their personal dumping grounds for their trash will be looking at higher fines and increased enforcement if the Department of Public Works and Board of Estimate and Taxation (BET) have their way.

Apple gala helps education

Greenwich residents Bea and Peter Crumbine and Diana and Jim Higgins are among the members of the Red Apple committee helping to plan for this year’s Red Apple Awards Dinner at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk.

Cookies for sale

Greenwich Girl Scouts are selling cookies at Splash Car Wash at 625 West Putnam Ave. every Saturday this month. For information, call Caitlin Robinson at 324-5400, ext. 22.

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Drug policy group opposes tougher three-strikes law A report released yesterday urged officials to invest in treating drug offenders and keeping the mentally ill out of prison, instead of adopting harsher measures in the wake of last year's Cheshire home invasion murders. Full Story Dems claim Rell knew about costs HARTFORD -- More than a year ago, Gov. M. Jodi Rell -- who has pleaded ignorance to the rising costs of the New Haven Rail Yard project -- attended a ribbon-cutting event where a high-level transportation employee said the project's price tag had escalated to about $800 million. Full Story Rell selects DOT chief HARTFORD -- Gov. M. Jodi Rell said yesterday she has chosen a new commissioner of transportation. "I have made an offer to one of the candidates and am waiting to hear back," Rell said. Full Story Legislators OK restrictions on teen drivers HARTFORD -- The Senate approved regulations Wednesday intended to further restrict teenage drivers and hopefully prevent accidents. Full Story

Mansion won't be saved, after all

An effort to turn a soon-to-be-demolished Belle Haven home into a nationally recognized historic house has fizzled.
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Senior Center officials mull Havemeyer option

Senior Center officials are questioning whether a proposal to move them into the Havemeyer Building on Greenwich Avenue would be the right fit for the proposed multipurpose and expanded center.
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Beach-fee battle hits court

BRIDGEPORT -- With beach season approaching, a federal judge yesterday questioned lawyers for Greenwich and a Stamford bicyclist about whether the town's beach-access fees for nonresidents unlawfully restrict free-speech rights.
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Comedians rally to save book store

Faced with the possible closing of a popular Old Greenwich hang out, a local comedian is rallying the community to save it.
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Pesticide ban has parks dept. eyeing options

The Department of Parks and Recreation is scrambling to come up with a plan to properly treat the town's athletic fields following a ban on pesticides instituted last week.
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Feats of Clay: Brunswick's Blackiston earns There's a famous quote that says, "The end is only just the beginning" and this phrase has never rang truer than for Clay Blackiston. Full Story Roundup: CSH lacrosse wins big As the seconds ticked by the goals mounted for the Convent of the Sacred Heart lacrosse team in its game against Rye Country Day School yesterday. Full Story Roundup: Brunswick baseball With Chris Kono consistently throwing strikes and the lineup pounding out hits each inning, everything was in working order for the Brunswick School baseball team yesterday. Full Story

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William Shakespeare
(English Dramatist, Playwright and Poet, 1564-1616)

04/14/08 - Byram RTM Chairman Robert McKnight Says That Town Planner Diane Fox Has A Conflict Of With The Boston Consultants

There is a rumor going around town that an audio tape was made at the Byram District 4 RTM Public Meeting

Byram RTM Chairman Claims The Byram Master Plan Is Only About 30% Complete And That Her Consultants Are Saying That They Have Completed All of The Required Work.

McKnight Said He Told The Town That It Was A Bad Idea To Hire The Boston Firm Instead Of A Local Firm To Do The Byram Master Plan.

"Everytime There Is A Meeting It Costs The Town A Fortune." McKight said, "That's Why Diane Can't Deliver This Thing."

McKnight also suggested that their might be some inappropriate dealings between Ms. Fox And The Boston Consulting Firm.

The Town Of Greenwich Might Have To Pay The Boston Consultants More Money In Order To Complete The Byram Master Plan.

Robert McKnight Predicts That The Wahba Family Will Sue The Town If The Byram Master Plan Is Not Completed Soon.

Apparently The Powerful Wahba Family is getting upset with Diane Fox's delays with the Byram Master Plan.

The Wahba family is seeking to develope condos on the Champion Oil Property.

RTM District 4 Chairman Robert McKnight says that he is going to go after Diane Fox if the Byram Master Plan is not completed.

Other Byram RTM Members how a survey of the Byram Park pool can be started without having the Master Plan completed.

Some Byram RTM members felt their could be unnessary and costly delays if the two plans have conflicting visions.

Is this putting the cart before the horse?

Other RTM members are not worried because their is a Wahba on the Byram Pool Committee.

It looks like the Wahba's have all the bases covered, even the Byram Nieghborhood Association.

Maybe, Town Planner Diane Fox Should See If The Wahba Family Has Some Conflicts and have had some inappropriate dealings.

Full Disclosure:

The Two Wahba's were on the November Byram RTM Ballot, but were not allowed to be seated due to the fact that they did not live in Byram, before the election.

The Repuublican's then had the Wahba's appointed to complete the terms of Byram RTM seats that did not exist.

According to The Town Of Greenwich Web Site:

The Town Clerk's Web Page The Wahba's can be reached at:

Wahba, James B.
	Occupation: Real Estate
	RTM District 4
	2 Lafayette Court Greenwich, CT (OMG- Isn't This Address Up ByThe Top Of Greenwich Avenue) 06830
	Work: 203-302-3400 x102
	Email: james@championdevelopment.com
	Wahba, John B.
	RTM District 4
	2 Lafayette Court Greenwich, CT (OMG - Isn't This Address Up By The Top Of Greenwich Avenue) 06830 In Fact, two copies of the RTM call are mailed to 2 Lafayette Court in central Greenwich each and every month. The United States postal service shows no mail forwarding order on file for the Wahba's central Greenwich address.

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04/12/08 - State Of The Town Turns Into A Rock And Roll Event (Updated)

"Oh, Mommy, Everything is great in town, but those Hamilton Avenue School blues are bringing me down. Yeah, yeah yeah." The Latest

Tesei gives State of the Town address Reporter: Hoa Nguyen Quote: "Simply stated, the state of the town is terrific," First Selectman Peter Tesei said. "At the end of the day, we are a strong and vibrant community." Story: With 133 days in office under his belt, First Selectman Peter Tesei took to the podium this afternoon to deliver his first State of Town address at the Milbrook Club... ...Before taking office, Tesei was a banker and member of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce who was in the audience as prior first selectmen delivered their State of the Town addresses. Today, he was relishing in his new role in front of the microphone. "Mary Ann Morrison asked me to hold this microphone like a rock star," he said of the chamber's executive director. "I'll try my best." Tesei shared the podium with Town Planner Diane Fox, who is heading the effort to create a new Plan of Conservation and Development.... ....Tesei also credited himself with helping the Board of Education in its land-use process, setting up meetings and asking town regulatory officials to cooperate with educators as they explore options for relocating students from Hamilton Avenue and Glenville schools. "I need to intervene and take leadership," he said.... ============================================= Please send comments to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

04/09/08 - Upcomming Events Via The Greenwich Post

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Thursday, April 10

Go organic
Chip Osborne, co-chair of the Living Lawn and president of Osborne Organic, presents two programs, “Organice Lawns for Homeowners”, 9 to 11 and “School Practices Go Organic,” 1 to 4, Thursday, April 10, Greenwich; registration required; 869-5272, ext. 225.
Networking breakfast
Signature Cycles hosts the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce’s networking breakfast, 8 to 9:30, Thursday, April 10, Signature Cycles; $15 members, $25 non-members; add $10 if registering after April 8; 869-3500; Greenwichchamber.com

‘At Home’ tea
Meet Lise Jameson, exechutive director of At Home in Greenwich, at an introductory tea, 3 to 4:30, Thursday, April 10, 20 Bridge St.; 629-2822, ext. 3141.

‘Why People Are Poor’
The YWCA hosts a workshop titled “Why People Are Poor,” 1 to 4 and 6 to 8, Thursday, April 10, YWCA; free; 869-6501, ext. 104.
Battling underage drinking
Jeffrey Marx, journalist and author, speaks at the parents forum of the Greenwich coalition to Combat Underage Drinking, 7:30, Thursday, April 10, Cole Auditorium at Greenwich Library; info@gccud.org.

Dist. 7 election
District 7/North Center members of the RTM hold an election to fill the two-year term expiring January 2010, 7:45, Thursday, April 10, Hayton Room at Town Hall; 869-7451; Stauftek@aol.com.

Celebrating Art/Place
Artists from Southern Connecticut and Weschester County, N.Y. celebrate Art/Place gallery 25 years after a fire that closed it down with a group show, exhibit opens Thursday, April 10 and runs through Saturday, May 3, The Greenwich Art Council’s Bendheim Gallery; 862-6750; Greenwicharts.org.

Friday, April 11

Rochambeau’s march
Greenwich resident John Savage presents a video titled “Rochambeau in Connecticut” about General Rochambeau’s march with the French to join George Washington against the British, 11, Friday, April 11, Greenwich Library; 622-7970.

State of the Town
First Selectman Peter Tesei and Director of Planning and Zoning Diane Fox talk about the Plan of Conservation and Development at a luncheon, 11:45 to 1:30, Friday, April 11, Milbrook Club; $45 members, $55 non-members; add $10 if registering after April 8; 869-3500; Greenwichchamber.com.

Saturday, April 12

Shays in Greenwich
Congressman Christopher Shays talks holds a community meeting, 9 to 10:30 a.m., Saturday, April 12, Town Hall Meeting Room.

Healthy Kids Day ‘08
The YMCA holds it’s annual Healthy Kids Day to promote healthy lifestyles for kids and families, 11 to 3, Saturday, April 12, YMCA; 869-1630, ext. 206; Ebruno@gwymca.org.

Live and learn dangerously
Matthew Oswald, Greenwich Eagle Scout, facilitates a Dangerous Boys Club event titled “It’s a Pirate’s Life for Me!,” 11:30, Saturday, April 12, Barnes & Noble in the Stamford Town Center; free; 323-1612; Crm2286@bn.com.

Bluebird talk
John Rogers, co-founder of the New York State Bluebird Society, gives a talk on the Eastern Bluebird, 3:30 to 5, Saturday, April 12, Audubon Greenwich; free; reservations required; 869-5272.

‘Young & Gifted’
Greenwich’s Eckart Preu, music director for the Stamford Symphony, will conduct a concert titled “Young & Gifted,” 8 p.m., Saturday, April 12, and 3, Sunday, April 13, Palace Theatre in Stamford; Stamfordsymphony.org.

Gloria
Randall Atcheson conducts the Stanwich Congregational Church choir and soloists in Vivaldi’s Gloria, 4, Saturday, April 12, Stanwich Congregational Church; free; 661-4420.

Eartha Kitt performs
Actress and singer Eartha Kitt performs at the 2008 Greenwich Music Festival, 6:30 to 10, Saturday, April 12, Greenwich Country Club; $100 for cabaret only, $300 for cabaret and dinner; 637-0854; Greenwichmusicfestival.org.

50th anniversary finale
The Greenwich Symphony Orchestra concludes its 50th anniversary season with concerts titled “Divine Arabesques,” 8, Saturday, April 12 and 4, April 13, Greenwich High School Auditorium; $30 adults, $10 students; 869-2664. Sunday, April 13

‘Tea for Tutus’
Beam & Barre of Greenwich sponsors a fund raising afternoon of dance, fashion and tea to launch the Classic Dance Theatre Company’s 2008 season, 5, Sunday, April 13, Italian Center in Stamford; reservations required; $60 adults, $30 children under 12; 978-0727; Classicsdance@hotmail.com.