11/24/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

Guide to Thanksgiving Day football The Hour Greenwich has won the last two meetings by scores of 27-0 and 37-0 and Staples won the previous two, 20-0 and 10-0. Players to watch: ...

Man shot in gas station robbery Greenwich Post According to police, the incident took place early Saturday morning at the Mobil On the Run station at 1429 East Putnam Ave. in Old Greenwich. ...

Greenwich Old Timers celebrate local and national honorees Greenwich Time With Thanksgiving just around the corner, it was time to give thanks to Mongovan Monday night at the Greenwich Old Timers Athletic Association's 49th Annual ...

Matt Doran column: Staples-Greenwich: More on the line than you think The Hour If Staples and Greenwich meet on the football field next season with a combined two losses between them, there won't be much to play for other than deciding ...

Darien second, New Canaan third as Greenwich wins Open swim crown Greenwich Time By David Fierro NEW HAVEN -- When going up against a program with the tradition, talent and depth Greenwich has, one for two is pretty good. ...

Bus versus truck accident injures 15, snarls traffic Connecticut Post The accident caused extensive delays during the morning commute with a 12-mile backup on I-95 South and congestion from Rye, NY, to Greenwich on the ...

Health Department to offer third clinic Greenwich Post Today the Greenwich Department of Health will be offering a third H1N1 Vaccination Clinic open to all persons who meet the priority group criteria on ... See all stories on this topic

Christmas Won't Come to Greenwich This Year -- Daily Intel By Jessica Pressler But the place that has suffered the most, the real eye of the financial storm, is Greenwich, Connecticut. Since the financial crisis, the bedroom community popular with financial-services professionals has become like a ghetto, ... Daily Intel - http://nymag.com/daily/intel/

Get Back to Computer Basics at Greenwich Library - Library News By Kate Get back to basics and hone your computer and Internet skills as Greenwich Library's Technology Training center rolls out 10 programs in December geared toward helping you master your PC. The Technology Training Center will also host ... Library News - http://www.greenwichlibrary.org/blog/library_news/

Harrow Posts: Greenwich, Granby Memorial and Darien win titles in ... By JosephR The Connectict Interscholastic Athletic Conference field hockey tournament was so competitive in the Class L bracket this year that of the six previous state playoff games involving finalists Greenwich and Pomperaug, not a single one ... Harrow Posts - http://hockeypower.blogspot.com/

Hedgefinger: Calling All You Hedge Fund Angels: Greenwich ... By Holden D. Redbone Greenwich, CT is probably going to be forced to cut back on its Christmas lights this year, having only raised $30000 for a display that costs a minimum of $45000 to put on, if we're talking bare bones, $60000 if we want it done up ... Hedgefinger - http://hedgefinger.blogspot.com/

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04/15/08 - News Links From The Greenwich Post For Wednesday

Lucy J. Silver

Lucy J. Silver, a lifelong resident of Greenwich and Cos Cob, died April 11. She was 61. She was born on Dec. 26, 1946, to the late Rocco P. and Beatrice (Regan) John.

Breathe, stretch, move with At Home in Greenwich

At Home in Greenwich is sponsoring “Building Exercise into Your Daily Routines,” a presentation by Stephanie R. Paulmeno, director of community planning, Greenwich Department of Health, at 2 p.m.

Women's Club of Greenwich holds Appraisal Mania

The Woman’s Club of Greenwich will hold its Annual Appraisal Mania on Saturday, April 26, at the club house at 89 Maple Ave. from 10 to 4. Free parking is available on site.

Auction to benefit front-line soldiers

C. Hugh Hildesley, a director of Sotheby’s Inc. of Canada and chairman and director of Sotheby’s Advisory Board of Canada, will help raise more than awareness at Soldier for the Truth’s BEST (Best Equipment to Support the Troops) cocktail reception on May 9.

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03/22/08 - Betty "You Can Trust Me" Sternberg Doesn't Want Parents To Worry About Eastern Middle School And Cos Cob School's Radon Contamination

"Yes !!! , I Got My Radon Test Kit !!!"

Michael Long, environmental health director for the Greenwich Department of Health, spoke about the contaminated rooms like the music teacher's office at Eastern Middle School, which had suffered from long-term Radon exposure.

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"With radon, it's long-term exposure, not a day-to-day thing," Long said. "Now that they found it, they are taking the steps to do what remediation is necessary."

STORY:

Radon gas in schools raises little concern

By Hoa Nguyen
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

Moderately high levels of radon were found in two offices at Eastern Middle School, three at Cos Cob School and two rooms at the Board of Education's Havemeyer Building, (unidentified) school district officials said Thursday....

...The seven rooms were the only ones out of 1,000 tested in the school district's 18 buildings that yielded higher than acceptable levels of radon in tests performed in recent months, (Unidentified) officials said.

A recently-enacted state statute requires school districts to perform regular radon testing and remediate rooms found to have elevated levels. Several other school districts, such as Norwalk,...

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Radon levels reduced at 5 schools
Stamford Advocate, CT - Mar 18, 2008
By Lisa Chamoff

... It is the second leading cause of lung cancer, behind smoking.

Mark Gorian, Norwalk Public Schools' facilities and maintenance director, said that after mitigation work was completed in a little more than a dozen rooms throughout the district, the schools were retested. One classroom at Wolfpit continued to have slightly elevated radon levels, and one room next to it that was not originally tested had a reading of 5.1.

Two air suction devices were originally installed in the floor at Wolfpit, and the district installed an additional device that has been working for the last 10 days, Gorian said....

...Out of 1,000 rooms tested at 18 Greenwich school district buildings, nearly all had acceptable radon levels. Only seven had radon levels ranging from 4 to 4.8 picocuries per liter, according to the district's (an unidentified) spokeswoman. Radon in a music teacher's office at Eastern Middle School measured 5.4 picocuries per liter.....

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Or you might want to use it to test your child's classroom.....

01/15/08 Town offers free radon testing
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

By Michael Dinan

"There are pockets throughout Greenwich where levels are high," said Caroline Calderone Baisley, director of the town's Department of Health. "This (testing) is very important, because there are other pockets with high levels that we won't know about until they're tested."

Areas in Greenwich that have been tested since the health department began offering radon air tests in 2000 include downtown, Riverside, Cos Cob and Havemeyer. In those areas, nearly half the homes showed "elevated" levels of radon, according to a federal standard, Calderone Baisley said.

"The heating season is the best time to test for radon because your home is closed up, and radon levels tend to build up indoors," she said.

MORE INFORMATION:

Radon (pronounced /ˈreɪdɒn/,)is the chemical element that has the symbol Rnatomic number 86. Radon is a colorless, naturally occurring, radioactivenoble gas that is formed from the decay of radium. It is one of the heaviest substances that are gases under normal conditions and is considered to be a health hazard. The most stable isotope, ²²²Rn, has a half-life of 3.8 days and is used in radiotherapy. Although due to its radioactivity, it has been less studied by chemists, there are a few known compounds of this unreactive element. and

Radon is a significant contaminant that affects indoor air quality worldwide. Radon gas from natural sources can accumulate in buildings and reportedly causes 21,000 lung cancer deaths per year in the United States alone.^[1] Radon is the second most frequent cause of lung cancer, after cigarette smoking, and radon-induced lung cancer is thought to be the 6th leading cause of cancer death overall.

The radon gas which used as a cancer treatment in medicine is obtained from the decay of a radium chloride source. In the past, radium and radon have both been used for X-ray medical radiography, but they have fallen out of use as they are radiotoxic alpha radiation emitters which are expensive and have been replaced with iridium-192 and cobalt-60 since they are far better photon sources.

The National Environmental Health Association administers a voluntary National Radon Proficiency Program for radon professionals consisting of individuals and companies wanting to take training courses and examinations to demonstrate their competency.^[50] A list of mitigation service providers is available.^[51] Indoor radon can be mitigated by sealing basement foundations, water drainage, or by sub-slab de-pressurization. In severe cases, mitigation can use air pipes and fans to exhaust sub-slab air to the outside. Indoor ventilation systems are more effective, but exterior ventilation can be cost-effective in some cases.

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03/05/08 - "I don't think they looked into the water problem," Mina Bibeault said. "We've put up with a lot and they've put our kids at risk."

Hamilton Avenue School student Courtney Roina, 6, joins other students and parents protesting outside the Board of Education in central Greenwich
(Bob Luckey Jr./Staff photo)

Was it maintenance or design flaws?

Greenwich Time, CT

By Martin B. Cassidy

After the sudden closing of Hamilton Avenue School after the discovery of mold throughout temporary classrooms, Mina Bibeault wondered if the Board of Education missed a chance to tackle the contamination with routine maintenance.

Bibeault, who has two children at the school, said there had been complaints earlier in the year about water leaking into the building, well before the investigation of a roof leak in a fifth-grade classroom last week found the mold problem....

... "This is about me getting a call on Saturday that my children will not be able to go to school on Monday," said Hector Ruiz, a former co-president of the school's PTA.

Exposure to toxic allergens produced by mold can trigger respiratory and sinus infections, skin irritation, and more severe respiratory conditions in the young and those with weakened immune systems, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Whether and how soon the modulars on the campus of Western Middle School could be opened again depends on a variety of factors, a town health official and building professionals said.

Mold, which is a fungus, grows faster in warmer temperatures, but also spreads if moisture, oxygen and organic matters are available, they said.

The extent of the mold growth in the school is still unknown, but condensation found within the walls and roof areas of the building this weekend raise serious health questions, said Michael Long, director of Greenwich Department of Health's environmental services division....

MORE:

03/05/08 - The Joke Of The Day - "I'll hold the staff accountable," Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg promised. - Yeah Right.

03/04/08 - First Selectman Peter Tesei promised to address the issue of accountability later on.

03/03/08 - Parents Bring Protest To The "Oldie Moldie" School Administrators

03/02/08 - Another Administrative Screw Up - "They let it happen again. Shame on them. They should be fired," said Laura Dibella past PTA president.

02/28/08 - Greenwich Children Left Behind

02/27/08 - Once Again Failed Greenwich School Administrators Take Care Of Thier Own

02/27/08 - Greenwich Taxpayers Pay Through The Nose As Administrators Mismanage The Greenwich Public School System

02/27/08 - School Board Coverup? - Are Displaced Hamilton Avenue Students Getting Rained On?