“Unless De Niro makes a personal appearance at the Board of Selectmen, no. No lights.”

First Selectman Drew Marzullo, joking about a film crew’s application for an exemption from the town’s midnight-to-6 a.m. filming curfew to shoot a pool scene of “The Wedding,” starring Robert De Niro, at Burning Tree Country Club. The board approved the application.

Newsmaker of the week: Regis Philbin

Regis Philbin and his wife are making another push to sell one of the two homes they own in Greenwich.

The soon-to-be-retired TV host and his wife, Joy, first listed the home on Meeting House Road for $5.9 million in 2008, but have relisted it for $3.8 million with Sotheby’s International Realty.

Michele Klossom, the broker handling the sale, said the house didn’t sell the last time it was listed due to the market downturn. She said some prospective buyers also may have been turned off by homes on the street that are in various stages of “disrepair.”

“It’s a sign of how the market is,” Klossom said. “The market still isn’t really robust.”

Klossom said some prospective buyers “get a little disappointed in how other people have maintained their houses or not maintained them.”

The Philbins are trying to unload the house because they already own another home in Greenwich, less than two miles away on North Stanwich Road, in addition to an apartment in Manhattan where they spend most of their time during the week, Klossom said.

Democrat wants to redraw boundaries

Democrat Edward Krumeich Jr. is championing a redrawing of the lines in what he considers to be a “gerrymandered” district.

Krumeich recently hatched a reapportionment plan for Greenwich, which is carved up into three districts in the state House ­– the 149th, 150th and 151st.

All three districts are represented by Republicans, who have held a chokehold on Greenwich’s seats in the House since 1912. Krumeich claims the districts have been gerrymandered to give Republicans an advantage.

In his home district, the 151st, Krumeich envisions the district’s footprint following the Route 1 corridor from New York state to Stamford to incorporate what he characterized as “like-minded” and more densely populated neighborhoods with smaller lots.

“Right now, the only interest I have is righting a historic wrong and establishing districts in Greenwich that are fair and allow people from similar neighborhoods to vote in the same district,” Krumeich said.

The veteran lawyer and former finance board member plans to submit his 16-page proposal to the legislature’s bipartisan Reapportionment Committee, which is scheduled to hold five public hearings this month on the redistricting process.

Democrat Blankley to find campaign boss

John Blankley is offering a “win bonus” to the architect of his campaign for first selectman, according to a Craigs-list employment ad posted on his behalf that offers a rare glimpse into the inner workings of what the political newcomer hopes will be a well-oiled machine.

“I’m not doing this because it’s the loyal opposition,” Blankley said. “I’m doing this because I perceive that there are things that can be improved in the way my town is run and I’ve got the skills to do it. I want to make a difference.”

Blankley is challenging Republican incumbent Peter Tesei, who would become only the second person to hold the post for three terms since it became a full-time job.

Fellow GOPer John Margenot Jr. served as first selectman from 1985 to 1995.

The last Democrat to hold the office was Richard Bergstresser, first selectman from 2001 to 2003.

Saying he is close to hiring a campaign manager, Blankley has already retained the services of Austin Finan, a political consultant with New York City-based Mercury Public Affairs and a Greenwich High School graduate.

Board of Education scuffles over plan

The Board of Education’s fall agenda will include a vote about the district’s “Vision of the Graduate,” a plan designed to guide the board’s future decisions on school budgets, teacher training and curriculum, among other issues.

The vision, a blueprint of the ideal skills all Greenwich public school students should have by the time they graduate, has served as a set of informal guiding principles since it was created two years ago by a community committee, board Vice Chairman Leslie Moriarty said.

At the board’s June 16 meeting, some board members proposed that it should be made a formal policy, while others said it deserves more vetting by the public before it becomes an official part of the board’s mission.

Republican board member Peter Sherr said he was concerned the board may be revising its mission statement too frequently, citing previous revisions in 2005 and 2008, “which puts us on a cycle of revising it every three years,” he said.

Sherr suggested the board follow the 2008 revision process, which included extensive community input — including forums and a questionnaire — and encouraged the board to take its time before making additional revisions to the mission statement.

Moriarty, a Democrat who was part of the 2008 board that revised the mission statement, said the Vision of the Graduate proposal was not a revision to the mission statement.

In Focus

Greenwich Point suggested as site

for 9/11 memorial

The former Greenwich Chamber of Commerce chief executive behind an effort to build a second Sept. 11 memorial in town said Wednesday night that she would explore building the monument at Greenwich Point.

Mary Ann Morrison made the remarks while presenting a plan for erecting two 12-foot-tall glass towers at Grass Island, a small town park near the water in central Greenwich, to a group of boaters that supports the park during its meeting at Town Hall.

The members of Friends of Grass Island argued that the small park off Shore Road was too small and not secure enough for the proposed memorial, and that with its direct view of lower Manhattan, Greenwich Point was a much more fitting location.

“Put it someplace where it benefits the whole community,” Pecora told Morrison. “Don’t put it in a place where it may be vandalized and does not work.”

Morrison said she had considered Greenwich Point, but cited concerns about “the issue of accessibility.”

“We would have liked to have put it out at Tod’s Point because it’s a direct line to the world Trade Center,” Morrison said.