06/23/10 Pizza w/o sausage: Abramoff working in kosher pizza

Greenwich News - June 23, 2010

Pizza w/o sausage: Abramoff working in kosher pizza (Jane Genova)

From dishing influence on K Street to becoming deeply involved with kosher pizza in Baltimore.

CEA Endorses Ned Lamont (The Hartford Courant)

The state's largest teachers union said Tuesday is it endorsing Ned Lamont in the Democratic primary for governor, saying he understands that teachers' insights and perspectives are invaluable in school reform.

Reverend charged in child porn case worked beside elementary school (Connecticut Post)

Kim-Marie Evans has an application on her iPhone that notifies her where sex offenders live.

Former Massachusetts Gov. William Weld Endorses Tom Foley; Well-Known Moderate Republican (The Hartford Courant)

Fomer Massachusetts Gov. William Weld, a well-known moderate Republican, has endorsed Tom Foley of Greenwich for governor.

Greenwich Hospitality Group Opens the The Delamar on Greenwich Harbor in Southport, Connecticut (Hotel Online)

GREENWICH / SOUTHPORT, CT - Promising the ultimate in boutique hotel hospitality, the elegant New England-style building anchoring Southport Green at 275 Old Post Road has just been reborn as the new Delamar Southport hotel.

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Newsprint Mogul Peter Brant Has Meltdown, Pit in Private Urs Fischer Show (bloomberg)

The head of a water buffalo, a blue Marilyn by Andy Warhol and various polo awards are among the trophies with which Peter Brant has decorated the library in his Greenwich, Connecticut, mansion....

Republican Conservative Rick Torres' Challenge Against Greenwich Resident And Congressman Jim Himes (greenwichroundup.blogspot)

The Latest News About Congressman Jim Himes' Challengers Bridgeport News Bridgeport's Rick Torres qualifies for Republican primary for Congress

France's ex-1st lady holds NY forum on women's causes from sex slavery to prisoners' babies (fox5sandiego)

This June 5, 2007 file photo shows then French first lady Cecilia Sarkozy at the Elysee Palace in Paris..... ... her third husband, moved to New York two years ago and share an apartment on Manhattan's East Side and a home in Greenwich, Conn. Living with them is her 13-year-old son with Sarkozy, Louis, who attends the Lycee Francais de New York, a ...

Where to buy Sushi/Sashimi Grade Fish in Farfield County, CT (ChowHound)

While I know and understand that there is no specific regulation that makes something "Sushi Grade" I was wondering if anyone know of some trust worthy places to purchase Sushi Grade Fish for Raw consumption? I did a search and found posts that where over 2 years old.

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Terri Bernstein, a jewelry maker who specializes in Love Knots, shows a necklace to prospective customer, Dora Faugno. Bernstein was selling her pieces from Catherine Jewelers on Sound Beach Avenue in Old Greenwich.
(Bob Luckey Jr./Greenwich Time photo)

Old Greenwich merchants put their wares on display

Kim-Marie Evans appraised a collection of decorative wreathes, scented candles, and other discounted household decorations at Quelques Choses for possible purchase yesterday afternoon...

Himes returns from trip to Israel

Looking to bolster his credentials on Middle East policy, Democratic congressional hopeful Jim Himes spent three days in Israel this week meeting with government leaders, visiting the Yad Vashem national Holocaust memorial and touring a town on the Gaza border....

Summer sounds annoy residents

When Selectman Lin Lavery's 30-year-old son comes home to visit, he inevitably wakes up to a cacophony of sounds that has him begging for peace and quiet.

"He says, 'Mom, we're under siege,' " Lavery said. "It's like a war zone."

Whether it be leaf blowers, lawn mowers or after-hours construction work, the town is growing ever more noisy....

Woman's trip may block testimony at Golder hearing

A Round Hill Road woman allegedly tied up by Alan Golder, the man charged as the culprit in the "Dinnertime Bandit" burglaries 11 years ago, doesn't want to testify against the cat burglar, according to court papers.

In a motion filed in state Superior Court in Stamford yesterday, an attorney for the Round Hill Road resident is seeking to block a subpoena compelling her to testify at hearings in July and August. The paper she shouldn't be forced to be at the hearing because she had previously scheduled a trip to Italy....

She supplies the party; you provide the guests

Who doesn't enjoy throwing a good party, but dislikes the hassle that comes with putting one together?

Balancing economy, environment

Recent news reports - from national to local - suggest that financial pressures from high fuel prices and a troubled economy are affecting attitudes regarding environmental issues.

Nonresidents crowded island on Fourth of July

To the editor:

On the Fourth of July, our worst fears about opening the islands to nonresidents were realized.

I would estimate that there were at least five nonresidents to every resident on little Island Beach. I arrived on the 11:30 a.m. boat (the third boat of the day) and found that not one picnic table was available. The picnic grove itself was hard to maneuver through because people were not only at the tables, but on the ground.

I was told that people were lined up an hour before the first boat at 10 a.m. And this on a day that was not very sunny.

This problem never happened at Greenwich Point for several reasons. In order to use Greenwich Point, nonresidents must first obtain a day pass by going to Town Hall or to the Greenwich Civic Center. This is not so for Island Beach, where nonresident may purchase the day pass right at the ticket window. Everyone should have to go to the Town Hall or other facility to buy these passes. Why are the islands being treated differently?

In order to use Greenwich Point, nonresidents must pay $20 to park. At the island, they pay nothing! Of course, there is a public parking lot for those going to the islands, so a $20 parking fee could not imposed. However, since the town has estimated that it costs $20 a person to use the boats, charge $20 to nonresidents for the boat ride, since they do not pay our property taxes.

The location of the Island Beach boat dock makes it so easy for nonresidents, even those without a car, to get to the dock. They just have to take a train from any Westchester station, get off at Greenwich, and walk five minutes to the dock.

I ask our selectmen, each one of them, to come to the island on a sunny weekend day, stay an hour or two, and see what has happened. Mr. Lash did us a real disservice in this final administrative order.

Helene J. Griffin

Greenwich

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