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The Friends of the Cos Cob Library are sponsoring a genealogy bus trip on Tuesday, Sept. 23, to the National Archives facility in New York City...
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07/11/08 No News Here - Today's Greenwich Post Press Release LinksThe Greenwich Citizen's so-called news website is just as bad, they are still leading with ....
Families Gather on Green to See Shakespeare
Families, friends and fellow Shakespearians took their spot of turf on the green swards of Roger Sherman Baldwin Park this past week to lend their ears to words of the great Bard from across the pond.
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Greenwich Roundup will let you know if either of these so-called news websites posts some fresh news content or publishes some press releases today.Today's Greenwich Time (Public kept in the dark too often)editorial states...
"Being an informed citizen in a democratic society is not a passive experience. There certainly are times when people get caught by surprise because they simply weren't paying attention."
The Greenwich Post and Greenwich Citizen's failure to daily update their so-called news websites sure dose make it hard for concerned residents to "pay attention" to what's going on at Town Hall, the public schools, the parks, the police station and other local government agencies.
Just look at all the news stories that Greenwich Roundup posted yesterday, but the Greenwich Post news room and the Greenwich Citizen news room have not been able to post one news story on their so-called news websites.
If the Greenwich Time and Greenwich Roundup can update their news websites every day then why cant the Greenwich Post and the Greenwich Citizen update daily?
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Middletown's Wharfside Commons Gets Mixed Report Card
... But the complex has had its critics from the start. Giuliano and the downtown business establishment believe the complex is too big and too dense, and they believe the city — through grants, a property tax break and a donation of land — gave too sweet a deal to the developer, the wealthy Richman Group of Greenwich. Richman owns and operates thousands of apartments across the country, including eight developments in Connecticut and New York...
Helmet Mainman's Jazz Wannabes Schedule Live Dates
JAZZ WANNABES , the new jazz guitar duo featuring Page Hamilton and Anthony Truglio will make its live debut on July 30 at MacDuff's Pub in Greenwich, Connecticut
Twin rowers headed to Olympics
t would seem that Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss were destined to be Olympic rowers.
The 26-year-old twin brothers, who are part-time residents of Quogue, possess the tall and lean physique suitable to rowing, while the special connection they have as twins makes them the perfect team for the two-man boat they’ll be rowing in Beijing in August.
The Harvard graduates earned their spot on the team after competing in the U.S. qualifier on June 25 in Princeton, New Jersey. They will depart for Beijing on July 25 to represent the United States in the two-man boat. Their rise to the highest level of their sport is impressive, considering they only began rowing as high school freshmen. There was no rowing club in their hometown of Greenwich, Connecticut, and they had to create the rowing program at their school. Their dedication to the sport in the face of those obstacles is a testament to their persistence and desire to succeed....
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Police have four people in custody after a home invasion and triple-stabbing in East Norwalk. It happened on Charles Street early Monday. Police received a phone call of a woman with a stab wound and moments later received another call from the same address that two other people had been stabbed. Norwalk Police Sergeant Andres Valez says it was not a random incident.
"One of the victims told officers he recognized one of the assailants as a former acquaintance, possibly an ex-girlfriend," Valez says.
The three people were stabbed in the lower part of their bodies but the injuries are non life-threatening.
The alleged suspects fled the scene in a Green Saturn with Massachusetts plates and were stopped on Interstate 95 in the Greenwich area. Arrested are 24-year old Izabel Ramirez, 22-year old Nadia-Gomez Hernandez, 22-year old Oscar Hernandez and 21-year old Sheila Vargas-Selenas all from Queens, N.Y.
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But even with that as a given, it seems there have been more complaints than usual lately from people who feel local government has pulled the wool over their eyes.
Therefore, it's important from time to time for everyone - citizens and government officials alike - to take a step back and remind themselves who is in charge. All those offices in city or town hall might be occupied by this person or that for a given time, but they belong to the people. So do the schools, parks, police station and so on.
Law gives elected and appointed officials decision-making power, but it's the people who are boss. It's too easy too often to forget that, particularly given our post-9/11 mindset, which is overly deferential to government on all levels.....
....Just like the political axiom that says it's not the scandal, but the attempted cover-up that causes the real damage, the perception that government is acting behind closed doors can provoke outrage even if the actual issue at hand is relatively benign.In every case, it's clear the process would have worked out much better had it been open initially. Secrecy creates not only suspicion but outright cynicism. A wary and watchful public is essential to a democracy. A cynical one only hurts it....
Wiffle ball field neighbors not being consideredThe Wiffle ball field's unfortunate neighbors who poured their life savings into their homes have seen the value of their nest egg disappear overnight. God forbid one of these villainized neighbors falls on hard times and has to sell his or her home right now. There's no market for a house with 40 strangers hanging out in the back yard, yelling, swearing, littering and loitering.
Since the town property is not visible from the street, police cannot properly patrol the area for criminal activity.
Some teens were witnessed stealing gardening and construction supplies, and cutting down town trees and bushes to build their stadium. These victimized neighbors, who believed town officials would protect them, were foolish for not immediately calling the police because this would have resolved their problem long before the public harassment began.
These teenagers and their parents are trying to bully the town into getting what they want. When denied a permit and instead were instructed to immediately remove all structures previously installed, these residents ignored town officials and in turn called the local media and politicians.
The property is designated as a drainage detention area to ensure the surrounding homes do not flood. The foot traffic, construction and clearing out of trees and underbrush that has occurred will ensure these poor neighbors homes will flood with the next rainy season.
Last, and most incredibly, the North Mianus Elementary School field is wide open for use, and it's within walking distance! Since only two teenagers live near the "field," and all other patrons drive to or are dropped off at the site, they should be dropped off at the elementary school field, and the two neighborhood teens can walk on our newly installed sidewalks to meet them!
The town should defend these poor neighbors and their dwindling nest eggs!
Eileen Tweddle
Cos Cob
Ball field is in the tradition of Rene Anselmo
To the Greenwich Time editor:
Despite having Tuesday's paper in my hand after my early morning walk through Bruce Park, I didn't read "Squeeze play: Neighbors cry foul over Wiffle ball park" until late in the day. It was after a colleague in Rockland County mentioned the story and was effusive in her praise of the kids involved.
When I got home and finally read Neil Vigdor's story, my first thought was daja vu all over again. We have the spirit of the late Rene Anselmo at work. Residents may remember his love of beauty from the fence and plantings in front of North Street School to the thousands of daffodils he and his workers planted up and down the length of lower North Street. We enjoy his legacy and take joy in driving that way every spring.
You might also remember his deciding to remove an ugly chain-link fence in Bruce Park and replace it with what stands in its place to this day, a beautiful white picket fence surrounding the croquet field. Like today's teens, he did not follow rules or process. He simply started to remove the old fence and begin the new. The project was stopped in its tracks and languished for about six months, then town officials went through the process and accepted his marvelous, generous, lasting gift.
This is a tempest in a teapot. It is great to see teens doing something positive. It is highly likely something else will come along to gain their attention.
Brouhaha it is, but perhaps also a learning experience for the teens and for our town officials.
Peter J. Flierl
Greenwich
Also:
The Flip Side: Neighbors want Wiffle ball field built by teens taken down
... empty lot so they would have a place to play football. Turns out it's a good thing Mr.Flip didn't grow up in Greenwich, Conn. Some teenagers there set up their own field for Wiffle ball in an empty lot. They cut down weeds and brush and even built ...
