Tod Laudonia said it was the team approach that earned Republicans a sweeping win in elections Tuesday and also crowned Laudonia as the town's new tax collector.
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Nobel Laureate and Holocaust survivor delivers powerful message to students
Saying the world has not learned enough from the Holocaust, survivor and Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel urged hundreds of Brunswick School students to "think higher and feel deeper" when they wonder how
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Condition of boy hit by car improves
A 12-year-old boy hit by a car Friday night on East Putnam Avenue is in improved condition at Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla, N.Y., police said.
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Man disputes police charge of stealing political signs
A 71-year-old former Marine fighter pilot said he was trying to clean an eyesore as he gathered about two dozen political signs on the Lake Avenue traffic circle Halloween morning.
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Tennis court mold forces GA to cut down trees
About 95 trees lining a tennis court at Greenwich Academy were cut down last month because they created conditions that led to mold and fungus growing on the tennis court, a school official said.
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Judge weighs challenge to cop racial discrimination verdict
NEW HAVEN -- After listening to three hours of arguments, a federal judge said Monday he needs time to review whether he should uphold a recent jury verdict finding against the town in a racial
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Swine flu returning; Greenwich scheduling vaccine clinics
A second wave of swine flu is starting to hit the state, though the virus hasn't become widespread yet, health officials said. As of Oct. 27, there were 98 laboratory-confirmed cases of H1N1 in
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Stephanie Seymour, Peter Brant divorce case reveals lavish lifestyle
Yes, there is another half and they do live lavishly. A Superior Court judge in Middletown recently issued an order in the divorce case of newsprint magnate Peter Brant, of Greenwich, and his wife,
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Thumbs up -- Thumbs down
Thumbs up to those who ran. Election season is over for most of us. But now comes the real work. For those who won their campaigns for office yesterday, there are long months ahead of very, very hard work to be done.
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UPDATE:
First Selectman Peter Tesei got the last laugh Tuesday in his re-election battle against Lin Lavery, a no-holds-barred contest that the Republican's supporters said was as much a statement on the tenor of the campaign as Tesei's leadership.
As a crowd of Republican supporters gathered Tuesday night at the St. Lawrence Society in Cos Cob, the mood remained confident as the polls began to come back overwhelmingly in their favor.
Slideshow/Video At first festive, Dems grow deflated as poll results arrive
Democratic Town Committee member Frank Farricker started the evening on Tuesday optimistic about his party's odds.
Minutes before voter tallies began trickling in around 8 p.m., Farricker said his fellow Democrat Lin Lavery was running neck-and-neck with Republican incumbent Peter Tesei in the first selectman polls -- by as narrow as a 500-vote margin.
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Cars burglarized in northwest Greenwich
Several cars were broken into in northwest Greenwich overnight, police discovered Tuesday morning. Police were called to 6 Mansion Place, off King Street, at around 6:15 a. m. to respond to a car break-in. When they arrived, they noticed five more cars on Bowman Drive, Stonehedge Drive South and Stonehedge Drive North had also been burglarized. A GPS unit was taken from one of the vehicles, according to Lt. Daniel Allen, but he did not have information on any other items that had been stolen.
Several cars were broken into in northwest Greenwich overnight, police discovered Tuesday morning. Police were called to 6 Mansion Place, off King Street, at around 6:15 a. m. to respond to a car break-in. When they arrived, they noticed five more cars on Bowman Drive, Stonehedge Drive South and Stonehedge Drive North had also been burglarized. A GPS unit was taken from one of the vehicles, according to Lt. Daniel Allen, but he did not have information on any other items that had been stolen.
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