Friday, November 4, 2011

11/04/11 The Greenwich Topix Message Board - (12 stories) FIRST STORY:Bring Ian the Cat Into Your Greenwich Home

Brian Harrod - The Greenwich Topix Editor
Greenwich - News November 4, 2011

Bring Ian the Cat Into Your Greenwich Home (The Daily Greenwich)
The Greenwich pet of the week is Ian, a 2-and-a-half-year-old domestic short-haired neutered male.

Pair Accused In Scores Of Burglaries Face New Charges (The Hartford Courant)
A federal grand jury brought new charges Thursday against a pair of eastern Connecticut men already accused of stealing at least $1 million in goods in scores of home burglaries from one end of the state to the other over at least two years.

The Wealthiest Towns in America (Dixie's blog)
Despite the fact that U.S. households' net worth plunged by $11 trillion in 2008, the U.S. is still the wealthiest country in the world - but, as always, some parts of the U.S. are wealthier than others.

Community mourns loss of ex-Greenwich man (News Times)
Family, friends and members of the art community are mourning the loss of Richard Rothschild, a sculptor and former Greenwich resident who died in his Sharon home Tuesday of apparent carbon monoxide poisoning.

Taking the familiar and making it novel: Exhibit reveals mastery of American Impressionists (Connecticut Post)
Greenwich, particularly its Cos Cob section, served as a favored location for many of the American Impressionists who made their home there more than 100 years ago.

Havemeyer's place: Book looks at the life of the "Sugar King" and his ... (Greenwich Citizen)
Henry O. Havemeyer certainly left his mark on Greenwich. Take a look around town, and you will see it everywhere.

Finney's rainbow: Family, fiction and 'a peaceful few years' (Greenwich Citizen)
A: It's built up -- there's a lot more people, a lot more traffic. It used to be such a quiet waterside neighboring town.

UPDATE : More Greenwich News

Greenwich power restoration nearing end (Connecticut Post)

The number of Connecticut Light & Power customers in Greenwich without electricity fell to 416, or 1.5 percent of its total customers, as of 1 p.m. as the utility inches closer to its goal of 99 percent power restoration by 11 p.m. At 8 a.m., 505 of the utility's customers were without power.

MF May Have Transferred Customer Money After Audit, CME Says (BusinessWeek)

MF Global Holdings Ltd. may have transferred customer money last week following an audit by CME Group Inc., which has regulatory authority over the futures broker.

MF Global Trustee Talks With Brokers Over Customer Accounts (BusinessWeek)

The trustee liquidating broker-dealer MF Global Inc. is in talks with brokerages that may take over customer accounts or buy "pieces of the business," said Stephen Harbeck, president of the Securities Investor Protection Corp., which is overseeing the liquidation.

Community mourning loss of ex-Greenwich man (Connecticut Post)

Sculptor and former Greenwich resident Richard Rothschild in his studio in Sharon with a marque of a life-size gazelle he made several years ago.

99 Percent of Power Restored in Greenwich (The Daily Greenwich)

Greenwich was approaching full recovery Thursday from this past weekend's storm, with power returned to 99 percent of its Connecticut Light & Power customers.