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Tuesday, April 21, 2009

04/21/09 The Raw Riverside News Feed: This Just In .....

Hearing today in double fatal car wreck
Denver Post
... International Airport on Jan. 28. Fifty-four-year-old Kathy Krasniewicz and 71-year-old Kate McClelland, both of Riverside, Conn., were ejected and from the cab and killed after the cab went off the road and rolled. -->

Helmsley's Greenwich mansion: Now available for a bargain
NewsTimesLive.com
... That's like trying to price a piece of fine art. It's a rare house," said Russell Pruner, an owner and partner of Riverside-based Shore Country Properties and a past president of the Greenwich Assocation of Realtors. A message seeking comment was ...

Monday, April 20, 2009

04/20/09 Riverside Web Alert

Riverside Web Site Updated:

31 Riverside Ln, Riverside, CT 06878 - Zillow
31 Riverside Ln, Riverside, CT 06878 home for sale. Home price $1590000. See maps, photos, descriptions, and school information for this home in Riverside, ...



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Monday, April 6, 2009

Woman shares music with hospital patients
Greenwich Time


Joseph Abatemarco, the business manager at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Riverside, said the music and meditation helps him as a volunteer who does ...
Change matters
Greenwich Time


The Student Leadership Council at Riverside Elementary School recently sponsored a coin drive to support Children of Tanzania's School Uniform Program. ...
Cheerleaders walk the fashion walk for team funds
Greenwich Time


... so it's always a win-win," said Catalano's daughter, Shannon, who teaches at Riverside School and coaches the junior varsity cheerleading squad at GHS. ...

Barry Nova, Who Sat On The Board Of The Greenwich Housing Authority For 10 Years, Says Town Attorney John Wayne Fox's Thinking Is "Ludicrous."

The Headlines:

Affordable-Housing Advocates Say They Are Speaking Up To Give A Voice To Police Officers, Teachers, Fire Fighters, Nurses, EMS Workers And Others Who Need Housing In Greenwich

Governor M. Jodi Rell's Fiscal Irresponsibility: Commissioner Joan McDonald Of The State Economic And Community Development Agency Has Not Followed Up On The Taxpayer Subsidised $1 Cos Cob Power Plant Sale

Amazing But True: There Has Been No Connecticut State Follow Up In 20 Years On A Deal That Was To Help Assist Greenwich In Reaching The State Mandated Affordable Housing Mandate Of 10 Percent

The Issues:

Why Hasn't Greenwich Initiated The Legally Required Meeting With The State's Department Of Economic And Community Development?

Why Hasn't Commissioner Joan McDonald Asked Greenwich To Prove That Affordable-Housing Obligations Have Been Met At The Cos Cob Power Plant Site?

The Quote:

"It boggles the mind that they are admitting they used federal funds and not town funds and still stand by the spurious thinking that the town has met its commitment," says Barry Nova.

The Reporter:

Debra Friedman

The Story:

Town justifies position on affordable housing deal
Greenwich Time


The town's attorney has fired back at critics of his legal opinion that the town has fulfilled its affordable housing obligation, saying Greenwich has more than doubled the number of required units.....

....Pathways on East Putnam Avenue, the Hill House on Riverside Avenue and Parsonage Cottage on Parsonage Road, to show how town-directed funds led to the ...

....Others, like Alma Rutgers, who sat on the committee that helped form the agreement with the state, said the project was envisioned as creating affordable single-family homes....

...Affordable-housing advocates said they are speaking up to give a voice to those who need housing and said the town should see this as an opportunity, not an obligation, to create more low- to moderate-income housing in the area because it is still far below the state mandate of 10 percent. According to 2008 figures, Greenwich has just over 5 percent affordable housing.

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Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Raw Riverside News Feed

Baseball Opens Northeast Conference Schedule At Mount St. Mary's ...
Quinnipiac Bobcats
Joe Poletsky (Riverside, Conn.) currently leads Quinnipiac with 10 RBI in 18 games played. Poletsky also leads the team in multiple-RBI games (three) and ...


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Parents want more from special ed
Greenwich Post


Ms. Davis and other parents told the Post they would have more comments at the April 23 school board meeting at Riverside School. ...

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

The Raw Riverside News Feed:

The Pelham Weekly
Shortly thereafter, he relocated the family to Riverside, CT where for the next 19 years, he successfully raised four children. His trademark look included his glasses, mustache, tailored suits and Brooks Brothers bow ties. ...
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No. 17 Cortland Hands No. 16 William Smith First Loss
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Junior Sarah Goodkind (Millbrook School/Greenwich, Conn. ... thanks to tallies from Goodkind and sophomore Cassie Findlay (Episcopal/Riverside, Conn.). ...



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