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Thursday, January 24, 2008

01/24/08 - Greenwich Newswire

Greenwich News Briefs

Rams, Greenwich ready for another clash of swim titans
New Canaan Advertiser - New Canaan,CT,USA
Costas Hadjipateras described the scene as “electric” when looking back at the New Canaan High swim team’s victory over the Greenwich Cardinals in a dual ...

Man Arrested In Connection With Death Of Greenwich Doctor
NBC30.com - Hartford,CT,USA
Stamford Police arrested a 32-year-old man in connection with the death of a Greenwich doctor. Leonard Bajramaj was charged with first-degree manslaughter. ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Blogwire

Greenwich Blog Post - Resturants

rebecas in Greenwich - advice pls
im thinking of trying rebeccas, ive never been.... id love to hear from people that have ate there... is it over priced or worth it... stuffy or relaxed..... ect.. let me know and or any suggestions for a good dinner in the greenwich ...
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01/24/08 - Greenwich Newswire

Greenwich News Briefs

Stamford man charged with killing Greenwich man
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
The victim, a Greenwich man in his forties, was found dead early Thursday morning in an East Side residence belonging to the alleged killer, 32-year-old ...

GHS cheerleaders seek repeat performance
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
This season has a much different ring to it compared to others for the Greenwich High School cheerleading team. The pressure is on this year’s cheerleading ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Sports Wire

Greenwich Sports Briefs

New Canaan Revved Up for Showdown in Greenwich
New Canaan News Review - New Canaan,CT,USA
By Brean Cunningham Friday afternoon the New Canaan High School boys' swim team will visit Greenwich High in what is a match up of the top two teams in the ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Newswire

Greenwich Post News Reports

Greenwich's delegation shake-up State rep, senator to retire after ...
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
With the absence of two high ranking Republican leaders from the ballots, next fall’s races for Greenwich’s delegation to the state legislature have been ...

Greenwich helps town employees find homes
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
Mr. Tesei said the directory helps those who are entry-level or new to town to live within Greenwich and become better acquainted with the community. ...

Laborers protest at Greenwich private school
Greenwich Post - Greenwich,CT,USA
The groups involved in the Greenwich protest, Mr. LeConche said, will stand outside Brunswick every day between 8 and 11 am “We’re going to continue to go ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Gossip Blogs About CVS Comming To Cos Cob

Ave atque Vale, Cos Cob Food Mart

As regular readers of these pages know, your scribe is fond of quoting Heraclitus to the effect that change is the only constant. "You never step in the same river twice," the old bird said, and he was right. The water is always rushing by, and the river changes from nanosecond to nanosecond. And thus it is here in Greenwich.

Your scribe was in the Cos Cob Foot Mart yesterday, and it looked like a war zone. Acres of empty shelves and miles of empty aisles. The former hub of "The Hub" (as Cos Cob is known), where you could be sure of meeting all your friends and neighbors, is no more.

Many (but not all) of the staff have been relocated to the Old Greenwich store. TAG (the Transportation Association of Greenwich) will run a twice-weekly round-trip shuttle from the old location over to the OG store, for the price of a buck and a pocketful of patience. This is meant to help the elderly and infirm who used to walk to the store. The actual cost of the service is $3 per person, but the Porricelli family is kicking in the other two bucks, no doubt figuring that it's good PR as well as a smart business move.

It's sad to think that the grocery store that has been there for over half a century, under different names, is no more. It survived fire (1983) and flood (it sits smack dab in the Strickland Brook flood plain), but not an offer from CVS to take a long-term lease. As the AuthorBabe has already said in an earlier comment thread, that's about the last thing we need in this town.

Your scribe would venture to guess that the new CVS - assuming it gets approval from the Planning and Zoning board - will not be nearly as popular among the locals as the Food Mart was. He will further venture to guess that many locals, he among them, will come in out of curiosity when it first opens, and then never darken its door again. His final guess is that the parent corporation will wind up subsidizing a money-losing operation for years to come rather than losing face by admitting they've oversaturated the Greenwich market.

But the river is still a-changing, dear reader, and it may be that when CVS finally bails, some smart cookie with an MBA from Harvard will do a fancy-pants study and come to the conclusion that this is the ideal location for a supermarket. Well, duh! We all coulda told him that years ago.

01/24/08 - Greenwich Newswire (Update)

Greenwich Roundup News Briefs

Greenwich seniors wrestle with success in final home meet
Greenwich Time - Greenwich,CT,USA
By Jesse Quinlan Greenwich High School wrestling coach AJ Albano describes senior co-captain CJ Ceci as a "gamer." The reason why is because of performances ...

Greenwich firm scores with bet on teleradiology
Trading Markets (press release) - Los Angeles,CA,USA
The Greenwich company retains two seats on the Virtual Radiologic board of directors and owns 25.2 percent of the business. "They are active investors. ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Sportswire

Greenwich Sports Brief

Fourth Title Snatched From Fourth No-Trump
New York Times - United States
But last week Jay Borker of Greenwich, Conn., won the Friday Open Pairs at the District 3 Winter Regional in Rye Brook, NY, for the fourth straight year ...



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01/24/08 - Greenwich Blogwire

Greenwich Blog Postings - Resturants

Bambou Restaurant Greenwich
Anyone been here? I just saw an article about it in the Westport News. Sounds interesting, Asian "street food" in addition to sushi and other entrees. The website is http://bambourestaurant.com Be interested to hear any experiences.
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