Monday, May 21, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
GREENWICH: "We are very lucky to have this school in the area as it saves sending our children to NYC to get the necessary training for a career in classical ballet." Greenwich Ballet Academy wrote this in response to this week's Readers' Choice poll asking readers to vote for their favorite dance studio in town. NEWTOWN: "I wonder who will win the election: Bain Capital and Goldman Sachs, or Goldman Sachs and Bain Capital?" Will Wilkin wrote this in response to news that State Senate Minority Leader John McKinney (R-28th) endorsed former Congressman Christopher Shays for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate. STAMFORD: "We must have looked pretty good on the dance floor at our reception because no one wanted us to stop dancing!" …
Friday, May 18, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
FAIRFIELD: "Hallelujah. Connecticut joins the secular world, where adults can purchase what they want on whatever day is convenient for them without the need for biblical paternalism." Frederick Klein wrote this in response to news that Gov. Malloy signed a bill on Thursday to end the "Blue Laws," which prohibited stores from selling alcohol on Sundays. GREENWICH: "Frankly, I have no intention of shopping for liquor on Sundays and the stores can stay closed." Holly Izant-McSharry wrote this in response to an article about storeowners' reactions to the end of the "Blue Laws." WESTPORT: "I'll drink to that!" This was Fairfield Resident's reaction to the Sunday alcohol sales' legislation. WILTON: "Funny that they still have not fixed the …
Thursday, May 17, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
BROOKFIELD: "I absolutely, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Academy of Dance Arts!" T Hyde wrote this in response to this week's Readers' Choice poll asking readers to pick their favorite dance studio. DARIEN: "They have a long way to go to outnumber the cougars!" Doze E. Dare wrote this in response to news that the Greenwich Conservation Commission has issued an alert on the Town of Greenwich website that "there have been a couple bear sightings in town this week." NEW CANAAN: "This is a terrible tragedy for all, lets make the right decision by advocating right law, not by punishing our youth by making them stand as an adult." Adrienne Rosello-Kero wrote this in response to news that a 16-year-old New Canaan girl accused of striking and killing a …
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
MONROE: "We are all Mom enough no matter what direction we choose, and any time you see a happy, thriving kid, he or she is living proof of that." Susan wrote this in response to "Patch Back" columnist Lisa Bigelow's view of Time magazine's controversial cover featuring Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her three-year-old son. NEW CANAAN: "Choosing how to raise children is feminism and another woman judging proponents of La Leche or attachment parenting is just like men trying to appeal abortion rights, trying to control women's bodies and their ultimate freedom: reproductive rights which morphs into parenting." kim wrote her response to the same article NEW CANAAN: "He is rude, unpleasant, and ineffective." Joey wrote this in his review …
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
BROOKFIELD: "Never before in my life have I been in a studio as respectful, determined, and family friendly than Dance Dimensions." Ryan Bulson wrote this in response to this week's Readers' Choice poll for best dance studio in Brookfield. DARIEN: "After all this talk of the cover in the media, I still don't know what the story in Time is even about." Lisa Wilson Grant wrote this in response to this week's "Patch In" column about Time magazine's controversial cover featuring Jamie Lynne Grumet breastfeeding her three-year-old son. NEW CANAAN: "My last word on breastfeeding. Bottle for baby. Breast for daddy. Next." stella bella also responded this week's "Patch In." WILTON: "...Asking the media to stop suckling at the teat of advertising…
Here we go again—the real issue at the center of any debate over 'modern motherhood' is exploitation.
You don’t want to look at it, but you can’t look away. God forbid your children see it, what will happen when they view such a corruptible, sensational image?! Oh my, it’s a breast! With a child old enough to walk, talk and ask for food attached to it. A child doing what children are meant to do. Getting attention. That’s right, the biggest—perhaps only—winners in this cover story on breastfeeding and attachment parenting are Time magazine’s publicity, marketing and circulation departments. That’s what the cover image was designed to do: Get attention. And it has gotten lots of attention. Blogs, news websites, network news shows...you name it, everyone has weighed in on the 'controversial' articles and accompanying photos. It's been …
Monday, May 14, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
BETHEL: "Wow. So Murphy shot hoops. Hm. Just like his President. Will he be playing golf, next?" Donald Borsch Jr wrote this in response to news that Rep. Chris Murphy recently spent an hour at a Simsbury school shooting hoops and playing volleyball with approximately 400 students. RIDGEFIELD: "Heh, heh. So how's that fancy new library looking folks? 5 mil could have gone a long way to keep a school open..." Eileen wrote this in response to news that Ridgefield Schools will be holding a public hearing tonight to discuss the possibility of closing an elementary school within the next few years. STAMFORD: "Without question the best sushi in town." BARRY DEYULIO wrote this in his review of Kotobuki, which is in this week's Readers' Choice …
Friday, May 11, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
DANBURY: "I know it is hard to believe Filo, but yes kids actually play tag, and catch, and ride bikes, and walk their dogs... just like the 'old days' and then we call them to dinner and wash behind their ears and send them to bed..." On the Border wrote this in response to comments made on an article about how Turner Road residents feel about a Belimo Air Controls manufacturing plant possibly coming to their neighborhood. FAIRFIELD: "Go ahead and raid the transportation fund, it's just those Rich Fairfield Country commuters, these suckers can always keep paying more and more for less and less." Newtotown wrote this in response to news that Metro-North riders will face a 4 percent fare hike in January. SHELTON: "Dennis and his crew were…
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
DANBURY: "Maybe it's time to invest in educating our kids in reading, writing, and mathematics, and not how to get steroids to play football and die at 25." g wrote this in response to an article about the Board of Education's approval of next year's budget. MONROE: "Love how our politicians mainly focus on legislation that affects the smallest minority of the population." QWERTY wrote this in response to Thursday's "Eye on the Beltway" column, which keeps readers up-to-date on the actions of Sen. Blumenthal, Sen. Lieberman, Rep. Himes, Rep. DeLauro and Rep. Murphy. NEW CANAAN: "Let them have the same opportunity to be as miserable as the rest of us." Dunn Glenbar wrote this in response to a poll asking readers whether they agreed with …
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The day's best comments from Patch account-holders in our Fairfield County towns.
FAIRFIELD: "On a separate note, this article is so slanted left, I had to tilt my monitor in order to read it." Stanley Simpleton wrote this in response to an article about the Fairfield Representative Town Meeting passing the Fiscal Year 2013 budget on Tuesday. NEW CANAAN: "I write this review because I just purchased the last bed I'll ever sleep in!" John Heimer wrote this about Sleep Etc. on Main Avenue in Norwalk. TRUMBULL: "ah heck, Democrats are supposed to know this, but I'll say it anyway, money isn't everything." louis wrote this in response to news that the Connecticut House of Representatives unanimously approved the education reform bill Tuesday night. WILTON: "Being voyeurs doesn’t do anyone any good – come down from the …
Glen K Dunbar
7:32 pm on Friday, May 18, 2012
I have to concurr w/you and add a polite point. I have NO intention of buying booze on Sunday. Actually, any day for that matter. Though, for cooking I may buy it now and then. HOWEVER, not because of any religious matter. Just do not like booze at all. Never did. But, I was an idiot and hung out and drunk for years because I had nothing else to do. Now, I go back to the opera and play the horses… more ›