08/10/10 GREENWICH BRIEFING: Gold Coast Slips But Maintains Huge National Wealth Lead

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Gold Coast Slips But Maintains Huge National Wealth Lead (Hartford Courant)

Average Income Per Person In Southwestern Connecticut Fell By One Of The Biggest Margins In The Nation In 2009.

Calypso comes to former Banana Republic (News Times)

Greenwich, Aug. 17, 2001. The Banana Republic on Greenwich Ave. Calypso, an island-style clothing chain with 50 stores, is opening a store at 254 Greenwich Ave.

Residents want more 'backbone' from town on Island Beach policy (Connecticut Post)

Bonded by fond memories of childhood visits to Island Beach, a group of concerned town residents gathered there Sunday to speak about the problems they see affecting the area and solutions they want the town to enforce.

French Connection: Greenwich couple shares romantic story -- almost (Greenwich Citizen)

Greenwich resident and newly published author Ken McAdams and his artist wife Marian "Bing" Bingham are a can-do couple who are managing -- not without a little difficulty -- to live out their dreams.

French Connection: Greenwich couple shares romantic story (Greenwich Citizen)

Greenwich author Ken McAdams and his illustrator wife Marian a oeBinga Bingham have written a new book, "Bon Courage," describing the perils, pleasures and pitfalls of renovating a house in southern France.

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With census ending, many workers unemployed again (Connecticut Post)

The U.S. economy is still prone on a proverbial gurney and in great need of resuscitation.

Q Poll: Too Close To Call Between Lamont, Malloy In Primary (Hartford Courant)

The latest Quinnipiac Poll shows that Democrat Ned Lamont is ahead by 3 percentage points over former Stamford Mayor Dannel Malloy, but the race is too close to call because the margin of error is plus or minus 4.6 percentage points.

Greenwich group aims to spark kids' interest in jazz music (Darien News-Review)

Bennie Wallace remembers what set him on his musical journey -- a new music teacher, jazz drummer Chet Hedgecoth , who arrived at his Chattanooga, Tenn., school when he was 13 years old.