Friday, July 15, 2011

07/15/11 Stamford Is Magic Place for Harry's Final Spell And More At The Greenwich Topix News Message Board

Greenwich - News July 15, 2011

Stamford Is Magic Place for Harry's Final Spell (The Daily Stamford)
All the wizards were at the Bow-Tie Majestic on Summer Street: Harry Potter and childhood friends Hermione and Ron, the evil Lord Voldemort, kindly headmaster Albus Dumbledore and mysterious Severus Snape.

Connecticut school-based health centers among those receiving federal grants (Connecticut Post)
Seven school-based health centers in Connecticut are among 278 in the nation slated to receive a share of $95 million in federal grant money.

Man Held After Two-Car Crash in Greenwich (The Daily Greenwich)
A Port Chester, N.Y., man was arrested after a two-car crash early Thursday morning at the intersection of Halstead Avenue and Caroline Place in Greenwich.

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Fire at Tamarack Country Club left three injured (theoriginalgreenwichdiva)
Three people were injured late Thursday afternoon when a propane tank exploded in the kitchen of a Greenwich country club. The accident occurred around 5:00 p.m. at the Tamarack Country Club on Locust Road.

Will You Be Seeing Harry Potter In Greenwich? (The Daily Greenwich)
Friday at 12:01 a.m., one minute after the stroke of midnight, the eighth and final Harry Potter movie premieres.

How Are You Celebrating Bastille Day, Greenwich? (The Daily Greenwich)
Happy Bastille Day, Greenwich! Alliance Francaise of Greenwich held a flag-raising ceremony on the steps of town hall Thursday morning to celebrate the holiday known as "quatorze julliet" in France.

3 burned in Greenwich country club (WTNH)
Three people were burned after a small propane device exploded inside of a Greenwich country club kitchen.

PatchCast: Greenwich Crash Sends Car down River Bank, Top 5 for Iced Coffee (Patch)
Thanks for logging on to PatchCast, a review of some of the top stories in Fairfield County for Thursday, July 14.

Roy Rowan's new book gives tips for growing old, and not going gently (The Block Island Times)
Author Roy Rowan has homes in Greenwich, Connecticut, and on Block Island. Long-time Corn Neck Road homeowner, former Time and Life correspondent and many-times author Roy Rowan has a new book, and it's a good one.A "Never Too Late: A 90-Year-Old's Pursuit of a Whirlwind Life" is part memoir and part humorous exhortation.

Jeff Cowie's Year Of Scribbles And Drawings (The Hartford Courant)
Like Post-It notes writ large, artist and set designer Jeff Cowie vowed to make a piece of art every day for a year, sometimes more than one.

Salute to Veterans looks to fill leadership void as event vanishes (Connecticut Post)
There is no giant flag to unfurl. And the Navy SEALs are grounded. The Salute to Veterans, a summertime tradition in Greenwich for nearly two decades, is giving new meaning to the term missing man formation.