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	<title>Getting involved in Greenwich &#187; General</title>
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	<description>State and local issues affecting southwestern Greenwich</description>
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		<title>Christopher Hitchens R.I.P.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-r-i-p/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/16/christopher-hitchens-r-i-p/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 18:45:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Christopher Hitchens died yesterday.  News accounts of the details abound, the best coverage is from his last magazine, Vanity Fair, and you can read their article here.  The NY Times has a good article too.  He was a socialist who didn’t believe in God and someone who I disagreed with on most topics.  He was, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Train Station Parking Rates: UPDATE</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/14/train-station-parking-rates/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/14/train-station-parking-rates/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 20:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allen Cory, Greenwich&#8217;s Parking Services Director, proposed raising the cost of annual train station parking permits.  Parking in Greenwich Plaza will go up $52 to $540 and the rest will go up $56 to 2$335.  I&#8217;m all for it.  The story, which you can read here, notes that Greenwich is the cheapest in Fairfield or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Haven Mayor Wants Legal and Non-Legal Resident to Vote</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/13/new-haven-mayor-wants-legal-and-non-legal-resident-to-vote/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/13/new-haven-mayor-wants-legal-and-non-legal-resident-to-vote/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 21:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The New Haven Independent reports that uber-liberal Mayor DeStefano plans to lobby for changes in CT law to allow all residents of his fine city to vote in local elections.  Currently, our crude laws require you to be a U.S. citizen to vote.  DeStefano would like us to extend that privilege to non-citizens including those [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Residency Checks and The Famous New Leb Taxi</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/01/residency-checks-and-the-famous-new-leb-taxi/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/12/01/residency-checks-and-the-famous-new-leb-taxi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 16:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yet again we here reports about cars with NY plates and even Port Chester taxis dropping kids off at New Lebanon school.  THEY MUST BE FROM OUT OF TOWN, THEY MUST!!  Ok, no one said exactly that, but there&#8217;s now a renewed call for better residency checks.  Read the article here.  All is not as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dick &#8220;never miss a headline opportunity&#8221; Blumenthal Is at it Again</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/11/26/dick-never-miss-a-headline-opportunity-blumenthal-is-at-it-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/11/26/dick-never-miss-a-headline-opportunity-blumenthal-is-at-it-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 06:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I guess being one more lackey in the Senate doesn&#8217;t grab enough headlines for Dick Blumenthal so he&#8217;s up to his old tricks &#8211; taking very public shots at corporations so he can get his mug in headlines again.  This time, whining about interest rates on layaway plans.  Probably he&#8217;s right and there&#8217;s a problem, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More $$$ for Merritt, I-95 Sits in Ruin</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/11/25/more-for-merritt-i-95-sits-in-ruin/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/11/25/more-for-merritt-i-95-sits-in-ruin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Nov 2011 00:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ConnDOT is spending $1 million plus studying a new scenic bicycle path along the Merritt, see the article here, and as anyone who lives along I-95 knows, they do absolutely nothing to keep it looking decent.  My backyard would be condemned under nuisance ordinances if it weren&#8217;t State property.  Here&#8217;s a pic.  The fence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bennie’s 1990 Campaign</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/10/12/bennie%e2%80%99s-1990-campaign/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/10/12/bennie%e2%80%99s-1990-campaign/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 20:32:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wasn’t a great friend of Bennie Benvenuto&#8217;s, but I did work on his 1990 Campaign for state senate.  It was the most spirited campaign I think we ever had in Greenwich, and this is a good occasion to share my memories of Bennie and that campaign.  The 3-way race’s premise is well known.  Bennie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finally: Legroom on the Trains</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/08/22/finally-legroom-on-the-trains/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/08/22/finally-legroom-on-the-trains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 14:34:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been commuting for over 20 years and my biggest complaint has been about the (lack of) legroom on the metro north trains.  I used to get to the train 10 minutes early just so I could get that &#8220;5th seat&#8221; in the 5-seaters so my knees wouldn&#8217;t be up against the next seat&#8217;s seatback.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>And So It Begins: Tolls in Connecticut</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/06/02/and-so-it-begins-tolls-in-connecticut/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/06/02/and-so-it-begins-tolls-in-connecticut/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jun 2011 19:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Connecticut House just approved tolls to fund completion of Rt. 11 in southeastern Connecticut.  See details in CT News Junkie here.  Malloy is in favor, the Senate will almost certainly pass this.  These will be the first tolls in Connecticut since they were eliminated in &#8217;82 after deadly crashes on I-95.   This is only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;No Thru Truck&#8221; Enforcement &#8211; NOT</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/06/01/no-thru-truck-enforcement-not/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/06/01/no-thru-truck-enforcement-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jun 2011 20:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A proposal to allow police to stop trucks on &#8220;No Thru Truck&#8221; roads, like Delavan-Ritch-Hamilton Aves, is facing criticism from, of all people, Rep Guerrera.  He&#8217;s one of the captains of the Greenwich Weigh Station being open, if possible, 36 hours/day.  The criticism from him and others goes, in short, we don&#8217;t want police randomly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Greenwich Paying for Weigh Station Costs</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/05/07/greenwich-paying-weighstation-costs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/05/07/greenwich-paying-weighstation-costs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 08 May 2011 01:55:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Greenwich Time reported last week (Click here to see article) that on Monday there will be a joint Connecticut State Police and Greenwich PD operation to catch truckers that get off the highway in Byram to avoid the Greenwich Weigh Station.  Of course, it&#8217;s a good thing that something is actually being done about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Showboat Moving Away from Greenwich</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/04/22/showboat-moving-away-from-greenwich/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/04/22/showboat-moving-away-from-greenwich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Apr 2011 01:05:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Showboat is reportedly moving from the Byram River to Mamaroneck.  It can be seen from Greenwich at the Church St. Pocket Park for a little while longer.  It&#8217;s great that Billy Frenz saved it, a shame it couldn&#8217;t somehow be accommodated either in Greenwich, or at least visible from Greenwich.]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Safety at Cell Tower Site</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/03/28/fire-safety-at-cell-tower-site/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2011/03/28/fire-safety-at-cell-tower-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 01:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve kept the Byram cell tower business out of this blog because of my close involvement in the matter, but I really need to say something about the fire safety issue: There&#8217;s no way for a fire truck to get to the site of the proposed cell tower at 36 Ritch Ave West. Not a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hear Greenwich Police &amp; Fire Online</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/12/26/greenwich-police-fire-online/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/12/26/greenwich-police-fire-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 26 Dec 2010 18:47:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the most up-to-the-minute news in Greenwich you can&#8217;t beat listening to police and fire calls.  Up until last year, or maybe 2008, you could hear the calls on a $100 scanner.  Then GPD &#38; GFD went digital, requiring a digital scanner, around $500.  But now, for free, you can hear the main police and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember this Pencil ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/26/remember-this-pencil/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/26/remember-this-pencil/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Nov 2010 03:25:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My father used these pencils, I remember them being around when I was in school so I used his, and preferred them because they were unique.   When I was later working as an accountant, and able to order my own pencils, I found these at the supply store we used and myself and everyone [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sherlock Holmes: New Masterpiece Mystery</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/08/sherlock-holmes-new-masterpiece-mystery/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/08/sherlock-holmes-new-masterpiece-mystery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 03:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the fun things I get to do with this blog is tell you about anything I think you should know.  There&#8217;s a new Sherlock Holmes mystery running on PBS, it&#8217;s called Sherlock, and it&#8217;s set in 2010.  Sounds ridiculous, but this is different.  A truly great mystery with a sort of Sherlock Holmes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Jane Condon in Stamford</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/06/jane-condon-in-stamford/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/11/06/jane-condon-in-stamford/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 01:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I reviewed Jane Condon&#8217;s one-woman show back in May, you can read that review, very favorable, here. The show was running in a small theater in New York City at the time, but it&#8217;s coming to the Avon Theater in Stamford and you should jump on the opportunity to go see it locally. As is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTM&#8217;s Budget Resolution: Will We Actually Ever Say No ?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/27/rtms-budget-resolution-will-we-actually-ever-say-no/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/27/rtms-budget-resolution-will-we-actually-ever-say-no/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Oct 2010 16:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The RTM passed the spending restraint resolution on Monday and on Tuesday people were lining up to get their expensive capital projects funded.  It&#8217;s going to be interesting to see if the RTM actually says no to something.  The high school auditorium is a good place to start.  Tens of millions of dollars for an [...]]]></description>
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		<title>$880 Million Wasted on New Haven-Springfield Train</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/26/880-million-wasted-on-new-haven-springfield-train/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/26/880-million-wasted-on-new-haven-springfield-train/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 16:02:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The headline (see it here) was “State gets $121 million for New Haven to Springfield line.”  But read the article, the total tab for the high-speed train from New Haven to Springfield is $880 million.  Those trains will alleviate traffic on I-91, which runs the length of the New Haven-Springfield trip.  I-91, the road they’ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Chester Pols Owe Us an Apology</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/22/port-chester-pols-owe-us-an-apology/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/22/port-chester-pols-owe-us-an-apology/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:48:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in around 2002-3 when Greenwich was changing the beach access rules because of the court case we lost, one RTM member (me) was fighting to ensure that Byram Beach didn’t sell passes at the gate because I feared it would be very inviting to non-residents who could park in downtown Byram or just take [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire Truck Demolition Derby</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/04/fire-truck-demolition-derbey/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/10/04/fire-truck-demolition-derbey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 20:20:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another &#8220;blocking&#8221; fire truck was hit and severely damaged on I-95 this week.  Read the article here.  This one was Stamford&#8217;s, and it cost $360,000 new a few years ago.  Greenwich similarly lost a fire truck a few years ago, I remember because I was on RTM at the time and had to vote to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Residents have Lost in Beach Access</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/09/27/what-residents-have-lost-in-beach-access/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/09/27/what-residents-have-lost-in-beach-access/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Sep 2010 18:17:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A print-only article in Sunday&#8217;s paper reminded me about something that&#8217;s bothered me for a while but, until now, I&#8217;ve never seen discussed.  In opening up the beaches and ferries to non-residents, we&#8217;ve made it more difficult for residents to enjoy our beaches.  Rick Novakowski called for, among other things,  allowing residents to buy guest passes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Non-Resident Beach Policies</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/08/24/non-resident-beach/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/08/24/non-resident-beach/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Aug 2010 18:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Stamford resident recently commented to one of my blog posts about the pricing of access for non-residents to our beaches.  Another Stamford resident (quite possibly the same person, because the points raised were very similar) wrote a letter to the editor on the same topic.  I’d like to examine some of the points raised, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tax Bills Late – No Worries for Most of Us</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/07/20/tax-bills-late/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/07/20/tax-bills-late/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:16:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Town website announcement about late tax bills (linked here) and the newspaper articles about it (here) mentioned that “paper bills” were going or went out late.  I don’t think everyone knows what that means, so I called the Tax Collector’s office to find out.  It’s good news for most of us.   I was very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Police on Island Beach – It’s About Time</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/07/16/police-on-island-beach-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-about-time/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/07/16/police-on-island-beach-%e2%80%93-it%e2%80%99s-about-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 14:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There’s been a lot of talk about the decision to put a police officer on Island Beach on the weekends following what I’ll call overcrowding-related complaints.  The GT editorial even suggested studying the issue before instituting the change.  For as long as I can remember, and that’s back to the 60’s, there’ve been police at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Review &#8211; Jane Condon: Raw &amp; Unchained</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/05/02/jane-condon/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/05/02/jane-condon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 03:03:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, raw  and unchained aren’t my descriptors for Jane Condon’s one-person show, that’s the title SHE gave it. Jane Condon: Raw &#38; Unchained opened this evening at the Mint Theater in New York, Third Floor, 311 W. 43rd St.  Call 212-315-9703 for tickets.  There are four shows, the first was tonight, May 2nd.   Three more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church St. W. Public Access (Pocket Park)</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/24/church-st-w-public-access-pocket-park/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/24/church-st-w-public-access-pocket-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Apr 2010 16:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The public access on Church St. Ext. in Byram is finished.  There&#8217;s going to be a dedication ceremony in May.  Here&#8217;s some pictures of the finished product]]></description>
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		<title>Cos Cob Park Lawsuit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/20/cos-cob-park-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/20/cos-cob-park-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 16:03:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Barry Montgomery has filed a lawsuit because he doesn’t like the Cos Cob power plant park plan.  In many ways, this lawsuit is more offensive than the beach lawsuits.  At least in those cases, the plaintiff’s had an argument and there were others that felt the same way.  This park site has gone through extensive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bernie Yudain</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/04/bernie-yudain/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/04/04/bernie-yudain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 18:38:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How sad is the news about Bernie Yudain’s passing.  I can only share a couple of personal remembrances. The first is that it was he, and Pike Johnson, who inspired me to do this blog about Greenwich local issues.  And if I am so lucky that someone notices any style similarities between my and Bernie’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Drew: You Don’t Always Win / No Siempre Ganas</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/03/29/drew-you-don%e2%80%99t-always-win/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/03/29/drew-you-don%e2%80%99t-always-win/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 15:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Drew Marzullo is frustrated that the BET can cut funds from Greenwich’s budget even though he and the other Selectmen want them appropriated. (See Neil Vigdor’s excellent article on this here.) Join the club, pal.  Forget the $20,000 you’re annoyed about, what about the hundreds of things citizens want that never make the budget because [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cell Towers / Torre de Señal Celular</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/03/08/cell-towers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/03/08/cell-towers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:01:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been watching the cell tower debates, protests and rants closely and have to say that now I come down on the side of changing the CT law that gives full power to the siting council, but not necessarily for the usual reasons. I happen to live next door to the ATT tower that went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tolls Threaten to Ruin Byram / Peaje Amenaza con Destruir Byram</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/02/21/tolls-ruin-byram/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/02/21/tolls-ruin-byram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:13:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rocky Hill CT State Representative Antonio Guerrera is once again advancing the idea of border tolls in Connecticut.  Just to be clear what that means for Byram, they would put a toll “gantry” at the border between exit 21 in Port Chester and exit 2 – not where it used to be, between exits 2 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silver Shield Foundation – Two Local Heroes</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/01/07/silver-shield-foundation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2010/01/07/silver-shield-foundation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 17:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund released some good news last week: fewer law enforcement officers died in the line of duty in 2009 than any year in the last 50 years.  Good news, but still 124 officers died in 2009, read the whole article here.  In New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, including [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ConnPACE Prescription Drug Program Decimated – Sustinet Democrats Sit Silent</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/30/connpace-decimated/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/30/connpace-decimated/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:34:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from an article I saw in the Greenwich Time that included an interview with Sam Deibler from Greenwich’s Commission on Aging, there’s been no coverage of the drastic cuts in ConnPACE, Connecticut’s prescription drug program for very-low-income seniors and disabled residents. ConnPACE used to provide coverage for prescription drugs for seniors and disabled residents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byram Shopping: Second Chances / De Compras en Byram: Second Chances</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/21/second-chances/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/21/second-chances/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:44:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t resist visiting Second Chances, Byram&#8217;s terrific consignment shop, today.  I wanted to get this post up on my front page on the same day the print Greenwich Time has the new Greenwich Ave. Ralph Lauren store on its front page.  With Ralph Lauren clothing available in abundance at most department stores everywhere does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byram Shopping: Cynthia&#8217;s Unique Store /  De Compras en Byram: La Tienda Única “Cynthia’s”</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/21/cynthias/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/21/cynthias/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:45:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Byram is filed with small, family-owned shops and businesses that offer a great alternative to shopping the chains in central Greenwich &#8211; the increasingly high-end chains.  With Christmas coming, everyone in Greenwich should make a trip to Byram to check out the very unique items available at very reasonable prices.  I plan to write about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Merrit Parkway Shmarkway / Autovía de Merrit</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/17/merrit-parkway-shmarkway/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/17/merrit-parkway-shmarkway/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:19:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get annoyed every time I hear about the Merrit Parkway Conservancy and the imperative to maintain that road&#8217;s pristine beauty.  In this article, Peter Malkin was featured arguing with D.O.T. officials over their cutting down trees.  I remember when then Sen. Nickerson got funding for the big beautification project on the Merrit about 10 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pocket Park Progress November / Progreso de Noviembre del Pocket Park</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/15/pocket-park-progress-november/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/15/pocket-park-progress-november/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They&#8217;ve made some great progress on the Church St. Pocket Park.  Here&#8217;s a few photos. Pocket Park Progress November/ Progreso de Noviembre del Pocket Park Han realizado un gran progreso en la Iglesia de St. Pocket Park. Aquí van algunas fotografías]]></description>
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		<title>Parking Meters in Byram? / Parquímetros en Byram?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/13/parking-meters-in-byram/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/11/13/parking-meters-in-byram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:59:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Allen Corry announced plans to add parking meters in downtown Byram.  We should examine this proposal closely before implementing it.   In the Greenwich Time, Mike Bocchino said: &#8220;I think that&#8217;s an unjust move. The businesses are the ones that are going to suffer from this,&#8221; said Michael Bocchino, the Byram Neighborhood Association president. Bocchino said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The North Mianus Sewer Project Travesty / La Travesía del Proyecto de Alcantarillado del North Mianus</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/29/north-mianus-sewer/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/29/north-mianus-sewer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:59:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[All Greenwich residents should be disturbed by the way the North Mianus Sewer Project dispute is being handled, and if there was any doubt, yesterday’s court decision sealed it for me.  The North Mianus residents were forced to get onto the Town sewer system because under our state laws, towns can do that, and make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Byram Park Pool / La Piscina de Byram Park</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/17/byram-park-pool/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/17/byram-park-pool/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I mentioned the Byram Pool in my post about the BNA Candidate Forum and promised a follow-up.  To summarize, only Lin Lavery spoke in favor of the new pool; Dave Theis thought the pools at the Boys Club and the YMCA were adequate.  I think a new pool, in the order of the proposed design [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Lost Beaches / Nuestras Playas Perdidas</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/15/our-lost-beaches/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/15/our-lost-beaches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The beach lawsuits led to lots of rules that attempted to accommodate our new out-of-town guests &#8211; without being too accommodating.  The rulemakers have spent a lot of time trying to walk the thin line between being “open” to out-of-towners and opening the floodgates and they did so with great encouragement from residents, including myself [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GHS Auditorium? Auditorio en la Escuela de Greenwich?</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/15/ghs-auditorium/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/15/ghs-auditorium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:47:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can’t for the life of me understand why we need a new auditorium at the high school. When I attended GHS, we had the same number of students (approx. 2,700) and the auditorium was big enough then.  It stayed the way it is for the last 35 years.  Now, according to Jeffrey Spector, Art [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Equality March / Marcha por la Igualdad Nacional</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/13/national-equality-march/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/13/national-equality-march/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:08:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Equality Across America, a gay rights organization, held the National Equality March in Washington DC yesterday.  It aired for several hours on C-Span.  Their goal, according to their website, is “to focus attention on the need for federal action to protect to the rights of LGBT Americans.”  There were several speeches comparing the gay movement [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BNA Candidate Forum / Foro para el Candidato de la Junta de Vecinos de Byram</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/12/bna-candidate-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/12/bna-candidate-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 21:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The BNA Candidate forum last Thursday (Oct. 1st) was by most measures a big success.  St. Paul’s Fellowship Hall was nearly standing room only.  The candidates touched on a couple of important points for Byram. First I need to mention Peter Tesei’s opening remarks, which went unreported but were, in my opinion, the highlight of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Note on Spanish Translation / Nota sobre la Traducción al Español</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/12/note-on-spanish-translation/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/10/12/note-on-spanish-translation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 15:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve changed the way Spanish translations will be done on this blog.  Until now, I wrote my posts, emailed them to one of my translators, and waited for the translation to come back before posting so I could get the English and Spanish up at the same time. My translators, I make it sound like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Selectman Candidates Speaking to Byram in English and Spanish</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/25/selectman-candidates-speaking-to-byram-in-english-and-spanish/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/25/selectman-candidates-speaking-to-byram-in-english-and-spanish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Byram Neighborhood Association will be hosting &#8220;an evening with the candidates&#8221; to be held on Thurs. Oct. 1st at 7pm in the Fellowship Hall of St. Paul&#8217;s Church at 286 Delavan Ave.  We will provide the candidates with important topics concerning Byram and the Western Community.  The candidates will have an opportunity to address [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Western Greenwich Town All-Stars / Las Estrellas de el Pueblo Oeste de Greenwich</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/town-retirements/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/town-retirements/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 02:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I note that the two front page, multi-decade town employee retirements were from southwestern Greenwich.  Charlene Abdal, Chickahominy and Dee Meilinggaard, Byram.  Charlene served the town for 34 years and Dee for an astounding 51 years.  Paula Belmont, who was mentioned in the Abdal article, is from Byram and has also been with the town [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SW Greenwich RTM</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/sw-greenwich-rtm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/sw-greenwich-rtm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 01:32:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[(Spanish Translation Pending) SW Greenwich RTM candidates are needed badly.  Byram has only 14 candidates for 17 seats.  Chickahominy 9 for 10, Pemberwick 17 for 20 seats.  This isn&#8217;t good, but it&#8217;s not a tragedy Pe♠ople will use this datum to argue that the RTM is too big and should be shrunk so there&#8217;s more [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Last Week&#8217;s Blog Posts</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/last-weeks-blog-posts/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/21/last-weeks-blog-posts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:42:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of my childhood friends from Riverside, Alison Jacob, called me and told me her older brother Rob was in a motorcycle accident.  I picked her up at the airport on Tuesday and we went up to join Rob's wife at Norwalk Hospital.  Rob was in a coma, he died on Saturday.]]></description>
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		<title>Replacement Beach Cards $75 / Reemplazo de Tarjetas de Playa $ 75</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/09/replacement-beach-cards-75-reemplazo-de-tarjetas-de-playa-75/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/09/replacement-beach-cards-75-reemplazo-de-tarjetas-de-playa-75/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 19:22:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Why does it cost $75 for a replacement beach card when the original is only $27?  I asked around and the consensus was that it discouraged people getting a duplicate beach card for their friends.  I must admit that growing up it was not unusual for us to get a duplicate beach card so our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Beach Card Secret Sting / Operativo Encubierto sobre la Tarjeta de Acceso a la Playa</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/04/beach-card-secret-sting/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/04/beach-card-secret-sting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[beach access]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Don&#8217;t loan your daughter your beach card, it may be confiscated.  When the town announced the new beach card scanners they justified the expense by saying it would save money on reprinting beach cards every year, and fight counterfeit beach cards.  Overkill, maybe, but OK.  Lines caused by scanning delays were aptly addressed by Tom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church St. Park Construction Update / Progreso de la Construcción Church St. Parque</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/01/church-st-park-update/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/09/01/church-st-park-update/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:26:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some new photos of the construction.  There are more photos from a week ago in my earlier post here. Progreso de la Construcción Church St. Parque Aquí están algunas nuevas fotos de la construcción.  Hay más fotos aquí en mi poste de hace una semana.    ]]></description>
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		<title>Mianus Bridge Jumpers: OH MY! / Brincadores de el Puente de Mianus: DIOS MIO!</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/31/bridge-jumpers/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/31/bridge-jumpers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This story brought back memories.  Seems some kids were jumping off the Mianus River bridge over I-95 and they scared motorists.  The police are after them.  When I was younger, and dumber, me and my friends used to jump off that bridge into the river, but we did it from a catwalk just under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hamilton Ave School &#8211; Worth Construction Lawsuits / La Escuela de Hamilton Ave. – Valen las Demandas de Construccion</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/31/ham-ave-worth-lawsuit/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/31/ham-ave-worth-lawsuit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:21:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The most colossal screw-up in town history, the Hamilton Ave. School renovation/upgrade project, may soon be the trail of the Greenwich century.  It shouldn&#8217;t be, I think there&#8217;s more significance to the North Mianus residents&#8217; suit regarding their sewer assessments, but this situation has had more publicity. The situation is ugly.  No doubt the delays [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Port Chester Motor Vehicle Death</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/29/port-chester-motor-vehicle-death/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/29/port-chester-motor-vehicle-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Aug 2009 20:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Talk at Albert&#8217;s Barber Shop today was about someone being killed in Port Chester yesterday (Friday, August 28th) and that causing traffic to back up in Byram for some time. I called the desk sergeant at PCPD to ask about it.  They were not ready to make a public comment yet, but he did share [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Sidewalks for Byram Park</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/27/new-sidewalks-for-byram-park/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/27/new-sidewalks-for-byram-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:01:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The curbstones in front of Byram Shore Park are being replaced. The job looks to be about half finished. I was curious why these needed to be replaced at all, especially when there are so many sidewalks in Byram badly in need of repair. I have a call in to DPW to find out, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hawks in Byram / Halcones en Byram</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/27/hawks-in-byram-halcones-en-byram/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/27/hawks-in-byram-halcones-en-byram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 19:41:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve noticed some new birds in Byram: hawks. I regularly see two of them, distinguished only by their size, one is larger than the other. Last year, I had resident male turkey who left in the spring to find a mate after two weeks of waking me up gobbling. This year, it&#8217;s hawks.  I spoke [...]]]></description>
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		<title>RTM Rule Changes / Cambios de la Reglas del RTM</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/25/rtm-rule-changes-cambios-de-la-reglas-del-rtm/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/25/rtm-rule-changes-cambios-de-la-reglas-del-rtm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:14:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The RTM is considering a slew of rule changes, you can see the full report here.  Moderator Tom Byrne got Joan Caldwell, certainly one of our most dedicated citizens, to chair the Structure and Rules Committee &#8211; as if Joan doesn’t have enough to do!    Bravo to the committee, and I agree with most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Church St. Pocket Park / El Pocket Park de Church St.</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/25/pocket-park/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/25/pocket-park/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 14:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There’s a lot of building going on in Byram. Construction of the Pocket Park on Church St that overlooks the Byram River is underway. Now it’s no secret, especially since I made every effort I could to get print and radio news coverage, that I organized a protest against this park. Everyone interested and a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FLOODING TONIGHT IN BYRAM</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/23/flooding-tonight-in-byram/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/23/flooding-tonight-in-byram/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:44:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just had to post up some pictures tonight of So. Water St. flooding.  This was a nasty rain.  Perdon,  no tengo tiempo de traducir esta esta noche.]]></description>
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		<title>Connecticut’s Budget Delays: A Teachable Moment/Retardos del Presupuesto de Connecticut: Un Momento Enseñable</title>
		<link>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/19/connecticut%e2%80%99s-budget-delays-a-teachable-momentretardos-del-presupuesto-de-connecticut-un-momento-ensenable/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.ctnews.com/bowman/2009/08/19/connecticut%e2%80%99s-budget-delays-a-teachable-momentretardos-del-presupuesto-de-connecticut-un-momento-ensenable/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 19:22:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Bowman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[State]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my first post, so an introduction is in order.  You may recognize my name from several of my letters in the Greenwich Time and Stamford Advocate.  I’m one of the frequent writers in town so when I was asked to write this blog I was thrilled about the opportunity.  Read my “about” page [...]]]></description>
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