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Greenwich - News October 8, 2011 POLL: Renewed - Politicans Support Witherell Renovation (Patch) The big political guns fired their best shots over the proverbial non-political bow Friday afternoon when they turned out en masse for a rally to support a $22.5 million renovation of Greenwich-owned The Nathaniel Witherell nursing home. Yankees skipper Joe Girardi tosses pigskin on Brunswick sidelines in Greenwich (Connecticut Post) New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi attended the football game between Brunswick School and Kent School at Brunswick, Greenwich, Friday night, Oct. Greenwich School Board Hopefuls Square Off (The Daily Greenwich) Republican and Democratic candidates for the Board of Education sounded off on school issues such as the ideal qualities for the next superintendent, measures of student success and facility priorities. Emotional Testimony in Greenwich Attempted Murder Trial (Patch) There was emotional testimony in state Superior Court in Stamford today as the ex-wife of a Greenwich man accused of stabbing her with a sharpened screwdriver took the stand to testify against him, according to a report in the CT Post . Greenwich man sentenced to 40 years for killing daughter (Connecticut Post) When it came time to address the court during his sentencing Friday, Adam Dobrzanski took a deep, audible breath and muttered a string of Polish words to the interpreter standing to his left. Greenwich BOE candidates face off in forum (Connecticut Post) The first major gathering of the six school board candidates wasn't as heated as some of this year's Board of Education meetings. Museum's Festival Brings Art and Artists Outdoors (The Daily Weston) Look at art outdoors, and you'll see it in a whole new light. That's how paintings, photography, drawings, prints, sculptures and mixed media pieces by 90 artists can be seen this weekend at the Bruce Museum's Outdoor Arts Festival in Greenwich. Woman extradited to Greenwich on shoplifting charges (Connecticut Post) A New York woman who police say was involved in a May shoplifting incident at Hoagland's of Greenwich was extradited to Greenwich Thursday and arrested on multiple charges, police said. Fairfield attorney sentenced for mishandling mortgage funds on Greenwich home (Connecticut Post) A Fairfield attorney has been sentenced to 21 months in federal prison for misappropriating more than $1 million in funds while handling real estate transactions, including the sale of a Greenwich home, according to David B. Fein, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Connecticut. Best-Selling Humorist to Read at Library (The Daily Weston) Join best-selling author and humorist Bill Bryson on Oct. 14 at the Greenwich Library as he discusses his latest book, inspired by the objects found in his Victorian parsonage home in England. SEEN: Go Wild! in Greenwich (Greenwich Citizen) 12th annual "Go Wild" benefit for Greenwich Land Trust at the Greenwich Polo Club field on Sept.