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Sunday, September 14, 2008

09/14/08 Greenwich Time Rehasheshes Old Stories While Ignoring The Snall Children Of Hamilton Avenue School




Behind The Times:

Greenwich Time Editor David Warner Is Still Clueless About School Board Member Michael Bodson's Hamilton Avenue School Email Concerning Mold

Please See Greenwich Post Story:


The Greenwich Time Would Rather Rehash A Report About A Church Using Dr. Seuess. Instead Of Reporting About Poor Disadvataged Children Who Have A New School That Is Leaking.
Doctor Betty Seuss
Green Mold And Ham Ave


I do not like mold in a box.
I do not like mold with a fox.
I do not like mold here.
I do not like mold anywhere.
I do not like it to leak at the old Ham Ave School.
I do not like mold here.
I do not like mold anywhere.
I do not like mold with a leak in the modular Classroom.
I do not like mold here.
I do not like mold anywhere.
I do not like mold here in the 30 Million Dollar School.
I do not like mold here.
I do not like mold anywhere.
I do not like green mold at Ham. Ave
You have been repeatedly told
I do not like mold, Doctor Betty-I-am...

Church offers Seuss program

By Meredith Blake
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/14/2008 02:31:26 AM

Ephriam Tice just turned 2 in August and already knows how to say, "Cat in the Hat." "He's familiar with all the characters in that book," his mother Jennifer Tice said.

Dr. Seuss to spruce up sermons

By Debra Friedman
Staff Writer
Article Launched: 09/02/2008 08:07:18

Dr. Seuss characters will be popping into town this September to mark the Second Congregational Church's annual homecoming festivities, which mark the end of summer vacations and the beginning of full attendance at services. ......People are away a lot of the summer in Greenwich so it's a nice way to start the church school year," said Hanson.Last year the church marked homecoming festivities with Walt Disney-inspired themes. Constantine, who once worked for Walt Disney, also wrote the music for that event.To reserve a spot at the lunch, or to receive more information about the events, contact the church office manager at (203) 869-9311, ext. 120.

The Greenwich Time Continues to rehash old stories:

Shays, Himes rake in corporate campaign contributions

WASHINGTON - In the 4th Congressional District money race, Republican Christopher Shays and Democrat Jim Himes have relied largely on Wall Street heavyweights to build massive campaign treasuries

Grad makes road trip for PBS

Greenwich native Nicole Daddona won't be the first 22-year-old to embark on a cross-country road trip with her best friends after graduating from college

Krumeich kicks-off

Standing outside the Greenwich Avenue building that formerly housed his grandfather's Greenwich Produce Co.


Knot this time: Brunswick battles Taft to scoreless tie in opener

The formula for the Brunswick School's soccer team has never been all that complex. Actually, it sounds quite simple.

Mortgage giant bailout could boost real estate market

The federal government's recent bailout of mortgage companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac will give a boost to the region's home-buying market, area real experts said.

Here is what Greenwich Roundup's Local Real Estate says:

A Home Run? Local real estate columnists seem to to ...

think that the federal salvage of Fannie Mae is going to save our industry. I disagree. Look, people will always need housing and Greenwich will, at least until the School Board finishes destroying our educational system, continue to be an attractive place to live, so we're not going to see Fargo, North Dakota prices here in town - I hope. But the Fed's action is a huge admission that the mortgage business is in deep, deep trouble. One reader of this blog has commented (and if you're not reading the comments, you're missing much more wisdom than you'll find in these primary postings) that we have $11 trillion in mortgage liability outstanding and something like $600 BILLION (corrected by reader) backing it up. That's not encouraging. We'll all survive, and I continue to believe that buying a house now at the right price will prove a great investment a few years from now, but federal intervention in the lending market is a sign of desperate times, not a ray of sunshine; in my opinion.

By the way - it's been a while since I ticked off Franklin Bloomer, head of our Land Use Commission and chief of silliness for the Floor Area Ratio regulations. He wasn't pleased when I reported that he'd torn down his house in Riverside and replaced it with a Westy's self-storage center as reparation for denying Greenwich residents the use of their attics, and I just realized that he's still wrong, and still in office. So here's my vote for his well-deserved retirement. Perhaps he can start a hedge fund.

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Saturday, September 13, 2008

09/13/08 Solar Power At Greenwich Academy




Rocky Hill, Conn., September 11, 2008– The Connecticut Clean Energy Fund (CCEF) today announced that the Greenwich Academy solar photovoltaic (PV) array it helped to fund is installed and successfully operating. The 27.6-kilowatt array ...




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09/13/08 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed For Saturday

Today's Featured Greenwich Blog From Pastor Nick Uva
At Harvestime Church On King Street






You see the lion creeping through the thicket full of cunning; but sheep have none. “Poor, simple sheep,” we say; and God’s people are a simple people. Like Nathaniel of old, we may say of them, “Behold an Israelite indeed in whom is no guile.” Those who are crafty and cunning, betray but very little of the spirit of Jesus. Jesus was no dupe for knaves, but at the same time, a fool was safe in his hands; and so with the Christian, he is not to be so foolish as to be the prey of every deceiver, but he is to be so generous that the most foolish shall never be wronged, or have advantage taken of them by him. The lambs bear this character as well as the sheep; they, too know no guile.From a sermon entitled "The Lambs And Their Shepherd," delivered November 15, 1863.

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A friend with reliable sources has given me very bad news concerning Sally O'Brien. I won't pass it along in the hope it's false but her friends might want to make inquiries ...

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The Blonde Excuse
Boston - Sorry I haven't updated pictures in a little while. I'd like to give a better explanation, but I'm in a big hurry to leave my house because Brent and I are g...
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Greenwich Diva
Senator Ted Stevens lawyers got Federal Prosecutor Brenda Morris really pissed off. Ms Morris says “Just because he has ‘U.S Senator’ in front of his name doesn’t mean we have to drink from the fire hose every time they call” - JESSE J. HOLLAND AP News Sep 12, 2008 16:10 EST Testy lawyers on Friday battled over what to call Sen. Ted Stevens’ house, what pictures jurors will see o...
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Exit 55
Greenwich 47, Bridgeport Central 13 - The title says it all. It was 14-13 Central at one point in the second quarter after the Cardinals had taken a 13-0 lead. Eric Camacho scored three times -...
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Tribune Company's Greenwich News Feed
State Fights FAA Traffic Plan - The state attorney general and other officials in four Northeastern states have asked a federal court to halt a new air traffic plan for the region, citing...
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Greenwich Library Today's Events
Baby Lapsit Registration - *When:* Saturday September 13th, 2008 - All Day Open enrollment begins August 18 for Baby Lapsit for infants up to 12 months with a caregiver. Five-week Fa...
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Greenwich News
'Sleepy' driver charged with DWI in White Plains - Tapping on the window didn't work. Neither did opening the car door and tapping on his shoulder.
17 hours ago

Ed's First Blog
The 2008 HOWL! Festival (Part Two) - Above, you can see the "temperance" arch where festival personnel encoraged people attending to partake in giving "spontaneous" poems and commentaries. ...

And:

The 2008 HOWL! Festival (Part One)

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Rock Star Diary
World Famous DJ Jorge Castillo's Birthday Bash - Late last month our hero and favorite muse, World Famous DJ Jorge Castillo, celebrated his birthday bash at Saint's & Sinners in Los Angeles. He decided to h...
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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
But, I do want to forget 9/11 - Some columnists are decrying that there isn't as yet a 9/11 official Memorial in Manhattan. Maybe there isn't because we prefer to forget than remember. If w...
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The Perrot Memorial Library Blog
Awesome Tree Contest - The Greenwich Tree Conservancy and the Town of Greenwich is sponsoring an "Awesome Tree Contest" in collaboration with Garden Education Center, Bruce Mus...
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The more things change, the more they remain McSame - As an author of books for teens, I’m a firm believer that fiction can help young people work through feelings and situations without having to experience t...
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Greenwich Gossip
"Greenwich is not under marshal law" - The local rag, AKA *Yellowwich Time*, strikes again. Today's front page carries the blooper that adorns today's blog title. Further proof, if any were need...
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Greenwich Guy
The Left Attacks - So now the Left Wing wackos like Greenwich Diva are suggesting that Sarah Palin is the grandmother of Trig, her youngest child, suggesting that she is cove...
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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...
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T-shirt Talk - Welcome to the world of talking on T-shirts Keep checking back for new T-shirt philosophy and tell us your thoughts in the comments.
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Move of the Holy Spirit in Salem, Massachusetts - I've just become aware of a move in Salem, Mass. with claimed healings. Meetings are being held at Wesley United Methodist Church, 8 North Street in Salem....
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Sarah Darer Littman - It's My Life and I'll Blog If I Want To

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09/13/08 The Undisputed News Champion: No One Has More Greenwich News Than Greenwich Roundup!!!!


BIG SCREEN:
“Space Chimps” plays at the Pleasant Valley Drive-In.





New York Times


WHEN Thomas Intrier searched the Internet for an outdoor movie theater, he came across the Pleasant Valley Drive-In. Just a bend-in-the road in the state’s northwest corner, it was a two-hour drive from his Greenwich home. But for Mr. Intrier, 49, the trek was worth it to share a slice of Americana with his children.


Drive-ins, an American institution that turned 75 this year, are fewer and farther between these days. Yet, outdoor theater fans — spurred by nostalgia and pining for the past — are willing to travel the distance to experience what seems destined to go the way of carhops.


“I wanted my kids to have the same experience I did as a kid, because I know the drive-in may not be around for long,” Mr. Intrier said. “There are fewer and fewer of them.”
In the back seat, his three children, dressed in pajamas, popped in and out of the sunroof like a trio of prairie dogs.


As dusk crept over the grassy lot, a steady stream of S.U.V.s, minivans and pickups rumbled in, holding legions of children with sleeping bags and pillows. They would be up late watching “Space Chimps” followed by “The Dark Knight.”


Within a half-hour the place was packed, and a tailgate party ensued, with adults unpacking coolers, unfolding lawn chairs and unfurling blankets. Under the screen tower, a rag-tag group of young boys ran wild. Smudge pots kept away the mosquitoes.


Young and old converged here for the same reason, and it wasn’t just for the hot dogs and a double feature.


These Stories Are Not On The Greenwich Citizen, Greenwich Post Or The Greenwich Time's "So-Called" News Websites Today.


Maybe they will go up on Sunday, Monday Or Maybe Never Appear At The Other "So-Called" Greenwich News Websites.






Darien Times


Greenwich did a great job with an outstanding effort,” Wave long-time coach Laurie LaRusso reportedly said. “As far as the streak is concerned, ...




Danbury News Times


He is employed at Nestle Waters North America in Greenwich. After a wedding trip cruise to Belize, Honduras and Cozumel and a resort in Mazatlan, ...




WTNH


History Program at the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Greenwich, Connecticut, where she organized the school's symposium on Educating Women for Peace. ...




Darien Times


... Greenwich High School, Hillside Road; • 9 to 2 on Oct. 4, , ...




SunJournal.com, ME


Ironically, Mary probably would have contributed more to the world by putting on yet another charity luncheon at her Greenwich mansion....




Hartford Courant


This year, the opponent, Himes, is a well-financed Greenwich executive, a former Goldman Sachs banker who attended Harvard and is a Rhodes Scholar. ...




Lower Hudson Journal news


It has real intimacy, almost like a coffeehouse - that old Greenwich Village coffeehouse vibe. The audience is always very attentive. ...




Connecticut Post


GREENWICH — So much can change in seven years, but in the world of FCIAC girls volleyball there has been one constant over that time — Darien did not lose. ...




NJ.com


Reliever Scott Schoeneweis visited the injured Wagner -- who is recuperating from Tommy John surgery -- Friday at his home in Greenwich, Conn., ...




The Associated Press


The Connecticut towns involved in the new legal brief include New Canaan, Greenwich, Redding and Westport. Other plaintiffs include Rockland County, NY; ...




AMTOnline.com, MD


Greenwich, CT Greenwich AeroGroup, Inc. today announced that effective immediately Gerald Goguen has been named Executive Vice ...




Hartford Courant


He began his career as an assistant at Tamarack CC in Greenwich before going to Pine Valley, where he has worked with members of the high school teams at ...




Power Finance and Risk


Bank of America, Deutsche Bank and RBS Greenwich Capital were joint-bookrunning managers of the company's debut $500 million bond issue in 10-year notes, ...


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09/13/08 The Raw Grenwich Business News Feed For Saturday




Kansas.com

A judge has given the makers of Hostess Twinkies an additional four months to work out a new plan for exiting four years of bankruptcy.

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Jerry Venters on Friday approved Interstate Bakeries Corp.' s motion to extend the deadline of its debtor-in-possession financing package to Feb. 9. The judge also agreed to let the Kansas City-based company borrow an additional $79 million under the financing arrangement.

Attorneys for Interstate Bakeries say the company is close to working out an arrangement in which New York-based Ripplewood Holdings and Greenwich, Conn.-based Silver Point Finance will provide the company with money to operate after leaving bankruptcy.

In a news release, Interstate Bakeries said a group including Ripplewood and Silver Point would provide a total of $469 million for a reorganized Interstate Bakeries...


Journal News


Woodard & Curran, White Plains, an engineering, science and operations company, has announced the following promotions: Jason Eisenhuth, Greenwich, Conn., to regulatory specialist ........


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09/13/08 Greenwich Time News Links For Saturday




Behind The Times:


Greenwich Time Editor David Warner Is Still Clueless About School Board Member Michael Bodson's Hamilton Avenue School Email Concerning Mold


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Firefighter Rob Despres, left, and Lt. Lester Gilman, on truck, test a dry hydrant at the Ernest Seton Thompson Boy Scout Reservation in June 2007. The town is investing in more dry hydrants and cisterns to provide water to fight fires in the backcountry.

(Greenwich Time Photo)



water supply to fight firesThe fire department has completed phase one of a five-year project aimed at building an extensive system of dry hydrants and underground cisterns to help firefighters tap into water sources in dry areas of the backcountry, officials said

Fire Inspector John Fronio said six new dry hydrantswere put into place as of August with plans for more in the works....

..."If the town spends a million dollars in the next 10 years for all this dry hydrant work, and we can save one life, don't you think it's worth it?" said Fronio.

"The basic ingredient for firefighting is water, and we are at a loss without it," said Kick. "These hydrants drastically improve our firefighters' effort in the backcountry."


Attorney General Richard Blumenthal has scheduled a meeting in Wilton Monday to outline details of a lawsuit against the Federal Aviation Administration over its flight path redesign plan.
The state and a coalition of towns and cities are asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit to order the FAA to redesign a new flight plan that would reroute some takeoff and landing patterns for Westchester County and LaGuardia airports over lower Fairfield County....

...That report also found that the FAA took the proper steps to educate the public about the plan and "acted reasonably in not analyzing the indirect environmental effects of potential growth" resulting from the new routes.

The meeting will be held at the Wilton Library and is to start at 7:30 p.m.

Skip Potts, 29, trekked through the Greenwich area Thursday as part of a cross-country walk to draw attention to what he calls educational inequality in this country.

"A lot of schools are under-resourced, they don't have funding, they don't get the attention that they need," Potts said. "I think people are aware of the problem with public education, but it's happening in a lot of places where they never go."

Potts, a California native, said he was always interested in seeing the country and felt there was no better way than to walk it. Once he decided to make the trip from Boston to Los Angeles, he felt it was a good opportunity to bring attention to education....

...The most he has walked in a day so far is 54 miles - an accomplishment that left him feeling sore and exhausted, Potts said. The experience of that day, however, served as a metaphor for what he is walking for, he said.

"All day people were passing me in cars. They can do the same trip in under an hour, and for me it's a great accomplishment," he said.

"I feel like I am someone in a car. I've gotten all the tools that you get from education, and all the benefits, but for a lot of kids who don't get a quality education, just learning to read is like walking the 54 miles."

Before Potts began his walk, he applied to form a charity called People for Educational Equality (PFEE). He hopes his walk will raise money for the charity to initiate and grow programs for schools in need.

For more information on Potts' walk and the charity, visit http://www.pfee.org/ .


By Colleen Flaherty Staff Writer At just over a half-mile long, Greenwich Avenue now boasts eight different construction sites - a fact that many residents and merchants couldn't care less about but leaves some fuming.

Smaller projects are the least controversial.

Melissa Pignatelli, sales associate at Claire's at 344 Greenwich Ave., said the yellow scaffolding outside her building has been up since she started working there last week. But she didn't think it was affecting customer foot traffic. The scaffolding extended to Katzenberg's Express next door, which wasn't hurting for business at lunchtime Tuesday; customers were walking in and out while several babies gnawed on bagels in the window.

Betsy Mitchell, behind the desk at the Christian Science Reading Room, also was unfazed by the scaffolding in her storefront.....

...Further up the Avenue, directing traffic at West Elm Street, Police Officer Peter Silberheisen, reflected on its longest standing construction project, what used to be Da Vinci's Ristorante, which is slated to become a bank. The construction site extends into the sidewalk and forces pedestrians into a narrow scaffolded sidewalk.

"The way it's set up, it's tight for pedestrians," said Silberheisen. "But they keep it clean and and pretty free and open. If people are complaining about it, it's because it's an eyesore more than anything else."

Isack Achunov, owner of Jewelry by Rose, two stores up from the site, said he couldn't be more wrong.

"Of course it affects our business, like her," he said, pointing to a woman walking in the street past his store, presumably to avoid walking under the scaffolding. "At first they said it would be a year, and now it's a year and a half."

Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Donald Heller said that such projects must be completed within three years of his body's approval.

But, said Achunov, the bank will continue to negatively affect business once it opens, as banks don't generate foot traffic.

"We need some retail," he said. "We don't need more banks. Banks should go on the side streets." ...


The doubters will tell you that between the injuries, the tough schedule and the graduation of last season's star-studded senior class, the perennial powerhouse Greenwich Cardinals are due to fly south in the standings this year.

A panel of deal makers said Friday that mergers and acquisitions still are taking place, but lenders are being more cautious because of the lagging economy.
Pravin G. Dalvi, 27, of 60 Strawberry Hill Ave., Stamford, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence early Friday morning, police said.

Dalvi was observed driving erratically while heading east on Ritch Avenue near Byram Shore Road at 3 a.m., according to a police report.

Officers detected an odor of alcohol on Dalvi's breath and he failed a series of sobriety tests, police said. Dalvi was taken to the Greenwich Police Department, where he was charged and released to the care of a friend after posting a $250 bond, police said.

He was scheduled to appear Friday in state Su perior Court in Stamford, according to the report.

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Nikolla Syla, 30, of 109 Tresser Blvd., Stamford, was arrested and charged with simple trespass and disorderly conduct after police received a report of a prowler at a Porchuck Road home Wednesday night, according to a police report.

Officers arrived at 54 Porchuck Road around 8:30 p.m. to find Syla near the location, police said. Syla admitted to being at 54 Porchuck Road and an investigation determined he had been looking in the back window of the home, police said. He was placed under arrest and charged, police said.

Syla was unable to post his $1,000 bond, according to the report. Information on Syla's court date was unavailable.

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James A. Bonaventura, 51, of 7 Willowmere Ave., Riverside, was arrested and charged with driving under the influence Wednesday morning following a motor vehicle stop on East Putnam Avenue, police said.

The suspect was initially stopped for disobeying a steady red traffic signal, but the officer observed Bonaventura with bloodshot, watery eyes, according to the police report. Bonaventura failed a field sobriety test at the scene, police said.

Bonaventura was also charged with failure to obey a steady red signal, police said.
Bonaventura was released on a $250 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Sept. 17, according to police.

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Robert Fraser, 23, of 342 North Ave., New Rochelle, N.Y., was arrested at a post office at 310 Greenwich Ave. on Wednesday afternoon and charged with first-degree forgery, third-degree larceny and criminal attempt related to bad checks, police said.

Police responded to the post office after learning a man had attempted to cash forged money orders, police said. Upon arrival, police located the suspect and took him into custody, police said.
Fraser attempted to cash three postal money orders in the amount of $970. 35, police said. He was released on a $200 cash bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Sept. 16, police said.

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Police arrested two Bronx, N.Y., men Wednesday afternoon after they attempted to obtain a $2,400 cash advance at the Chase Bank on Sound Beach Avenue using a fraudulent Visa card, according to a police report.

Robert Henderson, of 2001 Hermany Ave., and Jamal Anderson, of 1600 Rosavelt Ave., received multiple charges as a result of the incident, police said.

The arrest was made after a personal banker approached an officer, who was directing traffic, to inform him that Henderson had approached the counter attempting to receive the funds, police said. The bank employee said that the bank had received a fraud alert from another bank in Westchester County, N.Y., of a similar incident that day, police said. The suspect, who was described as a tall male wearing a blue baseball cap, became nervous as the employee began to grow suspicious of him and quickly left the bank, police said.

As the bank employee and the officer spoke, they noticed the suspect walking quickly down Sound Beach Avenue, police said. The officer followed the suspect into the parking lot of 280 Sound Beach Ave., where the suspect was observed getting into a gray Toyota Avalon with New York registration, driven by Anderson, police said. The officer ordered Anderson to stop and obtained his New Jersey driver's license, according to the police report.

A check revealed Anderson had provided a fraudulent identification card and later provided his correct name, police said. Police also seized an expandable metal baton from the trunk of the car, according to the police report.

Henderson was charged with third-degree larceny, third-degree conspiracy to commit larceny and weapons in a motor vehicle, police said. He appeared in court Thursday and is being held on a $25,000 bond, police said.

Anderson was charged with third-degree larceny, second-degree forgery and criminal impersonation. Information on his bond and court date was not available Thursday evening.
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Friday, September 12, 2008

09/12/08 A Community Event Featured On Our Greenwich




Get yourself some bargains, and support the Cos Cob Firehouse while you’re at it, at the annual Cos Cob Flea Market, this Sunday, September 14th. Event takes place rain or shine. For information call: 661-6591 or 327-4216.....


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09/12/08 The Inept Greenwich Time Has Created A Lot Of Greenwich Bloggers Over The Years: Greenwich Gossip, Greenwich Diva, Sarah Littman, etc.,etc.


I enjoy reading your blog, keep up the good work.

I enjoy when you blast the newspapers for not telling what's really happening in Greenwich.

I was one of the three ladies involved in the beach incident a few years back and Neil Vigor from the Greenwich Time did not tell what really happened. So, when you write about how inept he is, I get it.

Claudette Rothman

Greenwich Diva
Comment:
Greenwich taxpayers have been waiting seven months for the inept Niel Vidgor to publish those fake Old Greenwich beach passes he is sitting on.
Neil's job at the Greenwich Time is to protect the well connected of Greenwich from being charged with a felony rap of counterfeiting.
The Inept Neil Vidgor has a tendency to comfort the comfortable and to afflict the afficted.
Sincerely,
Greenwich Roundup

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09/12/08 The Greenwich Citizen, the Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Time miss a lot of news stories that mention Greenwich


THE RAW GREENWICH NEWS FEED......

'Sleepy' driver charged with DWI in White Plains


The Journal News


WHITE PLAINS - Tapping on the window didn't work. Neither did opening the car door and tapping on his shoulder.


In the end, it took two cops to awaken 42-year-old Vladimir Ampuero so that he could be arrested on a drunk-driving charge after he was found asleep at the wheel early today....


Ampuero, of Greenwich, Conn., was found passed out in his 1993 Chrysler station wagon shortly before 3 a.m., with the car running and the headlights on, police said.


Once police managed to get him to a semblance of consciousness, the police report said, "he appeared confused and was unable to explain what he was doing there.''


Ampuero's eyes were bloodshot and glazed, his speech was slurred and he was unable to stand without falling, the report said.


He was taken to police headquarters, where he was arrested on misdemeanor charges of driving while intoxicated and aggravated unlicensed operation. Police said his license had been revoked in 1996 after he was convicted of drunk driving.


The report noted that Ampuero fell asleep several times while he was being processed. He was released several hours later on $250 bail and is due in City Court on Sept. 26.



Bloomberg


... ``When crude shoots up, natural gas will shoot with it,'' said Tom Orr , director of research at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. Crude oil for October delivery rose 51 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $101.38 a barrel on the New York exchange. ...

Weston Youth Races for Charity


Westport News


... on a smaller hill before the event. The race, dubbed the VivaPop All-American Soap Box Derby, will be held in Greenwich at the intersection of Greenwich Avenue and Havemeyer Place. Twenty-three other boys and girls will be competing in the event. ...


Emdeon files to raise $460 million in IPO


The Tennessean Nashville News


... purposes, including repayment of debt and for future acquisitions. After the IPO, General Atlantic LLC of Greenwich, Conn., and Hellman & Friedman LLC of San Francisco would remain among investors in Emdeon. Emdeon employs 2,250, including 1,100 in ...

Ludlowe Stomps Stamford in Opener


Fairfield Citizen-News


... his belt. "Getting the first one out of the way is a big one," Samuelian said. The Falcons will play today against Greenwich at Taft Field at 3:45 p.m. "I think it'll be a nice test for us," Samuelian said.

Obituary pokes fun, raises toast


Ohio.com


... that's the way she told it.'' And there's this: ''Although born in Hammondsville, Ohio, Ruth enjoyed summering in Greenwich, Conn., where she loved drinking Fresca with Absolut Ruby Red vodka, and stalking Peter Jennings and Jack Black . . . ''Ruth ...


Real Estate Update September 2008 - the Jarden Westchester Triathlon 2008


My Rye


... mile bike course through Rye, Harrison, Port Chester and Connecticut, including the rigorous "Claire's Climb" in Greenwich (yes, I've done it!), followed by a 6.2 mile relatively flat run through Rye culminating on the Rye Playland boardwalk . This ...

Wagner: I've played my last game with the Mets


Fox Sports


... day after Tommy John surgery to reconstruct his left elbow, Wagner chatted with The New York Post from his home in Greenwich, Conn., and spoke of his Mets career in the past tense. "I've played my last day as a Met, that's the way it goes," Wagner ...


State transfers rail lease to Ohio Central buyer


ZanesvilleTimesRecorder.com


... transfers the Ohio Central's five-year lease of the 160-mile Panhandle Line to Genesee & Wyoming Inc. of Greenwich, Conn. Stu Nicholson, public information officer with the ORDC, said the resolution to transfer the lease was approved 9-0. He said ...

Genesee & Wyoming Inc. Reports Traffic for August 2008


PR Newswire


GREENWICH, Conn., /FirstCall/ -- Genesee & Wyoming Inc. today reported traffic volumes for August 2008.


Kids driven by Soap Box Derby


The Journal News


... at Solomon Schechter. Reimer will take to the road Sunday at 9 a.m. in the VivaPop All-American Soap Box Derby in Greenwich, Conn. Twenty-four children, boys and girls ages 10 through 15, will participate in the race, which will begin on Greenwich ...

Franzia gets fancy: Barcelona's sangria


Yale Daily News


... middle ground between Natty Light's carbonated piss-in-a-can and Sauvignon Blanc's ode to the stuck-up prick from Greenwich, Connecticut. For Franzia red is the main ingredient in a refreshing Sangria, perfect for a community-building pre-game or ...

Soap Box Derby garners local support


Thehour.com


REGION

BY CHRIS BOSAK

Hour Staff Writer


The Soap Box Derby returns to Fairfield County this weekend.In conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the United Way of Greenwich, the event's major beneficiary, the ...

"A Perfect Ganesh" at the Actors Theater Playhouse


Eagle Times


... Brynne and Margaret Civil, two 60-something women -- great old gals, great old pals -- who leave their respective Greenwich, Conn., fortresses to go abroad, for the first time sans hubbies. Their chosen destination is India -- unknown, iconoclastic, ...

May "Maysie" Howard Wall


The State - South Carolina


... three daughters, May Ervin Wall of Hartsville, SC, Harriet Wall Martin of Chapel Hill, NC, and Nell Wall Otto of Greenwich, CT, as well as her daughter-in-law, Judith Atkins Wall, wife of her late son, E. Craig Wall, Jr., who died in 1997. Both her ...




Connecticut Post


... Stratford and Milford before arriving in New Haven at 7:36 p.m. The 5:30 p.m. weekday train from Grand Central to Greenwich will operate to Stamford, arriving at 6:29 p.m. On the Danbury Branch, a new train leaves South Norwalk at 11:11 a.m. ...




PrimeNewswire


... shareholders of record as of November 3, 2008 and will be paid on November 17, 2008. Blyth, Inc., headquartered in Greenwich, CT, USA, is a Home Expressions company that markets an extensive array of home fragrance products, decorative accessories, ...


Parent company's sale raises speculation about Ste. Michelle Wine...


Hotel Online


... could be on the auction block. Ste. Michelle Wine Estates, based in Woodinville, is owned by US Tobacco (UST) of Greenwich, Conn. UST, which makes such smokeless tobacco products as Skoal, is being acquired by Altria Group, the maker of Marlboro ...




Gloversville Leader-Herald


JOHNSTOWN - Saturday's parade celebrating Johnstown's 250th birthday will feature some special guests - descendants of some of the most famous historical figures in local history.


The grand marshal of the Time Marches On parade will be Sir Guy Johnson, a direct descendant of Sir William Johnson and the eighth baronet of New York state. Joining Johnson will be Elizabeth Cady Stanton's great-granddaughter, Coline Jenkins,


... 200 years," she said. "In some ways, I've carried on Stanton's legacy as a town councilwoman for the town of Greenwich, Connecticut, the past 20 years." Jenkins said Stanton connected women to law in Johnstown, possibly because of Stanton's study of ...




Journal News


... will present Steven Dietz's play 'Fiction' at libraries in the fall. 'Fiction' is directed by Larry Schneider of Greenwich, Conn., who directed Edward Albee's Pulitzer Prize-winning 'Three Tall Women' in the fall for M&M. 'Fiction' features ...




PR Newswire


... for CAP Fund, a multibillion-dollar direct multi-strategy absolute return fund at Talek Investments, LLC, in Greenwich, Conn. Prior to that, she was vice president of The Blackstone Group in New York, where she shared responsibility for managing the ...




National Ledger


... come Oct. 6, a guesting on "Samantha Who" -- in addition to making a string of independent movies. She'll head to Greenwich, Conn., later this month to make a yet-untitled drama with Shirley Knight.




New York Sun


... he said. That's a weakness Mr. Cummings, a partner in Manhattan builder Solomon Equities before launching Greenwich, Conn. -based Aberdeen Properties 15 years ago, aimed to address when he envisioned the new venture in spring 2006. "No one was ...




My Left Nutmeg


... helped bring Jim into the spotlight from near total obscurity in about six months; practically nobody outside of Greenwich had ever heard of Jim Himes before Maura started working with him. But apparently the powers that be wanted someone with some ...
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09/12/08 Greenwich Post News Links For Friday




Putnam Hill chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution named new officers recently. From front left are Nancy Wolf, special events; Kathleen Saxon, librarian; Andrea Frezza, treasurer; Katie Sumner Bacon, regent; Janet Rossman, vice regent; Nan Levy, historian; Danielle Ojjeh, corresponding secretary; Sally Reagan, chaplain; Mary Diener, recording secretary; and Jo Lievsay, registrar.




The Sept. 11 Board of Selectmen Meeting is airing on Greenwich Community Television twice daily through the weekend, at noon and 7 p.m. on Friday, at 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. on Saturday and at 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. on Sunday.




Calling it the “No. 1” issue on voters’ minds, congressional candidate Jim Himes blasted incumbent Rep. Christopher Shays’ (R-4th) record on the economy.




Congressman Christopher Shays (R-4th) joined 22 of his New England colleagues in writing to President George Bush on Wednesday, requesting he release emergency funds from the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) to New England.




Although the Greenwich High School football team had a season to remember last year, head coach Rich Albonizio plans on adding a lot more memories with this year’s squad.


Last season, Big Red finished 11-1 overall. In the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference, Greenwich High went a perfect 9-0 and claimed the regular season championship.


In addition, the Cards picked up the FCIAC championship by beating Staples High School on Thanksgiving, and won the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference class LL title by beating Shelton High School, 28-14.




Written by Joe Pisani


My oldest daughter has a theory — a cynical theory based on her anthropological research in the bars of Greenwich. She claims Westchester divorcées come to town to barhop in the perennial pursuit of a husband. Not just any husband, mind you, but a rich hedge-fund husband who can finance champagne tastes.




Taking Transportation


Any occasional reader of this column knows that I’m a “train nut” — a “foamer,” as the railroad folks describe us (because we supposedly foam at the mouth at the sight of a train).




Growing Up Greenwich


Written by Alexander Jonokuchi


The news hit me like a hard line drive to the shin. Three whole months without the one thing I loved doing most would make for one long season.




Your Wealth


Written by Andy Szabo


Last week, we discussed the best CD rates available nationwide through Internet direct banking. I received responses from some readers that they appreciated the article but would prefer to see the best available deals available locally. Some of my respondents are not accustomed to Internet dealing and understandably prefer to have a relationship with a local bank.




Anne and Bill Harrison weren’t necessarily looking for a historic house when they bought their home at 74 Vineyard Lane in 1997, but it was love at first sight when the Realtor showed them the property.


“The quality of the building itself is so wonderful,” Mrs. Harrison said in an interview with the Post.


The couple put a bid in the next day. When asked what she fell in love with, Mrs. Harrison offered a number of examples, including proportions of the rooms, the way the land wraps around it like a gentle hug and the sense of history one feels when walking through the front door.




Homeowners and buyers learned about handling sunken oil tanks, radon and mold.


Now we are adding to this list stone countertops. Claims of granite emitting radon and radiation are increasingly being reported across the country. Granite and other stone counters have become the norm in kitchens and bathrooms because of their durability and attractiveness. Demand for granite countertops increased tenfold during the past decade. Slabs or pieces referred to as granite may consist of a variety of stone types that includes actual granite and marble. Regardless of the stone type, all natural stones used as countertops are composed of several major minerals and other composites.


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