Just About Everyone In Greenwich Is Talking About The Stamford MonkeyTravis, a pet chimpanzee, sits in his playroom at the Stamford home of his owner, Sandra Herold in 2003. (Kathleen O'Rourke/Staff file photo)
State turned blind eye to Stamford chimpanzeeDEP granted special exemption despite state law
HARTFORD - The state Department of Environmental Protection allowed a Stamford couple to keep Travis the chimpanzee despite the fact a law was passed in 2004 that would have required them to obtain a permit.
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Stamford woman remains in critical condition following chimpanzee attack
Woman remains in critical condition after mauling by chimpanzee
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4 teams of surgeons needed to treat Stamford chimp victim
Blumenthal calls for exotic animal ban in wake of Stamford chimpanzee attack
Stamford chimp owner says she didn't give Xanax
Stamford chimp's owner calls vicious mauling 'freak thing'
New York Post cartoon appears to link Obama to dead Stamford chimp
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In town
Library begins Friday films Greenwich Library's Friends Friday Film Series, which offers an eclectic mix of new, classic, foreign and popular films and documentaries, will begin Friday and run through June in the library's Cole Auditorium, 101 W. Putnam Avenue
Police blotter
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Greenwich joint planning meeting canceled
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Greenwich swears in two new police officers
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Gala honorees
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Boys Basketball Roundup
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