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Communication And The BOE

turfgrrl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:16:31 +0000

Thankfully Bruce Kimmel is still engaged in BOE matters from afar. His editorial, posted as a Guest View, outlines some serious issues with the personalities and behaviors of the current BOE. Anyone who has attended a BOE can see the dysfunction in communication. When you can’t even figure out who voted for what on the first pass, [...]

Guest View: A call for good communication

turfgrrl — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:05:54 +0000

A call for good communication By Bruce Kimmel This July, the Democratic and Republican parties of Norwalk will each nominate four at-large candi dates for the Board of Education. Once nominated, these candidates will spend a few months discussing budgets and fiscal policy, parental involvement, curriculum develop ment, etc. I went through this process in 2005, but afterwards learned [...]

I should have been a pair of ragged claws . . .

turfgrrl — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:40:16 +0000

It’s been awhile since I did my favorite type of post, the music video to explain the universe. And for the week that was …

Tokeneke bridge is falling down.

Chris MC — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 13:24:38 +0000

Well, not quite. But it is close enough that it is closed to traffic, and since a lot of local revenues are already dwindling if not drying up, local officials are keeping their fingers crossed that the bridge doesn’t fall into the Five Mile River, causing an emergency. Brian Lockhart reports for the Stamford Advocate.

Mill Hill July 4th Celebration

turfgrrl — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:09:37 +0000

Another outstanding job by the Norwalk Historical Society in co-ordinating and producing July 4th celebrations. A pictorial overview: Andy Garfunkel, Scott Kuykendall, Susan Leggit, Mayor Moccia Crowd gathered on Town Green Andy Garfunkel rings the bell Crowd fills Mill Hill Spy Cookies

233 Years Ago

turfgrrl — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:02:22 +0000

IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776 The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of [...]

Mosquito Population To Set Records

turfgrrl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:41:26 +0000

Connecticut Scientists who study these things are predicting that Connecticut will experience record setting mosquito populations. Good for the birds, but bad for mere mortals. WFSB news reports that the high number of mosquitos can also mean an increase in the incidence of diseases, however so far none of the tested mosquitos have been carriers for the West [...]

Dead Body Found Under Eastbound Train Platform

turfgrrl — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:59:11 +0000

A report is trickling in that a dead person was found under the eastbound South Norwalk Train platform. Details to follow. UPDATE: The Advocate is reporting that the man was hit by a train. The engineer reported seeing a man under a train platform at its western point, Metro-North spokesman Dan Brucker said. A later train reported seeing [...]

Garfunkel Thinking Of Mayoral Run

turfgrrl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:58:43 +0000

With the ink barely dry on Steve Serasis’ paperwork, Andy Garfunkel said today he’s leaning towards a mayoral run. “I’ve been asked to in the last few months and it’s a strong possibility that I’ll file to do it in the next few weeks.” The news comes on the heals of the announcement planned for [...]

Revisionist Spinning Of The Corda Years

turfgrrl — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:42:55 +0000

Reading the Hour’s articles about the search for superintendent is like being in the Twilight Zone. And, no I’m not referencing any vampire action, but boy, Norwalk could sure use some. We’ll start here: “He revamped the entire curriculum over time, he led the district through some massive building projects, renegotiated teacher contracts and got concessions from [...]