03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed - Bloggers Who Are From, Work In Or Used To Live In Greenwich

Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick


For What It's Worth By Riverside Blogger Chris Fountain

Other than its name, this tax has nothing to do with Obama Warming

Story: Massachusetts Governor suggests $2 “carbon fee” for parking at Logan Airport.

He wants the parking fee - which requires approval from the Legislature - to be used for improvements to airport-related transit projects, including a proposal to build a new tunnel under South Boston to speed up the Logan-bound Silver Line bus service, and the initial phases of a long-term plan to build a transit loop around the city. Based on Logan’s most recent parking figures, the new fee would probably raise about $5.4 million per year.

Well God bless the man, at least he’s not proposing to spend the money on planting trees in Nepal or waste it on some other look good - do nothing project that Al Gore and his pals endorse (and get rich from).

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The founder and CEO of Blackwater, Erik Prince, resigned - The founder and CEO of Blackwater, Erik Prince, said he is stepping down from the company, and has appointed a new president and a new CEO to take his plac...

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Great Chefs 2009 - This annual fundraising event, which benefits Community Health at Greenwich Hospital, will take place on Friday, March 6, 2009 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel ...

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Paleontologist tells of searching for fossils, eating bizarre foods - While excavating at a site in Western China, paleontologist Dr. Mark Norell and his team discovered the fossil remains of a primitive bird, called a monony...

EDDIE "Greenwich Native" ROSS
Style Without Money - Even if design for you is only a hobby, surely you may have heard of the legendary decorator Dorothy Draper. Her exuberant, joyful interiors, like the lobby ...

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Banner win for Darien - If you ask Aimee Rich what's missing in her school's gymnasium, the junior captain of the Darien girls ice hockey team will be quick to tell you it's a ban...

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Greenwich coastal committee raises boaters' fees - Should the Board of Selectmen ratify a recent decision by the newly-formed harbor management committee Tuesday, boaters will pay a $100 seasonal user's fee...

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HOffice politics H - None of the students in Mr. Patrick's class remembered the last time a new president was sworn in. They were too young.

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
Hopefully, tragedy doesn't always ring twice - Elie Wiesel a victim, AGAIN - One tragedy is usually enough. Those getting through that one ordeal usually support the rest of their lifetimes documenting it, giving inspirational worksho...

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox
Hilarious Skit - I watched this skit again today, and I still think it's hilarious! It's from the 2009 Oscars: ~F.O.X~

The Blonde Excuse
Family - As some of you may already know, Brent was adopted 22 years ago in Illinois and brought back here to Connecticut where he was raised by a wonderful, loving f...

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Event raises $$ to fight heart disease - Fashion makes the statement, but it is the threat of cardiovascular disease and diabetes to the African-American and Hispanic communities that is at the he...

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03/02/09 This just in .......Greenwich Post Breaking News

Covering the news of Greenwich, Connecticut Breaking News All Greenwich schools are closed today. Read more Please send your comments and news tips to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com

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Be Careful Out There.

A Winter Wallop Is Hitting Greenwich With Up To Eight Inches.

It Is A Blustery Day With Blizard Like Conditions.

Stay In If You Can.

The Roads Are Slick And There Are Many Spin Outs.

High Winds, Below Freezing Temperatures And High Winds

Are Forcast For The Rest Of The Day.

Metro North Trains Are Delayed Up To 15 Minutes.

03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - This Just In......

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

Greenwich Fee Increases Are Not Tax Increases ?????

Greenwich coastal committee raises boaters' fees Greenwich Time Greenwich has never had a central body to manage its 28 miles of coastline. Last year, however, the state appointed Jonathan Asch as harbormaster for the ...

Group forms to help with final wishes Greenwich Time By Meredith Blake Lise Jameson, executive director of At Home in Greenwich, a nonprofit organization that helps the elderly stay in their homes, ...

In town Greenwich Time Greenwich Library, 101 W. Putnam Ave., is offering a series of workshops in March, "Focus on Careers," to help job seekers in the recession. ...

Stamford, Norwalk schools learn from violent incidents The Hour Outside of Brien McMahon after Monday night's game between Brien McMahon and Greenwich High School, a 19-year-old man was shot in the right leg near the ...

Heard around town Greenwich Time The pivotal roles of Scout, Jem and Dill are played by three child actors, including Greenwich resident Olivia Scott, who plays Scout.

Stamford holds off Greenwich Greenwich Time Instead, Ellis scored on a putback with 15 seconds remaining and Greenwich failed on a pair of late shots as the third-seeded Black Knights escaped with a ...

Greenwich Academy ice hockey falls 3-2 in regular-season finale Greenwich Time By Jesse Quinlan Greenwich Academy's Eliza Hompe follows through on a shot during the Gators 3-2 OT loss to Southfield Saturday. The competition for a spot ...

Candidates eye empty seat Greenwich Time A 30-year resident of Old Greenwich who is a retired banker and corporate finance executive, Stone, 70, is finishing his eighth year on the BET...

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03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Google News (Updated)

Starwood Capital Group Appoints John McCarthy as Global Head of ...
PR Newswire (press release)
He will be based in Starwood Capital's headquarters in Greenwich, Connecticut and be part of the senior management team that reports directly to Chairman and CEO Barry Sternlicht. Mr. McCarthy formally joined the company on March 2, 2009. ...

3 trains break down on New Haven line - Connecticut Post
CT Spokesman Dan Brucker said that passengers on the affected trains were let off at the Greenwich railroad station and later picked up by express trains, which are making local stops today. MTA officials said that because express trains also are making ...

State health insurance too costly, clinics say - Stamford Advocate
Greenwich Hospital, along with Yale-New Haven and Bridgeport, enrolled in August, spokesman George Pawlush said, "to better serve the needs of the community." Pawlush said the hospital has seen about 22 patients with Charter Oak since then. ...

Walter And Monica Noel Still Don't Get Why People Are Mad At Them - The Business Insider
That's the conclusion drawn from Vanity Fair's latest look at the founding family of Fairfield Greenwich. Recall that in 2002, the mag did a fawning profile of the five Noel daughters and how they had such a rarefied upbringing. ...

Whitehead, Underwood, Joseph lift Southern Ct. men to track title - Greenwich Time
Devan FitzPatrick (Greenwich) was with the Colby 3200 and distance relays, which placed sixth in the New England event. NCAA provisional qualifying time at the USATF New England Championship meet. Shelby Walton (Danbury) won the 55 (7.10) and was third ...

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03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Citizen

Another big splash on tap?
By Scott Ferrari
When Greenwich High's boys swimming & diving team saunters onto its own pool deck March 5 at 6:30 pm for the FCIAC championship finals, the Cardinals are the ones with all those notches in their gun belts. Two years ago, New Canaan ...

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03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Post

Cerio leads GHS at class LL finals
Apparently, Greenwich High’s Victor Cerio didn’t get that memo at the class LL state tournament last weekend at Trumbull High. Cerio defied his seed to finish fourth in the 119-pound weight bracket, punching his ticket to the State Open, which begins ...

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03/02/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Greenwich Time (Updated)

Paleontologist tells of searching for fossils, eating bizarre foods

While excavating at a site in Western China, paleontologist Dr. Mark Norell and his team discovered the fossil remains of a primitive bird, called a mononykus.


Hockey Jamboree raise money for Boys and Girls Club

Former Middlebury College hockey player, Shannon Tarrant, 24, was prepared to defeat her father Moe Tarrant, 50 in a game of three on three hockey.


Fire department reduces number of accidents

A concentrated effort to reduce the number of accidents involving fire department vehicles has resulted in a significant decrease in frequency, officials say, but the cost of repairs remains nearly unchanged.


Witherell approves long-term plan

Residents at The Nathaniel Witherell can expect the facility to feel more like home. In the future, residents may live in one of 12 "households" of about 16 beds, where they will be offered more individualized care and more choices.


Rell honors Gulf War veterans

When Greenwich resident Chris Hughes, 40, served on the front lines in the first Gulf War, he witnessed the devastation and human toll Iraqi forces waged on Kuwait.


Taxpayers may pay for pension shortfall

The financial upheaval currently shaking the town could be a mere tremor before the big one, warn budget officials, who say that record losses in the municipal pension fund amid growing liabilities will likely require a hefty contribution from taxpayers in the near future.


Candidates eye empty seat

Just days after Selectman Peter Crumbine announced that he would not seek a fifth term, a number of fellow Republicans are poised to fill the vacuum.



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03/21/09 The Raw Greenwicg News Feed - Greenwich Time Sports (Updated)

As good as gold
Margaret Lu is beginning to laugh at the confusion that comes with telling people she fences. An uncommon sport to hear about these days, others misunderstand that either she has an after school job of building fences, or she's "just like Zorro!

Stamford holds off Greenwich
FAIRFIELD - After missing an uncontested dunk in the final three minutes as his team was desperately fighting off a spirited comeback by Greenwich, Mark Ellis was fearful of the treatment he would receive in the locker room after the game.

Banner win for Darien
If you ask Aimee Rich what's missing in her school's gymnasium, the junior captain of the Darien girls ice hockey team will be quick to tell you it's a banner to honor that team.

Whitehead, Underwood, Joseph lift Southern Ct. men to track title
Ryan Whitehead (Darien) was named Most Outstanding Performer at the Northeast 10 track championships after winning the pole vault by clearing a height of 16 feet, six inches, an NCAA qualifying mark and a conference record to help Southern Connecticut State University win its seventh straight men's league title.

Askin' Baskin: Trinity player wants normalcy, but a big question lingers
STAMFORD -- There are times Tevin Baskin would like to be just like any other high school senior, able to have dinner in public with his friends and be a regular face in the crowd.

Boys Basketball Boxes
FCIAC quarterfinalsStamford 59, Greenwich 58GREENWICH (58) - Jonathan Herzog 4 2-2 12; Matthew Moody 2 1-2 5; Adam Franchella 2 2-2 8; Clay Graham 6 2-5 14; Aminu Tedla 3 0-0 6; Demetrius Ferguson 6 0-0 13; Al Azulphar 0 0-0 0.

Darien girls hold off New Canaan
STAMFORD -- Conventional wisdom will tell you that when Team A has twice as many penalties as Team B in an ice hockey game, Team B is going to win.

Boys Hockey box scores
FCIAC quarterfinalsTrinity 3, St. Joseph 1St. Joseph 1 0 0 1Trinity 0 2 1 3STJ -- Pat Corcoran :43; TC -- Chris Lambrinakos (Jake Savona, Ryan Haggerty) 7:08; TC -- Haggerty 10:28; TC -- Haggerty (Savona, Steven Mulreed) 8:17.

Trinity defeats St. Joseph
Trinity Catholic 3, St. Joseph 1 -- Ryan Haggerty scored two goals, including the go-ahead tally with 4:32 left in the second period, to send the top-seeded Crusaders to the semifinals of the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference tournament.

Trinity avoids trap, holds off Staples
FAIRFIELD-- The Trinity Catholic High School boys basketball team's road to postseason success in the Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference has always been paved with sluggish opening-round performances.

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03/01/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Andrew Gross

Hello,

I'm working with Andy on publicity and wanted to let you know that he will be appearing at JUST BOOKS in Old Greenwich on Monday, March 9th at 7:30pm. We would really appreciate a post about the event on your blog! Please feel free to contact me if you would like to feature any other news regarding Andrew Gross's next novel DON'T LOOK TWICE, coming out on Tues March 3rd.

Thanks!

Diana
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Diana Richardson

(973) 641-4635
DianaLRichardson@gmail.com

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Dear Diana,

Please keep us posted about the latest Mystery Novel By Mr. Gross.

Greenwichites Love To Read About Greenwich Murders Being Solved

Or As Greenwich Citizen Journalist Bill Clark Says

On His "Greenwich Gossip" Blog.....

Greenwich Is One Of The Safest Places To Commit A Murder

PLEASE SEE:

02/28/09 Author Andrew Gross Writes About Greenwich

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03/01/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed - Topix

Jerry and His Midget-Loving Transsexuals Move to Stamford
It's true. America's most notorious talk-show host, Jerry Springer, is planning to move his show to Stamford.

Gov. Jodi Rell welcomed NBC Universal as they announced a deal Friday afternoon to set up a large television production studio at the Rich Forum Theater.

Jerry's bringing his friends, including Steve Wilkos, his former bodyguard-turned-show-host and Maury, as in, Povich. And with them, between 150 to 200 jobs. Plus, some cash. It's expected they'll make an initial investment of more than $3 million. That's a lot of paternity tests.

The state's 30-percent production tax credit sealed the deal, reports the Governor's office, the same reason Blue Sky Studios opened up a new animation productions studio in Greenwich last month. They also pick up a 20-percent tax credit on infrastructure costs over $1 million.

"This is good news at a time when we need good news, and my administration will continue to do all it can to bring good, dependable jobs to the state," Rell said.

Start shining those stripper poles, Stamford.

Truck stop yields weapons, one arrested
Greenwich (WTNH) - A Florida truck driver was arrested in Connecticut at the Greenwich weigh station after being found with a 40-caliber handgun and a knife with a blade over seven inches.

The State Police Truck Squad began inspecting the vehicle at the northbound Greenwich weigh station Friday morning, when Jeraldo Muniz, 40, of Hollywood, Fla. told officers he was in possession of the weapons.

Muniz was taken to State Police Troop G headquarters in Bridgeport, where he was charged with two counts of Carrying a Weapon in a Motor Vehicle and Carrying a Handgun without a Permit. He is being held on $15,000 bond.

Stimulus package weighed and found wanting
Professor Edward Deak of Fairfield University chats with Jim Shattuck, vice chair of the Greenwich Chamber's member services and Chuck Zoubek, Chamber board member.

Heather Smith helps Greenwich residents on road to recovery
Norwalker Heather Smith has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for close to 14 years and has practiced at 91 East. Ave., in Norwalk for the last six. She believes that eating disorders are somewhat more prevalent....

..."It also seems that parents are educating themselves more and I've heard many times of groups of friends going to a school counselor or guidance counselor because they're concerned about a friend. I think it's awesome."

In addition to Norwalk residents, Smith sees clients from Darien, Wilton, Stamford and Greenwich. She treats anorexia and bulimia and also works with athletes and compulsive exercisers, food addiction, binge eating disorder, obesity, night eating syndrome, compulsive overeating, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).

....She pointed out that they are many great resources in Fairfield County to help people beat eating disorders, including the Wilkins Center in Greenwich and the Renfrew Center in Wilton....

....Henrick said she sees about 35-40 people a week. For the most part, those numbers have been consistent over the last five years, but she believes the Internet has made a big difference in the number of adults seeking help. That part of the population is typically harder to reach when it comes to eating disorders. Typically young adults will be referred by their pediatrician.....

....Henrick can be reached at 853-2457 or online at www.suzannehenrick.com.....

Our Cities Are Devastated -- Will Obama Bail Out Urban America?
Forty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon, HUD Secretary George Romney and Washington Mayor Walter Washington took a walk around the nation's capital -- in particular Mount Vernon Square, one of the ...

... of America's hundreds of "metros," but far-cast suburbs and exurbs -- not just the Bronx, but Teaneck, N.J. and Greenwich, Conn. Tying all these areas together, reducing pollution and sprawl, is a national priority, but it shouldn't be confused with ...

Looking Twice: An Interview with Andrew Gross
Andrew Gross ' third thriller, and the second to feature Connecticut police detective Ty Hauck, Don't Look Twice , is being published next week by William Morrow....

....This is set in a relatively small town, mostly in Greenwich, Connecticut ... but it has global implications, from New York City to Asia to the Middle East. Can you tell us a little about the way corporate misdeeds can have massive, global, political repercussions?

Greenwich is a perfect "small" place with universal dimensions. It is the home to hedge fund barons and powerful CEOs. Yet, as I like to say, it's a town of yoga moms and dads who cheer their kids' teams from the sidelines....

UB alum charged in $500M fraud
A University at Buffalo alumnus who has contributed to the college's athletics department and is a member of the UB Foundation board has been charged with misappropriating more than $500 million in client ...

... to charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission the men, while operating WG Trading Investors of Greenwich, Conn., were involved in conspiracy, wire and securities fraud. The complaint details actions back to 1996 and said the men ...

The challenges of teaching science in the 21st century
The Media Room of Greenwich High School was filled Tuesday night with educators and teachers, community leaders and parents eager to explore how best to teach science to students in the 21st century.

Prep schools: Host with the most
It's an extraordinary setting.

One could easily become entranced by gazing out the picture window that occupies an entire wall of Deerfield Academy's Dewey Squash Center.

But not Ned Gallagher. He is the head of the New England Prep School Squash Association, and he was anxious to see what the business end of this state-of-the-art facility had to offer.

So, when Gallagher, who is also the Choate girls' squash coach and athletic director, brought his crew here to do battle last winter, it didn't take the veteran mentor long to like what he saw.
''I don't think he was in the facility five minutes before he asked if we could host the 2009 Boys' Class A Tournament,'' recalled Chip Davis, the Deerfield athletic director. ....

... at a trio of teams favored to become the last team standing come Sunday afternoon. Brunswick, which hails from Greenwich, Conn., owns the top seed, while Belmont Hill and Tabor are ranked 2-3. In head-to-head competition this season, Deerfield has ...

Greenwichers Fuming As Traffic Cop Disappears
Saying the neighborhood has changed, some Greenwich residents are not happy with a change to the posh Greenwich Avenue.

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02/28/09 Author Andrew Gross Writes About Greenwich

Looking Twice: An Interview with Andrew Gross

Andrew Gross' third thriller, and the second to feature Connecticut police detective Ty Hauck, Don't Look Twice, is being published next week by William Morrow. Mystery Books News is pleased to post an interview with the author provided by the publisher in which Andrew talks about the book, a sequel to The Dark Tide (which we reviewed last year, calling it "a must-read for thriller fans and those looking for high-stakes adventure"; read our review at Mysterious Reviews: The Dark Tide by Andrew Gross).

Looking Twice: An Interview with Andrew Gross

One of the strongest appeals that readers often cite about your writing are the complex web of family ties and family relationship dynamics that weave throughout your stories. In Don't Look Twice, you explore the bond between two brothers -- as well as the parent/child relationship (across two sets of characters). What draws you to focus so deeply on family in your novels? Why do you think that quality is so compelling for readers?

It’s never my precise goal to write “crime” novels, but to write stories about compelling, human situations in which a crime, or some other world-shattering event, takes place. My stories are rooted in the drama of broken trust, of calm disturbed, when something a person counts on for sure turns out to be false. The family unit is the most universal one where a rupture can feel the most traumatic. I know I’m not exactly the first to work with this material. Our most compelling stories and myths are tales of families in conflict going all the way back to Genesis......

....This is set in a relatively small town, mostly in Greenwich, Connecticut ... but it has global implications, from New York City to Asia to the Middle East. Can you tell us a little about the way corporate misdeeds can have massive, global, political repercussions?

Greenwich is a perfect “small” place with universal dimensions. It is the home to hedge fund barons and powerful CEOs. Yet, as I like to say, it’s a town of yoga moms and dads who cheer their kids’ teams from the sidelines. So what happens in the “big” world filters down to the small world pretty quickly. My books are also about conspiracies, and ultimately, the people behind them, who are not bigger than life, or twisted, evil doers, but people we all might know, and people for whom, greed, fraud, and deceit are part of the corporate misdeeds. People who have been tilted off the moral plane by the evil in life.....

What's next for Hauck ... and for Andy Gross?

To me, it was hard to set these books around New York City and Greenwich and not deal with the financial meltdown. So the next book pits Hauck in the middle of a group of conspirators who use vulnerable fund managers to bring an already teetering economy to its knees. For me, the struggle is for the whole story not to be too gloomy -- especially when it deals with the personal side of what’s going on today -- because I don’t believe in gloomy, especially for escapist fiction. But again, I think Hauck will find himself on a similar quest.

Full Story: www.mystery-books.com

Author's website: AndrewGrossBooks.com

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02/28/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Economic meltdown will affect everyone in Greenwich

So 600,000 jobs were lost in January. Yet here in Greenwich, many are indifferent to it.

Unemployment's official number is said not too bad in Fairfield County.

Of course, if you are self-employed or haven't worked in a while, well, sorry, you just don't count.

But it really doesn't matter in this conservative bastion. The pervasive attitude of "so what, I got mine" prevails. Those still working or comfortably retired — how nice. Yet the economy is tanking.

What is the solution? How is it to be fixed? Can it be fixed? A trillion dollars is a lot of money. Wall Street has already received a bailout and apparently all we taxpayers got for that is a bunch of million-dollar bonuses paid to already overpaid executives.

I guess that's good for Greenwich.

A $1 million bonus is equal to 25 moderate-income jobs. That would be enough to sustain 25 moderate-income homes and their mortgages. The moderate-income families could keep their homes and keep spending money within their community. But, no, it's better to support trickle-down economics.

Moderate-income jobs are vanishing. They are gone — probably gone for good. The job you had that paid $18 to $20 an hour now pays about $10. We may be on the verge of class warfare. Dramatic? You bet.

If you are against any kind of stimulus package, you probably still have your job and make a living wage.

Ocean County's population is about 65,000 and some 7.5 percent — about 4,8,75 people — are unemployed. That's a lot of families. Homes lost. Cars repossessed. Local jobs lost. Businesses closed — and closing. Not to mention all the town employees who have been fired.

I realize that until this disaster hits you personally, it is irrelevant. But it will hit you. Somehow. It's just a matter of time.

Lisa

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Mom busted for child endangerment after driving while breast-feeding and talking on the phone

THIS IS BEYOND BEING CRAZY!

From the Daily News

Now that’s multi-tasking.

Ohio cops busted a woman after she was spotted driving, breast-feeding and talking on the phone - all at the same time!

Genine Compton, 39, was charged with child endangerment after another motorist called cops in Kettering to report her.

“She literally has the little girl on the steering wheel,” the caller said in a 911 call, according to the Dayton Daily News.

He said he admonished Compton - and she asked if he wanted to breastfeed the child.
“I’m like, ‘You can feed your kid when you stop.’ It’s like wet out here. It’s full of traffic. It’s ridiculous. She’s got like three other kids in the car,” he told the 911 operator.
Authorities used a license plate number to track down Compton the next day, saidOfficer Michael Burke.

She admitted she was breast-feeding while driving, saying she didn’t want her child to go hungry.

Burke said the concern is that Compton had a child under 2 in her lap while driving, not that she was breast-feeding in public. She faces up to 180 days in jail if convicted.

For What It's Worth By Riverside Blogger Chris Fountain
The Media and soldiers’ corpses - Defense Secretary bowed to his new boss’s pressure and this week modified the Pentagon’s ban on photographing the coffins of soldiers brought back to our country. The New York Times and other scum trumpeted this as a triumph of their desire to “honor our fallen heroes” when of course their intention was to exploit the dead, not honor them. The press wanted to use the pictures to stir up public sentiment against the Iraq war when Bush was running it. Today, the show “On the Media” aired an interview with some guy from Salon who said exactly that. Good for him - he’s the only honest man among the entire swarm of liars.....

Publicani By Dr. Zak Maymin Of Greenwich
All men are created equal. - “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, …” Thomas Jefferson, Declaration of Independence, 1776 Look what I found on inter...

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
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Adrien, UConn trip Notre Dame - STORRS -- Jeff Adrien saved one of his best for last. The UConn forward, playing the final home game of his career, scored 25 points and pulled down nine ...

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The story on why Saturday's F2C price increase is delayed until Tuesday - Yesterday was a Friday to remember. About 11 AM the phone rang. "I'm trying to register for F2C: Freedom to Connect, but your system keeps rejecting my cre...

The Fox Trot By Nick "The Sly" Fox
Kennedy strong in Yankees' Loss! - TWINS 5, YANKEES 4 at Fort Myers, Fla. Friday, Feb. 27 Yankees at the plate: Brett Gardner, who is battling for the starting center-field job, went 2-for-2...

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Artist's hand in sculpture exhibit challenged - A self-proclaimed art scholar and artist from Florida is questioning the validity of The Bruce Museum's sculpture "The Kiss" by Rodin.

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Brunswick basketball edged in FAA thriller - Minutes after the most exhilarating game of his career, Masters junior standout Mason Lopez was still sprawled out on the Dann Gymnasium floor.

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02/28/09 Heather Smith helps Greenwich residents on road to recovery

Norwalker Heather Smith has specialized in the treatment of eating disorders for close to 14 years and has practiced at 91 East. Ave., in Norwalk for the last six. She believes that eating disorders are somewhat more prevalent....

..."It also seems that parents are educating themselves more and I've heard many times of groups of friends going to a school counselor or guidance counselor because they're concerned about a friend. I think it's awesome."

In addition to Norwalk residents, Smith sees clients from Darien, Wilton, Stamford and Greenwich. She treats anorexia and bulimia and also works with athletes and compulsive exercisers, food addiction, binge eating disorder, obesity, night eating syndrome, compulsive overeating, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) and body dysmorphic disorder (BDD).

....She pointed out that they are many great resources in Fairfield County to help people beat eating disorders, including the Wilkins Center in Greenwich and the Renfrew Center in Wilton....

....Henrick said she sees about 35-40 people a week. For the most part, those numbers have been consistent over the last five years, but she believes the Internet has made a big difference in the number of adults seeking help. That part of the population is typically harder to reach when it comes to eating disorders. Typically young adults will be referred by their pediatrician.....

....Henrick can be reached at 853-2457 or online at http://www.suzannehenrick.com/.....

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02/28/09 Our Cities Are Devastated -- Will Obama Bail Out Urban America?

Forty years ago this month, President Richard Nixon, HUD Secretary George Romney and Washington Mayor Walter Washington took a walk around the nation's capital -- in particular Mount Vernon Square, one of the ...

... of America's hundreds of "metros," but far-cast suburbs and exurbs -- not just the Bronx, but Teaneck, N.J. and Greenwich, Conn. Tying all these areas together, reducing pollution and sprawl, is a national priority, but it shouldn't be confused with ...

Full Story: www.alternet.org

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02/28/08 University of Buffalo Shocked that alum was charged in $500M Greenwich fraud case

Greenwich Scam Artist Stephen Walsh May Have Sent University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University Monies To The University at Buffalo

A University at Buffalo alumnus who has contributed to the college’s athletics department and is a member of the UB Foundation board has been charged with misappropriating more than $500 million in client investments.

Stephen Walsh appeared before a federal magistrate this week along with Paul Greenwood. According to charges filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission the men, while operating WG Trading Investors of Greenwich, Conn., were involved in conspiracy, wire and securities fraud. The complaint details actions back to 1996 and said the men promised investors that their money would be invested in a stock index arbitrage strategy.

“Instead, Greenwood and Walsh essentially treated their clients’ investments as their personal piggy bank to purchase multi-million dollar homes, a horse farm and horses, luxury cars, and rare collectibles such as Steiff teddy bears,” the SEC said.

The SEC obtained an emergency court order freezing the assets of Greenwood and Walsh as well as their companies: WG Trading Investors, L.P. (WGTI), which is an unregistered investment vehicle; WG Trading Company, Limited Partnership (WGTC), which is a registered broker-dealer located in Greenwich, Conn.; and Westridge Capital Management, Inc. (Westridge), which is a registered investment adviser located in Santa Barbara, Calif.

After appearing in a Manhattan court Feb. 25 the men were released on $7 million bond.
Also this week, the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University filed suit against the two men for using a total of $114 million in investments from those institutions. Earlier this month, the National Futures Association was unsuccessful in attempting to audit the actions of WG Trading Investors — an NFA member — and suspended the membership of Walsh and Greenwood. That attracted the interest of the universities, who contacted the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Walsh, a 1966 graduate of UB, is listed among its “Donors of Distinction.” In 2001, he pledged $250,000 to the UB athletics department. Later, the basketball office complex inside Alumni Arena was named after Walsh.

When asked about his involvement with UB, the university released a statement: “Mr. Walsh has been an inactive member of our foundation board since March 2004. Furthermore, we have a policy that prohibits investing funds with any member of our foundation board.”

Walsh was also listed as a former executive with the New York Islanders hockey team in the 1990s.

Source: www.bizjournals.com

PLEASE SEE:

The Poky Reporters And Editors At That The Green Kitty Litter Liner Have Totally Missed The Story And Still Have Failed To Report On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme Arrests....

2/13/09 PRESS RELEASE: Emergency Action Taken Against Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood & Stephen Walsh- Questions About "Hundreds Of Millions Dollars"

02/21/09 National Futures Association Suspends Greenwich Traders Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh

02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Busted By The FBI ......More On The Greenwich Ponzi Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Failing To Cover

02/25/09 Greenwich Fraudsters Also Wasted Money On The New York Islanders

02/25/09 Where Is Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter? The Greenwich Fraud Scheme That Hearst Newspapers Is Not Covering Just Hit $1.3 Billion

02/25/09 Didn't Greenwich Time Managing Editor Bruce Hunter Or Hearst Newspaper Business Editor Jim Zebora Get The Department Of Justice Press Release

02/25/09 Wall Street Journal: Bearly Legal? Investment Managers Charged with Fraud

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02/28/09 Prep schools: Host with the most

It's an extraordinary setting.

One could easily become entranced by gazing out the picture window that occupies an entire wall of Deerfield Academy's Dewey Squash Center.

But not Ned Gallagher. He is the head of the New England Prep School Squash Association, and he was anxious to see what the business end of this state-of-the-art facility had to offer.

So, when Gallagher, who is also the Choate girls' squash coach and athletic director, brought his crew here to do battle last winter, it didn't take the veteran mentor long to like what he saw.
''I don't think he was in the facility five minutes before he asked if we could host the 2009 Boys' Class A Tournament,'' recalled Chip Davis, the Deerfield athletic director. ....

... at a trio of teams favored to become the last team standing come Sunday afternoon. Brunswick, which hails from Greenwich, Conn., owns the top seed, while Belmont Hill and Tabor are ranked 2-3. In head-to-head competition this season, Deerfield has ...

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02/28/09 Former "Rich Bitch" From Greenwich Gets Screwed Out Of Millions (Updated)

Photo: Grrrrrr....."Rich Bitch" Trouble Is In Shock As She Learns That She Just Lost Over 11 Million Bucks

Leona Left 12 Million To Trouble And The Vast Majority Of Her Estate To Animal Rights Groups.

Is There Going To Be Trouble?

Will Leona Hemsleys Dog Trouble Sue To Get Back The 11 Million That The Judge Took Away Her And The Millions That Her Fury Friends?

Not All of Helmsley’s Trust Has to Go to Dogs

New York Times

By STEPHANIE STROM; WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM CONTRIBUTED REPORTING.

The judge overseeing the probate of the hotelier Leona Helmsley’s will has ruled that, contrary to her wishes, the billions of dollars that will flow into the charitable trust she created do not have to be spent solely for the care and welfare of dogs.

The judge, Troy K. Webber of Surrogate’s Court in Manhattan, said that the trustees who control the trust may distribute the money as they see fit. “The court finds that the trustees may apply trust funds for such charitable purposes and in such amounts as they may, in their sole discretion, determine,” Judge Webber wrote in a ruling dated last Thursday.

Experts in trusts and estates had warned that Mrs. Helmsley’s order that her fortune be spent promoting canine well-being may not have been legally binding. The two-page “mission statement” that contained her instructions also gave the trustees discretion in spending the money, and it was never incorporated into her will or the trust documents.

The trustees — Mrs. Helmsley’s brother, Alvin Rosenthal; two of her grandsons, Walter and David Panzirer; her lawyer Sandor Frankel; and her longtime friend John Codey — had filed a lengthy motion in court arguing that the mission statement did not limit use of the money, and the New York attorney general’s office filed a similar argument.

In a statement issued on Wednesday, Howard J. Rubenstein, a spokesman for the trustees, said they planned to begin making grants from the trust next month. “In the hope that this would be the court’s decision, the trustees have been diligently working to identify potential grantees so that the trust’s funds would be put to optimal use as soon as possible in such areas as health care, medical research, human services, education and various other areas,” Mr. Rubenstein said, pointedly avoiding the mention of dogs.

The trustees, who are also the executors of Mrs. Helmsley’s will, had fretted about the terms of the mission statement, and the public discussion it incited. News that the biggest named beneficiary in Mrs. Helmsley’s will was Trouble, her Maltese, led to death threats against the dog, who now has a security detail costing the estate $100,000 a year. The judge’s decision does not affect Trouble’s inheritance.

Animal lovers around the world were delighted when the terms of the mission statement were reported last year, and many of them wrote the trustees with suggestions about which organizations and programs the trust might support in fulfilling Mrs. Helmsley’s wish. Major animal welfare organizations applauded Mrs. Helmsley, who was known for her sharp tongue and imperious manner. She died in August 2007.

Bernard Unti, senior policy adviser at the Humane Society of the United States, said the judge’s decision was disappointing, though not entirely unexpected. “Whatever the legal status of the mission statement, it certainly signaled a clear intent on Mrs. Helmsley’s part to see the money used to help dogs,” Mr. Unti said. “The animal welfare sector in the United States and abroad is chronically underfunded, and just the annual interest thrown off by an estate this large could do a tremendous amount of good.”

Mrs. Helmsley drafted the mission statement in 2003 to establish goals for the multibillion-dollar trust that would disburse her assets after her death. The first goal was to help indigent people, the second to provide for the care of dogs. A year later, though, Mrs. Helmsley struck the first goal from the statement, effectively devoting the estate primarily to the welfare of dogs — though she did add “and such other charitable activities as the trustees shall determine.”

Mr. Unti noted that bequests made for the purposes of furthering animal welfare generally have a hard time surviving the probate process. As far back as the latter half of the 19th century, a bequest of real estate valued at more than $100,000 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals was contested by the donor’s heirs, who claimed he was insane. In that case, the court upheld the donor’s wish.

In another prominent example, Doris Duke, the tobacco heiress, left her money to support the arts and for the prevention of cruelty to animals or children. “The trustees apparently said, ‘Oh, well, she said animals or children, not animals and children, so let’s do just children,’ ” Mr. Unti said.

COMMENT:

An Intern At Greenwich Hospital Outpatient Center Told Greenwich Roundup That There Was A Rumor Going Around The Hospital That Ms. Hemsley's Estate Was Going To Make A Substantial Donation.

The Intern Was Saying At Least 10 Million Will Be Given To The Supplement The Surgery Center In The Hemsley Pavilion.

Update

4/23/09

Helmsley trust gives $9.7M to hospital

Greenwich Time

By Lisa Chamoff

The charitable trust of late hotelier Leona Helmsley and her husband has donated $9.7 million to Greenwich Hospital, the second-largest gift the hospital has ever received.

The money will help pay for the hospital's new outpatient surgery center at 55 Holly Hill Lane, which opened in January. It will be renamed the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Ambulatory Medical Center.

The hospital had applied for the grant from the foundation several months ago, and the money will replace hospital funds that were used to construct the building, said Frank Corvino, the hospital's president and chief executive officer.

"We're very, very pleased because had this grant not been approved, it would have been a significant drain on our capital," Corvino said. "But the Helmsleys were always very good to us. They really cared about this hospital and making sure we could provide the very best health care to our community."

The most recent grant is exceeded only by the first $10 million the Helmsleys donated to Greenwich Hospital in 1996, after Harry Helmsley was hospitalized there. The money went toward construction of the Helmsley Medical Building, the first building of the hospital's new campus.

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02/28/09 This Just In ....For Now - The Rest Of The News Will Be A Lilltle Late Because Greenwich Roundup Went To A Mens All Night Church Prayer Group

Please Note: Greenwich News Reports Will Be A Bit Late Today

Greenwich Roundup Participated In An Overnight Men's Prayer Group At Harvest Time Church Up On King Street That Was Followed A Big Breakfast.

While The Breakfast Was Being Cooked Greenwich Roundup Joined The Hispanic Congregations Weekly Saturday Morning Prayer Group.

This Prayer Group Can Really Pray. Whole Families Come Before Dawn Feverishly Pray For An Hour And A Half In The Dark Until After The Sun Comes Up A Lights Up The Harvest Time Sanctuary.

After The Breakfast Many Of The Men Were Going To A Memorial Service In The Dome But Greenwich Roundup Wimped Out And Decided It Was Time To Go To Bed.

The Latest Greenwich News Briefs:

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The Latest Business News:

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The Latest Sports Reports:

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The Latest Greenwich Blog Posts:

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02/28/09 Stimulus package weighed and found wanting - Greenwich Citizen

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Professor Edward Deak of Fairfield University chats with Jim Shattuck, vice chair of the Greenwich Chamber's member services and Chuck Zoubek, Chamber board member. (Julie Ruth/ Greenwich Citizen)

President Obama's stimulus package will not correct recession contagion rattling jobs, toxic home mortgages and 169 town and city governments in Connecticut, 65 folks attending a Greenwich Chamber of Commerce luncheon were told Friday at the Field Club.

The telling was done by Edward Deak, Ph.D., Fairfield University economics professor. He coughed out statistics with machine-gun rapidity as he soldiered on to put billions of dollars in the new President's economic rescue plan in perspective.

"I think we have a long way to go to get out of this," Barbara Devine, senior vice president of Patriot National Bank in Greenwich told the Greenwich Citizen after Deak sized up "U.S. Macroeconomic Outlook: Obama and CT + 1 Month." Her prognostication was on the same page as the professor's.

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