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Saturday, August 30, 2008

08/30/08 The Overnight Greenwich News Roundup For Saturday Morning (Updated)


A crewman aboard the maxi yacht Rima 2, in the IRC Super Zero class, gauges the boat's proximity to the start, while behind him Genuine Risk closes fast in Long Island Sound off Stamford Harbor, the start of the annual race to Martha's Vineyard and back.

(Paul Desmarais/Greenwich Time Staff photos)


Greenwich Time
As he waited for the start gun, Greenwich resident Tom O'Connell made a half-serious vow to never lose again to his sailing buddy, Benoit Ansart, who last year finished ahead of him in the annual Vineyard sailing race, sponsored by apparel company Vineyard Vines.

"I finished second" of two, O'Connell joked. "Not this time."

The two men were among the more than 500 skippers and crew members who turned out Friday for the 74th annual Vineyard Race. The competition, which launches from the Stamford Yacht Club, is the final contest of three in the Northern Ocean Racing Trophy.

The course spans 238 miles and typically takes about 35 hours, bringing racers east out of Long Island Sound, past Block Island, R.I., to the light tower at Buzzard's Bay off Martha's Vineyard and back....
Greenwich Post
With the end of summer vacation, Greenwich looks to fall. The quintessential image of fall leaves is given new meaning at the new exhibit at Les Beaux Arts Gallery at Round Hill Community Church, which opens Sunday, Sept. 7 and runs through Oct. 7.
Since Rosetta Stone is no longer offering its service to libraries, we thought we'd share another neat language learning site that we found: Livemocha.com ...
Sorry I haven't been around lately, but I still need to get my computer up and running again. Right now, Brent is visiting for a few days so I won't have time...

RSC Equipment Rental weathers times
Arizona Republic
... publicly traded company has become the second-largest equipment renter in North America, after United Rentals, a Greenwich, Conn., company with about 700 stores. Olsson says his company is the leader when it comes to growth and profitability. The ...

Too late for charges in N.Y. oil br.....
Observer
... with a lower court that the deadline to reinstate most of the dismissed charges against Frederic Bourke Jr. of Greenwich, Conn., had passed. The ruling did not immediately effect related charges pending against investment promoter Viktor Kozeny, an ...
Associated Press NEW YORK
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate charges against a businessman accused of offering hundreds of millions of dollars to top officials in Azerbaijan in exchange for favorable treatment in oil deals.
In its ruling, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan agreed with a lower court that the deadline to reinstate most of the dismissed charges against Frederic Bourke Jr., of Greenwich, had passed.

The ruling did not immediately affect related charges pending against investment promoter Viktor Kozeny, an Irish citizen of Czech background who is in the Bahamas appealing an order of deportation. Kozeny cannot fight the U.S. charges unless he returns to American soil.

Earlier this year, the government dropped charges against a third man, David Pinkerton of Bernardsville, N.J.

Bourke and Pinkerton, who are U.S. citizens, were charged along with Kozeny in 2005 with conspiring to violate the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the Travel Act.

Prosecutors alleged that the trio schemed to pay tens of millions of dollars to buy off senior officials from the former Soviet republic of Azerbaijan from 1997 to 1999.

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act makes it a crime to offer payment to foreign government officials to obtain or retain business. Besides cash, the defendants also provided jewelry and luxury items and free medical treatment to the officials, prosecutors said.

Azerbaijan, rich in oil resources, began .....

'48 Hours Mystery' looks at Skakel case
Connecticut Post
... bludgeoned to death with a golf club on her family's property on Oct. 31, 1975. The case remained unsolved until Greenwich Police charged Skakel in the case in 2000. Assistant State's Attorney Susann Gill, the prosecutor who has championed Skakel's ...
Greenwich Post
For the past three and one-half decades, this has always been Greenwich High School football coach Rich Albonizio’s favorite time of year.
OK, maybe not as much as late November and early December some years when he’s accepting a championship plaque or two.
But there’s always something special about the first week of football practice.

Orphans get a funding boost for college
NewsTimesLive.com
... vice president of his class. And now he is the recipient of the first full-time scholarship available through the Greenwich-based Stewardship Foundation, which provides college funding to orphans and young adults from foster care families. He will ...

Riverside's Lund enjoys successful summer, placing 4th U.S. Junior Women's Singlehanded Championship
Greenwich Time
With waves as high as 10 feet and winds that exceeded 20 knots, it wasn't exactly smooth sailing for those who competed in the 2008 U.
Greenwich Post
The Greenwich High School Class of 1973 is holding its 35th reunion on Homecoming Weekend, Oct. 17 to 19.

Aquarion Approved For Rate Increase
Hartford Courant
... In December, the company imposed rate increases ranging from 11 percent in the southern division, which covers the Greenwich and Mystic areas, to 33 percent in the western division, which supplies Stamford and neighboring towns. Attorney General ...

The front yard is the last place you'd expect to find a vegetable garden in tony Greenwich, yet that's exactly where Laura and Stephen Cunningham planted their organic 40- by 23-foot vegetable patch.
Dear reader, the mind boggles that the Hearst Corporation, new owner of our wildly unpopular local rag, AKA *Yellowwich Time*, for some reason continues to...
Greenwich Post
The Aug. 14 Board of Selectman Meeting is airing on Greenwich Community Television (GCTV) twice daily through the weekend, at noon and 9 p.m. on Friday, at 8:30 a.m. and at 2:55 p.m. on Saturday and at 9:10 a.m. and at 6 p.m. on Sunday.
A federal appeals court on Friday refused to reinstate charges against a businessman accused of offering hundreds of millions of dollars to top officials i...

Rothschild Slams Winners, Will Play for Emory
Westport News
... and handled the tougher competition well. "I definitely felt more pressure to keep winning, especially against Greenwich, but I liked it," recalls Rothschild. "I didn't beat Greenwich but I gave it my best." This year, he reached the Class L singles ...
The developer of a software product that has made the documentation process easier for vessels to enter ports around the world has broken away from the business that his father sold two years ago to start his own company.
Fritz Heidenreich, president and chief executive officer of Heidenreich Innovations, will leave Heidmar Inc. on Monday to establish his new business at 165 Mason St., in Greenwich, sharing a building occupied by a office operated by his father, Per Heidenreich, who founded Heidmar 25 years ago and sold it to subsidiaries of Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. in September 2006.

In connection with Heidenreich's departure, Heidmar will transfer the www.Q88.com and www.Baltic99.com Web sites to Heidenreich Innovations and will enter into a contract with the new company for consulting services.

The Q88 Website was launched in June 2001, and the Baltic99 Website was launched in June. There are 580 questionnaires available on these Websites, and they are being used by more than 390 ship owners, representing 4,900 vessels.
Greenwich Post
Girl Scouts of Connecticut will recognize two exceptional female role models at its fourth annual Women of Achievement: Paving the Way leadership breakfast on Friday, Sept. 5, from 7:45 to 10 a.m. at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich.

All are welcome to reserve a seat and sponsorship opportunities are available.
For What It's Worth
-By Chris Fountain
More effective than bribing the maitre'd The man pictured above, "Eddy", was our fishing guide for a few days this week and Thursday night we invited Ed an...

United Rentals Names Kneeland President, CEO and Director
Rental Equipment Register
... voided greater cuts by helping institute other measures to cut back on expenses and improve efficiencies. Based in Greenwich, Conn., United Rentals is North America's largest rental company, No. 1 on the RER 100.

Contracts for August 29, 2008
Department of Defense News
... is Defense Energy Support Center, Fort Belvoir, Va., (SP0600-08-D-9406). World Fuels Americas dba Trans-Tec, Greenwich, Conn., is being awarded a maximum $47,378,119 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for fuels. Other locations of ...
Greenwich Forum
Arrest made in YW bomb threats - Greenwich Time - Comment, last updated on Saturday Aug 30 by ghost
It was a day many people never thought they'd live to see, and one that could presage so much more. For the first time in this country's history, someone other than a white man won the presidential nomination from a major political party.
Greenwich News
'Dinnertime Bandit' Convicted; Those Responsible Exult - He called himself the "best second-story man in the business," but Alan Golder, dubbed the "Dinnertime Bandit" for allegedly robbing or attempting to rob...

Global Markets-Oil rises on Gustav, dollar posts big August gain
Quamnet
... competitiveness, notably relative to Europe," said Alan Ruskin, chief international strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. in a note to investors. Data showed euro zone consumer prices grew at a less-than-expected 3.8 percent ...

Greenwich Library Today's Events
Closed - *When:* Saturday August 30th, 2008 - All Day Labor Day

Ruth All-Stars Had Right Mix
Greenwich Citizen
... the results could be varied, interesting and sometimes downright scary. That's what makes the summer run for the Greenwich Babe Ruth 13-year-old All-Star team even more impressive. The boys returned home from the Babe Ruth 13-year-old World Series ...

Chung Making Her Point Quickly
Greenwich Citizen
... Fencing Association. She's also ranked No. 35 nationally for 12-under fencers. The soon-to-be fifth grader at Greenwich Academy also won the gold medal for both the Y-12 and Y-14 mixed (boys and girls competing together) foil event at Connecticut's ...
*Greenwich Time says......* *Small fixes are left for Ham Ave.** * *Written By The **Board Of Education's Boy* *Colin Gustafson* A variety of unresol...

On AP and Newspaper Cancellation
Rebuilding Media
... Communications, and meanwhile is managing partner of the media consulting firm of Digital Deliverance LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. Two forces have shattered the news media. Technology is the first. Although media technology is undergoing its ...

Clearing out the clutter
Greenwich Time
Greenwich resident Stefania Masoni has been a feng shui consultant for area residents and corporations since 1999.

PW Daily
Publishers' Weekly
Just Books Planning Grand Re-Opening by Kevin Howell
Just Books, the independent bookstore in Old Greenwich, Conn., is holding a grand re-opening and open house on Saturday, September 6 to celebrate its new ownership and show off the ...

Beach cars lead town to tax cheats
Greenwich Time
Ali Karimi is giving new meaning to the word "beachcomber." A personal property appraiser in the assessor's office, Karimi has been combing through the list of Greenwich beach card holders for those failing to register their motor vehicles at their town addresses.

Christ Church Greenwich has turned a page in its musical history with the appointment of an internationally recognized organist, Jamie Hitel, as the new director of music.
What were you thinking Senator McCain? As a strong Obama supporter, I am extremely happy that you picked Governor Sarah Palin, but I am sure Republicans ...

Dead fish litter Milford Harbor
Connecticut Post
... "It's a level that's lower than normal," he said. On Thursday afternoon, UConn station readings off the coast of Greenwich showed oxygen at only 2.4 ppm at the bottom. At the surface, near Bridgeport, the reading was 10.2. In windier, colder ...
So last week when I was up on the roof, watering the plants in the skybar, I noticed what looked like a branch moving around under the stream of water coming...

Greenwich Time
A regulation that allows only residents to park during the daytime on Idlewild Manor has been made permanent, despite complaints from a renter on the block about the rule's impact on family members and guests visiting her.
Does Prince Charles attract nutty women for his wives or does he drive them crazy post-marriage? That's the question we should be asking now that Camilla, re...

Wiscasset Tidal Plant
Wiscasset Newspaper
... publicity generated last year over plans to build a coal plant in Wiscasset. Proposed by National RE/sources of Greenwich, Conn., the project was stopped when townspeople voted not to raise the town's height limit. A grass-roots citizens' ...
Pollice blotter
Greenwich Time
Julia Plants, 41, of 25 Owenoke Way, Old Greenwich, turned herself in Wednesday night and was charged with failure to appear in court, according a police report.
Raymundo Reyes, 33, of 39 Meadow Street, Norwalk turned himself in to Greenwich Police Wednesday night and was released on $15,000 bond. He had been arrested in November 2002 for driving while intoxicated.
Both Reyes and Plants are due to appear in Superior Court in Stamford Sept. 5.

Greenwich Time
Fifty years ago, the Greenwich Council, Boy Scouts of America, signed a deed of ownership on 75 acres of backcountry forestland where it soon created a lake for campers to swim, canoe and fish in every summer.

Pipeline approved for water bottler
Sun Journal
... said Thursday that Nestle Waters North America's proposal meets permitting requirements. The company is based in Greenwich, Conn., and is part of Switzerland's Nestle SA. Regulators earlier decided the project isn't likely to harm surface or ...
To the editor:
I would like to clarify Neil Vigdor's account of the issues surrounding the potential removal of trees in Bruce Park.
As I explained to Mr. Vigdor when he called to inform me that trees were being posted with notices by the office of Bruce Spaman, the town's tree warden, we first discovered that several old specimens were diseased and declared to be at high risk last September when, in the course of researching the museum's renovation and expansion plans, our architects undertook an independent study of the health of the trees with the help of professional arborists from Bartlett Tree Research Laboratories.

Once we had this information, we were legally obliged to share it with the town, whose responsibility it is to monitor and maintain the trees in public spaces. The information was submitted to Mr. Spaman and reviewed with him on the museum's property last November.

By posting notices on the trees this week, it is assumed that Mr. Spaman concurred with the report and its recommendations. It therefore is incorrect to suggest that the museum requested or made an application for the trees' removal.

I might add that in our planning, we have taken the stewardship of the park very seriously and seek to save as many old, healthy trees as possible, proposing to replace diseased specimens with new plantings.
Our plans also call for environmentally responsible, "sustainable" building materials and practices. One need only visit the museum at the moment, when we have three interrelated shows on climate change, to appreciate the Bruce's ongoing commitment to nature and the environment.

Peter C. Sutton

Greenwich

The writer is the executive director of the Bruce Museum.
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Friday, August 29, 2008

08/29/08 Is Michael Bodson Parading Colin Gustafson Around With A Nose Ring?



Greenwich Time says......




Written By The
Board Of Education's Boy
Colin Gustafson


A variety of unresolved facilities issues - most of them easy to fix - are preventing the Hamilton Avenue School from receiving sign-offs from inspectors necessary for students to return to the building, the school board told parents last night.


Broken glass needs to be repaired, as well as cracks in some of the floor-level surfaces that must be patched. The secondary drainage system is not functioning properly. And there are concerns about the amount of back-up power for the emergency lighting system.


In addition, crews mistakenly installed the building's thermostats too high to be in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Yet another difficulty: The facility's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building for reasons that continue to elude members of the school's building committee.


Though relatively easy to fix, these issues are keeping the building from receiving a temporary certificate of occupancy from the town's Buildings Department, according to Michael Bodson, the school board's liason with the school's building committee.....


Whoa Whoa Whoa

Slow Down There Colin....


"The facility's heating, ventilation and air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building for reasons that continue to elude members of the school's building committee."


And This......


"Though relatively easy to fix, these issues are keeping the building from receiving a temporary certificate of occupancy from the town's Buildings Department....."


Hey Colin, we know your new to reporting on the failed school officials like Michael Bodson, but wasn't Hamilton Avenue school closed over air quality issues caused by mold?


Didn't air quality issues in the modular classroom buildings cause the unprecedented temporary classroom shutdown, that sent Hamilton Avenue School children to classrooms all over town?


Aren't the poor little children at Glenville School taking 45 minute bus trips, because the Hamilton Avenue School air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to all of the building?


Are Glenville School mothers and fathers forced to wait an hour or more to pick up their tired and stressed out children, because Frank Mazza and his band of idiots on the school building committee can't figure out why the Hamilton Avenue School air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building?


Wasn't Worth construction trying "it's Best" to get the Hamilton Avenue School air conditioning system working back in June and July of this year?


Did Worth Construction miss the August first, seventh and fifteenth deadlines to get only a "temporary" certificate of occupancy, that will allow children to go to school as construction continues, because the Hamilton Avenue School air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building?


Aren't Glenville Children going to be bused all over town until just before Halloween, because the Hamilton Avenue School heating, ventilation and air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building for reasons that continue to elude Frank Mazza and his band of idiots on the school's building committee?


Won't failed school administrators and failed school board members be coming to the BET and the RTM looking for another $250,000 to $500,000 to pay for busing Glenville students all over town because the Hamilton Avenue School heating, ventilation and air conditioning system isn't providing enough airflow to parts of the building for reasons that continue to elude Frank Mazza and his band of idiots on the school's building committee?


THIS IS A MINOR PROBLEM?


As usual Colin's incomplete and unbalanced reporting comes shining through, only Michael Bodson, the school board's liaison with the school's building committee, who has repeatedly misled school parents and tax payers is quoted in this amateurishly written story.


Why is Co;in to lazy to pick up the phone and get quotes and information from other persons, besides failed school administrators and the failed school board members that lead them.


Why can't Colin get quotes and information from......



  • Glenville and Hamilton Avenue Parents who have to watch their children suffer year after year.


  • BET and RTM members who are tired of shelling out millions on Frank Mazza's Building committee.


  • Town Of Greenwich Building Department Officials.


  • Independent construction managers and building ventilation experts


  • The single family homeowners who's tax bill goes up every year.


  • Etc, Etc, Etc,.....

This unsolved three month old problem that continues to shut down Hamilton Avenue School is only reported as a "minor problem", because Michael Bodson, the school board's liaison with the school's building committee is leading Colin Gustafson around with a nose ring.


Michael Bodson: "Say Mooooo Colin."


Colin Gustafson: "MOOOOOOOO!!!!!!"


Michael Bodson: "That's My Little Hieffer."


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08/29/08 Do You Think It Was A Big Mistake For The Greenwich Time To Fire Sarah? Do you think it's a good idea for Sarah's bolg to steal?






by Sarah Darer Littman


Seven years ago today, I made an attempt on my own life, and ended up in hospital. It was the worst time of my life, but it was the best thing that ever happened to me.


This evening, I was lying in the hammock (Reason # 6894759 to love The Webmeister), cuddled up with my puppy Benny, thinking about far I have come since that day seven years ago and thanking G-d for the gifts in my life today. My two wonderful children. A great relationship with a supportive guy. A lovable white fluffball to play with by day and curl up with at night. A career doing what I love, and on this very day, some great news that I hope to share very soon.


A new online project with some former colleagues at the Greenwich Time/Stamford Advocate called Our Greenwich that I'm really excited about. So much to be grateful for - including that most dreadful, horrible time, seven years ago; because if I hadn't gone through that, I wouldn't be here. Plus, the experiences in the hospital gave me a lot of material I used in writing PURGE, a book I feel so passionate about.


I'm so happy and grateful to be alive, to be here, to be in my life right now, waiting to watch Obama make his speech tonight, a historic moment mingling with my own moment of personal triumph.




It is great to see that Sara has survived and preveiled, but this Our Greenwich is certainly no Greenwich Time Killer.


The first posting is this hard hitting item .....




It’s Our Town - and there are just so many things to love about it. Tell us your 10 favorite things about living or working in Greenwich - or even visiting, if you’re reading this from farther afield.


To kick things off, we have Nicole Crosby of Cos Cob, who gave us the idea for fun feature.


My Greenwich Top Ten List - Nicole Crosby


(In no particular order)


A Pont-Neuf pastry from Versailles on the Avenue


Filling my red wagon at the May Gardener’s Market.....blah....blah.....blah


Is Our Greenwich trying to out fluff the Greenwich Time.




So far Our Greenwich actually makes the Greenwich Time look good.




I Actually Think That The New Greenwich Time Editor David Warner Is Rolling On The Floor And Laughing His Ass Off At.....








After Greenwich Time Publisher John M. Dunster fired Editor Joe Pisani. And David Warner was brought in to clean house. Joe Pisani and the unemployed ex-Greenwich Time staffers started telling anyone who would listen about how they were going to drive the Greenwich Time into the ground with a new killer web site.

They contacted a web master who wanted $25,000 to start, but Joe Pisani got some advertising job in the city and began writing for the Greenwich Post. The word is that a conference call with the $25,000 web master was set up and no former Greenwich Time employee showed up.

I hope to god that Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni did not spend $25,000 on Our Greenwich.

The Our Greenwich team blog kind of reminds one of the The Greenwich Blog which has not been updated for over two months.

I have been told that Chris from the StationStops blog might be the web master behind the Our Greenwich blog.

It does have his crisp and clean with no caffeine style.

Sarah Darer Littman does have a lot of bucks and maybe she forked $25,000 over to Chris at StationStops for this standard word press team blog.

Now that Greenwich Time editor David Warner has recuperated from laughing his ass off.

I will say that Greenwich Roundup wishes Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni all the best and hopefully they will stop blogging about "Pont-Neuf pastry" and "little red wagons" and get serious about issues that are effecting the single family homeowners of Greenwich.

All these years Greenwich Time reporters and columnists have been telling us that the corporate owners will not let them tell all about the powers that be in Greenwich.

Now that they are free of the corporate bullies they bring us "Pont-Neuf pastry" and "little red wagons".

No wonder Dunster and Warner got rid of Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni.

If the Our Greenwich blog doesn't start getting serious they will be buried by David Warner and the Greenwich Time.


It is actually very pathetic to see how uncreative the former Greenwich Time staffers are. For example, Joy Haenlein is calling her blog page

Old Greenwich Roundup.

No wonder David Warner cleaned house and got rid of these amateurish and unimaginative third and forth rate plagiarizing columnists who were washed up has beens.


MAYBE INSTEAD OF ASKING DO YOU THINK IT WAS A BIG MISTAKE FOR THE GREENWICH TIME TO FIRE SARA, MAYBE WE SHOULD BE ASKING IF WAS A BIG MISTAKE FOR SARA TO ASSIST. ENCOURAGE AND FINANCIALLY SUPPORT JOY'S THEFT OF INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. PLEASE SEE.......

08/29/08 Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni. Are Headed To Court
Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni. attempt to steal Old Greenwich Roundup Name And Concept On Their New Team Blog.It is actually very pathetic to see how uncreative the former Greenwich Time staffers are.


Joy Haenlein is calling her blog page Old Greenwich Roundup.


No wonder David Warner cleaned house and got rid of these amateurish and unimaginative third and forth rate plagiarizing columnists who were washed up has beens.


Each Roundup Media Site Is Tracked By Google Analytics,


And We Believe That Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman , Susie Costaregni And Their Associates Have Visited The Roundup Media Websites Multiple Times At Home And At Their Former Employers Computers.


Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman , Susie Costaregni and their associates working together to steal the Old Greenwich Roundup Blog name and Concept After Visiting Roundup Media Websites Is Going To Cost Each Of Them A Hell Of A Lot More Than The $25,000 They Had Initially Talked Of Investing In A Website/Team Blog.


Just As They Can Not STEAL The Greenwich Time Name, They Can Not Use The Greenwich Roundup, Old Greenwich Roundup Without Paying A Very High Legal Cost And Personal Judgement.


Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman and Susie Costaregni is the only persons using some Greenwich Time traditional design elements in their new blog.


These design elements might be considered proprietary and Hearst Media may not look favorably on former employees violating trademarked design elements.


Old Greenwich Roundup would remind Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman , Susie Costaregni and their associates that they are stealing this intellectual property as sole proprietors and not as members of a LLC or shareholders of a corporation or trust.


Old Greenwich Roundup and it's affiliated Roundup Media Websites demand that Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman , Susie Costaregni and their associates immediately cease and desist the theft of the name Old Greenwich Roundup and other intellectual property associated with the name or be prepared to loose your personal assets.


The Old Greenwich Roundup website / blog was backed up tonight in order to preserve previous posting as evidence for a potential lawsuit against Joe Pisani .John Ferris Robben ,Joy Haenlein ,Sarah Darer Littman , Susie Costaregni and there associates.


Some Our Greenwich web pages have been saved.


All Google Analytic Reports were downloaded for all of the Roundup Media Websites / Blogs for use as evidence.


Should The Legal Papers For

Joe Pisani And Company

Be Sent To

PO Box 201,

Cos Cob, CT 06807



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08/29/08 Greenwich News From Around The World


THE RAW GREENWICH


OVERNIGHT


NEWS FEED

Greenwich Time
A regulation that allows only residents to park during the daytime on Idlewild Manor has been made permanent, despite complaints from a renter on the block about the rule's impact on family members and guests visiting her.

Water Bottler Wins Approval For Pipeline In Mich.
WWUP-TV Cadillac
... Environmental Quality said Thursday that Nestle Waters North America's proposal meets permitting requirements. The Greenwich, Conn., company is part of Switzerland's Nestle SA. Regulators earlier decided the project isn't likely to harm surface or ...
reenwich ime
Fifty years ago, the Greenwich Council, Boy Scouts of America, signed a deed of ownership on 75 acres of backcountry forestland where it soon created a lake for campers to swim, canoe and fish in every summer.
Greenwich Post
The new school year might have launched yesterday, but Greenwich’s public school teachers were raring and ready to go much earlier.
Greenwich Time
Thanks to donors, the blood shortage in Connecticut is no longer at the critical level it reached last month. The Red Cross, however, is still urging residents to keep donating.
West Nile Infected Insects Found Locally
Greenwich Citizen
By PATRICIA McCORMACK Mosquitoes testing positive for West Nile Virus (WNV) in Greenwich and 19 other Connecticut towns are "beginning to concern me," ...
Greenwich Post
The State of Connecticut Mosquito Management Program notified Greenwich health officials yesterday that pools of mosquitoes trapped in Greenwich in the beginning of August have tested positive for West Nile Virus(WNV).

Gold gains for a third day
The Sydney Morning Herald
... foundation revealed in the details of the report,'' said Michael Darda, the chief economist at MKM Partners LP in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``With the G7 economies now slowing sharply, which threatens US exports, and stressed credit markets colliding ...
The Greenwich Post
Alan Golder, accused of being the infamous “Dinnertime Bandit,” was convicted on four counts Aug. 20 for allegedly breaking into several Greenwich homes in the late 1990s and stealing valuable jewelry.

The Closer: European agencies catching on
NY Daily News
... , Germany , is looking for a major New York City rollout over the next two years. With offices in Southampton , Greenwich, Conn. , Scarsdale, West Hartford , Providence, Cape Cod and Naples , Fla. , we're surprised it took them this long to get ...
Greenwich Post
Commuters waiting for the next train on the Fairfield station platform on a sunny Tuesday morning were approached by a tall man wearing a blue dress shirt, a tie and a smile.

The Bittersweet Legacy of a Rich Man's Looted Art
Forward
... collection is recounted in "Reclaimed," an exhibition catalog by Peter C. Sutton, director of the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Conn. The exhibition at the museum near the home of Goudstikker's heir, daughter-in-law Marei von Saher, runs through ...
Greenwch Post
60 Minutes is not just the longest prime time program in television history. It is also regarded as the pre-eminent news magazine on the air today and has been home to some of television’s most famous journalists such as Mike Wallace, Don Hewitt, Ed Bradley, Dan Rather and Christiane Amanpour.

St. Regis Sponsors Major Polo Tournament
Hotels
... Island and the St. Regis International Cup at Cowdray, St. Regis is participating in polo in Palm Beach, Florida, Greenwich, Connecticut and Bridgehampton, New York throughout 2008. St. Regis has partnered with longstanding polo-supporter and luxury ...
Greenwich Post
The modular classrooms have been declared safe and clean after mold was cleaned out during the summer, but some parents remain skeptical.
At a special parents meeting Tuesday evening, one day before school began, close to 50 Hamilton Avenue parents were assured by Superintendent of Schools Betty Sternberg and Bob Brown, director of industrial hygiene for Hygenix, that the classrooms are safe. Mr. Brown and Ty Tregellas of Turner Construction detailed how the classrooms were cleaned and what steps were taken to not only get rid of existing mold, but prevent it from recurring.

'Dinnertime Bandit' Convicted; Those Responsible Exult ( No Relish Here ) Greenwich Citizen
He called himself the "best second-story man in the business," but Alan Golder, dubbed the "Dinnertime Bandit" for allegedly robbing or attempting to rob more than 20 well-to-do Greenwich homeowners of their ...

Founder to Leave Eagle Hill in '09
Greenwich Citizen
... in Hardwick, Mass., and ran the summer camp for learning disabled children in the early '70s when a group of Greenwich parents invited him to start an Eagle School in Greenwich. "A number of Greenwich kids with learning disabilities came to the camp ...

Women's Well of Love Overflows in Tanzania
Greenwich Citizen
Old Greenwich resident Susan Rohrer is the co-founder of Children of Tanzania. Last month she visited the village of Meali in the East African country to assess needs and get a first-hand account of the ...

Himes campaigns at Saugatuck station
Westport Minuteman
... in the air, everyone seemed happy enough to shake the hand of the candidate. Himes, 42, an ex-Wall Streeter from Greenwich, is running on the Democratic ticket against Christopher Shays, the 11-term Republican. Himes recently easily defeated Lee ...

St. Regis Hotels and Resorts Honors the Regal History of Polo with...
Hotels
... Island and the St. Regis International Cup at Cowdray, St. Regis is participating in polo in Palm Beach, Florida, Greenwich, Connecticut and Bridgehampton, New York throughout 2008. St. Regis has partnered with longstanding polo-supporter and luxury ...

Race for the 4th - the last Republican standing
Minuteman
... Shays' $1.7 million. Both men will be well-financed for the upcoming battle. On Aug. 12, Himes handily beat fellow Greenwich resident Lee Whitnum in the Democratic primary. After that victory, Himes was quoted saying, ""We're all breathing a sigh of ...

State authorizes Nestle to steal more of your property
MichiganLiberal
... previously have determined the project isn't likely to adversely affect surface or groundwater resources. Greenwich, Conn.-based Nestle plans to withdraw 150 gallons per minute from an aquifer in the county 70 miles north of Grand Rapids. That is, ...

Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. Announces the Acquisition of the...
Earth Times
GREENWICH, Conn. - Urstadt Biddle Properties Inc. announced today that it has purchased the Veteran ' s Plaza Shopping Center in New Milford, Connecticut for $10.3 million.

Editors
Flying
... Mac has been based in Kansas City and Grand Haven, Michigan, before returning to the main office, then in Greenwich, Connecticut, to become editor in chief in 1990. Mac has logged more than 10,000 hours flying virtually every current ...

Sometimes you have to travel a long way to find yourself ...
The Brattleboro Reformer
... the price of one. "A Perfect Ganesh" is the funny and deeply moving story of two middle aged suburban women from Greenwich, Conn., traveling without their husbands for the first time, whose encounter with India shakes them and transforms the way ...

He Makes Human Life More Human
Alexandria Gazette-Packet
... University (where he was a Chaplain). Other stops included serving as chaplain at Ohio State, and as pastor in Greenwich, Connecticut and The American Church in London, England. While in London, Pera preached the first American Thanksgiving Day ...

Valet parking balloons in White Plains
The Journal News
... parking has become a big plus for the business district. "It's a great convenience," said William Struthers of Greenwich, Conn., who paid $5 to have his Lexus parked in the City Center garage while he and his wife dined at Legal Sea Foods on a ...

Adopt a dog (or cat) at annual family event
Journal News
... annual Puttin' On the Dog show and festival Sept. 21 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Roger Sherman Baldwin Park in Greenwich, Conn. The fundraiser for the organization, which runs a shelter in Armonk, will include dogs and cats available for ...

New adoption group to launch in the fall
Journal News
... share in the adoption experience. The group is being sponsored by Adoption Connection at Jewish Family Services of Greenwich, Conn. It will meet Oct. 20, Nov. 3 and Nov. 17 from 7:30 to 9 p.m. There will be an introductory session for parents only ...

Works of art, not just vehicles
The Gazette
... the memory of its lines into his brain. Twenty-five years later, Pray, by then a successful car dealer in tony Greenwich, Conn., bought the Delahaye from the estate of the first and only owner, an American who rescued the car after Paris fell to the ...

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Thursday, August 28, 2008

08/28/08 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feeds


Blogs About Greenwich Or Blogs

Written By People Who Live Or Work In Greenwich

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
Dems soar this last night of the DNC - There was Ike decendant Susan Eisenhower's saying she's now registered as an Independent. There were also real people like delegate Barney Smith who declared...

The Blonde Excuse
What I'm Up To - Sorry I haven't been around lately, but I still need to get my computer up and running again. Right now, Brent is visiting for a few days so I won't have tim...

Greenwich Diva
McCain says to Americans: you can’t do the job - McCain offers $50.00 an hr to anyone who would pick lettuce, not because he wants to help the economy, but as a dare. Yes, my fellow Americans, Senator Jo...
5 hours ago

Rock Star Diary
Goodbye Tim party at M Shangai's Den - The Brothers/Brothers threw a send-off bash for one of their very own, Tim, on Friday night in M Shangai's Den. Darren: Tim in a " I leaf NY" T-shirt that Da...

Exit 55
No...I Haven't Forgotten About Football - With all the talk of doing Renegades baseball (speaking of which, I did the Oneonta roadtrip, and still have a few more games to call), I'm sure a few of ...

The Daily Spurgeon
God will honor faith - [image: evening sunshine] Dear friends, those believers who have learned most to live by faith, possess the richest part of the land of promise. Other beli...

Tribune Company's Greenwich News Feed
Water bottler wins approval for pipeline in Mich. - A water bottling company has won state approval to finish a well and pipeline in Osceola County. The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality said Thur...

Greenwich News
Founder to Leave Eagle Hill in '09 - Eagle Hill School's founding headmaster, Dr. Mark Griffin, will leave the $50,000-a-year tuition school for the learning disabled at the end or June, com...

Greenwich Forum
At Glenville, more frustration - Greenwich Time - 9 Comments, last updated on Thursday Aug 28 by Board of Ed Meeting

The Perrot Memorial Library Blog
LiveMocha.com: Free Online Language Learning Community - Since Rosetta Stone is no longer offering its service to libraries, we thought we'd share another neat language learning site that we found: Livemocha.com ...

Greenwich Roundup
08/27/08 GREENWICH ROUNDUP READER RESPONDS: Greenwich School's Test Scores - See how the Greenwich School's rank against the other schools in the state on standardized test's at www.schooldigger.com and post the results on The Green...

Greenwich Library Today's Events
Baby Lapsit Registration - *When:* Thursday August 28th, 2008 - All Day Open enrollment begins August 18 for Baby Lapsit for infants up to 12 months with a caregiver. Five-week Fall ...

Saramerica
Nice one, Bill - There were times during the primary season where I thought Bill Clinton was losing his marbles. But the guy was right on tonight. Great speech, delivered w...


These Blogs Are Temporarily AWOL or MIA:

For What It's Worth
- Gone Fishing Back Friday - please check in then. Thanks!
2 days ago

Greenwich Gossip
The Yellowwich Time Can't Speak English - Today's headline in the local rag, AKA *Yellowwich Time*, shows us all just how pathetic they really are: *Cops relish in Golder verdict* So there you hav...
6 days ago

The Greenwich Blog
Double Exposure: Aerial Photographs of Glaciers Then and Now. July 12, 2008 - October 26, 2008 - An exhibition of paired large-format photographs of mountains and glaciers, recorded in the early to mid-1900s and again from 2005 to 2007, that document t...
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08/28/08 Greenwich Time News Links For Thursday (Updated After School Let Out)


Someone Get Some Traffic Cops Over Here

Glenville Gridlock: Bus drivers, can't legally pull into the parking lot because it's private property, so they're forced to stop at the corner for several minutes at a time, causing traffic snarls behind them.


TOP STORY

HEADLIMES:

The Glenville Nightmare As Officially Began, But Don't Worry Frank Mazza Is In Charde Of The Renovation

Failed School Administrators Enjoy Heafty Pay Increases As Glenville Families Are Forced To Suffer
Some Glenville parents waiting over an hour for their children who are forced to take a 45 minute plus bus ride.

Glenville PTA LEADERS Sound Like A Broken Record As They Keep Saying They Are Trying To ONLY See The Bright Side Of The Situation Created By Their Failed Aministrative Pals

QUOTE:

What if it's raining, and we're stuck out here?" Glenville mother Terry Hoff asked yesterday afternoon while waiting for her child to arrive. "I've been out here so long, I'm worried about getting fired for taking so much time,"
"We are turning our lemons into lemonade !!!!!!!," said the Glenville PTA Leaders, as they let their Board Of Education friends and failed school leaders off the hook,"Our small children are tough enough to handle being dispersed all over town. RAH, RAH, RAH, Goooo Gators, Goooo Gators !!!!!!"


THE STORY:




By Colin Gustafson


Staff Writer
Article Launched: 08/28/2008 07:52:12 AM


Glenville School parents voiced frustration and resignation yesterday as they sent their kids off by bus to one of four different schools on the first day of the new school year.

Much of that sentiment arose from where they'd been forced to stage the send-off - the parking lot of the neighborhood's Stop & Shop supermarket.
Under a modified route, school buses are now stopping outside the store's parking lot, near Glenville Road, to deliver students to Parkway, Julian Curtiss, Cos Cob and Western Middle schools.

Already there have been a few complications with the new route, which will likely remain in effect until renovations are complete at Glenville's aging school building just a few blocks away from the stop....


More From The
Colin Gustafson




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After a summer of fun, most North Mianus School students were hard-pressed to remember any of the lyrics to their school-sprit anthem during a sing-a-long at opening convocation yesterday.


But when their music teacher (and sing-a-long conductor) Robin Chenot got to the closing lines of the song - typically punctuated by a fist-pumping "Yeah!" - hundreds of arms shot into the air and even more voices chimed in.

"Well, at least we got that part right," Chenot mused.
With that, the 2008-09 school year got off to a rousing start at the Riverside elementary school's gymnasium ...

....This year, Western's roughly 530 students will share their school with hundreds of Hamilton Avenue elementary students, who are occupying the middle school's modular classrooms, as well as with fourth- and fifth-graders of Glenville School, who will be sharing classroom space. Both Glenville and Hamilton Avenue schools are currently undergoing renovations.

That influx comes in addition to the dozens of fresh faces entering Western's sixth grade this year....

You Wont Read This
Signifigant Fact In The,
Board Of Education's Boy,
Colin Gustafson's Article

There Will Be A Board of Education Meeting
Tonight At 7 pm In The Parkway School.
If Glenville parents want to fix the mess that failed school administrators have made, then they had better show up and demand action.
Glenville Parents Are
Wondering Why,
Colin Gustafson Did Not Give Them
A Heads Up About
The Board Of Ed Meeting?????
Will Greenwich Police Officers Be Sent Out Tommorow Morning To Ease The Glenville Gridlock Problem?

MORE FROM THE GREENWICH TIME:

Witherell gets $50G following review of grants

First Selectman Peter Tesei awarded a grant to the Nathaniel Witherell nursing home after a controversy arose last month over funding distribution among nonprofits....

Bruce looks to fell century-old trees

The Bruce Museum, which sits on public parkland, is requesting the town's approval to cut down several trees as part of an expansion plan.

Police blotter

Natalie Miller, 27, of 219 Valley Road, Cos Cob, was arrested early Tuesday morning and charged with driving under the influence during a motor vehicle stop on East Putnam Avenue, according to a police report.....

....A Fairfield man was arrested by warrant for third-degree larceny after an early morning scuffle outside the Bulldog Cafe on River Road Extension, according to a police report.

Frank Porretti, 36, of 24 Chestnut St., Fairfield, and Zachary A. Casey, 25, of 30 Nicholas Ave., were arrested early Monday morning and charged with breach of peace in connection with the alleged fight, according to a police report.

A computer check revealed a Monroe warrant on the larceny charge for Porretti, according to the report.

Porretti's girlfriend told police Porretti and Casey fought after Casey heckled her boyfriend as he was arguing with her outside the restaurant, according to the report....

Red Cross still wants blood donations

Thanks to donors, the blood shortage in Connecticut is no longer at the critical level it reached last month.

Local control of school calendars

Wow, that was quick. No doubt that's what many parents - and even more kids - are saying this week as they say goodbye to summer and, alas, hello to another school year.

No to Lieberman

To the editor:

No, no and no!

For Sen. John McCain to even consider Connecticut's Joe Lieberman, an independent, to run on the Republican ticket for vice president is ludicrous.
Sen. Lieberman, who has a clear, irrefutable record as being pro-choice, belives also in big government to solve ballooning American domestic problems. This pompous politician is not a Republican!

And to select Sen. Lieberman to speak at the Republican convention is an affront to conservative Republicans. The specter, the irony, of Lieberman even showing up at the convention in prime time is a disservice to enrolled Repbulicans who cherish family values as the cornerstone of their beliefs.

Lieberman is no "bipartisanship" grand bargain. His DNA has showboating written all over it!

William J. Kaina
Riverside


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08/27/08 GREENWICH ROUNDUP READER RESPONDS: Greenwich School's Test Scores

See how the Greenwich School's rank against the other schools in the state on standardized test's at www.schooldigger.com and post the results on The Greenwich Roundup, should make for some interesting reading!

Regards,

Robert E. Fiala
rfiala@snet.net

Someone Should Get These Results To The
Board Of Education's Boy
Greenwich Time Reporter Colin Gustafson

Greenwich High School

43rd (of 166 public high schools)

Type: Regular school

Status: Operational

Locale: Urban fringe of a mid-size city

Total Students(2005 - 2006*): 2140

Fulltime teachers: 181.7

Student/Teacher Ratio: 11.8

Eligible for discounted/free lunch: 176 ( 8 %)

Am. Indian/Alaska Native: 0 ( 0 %)

Asian/Pacific Islander: 154 ( 7 %)

Hispanic: 263 ( 12 %)

African American: 84 ( 4 %)

White: 1639 ( 77 %)

Unspecified: 0 ( 0 %)

* This is the most current data available from the U.S. Dept of Education


And Things Have Only Gotten Worse Since The

2005 -2006 School Year !!!


Please notice how families started leaving the Greenwich Public Schools.

In 2005 there were 2,692 students and in

2006 there were only 2140 students.

The number of students enrolled has

went down every year since then.
Families with the ability to pay have been paying for private schools and minority students are dropping out in record numbers.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

08/27/08 Steve Cross concern with price point and flexibility in today's economic atmosphere is evident on the menu


Chef Devon Brown holds the Black Angus meatloaf at The Cabin Restaurant in Greenburgh.

(Tania Savayan/The Journal News)



By Judith Hausman

Journal News

If you've been around Westchester anytime in the last 60 years, you likely know about The Cabin: that old-fashioned, family-run restaurant at the corner of Routes 100, 100A and 100C in Greenburgh, with wood paneling and a menu that covered everything from burgers to eggplant Parmesan to Cajun catfish.

When it closed in 2006, it was to the cries of regulars who had been dining there for decades. Literally. Former owner Jody Bassett - who was hired as a waitress at age 19 and married the son of the boss - wiped a tear from her eye when remembering some of the old times. "That's a tearjerker," she told The Journal News when the restaurant closed.

So you can imagine the pressure Steve Cross is under. He's only the second owner since 1937, and because he has completely restored the restaurant, from the log walls to the stonework, he's got quite a number of people's expectations and memories to contend with.....

... affordable, a little bit of an experience,' says Cross, who is also the owner of Striped Bass in Tarrytown and of Greenwich Lobster House in Greenwich, Conn. 'And nothing on the menu will ever be over $20.' His concern with price point and ...

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