10/18/07 - Greenwich News Wire

Albert's Recalls Halloween Skull Pails Due to Violation of Lead Paint Standard
M2.com
... of Product: Skull Pails Filled With Halloween Candy Mix Units: About 55,000 Manufacturer: R.L. Albert & Son, of Greenwich, Conn. Hazard: The surface paint on the eyes, nose, and teeth of the skull contains excessive levels of lead, violating the ...

Halloween candy pails overloaded with lead paint
Miami.com
R. L. Albert & Son of Greenwich, Conn., is recalling 55,000 skull pails filled with Halloween candy; the surface paint on the skull's eyes, nose, and teeth contain excessive levels of lead.


Newtown High School
Newtown Bee
... top the list. At the casciac.org web site, the 'Hawks are ranked second in Class LL, right behind undefeated Greenwich and ahead of Amity, Cheshire, Glastonbury and South-West Conference rival New Milford. In the state coaches' poll, however, the ...


Two Decades Of Service-Probate Clerk Offers Comfort And Knowledge
Newtown Bee
... off recently when she acquired a watercolor at an auction, discovering since then that the piece was by a famous Greenwich watercolor artist, Marilyn Caldwell. "I didn't know anything about it when I bid on it. I just loved it," she said. Ms Jepsen, ...


Mission West back in play
San Jose Mercury News
... That was the stock price in July when Berg believed he had a buyer, speculated to be Starwood Capital Group of Greenwich, Conn. The deal fell apart in August, a victim of the upheaval in the credit markets caused by the fallout from sub-prime ...


Pfizer, Wyeth Profits Drop on Costs; Novartis, Lilly, Baxter Report Gains
Bloomberg
... as many times as they could and they never got a pulse,'' said Barbara Ryan, an analyst with Deutsche Bank in Greenwich, Connecticut, in a telephone interview. Pfizer said it raised the lower end of its guidance for the year with adjusted earnings ...


Huge sleeper QB begins to get looks
Rivals
Greenwich, Conn. is home to at least two Division I prospects, Jonathan Meyers and Chris Bisanzo .


In Stamford, $95 million buys estate with five houses and a tepee
Hartford Courant
... The asking price is more than double the $45 million paid in August 2004 for a mansion in an exclusive part of Greenwich. Real estate agents believe that was the most expensive house ever sold in the state. The main house at Hillandale is ...


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The Journal News
... recall involves 55,000 Halloween skull pails filled with candy, which manufactured by R.L. Albert & Son. of Greenwich, Conn. The surface paint on the eyes, nose, and teeth of the skull contains excessive levels of lead. Guidecraft also is recalling ...


Toy recalls: Dunkin' Donut glow sticks and more
The Patent Trader
... recall involves 55,000 Halloween skull pails filled with candy, which manufactured by R.L. Albert & Son. of Greenwich, Conn. The surface paint on the eyes, nose, and teeth of the skull contains excessive levels of lead. Guidecraft also is recalling ...


Company-Debt Risk Rises For Fourth Day as Bank of America Profit Declines
Bloomberg.com
... be draining investors' appetite to take on risk,'' Kenneth Hackel, managing director of fixed-income strategy at Greenwich, Connecticut-based RBS Greenwich Capital Markets, said in a note to clients today. The CDX North America Investment Grade ...


Megadata wins AirCell as Passur client
Bizjournals
Greenwich, Conn.-based Megadata Corp. reports a developer of airborne telecommunications for aviation has signed on as a customer for its software.


Swank West Texas resort to be sold at auction
El Paso Times
... financially. Later that year, Lajitas took out a high-interest $12.5 million loan from Prime Assets Funding, a Greenwich, Conn. lender. The resort company defaulted on the loan earlier this year, and filed for bankruptcy to stave off foreclosure. ...


Focus groups to meet about senior center
Norwalk Advocate
Nine focus groups will convene next month as town officials take a major step toward determining the future of Greenwich's senior center and what kind of new facility will be needed to serve a rapidly growing ...


Selectmen candidates face off
Norwalk Advocate
... both town natives, saved their barrage of barbs until the final half hour of a two-hour League of Women Voters of Greenwich debate at Town Hall for first selectman and selectman hopefuls. Farricker, 42, who is running on the Democratic ticket, ...


On the Offensive
Darien News-Review
... in the FCIAC's overall standings with four games remaining. Darien hurdled three teams - Warde, New Canaan and Greenwich - in the past week to put itself in a position in which it controls its own destiny. "Overall that's a good performance and a ...


AirCell Selects PASSUR Solutions to Enhance Business Operations
PR Newswire
GREENWICH, Conn., Oct. 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Megadata Corporation announced today that AirCell, the leader in airborne telecommunications for business and commercial aviation, has purchased a suite of ...


State Moves On Rail Price Hike As Alternative Stalls
Hartford Courant
... cars for the New Haven Line. This past year, state Sens. Andrew McDonald, D-Stamford, and William Nickerson, R-Greenwich, designed an alternative to the fare increase that would be more equitable to commuters. Fares would go up 1 percent ...


Gminski remembers hometown roots
Connecticut Post
... into the Jackie Robinson Professional Wing of the Fairfield County Sports Commission's Hall of Fame at the Greenwich Hyatt. "It's great. I have a presence in Masuk in the trophy case up there and to be remembered in any way is quite an honor," ...

Swank West Texas resort to be sold at auction
The Brownsville Herald
... hired in 2002. Later that year, Lajitas took out a high-interest $12.5 million loan from Prime Assets Funding, a Greenwich, Conn. lender. The resort company defaulted on the loan earlier this year, and filed for bankruptcy to stave off foreclosure. ...


Exclusive Resort Fails to Sell at Auction
WOAI.com
... hired in 2002. Later that year, Lajitas took out a high-interest $12.5 million loan from Prime Assets Funding, a Greenwich, Conn. lender. The resort company defaulted on the loan earlier this year, and filed for bankruptcy to stave off foreclosure. ...


In Stamford, $95 million buys estate with five houses and a tepee
Hartford Courant
... The asking price is more than double the $45 million paid in August 2004 for a mansion in an exclusive part of Greenwich. Real estate agents believe that was the most expensive house ever sold in the state. The main house at Hillandale is ...


FEMA to check state storm damage
Connecticut Post
... office have been dispatched to the state to review the damage that occurred primarily in Stamford, Darien, Greenwich and New Canaan. The rainfall, which in some places exceeded six inches, caused extensive property damage in low areas near brooks ...


Swank West Texas resort fails to sell at auction
Valley Morning Star
... hired in 2002. Later that year, Lajitas took out a high-interest $12.5 million loan from Prime Assets Funding, a Greenwich, Conn. lender. The resort company defaulted on the loan earlier this year, and filed for bankruptcy to stave off foreclosure. ...


Dollar Falls to Record Low Versus Euro on Growth, Federal Reserve Outlook
Bloomberg.com - Asia
... time, but finally the move got some momentum,'' said Alan Ruskin, head of international currency strategy at RBS Greenwich Capital Markets in Greenwich, Connecticut. ``The currency's weakness reflects Fed rate-cut speculation, concern over credit ...


Seven to be inducted into BHS Alumni Hall of Fame
Bedford Now
... coached wrestling for four years and spent eight years as a Washtenaw County Sheriff's deputy. Brett Holey of Greenwich, Conn., is a 1978 graduate and was involved with the music and theater programs during high school. He will be honored for his ...