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Friday, August 28, 2009

08/28/09 The Greenwich Briefing

Comprehensive News Feed for Greenwich, CT.
  • Online Bookstore, Literary Matters, Launched
    posted on August 29, 2009 01:47:55 am
    ... book groups to opening an online bookstore. But that's exactly the career path that Esther Bushell, a teacher in Greenwich, Conn., for 40 years, has taken. By the time she stopped teaching in 2005, she had turned running book groups into a full time ...
  • Danny weakens, but expect a soggy Saturday
    posted on August 28, 2009 10:32:11 pm
    ... have been cut to about 40 mph. High tide today will occur at 6:36 p.m. in Bridgeport harbor, and at 6:40 p.m. in Greenwich and Stamford harbors. On Saturday, when Danny will make his closest approach, high tide will occur at 7:14 a.m. and 7:36 p.m. ...
  • Dominick Dunne, 1926-2009
    posted on August 28, 2009 12:24:24 am
    ... least, other serious crimes. In each case he reported a ' Claus Von Bulow, the parricidal Menendez brothers, the Greenwich, Connecticut murder of a teenage girl allegedly involving a Kennedy relative, the Florida rape acquittal of William Kennedy ...
  • U.S. stocks rebound on financials, oil
    posted on August 05, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... reaction from the banking sector, especially Citigroup," said Steve Goldman, market strategist at Weeden & Co in Greenwich, Connecticut. "So that helped to stem the declines." Shares of insurance company American International Group Inc soared 27 ...
  • Jewish network now available in Fairfield County
    posted on August 28, 2009 02:58:50 pm
    ... of interest," Golub said. "It took them a while, but who cares?" Golub, who has served as a rabbi in Stamford and Greenwich for 37 years, said the network will add to the richness of the Jewish experience in Fairfield County. "It's the only place on ...
  • A different tale of tomatoes found at Farmer's Market
    posted on August 28, 2009 01:21:02 pm
    On Saturday the Farmer's Market in Greenwich brought a revelation. Some parts of northern Connecticut had escaped the late blight that has brought such woe to Greenwich gardeners.
  • Teaching the elders the Mediterraneans' memory saving diet
    posted on August 28, 2009 01:20:52 pm
    Following the recent news that a Mediterranean diet with regular exercise can lower the risk of developing Alzheimer's disease by as much as 60 percent, a timely cooking presentation was given to more than 70 seniors on Monday at the Greenwich Senior Center.
  • Teens plant and prosper from two community vegetable gardens
    posted on August 28, 2009 01:20:46 pm
    A green initiative from the White House has taken root at the Boys Girls Club of Greenwich called the Young Gardener's Program, helped along by an enterprising high school student with a green thumb, Sara Bakrow.
  • Town tomato growers share agony over late blight
    posted on August 28, 2009 01:20:36 pm
    For many a Greenwich gardener the summer of 2009 -- one of the coolest and wettest on record -- will be remembered for when their tomatoes suddenly died.
  • Area Stocks
    posted on August 28, 2009 11:55:19 am
    ... led by a group that included Norwalk-based Priceline.com Inc. and PartnerRe, which has its U.S. headquarters in Greenwich. The Hearst/Bloomberg Southwest Connecticut Index was up 0.56, to 95.06, as 34 stocks gained, 38 fell and 10 were unchanged. ...
  • Stamford Highlights
    posted on August 28, 2009 05:48:44 am
    ... Church on Skylar Avenue. Festival directors include Cappola & Sons Construction of Stamford and Golden Events of Greenwich. San Manghese Social Club is donating the use of its field; Sorrento's Pizza and Vinny's Luncheonette are both donating ...
  • Property transactions
    posted on August 28, 2009 12:36:00 am
    ... GREENWICH (Transactions recorded through July 17.) Jed L. and Jana P. Simmons sold to Darran and Cynthia Baird, property at 42 ...
  • Heidenreich answers oily queries
    posted on August 27, 2009 11:59:58 pm
    Fritz Heidenreich, president of Greenwich-based Heidenreich Innovations LLC, has launched a new fee-based service on its Q88 Web site that provides shipbrokers, charterers, agents and other industry participants with tanker information.
  • Writer detailed big crime cases
    posted on August 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... 1993's 'A Season in Purgatory,' which helped revive interest in the 1975 slaying of teenager Martha Moxley in Greenwich, Conn. A Kennedy relative, Michael Skakel, was convicted in the killing in 2002. Dunne was born in 1925 in Hartford, Conn. He ...
  • Bedford man joins child care center board
    posted on August 27, 2009 03:00:00 pm
    ... itable organizations, including Neighbor's Link in Mount Kisco; Robin Hood in New York City; and Trinity Church in Greenwich, Conn. For more information about Mount Kisco Child Care Center, visit www.mkccc.org or call 914-241-2135.
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