Posts under ‘Greenwich’

Letter To A Would-Be Writer by John Robben I know you are serious about wanting to write well, and I think you are well on your way to doing so, but it takes time and courage. You can’t just “want to.” You have to “do it, and do it, and do it.” You will know [...]

  Community Organizer in Chief What can a President do when your governing is paralyzed by a majority of the opposing party vowing to make you “a one term President”? What can a President do when every bill you wanted passed in Congress is either not presented, is fillibustered, or is ignored? What can a [...]

IS HEMINGWAY THE GREATEST? by John Robben In 1949, in a letter Ernest Hemingway wrote to his publisher, Charles Scribner, he wrote: “There are some guys nobody could ever beat,  like Mr. Shakespeare (The Champion) and Mr. Anonymous.” Fifty years later, in the May 24, 1999 issue of The New Yorker, Lillian Ross wrote a piece about [...]

THE UNTOUCHABLES In 1929, way before many of us were born, the President of the United States, Herbert Hoover, asked the Secretary of the Treasury, Andrew Mellon, to set up an incorruptible group of men within his own corrupt law-enforcement agents to take down America’s nemesis and the illegal activities of gangster, Al Capone. Eleven [...]

To the editor:   For the past 20 years, the Town of Greenwich has had Carmella Budkins serve as its Town Clerk. In these past two decades, the Office of Town Clerk in Greenwich has solidified a reputation as one of the very best in Fairfield County, if not the State of Connecticut.   Carmella [...]

This is the best explanation of the financial woes of the USA….(courtesy of Peter Crumbine) * U.S. Tax revenue: $2,170,000,000,000 * Fed budget: $3,820,000,000,000 * New debt: $ 1,650,000,000,000 * National debt: $14,271,000,000,000 * Recent budget cut: $ 38,500,000,000 Let’s remove 8 zeros and pretend it’s a household budget: * Annual family income: $21,700 * [...]

A Remarkable Team, A Remarkable Coach….35 years later…. This past Spring marked the 35th anniversary of the only regional  basketball championship ever achieved by a Catholic school as well as the only such feat in Greenwich basketball history. The coach of that team, Dave D’Andrea, will be honored this November 11th by the Greenwich Old Timers [...]

I know  two families who lost their cable service during Hurricane Irene. They called Cablevision and asked for and got a refund for each day they were without it, either for their TV, Internet or Phone.  Most likely, you will not get a refund unless you call and ask. That’s the way it works. When you call let them know the [...]

Digging after 9-11-2001 by Robert F. Robben (Greenwich Firefighter)  I had no intention of going into NYC on Tuesday.  I promised my family I wouldn’t.  It was difficult to work knowing what was happening at the World Trade Center.  I even stayed away Wednesday although I was becoming increasingly anxious to do something.  By Thursday [...]