"About Town" seeks
to provide informative interviews
about our region, the people in it, and problems we all face. We
are delighted to be able to present fourteen different shows, linked to
below.
"ABOUT
TOWN"
INTERVIEWS SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS JEROME R. BELAIR, OF
THE WESTON (CONNECTICUT) PUBLIC SCHOOLS:
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"ABOUT
TOWN"
INTERVIEWS STEPHAN B. GROZINGER, ESQ., CHAIRMAN OF WESTON'S PLANNING
& ZONING COMMISSION:
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"ABOUT
TOWN"
INTERVIEWS GREG CLARK OF MYDESIGNFOUNDATION AND ARTIFACT DESIGN GROUP:
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Gail Lavielle
serves as a Commissioner of the Connecticut Public Transportation
Commission, which advises the Governor, the Transportation
Commissioner, and the Transportation Committee of the Connecticut
General Assembly, on public transportation issues. In so doing,
the Commission serves as a conduit for input from the public on these
issues. Learn about important recent developments affecting one
of Connecticut's most important priorities, and about how YOU can
provide inputs to planning and decisions on transportation matters
which WILL be heard by the key decision-makers.
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"ABOUT
TOWN"
INTERVIEWS LYN KIMBERLY, AMERICAN WANDERER, LLC, AND THE AMERICAN
WANDERER FOUNDATION, INC.:
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TOWN"
INTERVIEWS HON. GAYLE M. WEINSTEIN, FIRST SELECTMAN, TOWN OF WESTON,
CONNECTICUT:
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"ABOUT TOWN" INTERVIEW, IN THREE PARTS, WITH KEY OFFICIALS OF THE
WESTPORT WESTON HEALTH DISTRICT:
Watch
this three-part interview with Mark Cooper, Director of Health; Monica
Wheeler, Community Health Director; and Ken Kellogg, Director of
Emergency Preparedness and Support Services, of the Westport Weston
Health District. These exceptionally knowledgeable
professionals present information that is vitally important to all of
us, about H1N1 flu, water quality, environmental health, emergency
management, and many other topics that are fundamental to maintaining
our health, our environment, and even the value of our homes!
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"ABOUT
TOWN"
INTERVIEWS HON. ROB SIMMONS, CONGRESSMAN 2001-2007 AND CANDIDATE FOR
U.S. SENATE (2010):
A very
special interview with a truly special person, the Honorable Rob
Simmons, who represented Connecticut's 2nd Congressional District in
the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007. He
is also a candidate for the Republican nomination for United States
Senator, in the 2010 election. Learn more about Mr. Simmons
distinguished career of service to his state and country at http://www.joinrobsimmons.com/meet-rob-simmons,
and be sure to watch this important interview:
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Watch
this two-part interview with Westonite Jim Lomuscio, who draws on his
distinguished career as a non-fiction author, journalist, editor, and
teacher, to provide us with truly unique insights into the field of
writing, and the state of journalism today. Mr. Lomuscio's books
include "Village of the Dammed: The Fight for Open Space and the
Flooding of a Connecticut Town" (finalist for the 2006 Connecticut Book
Award in Nonfiction), and the McGraw Hill college writing textbook
"Writing with Your Head & Your Heart: Balancing Logic and
Emotion to Create Powerful Nonfiction." He currently serves as
Full Time Professor of Writing in the Department of Writing,
Linguistics, and Creative Process, at Western Connecticut State
University.
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"ABOUT
TOWN" PRESENTS AN EXTRAORDINARY BENEFIT CONCERT, IN TWO PARTS,
FEATURING MEZZO-SOPRANO NICHOLE PEYREIGNE AND PIANIST GRACE HEAPHY:
Two extraordinary
young talents in the field of classical music, a mezzo-soprano and a
pianist, perform in a very special concert to benefit pediatric brain
tumor research via the Making Headway Foundation, to help support the
research of distinguished neuro-oncologist Dr. Jeffrey Allen of NYU
Medical Center.
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INTERVIEWS DR. JEANA WIRTENBERG, DIRECTOR OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS
AND SERVICES AT THE INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE ENTERPRISE OF FAIRLEIGH
DICKINSON UNIVERSITY:
In this very
special two-part edition of "About Town," a leading authority tells us
all about Enterprise Sustainability, and how corporations can and in
some cases are implementing "win-win-win" strategies that are good for
the environment, for society, and for themselves.
And now link to the Introduction
and overview of her recently published anthology The
Sustainable Enterprise Fieldbook. For review and inspection copies from
the publisher across the pond: http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com/productdetail.kmod?productid=2689
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PRESENTS "THE MAGIC GENIE" WITH "THE JUNIOR GENIES MAGIC CLUB":
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"About Town" goes
on the road in this show! A summer visit to Westchester
County, and the Hendrick Hudson Free Library in Montrose, brings us to
an art exhibition
and poetry reading featuring distinguished artist, poet, writer and
teacher Adele Kamp!
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Part
two of the
tour is here, including visits to the new fine arts wing, the old
auditorium, the video production area and much more!
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Part three of the tour is here, including visits to the new gymnasium
and exercise rooms, and to the fabulous new science
wing, including robotics, CAD, and other "tech ed" activities!
Part 3 concludes with a moving speech by former Superintendent
of Schools Dr. Lynne B. Pierson, which was presented at the Dedication
Ceremony for the completed High School,.
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