Monday Morning Buzz (New York Times)
A roundup of the morning news....more...Brinckerhoff elected to Goodwill board (The State Journal-Register)
Volunteering might be in Peter Brinckerhoff's genes. Growing up in Connecticut, Brinckerhoff said, he learned the importance of volunteering. His parents helped found the country's first Aid to Retarded Citizens organization in 1949....more... Update: PepsiCo Announces Passing of Veteran Advertising Executive, Alan M. Pottasch (FinanzNachrichten)
PURCHASE, N.Y., July 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alan Maxwell Pottasch, known as the father of the "Pepsi Generation" and the creative force behind Pepsi-Cola advertising spanning nearly five decades, died in his sleep on Friday, July 27, 2007. He was 79 years young and at the time of his death was doing what he loved best -- working on a Pepsi TV commercial in Los Angeles....more... SOUTH SHORE GOLF NOTEBOOK - R.I. woman targeting LPGA: Grzebien playing against men to sharpen her game for qualifying (The Patriot Ledger)
Anna Grzebien put her master plan in motion Tuesday at Atlantic Country Club in Plymouth....more... Update: PepsiCo Announces Passing of Veteran Advertising Executive, Alan M. Pottasch (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Alan Maxwell Pottasch, known as the father of the "Pepsi Generation" and the creative force behind Pepsi-Cola advertising spanning nearly five decades, died in his sleep on Friday, July 27, 2007....more... Learning From the Master of the Carrot Butterfly (New York Times)
Most of Kimura Kim?s lessons do, on the surface, have to do with fish, though he tends to couch them in sage words....more... Critically Acclaimed One-Act Play 'Back to Babylon' Written and Performed by Hollywood Actor and Playwright Gregg Tomé ... (PRWeb)
Friday, August 3rd The Babylon Jr. Sr. High School Class of 1977 kicks off its 30th Reunion Weekend celebration with the Long Island debut of the critically acclaimed one-act play Back To Babylon, written and performed by Babylon Village native and Hollywood actor, Gregg Tomé (class of 1980) at the Boulton Center For The Performing Arts - (631) 969-1101. Characters are loosely based on ......more... ?Demand draft? scam targets elderly (The Des Moines Register)
Smooth-talking telemarketers fraudulently swindle money using a little-known technique known as demand drafts. Prosecutors say virtually every......more... Stories behind the names of local places (Connecticut Post)
Residents of Milford and Valley towns like Shelton, Seymour, Derby and Ansonia may have been wondering where certain place names in those towns come from....more... |