04/21/08 - Monday's News Links From The Greenwich Time

Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency Meeting Is Cancelled

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DEP approves Stanwich proposal Although Stanwich School appears to have solved a major point of contention standing in the way of its proposed $100 million campus, that success may spell further delays for the school project. The state Department of Environmental Protection last week told the school that it could move the location of its proposed on-site sewage system to a spot that would save acres of land and trees from being razed. But while that move may earn points with conservationists, the change means the school must return to the Inland Wetlands and Watercourses Agency for more scrutiny, prompting the Planning and Zoning Commission to postpone a meeting scheduled for tomorrow. The project could face further delays if the agency decides that a new application is needed.... Full Story Western Middle School Students celebrate international night Western Middle School students, staff and family came together for International Night on April 3 to showcase their varied backgrounds. Full Story louvre curator to speak at school awards A curator who recently presided over an exhibit on Gustave Courbet at the Louvre Museum in Paris and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York will be a featured speaker at the Alliance of Francaise of Greenwich's Schools' Prizes and Scholarships Award ceremony. Full Story school calendar April 21 Greenwich Academy book fair: 7:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Board of Education work session: 7 p.m., Western Middle School Auditorium. Full Story Town tops in special education litigation Greenwich parents are the most litigious in the state when it comes to fighting for special education on behalf of their children, according to figures from the school district. Full Story The time is right for cherry blossom festival Timing is everything. So when Harry Sakamaki saw a row of cherry trees in full bloom yesterday in front of the Greenwich Japanese School, the lead organizer of the cherry blossom festival there breathed a sigh of relief. ======================================= Please send your comments, news tips and press releases to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

03/18/08 - "It's great," Eddie Collins told the Greenwich Time about the event. "I marched in it last year."

Amelia Bruno claps in time to bagpipe music at the St. Patrick’s Day celebration yesterday at the Nathaniel Witherell.
(Helen Neafsey/Greenwich Time Staff photo)

Green is the theme for Witherell residents

By Hoa Nguyen
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

Four grand marshals, a line of Irish bagpipers, cups of green ginger ale, plates of buttered Irish soda bread and plenty of twinkling eyes and smiling faces were on hand for yesterday's annual St. Patrick's Day parade at The Nathaniel Witherell.

People, wheelchairs and walkers packed both sides of the parade route as bagpipers made their way into the nursing home's social hall. In the front of the room were the grand marshals, Alice and Eddie Collins, Kathy Kavanagh and Mary McHugh, who also are the four oldest Irish residents at the nursing home....

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BET cuts ties with Bear Stearns

Looking to avoid getting egg on its face, the town removed Bear Stearns Cos. yesterday from a proposed list of financial institutions authorized to manage municipal tax receipts.

Police following leads in exposure case

Police are tracking leads hoping to catch a man who reportedly exposed himself to three teenage girls Saturday afternoon on Sound Beach Avenue.

Middle ground elusive at Stanwich School

Charlie Andruss was once one of the more vocal critics of Stanwich School's proposed $100 million new campus, but now he's taking a different stance.

Safe call Civilians prepare to become dispatchers

The town hopes to begin training civilian dispatchers in the next month so firefighters can be freed up to respond to emergency calls.

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03/07/08 - "People have been all over the map of what is planned," said chairman Jon Sheer of the school's offer to extend water to its neighbors.

Stanwich Working with Aquarion to Bring Water to Neighbors

By Anne W. Semmes Greenwich Citizen Reporter

Article Last Updated: 03/07/2008

The Stanwich School has moved forward in a good faith gesture regarding its expansion plan promise to bring city water to its site and immediate neighbors by entering into a preliminary agreement with the Aquarion Water Co.

"We are happy to verify our proposal to bring a public water line to our property and make it available to immediate neighbors," said Jon Sheer, chairman of the school's Board of Trustees.

The proposed water line is part of the master plan for the site at 257 Stanwich Road, which includes the construction of an Upper School campus for grades 7-12; construction of a new Intermediate House wing at the Lower School for grades 4-6; renovation of the current Primary House wing (grades K-3), currently shared with the Greenwich Reform Synagogue (GRS); and the construction of a new synagogue for GRS.

Stanwich has been working with Aquarion engineering staff since March 2006 when it first began developing plans for its own campus. Since that time, the school has reached an agreement with GRS to develop its properties cooperatively into a single, mixed-use campus.

Aquarion spokesperson Adam Brill said the water extension was "subject to agreement of the school and consultant who is trying....

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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.

01/05/08 - Greenwich School News Report

Conservation Commission Rules

Greenwich Time: Stanwich plan sent back for revision
Stanwich School's proposed new campus will disturb forest land best left undeveloped, according to the Conservation Commission, which reviewed the ...

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