1/9/09 BREAKING NEWS: I-95 Shutdown Due To Accident - Box truck collides with bus (Updated)

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Scene of an accident just over the Byram River Bridge on I-95 on the Connecticut-New York state line. The northbound side of the highway was closed for nearly two hours. (Bob Luckey Jr./Greenwich Time photo)





BREAKING NEWS:


I-95 northbound shut down near NY state line - Greenwich Time


Posted: 01/09/2009 11:30:33 AM EST


Interstate 95 northbound is shut down at the New York-Connecticut state border after a box truck collided with a bus near Exit 2, according to the Connecticut Department of Transportation.

A separate three-car accident near Exit 2 in Greenwich had shut down the left and center lanes of southbound traffic, but has since been cleared. Southbound traffic is still moving slowly and is backed up over a mile.

There is no information on possible injuries.

The first accident occurred at 11:09 a.m. and the second was reported at 11:26 a.m. No further information was immediately available,according to the DOT.

The accident will take one to two hours to clear, according to the DOT's estimate.

MORE FROM THE GREENWICH POST:

Traffic on Interstate 95 - Greenwich Post

Written by Kristan Zimmer
Friday, January 09, 2009 12:19

Traffic alert

An accident involving a box truck and a bus on Interstate 95 this morning has caused traffic delays from Exit 2 to the state line.

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As Porky Pig Wold Say, "Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-Th-That's all folks! .... That's All Folks!" That Is The Entire Greenwich Post Story !!!!!".

Seriuosly that is the entire 25 word Greenwich Post Story.

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2:08 PM

Accident cleared from I-95 -Greenwich Time

Staff Reports
Posted: 01/09/2009 01:02:32 PM EST

Interstate 95 northbound has been reopened at the New York-Connecticut state border after a after a tractor trailer crashed into the median barrier.

One person was taken to Stamford Hospital with minor injuries following the accident near Exit 2 in Byram.

A separate three-car accident near Exit 2 in Greenwich had shut down the left and center lanes of southbound traffic, but has since been cleared. Traffic is still moving slowly in both directions.
The first accident occurred at 11:09 a.m. and the second was reported at 11:26 a.m. No further information was immediately available,according to the DOT.

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1/9/09 Today's Press Realeases From The Greenwich Post

Council plans fiesta for Save the Children





The middle school council of Save the Children has planned a fund-raising event for students in sixth through eighth grade.





The middle school council of Save the Children has planned a fund-raising event for students in sixth through eighth grade.



The event "Fiesta for El Salvador" will take place on Saturday, Jan. 31 from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club of Greenwich. Proceeds will benefit early childhood education in El Salvador.


The evening will include a DJ, dancing, karaoke and pizza donated by Planet Pizza in Greenwich.


Tickets may be purchased at the door for $10. For more information, e-mail Dana Courtenay at
dana17@optonline.net or Lisa Steinberg at lstein05@gmail.com.





Workout challenge helps Kids in Crisis

Greenwich’s Peak Physique at 50 Holly Hill Lane is kicking off the New Year with a new opportunity to get in shape while helping others in the community.

The first-ever Fitness Challenge will be held Saturday, Jan. 24, at 1 p.m.. Area residents to a one-hour comprehensive circuit training session with the help of several Peak Physique trainers.

The person who completes the circuit with the best time will receive a complimentary, personalized work-out (a $160 value). The cost of the Fitness Challenge is $50 per person, 100% of which will be donated to Kids in Crisis.

For further information or to sign up, call Peak Physique at 625-9595.

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1/7/09 Kennedy cousin and convicted Greenwich murder Skake is asking a judge to get out on bail, becausel he claims key evidence withheld (Updated)

You Wont Read This At The Greenwich Time

Mickael Skakel's Lawyers Say The Greenwich Police Department Failed To Provide Them With Evidence They Had Pointing To Another Suspect.

Skakel Asks A Federal Judge To Let Him Out On Bail.

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Skakel Lawyers Say They've Uncovered Secret Evidence

Hartford Courant, United States -

BY EDMUND H. MAHONY

Convicted celebrity murderer Michael C. Skakel says he has uncovered secret evidence suggesting his innocence and is using it to support an unusual effort in federal court to obtain release from prison while his appeals proceed through a variety of courts .

In a federal motion filed late Thursday, Skakel's lawyers say state prosecutors improperly concealed two pieces of exculpatory evidence during his trial in the murder of Martha Moxley — an interview that discredits the star prosecution witness and police reports suggesting that a 15-year-old Greenwich boy, later convicted of another murder, had information concerning Moxley's death.

Skakel was 15 himself on Oct. 30, 1975, the night he is accused of beating his friend and neighbor Moxley to death with a golf club. He was arrested and charged with murder on Jan. 19, 2000, and convicted by a jury on June 7, 2002, after a monthlong trial.

Every turn in the case has been followed assiduously by a small army of reporters focused on Skakel's relation to the Kennedy family — he is a cousin — and sordid disclosures about life in the private Greenwich neighborhood of Belle Haven, where the two teens grew up.

Since his conviction, Skakel has served six years in state prison while a new legal team, Hartford lawyers Hope Seeley and Hubert Santos, have filed appeals in the state Superior Court, state Supreme Court and U.S. District Court. The appellate issues run from arcane legal questions to assertions of ineffective legal assistance and allegations of bias on the part of a prosecution investigator who was paid for information by an author......

......The federal motion filed Thursday argues that the cumulative weight of the two new evidentiary disclosures, combined with previously raised appellate issues, is so extraordinary that it justifies Skakel's release on bail while the appeals are sorted out.

Fairfield County State's Attorney Jonathan Benedict, who led the team that convicted Skakel, declined to discuss any aspect of the case Thursday, including what the Skakel lawyers assert are the two pieces of previously withheld evidence.

One of those pieces of evidence appears to further erode the credibility of Gregory Coleman, a now deceased drug addict and ex-convict, who said Skakel once bragged that he would get away with Moxley's murder because he is a Kennedy. The conversation was said to have taken place at the Elan School in Maine, an institution for teens with addiction problems.

Coleman died of a drug overdose before the trial, but prosecutors were allowed to read to jurors from transcripts of his testimony to the grand jury that indicted Skakel and at Skakel's probable cause hearing. Coleman admitted being high on heroin when he appeared before the grand jury, but stood by his assertion that Skakel boasted he would get away with murder.

In their federal motion, Skakel's defense team produced an affidavit from a Coleman family lawyer who said, in part, "It would be fair to say that no one in their right mind, knowing Gregory, would put the slightest confidence in his contentions concerning the supposed admissions by Michael Skakel."

The lawyer, John M. Regan Jr., said in his affidavit that he received a call at his Rochester, N.Y., office in 1998 from someone who identified himself as a Connecticut prosecutor and said he was trying to locate Coleman. The caller said he wanted Coleman to testify as a witness before a grand jury that was expected to indict Skakel.

Regan described Coleman as an "incorrigible drug addict" who "regularly engaged in dishonest, deceitful and criminal behavior in order to obtain money from his father."

I was incredulous and commented that I hoped he was not serious that he was going to use Gregory's testimony to accuse someone of murder," Regan said in the affidavit. "He responded by telling me not to worry, that they had plenty of evidence, and that they were going to 'get this guy.'"

Michael Sherman, Skakel's trial attorney, produced an affidavit for the appellate lawyers arguing that he may have been able to render Coleman's prosecution testimony ineffective if he had the Regan information.

Sherman asserts that he believes the person who called Regan was prosecution investigator Frank Garr. It is Garr, the appellate lawyers say, who was contributing to a book about the case.

"The information from Attorney Regan, together with Garr's 'book deal,' may very well have allowed the jury to conclude that this exculpatory evidence was being withheld from the defense in an effort to convict Michael Skakel, regardless of his possible guilt or innocence," the Sherman affidavit says.

The appellate lawyers also say the trial prosecutors improperly withheld from the defense police reports about a teenager named Andrew D. Wilson, who was 15 and living in Greenwich at the time of the Moxley murder.

In 1993, according to information Seeley and Santos say they have obtained, Wilson's sister called police to report her fear that her brother suffered from serious mental illness, was potentially dangerous and said he knew the identity of Moxley's killer. The lawyers say the information was transmitted to Greenwich police, who did not act on it.

About two months later, in August 1993, Wilson was charged with shooting to death the father of the man he said was Moxley's killer.

Seeley and Santos say the police reports generated by the call from Wilson's sister identified two potential suspects in the Moxley death — Wilson and the man Wilson said was the killer.

As was the case with the Regan information, the appellate lawyers say the Skakel prosecutors improperly withheld the Wilson police reports from Skakel's trial lawyers.In his affidavit,

Sherman contends that, had he been provided the Wilson police reports at trial, he could have argued persuasively to jurors that Wilson may have killed Moxley.

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Skakel appeals Moxley murder conviction

NECN, MA

(NECN) - Lawyers for Michael Skakel, nephew of Ethel Kennedy, have filed a new appeal of his 2002 murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide him with evidence pointing to another suspect and discrediting a key state witness.

The motion was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Haven, Connecticut. It seeks a hearing and the setting of bail.

Skakel was convicted of killing Martha Moxley, 15, in their Greenwich neighborhood in 1975 -- the conviction coming in 2002. He is currently serving 20 years to life in prison.

His new appeal alleges his lawyers were never given two crucial pieces of evidence - a report received by Greenwich police that implicates another suspect and statements by a lawyer who said a key prosecution witness had a history of lying.

Fairfield County State's Attorney Jonathan Benedict declined to comment Friday.

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Skakel: Key evidence was withheld in murder trial

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Kennedy cousin Skakel claims key evidence withheld

By Dave Collins
The Associated Press
Posted: 01/09/2009 11:59:16 AM EST

HARTFORD - Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel's lawyers have filed a new appeal of his murder conviction, claiming that police and prosecutors failed to provide them with evidence that pointed to another suspect and discredited a key state witness.

The motion filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in New Haven seeks a hearing and the setting of bail. A judge has not ruled on the requests.......

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1/9/09 Greenwich Time News Links - TOP STORY: Residents Try To Save The Thomas Lyon House, located on the corner of Byram Road and West Putnam Avenue

Jo Conboy and Eric Brower stand in front of the Thomas Lyon House.

They would like to move and renovate the 17th century house.

Byram group eyes purchase of historic homes

When former First Selectman James Lash threatened to knock down the historic town-owned Thomas Lyon House more than two years ago because it was abandoned and in disrepair, a group of Byram Neighborhood Association members banded together with other town agencies to save it.

Now the group is trying to save other historic homes in danger of being demolished by forming a new organization called the Greenwich Preservation Trust.

The group's mission is to raise money to purchase historic homes or offer incentives to new owners to maintain them, according to Jo Conboy, one of the group's founders.

"We're very excited about this," she said. "Hopefully we will attract individuals dedicated to keeping the historic buildings in Greenwich."

The town has seen historic buildings demolished recently due to high renovation costs or new owners' plans to replace them. A trust could provide alternatives not currently available, Conboy said.

"I think it's going to be exciting for the town of Greenwich," said Mike Bocchino, president of the Byram Neighborhood Association and a trust founder.

Trust founders were inspired to organize their group following their efforts to maintain the Thomas Lyon House, he said.

"We really took to heart the challenge, and got together all that was needed to help save it," he said. "And we thought, 'Why not do this throughout the community?' .....

The trust approached First Selectman Peter Tesei about the idea and he said it sounded good, Bocchino said. .......

..... "It is such an important historic home," she said.

The Greenwich Preservation Trust temporary executive board has filed the paperwork for its new organization, but is still working on the bylaws and forming a board of directors, Bocchino said.

Report finds gaps in adult literacy in state

By Lisa Chamoff

Staff Writer

Connecticut and Fairfield County have high levels of adult literacy compared with other parts of the country, according to a national report released Thursday, but officials say there is still room for improvement.

Zoning board weighs location for Aquarion expansion
It's not a question of what, but where. That's how Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Donald Heller said he will evaluate Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut's longstanding proposal to expand its treatment facility at 10 Dekraft Road.

Cos Cob mail carriers return home
After 10 years on Greenwich Avenue, Cos Cob mail carriers have returned home.

There's no place like it, said Cos Cob Postmaster Jeffrey Salamon.

"The carriers seem to enjoy this," said Salamon Thursday, framed by mail hampers in the Cos Cob mailroom, "and I'm happy for the people of Cos Cob. I think it just gives them the sense of their own post office again."

Ten years ago, following damage to their mail dock, Cos Cob carriers were temporarily transferred from 152 E. Putnam Ave. to the post office on Greenwich Avenue. Cos Cob window and post office box service remained uninterrupted, but Cos Cob residents had to adjust to picking up held mail and attempted deliveries on the Avenue.

Though the dock was repaired within a month, Cos Cob mail carriers continued to work out of Greenwich Avenue for a decade.

The reason, Salamon said, is that by the time the United States Postal Service thought about moving the carriers back, Cos Cob's mail volume and the number of mail routes had grown too much for the relatively small mailroom to handle.

Over the years, however, electronic sorting was introduced and that, together with this summer's soaring gas prices, led the newly appointed postmaster and his superiors to bring their 11 mail carriers back home......

.....Mail carriers like the change.

"For me, it's great," said Cos Cob carrier of five years Byron Hernandez, 34. "There's less traffic."

Even mail carrier Gary Walker, who enjoyed Greenwich Avenue due to its proximity to express trains, said being in Cos Cob again makes sense.

"It's for the good of the masses," Walker said, adding that mail trucks should last longer now with less mileage per day - and they need the help.....

Officials debate which victims of 9/11 should be on plaque

More than seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the town is just now beginning the task of deciding which victims to honor on a new memorial, a process that is fueling a debate.

Some say the memorial, which is being incorporated in a lighthouse renovation project on Great Captains Island that is nearing its completion, should be reserved for Greenwich residents who were killed in the attacks and those victims who grew up in town.

The head of the Greenwich Chamber of Commerce, which helped organize a fundraising campaign for the lighthouse renovation, said the town needs to draw the line on whose name is listed on the memorial.

"As soon as we start putting names on, then you have to set criteria because people will come forth and say, 'I want my son, daughter, close relative I lost in the attack also on that plaque.

That person may have had no connection other than through this relative," said Mary Ann Morrison, the chamber's president and CEO. "If you put one (name) on and someone else gets missed, then you have a whole other issue to deal with."

Others contend that the town should allow for exceptions, listing the names of victims born at Greenwich Hospital or who have relatives that live here.

"I definitely think it should be inclusive and not exclusive," said Susan Wohlforth, a town resident whose husband, Martin, was killed in the attacks.

The 47-year-old was a managing director at Sandler O'Neill & Partners, an investment banking firm in the World Trade Center.

Greenwich man nabbed on weapons charges

A 51-year-old Greenwich man faces multiple weapons charges following his arrest in Mount Laurel, N.J.

Jeffrey Richards, of 638 North St., was taken into custody by Mount Laurel police Sunday after he was stopped while traveling on Century Parkway, police said. Police did not specify why Richards was pulled over.

Police said during the motor-vehicle stop they found Richards to be in possession of a semi-automatic handgun loaded with hollow-point bullets and a folding knife.
Police said they also found a .25-caliber pistol in Richards' hotel room later while conducting an investigation.

Richards was charged with unlawful possession of a handgun, unlawful possession of a weapon and unlawful possession of hollow-point bullets.

Himes pays Paul Newman a tribute
WASHINGTON - On his first day in Congress, Rep. Jim Himes took a moment to honor one of Westport's own - Paul Newman.

Zoning board weighs location for Aquarion expansion

It's not a question of what, but where. That's how Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Donald Heller said he will evaluate Aquarion Water Company of Connecticut's longstanding proposal to expand its treatment facility at 10 Dekraft Road.

Towns face sharp cuts
NORWALK - Leaders of lower Fairfield County towns said yesterday they anticipate significant cuts in state aid for transportation planning, affordable housing and other initiatives as Connecticut wrangles with a multibillion-dollar budget deficit.

Horseneck Tavern says goodbye
Cheers and tears flowed at a packed house at Horseneck Tavern Wednesday night, as the neighborhood staple celebrated the final night of its nearly 16-year history.

Greenwich High School boys swimming
Until Danbury came to town Thursday the Greenwich High School boys swimming team hadn't competed in a meet since it opened its season against Trumbull and Fairfield on Dec.

MORE SPORTS NEWS:

Brunswick basketball finds
Greenwich High School girls basketball team wins big
Greenwich wrestling falls at Stamford
Florida's Pouncey twins rebound from dad's tragedy
Greenwich boys basketball tops Bassick to stay undefeated

Filling
As he works from room to room, Gene Burch looks for the usual suspects, the small, and sometimes not-so-small, cracks and crevices that allow cold air to sneak into, or, hot air to rush out of, the Stamford home of Michael and Regina Kirshbaum.

Market to worsen before recovery
Don't expect emergency federal spending to immediately kick-start the region's commercial real estate market, said Kenneth McCarthy, managing director of research for the New York region of Cushman & Wakefield

TODAY'S "LOCAL" HARD HITTING EDITORIAL: "Getting right tone for the legislature"

Wednesday morning's ice storm provided an omen for members of the 2009 General Assembly that opened its session later that day: Proceed with caution.

Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell reinforced Mother Nature's message in her "State of the State" address welcoming the lawmakers when, as expected, she sketched a grim general picture of the fiscal realities facing Connecticut and warned that the effects of the budget she will propose on Feb. 4 will be painful.

"The cuts that must be made will be deep and they will affect every agency, every program and every service provided by state government," Ms. Rell said. She also called for "a time of shared sacrifice."

The governor's somber speech set a proper tone for the 21-week legislative session. However, like all State of the State gubernatorial messages during the General Assembly's full sessions that take place in odd-numbered years, the speech focused on general themes and the governor did not tip her hand at just what her February budget recommendations will look like.

Not that any lawmaker - longtime incumbents or freshmen - has to be told just how dismal the state budget outlook is at this point in time. The shortfall for the current fiscal year's budget is estimated at $343 million despite several rounds of cost-cutting, and legislative fiscal experts project a shortfall during the next two fiscal years, beginning July 1, that could total a mind-boggling $6 billion, based on this year's $18.2 billion spending ...... BLAH ...... BLAH ....... Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell Is Doing A Great Job .......BLAH ..... BLAH ....... BLAH ....... BLAH ......BLAH ....... BLAH ....... BLAH ...... Republican Gov. M. Jodi Rell Is Doing A Great Job ....... BLAH ....... BLAH .......

Town policy on dogs should be amended

To the editor:

For 25 years, my husband and I have been taking a walk around Greenwich Point every Sunday, rain, snow, wind, cold or hot. The weather never bothers me; I can dress for that. What does turn our otherwise peaceful, happy walk into a nightmare in the winter are the dogs. I know it comes as a shock to most dog lovers, but everyone does not like dogs. And in my case, I am extremely afraid of them.

I think it is unfair that, even after the town created a dog park at Grass Island, dogs have been allowed to take over Greenwich Point for four months of the year.

If anyone thinks I am exaggerating, just try walking around Greenwich Point and along the beach on any Sunday from Dec. 1 through March 31. Last Sunday, I must have seen 200 dogs within one hour. Even if I avoid the beach, which I do, dogs are everywhere, on and off the leash. It is simply impossible to enjoy Greenwich Point during the winter unless you're a dog lover or a dog.

Although I think itwould be difficult to close the Point to dogs all year long, I have a solution. Designate one day a week, preferably Saturday or Sunday, "dog free." This compromise would allow me and other people who feel the same as I do about dogs to peacefully walk around Greenwich Point without the fear of being jumped on, splashed with icy water, barked at and bit.
Patricia Kantorski
Greenwich

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Citizen Journalists Bloggers Who Are From, Work In Or Used To Live In Greenwich.....

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DVD Diva: Hugh Grant - *Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral* Best known for his work in romantic comedies, Hugh Grant is always enjoyable to watch...

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NY prosecutors: Madoff was ready to send out $173M - Prosecutors said Thursday that investigators found in Bernard Madoff's office desk 100 signed checks worth $173 million that he was ready to send out to high...

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Illinois legislative committee unanimously recommended impeaching Gov. Rod Blagojevich - CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) — An Illinois legislative committee Thursday unanimously recommended impeaching embattled Gov. Rod Blagojevich amid corruption ...

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
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Greenwich Roundup Is Spanning The Globe To Bring You The Latest News About Greenwich......

Stocks up on expected foreclosure deal but Dow off
ABS-CBN News
... something along these lines will help the market," said Tim Smalls, head of US stock trading at Execution LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. Investors also snapped up some of Wednesday's worst losers, including Microsoft and Apple, driving the Nasdaq up ...

Emerging Markets-Prices drop ahead of US jobs report
Reuters
... today and says so but the impact on the markets is small," said Benito Berber, Latin American strategist at RBS in Greenwich, Connecticut. "In general, the overall market is down. In Mexico the peso is off, mainly following the U.S. equity markets ...

Mongo's Love Rewarded by USATF
Greenwich Citizen
Greenwich High girls track and boys and girls cross country coach Bill Mongovan.

Natural Gas Futures Fall After Government Report Shows Ample U.S. Supplies
Bloomberg
... awful lot of industrial production got shut in last week,a said Tom Orr , research director at Weeden & Co. in Greenwich, Connecticut. a oeIt seems wea re stuck between $5.50 and $6.25 unless we get a weather event.a The prospect of colder weather ...

She can't keep from singing
The Wilton Bulletin
... old enough to walk and talk, Lisa Piccirillo has been lending her voice to song. And for the last few years, the Greenwich resident has had her heart set on writing, recording and releasing her own CD. That dream has now become a reality with the ...

Swimmers prepare for Danbury and Greenwich
Darien News-Review
The DHS boys swimming team will continue their season tomorrow and Wednesday with meets against Danbury and Greenwich.

For the Record
Darien News-Review
The Spring 2009 Darien Continuing Education program is up and running. A catalog featuring the artwork of Greenwich artist Kathie Milligan on its cover has been mailed to 6,000 Darien homes.

Himes sworn in to U.S. House
Darien News-Review
The rapid ascent of Jim Himes from former Greenwich finance board member to U.S. congressman reached new heights Tuesday, with the 42-year-old Democrat casting his symbolic first votes representing ...

Adieu Maurice Clos-Versailles
Orange County Review
To the editor, When we lived in Greenwich, CT we often frequented Versailles, a fabulous French restaurant and pastry shop in the heart of the shopping district.

John Lee, Editor and Mentor, Dies at 78

Atlanta Journal-Constitution
... Day section, during a tumultuous era in the financial world, died Tuesday in New Haven. He was 78 and lived in Greenwich, Conn. The cause was complications during heart valve replacement surgery, said his son Edward. A courtly Southerner who was not ...

Synchronous Aerospace Group Announces Acquisition Of Helicomb International, Inc.
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... Inc., a leading provider of aerospace composite structures. Synchronous is majority-owned by Littlejohn & Co., a Greenwich, CT based private equity firm. Founded in 1981 and based in Tulsa, OK, Helicomb produces commercial and military aircraft ...

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1/8/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Hi, question for you about Greenwich Time editorial situation

This Is What Hearst Newspaper's Sees

When It Looks At Connecticut

Hi,

I love your blog. It's got everything Greenwich-related. It kind of
makes the local papers redundant.

I'm trying to figure out what's going on at the Greenwich Time, so
long as it still exists. Do you know if they are still looking for a
permanent Editor? I know someone who would be perfect for the job...

Thanks,
Phil

COMMENT:

Dear Phill

There are so many rumors going on about what is going to happen at the Greenwich Time it is hard to know what is going to ultimately happen at the GREEN KITTY LITTER LINER.

My favorite rumor is that the Greenwich time will and the other Hearst Newspaper dailies will be folded into the CT Post. The Ct Post would expand to become a regional newspaper much like Gannett merged a dozen Westchester, Rockland and Putnam newspapers into the Journal News.

There are many reasons I think the Greenwich Time with become a regional newspaper filled with ediorials about what's going on in Hartford......

Just a couple of days ago Hearst Newspapers announced that Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Jim Zebora was now going to be in charge of a regional business news insert that would appear in the Danbury, Bridgeport, Norwalk, Stamford and Greenwich newspapers.

The Greenwich Events Calender, Real Estate and Jobs web pages have already been replaced with links to regional resources.

All of the Hearst Newspaper Daily Newspapers, including the Greenwich Time, no longer handle comments locally these functions have been farmed out to Topix.

Another reason I cling to this one particular rumor is that everyday I notice that the Greenwich Time home page features more regional and state news.

Here Are The News Stories Dominating

The "Greenwich" Time home page:

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Grim forecast: Rell calls for budget cuts as lawmakers return to work

HARTFORD - Gov. M. Jodi Rell on Wednesday warned that multibillion-dollar deficits will change the way Connecticut looks at its budget as the General Assembly convened for its ceremony-packed first day ....

Obama warns of dire consequences without stimulus

FAIRFAX, Virginia (AP) - President-elect Barack Obama warned of dire and lasting consequences if Congress doesn't pump unprecedented dollars into the U.S. economy, making an urgent pitch Thursday for his mammoth spending proposal in his first speech since his election.

State contract workers face loss of family health care

HARTFORD - It's a bad time for Diana Colorado's family to be dropped from her health insurance.

"My daughter's going to start treatment for diabetes," Colorado, a Norwalk resident who works as a cleaner at Norwalk Community College, said through a translator Monday.

Colorado is one of 600 janitors working in state buildings - including NCC, the University of Connecticut's Stamford campus and the Stamford railroad station - whose dependents as of Feb. 1 are going to lose health care coverage because of an existing state law.

Dodd to hear health care concerns

WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Christopher Dodd said Wednesday that former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle has agreed to join him on a listening tour in Connecticut to hear what the state's insurance, businesses and health care leaders, as well as ordinary citizens recommend for changes in health care.

Living & Health

Playhouse explores art of storytelling with new Festivities series

To be held selected Sundays through 2009, the Family Festivities Series expands on earlier WCP children's programs to include a slew of pre-show activities that aim to educate and entertain.

"We're looking at all the ways people communicate and all the way stories are told," says Debra Baron, director of education at the Westport Country Playhouse. "In this way, we begin to see the ways kids -- and pretty much all people -- learn how to take in information."

Business

Environmental Vroom: Hybrids rent like 'hotcakes' at Stamford Enterprise

Ever crave the experience of getting 40 miles per gallon and trimming your carbon footprint without shelling out as much as $30,000 to buy a hybrid car?

Opinion

Get to work cutting state spending

The 2009 session of the General Assembly opened yesterday with Connecticut's 187 recently elected lawmakers facing one of the most serious fiscal crises in state history.

As state revenues drop precipitously because of the nation's economic recession, the state's current $18.2 billion budget is facing another shortfall projected to be between $193 million and $356 million, despite several rounds of cost-cutting by Gov. M. Jodi Rell and last year's legislature.

But the more formidable challenge is how to handle a $6 billion shortfall projected for the next biennial budget that begins July 1.

Yes, the state has $1.4 billion socked away in reserves, the fruit of budget surpluses in recent years. However, those reserves can be spread only so far in plugging the projected budget hole.

In addition, the governor and lawmakers are counting on aid from the federal government from a massive economic stimulus plan that is being promoted by President-elect Barack Obama and Democratic leaders in Congress. Exact details remain sketchy, but the plan is expected to concentrate on infrastructure projects and additional Medicaid funding to states, one of Connecticut's largest spending areas. ....

Now Here Are The Local News Stories At The Greenwich Time:

1/8/09 SLOW NEWS DAY ???? This Is All The Local News That The Greenwich Time Could Rustle Up

Soon Greenwich Residents Will Have To Ask Themselves Should I Get My State And Regional News From The Hartford Courant Or The CT Post.

One Thing Is For Sure Local Citizen Journalists And Bloggers Like Bill Clark, Chris Fountain And Frank Trotta Are Going To Become More Important In Greenwich.

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1/8/09 Greenwich Post News Links

Congressman Jim Himes, right, was sworn in by Majority Leader Nancy Pelosi, left, in a ceremony Tuesday, with his wife and two daughters, center, by his side

Representatives begin duties in office


Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter


A new year means the beginning of new jobs for three town residents who took the oath of office this week to become public servants.

On Tuesday afternoon, Cos Cob resident Jim Himes officially became a United States congressman when he was sworn in by Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. His children, Emma, 9, and Linley, 6, his wife, Mary, and his mother, Judith, attended the ceremony. Mr. Himes defeated incumbent Republican Christopher Shays last November. The first-term Democrat was sworn in at the en masse ceremony for the entire 111th Congress and then later in the day individually in his office.


Stanwich School gets OK to expand campus


Written by Sara Poirier, Assistant Editor


It took 17 months, but founding headmistress Pat Young and her fellow Stanwich School supporters got what they wanted early Wednesday morning — an expanded campus on one 37-acre piece of land.


Waiting until the 11th hour of Tuesday night to begin discussion of the project, Planning and Zoning Commission members unanimously approved plans to add an upper school and expand the lower school footprint at the 11-year-old private institution, which currently teaches prekindergarten through 10th grade on three different campuses in town. They also approved adding a detached synagogue building for the Greenwich Reform Synagogue next door. The neighboring 11.5 acres, through a separate approved application, became combined with the school’s 25 acres.


All the additions, opponents contended, would contribute to what they called already hazardous traffic situations in the Stanwich/Cat Rock Road area. Creating what neighbor George Schiele called something the size of a “small college” would also destroy the natural environment, according to Mary Lou Lange, White Birch Lane resident and head of Greenwich Residents for Appropriate Land Use (GRALU).......


.....Stanwich attorney Bruce Cohen said the school would get all its funding to pay for the project before applying for building permits, addressing Ms. Lange’s concern about a “gaping hole” at the site should work stop because of lack of money.

“The school is invested wisely and has not suffered the same loss that other institutions have suffered,” Mr. Cohen said.

“This did not happen quickly,” he added, about the length of the application process, saying it’s been the longest live application he’s worked on.

“We have been mindful of the concerns we have to address,” Mr. Cohen said, adding that because of the “great size” of the property and a natural ridge that occurs along its border, the site is able to “accommodate this kind of development.”

In coming to a decision, commission member Paul Marchese said the group needed to look at the application holistically, taking into consideration that the school is a “major asset” to the town.

“This is a landmark for all of us,” Ms. Young told the Post following the commission’s decision, adding that she looks forward to getting things started.



Count Me In says PTAs will get dues


Written by Ken Borsuk, Staff Reporter


Claiming there was no theft, but rather poor business decisions, the chief executive officer of Count Me In Inc. is urging PTAs around the country, including the Greenwich PTA Council, not to go to court.


According to a company statement issued last Friday, Count Me In Inc. (CMI) owes 220 organizations across the country about $5 million. That includes a collective $75,000 to five Greenwich elementary schools for which the PTA Council late last month turned to state Attorney General Richard Blumenthal for assistance......

....the checks stopped coming to the schools once the clubs started up again in the fall.


Terry Drayton, founder and CEO of Count Me In Inc., said in a statement that the company was looking either for investors or an outright sale to be able to pay the money back. He insisted there was no theft or fraud and that the company can account for “every penny” in the shortfall, claiming the money was used for operating costs for the Washington State-based company over the past eight years, such as salaries........

COMMENT:

I Believe This Is Called An Eight Year Old Ponzie Scheme

The Greenwich Post Article Continues.....

Mr. Blumenthal, a Greenwich resident, spoke to the Post on Tuesday and said that discussions with Count Me In Inc. are at a very early stage. He said the company has “committed to cooperate” but it remains to be seen if it will fulfill that pledge. Mr. Blumenthal said Connecticut was working with other interested states, particularly Washington and New Jersey, and they were exploring options to recover the money or get restitution.

COMMENT:

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal Should Quit Pussy Footing Around And Get An Arrest Warrant For Terry Drayton The founder of Count Me In. Then Mr. Blumenthal Should Seek His Extradition To Conneticut. Mr. Drayton Has Stolen From All Of These Greenwich Children And Should Be In Jail.

Plus Mr. Blumenthal Should Go After What's Left Of Count Me In Civilly And The Company Should Be Sold To Pay Back Families That Lost Money.

The Greenwich Post Article Continues......

The PTA Council has not gone to court over this, but other organizations have, and Mr. Drayton urged them to withdraw their claim. He said his only objective right now is to raise the money needed to pay back what the company owes and that he just needs time to be able to set things right without court action.

“I can understand our clients’ frustration and anger,” Mr. Drayton said. “We made a host of mistakes and have put them in a difficult situation. Now I’m just asking them for the time to fix it.”

He said recent action by three Alaskan sports clubs that he claimed would force the company into involuntary bankruptcy.....

COMMENT:

PTA Council President Julie Faryniarz should resign Immediately. She was aware that parents money was missing when the checks stopped coming last fall, but did not report the matter to the Greenwich Police Department or the Attorney Generals Office.

Ms. Faryniarz did not warn parents to contact their credit card companies to get the charges reveresed last year. Nor did she inform parents about the missing money or about the PTA's multiple email corspondences about the missing $75,000.

Faryniarz did not bother to tell parents that DAN "I AM THE MAN" KULLY was secretly flying out to Washington, in early December, in an ameturish effort investigate what happened to the missing money. Was DAN "I AM THE MAN" KULLY stupid enough to think that a deadbeat Ponzie scammer like Terry Drayton was going to put a $75,000 in his hands

Let The Record Show:

That Greenwich Roundup Was The First Connecticut News Outlet To Report That CMI was ripping off Greenwich School Parents.

Furthermore, one month ago today, we were asking why the Greenwich PTA's had not contacted Blumenthal office and criticized the PTA's for hiding the $75,000 loss and not advising them to call their credit card company immediately reverse the charges. We were even asking why the plug had not been pulled on greenwich's links to the Count Me In website.

But PTA Council President Julie Faryniarz did not listen to Greenwich Roundup and took three weeks before she got Blumenthal involved. Any lost monies to the Greenwich PTA's will be because Faryniarz failed to immediately contact authorities when the $75,000 came up missing early last fall.

When Greenwich Roundup Typed....

PTA Council President Julie Faryniarz Should Have Listened

And Taken Immediate Action.....

PLEASE SEE THIS OLD

GREENWICH ROUNDUP REPORT
FROM 30 DAYS AGO:

12/10/08 You Wont Read This In The Greenwich Time: GREENWICH PTA"S HAD UP TO $75,000.00 STOLEN FROM THEM !!!!!

The PTA's Are Missing A Lot Of Money

Where Is The Parents $75,0000?

IS DAN KULLY AND HIS SISTER TRYING TO SWEEP THIS THEFT UNDER THE RUG ?????

SHOULDN'T PARENTS HAVE BEEN INFORMED BEFORE DAN KULLY HOPPED ON A PLANE TO WASHINGTON ?????

WHEN WERE GREENWICH PTA LEADERS GOING TO TELL THE PARENTS THAT THEY HAD BEEN RIPPED OFF ?????

SHOULDN'T SOMEONE CALL THE GREENWICH POLICE DEPARTMENT AND REPORT THIS MISSING $75,000 ?????

MAYBE SOMEONE SHOULD BE CALLING THE CONNECTICUT ATTORNEY GENERAL ?????

SHOULDN'T PTA LEADERS BE SENDING OUT A MASS EMAIL TELLING PARENTS TO DISPUTE THE CREDIT CARD CHARGES, SO THAT THEY WONT LOSE THEIR MONEY ?????

WHY HASN"T THE GREENWICH PTA'S PULLED THE PLUG ON THEIR COUNT ME IN WEBSITE, BEFORE MORE PARENTS LOOSE MONEY ?????

WHERE IS THE LEADERSHIP IN THE GREENWICH PTA"S ?????

Parents Enraged At Bellevue-Based 'Count Me In'

KIROTV

BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Parents and PTA leaders on Tuesday banged on the door of a Bellevue company that's at the center of a nationwide controversy after a KIRO 7 Eyewitness News story revealed the firm hasn't paid back money it owes to youth sports teams.

Dan Kully was among those looking for answers at the offices of Count Me In....

VIDEO BACKSTORY: How Horcher Broke 'Count Me In' Story

12/27/08 We Hate To Say We Told You So , But We Told You That The PTA's Were Hiding The Fact ThaT They Had Lost Parents Money

5 PTAs seek overdue funds

12/30/08 Here Is Another Greenwich School News Report That Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson. Blumenthal Did Not Send Colin A Press Release?

BREAKING NEWS

PTAs Urged To Stop Payments To CMI

WFSB-TV Hartford

Blumenthal: Count Out Count Me In

GREENWICH, Conn. -- Attorney General Richard Blumenthal issued an urgent warning Tuesday to parents and school groups against making payments to register their children for sports and other programs through Count Me In, a recently bankrupt company.

12/31/08 Greenwich Post News Links

PTA, attorney general seek missing money

12/31/08 When Greenwich Roundup Types, Greenwich Time Managing Editor Jim Zorba Listens

Blumenthal lends hand to PTAs

Groups owed $75,000 from Seattle-based company

Town urges radon checks, makes kits available at reduced price


Written by Sara Poirier, Assistant Editor


Town health officials will make residential radon test kits available next week to first-time users at one-third of their regular price, thanks to a state Department of Public Health grant. The discount is the town’s response to January as Radon Action Month in Connecticut.


Police Watch





MISCHIEF



Christian Barr, 33, of Bronxville, N.Y. was arrested Dec. 31 and charged with third degree criminal mischief. Police responded to a report of a disorderly person at the Hyatt Regency. Investigators determined the hotel security had responded to a noise complaint involving Barr, who appeared intoxicated and became aggressive, damaging a closet door in one of the rooms. Barr was released on a promise to appear and is due in court Jan. 6.



LARCENY



A 16-year-old Greenwich boy was arrested Jan. 1 and charged with conspiracy to commit third degree burglary, third degree larceny and second degree false statement. The boy reportedly turned himself in on a warrant stemming from the theft of laptop computers from a Glenville residence on July 10. The boy was released on a promise to appear and is due in court Jan. 7.



POSSESSION



A 17-year-old Fairfield boy and Jeffrey Smith, 18, of Norwalk were arrested Jan. 1 and charged with possession of liquor by a minor. Police responded to an accident on Zaccheus Mead Lane in which Smith was the passenger and the Fairfield boy was the driver. Officers said the two were taken to the hospital and left the vehicle at the scene. Police said investigators determined both of them had thrown out alcohol that they had in the car before the accident. The boys were released on promises to appear and due in court Jan. 16.



ASSAULT



Carlos Aponte, 51, of Stamford was arrested Jan. 1 and charged with second degree assault, criminal attempt at second degree assault, breach of peace and first degree criminal trespass. Police had been sent to Sherman Avenue on the report of someone trying to run another person over with a vehicle. Police said officers were given a description of Aponte’s car and informed that he was last seen traveling north on Sherman Avenue. Police found the car, pulled it over and arrested him. Upon interviewing witnesses at the scene, police determined Aponte tried to run another person over with his car. H was held in lieu of a $250 cash bond and is due in court Jan. 8.



WEAPONS



A 17-year-old Greenwich boy was arrested Jan. 2 and charged with having weapons at school and carrying dangerous weapons. The boy reportedly turned himself in on an outstanding warrant. He allegedly brought a knife to school and kept it in his jacket pocket. The boy was released on a promise to appear and is due in court Jan. 9.



ASSAULT



A 44-year-old Ridgefield man was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with disorderly conduct, risk of injury, third degree assault and interfering with an emergency call. Police responded to a reported domestic incident. The man had allegedly assaulted his ex-girlfriend by twisting her wrist and then smashing the phone to the ground so she couldn’t call 911. The man was found at his home and taken into custody by the Ridgefield Police Department. The man was released on a $10,000 surety bond and was due in court Jan. 5.



DUI



Michael Atkins, of 3 Sayles St., Cos Cob was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with driving under the influence, failure to obey a traffic control signal, having weapons in a motor vehicle, interfering with a police investigation and failure to be fingerprinted. Police were sent to Sound Beach Avenue to the scene of The Beach House Cafe on the report of a disorderly man. According to police, Atkins had tried to get into the restaurant but was denied entry because he was visibly intoxicated and then left the scene in a black pickup truck. Police saw Atkins’ car drive through a red light and, when he was pulled over, he began to verbally berate the officers while displaying signs of intoxication such as slurred speech, glassy, red eyes and a smell of alcohol. Atkins allegedly refused to take field sobriety tests and continually yelled obscenities at the officers. When police searched Atkins’ car, officers reportedly found numerous hunting knives and a compound hunting bow in the front passenger seat. Police claimed that Atkins refused to provide officers with any information and could not be fingerprinted. Atkins was held in lieu of a $5,000 cash bond and is due in court Jan. 12.



THREATENING



A 24-year-old Greenwich man was arrested Jan. 4 and charged with second degree criminal mischief, disorderly conduct and second degree threatening. Police had been sent to the scene of a reported domestic dispute between a boyfriend and girlfriend. The woman alleged that her boyfriend had said he was going to kill her and that she had gone to a neighbor’s for protection. She told police the man had thrown her to the ground, tearing the back of her coat and then took her shoes and threw them into the snow. When she tried to get up, she told officers that he grabbed her arm and threw her into the snow and then he took her keys and handbag and threw them into the woods. According to police reports the woman then found her keys and locked herself in her car and that the man then came up to her and told her to give him the house key or else he would kill her. The man allegedly ripped off her driver’s side mirror and windshield wipers. The man was held in lieu of a $1,000 cash bond and was due in court Jan. 5.





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1/8/09 SLOW NEWS DAY ???? This Is All The Local News That The Greenwich Time Could Rustle Up

What Is Cos Cob Crying About.

They Only Have One Chase Bank.

What About The Great Chase Invasion

Of Central Greenwich?

There Is A Chase Bank In Middle Of The Avenue.

There Is A Chase Bank At The Top Of The Avenue.

One Block East There Is A Chase Bank On Mason

One Half A Block West They Have Approved A News Chase Bank

In The Old Harvey Electronics Store.

Then A About A Block Down Putnam Avenue There Is A

Chase Bank In The Stop And Shop Shoping Center.

A Few More Blocks Down Putnam Avenue There Is

A Chase Bank At 500 West Putnam Avenue

Plus There Are Two Other Chase Locations On Mason Street.

And Don't Forget Chase Owns Now Owns

The Washington Mutual Branch At 340 Greenwich Avenue

Cos Cob residents protest another bank
Cos Cob doesn't need an eighth bank. That's that message Mead Avenue residents have sent Chase Bank through a petition protesting the financial institution's plans to open a branch at 371Putnam Ave., currently Bella Nonna Restaurant.

"Cos Cob is not Banksville, which is up on North Street," said Mulberry Lane resident Eric Brower, one of 23 people to sign the petition, in an interview Wednesday. "This would be the eighth bank in Cos Cob."

Brower, who is also a private planning consultant, represented himself and his neighbors before the Planning and Zoning Commisson at its meeting Tuesday night, when representatives of Chase Bank sought, for the third time, preliminary site plan approval.

A restaurant at the location, whether it's Bella Nonna or any other, is much more in line with the neighborhood's character than a bank, Brower said.

A project team for Chase Bank first presented its plans in October for a Cos Cob branch, which would be Greenwich's fifth Chase Bank after Old Greenwich, North Street, Riverside and Mason Street. Chase representatives said they had entered into a contract with the company that owns the property. Details include a new, 2,702-square-foot building, two drive-up lanes with a passing lane and 26 parking spaces.

At that meeting, the Planning and Zoning Commission asked the Chase team to consider reducing the number of drive-up lanes as well as develop a shared parking agreement between Chase and the adjacent Dunkin' Donuts. ....

Not guilty plea in accident death

A Riverside man charged with manslaughter with a motor vehicle in the Oct. 5 accident that killed 20-year-old Joseph Borselio pleaded not guilty Wednesday morning in state Superior Court in Stamford......

.....Moore could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted on the manslaughter charge. The charge is specific to motor vehicle accident deaths caused by someone driving while under the influence of alcohol, drugs, or both, according to state statutes.

Russell is taking over the case from his associate, attorney James Pastore. The case was previously delayed in November because the prosecutor said he needed more time to get evidence to the defense, Pastore said.

Police said evidence at the scene led them to believe that Moore attempted to flee following the collision, but Russell would not comment on that aspect of the case.

"It would be inappropriate at this juncture to comment on the evidence," said Russell. "Suffice to say Mr. Moore is a remorseful, contrite individual. He's made profound changes in the choices that he makes and he knows that he's been consigned to a life sentence of responsibility and remorse for his actions."

Borselio was a high school graduate of the BOCES program and worked as a cashier at Shop Rite on West Main Street in Stamford......

.....In addition to second-degree manslaughter with a motor vehicle, Moore also faces charges of operating under the influence, evading responsibility in a fatal crash, unsafe movement and failure to exercise due care to a pedestrian.......

PLEASE SEE:

1/7/09 BREAKING NEWS AT THE GREENWICH POST: Where Is The Greenwich Time And Greenwich Citizen?

Storm stirs things up across town
An overnight storm of sleet and freezing rain coated trees, power lines, cars and roadways with ice Wednesday morning, creating hazardous driving conditions that led to a pregnant woman's near-catastrophic encounter with a tree and the Merritt Parkway's hours-long closure.

MAYBE THIS HEARST NEWSPAPER WILL HAVE

MORE LOCAL NEWS ONLINE LATER ?

PLEASE SEE:

1/7/09 Greenwich Time Business Reporter Jim Zebora Must Have Been Hiting The Bars After He Lost The Greenwich Time Managing Editor Job

Worried Town Residents Are Saying

If Ex-Greenwich Time Editor Jim Zebora Isn't Carefull

He Could End Up In The GPD Drunk Tank !!!!!

Forget About Some Reading Some Business News
In The Greenwich Time, Because Jim Zebora Is
Probably Recovering From A Massive Hangover.

Ex-Greenwich Time Business Editor Jim Zebora
Files His First "Business" Report

The Displaced Zebora Must Of Drank A Lot Of Beer
While Preparing This "News" Story

1/7/09 The Peter Principle Is Effect In Greenwich: Jim Zebora Has Risen Well Beyond His Level Of Incompetence At Hearst Newspapers

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1/8/09 Was There A Check For Greenwich Resident Walter Noel? Madooff Had $173 Million In Checks For Pals (Updated With Picture)

FINAL MADOFF PLUNDER PLAN

Prosecutors: Bernie was ready to send out huge checks to kin and pals

Checks Were Set To Be Mailed Just Before Bust, Feds Warn Judge

Madoff was ready to send out $173 million

FierceFinance

The disclosures, in the unfolding Bernard Madoff scandal, continue to shock. The latest: Prosecutors say they found roughly 100 signed checks for no less than $173 million in Bernie's office desk, reports the AP. He allegedly was set to send them to family and friends when he was arrested.

The $173 million may have been merely part of the funds that Bernie allegedly was trying to siphon away. Prosecutors believe he was planning to somehow transfer up to $300 million. The disclosures are part of an effort to persuade a judge to revoke Madoff's bail and send him to prison. A ruling is expected as early as today. It certainly seems that whatever "cooperation" was going on previously, is now over.

For more:- here's the AP article

Related Articles: Madoff news from FierceFinance

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