07/18/09 The Raw Greenwich News Feed By Robo Blogger (Updated)

• Jonathan Taplin
  posted on July 18, 2009 12:26:15 pm
  ... the investment side through 1988, the last year as chair and CEO of Berkey, Inc., a film investment firm based in Greenwich, Connecticut. He then formed Trans Pacific Films, an international film development and production company with Japanese ...
• Will Harry Potter continue to enchant the box office?
  posted on July 18, 2009 11:27:56 am
  ... But not everyone is aboard the Hogwarts Express, however. Marketing expert Jack Trout from Trout & Partners in Old Greenwich, Conn., says, "I view 'Potter,' in some respects, as sort of a fading franchise. In other words, I think there's been so ...
• Cannons about ready to explode
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:04:43 am
  ... Other years, a team can be faced with seemingly insurmountable odds yet somehow finds a way to persevere. The 2009 Greenwich Junior American Legion squad, the Cannons, falls into the latter category. In a season wrought with injuries, poor weather ...
• Redbirds take wing
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:04:18 am
  Five years ago, Frank DeNicola had an idea. He wanted to create a softball program in Greenwich that would provide young girls with the opportunity to learn the game, develop their skills and cultivate an interest in softball.
• Citizen Talk 7-17
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:04:08 am
  Melissa Wolfson with her son Brent Citizen Talk is a regular feature in the Greenwich Citizen where we ask people what issues, big and small, are on their minds that day.
• Riverside's Bill Baker is preaching kindness in a tough time
  posted on July 18, 2009 10:03:56 am
  Bill Baker (Anne W. Semmes / for the Greenwich Citizen) William "Bill" Baker and his wife Jeannemarie have lived in their Tudor house in Riverside for 32 years. But, Baker is most familiar to his fellow Greenwich citizens as the smiling face on ...
• Questions abound for boomers about to retire
  posted on July 18, 2009 08:58:38 am
  ... for consideration in her column. Please e-mail her at readers@juliejason.com or write to her c/o The Advocate and Greenwich Time, 9 Riverbend Drive, South, Building 9A, Box 4910, Stamford, CT 06907. Copyright 2009 Julie Jason. History may provide ...
• Marriage and the economy
  posted on July 18, 2009 07:26:48 am
  ... of places in between. In a front page story in The New York Times recently, it was reported that in towns like Greenwich, many couples are coming across the border from New York to wed, and then usually returning to New York to celebrate. But what ...
• Frozen treat maker wins a round in legal battle when judge dismisses...
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:45:02 am
  ... a complaint filed against it by Capricorn Investors III, a limited partnership managed by Capricorn Holdings of Greenwich, Conn. Coolbrands said Capricorn could file an appeal, as it has in the past, but chief executive Michael Serruya said said "we ...
• Local barns are a connection to Greenwich's past
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:13:47 am
  ... and may receive a new roof with the help of Connecticut's Historic Barn initiative. (Anne W. Semmes / for the Greenwich Citizen) Scattered across town and holding out in backcountry are more than 150 structural symbols of yesteryear -- the barns of ...
• Littman discusses novel for young adults targets eating disorders
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:13:33 am
  ... (YA) novelist living in Cos Cob with her two children. As of Tuesday, Bastille Day, she reported she has lived in Greenwich for exactly 10 years, moving here from England. For the last six years she has had a regular column in the Greenwich Time. ...
• What to do with your bat questions
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:13:22 am
  ... through a scattering of bat guano or as she calls it bat "poo." Howe has recently determined from those at Audubon Greenwich that she has 15 to 20 small brown bats in her barn. She has endeavored to learn what has caused a number of baby bats to ...
• founder Don Harrison to receive tribute on July 21
  posted on July 18, 2009 03:13:12 am
  Greenwich residents will gather on Tuesday, July 21 for a "roast and toast" to Greenwich Citizen founding editor Don Harrison at the Boys & Girls Club at 4 Horseneck Lane from 6:30 - 9 p.m. Old Greenwich comedian Jane Condon will serve as the evening's emcee.
• Treasurys ease on housing data
  posted on July 18, 2009 01:07:18 am
  ... those who see the recession ending soon," said William O'Donnell, head treasury strategist at RBS Securities in Greenwich, Connecticut. An end to the recession would tend to favor riskier investments like stocks and corporate bonds, rather than ...
• 3 charged with drunken driving on I-87, Route 35 and in Southeast
  posted on July 18, 2009 12:08:43 am
  ... stops this morning in Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, state police said. Matthew B. Dolan, 36, of Greenwich, Conn., was charged with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated after a trooper from the Somers barracks stopped him on Route 35 in ...
• IYRS Gala raises $575,000
  posted on July 17, 2009 11:57:01 pm
  ... IYRS does," said Carol O'Malley (San Antonio, Texas), who co-chaired the event with Joe Dockery (Newport, R.I./Greenwich, Conn.). "We have a core support group who are deeply committed to the school's educational mission and its students - and this ...
• PG expands direct retail
  posted on July 17, 2009 09:30:55 pm
  ... salons. They're located in some of the nation's most expensive zip codes, such as Beverly Hills, Palm Beach, and Greenwich, Conn. One common thread among P&G's retail stores is they appeal to the upscale, or prestige, buyer, Grant said. Even the car ...
• Web site posts nannies' misdeeds
  posted on September 30, 2006 03:00:00 pm
  ... but you may not," the writer says. "Flame away." The site was launched six weeks ago by "Jane Doe," a 36-year-old Greenwich, Conn., photographer and personal assistant who refused to divulge her real name. She worked as a nanny for 10 years. ...
• The Historic Barns initiative and how it works
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:34:03 pm
  ... percent of costs up to $1,500. For minor stabilization projects the Trust pays 50 percent of costs up to $5,000. Greenwich barn owner Genevieve Howe reported that her assessment was priced at $1,800. Her application, which was rejected, had arrived ...
• Town barns are worth saving
  posted on July 17, 2009 03:33:52 pm
  Scattered across town and holding out in backcountry are more than 150 structural symbols of yesteryear -- the barns of Greenwich.