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Monday, October 1, 2007

09/27/07 - Greenwich News Wire

THE RAW GREENWICH FEED FOR SEPTEMBER 27th

Hartford Courant

... is $76 a day, said Kathy O'Brien, senior gerontologist for the institute. For the Stamford area, which included Greenwich, Norwalk, Fairfield and New Canaan, the average based on six centers is $70 a day. Adult day care is designed for the frail ...


Foreclosure Fears: A Plea For Help

CBS News

A group of borrowers and activists went to confront Carrington last week at its offices in Los Angeles and Greenwich, Conn.


Leona Helmsley: Hotel Queen

CBS News

... the "queen of mean," died Aug. 19, 2007, at age 87. Helmsley, who succumbed to heart failure at her summer home in Greenwich, Conn., was profiled by 60 Minutes in 1985. Click here to see the original 60 Minutes broadcast. After the story originally ...


Antiques calendar

Norwalk Advocate

... Museum of Art, will lecture on 'The New Hellenistic and Roman Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art' for the Greenwich Antiques Society. Last spring, the Met concluded its 15-year project and opened its new Greek and Roman galleries featuring ...


Town adds two hybrid vehicles to its fleet

Norwalk Advocate

... Ford dealership near Hartford won a contract to supply the state with hybrid SUVs that cities and towns such as Greenwich can take advantage of when they need to buy new vehicles for their fleets. The Escape hybrid gets about 28 miles per gallon ...


Weigh station has proved its value

Norwalk Advocate

The Greenwich weigh station was a late addition to Connecticut's truck-safety blitz, but it might turn out to be the most critical spot for these inspections in the state, not to mention a lucrative source of ...


Corps to study flooding problems

Norwalk Advocate

... other sources. Last week, representatives of the Army Corps of Engineers met with state and town officials at Greenwich Town Hall to discuss the reconnaissance study. 'This was the first kick-off meeting to let them know we're here, we're in ...


The Great Dane Collecting Georg Jensen silver

Norwalk Advocate

... 28 art and antiques dealers aboard the SeaFair Grand Luxe, a 228-foot floating art and antiques emporium docked in Greenwich Harbor this week. After visits to New York and Long Island, the ship will return to Connecticut Oct. 17 for a five-day stay ...


Lawyer guilty of destroying porn evidence

The Connecticut Post

... pornographic images of young boys that belonged to Robert Tate, 64, the music director for the Christ Church of Greenwich. In entering his plea, Russell told the court he was "sorry" for his actions. But, he said at the time he did not know the ...


Pampering pooches

Spokane Journal of Business

... of a $41 billion pet industry-now represent the second fastest-growing category in retail sales, according to Greenwich, Conn.-based American Pet Products Manufacturers Association Inc. About 63 percent of U.S. households, or 71 million homes, now ...


Lawyer Shifts Course, Admits Guilt

Hartford Courant

In an unexpected decision, a Greenwich lawyer with a high-profile client list pleaded guilty Thursday in an obstruction-of-justice case that defense lawyers have called an overreaching prosecution that ...

Hey, Hou! Knicks Need Balkman Sub

New York Post

... interest in the Knicks - despite their overloaded roster and spate of guards - stems from having his family in Greenwich, Conn., and feeling he has unfinished business at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks feel they owe Houston a chance because he's ...


Draft would make the war more real
The Topeka Capital-Journal

... We need a draft, because -- as the 12776 Revolution should have taught us -- angry Americans are better Americans. Greenwich Connecticut, native Mark Drought (mhd2752@uno.com) is an editor at a Stamford information technology company and an adjunct ...


Store with old-fashioned service to close

Reading Eagle/Reading Times

... under the Macy's name. A few independent department stores, such as Stanley Korshak in Dallas and Richards in Greenwich, Conn., have survived by targeting affluent customers with designer wear. Goldmann's, situated in a working-class neighborhood, ...


Jury hears phone calls in trial of mother's Ossining slaying

The Patent Trader

... about what she knew of the killing. Also, Magaro testified: "I was taping her because I was scared." Magaro, a Greenwich, Conn., homemaker and former nurse, eventually turned the recordings over to Ossining police. The conversations portray a tense ...


Mill Valley teens to appear in Oakland opera thriller

Marin Independent Journal

... Brooks, such nonchalance is perhaps understandable because he's been there before. When the family was living in Greenwich, Conn. - his father, a financial consultant, moved them to Marin about a year and a half ago - Brooks understudied his older ...


Willow Ridge Assistant Prevails

New York Times

... triumph for a one-under-par 215 total in the 2007 Lincoln Met P.G.A. Championship at The Stanwich Club om Greenwich, Conn. DeMaria started with 70-68 in the first two rounds and then held on as Rick Hartmann of the Atlantic Golf Club came charging ...


Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Church Pornography Case

Hartford Courant

From the Hartford Courant Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Church Pornography Case By EDMUND H. MAHONY The Hartford Courant 2:54 PM EDT, September 27, 2007 BRIDGEPORT - In an unexpected decision, a Greenwich lawyer ...

South Florida Sun-Sentinel

... son named Todd and a dark, curly-haired daughter named Bliss, whom he raised in the nearly all-white town of Greenwich, Conn. When he died, on his death certificate, under the heading of race, was the word white. In One Drop: A True Story of ...


Archived Press Releases

Brandeis' News

... commissioner and Brandeis alum to address Education Program graduates Dr. Betty J. Sternberg '71 is the current Greenwich, Conn. superintendent of schools. May 16, 2007 Martha Minow delivered Phi Beta Kappa address May 18 List of electees at bottom ...

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