08/20/10 GREENWICH BRIEFING: First Niagara expanding into Connecticut

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First Niagara expanding into Connecticut (Journal-Register)

The First Niagara Financial Group is moving east into New England after announcing Thursday it would be merge with Connecticut-based NewAlliance Bancshares.

Art Trail by Rail lures visitors with creative deals (Connecticut Post)

Greenwich's Bruce Museum, one of 15 museums and historic sites on the Connecticut Art Trail, is one of three sites that feature a special 'Art Trail by Rail,' package.

Selectmen OK land conveyance from Greenwich Country Day (Connecticut Post)

Greenwich Country Day School agreed Thursday to part with a sliver of land at Old Church and Fairfield roads to facilitate improvements to the intersection there, including the widening of the street.

Dry spell prompts Rell to urge water conservation (Connecticut Post)

A dried shore line at Putnam Lake, Greenwich, one of the reservoirs serving the Town of Greenwich, is a sign of the drought which Greenwich and the region are experiencing.

Air quality alert posted for region (News Times)

An air quality alert has been posted for southern Fairfield and New Haven counties for Thursday by the National Weather Service , as surface ozone levels are expected to exceed unhealthy standards.

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