Starbucks Opens With A Big Tip For NYS

At its grand opening Saturday, October 23,  Starbucks Coffee presented a check for $500 to Newtown Youth Services (NYS). The money will benefit the NYS Parents’ Idea Exchange newsletter. photo top:  Receiving the check  are, at right, Michelle Rosenthal, who is the secretary of the NYS board of directors, and second from right, NYS Executive Director Deborah Richardson. Presenting the jumbo check are Starbucks staff members, from left, Lisa Gronberg, Lori Corwin, Jesse Germain, district manager Eric Leftcourt and coffee shop manager Kathleen Reilly. Photo LEFT: First Selectman Herbert Rosenthal briefly worked behind the coffee counter October 23 at the new Starbucks Coffee shop on Church Hill Road as the “barista” or coffee bartender to mark the shop’s grand opening ceremonies. Coffee shop manager Kathleen Reilly, right, explained the techniques of java making to the first selectman.                              –Bee Photos, Gorosko