Friday, September 9, 2011

09/09/11 The Greenwich Topix News Message Board - (12 stories) - TOP LOCAL FUNDRAISING STORY: GHS, Crumbs team up to create Cardinal Cupcake

Greenwich - News September 9, 2011

GHS, Crumbs team up to create Cardinal Cupcake
(NewsTimesLive)
Greenwich High School's Cardinal Quarterback Club has a sweet partnership with Crumbs Bake Shop of Greenwich.

Greenwich Celebrates Its Heroes Throughout History
(The Daily Greenwich)
Coinciding with the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, a major exhibit called "Everyday Heroes: Greenwich First Responders" will open at the Greenwich Historical Society .

CT: Southwestern Connecticut Faces Cuts in Federal Homeland Security Funds
(Mass Transit)
Sept. 08--Anyone looking for an example of how Washington's priorities have shifted in the decade since Sept....

... the 2001 terrorist attacks and anticipation of federal security grants, emergency officials from Stratford to Greenwich and municipalities in between collaborated on a list of 10 priorities. One rose to the top -- upgrading technology to ensure ...

Give Gramps a Loving Home in Greenwich
(The Daily Greenwich)
The Greenwich pet of the week is Gramps, a 9-year-old mixed breed who was rescued from a local hoarding situation.

Norwalk man charged in 2007 Old Greenwich bank robbery
(NewsTimesLive)
A Norwalk man already serving a five-year prison sentence for his involvement in a 2008 robbery was arrested Thursday in Superior Court on a warrant stemming from a 2007 Old Greenwich bank robbery.

Rabbi's Life Touched In Many Ways By 9/11

(Patch)

Rabbi Robert B. Lennick and his family lived in Greenwich, CT, when terrorists attacked the country on Sept.

Long Island Sound Healthier, say Environmentalists, Officials
(Patch)
The environmental health of Long Island Sound has shown some improvements, according to state and federal officials who spoke at a recent event in Greenwich where an environmental coalition announced its agenda to further improve the Sound.

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9/11 Ceremonies to be Held in Greenwich
(Patch)

Numerous town organizations are planning events for this weekend to mark the tenth anniversary of the Sept.

Sand Hill Road No. 1 most expensive space
(Business Journal)

Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park beat out Fifth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan as the most expensive street in North America for office space....

... on Fifth Avenue pay an average of $97 a square foot and the hedge funds clustered along Greenwish Avenue in Greenwich, Conn. -- the third most expensive thoroughfare -- shell out $90 a square foot, according to the report from Jones Lang LaSalle. ...

Tudor Alumni to Start Emerging-Market Investment Firm in London
(Bloomberg)

Tudor Investment Corp. executives Nigel Whittaker and John Macfarlane are leaving the $11 billion hedge fund run by Paul Tudor Jones to start a firm that will invest in emerging markets, according to a letter sent to investors....

... Legacy portfolio, which was created that year to liquidate hard-to-sell assets. He will remain a consultant to Greenwich, Connecticut-based Tudor until at least the end of the year to oversee the sale of the rest of the emerging-market credit ...

IT and life lessons from the South Tower
(CBS News)

This article was originally published by TechRepublic and written by Bob Eisenhardt , who was an IT pro employed in the South Tower on 9/11. He explains what it took to recover -- both personally and in IT....

... was using imaging systems. I was initially assigned to cover the dislocated Aon Consulting staff move to our Greenwich, CT site. Here my primary job was to keep these emotionally stunned workers productive while staying out of the way of Larry ...

Pennsylvania Avenue 5th most expensive street in U.S. (Business Journal)

The Evening Star building is one of the oldest buildings on Pennsylvania Avenue with some of the highest rents in the city.

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