Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Parkway Elementary Distinguished Teacher

Mrs Charill Pierce, First grade teacher at Parkway Elementary School in Greenwich, nominated by Laura Granville (parent) has been awarded the Distinguished Teacher Award for 2010 along with 5 other recipients of the same achievement. There was a lovely ceremony Tuesday 5/4/10 at the Western Middle School acknowledging their hard work and commitment to children.

My son is currently in Mrs. Pierce's class and I can certainly attest to her ability to seek out each child's different learning skills and to how she nurtures them. My wife and I are blessed to have our son is Mrs. Pierce class. I'm sure all the class parents share the same admiration for our gift of greatness, Mrs Pierce.

Former Greenwich Couple in Ponzi Scheme

Former Greenwich, CT residents and married couple Jeffery Stone and Janette Diller Stone once owners of the now defunct Crescent Fund (investment firm) in NYC owe US regulators nearly $500,000 in fines and restitution for their part in a 5 year penny stock manipulation scheme

Now living in Tokyo, the couple has started another investment firm from their home, Wakabayashi Fund, LLC in which Jeffery plans to continue, but turn over the helm to others amid his SEC problems and a former one year stint behind bars in a federal prison for another penny stock scheme in which he made more than $1M from selling shares of WebSky, a San Francisco company. Not a secret for success!

The former Lehman Brothers broker and his wife claim they have done nothing wrong and only took profits.

April Single Family Sales in Greenwich, CT

The month of April has found itself to have 36 single family homes sold in Greenwich and the surrounding towns following the 35 sold in the month of March. 12 Doubling Road closed on 4/20/10 for $10,450,000 and originally listed for $11,250,000 on 1/11/10 was the highest reported sale. 240 Pemberwick Road closed on 4/21/10 for $539,000 and originally listed for $539,000 on 4/15/10 (5 days on the market) was the lowest reported sale.