Red Cross heads South With the lessons of Hurricane Katrina ever-present, especially on this the third anniversary of the devastating storm, three volunteers from the Greenwich chapter of the American Red Cross are on the ground in the Gulf coast region helping evacuees from Hurricane Gustav....
Police blotterMyles Scherr, 47, of 1078 Cove Road, Stamford, was arrested last Tuesday for assaulting a sanitation worker on St. Claire Avenue in Old Greenwich, according to a police report.
He was charged with second-degree reckless endangerment, breach of peace and operating a motor vehicle with a suspended driver's license.
Scherr, apparently upset that the sanitation truck was parked on the side of the road, yelled and cursed at its driver, the report said.
He entered the truck, removed its keys and threw them onto the lawn of a nearby property, according to the report, which also said he drove his car at the driver and punched him in the face.
It was unclear whether the victim of the assault works for the town or a private carting company.
Scherr was released on $10,000 bond and is scheduled for arraignment today in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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A 17-year-old from Greenwich turned himself in to police Aug. 26 after learning of an outstanding warrant for his arrest for breach of peace and third-degree criminal mischief, stemming from a June 19 fight at Wilbur Peck Court, according to a police report.
Police withheld the 17-year-old's name because of his age.
Released on his own recognizance, he is scheduled to appear Wednesday in state Superior Court in Stamford.
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Daniel Wall, 28, of 36 Sheephill Road, Riverside, was arrested by warrant Thursday for his involvement in a June 1 domestic dispute in town,
according to a police report. was charged with threatening and is scheduled for arraignment Thursday in state Superior Court in Stamford.
Wall was already being held at the state-run Willard-Cybulski Correction Institution in Enfield on unrelated charges and was taken into custody by judicial marshals.
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Ashleigh Singer, 23, of 51 Forest Ave., Old Greenwich, turned herself in to police Friday night after learning of a warrant for her arrest stemming from her use of a stolen credit card of a co-worker at a local restaurant, according to a police report.
She was charged with receiving stolen goods with a credit card, third-degree larceny, two counts of credit card theft, two counts of automatic teller machine fraud and illegal use of a credit card.
Singer stole the wallet of a co-worker at an Old Greenwich restaurant in May and used it to purchase goods, the police report said.
She was released on $1,000 bond and is scheduled to appear Friday in state Superior Court in Stamford.
A New York City real estate company is under contract to buy the RBS Greenwich Capital building at 600 Steamboat Road in Greenwich for about $200 million, or $1,000 per square foot, which would be the highest gross price ever paid for an office building in town....
With guilty pleas in a federal trash-hauling probe nearing 100 percent of the 30-odd indicted, it's apparent that Connecticut lawmakers should be motivated to restart efforts to regulate the industry - and get the job done this time. State officials have been patently aware of problems at least since 2005, but have allowed proposals for tightening up oversight of the industry to languish, seemingly unconcerned about costs to individuals and businesses from criminal activities. ...
...The likelihood that Connecticut is paying a "crime tax" on trash hauling cannot be ignored. The guilty pleas of all those people collared by the feds speak for themselves. State lawmakers would do well to listen.
My wife and I are among the many who are not going anywhere this summer because it costs too much to travel. (And, no, we are not taking a "staycation." We¹re just staying home.) Like many, the idea has been to spend time visiting with family....
To the Greenwich Time editor:
The lack of signs indicating speed limit, of speed bumps and of sufficient stop signs in the Havemeyer Park neighborhood of Old Greenwich has forced its residents to step out into the streets and control traffic.
On Marshall Street and Halsey Drive, residents have purchased "Please Drive Slow" signs to display on lawns. These signs have had little effect on those routinely speeding up and down our streets.
As mothers, we often ask drivers to slow down with a show of hands as they barrel past our children, opening ourselves up to the ire of drivers. Drivers: We ask you to slow down to protect just not our children but your safety as well.
Some simple words of ad-vice for folks rushing through Havemeyer Park:
Please slow down when you see children on or near the street.
If a parent asks you to slow down, please do not yell, curse or gesture at him or her in front of children or - as in the case on a recent morning with a dark blue Hummer with vanity plates - follow, heckle and try to intimidate by honking your horn.
We call the police routinely on Marshall Street to report speeding, with car descriptions and plate numbers when visible, and the Greenwich police do respond.
If caught, your brush with the law will pale in comparison to the punishment you receive if you actually do hit a child. An overbearing mother will be the least of your problems.
At that point, the two minutes you saved won't matter.
All of our lives will be collectively ruined.
Sreemoee Mukherjee
Old Greenwich
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By Debra FriedmanStaff Writer
Article Launched: 09/02/2008 08:07:18Dr. Seuss characters will be popping into town this September to mark the Second Congregational Church's annual homecoming festivities, which mark the end of summer vacations and the beginning of full attendance at services. ...
...People are away a lot of the summer in Greenwich so it's a nice way to start the church school year," said Hanson.
Last year the church marked homecoming festivities with Walt Disney-inspired themes. Constantine, who once worked for Walt Disney, also wrote the music for that event.
To reserve a spot at the lunch, or to receive more information about the events, contact the church office manager at (203) 869-9311, ext. 120.
Town settles police lawsuitBy Martin B. CassidyStaff Writer
Article Launched: 09/02/2008 08:06:19 AMThe town has settled a lawsuit with a former police officer who lost his leg in the line of duty and three other officers to resolve what they claimed were unlawful cuts of benefits from their pension packages.
Town Attorney John Wayne Fox said that former Police Lt. James Pucci, now of Stamford, agreed to a settlement of $70,000 to compensate for increased premiums for prescription drug coverage he paid after the 2001 raised rates in 2001.
Three other officers who are parties to the suit, Frank M. Creamer, James M. Lunney Jr., and Lawrence Flynn, will receive $15,000 to cover the increased costs they paid after the town raised their premiums.
In return, the four officers will pay the increased premiums until they qualify for Medicare, Fox said.
The lawsuit, filed in 2003, challenged the town's 2001 decision to increase insurance premiums for drug coverage and other insurance, claiming the town had guaranteed the additional drug coverage to the former officers until they became eligible for Medicare at 65.
Pucci, who lost his left leg and nearly died in 1988 after he was struck by a driver who rammed into the back of his police cruiser as he was investigating an accident on Interstate 95, had a specific written retirement package with the town in 1991, Fox said.....
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