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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

10/15/08 The Raw Greenwich News Feed For Wednesday

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From The Out The Out Town And Corporately Owned

Hearst Newspaper's Greenwich Citizen:

Nothing Nada Zip

Forget About It

No Updates For 5 Days


However, The Unfair Media Player

That Presents And Unbalanced Number

Of Videos Promoting Chris Shays

Over Jim Himes Is Baaaack!!!!


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From The Out Of Town And Corporately Owned
Hersam Acorn Newspaper's Greenwich Post:

Minor charges filed after Monday's car accident

A two-car accident blocked traffic in both lanes going eastbound on the Post Road and one lane going westbound at the intersection of Dayton Avenue between Stop & Shop and A&P Fresh Monday, and both drivers were cited with minor charges.

According to police reports, a Buick driven by Roy Aletti, 50, of Harrison, N.Y., traveling westbound on West Putnam Avenue, collided with a BMW driven by Melanie Yildizlar, 40, of 4 Sound Shore Drive, which was turning left out of the Stop & Shop parking lot onto West Putnam Avenue at about 5:50 on Monday evening. The collision forced Ms. Yildizlar’s vehicle partially off the road; it was found straddling the sidewalk and right-hand westbound lane when police arrived.

A passenger in Ms. Yildizlar’s vehicle complained of minor head pain at the scene and was taken to Greenwich Hospital for evaluation.....

But No Charges Have Been Filed In
The Case Of The
20 Year Old Mystery Driver That Killed Joey:

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United Way invests $2 million in town

The United Way of Greenwich Board of Directors has approved close to $2.2 million in distributions for programs that meet the health and human service needs of the community.

This represents a 5% overall increase from last year. According to United Way President Stuart Adelberg, the money will be raised throughout the United Way’s 2008-09 community-wide fund-raising campaign that began in September.

Turscanyi named Officer of Month

Police Officer Joseph Turscanyi has been named the Greenwich Police Department’s Officer of the Month for September after his role in catching a burglary suspect.According to the department,

Officer Turscanyi was on a routine patrol and was checking 1 Stallion Trails because of past reports of trespassers on the property, when he saw a car parked near the side of the house occupied by a woman in the driver’s seat.

The woman told him she had driven someone to the property because he wanted to pick up his belongings, which were inside the house. Officer Turscanyi told headquarters and waited for backup units to arrive at the scene. He learned the man tried to flee the scene when he saw the police officer there because the man left a message on the woman’s cell phone. Through this means he was able to contact the man and convince him to surrender.....

First selectman seeks energy management team

First Selectman Peter Tesei is looking for qualified volunteer candidateo serve on a new Energy Management Team. The team is being put together following the unanimous adoption of an energy resolution presented to the Bod of Selectmen by the Environmental Action Task Force.


DMV bus will not return to Town Hall

Te Department of Motor Vehicles bus that comes to Town Hall monthly for license renewal will not be returning to town until further notice.

The First Selectman's office was informed of the news today by the Department of Motor Vehicles. October was the last visit. For information about the DMV, visit CT.gov/dmv.

Police Watch


BURGLARY


Ashleigh Singer, 23, of 51 Forest Ave., Riverside and Bridget Palazzo, 22, of 27 Richmond Drive, Old Greenwich were arrested Oct. 12 and charged with third degree burglary and criminal attempt at second degree larceny.

According to police, a witness described to officers a vehicle that had left the scene of a burglary and when it was discovered and pulled over Singer and Palazzo were found inside.

Police said Palazzo and Singer took things from a residence and stashed them in bags before they were interrupted by someone arriving at the scene. Singer was released on a $10,000 surety bond and Palazzo was released on a $5,000 surety bond. They are both due in court Oct. 20.


BREACH OF PEACE

Deron Cooper, 26, of Port Chester, N.Y. was arrested Oct. 13 and charged with breach of peace. Police had responded to the children’s playground on Museum Drive on the report of a fight. According to police, the investigation and discussion with witnesses revealed Cooper had come to the park to confront another person there selling ice cream, about a previous fight in Port Chester.

Police said Cooper yelled and cursed at the person before pushing him and then taking a swing. The two had been separated before police arrived. Cooper was released on a $100 cash bond and is due in court Oct. 20.

From The Out The Out Town And Corporately Owned
Hearst Newspaper's Greenwich Time:

Temple Sholom celebrates Sukkot

The palm frond represents the spine, the myrtle and willow branches are the eyes and mouth, while the citron fruit - etrog in Hebrew - symbolizes the heart.

Diamond fails to qualify for funds

If Mark Diamond is to become the first Democrat to represent Greenwich in the state Senate since 1940, he will have do it without any taxpayer funding.

Gauge keeps watch on Byram River

The Byram River flowed low and quiet under the Comly Avenue Bridge Tuesday, belying the surges it's capable of, as First Selectman Peter Tesei announced from its banks a $35,000 grant to install a flood monitoring gauge there.

Camillo hits the trail

Baseball, dogs and the economy dominated chats Fred Camillo had with his constituents during a recent evening campaigning door-to-door in the Cognewaugh Road section of town, as part of his bid for the 151st District seat at the state House.

Krumeich goes door-to door

The candidate isn't photogenic, but his dog is. "I tell that to everyone," Ed Krumeich, 58, said last week, before door-to-door campaigning in Riverside, part of the 151st District he seeks to represent at the state House next term.

Police blotter

Ashleigh Singer, 23, of 51 Forest Ave., and Bridget Palazzo, 22, of 27 Richmond Drive, were arrested and charged with third-degree burglary and second-degree larceny after police said they burglarized a relative's home on Oakley Lane on Sunday night, police said.

The burglary was interrupted by the arriving relative, police said. The arrest came after detectives stopped a vehicle that was seen by a witness leaving the scene, police said.

Singer was released on a $10,000 bond and Palazzo was released on a $5,000 bond, according to police. Both woman are scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday.

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Deron Cooper, 27, of 61 Poningo St., Port Chester, N.Y., was arrested and charged with breach of peace following an altercation at a playground at 2 Museum Drive on Monday afternoon, police said.

Cooper went to the park to confront another "mystery" man, who was selling ice cream, regarding a previous altercation the two had in Port Chester, police said. Police said Cooper pushed the man and took a swing at him. The two were separated before police arrived, according to police.

Cooper was released on a $100 bond and is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Monday.

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Hilda Munoz, 60, of Bertolf Road, was arrested Saturday night and charged with breach of peace following a dispute with a "mystery" neighbor, police said.

Police responded and talked with a victim, who said Munoz approached her on the road and began yelling and waving her fists in the air, according to the police report.

The "mystery" neighbor told police it has been an ongoing problem for approximately three years, police said.

Munoz was issued a misdemeanor summons and was released on a promise to appear, police said. She is scheduled to appear in state Superior Court in Stamford on Oct. 20.

Why Did Both The Greenwich Post

And The Greenwich Time Report On

Ashleigh Singer, Bridget Palazzo

And Deron Cooper's Arrest,

But The Greenwich Post Didn't Report On

Hilda Munoz's Arrest For Yelling And Waving Her

Fists In The Air At The "Mystery" Neighbor????


Is The Greenwich Post Reporter

Or Greenwich Police Department

Showing Favoritism To The

"Mystery" Neighbor?


Even More News From Out The Out Town

And Corporately Owned News Sources:


NBC's Tom Brokaw will headline Inner City Foundation's annual dinner


Thehour.com


... for Charity & Education's 17th annual Benefit Dinner at a black tie gala Oct. 23, at the Hyatt Regency in Greenwich. Brokaw became the moderator on "Meet the Press" in June. He will hold this position through the 2008 presidential election. He ...

North Castle Partners to Sell Enzymatic Therapy, Inc. to Schwabe Pharmaceutical Group


PR Newswire


GREENWICH, Conn.- North Castle Partners today announced that it has reached a definitive agreement to sell Enzymatic Therapy, Inc., a leader in the natural medicine and nutritional ...

Judge Freezes Petters Co-Defendants' Assets


Wcco.com


... the day Coleman went to authorities. The suit filed Aug. 14 in New York federal district court by Acorn Capitol, a Greenwich, Conn. hedge fund, said Petters failed to make a $10 million loan payment on Aug. 1 of this year. Because of that default, ...

Shays: 'I've Been in the Heat of the Battle'


Westport News


... particular meeting with the woman, Shays recalled how hours later he had to attend a fund-raising polo match in Greenwich and how he felt guilty about it -- until he realized that the event was raising money for people afflicted with HIV and AIDS. ...

Hedge Funds: How the Smart Money Looked Dumb


TIME.com


... stars are licking their wounds this year. Last week, Tontine Partners, a formerly $10 billion hedge fund based in Greenwich, Conn., told investors it had lost 65% of their money. Tontine's manager, Jeffrey Gendell, made Forbes' list of richest ...

Hedge Funds Concede Errors, Profess Optimism After Worst Losses


Tech Startups


... line up to get out of these funds as well as record outflows from equity mutual funds,'' Jeffrey Gendell, who runs Greenwich, Connecticut-based Tontine Associates LLC, wrote in an Oct. 1 letter to clients. ``I am not a nervous person by nature, but ...

Country's Largest Producer of Bottled Water Responds to Allegations


PR Newswire


GREENWICH, Conn Below is a statement from Heidi Paul, Vice President of Corporate Affairs at Nestle Waters North America in reaction to claims made in a report issued today by the ...

Nothing wrong with bottled water


Maple Ridge News


... incorrect. NestlA Waters Canada, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NestlA Waters North America, based on Greenwich, Connecticut, manufactures and distributes bottled water exclusively. This company, British Columbiaa TMs largest bottled water ...

Wall St down on profit worries


The Nelson Mail


... coming our way as far as the economy is concerned," said Steve Goldman, market strategist at Weeden & Co in Greenwich, Connecticut. "Techs are cyclicals and have heavy exposure overseas, and the global economy is feeling a greater brunt of the ...

And Now The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed

Featuring Bloggers And Citizen Journalists Who

Live In, Work In Or Used To Live In Greenwich


The Blonde Excuse
New MacBook Pro - I was planning on doing a lot of blogging today, but then I got a new computer that required my immediate and undivided attention. You may or may not remembe...

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Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
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Rock Star Diary
Look what I made - I finally finished up Stinky Kyle & La Perla's wedding gift this past weekend. I am calling it the "Super Giant, Super Light Box". I have no idea how they ar...

Exit 55
Off the Bench (or The Killer Has Time On His Side) - In my last post, I alluded to the usual lack of comments that are received here. Yet leave it to The Killer to start posting comments...just...because....

Pray Connecticut
Greenwich Church celebrates 25th with special services - Pastor Jackson Senyonga of Kampala, Uganda Harvest Time Church in Greenwich, CT is hosting a series of special services this week to celebrate its 25th An...

The Daily Spurgeon
By the word of thy lips - “By the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer.” He had kept the highway of Scripture, and not chosen the bye-paths of malice. ...


Greenwich Forum
Voters have choice in 30th Senate race - 1 Comment, last updated on Thursday Oct 16 by anonymous

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The Harvest From Harvest Time Church On King Street
Day 28: A place to learn his ways once more - You came down also upon Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right judgments and true laws, good statutes and commandments…

Speaking Of My Favorite Church

Please Take A Look At This Video And Tell Me That This Is Not The Funnest Church In Greenwich:

In this "HIDDEN VIDEO" shot from the"sound booth window", Michael Morris messes with unsuspecting Harvest Timers just trying to eat their ice cream sundaes and drink their coffee! :)


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READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Darien/greenwich police blotter


Who Are These Mystery People That Police Are Arresting


To the Darien/Greenwich Roundup Editor:

FINALLY, an alternative to the Darien Times, which is as incompentent as the Greenwich Post and the New Canaan Advertiser.....need I blog on???

In Darien, we receive the Darien Times for free. I think. I don't believe I pay for it, because why would I??? It is as one sided and biased as the rest of the Hersham Acorn-assed teany weeny itty bitty town papers.

Our police blotter may as well be called the" invisable blotter" because no names are ever listed for anything unless the crook is from out of town. For example, a resident man, age 42 ,was arrested for beating his pregnant girlfriend with a tennis racquet.....It happened at1:23 AM on the corner of Morningside Drive.

Hmmmm. What a story!! What a deterrant for future tennis racquet attacks on pregnant women. WHERE ARE THE NAMES????

There are reasons for a Police BLOTTER. It can be a warning of sorts, it can be a way to notify the public in case the scene is a familiar occurance" like "hey....I was hit by a tennis racquet too on that VERY street"...or it can be a way to see if our men in blue do anything besides sitting on or w/a radar gun.

Seriously, we need to know about what is safe, who is not, and how crime effects us. If there is an accident, why don't we read THE NAMES?????? It is written on a public. Public means there are no secrets or big mystery stirring!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interestingly, our "fire times" shows more alarm systems activating bc they are also fire alarm combos....meaning more burglaries are attempted, at least.....but in order to know this, you need to know where to look. And then use your own alarm when you go out.

Underage drinking? Name the kids!!!! If they or their family sees their name in print, MAYBE they'd think twice about drinking and driving again. I don't care if the person is 17 or 99....drinking drivers should not be protected. They kill people and it is usually never themselves.

But, that might mean they get kicked off the lacrosse team for breaking a signed "commitment" made pre-season that if they are caught drinking, they are off the team.

They are usually given an award, instead of court date or suspended license.. DARIEN'S MVP Most Very Privileged....and very lucky their daddy posted bail and kept it hush hush.

Oh...I almost forgot. The Darien Times now has two former Greenwich columnists who just add sh!@ to the ever growing pile of Darien's dirt. Joe Pisani and his baby doll/daughter/mentor/mother/sister/maid....whatever she is, Susie "can I borrow a brain cell" Costaregni, aka, "The Dirty Dish Towel". Thanks for adding yours, to our own very large group of talent less columnists.

And hearing PDiddy was in Greenwich makes me want to stay in Darien. I care he watches a scrimmage? No offense, but I find it hard to believe any stars go to Greenwich. Because, at the same time, they are on the cover of Star in the Bahamas. Thats plagiarism or just plain made up crap, Suzzzzzzz. Get lost. Go to college.

I like this Darien/Greenwich Round UP. Giddy Up Readers!!!!!!!!! Oh this is the place to be.....

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My town is not Greenwich.


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Tuesday, October 14, 2008

10/14/08 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS:Why Are The Toxicological Tests Taking So Long?


Dear, State's Attorney David I. Cohen

Why Are The Toxicological Tests Taking So Long?


I AM ONE OF JOEY'S OTHER GRANDPARENTS THAT DIDN'T GET MENTIONED.


I AM WONDERING WHY IT TAKES A COUPLE WEEKS TO GET A TOXICOLOGY REPORT DONE? AND THEY SAY THAT WE HERE IN THE OZARKS ARE BACKWARDS AND BEHIND THE TIMES! WE CAN GET THE SAME TOXICOLOGY REPORT DONE IN A FEW HOURS.


STILL SOUNDS LIKE A COVER UP TO ME.


ALL INDICATIONS SAY THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT A HIGH SPEED IF HE HAD BEEN DOING 25MPH HE COULD HAVE STOPPED IN A SHORT DISTANCE, BICYCLE PARTS WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN STREWN OVER A LONG DISTANCE, JOEY WOULD HAVE NOT BEEN CARRIED A LONG DISTANCE ON THE SUV BEFORE HE WAS DUMPED OFF, ACCORDING TO THE REPORT.


ALSO ACCORDING TO THE REPORT JOEY WAS HIT SO HARD IT SOUND LIKE AN EXPLOSION, THAT WOULDN'T HAVE HAPPEN IF THE DRIVER HAD BEEN GOING 25MPH, THINK ABOUT!! THIS PERSON DOESN'T REALIZE JUST WHAT HE HAS DONE, JOEY WAS GREATLY LOVED BY HIS FAMILY AND I DON'T MEAN JUST THE BORSELIO'S


HE HAD FAMILY GRANDPARENTS IN MISSOURI AND IN FLORDIA DARLENE BISHOP MOTHER TO JESSICA LEWIS JOEY'S MOTHER AND I'M JESSICA'S FATHER.


ANYWAY HE HAD FAMILY UNCLES IN CALIFORNIA AND COUSINS AND SOME IN TEXAS NEICES, JOEY HAD FAMILY FROM NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, AND WEST.


JOEY WAS LOVED BY HIS CO-WORKERS, OLD SCHOOL FRIENDS, FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE FUNERAL LOOKED LIKE SOME "HEAD OF STATE" WAS BEING BURIED THAT DAY. THERE WAS AT LEAST 7 LIMOS, THE MAYOR WAS THERE, THE CHURCH WAS FILLED TO CAPICITY AND OVER FLOWING.


THAT MY FRIEND WAS HOW MUCH MY GRANDSON WAS LOVED IN HIS SHORT LIFE.


SO I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THIS DRIVER DOESN'T GET OFF WITH A SLAP ON THE HAND,


I DON'T CARE WHO HIS FATHER IS, MAYBE HIS FATHER SHOULD HAVE BEEN MORE OF A FATHER TO HIM! AND HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO KISS EVERYBODY'S BUTT TO GET HIS KID OFF!


COMMENT:


Sir I am truly sorry for your loss.


I personally hope and pray that the CT States Attorney can provide justice to Joey and your entire family, despite the Greenwich Police Department's failure to do the right thing.


I can tell you that there are many good people here in Greenwich who are outraged at how this has been handled and are praying that your family will be comforted.


Hopefully, the truth comes out about the heartless 20 Year Old Mystery Driver that is being protected By the Greenwich Police Department.


Through out this controversy, I have only heard what a very special and kind young man your grandson was. From all accounts he was willing to help anyone who he found in need.


It is a horrific shame that such a good person was left to die on the side of the road by such a selfish and thoughtless individual.


Perhaps, you should call or write to the State's Attorney for Greenwich.


His name and address is:


David I. Cohen, State's Attorney

123 Hoyt Street

Stamford, CT 06905

(203) 965-5215
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10/14/08 Harvest Time Church On King Street Begins Celebrating It's 25th Year On Wednesday



This An Amazing Spirit Filled Church


This video one goes waaaaaay back for Harvest Time Church.

Who Do You Say That I Am (WDYSTIA) was an Easter production put on in April 1993 by the members of a then 10 year old Harvest Time Church.

Performed in the Western Greenwich Civic Center where Harvest Time met then.

WDYSTIA presented the simple story of Jesus life, death and resurrection to the Greenwich community.

I never saw WDYSTIA because I only started going to the church about 16 months ago when my wife converted from Buddhism to Christianity.

Personally, I was only saved a little over a hundred days ago and week after week I see or learn something awesome at this church.

Who knows overtime this worship center might even be able to make me a kinder and gentler blogger over time. I know I have blogged a lot about Harvest Time Church this week, but there has just been a lot going on up on King Street.

If you want you can stop by for the Wednesday night service that will kick off 5 days of celebration at Harvest Time Church.

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10/14/08 A big fan of Facebook or other social networking sites? This might be the book for you!

I realized that I was completely addicted to my social networking sites. And I noticed that it was changing the way my friends and I were communicating. So I started thinking about how a story could be told using the framework of one of those sites – and then the story just came from there!




by Dominique


For example, I based the two towns in the novel, Stanwich and Putnam, on my hometown of Greenwich , Connecticut . And Madison shares my taste in books and theater. Also, I have a friend who is obsessed with all things French, ....
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10/14/08 Asking price, $5.4 million.




by Allison

....On today’s menu, we have up for grabs Regis Philbin’s Greenwich, Connecticut home. Featuring 5.68 acres, a tennis court, large pool, gazebo and gardens, you almost want to just set up camp outside. The home itself is tempting enough though, with a formal dining room, extensive and spacious living and media rooms, library with wet bar (of course, how very Regis) and a master suite with his and hers sitting areas...

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10/14/08 Greenwich, Connecticut Police Department Specifies Spray Foam Wall Insulation and TPR2 Building Code Compliant Fire Protection Coatings


Nothing But The Best For The New Police Palace On Mason Street




SprayFoam.com




The Greenwich, Connecticut Police Department is among the first municipal buildings in the nation to be protected by a new state of the art fireproofing technology. TPR2 Corporation (pronounced TPR Squared), an emerging Fire Technologies business headquartered in Waterbury, Connecticut, won the contract to supply the fireproof coatings for the Greenwich, Connecticut Police Department renovation. The Fireshell® intumescent coatings provide critical ignition barrier protection from fire over the spray foam insulation used in the walls and ceilings of the building. Intumescent refers to the product’s unique ability to create a dense, expanded char in a fire to block the fire and heat from getting to the substrate.


The Fireshell® coating used is a new product that is a flexible, environmentally friendly, fire retardant coating which will impede fire and smoke on foam and wall assemblies. The technology can be formulated to actually extinguish liquid based fires, another first for the industry, claims TPR2.


The Fireshell® technology was developed for use in professional racing, such as NASCAR®, Sprint Cup Series. It is there that the company received significant notoriety when Fox TV put them on the big screen during the NASCAR® Nextel Cup with over nine (9) million people watching to demonstrate the leading-edge fire extinguishing capability. (The Fox demonstration of the technology can be seen at www.tpr2.com/videos.) . ....


....For the Greenwich, Connecticut Police Department project, The Development Team at TPR2 worked with Worth Contracting, CT, Thermofoam Insulation and SP Drywall.


The project took 4 months to work its way through the town committee process. All three companies worked closely with Greenwich town officials on the new fire coatings that are building code compliant to meet new, more stringent fire codes. The water based, one part coatings comply with Green product requirements and water based paint environmental initiatives....


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10/14/08 BREAKING NEWS: The Greenwich Time Is Going To Hell In A Handbasket - Crime Reporter Martin Cassidy Replaced By The Associated Press


KaChing .... Hayley Wins Again !!!
Andrew Kissel's widow, Hayley Wolff Kissel, following a 2006 probate court hearing at Greenwich Town Hall.

(Greenwich Time photo)


Forget About The Local Angle


Greenwich Residents Get The Same AP Report

That News Readers In Mobile Alabama Get


Why pay 50 cents for the Greenwich Time?


This same AP report will probably be in the Daily News and NY Post






The Associated Press


Article Launched: 10/14/2008 03:59:15 PM EDT


STAMFORD - An attorney for the widow of slain Connecticut real estate developer Andrew Kissel says a jury has rejected claims by insurance companies against her.


Kissel was killed at his Greenwich mansion in 2006 just days before he was scheduled to plead guilty to forging documents to obtain more than $16 million in loans from banks and mortgage companies.


Fidelity National Title Insurance and Chicago Title Insurance sought millions of dollars in damages from Hayley Wolffe Kissel, alleging she was aware of her husband's crimes and helped him by not telling anyone.


David Rubin, Hayley Wolffe Kissel's attorney, said the jury issued a verdict in favor of his client after deliberating less than four hours Tuesday.


An attorney for the insurance companies confirmed the verdict but had no immediate comment.


Wait A Minute That's It That's All The Greenwich Time Has About The Widow Of The Victim Of The Millionaire Murder Mystery ?????


And The Greenwich Citizen And Greenwich Post know nothing about Ms. Kissel's win against an insurance company.


Greenwich Citizen and Greenwich Post Readers can try and learn about the story at these newspapers:




Newsday


An attorney for the widow of slain Connecticut real estate developer Andrew Kissel says a jury has rejected claims by insurance companies against her. ...




News Times


... of slain Connecticut real estate developer Andrew Kissel, her attorney said Tuesday. Kissel was killed at his Greenwich mansion in 2006 just days before he was scheduled to plead guilty to forging documents to obtain more than $16 million in loans ...


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10/14/08 Maybe, You Won't Have Valery Kogan To Kick Around Anymoe




The New York Observer


In 2005, Russian billionaire Valery Kogan and his wife, Olga, purchased a home in Greenwich, Conn. for $18.5 million. Mr. Kogan proposed a plan to tear down the mansion and build a 54,000-square-foot house that would have 26 bathrooms. The plan was denied in May, and last week Mr. Kogan submitted a scaled-down version of his original layout, according to Cityfile.


But perhaps the town elders shouldn't be so quick to discourage Mr. Kogan. This morning, The Hartford Courant published a piece about how the perils of Wall Street will hurt Greenwich--which, it turns out, makes up for much of the state's income tax revenue.


From the article:


"As the good times rolled in recent years, the state budget became increasingly dependent on Greenwich. Despite having only about 60,000 people, the town contributed nearly $600 million in state income taxes in 2006 — more than three times the income taxes paid by the combined populations of Hartford, Bridgeport, New Haven and Waterbury. With only 1.8 percent of tax filers, Greenwich provides nearly 13 percent of all state income tax, helping to pay for schools in West Hartford and road repairs in Rockville, not to mention every other cost related to running the state."



As wealthy bankers like Lehman CEO Richard Fuld Jr., a resident of Greenwich, find themselves in dire (well, relatively) financial straits, their neighborhood may begin to be supported by foreign money. And while Russian billionaires and their plans for "vulgar" mansions with gold bidets, marble statues, and animal rugs (think Mar-a-Lago on crystal meth) might typically be kept out of places like Greenwich, we wonder if recent economic events might make the residents reconsider. Our guess is that this time around the board will approve--though we don't expect to see Mr. and Mrs. Kogan at the Round Hill Club anytime soon.
Greenwich Is Reconsidering the Kogan's Revised proposal
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Russian mogul Valery Kogan and his wife Olga when they purchased a mansion in Greenwich for $18.5 million and then applied for permission to raze the house to build their 27,000-square-foot "dream home." In May Greenwich's planning commission denied the Kogans a permit following complaints from residents, who voiced concern that the mammoth manse would—gasp!—dwarf their own mansions and be a "vulgar" addition to the neighborhood. But Valery and Olga haven't given up on the dream.
They resubmitted plans for a scaled-down version of the home just last week. And what exactly does "scaled-back" mean in rich Russian-speak? The new plan features 25 percent less square footage and just 15 bathrooms, down from the 26 they initially proposed. Alas, the revised application does not indicate if some of the other amenities they said they planned to install—like Turkish and Finnish bathing facilities and a "dog grooming room"—made the final cut.

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10/14/08 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS: Grider Opines On Police Favoritism And The 20 Year Old Mystery Driver That Intimidates The Greenwich Police Dept.


When I say, "Frog"


The Greenwich PD Jumps


Grinder says...


The only reason that the driver's name hasnt been released yet, is because it is still an ongoing investigation. When the investigation is done, the police will release the information. From what I have ehard, this was a pretty complex accident, with alot of evidence that needs to be gone over. As far as the driver not getting a sobriety test, where are you getting your information? The only reason I can think of that he wouldnt have gotten one at the scene, was he was just in a car accident, and my guess was strapped to a backboard, and loaded into an ambulance rather quickly. Getting a blood alcohol level from the hospital now means getting a warrant, which takes time.


The only reason he was transported to an "out of town" hospital was because that was the closest hospital.


If you want to be considered a serious journalist, you really should check your facts.


Comment From Greenwich Roundup:


Dear Grinder,


The is a very poor investigation considering the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver killed someone.


But in Greenwich when someone wealthy or well connected is involved in a death the police have had a long record of being intimidated.


This has happened from Moxley to Kissel. Usually someone from out f town has to step in and clean up the mess. This time the CT States Attorney Will have to get a warrant from a Judge, because the Greenwich Police Department was intimidated by the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver Who Killed Joey and kept on driving until he hit a telephone pole way down the road.


Now a Judge is asking the CT States Attorney something like....
"Why do you want me to sign this warrant, what was the problem that prevented the police officers on the scene from charging the driver?"


Then The CT States Attorney is having to respond with something like....


"Ummm, Your honor, I am not really sure why the 20 year old was not charged for leaving a dead body on the side of the road. Maybe the Greenwich Police Department was intimidated by the driver's family wealth or possibly their connections. I am really not sure why,"
"But, your Honor, we do have another Greenwich family with a dead Grandson and I now, despite the Greenwich Police Department's failures need this warrant, your Honor."
"Your Honor, without this warrant this family may not receive justice for their grandson."


It is wrong that the Greenwich Police Department did not charge the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver with leaving the scene of a deadly accident..


Just last Friday, Dwayne Lawlor of East Putnam Ave., was arrested and charged with evading responsibility after leaving the scene of a three-car accident.No one was injured in the crash, and Mr. Lawlor returned to the scene 45 minutes later and told police he had been involved in the accident.


Mr. Lawlor was taken into custody and is being held on $250 bond and lives on US Highway 1 here in town.


However, the police had to go out and find the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver who left a dead man in middle of the road.


The 20 year old mystery driver had was eventually found crashed into a telephone pole.The only difference between the 20 year old mystery driver who killed a man and Mr. Lawlor is money and or connections.


As you read above, Mr. Lawlor had trouble coming up with $250 and was placed in jail for leaving the scene of an accident with no injuries. There was only property damage.


If this had happened in Stamford and for some strange reason the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver was not charged, we would still know the name of the driver of the SUV that killed Joey, because the Stamford Police department is not intimidated by wealthy or well connected families


Please read this quote from Lt. Sean Cooney, the spokesman for the Stamford Police Department:


"The names of the operators are fairly quickly released because it's part of a police document, which is a matter of public record."


Stamford Police Lt. Cooney said every police department in the state is required to fill out an accident information report after a motor vehicle accident takes place. The cover of that report lists the names of every individual involved in the accident and it is almost always made available to the public, even in the case of a fatal motor vehicle accident.


If the CT State troopers were in charge of investigating this death and for some bizarre reason the 20 Year Old Mystery Driver was not charged we would know who was behind the wheel of the car that killed Joey.


When State Police investigate a fatal motor vehicle accident, they also release the names of everyone involved.


Sgt. Chris Johnson, a State Police public information officer, said their main concern is ensuring the victim's name is not released until troopers are certain the family has been notified. Once that occurs, Johnson said the identities of everyone involved becomes public information.


The state Police are not influenced or intimidated by wealthy or well connected families like the Greenwich Police Department is.


"Once all notifications have been made for the deceased person, the information on the accident information summary is released," says State Police Sgt. Johnson.


Just about every one in town agrees with this university professor who trains men and women to be Police Officers for a living.


Jospeh Pollini, a professor at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in Manhattan and former New York Police Department lieutenant commander, said in his experience the name of a driver involved in a fatal accident who is a suspect in the death is almost always released, except in rare cases.


"In the case of the identity of a suspect, I find that somewhat odd," Pollini said of the situation in Greenwich. "I spent 30 years with the New York City Police Department and once we identified the name, it was released unless it was a weak case."


Or if it is the Greenwich Police Department intimidated to wealthy or well connected family.


The 20 Year Old Mystery Man was so self centered and heartless he did not even stop to call 911 for Joey,


He left that job for a good Samaritan in another car who was shocked to find a Joey's body laying at the entrance of somebodies drive way.


And My Dear Grinder those are the facts.


Thank you for reading Greenwich roundup and it was a pleasure educating you about how the Greenwich Police Department shows favoritism and fails to handle public documents properly.


Hopefully as more Greenwich Citizen's learn what is really going on at their police department they will soon demand that Police Chief David Ridberg makes much needed changes.
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As the economy tanks, thieves look for portable electronics—and they think they can get them by preying on our youngins

Recently, a Fairfield University student living in Fairfield Beach reported her laptop, valued at $1,500, had been nabbed off her kitchen counter. It was a familiar story to Fairfield Police Sgt. James Perez....

....the Greenwich Police Department does not report a decrease in larcenies over the same period last year.

Still, crime data does support Perez. In 1980, after the U.S. had felt the effects of the oil crisis that took place after the Iranian revolution, larceny in Connecticut increased by 18.7 percent from 1978. In 1988, after the housing market had turned sour, it was up 3.5 percent in the state from two years prior.

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10/14/08 The Raw Greenwich Business News Feed Or Hedge Fund Guys Start To Say, "Wow! We really screwed things up"

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Why We Shouldn't Fear the Failure of Some Firms



SmartMoney



... 10 YEARS ago, the Federal Reserve gathered the heads of 14 investment banks in New York to urge them to rescue a Greenwich, Conn., hedge fund, Long-Term Capital Management. The Fed was worried that LTCM was so intertwined with Wall Street that its ...





Tudor, SAC Capital Said to Have Sold Assets, Raised Cash as Markets Fell
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... Mexican peso tumble 16 percent since the start of October, said two people with knowledge of the decisions by the Greenwich, Connecticut- based firm, which manages $18 billion. Cohen, who oversees $16 billion at his SAC Capital Advisors LLC in ...

Accounting plagues Archway



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... positions with Archway to "avoid any appearance of impropriety," the court documents said. Catterton Partners, the Greenwich, Conn.-based private equity firm which owns Archway, hired Insight to run Archway's day-to-day operations after Catterton ...

[Bloggingheads] Solutions To Crunch: Derivatives Are Derivative



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... Great comments on these posts as well. A commenter from Yves and Dan's excellent but far too short "Slums of Greenwich, CT" writes: An intereresting thing here was that the interlocutors implied that the shadow banking system, and here one suspects ...



Hedge Funds Concede Errors, Profess Optimism After Worst Month in 10 Years



Bloomberg Business News



... up to get out of these funds as well as record outflows from equity mutual funds,'' Jeffrey Gendell , who runs Greenwich, Connecticut-based Tontine Associates LLC, wrote in an Oct. 1 letter to clients. ``I am not a nervous person by nature, but ...

Yen Falls for Fourth Day Against Dollar on U.S. Plan to Buy Banking Stocks



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... something a lot worse,'' said Alan Ruskin , head of international currency strategy in North America at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets Inc. in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``Risky assets are performing well today. I won't fight it.'' Losses in the dollar ...

Chaos: Opportunities and Threats



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... bubble popped and Florida McMansions are no longer a hot commodity---and in a $12 million, forty-room home in Greenwich, Connecticut, the CEO of AIG feels the cold wind of reality as he understands that his company is going under and needs to be ...





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By Rob "WGCH" Adams



From our friend Rob Crowley comes this nugget about the Naples Golden Eagles. You might recall them...I was there to broadcast their game against Greenwich last November 9th.91-0?


Wow, that's Cochran-esque! I guess Florida needs to build in a Naples Rule or something.


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10/14/08 Greenwich Post News Links


Charlotte Cline, Connie Bowmann, Esha Shanbhogue




Eighty-one young artists entered the Junior division of the Art Society of Old Greenwich’s 2008 Sidewalk Art Show.


Seven artworks were sold. Every youngster received a ribbon. Monetary awards were given for first, second and third, in their age group, through donations from Cleveland, Duble and Arnold Corp, The Dowling Group Ltd, Walter and Lucie Anderes who organized the show, Moloya Lasar, Pioneer Penwomen of Greenwich, the Wednesday Painters, Nina Cocchi, Jeanine Jackson and the Sound Beach Pizza and Grill.




Jefferson Wells is hosting a series of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) roundtables to provide local businesses with insight and knowledge on preparing organizations for a successful adoption.




A two car accident that blocked traffic in both lanes going eastbound on the Post Road and one lane going westbound at the intersection of Dayton Avenue between Stop & Shop and A&P Fresh has been cleared.


Police and firemen as well as Greenwich Emergency Services responded to the scene. An Oldsmobile station wagon and a BMW sedan collided. The Oldsmobile's front hood was damaged and the left front frame and tire of the BMW was damaged. Further damage is unknown at this time. The accident happened at about 5:50 this evening.




The Greenwich Hospital Auxiliary recently observed its 58th Annual Meeting with a program and luncheon at the Burning Tree Country Club. Dr. Zoher Ghogawala, a nationally-recognized neurosurgeon on the Greenwich staff and director of the hospital’s Wallace Clinical Trials Center, was the luncheon speaker and addressed the topic “Community-based Clinical Trials: The Future of Outcome Research." During the luncheon Mimi Grady, now starting her second term as auxiliary president, announced that 645 volunteers contributed 63, 713 hours at the hospital last year. Following the meeting, from left, are Dr. Ghogawala; Mimi Grady, auxiliary president; and Greenwich Hospital President Frank Corvino.




Beginning on Nov. 5, Support Connection, Inc. will offer a monthly support group via toll-free teleconference for women living with breast cancer.


The group will take place on the first Wednesday of the month beginning at 8 p.m. Support Connection is a not-for-profit organization specializing in free, confidential support services for people affected by breast and ovarian cancer.




On Wednesday Oct. 15 at 1 p.m. seven fantastic Good Dog Foundation therapy dogs will be at the Pierre Deux store on 40 East Elm St. to celebrate the wonderful work of Good Dog and to promote Pierre Deux's one day sale.




The Board of Selectmen Oct. 9 meeting is now airing with weekend broadcasts on Friday at 7 and at 10 a.m. on Saturday.




Think there is not much going on in Old Greenwich? Think again.


On Thursday, Oct. 16 residents will have the opportunity to be updated on a range of significant issues by local experts when the Old Greenwich Association (OGA) hosts its annual meeting and community forum in the First Congregational Church on Sound Beach Avenue at 7:30 p.m. The evening will feature representatives from the Greenwich Traffic Department, Greenwich Police Department, Greenwich Point Conservancy, Greenwich Civic Center Committee and the Connecticut State Legislature.



EVADING


Dwayne Lawler, 39, of 1465 East Putnam Ave. was arrested Oct. 10 and charged with evading responsibility. Police had been sent to the scene of an East Putnam Avenue motor vehicle accident involving three vehicles and officers reportedly determined that the person responsible had left the scene without providing any information. According to police reports, Lawler came to the scene 50 minutes later and said he was the driver. Police said they examined his vehicle and determined the damage to it was consistent with the damage to the other vehicles. Lawler was released on a $250 cash bond and is due in court Oct. 24.


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BREACH OF PEACE


Hilda Munoz, 60, of 76 Bertolf Road, Riverside was arrested Oct. 11 and charged with breach of peace. Police had been sent to the scene of a reported dispute between neighbors. The reporting party alleged to police that Munoz had approached her and begun yelling and waiving her fists in the air. According to this person, this has been an ongoing problem for about three years and that she was “extremely fearful” of Munoz. Police reported that after speaking to a third party, this woman’s account of events was confirmed. Munoz was released on a promise to appear and is due in court Oct. 20.


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10/14/08 Greenwich Time News Links Or Artsy Fartsy Crowd Has Had It With Failed Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler


"It does seem likely that years of inaction by the Board of Education have caused the town to lose the opportunity that had been offered for the gift of the complete renovation of the Havemeyer Building and the creation of a wonderful Center for the Arts that could have served the entire community for classes, studios, theaters, performances, a cafe and public events," wrote Peter Malikin in an email that blamed school administrators for derailing the project.

Donors threaten to walk

A nonprofit group's bid to convert the town-owned Havemeyer Building into an arts center is in danger of unraveling.

First Selectman Peter Tesei said he is reluctant to ask the Representative Town Meeting to consider a proposed lease of the Greenwich Avenue landmark until the public school administrators occupying the building decide whether they want to leave for new office space.

That decision is not expected to come until the first quarter of 2009, according to school officials, well after the Dec. 31 deadline imposed by the Greenwich Center for the Arts to procure a $1-per-year lease.

If the town fails to act, a group of wealthy donors that includes Empire State building owner Peter Malkin has threatened to walk away from its offer to donate $15 million toward the Havemeyer Building's transformation.

Private donations would pay for the entire $30 million project, according to GCA, which has told the town that it can't keep its donors in the lurch.

"No one likes to lose an opportunity, but you can't force someone to do something they don't want to do," Tesei said in a recent interview....

....Weissler said school officials agreed to wait until after the Commission on Aging completed its own analysis for a new senior center this past spring before embarking on a similar survey that won't be complete until the first quarter of next year.

"I'm having a hard time seeing how that's inaction. That's basically following the time line that we were given," Weissler said.

If and when school officials make a decision on their future home, Weissler said it will be some time before the Havemeyer Building becomes vacant.

Citing the downturn in the economy, Weissler said an estimated $25 million project to renovate the Greenwich High School auditorium scheduled for the 2009-10 fiscal year is likely to be delayed until 2010-11, when the construction of new offices for school administrators was supposed to occur. That, too, will be delayed, she said.

"We have said as a board we will prioritize the needs of our students ahead of our administrators, which will push out the central office," Weissler said.....

Comment:

Perhaps Empire State building owner Peter Malkin needs to learn how to negotiate and sweeten the deal for failed Board of Education Chairwoman Nancy Weissler.

"OK, Nancy you win. If you move out of the town-owned Havemeyer Building we will hire your incompetent best buddy Frank Mazza to be in charge of the Arts Center renovation project."


Byram Pharmacy is back in business after abruptly shutting down Sept. 26 following an FBI search of the facility, officials said.

On Monday, a manager of the pharmacy said it is now open for its regular hours but would not comment on the closure, which kept the doors closed for nearly two and a half weeks.

Michael Romsky, a spokesman for the FBI in New Haven, said that the agency executed a search warrant on Sept. 26 at the 13 N. Water St. drugstore. He would not release any details. No further information on the incident has been released since.

The Drug Control Division usually receives word when the FBI searches a pharmacy, according to Gadea. However, the division received no report of the Byram Pharmacy search.

Gadea also said Joby George is still listed as the licensed pharmacist at the facility. George could not be reached for comment on Monday.

According to state records, the Byram Pharmacy was first issued a license in April 2001.

Comment:

My wife has a monthly prescription that she has filled at the Byram Pharmacy. She held off having the prescriptionfiled, because this independent pharmacy is $35 less than CVS and I have to pay the $65 out of my pocket.

On Sunday Night, I was working in Byram and saw that there was no sign on the door of the pharmacy and the place looked like it was ready to open for business so I told my wife to try and go there after work.

She told me that everything seemed normal in the pharmacy.

I hope things workout for this small independent business, because this establishment really filled a void after CVS bought the old Byram Pharmacy and closed it down and moved the prescriptions across town.

The pharmacist has previously open by Firehouse deli, but recently moved into a building with parking next to the bank.

Personally, I wish the FBI would look into how CVS closed virtually every independent pharmacy from Byram to Old Greenwich.

Last week I had to go to the CVS on Greenwich Avenue for two prescriptions because a I had this spider bite that had became infected. I am standing behind a lady who is complaining at the drop off window that she has been waiting for her prescriptions for 40 minutes and that CVS had promised them in 20 minutes. The next person dropped off their prescription and was given the standard "your prescription will be ready in 20 minutes" story.

So I left line and later that night before going to bed I gave the prescriptions to my son and asked him to go to drive to the Riverside CVS and fill the prescription. The next morning when I woke up I finally got to take the anti-biotic and the pain medication.

Later that day I went to get the wound check and the doctor is telling that the infection got worse and once again giving me antibiotics intravenously. Plus I got to listen to the doctor lecture me about how I need to fill and take prescriptions promptly as she gave me a second antibiotic prescription to take with the first antibiotic prescription.

Once again I go to the CVS on Greenwich Avenue drop of my new prescription which will be ready in "20 minutes", So I went out and had lunch at Subway at the top of Greenwich Avenue and then came back and got in the prescription pick up line was going incredibly slow, because people stuck in CVS ended up buying things waiting "20 Minutes" for their prescription to be filled.

Personally, I think that this "Your prescription will be ready in 20 Minutes" is part of a CVS marketing plan to try and get you to buy sundry items while being forced to wait for your prescription.

Some people don't mind using all of these chain stores, but every time I can't find help in Staples I long for those funny and friendly guys at Marks Brothers on Greenwich Avenue.


To help a rural African village break the chains of poverty, Stanwich School teacher Shaun Fletcher says it isn't enough to simply visit once, as some part-time humanitarians have done.

Starting next summer, the Stanwich science teacher will bring students to a destitute Rwandan village each year for the next decade to build water wells, classrooms, a medical center, a library, bathrooms with showers, even a laundry room.

"As an American, you can't just come in and say, 'Let me fix all your problems,' and then feel good because you bought them a pack of 20 goats, or did a few weeks of work," he said. "The key is developing long-term partnerships."

Fletcher, who spent three weeks in Rwanda in July, now plans to return with about a dozen Stanwich students and alumni next June to build a modern infrastructure in the remote village of Cyabatanzi, which has a population of roughly 4,000.

That work will be part of a 10-year humanitarian project, which Fletcher said he recently designed with the help of a $5,000 grant from the school's board of directors....

..."They are not warm to visitors, and they won't greet me and the students with a hug," Fletcher said. "But they will look you in the eye and open their village to you, if they think you aren't looking to make a quick fix." ....
Comment:

Stanwich teacher Shaun Fletcher is 100% right and a credit to the good works that are going on at the school.
I know that at Harvest Time Church, where I worship, a missions group has just returned Monday from a trip to Senegal They were operating a medical clinic for the second year in a row.

This church has started an orphanage that they have named "My Father's House" in the same town that the clinic is in. Currently the orphanage is ran like a group home out of one house.

The Church has bought land in this town and wants to build 8 or 10 additional group homes for orphans, but is still trying to get local governmental approval for a building permit.

Senegal is a Muslim nation and very slow to approve badly needed Christian relief projects.

But that has not stopped Harvest Time Church. Steve Gamble the church's Missions Director went to look at some farmland North of this African Town that might bee used to grow food for the orphanage.

Over 1000 people were feed and treated at this last Senegal medical clinic and doctors from Greenwich helped provide care to the needy.

Currently, Harvest Time Church is raising $15,000 to send a water drilling rig that they now have to Africa.

Next March, there is a mission trip planned for Bangladesh.

This church is involved in so many other missions activities around the world.

Moreover, Harvest Time Church has been making repeated trips to two United States towns ever since Hurricane Katrina hit years ago. One town is in Louisiana and another town is in Mississippi. A big missions trip just returned from Louisiana about 4 or 5 months ago.

Every year this church raises over $500,000 for missions work. The goal of the church is to spend 25% of it's budget on missions work that helps people throughout the world.

Even when this spirit filled church was meeting in the Western Greenwich Civic Center and did not have a building of it's own it was helping build structures for others who were in need.

In fact, this church will start celebrating it's 25th anniversary in town this Wednesday night.

It is amazing that a church that started meeting in the Greenwich YMCA twenty five years ago has grown so much and done so many good works.

Even, though I am very new at Harvest Time Church, I have been invited to participate in the Mission's trips, but for one reason or another I have found an excuse not to go.

But, I have been almost brought to tears when I seen videos of all the grateful people receiving aid and comfort. Often times some of those that have benefited from the Church's generosity have came to say thank you it has made for a very emotional service.

Just last Sunday I went to a lunch at the Church honoring a man from South Africa.

And one thing that I like is that the Harvest Time Church has decided to redouble it's efforts of helping people in the Greenwich area without sacrificing the good work that is done overseas and across the nation.

Many times we forget that there are a lot of hurt people in this town of plenty.

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Columbus Day is a lot different now than when Tod Laudonia, the president of the St. Lawrence Society, first learned about it in school.

"In fourteen hundred and ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," Laudonia joked, reciting the poem he memorized as boy to a crowd of about 20 gathered outside Town Hall Monday morning for the annual Columbus Day raising of the Italian Flag by the St. Lawrence Society, an Italian-American club based in Cos Cob.

Once solely about the journey of the Italian-born navigator, the day has become one to "reflect and celebrate our heritage," the president said.

Like Columbus, Laudonia continued, Greenwich's Italian immigrants were explorers. Unlike Columbus, he said, they stayed here, helping make Greenwich what it is today.

This year's flag raiser, selected by the St. Lawrence Society, an Italian-American club based at 86 Valley Road, was 90-year-old James Rocco Santaguida, a second-generation Greenwich Italian whose family founded the first horse-and-buggy town trash pick-up and owns Cos Cob's James R. Santaguida sanitation.....


For youth rugby players in Greenwich, finding a team to play can be about as easy as digging a ball from the bottom of a scrum.


Senior Hana Bowers has been a leader all season long for the Greenwich High School field hockey team, and Monday's home contest against Pomperaug was no different.


The story is getting to be old hat: Connecticut's Probate Court system is posting a $20,000-per-day deficit, and is in dire need of reform.


To the editor:

I am strongly against the Connecticut Supreme Court ruling legalizing same-sex marriage in Connecticut.

I agree with Justice Peter Zarella's dissenting opinion that "there is no fundamental right to same-sex marriage, and that the court's majority failed to discuss the purpose of marriage laws to 'privilege and regulate procreative conduct.' " ("Gay marriage approved," Greenwich Time, Oct. 11). Effectively redefining marriage by decoupling marriage as between one man and one woman, which has been the basis for all civilization (and even the uncivilized) for thousands of years is somewhat breathtaking.

Needless to say, in our own tradition in America, which is Judeo-Christian, traditional marriage stands as being in harmony with God's plan. While the imagination can run wild now that marriage is without its traditional and biblical grounding, what other legal challenges will arise, for whom or for what (or between whom and what) to be joined in marriage?
I do not believe this ruling reflects the will of the people of Connecticut. Therefore, I urge the citizens of Connecticut to mobilize in contacting their state legislators demanding of them to repeal this forced ruling.

Richard Day
Old Greenwich

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