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n.the.town.has.identified.eight.flood-control.projects.as.priorities.(all.shown.with.photos.on.the.map.except.No..6),.part.of.a.list.of.33.projects.the.town.is.considering..A.sampling.of.other.potential.projects.around.town.is.also.included.on.the.map..For.the.complete.list,.including.watershed.locations,.nature.of.problems,.proposed.improvements.and.estimated.costs,.TURN.TO.PAgE.A6.

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Rocky Point Road storm drain replacement. Cost: $9.3 million

Pemberwick Park storm drain replacement. Cost: $1.4 million

Fairfield Road bridge replacement. Cost: $970,000

North Street storm drain replacement. Cost: $3.96 million

Ridgeview Avenue culvert replacement. Cost: $1.18 million

8: Mianus Park Pond dam improvements. Cost: $880,000

2: Cos Cob Avenue storm drain replacement. Cost: $4,843,750

4: Sound Beach/Arcadia storm drain replacement. Cost: $7.1 million

3: Stone Arch bridges removal. Cost: $40,000

1: Cider Mill additional railroad culverts. Cost: $6,719,000

5: East Putnam bridge and railroad replacement. Cost: $2.37 million

7: Church Street storm drain replacement. Cost: $3.45 million

By Frank MacEachernStaff Writer

Dale Svorka knows first hand what flooding can do.

Two years ago during a nor’easter that swept through the area, her 494 Den Lane home in Pemberwick, which sits right beside the Byram River, felt the full force of nature.

“We never had water like that be-fore,” she said. “A couple of times we have gotten 1 to 2 feet. But this was di-sastrous. There was about 5 feet of water in the basement.”

Flooding brings bad memories, new fears

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Pemberwick Road erosion protection. Cost: $425,000

Due to flooding of the Byram River, Dale Svorka’s home has had flooding damage.

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Outrage over sperm swap

By Debra Friedman and Brian LockhartStaff WriterS

State lawmakers are expressing concern and outrage over the Department of Public Health’s handling of a case involving a Green-wich doctor who used the wrong sperm in a fertility treatment — and was accused of using his own.

Some couldn’t fathom why the doc-tor at the center of the scandal was never compelled to take a DNA test by the suddenly embat-tled agency.

“Their failure is inexplicable,” said Sen. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, co-chairman of the Legislature’s Judiciary Committee. “The failure to order that test appears to be part of a professional whitewash.”

McDonald said there is no question the De-partment of Public Health had the legal au-thority under state statute to pursue a DNA

Theis ready for new role

By Neil VigdorStaff Writer

With two hours until the closing bell, the market is down 52 points.

David Theis is bullish about the next two years nevertheless, rearing to assume the balancing act of his day job as a local investment adviser and the responsibili-ties of holding office as Greenwich’s next Republican selectman.

“I’m really flattered and honored that I’ll be able to serve my hometown in this capaci-ty,” Theis, 60, a third-generation resident, said Thursday afternoon during an inter-view at his East Putnam Avenue office in Old Greenwich.

With the CNBC stock ticker flashing on a TV in the background, Theis sifted market re-search reports and phone messages from his vast network of friends, who said the gregari-ous man-about-town will be the perfect com-plement to fellow Republican Peter Tesei on the Board of Selectmen.

“He’s got terrific people skills,” outgoing Selectman Peter Crumbine said. “He’s just the kind of person that everybody likes. When I used to go out campaigning with him, all you’d have to do is stand next to him and peo-ple would come up to him.”

Selectman-Elect David Theis at his office in Old Greenwich.

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By Frank MacEachernStaff Writer

The 2007 nor’easter did more than flood homes in Greenwich, it also served as a watery wake-up call to residents and town officials to the dangers posed by flooding, said the chairman of the town’s Flood and Erosion Control Board.

“I hate to say we owe great thanks to a storm, but it did bring the issue to the forefront,” Anthony M. Macleod said. “When it’s nice and dry, it’s not hard to dismiss the need for improved drain-age.”

But the wake-up call could come with a $100 million-plus price tag if all 33 proj-ects identified in a consultant’s report are carried out. Macleod and others caution,

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Coming.Monday:.Connecticut’s medical discipline rated close to worst in the nation.

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