04/23/08 - Singing with the choir (Via Greenwich Post)

Christ Church invites all boys from third to sixth grade for a morning of free singing and sports starting at 9. Attendees will receive vocal training from Jolle Greenleaf, who works with the men and boys choirs at St. Thomas Fifth Avenue, N.Y., and James Kennerley, director of the men and boys choirs at Christ Church. Members of the Boys Choir at Christ Church will perform a short concert at 12:30 p.m. Vocal sessions will be interspersed with sports breaks and snack. This is a non-religious event. No prior singing experience is necessary. For information, call Linda Austin-Small at 869-6000, ext. 23, or e-mail musicdept@christchurchgreenwich.org.

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04/23/08 - Earth friendly (Via The Greenwich Post)

Bryanne Pinheiro, 4, from Greenwich's Head Start First Steps classroom helps clean up during the morning Earth Day celebration at Armstrong Court yesterday.

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04/23/08 - "What good is a meter if you don't enforce it?" Byram Neighborhood Association President Michael Bocchino

The Byram Neighborhood Association voted unanimously to oppose a $48,000 project in the proposed 2008-2009 capital budget to install meters in lots on Henry and Williams streets.

Byram fights parking meters

Arguing it could worsen parking woes facing Byram merchants and residents, the area's neighborhood association is lobbying against a proposal to put meters in two parking lots....

...Currently about 135 municipal parking spaces in downtown Byram have time restrictions but are not metered, Parking Services Director Alan Corry said.

The town's staff of six full-time parking enforcement officers, and one part-time officer, spend about five hours a day in Byram enforcing regulations, Corry said....

...The proposed project to meter the lots would split the 110 spaces about equally between eight-hour and two-hour spaces, Corry said.

Corry said additional personnel would be necessary to increase the level of enforcement in Byram, and that meters would make enforcement more simple and efficient.

Currently parking enforcement officers patrolling Byram chalk the tires of cars in regulated spaces, returning later and ticketing those which remain in the spots.

"You come back an hour or two laters to check if they've moved or haven't moved," Corry said. "When you are talking about 100 cars that gets very labor intensive."

If the meters were installed, the additional revenue generated from fees and fines could possibly help pay for an officer to deal exclusively with Byram enforcement, he said.

"It is hard right now to be consistent with enforcement with the people I have," Corry said. "It would mean increasing my staff to have somebody dedicated to that area."

Now Here Is Someone Who Is Able To Think Outside The Box To Solve The Byram Parking Problem - Duh, Let's Develop More Parking

Without additional enforcement, the meters would fall short of breaking parking gridlock, said Kevin Allmashy, owner of Executive Corner Deli on Mill Street, whose customers often complain about the hassle of finding a space....

....Allmashy said he thinks adding an additional 100-space parking deck above the William Street lot which would provide enough spaces to accommodate more businesses and customers in Byram.

"Right now Byram is growing and we have great businesses coming in," he said. "But it won't continue to grow if we don't deal with the parking issue and find more spaces."

Maybe, They Should Make Kevin "Let's Try Something New" Allmashy The President Of The Byram Neighborhood Association.

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04/22/08 - Son Of The Beach Lawsuit - The Nightmare Continues ...

"There's no reason why we can't restrict this pool from any outside individuals or residents," said Michael Bocchino, president of the Byram Neighborhood Association. In a landmark case decided by state Supreme Court, ...

Police Raid Byram House Arrest Four Teens
3 Apr 2008
by The Editor

Police raid Byram house arrest four teens Greenwich Time

Its the first step to stopping the activity and quot he said The arrests follows several marijuana busts police have made across town over the past ...
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04/23/08 - The Greenwich Roundup For Wednesday

Human Roundup

Earth day events
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

April is Earth Day Month in Greenwich, so the Greenwich Conservation Department has put together a list of many events, this month and next, that are aimed ...

...The list can be found at its Web site at:

www.greenwichct.org/ConservationCommission/ConservationCommission.asp

Featured Greenwich News And Sports Reports

Greenwich Academy tennis falls to St. Luke's
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

For years, Greenwich Academy has been the tennis team to beat in the Fairchester Athletic Association. But if yesterday's match was any indication, ...
GHS golf drives its way past Bruins
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT
By David Fierro

Greenwich High School's David Morilla watches the flight of his ball during the Cardinals' 5 1/2-2 1/2 win over Brunswick at Fairview Counry ...

2-Year Note Yields Rise to Highest Since 2006 Versus Fed Funds
Bloomberg - USA

``Stocks are down, and no one wants to buy the front end if the Fed is done,'' said Ian Lyngen, an interest-rate strategist in Greenwich, Connecticut, ...

Greenwich Mansion Planned with 26 toilets
Wall Street Journal Blogs - New York,NY

Greenwich, Conn., is a small town of big houses. Like Steve Cohen's 32000-square-foot home with its own ice rink. Or Paul Tudor Jones' 13000 square-footer. ...

Ridgefield hands Greenwich lacrosse its first loss of the season
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT

An off night by the Greenwich High School boys lacrosse team led to its first loss of the season in a battle of unbeatens against Ridgefield. ...

Featured Greenwich Blog Posts

Annual Volunteer Luncheon

When: Wednesday April 23rd, 2008 - 12:00 PM

Where: Greenwich Library at Flinn Gallery

sponsored by the Friends of the Greenwich Library.
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Walk raises money for breast health research (Greenwich Post)
By admin

The third annual Hands Across the Avenue walk will make its way to and from Richards of Greenwich at 359 Greenwich Ave. on Sunday, starting at 11 am.
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CT: Rubins overdosed on heroin, cocaine - Greenwich Time

(US) Rubins overdosed on heroin, cocaine

Greenwich Time - Rubins overdosed on heroin, cocaine

STAMFORD -- A Greenwich plastic surgeon found dead in his pool worker's Stamford apartment in January overdosed on heroin and cocaine, ...
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The Raw Greenwich News Feed

1. United Rentals, Inc. First Quarter 2008 Conference Call and Audio...

   Business Wire

   ... Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor ' s MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at www.unitedrentals.com .
   

2. Banking woes seem to ease. Is it a sign?

   Christian Science Monitor

   ... is behind us for financial markets," says Michael Darda, chief economist at MKM Partners, an investment firm in Greenwich, Conn. "It doesn't mean the worst has been seen in terms of the economic data," he adds, but in forward-looking indicators ...

3. Stock futures fall on financial sector worries

   The Boston Globe

   ... Europe's lead lower here," said Tim Smalls, head of U.S. stock trading at brokerage firm Execution LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. "There's another round of sketchy rumors about more trouble at financials, but nothing concrete." S&P 500 futures fell ...

4. Recipes

   WTNH

   ... brunch items is Chef Darrin Burr from City Hall Cafe in Waterbury. Spaghetti al Sugo di Pomodoro from Polpo in Greenwich. Polpo Restaurant is considered one of Connecticut's and the Northeast's best dining experiences. ...

5. Letter: Bottled water better than most drinks

   Chico Enterprise-Record

   ... tions that keep all plastic household containers - regardless of what they hold - out of landfills. - Jane Lazgin, Greenwich, Conn.
   

6. Shops Claim a Once-Gritty Waterfront

   New York Times

   ... the food and consumer products giant. In 2004, Unilever sold the site to National Resources, a developer based in Greenwich, Conn. It wants to convert the site to a mixed-use center, at a cost that may reach $250 million. This development, to be ...

7. "High Society Exposed in New Book from Author D. Anderson Rocks"

   24-7 Press Release

   GREENWICH, CT -The party for around two hundred will be held at a palatial Private residence on Round Hill Road and is ...

   
   

8. Variety comes home to Gotham

   Variety.com

   ... dubbed an L-shaped area on the Upper East Side and midtown Manhattan as Lower Hedgistan. Upper Hedgistan is Greenwich, Conn., a short train ride from New York City, where 40% of the world's hedge funds -- with more than $1 billion in assets -- are ...

9. CVTech Group Inc. announces secondary sale of 22 million shares

   Canada NewsWire

   ... Overseas Master Fund, L.P., for a total of 17.5 million shares. Tontine is an institutional investor based in Greenwich, Connecticut. Tontine has today issued a press release with respect to its purchase of the shares, as required by Canadian ...

10. PASSUR Aerospace, Inc. Becomes New Company Name for Megadata...

    PR Newswire

    GREENWICH, Conn., FirstCall/ -- Stockholders of Megadata Corporation voted at the company's annual meeting on April 16, 2008 to change the company's name to PASSUR Aerospace, Inc.

    
    

11. Greenwich plastic surgeon overdosed, medical examiner confirms

    NewsTimesLive.com

    The Greenwich plastic surgeon found dead in his pool worker's Stamford apartment in February overdosed on a combination of heroin and cocaine, according to the state's medical examiners.

    
    
    

12. Tigers shock Cards

    NewsTimesLive.com

    ... Tigers pulled out a stunning 13-10 Fairfield County Interscholastic Athletic Conference win over the second-ranked Greenwich Cardinals in front of a near capacity crowd at Tiger Hollow Stadium. As fans rushed the field, no one could say for sure if ...

13. Boeing Profit Forecast May Reassure Investors Weary of Dreamliner Delay

    Bloomberg

    ... as travel demand slows and the economy weakens, said Peter Arment , an American Technology Research analyst in Greenwich, Connecticut, who has a ``neutral'' rating on Boeing. ``We're at a crossroads point right now as to whether we'll see a recovery ...

14. Saxon Energy in talks that could net buyout

    The Toronto Star

    ... Canada, the United States, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela. First Reserve, with offices in Houston, Greenwich, Conn., and London, is the leading private equity firm specializing in the energy industry. Schlumberger supplies technology, ...

15. Royal Bank Of Scotland Building Rises In Stamford

    Hartford Courant

    The woes of the financial services industry haven't interfered with The Royal Bank of Scotland's construction of a curvy, glass-and-terra cotta headquarters across Washington Boulevard from rival UBS, evident ...

16. Dow Jones, S&P dip on bank worries

    Theedgedaily.com

    ... and Apple could add to those, said Tim Smalls, head of US stock trading at brokerage firm Execution LLC in Greenwich, Connecticut. On the New York Mercantile Exchange, May crude settled at a record US$117.48, up 79 cents, after hitting an intraday ...

Wednesday's News Links From
The Greenwich Post

Walk raises money for breast health research

The third annual Hands Across the Avenue walk will make its way to and from Richards of Greenwich at 359 Greenwich Ave. on Sunday, starting at 11 a.m.

New online consignment boutique supports charity

Revolve Couture, an online consignment boutique offering new and gently used designer clothing, shoes, handbags and accessories, announced its grand opening this week with the launch of a new Web site and eBay store.

Coast guard auxiliary holds 'swearing in'

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary 2008 elected officers for Flotilla 7-4 (Greenwich, Darien and Stamford) were recently sworn in to office at the Change of Watch dinner.

Greenwich Time RSS News Feed

STD rate in youth increases Reported cases of chlamydia and gonorrhea more than doubled in one year among Greenwich residents 15 to 24 years old, according to statistics from the state Department of Public Health. Full Story Report: Morale low at library Greenwich Library suffers from poor employee morale, a lack of opportunities for advancement and general dissatisfaction with management, according to those surveyed in a consultant's report on the institution. Full Story GHS auditorium opposition grows By Neil Vigdor Staff Writer Before the curtain ever rises on the renovation of the Greenwich High School auditorium, the project is facing multiple threats from some members of the Representative Town Meeting. Full Story Diplomat: Meeting pope unforgettable experience From Mikhail Gorbachev to Queen Elizabeth II, Joseph Verner Reed has rubbed the elbows with some of the world's most influential figures during his career, so much so that the novelty of greeting a visiting pope might be rather ho-hum for the Greenwich diplomat. Full Story Limited options for Glenville, Ham Ave. Frustrations bubbled up at last night's meeting with Glenville School parents as Board of Education officials outlined two possible relocation options for students. Full Story Reverse 911 trial set for Friday Don't be alarmed if you get a phone call Friday about an emergency. The town will test the town's reverse 911-system at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m sending more than 20,000 pre-recorded phone messages to numbers throughout Greenwich, Town Emergency Management Operations Coordinator Daniel Warzoha said. Full Story

What's Going On In Town

Via Greenwich Post - Postings

Today

Retired Men’s Association

Joe Tranfo Jr., of the Benedict Place Project, speaks at the next Retired Men’s Association meeting, 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, April 23, YMCA; 637-2393;

‘Pick Your Protein’

Riverside nutritionist Phyllis Schondorf offers a walking tour of selected grocery store aisles, 10:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 23, ShopRite at Commerce Park Stamford; registration required; 978-0464.

Bariatric Support Group

The Bariatric Support Group for those who have undergone or are considering bariatric surgery meets, 6:30 to 8, Wednesday, April 23, Healthy Living Center; free; 863-4302.

‘Save the Jenny’

A benefit show to raise funds for Arcadia Coffee House featuring comedians Jane Condon, Richie Byrne and Brad Zimmerman, 7:30, Wednesday, April 23, Arcadia Coffee House; reservations required; suggested minimum donation $100; 637-0707.

Thursday, April 24

‘Food and Flowers’

Patricia Blake McNamee of Patricia Blake Catering and Peter Couture of Blossoms Plus present “Paris in the Springtime” a hands-on program on Parisian fresh flower and food markets, 11 to 1, Thursday, April 24, Garden Education Center of Greenwich; registration required; 869-9242; Gecgreenwich.org.

Health for all ages

The Kronos Longevity Research Institute holds a tea and talk titled “It Is Never Too Late To Be Healthy,” 2:30 to 4:30, Thursday, April 24, L’Escale Restaurant; free; reservations required; 866-840-1117.

Jazz Quartet performs

The Scott Castle Jazz Quartet performs at the Byram Shubert Library’s family music series, 7, Thursday, April 24, St. Paul Lutheran Church; free; light refreshments served; 531-4026.

Power of Play

David Elkin, psychologist, discusses his book The Power of Play: Raising Healthy Children in a Stressful World, 7, Thursday, April 24, Christ Church Nursery School; $20.

Friday, April 25

Sea scenes

Local Luminist painter Peter Lane holds an opening reception for his “Majestic Marines” exhibit, 4 to 8, Friday, April 25, Arcadia Coffee Co.; exhibit opens April 24 and runs through April 30; 302-1956.

Mixed media methods

The Art Society of Old Greenwich focuses on mixed media art with a talk by Susan Baker who demonstrates how she creates her mixed media sculptures, 5 to 7, Friday, April 25, Garden Education Center; open to public; 869-9242.

‘On the Boardwalk’

ARC holds a benefit event themed “On the Boardwalk” with a live auction lead by WABC’s Eyewitness News’ Bill Evans, Friday, April 25, Hyatt Regency; 531-1880; Sizemore@arcgreenwich.org.

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04/22/08 - Some of the online rumors have him being coveted by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Kansas City Chiefs, New Orleans Saints, and Seattle Seahawks.

Sullivan's Draft Date Four Days Away

by Tim Parry

Former Greenwich All-American John Sullivan will hear his name called on the first day of the NFL Draft on Saturday. The question of course is this: Which team will invest in the Notre Dame center's future? ...

...Here's Sullivan's draft profile from NFL.com. One tab praises him as a cerebral center who had some of the best combine scores in the vertical jump and the 20-yard shuttle. And I'm sure a kid as smart as him aced the Wunderlich test.

Then the next tab says he's a kid who may have already peaked as an athlete, and may be overrated...

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04/22/08 - Reader Comments About The Typos

Spell Check Is Impotent

Hello GR,

In the "About us" section on the left hand side, in the middle where you talk about how "it is important that the residents of Greenwich to practice critical and discriminating reading It is a skill that crucial in trying to discern the realities behind all the reporting and rhetoric that is written about the village", you need a period between "reading" and "It".

Also, I believe the first "to" is not needed. I didn't read the rest of the section, but I'm guessing you will want to proofread it to ensure no other typos.

dz

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Dear dz,

The corrections have been made.

Thank you so much for the help.

I have one eye and I type by hunting and pecking on the computer keyboard.

I sincerely appreciate your help.

Brian

Editor And Chef

BTW,

Have you seen this internet classic

The following is a letter to the editor from the

Times of Trenton, July 14, 1998.

The Shortcomings Spellcheck

I would like to apply fore a job as an editor of your paper. I halve a computer, and it has spellcheck, and it wood seam that this is awl I really knead.

Aye thought at first that maybe I should caul, but then I decided it mite be better to right. I truly believe that I would be a grate editor--know matter watt--rein or shine. Eye wood make accuracy inn spelling the mane ingredient of my editorial rain. Just to prove my hart is in the rite place, I maid sure this letter was perfect--I ran it threw Spellcheck.

I really due wont this job, and I no I could bee a reel asset, butt if yew don't higher mi, I won't whale.

[signed]

Sharon Lowden

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Spelling Poem

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It came with my pea sea
It plainly marques four my revue
Miss steaks eye kin knot sea.

Eye strike a key and type a word
And weight four it two say
Weather eye am wrong oar write
It shows me strait a weigh.

As soon as a mist ache is maid
It nose bee fore two long
And eye can put the error rite
Its rare lea ever wrong.

Eye have run this poem threw it
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04/22/08 - Girl slaps mother and starts wrestling with a sibling

Police Watch: The following reports were released April 22

POLICE WATCH

Police do not release the names of those 17 years old and younger because they are protected as juveniles or youthful offenders. The Post does not publish the names of those arrested in domestic violence incidents to protect the identities of the victims. The following are April 21's released arrests:

DISORDERLY

A 16-year-old Greenwich girl was arrested April 21 and charged with disorderly conduct. Police had been sent to the scene of a reported fight between family members and arrested the girl. She had allegedly gotten into an argument with her mother and escalated it by slapping her mother and wrestling with a sibling who attempted to intervene. The girl was released on a promise to appear in court today.

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04/22/08 - Governor Jodi Rell Gets It Wrong On Earth Day - Ham Ave School Is The Greenest School - Green With Mold

New Canaan Country School officially greenest school in CT

Stamford Plus Magazine, CT

Today, April 22, Earth Day, New Canaan Country School received the silver award from LEED (Leadership in Energy Efficient Design) from the US Green Building Council and now is officially the ‘greenest school building in the state of CT.’

On hand to commemorate the event was Senator Judy Freedman who read a proclamation from Governor Jodi Rell, and Selectman, Jeb Walker. Three ninth grade students spoke about what the building is teaching them about environmental stewardship: Elliot Wolf of Greenwich, Caroline Casey of New Canaan, and Sarah Cottone of Norwalk.

The building was designed by Butler, Rogers, Baskett of New Canaan (www.brb.com) and built by Turner Construction. LEED consultation was provided by The Stone House Group. ...

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04/18/07 - "There's no way that my children will ever go back to that building ever again," said Laura DiBella, a Ham Ave School parent (Updated)

04/16/08 - Frank wants to step back and learn from mistakes made in the past. He says the contaminated Hamilton Avenue Modulars are not an ideal site

04/14/08 - BOE To Spend 1.7 Million To Put The Smallest Glenville Students In The Molded Modulars - Older Students Will Be Dispersed All Over(Updated)

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04/22/08 - Reader Submitted Comments About Earth Day

Dear Greenwich Roundup,

Today is Earth Day, a day to remember the fact that our stewardship of this planet is the primary legacy we will leave all of our children.

As Jim Himes argues in an opinion piece in today's Connecticut Post, now is the time for us to act decisively to ensure that our state is a leader in green collar jobs, and that our children have the opportunity to live in a healthy and sustainable world.

The citizens of Greenwich need to act together in order to face this huge challenge.

Please take a minute now and invite your friends, neighbors, and family to join in this collective effort.

http://www.himesforcongress.com/earthday

We in Greenwich, all realize that the health of our planet is an issue that affects every aspect of our lives, and which deserves our attention every single day.

We are mired in a financial mess brought on by Bush-Shays economic policies and mired in a disastrous war brought on by Bush-Shays foreign policy.

And there are other huge challenges on the horizon, so many of which are tied to climate change, our nation's energy policy, and our planet's very survival.

The time to act is now. If we are going to make progress, we need more allies on our team, we need people from Greenwich to help spread the word.

Can you think of a co-worker, neighbor, friend, or family member who cares as much as you do about our country's future - our economy, our planet?

Please forward today's Op-Ed to them and ask them to join the team:

http://www.himesforcongress.com/earthday

Thanks,

A Greenwich citizen that is concerned about the

economy and the environment

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04/22/08 - The thing about being a heroin addict is that you either have no problems or one big one.

Coroner: Greenwich Doctor Ian Rubins Died From Overdose of Heroin ...

by Chris

The Stamford Advocate is reporting that Greenwich Doctor Ian Rubins, 46, who died in the presence of pool worker Leonard Bajramaj on January 23rd, expired to due an overdose of cocaine and/or heroin. Bajramaj was charged with first ...

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• Yearlong Greenwich Police Sting Yields Mom, Son, with 2 Ounces Of Weeds
• “Greenwich Narcotics Squad” Stakeout Nets “Drug Bust” - Greenwich Time

Please see:

04/21/08 - Rubins purchased narcotics that he took and Rubins, as a doctor, knew exactly what he was doing when he injected himself.

02/06/08 - Dr. Ian Rubin's Family Has Complained About The Press, But At Least The Family Got Justice.

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“It is not heroin or cocaine that makes one an addict, it is the need to escape from a harsh reality. There are more television addicts, more baseball and football addicts, more movie addicts, and certainly more alcohol addicts in this country than there are narcotics addicts.”

Shirley Chisholm
(American Politician, the first African-American woman to win a seat in the United States Congress, b.1924)

04/22/08 - Note to Mr. Baker: Before you do anything else, CHANGE THE FLOORS ON THE GROUND FLOOR! They are miserable.

Fortune: Lord & Taylor's New Hope

by Guerilla Shopper

Richard Baker, the scion of a Greenwich, Conn., real estate dynasty, has made a billion-dollar bet on Lord & Taylor and an esoteric list of designers. Is he fashion's next power player, or will he be the latest deep-pocketed outsider to ...

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04/22/08 - Volvic water is drawn from deep inside the lush, green ancient volcanoes of the Auvergne. Yeah, right. Some Frenchman has a hose and a tub

...I think all bottled water is filled up in the sink. I think the various companies that market the stuff just put the bottles under a faucet...

John Kelso

Austin American Statesman

...Oh, I will buy bottled water occasionally. My brand of choice? It had been Ozarka, because the name made it sound like it once had a trotline set in it. But now I see on the bottle that Ozarka is a Nestle product and that Nestle is located in Greenwich, Conn. There isn't anybody in Greenwich, Conn., who knows how to bait a hook.

The other thing that gets me about bottled water is the way they list the "Nutritional Facts" on the bottle. Nutrition? What nutrition? But pick up your bottle of Dasani, a Coca-Cola product, and you'll notice that it says it has zero percent total fat, zero calories, zero percent sodium, zero percent total carbs, and zero grams of protein.

Why bother putting this on there? Of course it doesn't have anything in it. It's freakin' water. If it had anything in it, it would be a martini.

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04/22/08 - "I find it very relaxing," said Samantha Spezzano a Greenwich High School senior. "I turn on my iPod and take my time."

GHS senior travels down a culinary road

By Hoa Nguyen
Greenwich Time - Staff Writer

When she's not playing ice hockey, Samantha Spezzano is in the kitchen testing new recipes and baking up a storm...

...Spezzano, who works part-time at the Black Forest Pastry Shop in Greenwich, is allergic to nuts. Her dream is to open up her own bakery one day where she would specialize in nut-free pastries.

"You can make anything from food and I love that," she said...

...Her boss, at the bakery, Herb Mueller, 37, a second-generation shop owner who grew up in Riverside with the goal of taking over his parents' place, said he is unsure whether he would recommend the career to someone else.

"Some people don't realize there's a lot of work involved in making cakes," he said, adding that the most important characteristic for a budding pastry chef is to be passionate about baking. "She seems to be so I say, 'Hey go for it. Do it while you're young.' "

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04/22/08 - The CEO dubbed 'Fred the Shred' for his cost-cutting habit escapes the firing line - for now.

At RBS you can keep your job even if you help wreak the economy and write down 12 Billion in losses

RBS chief gets off scot-free
CNNMoney.com

(Fortune) -- Even in the pathetic pantheon of subprime mortgage losers, Royal Bank of Scotland stands out.

The Edinburgh, Scotland-based bank joined three other titans of global finance - Citi (C, Fortune 500) and Merrill Lynch (MER, Fortune 500) of the United States and Swiss bank UBS (UBS) - in being forced to raise costly new capital after reporting mortgage-related losses reaching into the double-digit billions of dollars. RBS (RBS) said Monday that its latest quarter would reflect nearly $12 billion in writedowns tied to the global credit crunch. Following the script written by its struggling rivals, Royal Bank of Scotland then went out and raised a huge slug of new capital - $23.9 billion worth - at prices far below even the bank's steeply depressed trading price.

But in a bizarre break with the Merrill-Citi-UBS model, in which top execs who oversaw disastrous mortgage investments were forced to resign, Royal Bank of Scotland is standing behind the management team that led the firm into this morass. This despite the fact that the writedowns come just two months after RBS chief Fred Goodwin told investors he didn't expect to have to raise new capital this year through share issuances. Indeed, the board rebuffed Goodwin's offer to resign ...

...The bank's RBS Greenwich Capital unit, acquired back in 2000 when RBS gobbled up U.K. banker Natwest, spent the middle years of this decade beefing up its issuance of collateralized debt obligations...

...Now, Goodwin is planning to sell the firm's insurance business in a bid to raise even more money and narrow the Royal Bank's focus. And even in the wake of the massive writedowns and humbling capital-raising terms, he insisted on a conference call this week that he's playing a strong hand. "There won't be a fire-sale," he said.

But as RBS shareholders know all too well, Fred Goodwin has been wrong before.

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RBS: Colonial opinions.
by Henry Cave Devine

The thieves at the trading unit, RBS Greenwich, kept mum on the markings to enrich their compensation at the expense of the shareholders. As far as I am concerned RBS management has no credibility or integrity. ...

My Telegraph : Henry Cave Devine - http://my.telegraph.co.uk/henry_cave_devine/

Almost 11,000 Connecticut Working Families Have Lost Their Homes Since New Years Day.

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04/22/08 Tuesday's News Links From The Greenwich Post

Fourth graders visit the Guggenheim

Going to the Guggenheim

The fourth graders from the International School at Dundee visited the Guggenheim Museum in New York City recently. As part of the partnership program, the fourth graders made two trips to the museum and viewed a variety of exhibits, including traveling exhibitions and works from the permanent collection. The trips inspired the artwork of the students which culminated in an Art Gala at the school last week....
Session offers tips on managing stress

On Wednesday, April 30, Ruthanne Jaffe Birnbaum, a licensed and board certified clinical social worker who is in local private practice, will present an illustrated talk on techniques for stress management.

Greenwich TV celebrates Earth Day

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04/22/08 - See The Channel 2 Video - Fakes Allowing Many Access To Exclusive Waterfront

Police in Greenwich, Conn., are scratching their heads as they try to figure out who is running a counterfeit beach pass ring that is allowing people access to exclusive waterfront property. (WCBS)

Beach Pass Counterfeiting Perplexes Greenwich Cops (Video Report)

WCBSTV.com

Reporting Tony Aiello

GREENWICH, Conn. You've heard of counterfeit money and counterfeit luxury goods. How about counterfeit beach passes?

It's happening in Connecticut, where cops say someone is making and apparently selling those highly coveted beach passes that are one of the perks of living in America's wealthiest town.

It's quiet now, but come Memorial Day crowds will head back to the beach at Greenwich Point, where attendants will have to be more vigilant than ever now that cops have learned someone has been counterfeiting these coveted passes and making fake permits....

...Beach passes and parking permits are one of the perks of living in Greenwich. For years, the town fought to keep non-residents off the beach – until a court ordered the town to allow them to visit.

But non-residents pay a fee for the privilege -- $5 to enter and $20 to park.

So having a counterfeit pass and parking permit could save hundreds of dollars.

Greenwich Police have a great piece of evidence in this case -- a folder containing copies of counterfeit passes, and the name of the alleged person behind the counterfeiting ring....

...."We are still reaching out to other individuals to get their assistance as well as try to document enough information to give to the prosecutors' office where they feel comfortable going forward with a criminal charge," said. Lt. Daniel Allen.

Whoever has been making fake versions of these passes soon may find it's a real crime.

Real beach passes have a bar code on them, but beach attendant's are not equipped with a bar code reader....

Please see:

02/18/08 - The Parks Department Has Another Beach Pass Scandal. Will The Police Be Called? Will the person reponsible be punished?

02/19/08 - Coverup? - Why Isn't This Felony Being Investigated By The Police Department?

02/20/08 - Is The Coverup Comming To An End? - Police Commisioner Tesei Lights A Fire Under Police Chief Ridberg's Rear End.

02/21/08 - Stop The Coverup - Since When Is Joesph Siciliano A Criminal Investigator?

03/18/08 - First Selectman Peter Tesei said, "Every effort should be made to identify the culprit and prosecute the person."

04/21/08 - You Can Blame This Screw Up On High Paid Parks Department Head Joesph "I Thought I Could Handle A Police Investigation" Sicilano

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Please read comments about this issue:

Cathy says:

Their all a bunch of snobs....Boo-freakin-hoo! So someone might want to use your beaches who don't live there.

So what? If they are willing to pay for a pass,let them.

I understand there are fake passes out there,and for the person who alledgedly made them,why do you have an attorney? You have something to hide?? I guess you do.

Jack says:

Go after the real criminals who break in our homes and kill us,the beach belongs to everyone.

Joan says:

Greenwich residents pay taxes for beach upkeep and the people using fake passes do not.

The beach belong to every one at the high water mark. You can walk the beach at that point by following the coast line.It was done many years ago by activist Ned Coll from Hartford. He marched a group of people along the coast to prove that point.

Bruce says:

The fact is the very rich have bought up the Conn. coastline.

As a child my family used to rent a cottage for at least 20 years until it was sold to some guy from NY.

It was bulldozed; a mansion on the water went up and such is the case over and over.

We are supposed to just be good little middle class serfs and be happy about our $3.79 gas also.

Middle Greenwich says:

I can sort of understand why Port Chester and other Westchester residents would want access since their towns don't have a beach but why is that Stamford residents are the ones who want access?

Aren't Stamford beaches good enough for them? Everyone keeps pointing fingers at Greenwich but the real snobs are the Stamford residents who think their city and beaches are beneath them and full of riff-raff and want to go to Greenwich for everything because they are sad, miserable poseurs who want to avoid their own beaches and neighbors.

Anon says:

The point here is counterfeit beach passes. People are using them knowingly to avoid paying for the use of the beach. Batman or Bruce Wayne,please be a good little boy and put your cape and batmobile away and I''l let you use my beach pass.

Alexis says:

if you do some homework you can find information about similar lawsuits up and down the coast, the cities and towns lose because the old laws on the books preserve the coastline for everyone to use. not just the residents of that neighborhood or town.

that is why the Rye town beach didn't fight it years ago.

having said that, the counterfeiters will be found out eventually. people are not that good at keeping secrets.

Russ Says:

I think you can find snobs anywhere you go.

The people who were caught with the counterfeit passes should be prosecuted to the FULL extent of the law. Hit 'em with fraud, larceny & tresspassing charges....see how long they refuse to be questioned by police when they have a couple thousand in fines hanging over their heads!