1/4/09 READER SUBMITTED COMMENTS : IMPORTANT WEB REMOVAL --- Or Greenwich Roundup Will See Nicholas Blatsiotis And Attorney Bruce Koffsky In Court!!!

Nicholas Blatsiotis Legal Problems Are Begining To Grow

Greenwich Resident Nicholas Blatsiotis

Might Be Transfering Substainal Amounts

Of His Assets To Greenwich Roundup

To Whom it May Concern

I have been informed from my lawyer that under a Google search of my name Nicholas Blatsiotis, it appears a link from your Web Site that contains inappropriate information about myself .

My lawyer Bruce Kofsky contact the google team and they informed us that, as a first step I have to please ask you, the webmaster of the web page, to remove the specific URL. The specific case it is inaccurate as it has been reported from your article.The case has been dismissed from the Court ,but it still caused a complicated problem of identity theft against me .

I would like to please ask you to remove the specific info from your Web Link .

The URL is

Greenwich Roundup: Saturday, December 6, 2008

Nicholas Blatsiotis, 43, of 389 Farms Road, was arrested and charged with ... According to the police report, Blatsiotis left the scene of an accident on ...

greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2008_12_06_archive.html - 977k

Greenwich Roundup: 08_11

According to the police report, Blatsiotis left the scene of an accident on Orchard ...... Nicholas Blatsiotis, 43, of 389 Farms Road was arrested Dec. ...

greenwichroundup.blogspot.com/2008_12_02_archive.html

Thank you in advance
Nicholas Blatsiotis

COMMENT:

Dear Nicholas,

First of all your lawyer spells name with two ff instead of the one f you put in your email, above.

Second, this are pretty bad when a Blogger who is blind in one eye, crossed in the other corrects the spelling of your lawyers name. Usually, readers of this blog are correcting the multiple spelling errors that I make when I hunt and peck on the computer key board using one finger.

Lastly Nick, you might want to get a new lawyer, because Bruce Koffsky, should have said hey Nicholas this is derived from a public record known as a police report which was published in a corporately owned mainstream newspaper and then cut and pasted at Greenwich Roundup with a reference link back to the original source.

The only difference is that the corporately owned mainstream newspaper has started selling the story of your police incident and we offer it for free on the web.

Nick, as always, you or anyone else can click on this link or any other link pertaining to your public record and it's publication in a corporately owned mainstream news paper.

I would also like to remind you that you may also send an email to GreenwichRoundup@gmail.com to explain your side of the story involving the police incident. We Are sure that our readers would be more than happy to learn the final outcome of the case probably known as the People of Connecticut vs. Nicholas Blatsiotis.

Nick would be more than happy to publish anything you have to say about this unfortunate incident. If you feel the police officer involved filed an inaccurate of false police report put it in an email and we will be Happy to publish it, because unlike the Greenwich Citizen, the Greenwich Post or the Greenwich Time we are not afraid of the Greenwich Police Department.

Nor is the very litigious Greenwich Roundup afraid of big buck lawyer Bruce Koffsky, who is advising you to file false and misleading reports to our web host in a deliberate attempt to cause harm to a very fast growing web site that has had purchase offers and is on the cusp of being monetized in the upcoming months.

Did Attorney Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky advise you to file a civilian complaint report over the alleged inaccurate information in the public document, known as the, Greenwich Police Department Police report?

Did Attorney Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky advise you to send a letter to the corporately owned Greenwich Newspapers telling them that you contend that the police report was inaccurate?

Did Attorney Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky advise you to send a threatening little note to threatening the corporately owned Greenwich Newspapers demanding that they stop selling the news report of your police incident?

No, According To Your Email, Attorney Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky Is Advising You To Target And Cause Sever Economic Harm To This Web Site, By Falsely Reporting That The Posting The Publication Of A Newspapers Account Of A Public Record Is Somehow A Violation Of The Web Hosts Terms Of Service.

Nick, Please Go Ahead And Send Your False And Misleading Complaint About The Very Litigious Greenwich Roundup

In Fact, The Very Litigious Greenwich Roundup Is Anxiously Awaiting Notification Of Your False Claim With Copy Of Your Email Saying Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky Advised You To Maliciously Single Out And Cause Irreparable Harm This Growing Enterprise Over A Public Record That Has Been Published By Others.

Nick, We Soon May Soon See You Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky In Court.

Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky Must Have Been Out Of His Mind When He Advised You To Make False And Malicious Claims That Greenwich Roundup Violated It's Web Hosts Term And Conditions In A Posting Concerning A Public Record About You.

Further Nick, This False Claim By You And Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky That Says Greenwich Roundup Somehow Assisted Soimeone In Stealing Your Identity Is Telling You Report Cause Someone To Steal Your Idenity With In The Last 30 Days Is Absurd At Best.

Nick, If In Fact Your Identity Was Truely Stolen It Was Not Because We Cut And Pasted Your Address From The Greenwich Time, Who In Turned Copied It From Police Department Public Records.

Did we give out your Social Security Number? - No.

Your mothers madien name? - No

The name of your employer? - No

Nick, Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky Is An Idiot For Advising You To Contact Our Web Host And Falsely Maliciously And Falsely Claim That Your Identity Was Allegedly Stolen, Because We Cut And Pasted Your Address From The Greenwich Time.

Nick, You Are Listed In The Phone Book, I Just Called Directory Assistance And They Told Me Your Phone Number Was (203) 329 - 8277.

The operator, also confirmed your address.

Nick, Did Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky only advise you to file a false and malicious report about Greenwich Roundup concerning the alleged identity theft, or did he do the right thing and have you file a police report with the Greenwich Police Department.

Nick I am not saying that you are a complete and utter fool, but my web host is blogger which is owned by Google, which has the entire Greenwich Time Cached web page in their servers located in Mountain View, California

http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:am2UaFHv3YYJ:www.greenwichtime.com/letters/ci_11153417+Nicholas+Blatsiotis+389+Farms+Road&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us

Nick, Bruce "Big Bucks" Koffsky Has Apparently Advised You To File A False And Malicious Report Designed To Harm A Growing Enterprise To A Company That Has The Same Information On It's Cached Web Server And Is Offering The Information For Free, Even Though The Greenwich Time Is Selling The Report For $2.95.

Personally, I Would Just Go Down And Give Greenwich Police Chief 25 Cents For The Public Record With Your Address And Other Information.

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1/4/08 More The Year In Review From Hearst Newspapers

Cameron (left) and Tyler Winklevoss, ...

2008 Summer Olympics by the numbers

Stamford Advocate

By Kate King

2 Medals won by Connecticut athletes, both rowers. Bristol native Michelle Guerette took home a silver medal in the women's single sculling event. Norwalk's Dan Walsh won a bronze in the men's 8 race.

5 Sports represented by Connecticut athletes at the Olympic games: Archery, rowing, tennis, shooting and equestrian.

9 Connecticut athletes who represented the United States in Beijing.

11 The age Emily Caruso of Fairfield began practicing her Olympic event: Shooting. Caruso trains for six to seven hours a day.

27 The age of Greenwich twins Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, who rowed in the men's pair event.

46 National championships won by Connecticut athlete Richard Johnson, of Woodstock, who won an archery gold medal in the 1996 Olympics in Athens but came back from Beijing empty-handed.

60 Years since a Norwalk native won an Olympic medal. Swimmer Marie Mortell brought home a gold medal in the 1948 Olympic games. Walsh earned a bronze medal this summer.

65 The number of workers who tracked the games on live video feed at an office in downtown Stamford for NBC's Olympics Web site.

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1/4/08 What Is This A Fairfield Greenwich Bailout? CT Treasurer Denise Nappier wants to invest up to 8 percent of state pension assets in Hedge Funds!

Hedge Funds: Proceed With Caution

Hartford Business

Hedge fund assets in Connecticut, the sector’s third largest center in the world after New York City and London, approached $200 billion earlier this year. But market losses and withdrawals triggered by the financial crisis have whittled the industry down considerably from its $1.9 tillion peak in June – possibly by as much as 45 percent as of Dec. 31. Connecticut once had 30 hedge funds with at least $1 billion in assets, mostly clustered in Greenwich, Stamford and Westport. Their decline may accelerate in the wake of the Bernard Madoff scandal. Prosecutors say that when Madoff was arrested Dec. 11, he confessed to running a $50 billion Ponzi scheme. The biggest loser so far is the Fairfield Greenwich Capital Group, which turned an estimated $7.5 billion over to Madoff, money that is now presumed gone for good. Critics of the sector have long warned about the lack of transparency at many hedge funds, and the Madoff case is expected to spur a significant push for more regulation.

Meanwhile, Connecticut Treasurer Denise Nappier, has asked for approval to begin investing up to 8 percent of state pension assets in alternative investments, including hedge funds.

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1/4/09 The main Madoff-related vehicles for Fairfield Greenwich Group, a major Madoff feeder fund, are registered in the British Virgin Islands.

Walter Noel's Man In Bermuda Is Amit Vijayvergiya, Partner, is Head of Risk Management of Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Ltd. and focuses on the Fairfield Sentry Fund and risk management for FGG.

MORE ON AMIT:

Amit Vijayvergiya - LinkedIn

FGG Managing Director
1001 Brickell Bay Dr Ste 2406
Miami, FL 33131
United States
Phone: 1 786 425 2511
Fax: 1 786 425 2428

http://www.fggus.com/

Amit Vijayvergiya, Director of Lion Fairfield

Fairfield Greenwich operates affiliates in offshore money havens like the Cayman Islands. At another affiliate, in Bermuda, Amit Vijayvergiya, Fairfield Greenwich’s chief risk officer, managed flows into Sentry, its largest fund that was a main recipient of money that had been invested with Mr. Madoff. It also runs Fairfield Sentry in Ireland, one of Europe’s largest offshore money havens, and a joint venture in Singapore, a leading Asian offshore money haven, called Lion Fairfield Capital Management.

LION FAIRFIELD CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED MEDIA RELEASE

Greenwich Resident Walter Noel Wont Tell You About The Money In The Cayman Islands And The British Virgin Islands, Ireland Or Singapore, But Greenwich Roundup Will.

Fairfield Greenwich Investors Looking For Some Of There Money Should Take A Look At This Link:

http://74.125.45.132/search?q=cache:xf54_nkCArcJ:www.secinfo.com/drHG7.11Zu.htm+Fairfield+Greenwich+British+Virgin+Islands&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us

You Wont Read This Walter "Feeder Fund" Noel

Love Letter In The Greenwich Time:

FAIRFIELD SENTRY LIMITED
Romasco Place, Wickhams Cay 1
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands, VG 1110

December 22, 2008

Suspension of the Calculation of Net Asset Value

Reference is made to the extraordinary events of last week regarding Bernard L. Madoff Investments Securities LLC ("Madoff"). As you are most likely aware, on December 11,2008 Bernard Madoff was arrested and charged with securities fraud for operating inessence a giant Ponzi scheme. It has been alleged that Madoff's fraud involved a loss inboth cash and securities of possibly US$50 billion.

As you will have read in the press, Fairfield Sentry Limited (the "Company") was significantly exposed to Madoff. At this point in time the value of the Company'sinvestment in Madoff is not certain. There may be residual assets in Madoff to bedistributed or, alternatively, there may be no assets.

With the view to acting in the best interests of the Company and all of its shareholdersand creditors, the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has suspended thecalculation of net asset value with a corresponding suspension of redemptions andsubscriptions pursuant to Article 11(4) of the Articles of the Association of the Company,due to the fact that the Board determined (i) that circumstances exist as a result of whichin their opinion it is not reasonably practicable for the Company to dispose ofinvestments or that any such disposal would be materially prejudicial to shareholders, (ii)that a breakdown has occurred in the means normally employed in ascertaining the valueof investments of the Company, (iii) that the value of the investments of the Companycannot reasonably or fairly be ascertained and (iv) that the Company is unable torepatriate funds required for the purpose of making payments due on redemption ofshares. As such, pursuant to the powers contained in the Articles of Association of theCompany, the Board has suspended the determination of the net asset value.

As a resultof such suspension, all subscriptions into and redemptions from the Company have beensuspended. With respect to redemption requests received for the November 30, 2008 dealing date, the payment of these proceeds of redemption have been similarly suspended pursuant to the powers contained in the Articles of Association of the Company.

The Company has retained counsel in the British Virgin Islands and the United States to represent its interests. These counsel will advise as to what action should be taken toensure the Company's interests in the remaining assets of Madoff are represented, toensure an orderly running of the affairs of the Company and to ensure that all shareholders and creditors are treated equitably and fairly.

In this regard and as advisedby counsel, we are not able to respond to requests for information by individual shareholders at this time. Rather, information will be provided to all shareholders to ensure that no one shareholder is at an advantage. We note that the manager to the Company, Fairfield Greenwich (Bermuda) Limited, has waived all fees until furthernotice. We will endeavour to keep you advised of developments with respect to the Company.

Yours faithfully,
The Board of Directors

After Reading This You Might Want To Explore The Walter Noel Network:

http://www.silobreaker.com/FlashNetwork.aspx?DrillDownItems=11_29005818

Then You Might Want To Read The Class Action Lawsuit Against Walter "Feeder Fund" Noel And Fairfield Greenwich......

SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK COUNTY OF NEW YORK

So Just How Much Money Does Walter "Feeder Fund" Noel

Have In The Cayman Islands And Other Off Shore Money Havens?

Fairfield Greenwich Group has taken more than $500 million in fees since 2003 alone from the money it placed with Madoff.

Fairfield Greenwich, and its partners, had about 7.5 Billion invested with Madoff, But There Is Still 6.5 Billion That Fairfield Greenwich Has Stashed Somewhere.

A statement released by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) regarding charges of massive investment fraud by Bernard Madoff indicates the authority is following the situation closely.

“CIMA has done a check of its records and database and has found no evidence so far that Bernard Madoff or any Madoff company is providing direct services to any Cayman Islands–regulated fund,” it stated.

“An initial check of the Companies Registry shows no Madoff–related entity incorporated in the Cayman Islands.

However, given that investors in Mr Madoff’s investment funds include banking and other institutions across Europe, the UK and the USA, CIMA anticipates that there could be a number of Cayman–regulated funds as well as other institutions that have made investments into the Madoff funds/schemes and which, therefore, could be impacted.”

A check of the CIMA website reveals Fairfield Greenwich and Fairfield Capital Management are registered with the authority, along with twenty–nine funds beginning with the name “Fairfield”.

Fallout from the Madoff scandal could affect Cayman in many ways.

Don't Forget That......

Offshore entities played key roles at Bayou Management, a Connecticut hedge fund that collapsed in scandal in 2005, as well as at Enron, which used nearly 900 offshore entities, mostly in the Cayman Islands, to conceal bogus trades and accounting fraud.

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01/04/09 Greenwich Time News Links For Sunday

On average, Lt. Richard Cochran says the Greenwich Police Department sees roughly 200 domestic incidents a year, with the majority involving some type of physical violence.

Domestic violence focus of new unit
Following a year in which many families were saddled with economic stress, the Greenwich Police Department has formed a new unit aiming to combat the high number of domestic violence incidents that occur each year and to provide assistance to victims, officials said.

Lt. Richard Cochran, who has served as the domestic violence liaison officer for the department since 2004, proposed the domestic violence unit last year in hopes that more manpower could be directed towards handling the second most investigated crime in Greenwich. While the problem has always been prevalent in town and nationwide, Cochran said this year had a noticeable jump in incidents.

"The economy I see as the biggest issue," said Cochran. "There are a lot of stressors. People are getting laid off and you try not to bring them home but it happens."

In the final days of 2008, Cochran said he had recorded 187 domestic violence arrests during the year. That means there were at least 187 victims that he is responsible for following up with after an incident occurs.

"It's important we offer them some guidance," said Cochran of the hundreds of victims he spends his days reaching out to.

"For years it was just me, and I do my best to contact victims every day," said Cochran. "But what was lacking was home visits."

Cochran said he is in the process of choosing officers who will be assigned to make follow-up visits to recent domestic violence victims to obtain more in-depth interviews and to photograph injuries that sometimes take a few days to show up, such as bruising. Officers will also help to ensure the victim is safe by enforcing protective orders, Cochran said.

Police Chief David Ridberg said he felt the unit was a much-needed addition since Cochran was handling a large workload alone.....

Sci-fi garbage cans arrive at Greenwich Point
Greenwich Point now has three garbage cans that sense when they are full and then compact trash to make room for more.

Although this sounds like science fiction, they are real, and are called Big Belly solar-powered trash cans.

Each has an electronic eye that indicates the receptacle has reached its target level, and the solar-powered compactor, which is run on a battery, turns on, compacting the trash to 20 percent of its normal size.

"It's really a great thing," said Amy Burke, publicity chairperson for the Friends of Greenwich Point, "It is completely self-reliant when it's full."

Once the garbage can has reached its capacity, a red light turns on so the maintenance crew knows to take the bag out and put in a new one, she said.

Greenwich Time quiz

Think you're an avid reader of Greenwich Time? Put your knowledge to the test in the 2008 Year in Review pop quiz:

1) The makeshift Wiffle ball field in Riverside that sparked a national controversy last summer was modeled after which of the following?
A) Yankee Stadium
B) Wrigley Field
C) Fenway Park

2) Name of the members of Greenwich's 2009 General Assembly delegation.
A) Jim Lash, Peter Tesei, Lin Lavery and Peter Crumbine
B) Livvy Floren, Lile Gibbons, Alfred Camillo and L. Scott Frantz
C) Livvy Floren, Lile Gibbons, Claudia "Dolly" Powers and William Nickerson

3) Alan Golder is better known by the following moniker:
A) "The Dinnertime Bandit"
B) "The Man with the Golden Gun"
C) "Gold Digger" ......

Himes swarmed with inauguration ticket requests
One would think Rep.-elect Jim Himes, D-Conn., was giving away tickets to the Super Bowl or the opener of the new Yankee Stadium the way the requests have been flooding into his office from those who want to attend the Jan. 20 swearing-in of President-elect Barack Obama.

As an incoming member of Congress, Himes said he was allotted about 198 tickets for the inauguration ceremony, including 21 highly coveted seats on the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.
The vast majority of the tickets, Himes and his transition Chief-of-Staff Don Carlson said, will go to elected officials from the 4th District, heads of labor and community groups such as the NAACP and local churches, and key supporters.

"Put it this way, I certainly could get rid of 100 times the number of tickets I've been given access to," Himes said in an interview on Friday.

Around 28 remaining tickets were distributed via lottery on Himes' Web site, he said....

Folks head to gym for new year

While working out at the Greenwich Family YMCA on Saturday, Joe Mahon, 37, said it was his New Year's resolution to get in shape this year.

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01/04/08 The Raw Greenwich Blog And RSS Feed

A Greenwich Fireman on a ladder observing

the smoke from the upper part of the train.

John Ferris Robben - T-shirt Philosophy Page At Our Greenwich
Fire Above the Binney Park Tunnel (more photos) - Greenwich Police showed up quickly and began managing the MetroNorth Train Fire on New Year's Eve...

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

The New And Improved "For What It's Worth" (Wordpress Edition)
I knew it! Walt’s pissed off the Colombians. - You just don’t mess with these guys. You’d think even Noel knew that.

Greenwich News
Frantz Eager to Tackle State Problems; Eyes Budget Deficit - Freshman state Senator-elect Scott Frantz, R-36 , expects to tackle the state's shuddering deficit and sinking economy when he reports for duty in the Co...

Tribune Company's Greenwich News Feed
A practical well for Third World - On a trip to Africa four years ago, Jennifer Bresler, whose parents live in James City, learned that the village of Damana, Mali, needed a new well. A Will...

Greenwich Blog :: The Blog of Greenwich, Connecticut :: USA
Manhattan Nightlife On The Avenue - Avenida-Manhattan Nightlife on Greenwich Avenue Avenida Restaurant 339 Greenwich Avenue Friday, January 2 Starts at 9:00 PM Manhattan Nightlife on Greenwich...

EDDIE "Greenwich Native" ROSS
New Year's in Kinderhook - I know...I know—Jaithan and I aren't supposed to be back until Monday, but I couldn't resist sharing a few pictures from New Year's with our friends Michael ...

Jane Genova: Speechwriter - Ghostwriter
John Travolta in his grief - Let us not envy famous men - There will be no mercy shown by the media to John Travolta in his grief. His son Jett is dead. If this were a death in an ordinary family, the tragedy would ...

Greenwich Diva
Kelly Rutherford files for divorce - 40-year-old Kelly Rutherford from “Gossip Girl” has filed for divorce from her husband of two years, Daniel Giersch. Rutherford, who is pregnant with her s...

The Blonde Excuse
Happy New Year - Happy New Year everyone! Sorry I haven't been around, but as you know from my last entry, I've been really sick. Now that I'm back to my usual self and keepi...

Cos Cob Blogger Iggy Makarevich At High Strangeness
Happy New Year! - I wish you all a very special New Year, a year in which all our dreams come true.

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1/3/08 Walter Noel Roundup: A Fool And His Money Are Soon Parted - Fairfield Greenwich Group charge 1.5% annual management fees plus 20% of profits ?

Walter Noel Was A Double Dipper.

He Got High Fees From Fairfied Greenwich Investors

And Big Payouts From Bernie Madoff

NEW SURGEON GENERAL'S WARNING:

Any overconfidence in your ability, willingness and need to take risk may be hazardous to your health and wealth.

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Fairfield Greenwich's $14.1 billion in assets under management, a full $7.5 billion was in assets controlled by Madoff!

From the Fairfield Greewich website.

Very little surprises me in the Greenwich Hedge Fund world, but I find myself almost perplexed by the fact that a hedge fund's supposedly sophisticated investors would allow Greenwich resident Walter Noel to basically act as an ultra-high-fee middleman.

Fairfield Greenwich didn't even manage more than half of the assets for which they were charging these high fees, but merely passed them along to Madoff who rewarded Walter Noel with up to 300 Million a year.

On Jan. 4, 2006, the SEC's enforcement staff in New York opened an investigation, based on Mr. Markopolos's allegations, into whether Mr. Madoff was, in fact, running a Ponzi scheme. The SEC staff received documents from Mr. Madoff and Fairfield Greenwich, a hedge fund that placed money with Mr. Madoff on behalf of its clients. The SEC also interviewed Mr. Madoff, his assistant, an official from Fairfield Greenwich and another employee.

The staff recommended closing the investigation because Mr. Madoff agreed to register his investment-advisory business and Fairfield agreed to disclose information about Mr. Madoff to investors. The SEC report said the staff closed the case "because those violations were not so serious as to warrant an enforcement action."

Predictably, the Madoff story has prompted speculation about potential new regulations that might be imposed to head off future problems. Politicians and pundits have called for the adoption of new rules for securities markets in general and hedge funds in particular, even though Mr. Madoff didn't run a hedge fund and there is no shortage of existing securities rules that were violated by his reported conduct. (Keeping two sets of books suggests his own recognition of that.)

The SEC's failure to pursue complaints about Mr. Madoff over the past decade wasn't the result of inadequate regulations but of disbelief that someone so well entrenched in the industry -- a former Nasdaq chairman and SEC adviser -- was capable of committing such a callous crime

Since 2000 and especially after the fall of Enron, the SEC's annual budget has ballooned to more than $900 million from $377 million. Its full-time examination and enforcement staff has increased by more than a third, or nearly 500 people. The percentage of full-time staff devoted to enforcement -- 33.5% -- appears to be a modern record, and it is certainly the SEC's highest tooth-to-tail ratio since the 1980s. The press corps and Congress both were making stars of enforcers like Eliot Spitzer, so the SEC's watchdogs had every incentive to ferret out fraud.

Yet they still failed to nail Bernard Madoff.

The fact is that the only people who seem to have taken concrete action to protect investors from Mr. Madoff are private research shops like Aksia LLC. Its analysts did the real work of figuring out that Mr. Madoff's claimed investment strategy couldn't be happening at the volumes he claimed to be trading. Likewise, it was the short sellers who first blew the whistle on Enron, while the SEC was clueless and the firm's auditors were asleep.

Scared Hedge Fund managersare now saying instead of shoveling more money and power to the regulators who already had plenty of both, let's take care not to overregulate the people who actually warned about Mr. Madoff's miracle returns.

These same Hedge Fund managers say law enforcement is useful in punishing wrongdoers after the fact, which will deter some crooks. But expecting the SEC to prevent a determined and crafty con man from separating investors from their money is no more sensible than putting your life savings with a Bernard Madoff.

But these Hedge Fund Managers are soon going to learn that the Wild Wild West Days are over and their days of unregulated trading is coming to a quick end. These modern day robber barons are going to start learning what the words "ethical behaviour" mean

Moreover, they days of a greedy Hedge Fund Manager being taxed at a 15% rate, while his secretary is taxed at a 35% rate are also numbered.

MORE ON WALTER NOEL:

The Noel family made tons of money and become filthy rich running Fairfield Greenwhich Group.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12....f=business

Some Fairfield Greenwich investors are trying to get money from the SIPC insurance (up to $500k). However, attorneys and the SIPC acknowledge that it can take a long time to sort out the mess and only then can investors possibly get some money back.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28300488/

Apparently, Fairfield Greenwich acted simply as a middleman between investors and Madoff, and charged hefty fees for doing so. One wonders if WalterNoel will possibly face having to pay back 10-20 years worth of fees.

The NY Times article linked above references an LA-area advisor named Gerald Breslauer who has collected millions in fees over the years for sending checks to Madoff.

How much effort would it have taken Noel of Breslauer to determine that there may be something fishy going on? It is easy to say this in hindsight, and without having had any assets involved, but one would have to think that a hedge fund manager like Noel would need to see more than a glossy sheet showing 20 years of excellent returns to convince him to invest Billions with somebody.

Just what part of Walter Noel's 1.5% fee and 20% of the profits went to doing due diligence?

Walter Noel and his family members were experts at bullsh*ting clients on the golf course, country-clubs and figuring out what to order at the 4-star restaurants.

What's even scarier to long term Greenwich Fairfield Investors and Walter Noel's family members is that, because this Ponzi scheme the government may be able to "claw back" some of this money.

Imagine how it would feel to be a Fairfield Greenwich / Madoof victim and then learn that, not only have your current assets vanished, but you have to give back previous earnings on money you no longer have.

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1/3/08 A home manager is essentially a live-in stager, as well as a caretaker and cleaner extraordinaire.

Messy Al Gore Would Not Be A Good Greenwich Home Manager

All the Home’sa Stage

New York Times

WANTED: Compulsively neat, highly organized people to live in houses being marketed for sale. Must keep house suitable for showing at all times. Dirty dishes, used bath towels and stray newspapers strictly prohibited.

Salary? None. Length of time in house? Unpredictable.

If this description serves only to remind you what a mess your own house is, you are probably not “home manager” material......

.....Kerrin O’Brien worked with Unique Property Marketing as a house manager for two Greenwich properties after she and her partner, Tamara, sold their own home there. “We were thinking we’d be moving to New Jersey at some point,” said Ms. O’Brien, a real estate investor, “but we weren’t ready to buy or build, given the economy.”

One of the properties they moved into had been on the market and vacant for at least two years. After they moved in, it sold within a few months, she said.....

1/3/08 More On The Not So "Secret" Wedding Ceremony

Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and Dee Ocleppo walk on the red carpet in Offenburg, Germany on Nov. 27, 2008, prior to Bambi media award ceremony.

(AP/Winfried Rothermel / November 27, 2008)

Tommy Hilfiger gets married after mysterious delay

SouthFlorida.com

Tommy Hilfiger — after a bit of a delay — got remarried just before the holidays in Greenwich, Conn.

It was all very rush-rush and hush-hush, but the stylist married Dee Ocleppo.

The new Mrs. Hilfiger is the gracious and popular ex-wife of Gianni Ocleppo, the famous Italian tennis player. But you probably knew that.

What you may not have known is that the wedding was scheduled for August in Hilfiger's Mustique retreat called Palm Beach, where he is Mick Jagger's neighbor. She had her dress. There was an announced engagement ... with media coverage. There was an 8.2-carat engagement iceberg on her hand.

But for whatever reasons, there was a hasty cancellation and then uncharacteristic silence.Some unscrupulous newspaper columnists — not I, not I — insinuated there was behind-the-scenes wrangling over the prenup.

Hilfiger has four children from his previous marriage to Susie, who is creative director of children's clothier, Best & Co. Daughter Ally was a reality star on MTV's now-defunct Rich Girls, and son Rich is a hip-hop hopeful.

Dee has two sons from her previous marriage......

PLEASE SEE:

12/12/08 Tommy Hilfiger to wed in not so "secret" ceremony

Tommy Hilfiger and his gorgeous gal pal are taking a trip down the aisle today in a top-secret, ultra-private wedding ceremony in Greenwich, Conn.

The only person who will be attending the service at Hilfiger's sprawling Connecticut estate - beside the blond bride and preppy groom - is the justice of the peace performing the vows.

We wanted to do it before Christmas," Hilfiger said last night, his about-to-be wife Dee Ocleppo at his side sporting an 8.2-carat diamond engagement ring.

As for their wedding attire, both plan to wear Hilfiger jackets. The happy couple are planning a New Year's party to celebrate their nuptials.They'd planned to marry in August, but postponed the affair.

"A wedding does become a bit complicated," said Hilfiger, who'd earlier told Page Six he postponed the wedding to work out living arrangements for Ocleppo's two kids.......

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1/3/08 Our Greenwich Time / Stamford Advocate Insider Says Greenwich Time Managing Editor Jim Zorba Has Been Canned (Updated)

We Wont Have Greenwich Time Managing Editor

Jim Zorba To Kick Around Anymore

You Wont Read This In The Greenwich Time......

Jim Zorba Days Are Numbered As The Greenwich Time Managing Editor.

Zorba may have already been ordered to clean out his desk.

Who will next failure to be fired at the Greenwich Time.

The Greenwich Time Wont Tell You,

But Our Greenwich Time / Stamford Advocate Will Tell You Right Here At Greenwich Roundup.

Now the Greenwich Time Will Be Looking For It's Fourth Editor In Eight Months.

Maybe They Will Make Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson The Managing Editor Of The Sinking Ship Known As The Green Kitty Litter Liner.

UPDATE:

MONDAY JANUARY 5TH

Confirmation Of Zebora's Departure Is Finaly Confirmed Below The Fold Of Today's Greenwich Time.

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12/05/08 When Greenwich Roundup Types Hearst Newspaper Corporate Suits Listen: Jim Zorba Is No Longer The Greenwich Time Managing Editor

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1/3/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed

"Did you hear about Peter Boldt"

Dartmouth Men's Hockey Wins Own Ledyard National Bank Classic
Dartmouth Big Green
... shoulder for the score. A power play strike from Goggin at 8:28 gave Dartmouth a two-goal cushion. Peter Boldt (Greenwich, Conn.) brought the puck down passing across to Goggin at the point for the freshman's second goal of the season. The Beavers ...

Bruce Museum Presents That Liberty Shall Not Perish: World War I Posters
Art Daily
GREENWICH, CT.- The Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut, spotlights a recent gift with a patriotic theme that has been added to the ...

Pension consultant apologizes for remarks
Connecticut Post
... of the Cambridge, Mass.-based New England Pension Consultants, apologized "for the way that the discussion at the Greenwich Retirement Board was portrayed" in a story that appeared Dec. 19 in the Connecticut Post and Greenwich Time. Moseley said ...

Local businesses owed nearly $1 million by Archway
Mansfield News Journal
... said the bulk of its debt was owed to just two creditors: New York-based Wachovia bank, and Catterton Partners of Greenwich, Conn., the bankrupt company's largest shareholder. Those two claimants were owed a total of $107.35 million in 'secured' ...

U.S. factories in worst slump in 28 years
Globeinvestor.com
... is a very weak report, suggesting no sign of stabilization yet," said Ian Lyngen, interest rate strategist at RBS Greenwich Capital in Greenwich, Connecticut. Investors shrugged off the grim report on the new year's first day of trading, eager to ...

Study: Some IPOs may surprise in 2009
The Business Journal of Milwaukee
... offerings in 2009, but new issues could produce healthy returns, according to an industry report. The study by Greenwich, Conn.-based Renaissance Capital predicts that despite the likelihood that the IPO market will follow the depressed trend of ...

Chelsea Technologies Announces Launch of New Office in Greenwich, Connecticut


PRWeb
Since financial services firms began choosing Greenwich as an alternative to Manhattan, Chelsea has been paving the way by building and supporting the 'Big Bank Feel' of Information Technology to these small ...
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1/3/08 BEHIND THE TIMES: Why Didn't Greenwich Time Editor Jim Zorba Asign A Reporter To Cover The "Sick Sushi" Story From This "Whacy" Doc 16 Days Ago

Whacky Greenwich Doctor Carlton Clocker's

Sushi Tale Begins To Stink

Fish Pisioned Priven Claims A Greenwich Doctor In His "Entourage"

HBO's Entourage Had Better Find A New Actor To Star In March.

High mercury levels tied to sushi

By Christina Hennessy
Staff Writer
Posted: 01/03/2009 09:05:40 AM EST

It is not often an actor's diet stirs up the kind of controversy that Jeremy Piven's has. But his often twice-daily intake of sushi has been cited as one of the likely factors that contributed to the high levels of mercury found in his system - nearly six times the tolerable amount - prompting the symptoms, among them extreme fatigue, that led the 43-year-old to bow out of the Broadway revival of David Mamet's "Speed-the-Plow," according to his physician, Dr. Carlon Colker.

Colker, who is on the staff at Greenwich Hospital and chief executive officer and medical director of Peak Wellness in Greenwich, says he also is looking into Piven's use of Chinese herbs.
The internist says the good that has come out of his patient's case is the renewed attention to the potential dangers of eating fish with high mercury levels. A high mercury toxicity in the body can result in extreme fatigue, muscle weakness, memory loss and organ damage, among other health issues. In unborn babies and young children, it can cause impaired neurological development and damage the central nervous system.

"I don't want to scare people," Colker says. "But you do have to be careful."

But at least one group questions the diagnosis and thinks the story will scare people needlessly.

The story will "whip up another round of public fear," says David Martosko, the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Consumer Freedom's director of research. "The health benefit you get from eating fish blows the hypothetical risks out of the water."

....The Piven story seemingly hasn't spurred an increase in questions to the Stamford Health Department, according to Anne Fountain, the emergency response coordinator.
Though, from time to time, the agency fields some questions.

Fountain says advisories and state guides on fish consumption can be accessed via the city's Web site, http://www.ci.stamford.ct.us/.

COMMENT:

Clueless Greenwich Time Reporter Christina Hennessy Is Obviously Unaware Of Greenwich Doctor Carlton Clocker's Recent Questionable Medical Data Problems And Lawsuits Involving Deadly The Dietary Supplement Ephedra.

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12/18/08 PIVEN'S FISH TALE: Greenwich Doctor Carlon Colker Explains Jeremy Piven Mysterious Fatigue

People.com

By Alexis Chiu

Jeremy Piven suffered "shocking levels" of mercury in his system from eating too much sushi and Chinese herbs, forcing him to leave the Broadway play Speed-the-Plow, his doctor tells PEOPLE. "I pulled Jeremy from the show," says Dr. Carlon Colker. "I'm an unpopular character right now."Responding to skepticism over the decision to leave the play – playwright David Mamet joked that Piven was leaving show business to "pursue a career as a thermometer" – the doctor says the decision was purely medical, and one that Piven, 43, initially resisted. "

"He's disappointed that I had to pull the plug," says Colker. "But I think he's hurt more by the comments that he's not trying or that he walked away. He's been working straight for 30 years. He doesn't walk away; I tore him away from it."

Colker, an internist and attending physician at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City and Greenwich Hospital in Connecticut, says Piven initially came to him after the show's run began in late October, complaining of severe fatigue. "

This was very, very unusual for him," says Colker, who is also CEO and medical director of Peak Wellness in Greenwich, Conn., with another facility in Beverly Hills. "He's known as the iron horse – he's been working nonstop for 30 years, and he works 17-hour days."

After a battery of tests failed to reveal what was ailing the three-time Emmy winner, Colker checked his "heavy metals" and was "absolutely stunned" to find mercury at a level "almost six times the upper limit of normal and allowable," says the doctor. "It's the highest level I've ever seen."

Colker attributes the high mercury count to Piven's habit of eating sushi, often twice a day, compounded by certain Chinese herbs he was taking "for general health."

Piven was ordered to put a moratorium on the fish and the herbs, and his doctor sent a letter on Dec. 10 revealing the health problem to the Speed-the-Plow production staff.

While Piven decided to continue with the show, his symptoms did not abate – and after a spell of dizziness led to a three-day hospitalization, Colker says he decided to put the curtain down on Piven's Broadway run. The actor will be replaced by Norbert Leo Butz and William H. Macy.

"It is very serious. Mercury can kill – it can absolutely cause cardiac arrest, kidney failure, even psychiatric problems," says Colker, who was first interviewed by Entertainment Tonight. "He is going to be OK. This is completely reversible," adds Colker, who believes Piven will be "rockin' and rollin' and ready to be his old self for Entourage" by March. He just needs to really lay low and rest."

RELATED ARTICLE:

2006: Jeremy talks about his hard-partying ways

COMMENT:

This "Sick Sushi" Story Is From A Wacky Greenwich Doctor Who Is Part Of Priven's Entourage.
Just Wait Till The Party Boy Actor's Producers Discover The Truth About This Controversial Greenwich Doctor.

Soon Doctor Carlton Clocker Sushi Excuse Is Going To Start To Stink Up All Of Those Cable Entertainment Shows.

"Speed The Plow" Investors Will Become Skeptical When They Discover That Greenwich Doctor Carlton Clocker Was The Target Of Lawsuits, In My Hoe State Of Missouri. The Lawsuits Were Over Tests Preformed By The Good Doctor, That Were Intended To Downplay The Dietary Supplement Ephedra.

Ephedra has been used as an herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of asthma and hay fever, as well as for the common cold.

Ephedra has been used as an herbal remedy in traditional Chinese medicine for the treatment of asthma and hay fever, as well as for the common cold.

A review of ephedra-related adverse reactions, published in the New England Journal of Medicine in 2000, found a number of cases of sudden cardiac death or severe disability resulting from ephedra use, many of which occurred in young adults using ephedra in the labeled dosages

Steve Bechler, a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles, died of complications from heatstroke following a spring training workout on February 17, 2003. The medical examiner found that ephedra toxicity played a "significant role" in Bechler's sudden death

Escalating concerns regarding the safety of ephedra supplements led the FDA to ban the sale of ephedra-containing supplements in the United States in 2004. This ban was challenged by supplement manufacturers and initially overturned, but ultimately upheld. However, the FDA ban only applies to ephedra-based dietary supplements that contain ephedrine alkaloids.

Clocker Was Also Taken To Court In West Virginia And Illinois.

If Someone Was Truly Suffering From A Massive Dose If Mercury Poisoning Wouldn't They Be In Greenwich Hospital Instead Of Colker's "Wellness Center" Taking Herbal Remedies.

Earlier There Were Reports That Priven Had Taken The Unusual Step Of Trying To Find A Replacement To Get Him Out Of His Contractual obligations To "Speed The Plow" Producers And Investors. When That Failed He Apparently Went And Found The "Wacky" Doctor Of Greenwich.

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Jeremy Piven Seems to Be Recovering Nicely at Deceiver.com

2 Jan 2009

The two-faced and famous have something new to worry about.

Jeremy Piven isn’t going to let a little “mercury poisoning” (*cough*) stop him from banging models to the extent that he can. He is well known for his sleazy methods of picking up women — such as sending out mass text messages to girls he meets at parties and offering a prize (him for the night) to the first to respond.

But he recently started dating 23-year-old model Ashley Chontos, probably for her unfettered naivete when it comes to death by sushi.

Gatecrasher has the deets:

While Chontos may have been the playboy’s second choice (or third … or fourth … or fifth), she’s sticking by his side during the traumatic bout of mercury poisoning that forced him to bow out of Broadway’s “Speed-the-Plow.”

“Ashley was with Jeremy the night he first called in sick to the show,” one of her pals tells us. “He had a car pick her up at Broadway and 90th St. to take her to his apartment, where they spent the night before he left for the West Coast.”

As Piven is currently in Bangkok, undergoing treatments for his condition — and Chontos is in Miami, soaking up some sun — the two are engaging in a long-distance relationship via text messages. “Jeremy’s doctor recommended he go to Bangkok,” the insider says. “And Ashley decided to get a tan so she looks great for her ‘red carpet debut.’ She wants to get real dolled up, and has been discussing her outfit and jewelry practically every chance she gets.”

First of all, I wouldn’t trust Piven in Thailand as far as I could throw him. When he gets back I hope she insists he check himself into a good old Western medicine free clinic to clear up the inevitable rash. But second, if she’s preparing for a “red carpet debut,” that implies a full recovery is imminent, don’t you think?

What a medical miracle!

MORE ON THE FISH PISIONED PRIVEN:

Jeremy Piven Scores A Bottle Waitress

December 31, 2008

While Jeremy Piven may have "eaten too much sushi" and lost his job on Broadway's Speed-the-Plow, all that "mercury" certainly didn't get in the way of his lady charming. If you can call it that. Which we certainly wouldn't.

Turns out Piven attended Britney Spears' birthday party at NYC club Mansion earlier this month to get a piece. Someone who attended the party called Piven a "numbers boy" who basically collected the digits of anything female and breathing (well, that first one may be negotiable). He then sent out a delightful mass text saying: "Come to my room - whoever responds first gets me for the night."

What an offer. I bet the fire escapes were alive with the sound of click clacking 21-year-olds shrieking there way to the "guy from Entourage's room."

Model-turned-bottle-waitress (heh) Ashley Chontos must've been particularly desperate quick because she was the lucky, lucky winner. Although Ashley wasn't his first pick (FYI, the "insistent" Jeremy "freaked out" his first pick. Shocking.) the fame-hungry bottle waitress may have scored herself a red carpet appearance with Jeremy at next month's Golden Globes.
Wow. Dreams really do come true.

Jeremy Piven Goes To The Third World for Mercury-Poisoning ...

31 Dec 2008

Jeremy Piven Goes To The Third World for Mercury-Poisoning Treatment, ... - Really? Thailand? Not the Mayo Clinic, not Johns Hopkins, not even Cedars Sinai. ...

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01/03/09 Greenwich Time News Links. TOP STORY: Police Palace Nearly Complete On Mason Street

Greenwich Police Palace To Open A Head Of Scheadule

Worth Construction will complete the $33 million project in February 2009, not September 2009, as originally slated.

Police project in final stages

By Debra "I Am A Big Fat Liar" Friedman

Despite minor quality control issues with the construction of the new downtown police station, building officials said the project is still moving ahead on schedule.

"We are on target for time and we are right at budget," said Alan Monelli, town superintendent of building construction and maintenance.

Recently, town representatives overseeing the project noticed a problem with the finishing of the concrete floors and asked the contractor, Bethel-based Worth Construction, to fix the flaw.

A hollow spot on the concrete surface must be sanded and filled in, according to Monelli, who said that the problem does happen occasionally.

"It's not a structural issue. It's a quality control issue," said Monelli, who noted that it would not cost the town any extra money to fix.

Worth Construction is repairing the problem, although it will not prevent workers from moving ahead with other aspects of the construction project.

"They've been trying to do it on a small scale and we've been advising them that they should increase their work force so they can get it done faster," said Monelli.

Thus far, the town has had no major issues with the contractor's work on the public safety complex, even though Worth's other Greenwich-based municipal construction project, Hamilton Avenue School, has been riddled with problems and delays.

"Based upon what I saw when I was on tour about two months ago, it appeared to be moving along, there were no issues," said First Selectmen Peter Tesei. .....

.....Tesei said once this phase of the public safety complex is complete, the town will discuss plans for a new central fire headquarters that will house the fire department and GEMS administration.

"That's a substantial project that will be the topic of considerable debate in terms of which direction the town wishes to proceed," said Tesei, who noted that the intent was to renovate the current police and fire facilities, but might end up involving a complete reconstruction.

"It may be more cost effective to tear it down and start from scratch, but that is a decision that still has to be made," said Tesei.

Rail yard plans get close scrutiny for savings
An audit of the plan to overhaul the New Haven Rail Yard is recommending major design changes, and delaying some elements, in order to achieve nearly $500 million in cost savings.

Residents' New Year's resolutions

By Greenwich Time Cub Reporter Colin Gustafson

With the economy in the doldrums, Greenwich mother Christine Sikes says she's swearing off the standard resolutions of New Years past, from exercising more to eating less, in favor of what she calls a more timely goal - becoming a spendthrift.

Legislators say revenue from higher federal gas taxes should fund repairs A large share of a proposed federal gas tax increase should finance myriad projects to ease Interstate 95 congestion, repair state bridges and increase mass transit in Connecticut, state legislators and others said Friday.

No DUI arrests on New Year's Eve
While New Years Eve is traditionally a time when police see a high number of drunken driving arrests, this year authorities said numbers were relatively low.

Consultant apologizes for reported comments
FAIRFIELD - A representative of the town's pension consultant issued an apology to First Selectman Kenneth Flatto and other officials after he was quoted as saying in a published report that he recommended Fairfield reduce its investments in a feeder fund linked to disgraced investor Bernard Madoff.

Police blotter
Carlos Aponte, 51, of 115 Atlantic St., Stamford, was arrested Thursday morning and charged with multiple offenses after attempting to run over someone with his car in the area of 14 Sherman Ave.

Families experience magic of movies at special show
STAMFORD - For Karl Arezzini and his family, opportunities to go to the movies are few and far between

Runner Buchanan, 50, still going strong
The old athletic adage says the legs are the first to go. Don't tell that to George Buchanan. Even at 50, his legs are still going faster than most men in the 20s and 30s could ever hope

"I don't think he has slowed down any since he was 30,'' said Jim Gerweck, the race director of the popular Boston Buildup running series, which Buchanan has won multiple times. "I think he's a little more selective in his racing now, but he hasn't slowed down a whole heckuva a lot over the years."

Buchanan, a former Stamford resident, will be on the starting line Sunday when the Buildup series begins its 31st year with a 10-kilometer run at Brien McMahon High School. The series increases by 3.1 miles every few weeks, culminating with a 25-kilometer on March 1.

Hope St. Rite Aid to close its doors
The commercial real estate market may be in the doldrums, but Michael Panek said he is optimistic that it won't take long to find a tenant for the building his business owns on Hope Street in the Springdale section of Stamford, now occupied by a Rite Aid Pharmacy.

TODAY'S "LOCAL" HARD HITTING" GREENWICH TIME EDITORIAL: "Can the trash museum be recycled?"

A facility that championed environmentalism before a lot of the world caught up, the Garbage Museum in Stratford has been a somewhat quirky attraction that has drawn visits by area groups since the 1990s.

The museum, at the Southwest Connecticut Recycling facility, includes attractions such as "Trash-o-saurus," a 2,000-pound dinosaur built from trash and old toys, as well as a variety of exhibits about the virtues of recycling and protecting the environment. It's a field-trip destination for groups ranging from grade-schoolers to senior citizens.

The Garbage Museum and its educational programs have been funded since 1995 by the Southwest Connecticut Recycling Operating Committee, a group of 19 area towns and cities that oversees operation of the regional recycling facility in Stratford ..... BLAH ...... BLAH ...... BLAH ..... BLAH ...... BLAH ...... BLAH ...... BLAH ....... BLAH ...... BLAH ...... BLAH .......

FOR THE LAST THREE DAYS THERE HAVE BEEN NO LETTERS TO THE EDITOR PUBLISHED ONLINE AT THE GREENWICH TIME. MAYBE NO ONE WROTE TO THE EDITOR OF THE GREEN KITTY LITTER LINER.

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